wpismypuppet

a “Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/ on this server.” is usually in reference to being block via .htaccess or some other server related block. FTP in and go to the wp-admin folder. BACKUP any .htaccess file you find, but then delete it from the server. If there isn’t one in the wp-admin folder, go one level up and look there. After you remove the .htaccess files, try again.

I don’t see an “entry-title” anywhere in the theme, but I do see:

<?php $heading_tag = ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ? 'h1' : 'div'; ?>
				<<?php echo $heading_tag; ?> id="site-title">
					<span>
						<a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a>
					</span>
				</<?php echo $heading_tag; ?>>

This seems to add an h1 to the home page of the site… if this is what you are referring to, then change it to this:

<?php if( !is_home() || !is_front_page() ) : ?>
				<div id="site-title">
					<span>
						<a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a>
					</span>
				</div><?php endif; ?>

Why don’t you just create a new category like “Main Page”, or “highlight”… then on your homepage, before or after your current query_posts, do a separate query_posts that just gets that “highlight” category. Put those in a special place on the site.

Or do you need them integrated within your current loop? Mixed in with all the other posts on the homepage?

First of all, people should NOT click this link. It’s not good for your PC. Second, conerofart, your site is compromised. You should contact your host and see if there are ways they can help you out. Otherwise, get on Google and see what you can do.

Check your .htaccess files first to see if those were overwritten. Sometimes just cleaning that file out will fix the initial problem. But you need to figure out where the bug is and remove it.

Well, I’m not sure why you are changing your theme. Your original request was due to a possible plugin issue. So log in through FTP… then go to the wp-content folder and look for a folder called plugins. Rename this folder to something like plugin-old. This will deactivate all the plugins, and also make WordPress think they don’t even exist. Some plugins, even when disabled, will still cause issues.

Once this is done, you should hopefully be able to log in to the admin area and do what you need to do to fix any other issue. You can rename the plugins-old folder back to plugins and then activate your plugins one at a time, testing along the way to see which one might be the culprit. Let me know if this is helps.

Can you log into your control panel at Crystone? (ccp.crystone.net) If you can’t log into the control panel, then use the “forgot password” option on their control panel login, or CALL the company. No company will email or post login information without being able to verify the person they are giving it to. If you call, they’ll get you in over the phone, after they verify who you are.

Once in the control panel, you should be able to view/create an ftp account to get your files. Again, customer support can help you get that information, but you have to call… too much liability putting that info in writing!

Another note, you don’t HAVE to use the hosts WordPress install. You can use your own version once you can ftp. Using their service uses their files and databases that you don’t have access too, BAD idea… set your own up. Buy their Standard package for $10/month and you’ll have php + sql on a linux server. I know… it’s $3.75 more a month than you are paying… but at least you’ll save the $125 recover fee when this happens again!

It’s because you are closing your first if statement here:

<?php if(strlen(get_the_excerpt()) > 120) : ?>...<?php endif; ?>

and are not starting another if after that. So when it comes to your

<?php else: ?>

it’s throwing an error… There’s also more errors on that page then the simple if. You have an endwhile with no starting while… you have another endif with no opening if statement. You have a little work to do!

No worries on the questions… that’s how we all learn.

Using the default option would make your links look something like http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/?p=12345… this typically isn’t very “user” friendly.

For instance, one of your loyal followers would turn to their friend and say “hey, check out Chocolate Covered Katies’ new post about cupcakes… it’s at http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/… what’s that weird number thing at the end?”

And therefor it would be hard to have people go right to that post. Most people who install wordpress will use a custom structure of /%category%/%postname%/. This will show a pretty url such as http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/cupcakes/dark-chocolate-brownie-batter-dip/… much easier for a user to remember and share with their friends.

Even using the Day and Name might be a little confusing. You could always use the custom structure I just mentioned and see if that a) fixes your issue and b) makes things a little easier to manage on your end! Let me know if it works.