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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can WordPress Backup Spread MalwareWampServer is pretty simple. You install it on your PC (it’s a freeware), just like a simple software. Then go to its folder (on Windows, it’d be on: C:\wamp), open the subfolder “www” and add there the wordpress folder. Start Wamp and open localhost. Go to phpMyAdmin and create a database (dont forget to set wp-config file with the informations of this database you created).
Go back to your localhost index page. You’ll see listed the WP folder you did add, click on it. It’ll open WP installation on your browser. Install it. Go back to localhost index page and go to phpMyAdmin once more. Delete all entries from the database. Make a copy of your WP backup (the one that was infected), adapt it as necessary (changing your domain url for your localhost url) and save it. Import this copy of the backup through phpMyAdmin.
Go back for your localhost index page. Click on the wordpress folder and voilà… You’ll have your blog running on your PC.
The whole thing, from installing Wamp and importing your backup, cant take more than 15 minutes from your time.
As easy as that.
Btw, having Wamp is great for a number of things, such as testing plugins and new versions of WP before installing them into your real blog.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can WordPress Backup Spread MalwareUse a localhost, such as WampServer…
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can WordPress Backup Spread MalwareTry the simple thing: install a new blog and import your backup. Then see what happens.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: htaccess not needed for permalinksActually it’s necessary. To use pretty links, WP will create an entry on your .htaccess file (or create a new one if you dont have it yet on your root), pretty much like:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>If WP for some reason cant do it, you need to do it yourself manually, otherwise no pretty links…
Are you sure there’s not such entry on the .htaccess file on your blog root? In my experiences, things don’t go fine without it.
cheers
p.s.: yes, for some hosts it’s necessary to add “/index.php/” on the formula…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: My Category Order] “Uncategorized” showing even with 0 postsIt’s probably your template which is set to show empty categories. You can change that by finding the code on it and editing properly.
Take a look here to get more info:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories
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See if you can find on your template files (sidebar.php, for example, it it is there where you list categories) this code:
wp_list_categories
That’s where it can be set to display even empty categories. if you write it like this, you might get empty categories hidden (once that’s the default setting on WP):
<?php wp_list_categories(‘title_li=’); ?>cheers
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Hostso or Blue Host?I do not recommend you to use self-installation from hosts. It can cause problems for you on future upgrades. I recommend you to install WP manually.
About the hosts, if u want a cheap one go for BlueHost or HostGator. Nevermind DreamHost (their policies are the toughest ones).
Tho, if your site/blog daily hits get around 5k, I’d say for you to forget cheaper hosts. Or at least do use a caching system (some plugins available on WP website can do the job for u), it’ll help you to decrease comsumption of server resources.
Cheers
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: update problemHave you already tried de basics (like disabling all plugins / reseting your template for the default one, to check if the problem is perhaps with the one you use / repairing and optimizing your database…)?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: editorsI use Dreaweaver. And then just paste the code on the html field of the posting page. Actually I even have my visual editor disabled on WP.
It works much better this way to me.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: WordPress Sucks? Need a ConsulltantEverything eventually dies. PHP changes, SQL changes, servers change, and so on. Technologies change all the time, can’t avoid it… Thus at some point everything dies. If you want to work with a PHP website/blog, you have to keep that in mind and get used to it. Otherwise, go for a simpler plain html site, which you can create yourself without knowing much of coding, using easy softwares such as Front Page (which is pretty much like using Word).
Otherwise, listen to Aminozuur: pay someone to do the job for you.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can’t access wp-login.phpIt seems to me your template is not working at all, even on the site front page. Try renaming the theme folder on your server, and see what happens.
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Do you have access do your database through phpMyAdm?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: Events Calendar] Do not update! 12-12-09np..
i’m glad it worked for you..merry cmas for you too! ;o]
cheers
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: All in One SEO Pack] All in One Seo Pack forbidden by DreamHostThank you for your response. Good to know you design sites and your experience with this plugin says it is ok. I’ll keep it then.
I didn’t register on DreamHost btw, because I didn’t like their policy. I did open this topic because that statement about the plugin in question was very harsh. It made me wonder why they say that and if SEO plugins could really be a bad thing for servers.
Definitly I won’t register on DreamHost. I won’t go for cheap hosts (BlueHost and HostGator included too), because their servers seem to be crowded (reading complaints over inernet) and their policies basicly say they can suspend your site anytime for any reason they can make up (I took time reading all their policies and I feel easy to say BlueHost, HostGator and specially DreamHost have tough and even absurd ones). So… I’m still looking for a new Host.
Cheers
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Hide posts in child categoriesSee if this can give ya some light:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories#Examples
cheers
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: Events Calendar] Do not update! 12-12-09Easier. I uploaded to u guys a patched version of Events Calendar 6.6 (changes made the developers themselves and contributors from their forums). It corrects some bugs, including the ones mentioned here. If it doesnt, lemme know and I’ll compile a new pack.
Cheers
http://rapidshare.com/files/323969512/events-calendar-6.6-patched.zip.html
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: Events Calendar] Do not update! 12-12-09@ shane_tactical: I’m using WP 2.9 as well, and tooltips continue working to me normally.
About adding events in IE, there’s a patch to correct that. You can download it from their forums.
Cheers