Dave Naylor
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Flickr-hosted image as featured image?You could use the Avanced Custom Fields plugin to create a custom field for flickr images. You’d supply the flickr URL of your desired image and then simply add a code snippet to your theme template(s). In fact I saw someone has created an add-on to help with that , it’s called flickrfield.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Site disappearedAn easy way to avoid this situation is to never edit a file on a live website. You are simply asking for trouble, expecially if you’re inexperienced. Always work on a copy of the file and always make a backup before you do.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Sigh…. Error 500 – Internal Server ErrorYour footer looks OK but the 500 error only happens on your blog page. Did you make some edits to a custom blog template?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Site behaves differently when logged in to logged outOn your contact page, your map, at the bottom you’ll find this:
<!-- Dynamic page generated in 2.055 seconds. --> <!-- Cached page generated by WP-Super-Cache on 2014-05-24 02:19:10 --> <!-- super cache -->So it’s a cached page from 24th May. I would say therein lies the problem.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Site behaves differently when logged in to logged outThe Vacancies link on the map takes you to a category archive page called
/category/vacancies. The Vacancies link in the menu at the top takes you to a category archive/category/new-vacancies.So they aren’t actual pages, they’re just loops of everything in those particular categories.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Sigh…. Error 500 – Internal Server ErrorIf your Server is returning a 500 error code, that indicates that it’s failing to properly deal with a request. If you were editing a live PHP file, then it’s more than likely this is where the problem lies.
Can you paste your footer.php at PasteBin and post the URL back in here so that we can take a look-see?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Solution to slow site affected by thickbox.js?At the very top of your page you have this:
<div id="page"><script type="text/javascript" src="YOUR SITE URL/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.js"></script>It really says YOUR SITE URL. I’d fix that for starters.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Image uploadDashboard -> Settings -> Media
Set thumbnail size to 0 0
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Sigh…. Error 500 – Internal Server ErrorSounds like you introduced an error to one of your theme’s templates. You need to revert that edit by visiting your site via SSH, FTP or your hosts panel software. A quick fix would be to rename your theme directory so that WordPress reverts to its default theme. Then log back in and work out what went wrong.
If you were editing theme templates from within the WordPress dashboard, this type of occurrence happens to people all the time. These forums are littered with similar problems. The golden rule here is never directly edit a file on a live website. Always make edits to a backed up copy.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Theme does not activate.You’ll have to ask for support from your commercial theme vendors. Nobody here has access to a copy of your theme. You can obtain support at this page:
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Sigh…. Error 500 – Internal Server ErrorWhat were you doing to the site immediately prior to the error appearing?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Removing Date and TimeIt’s most probable that the date and time are added to your content by way of a WordPress template tag. You’ll therefore need to make some edits, ideally in a child theme. Which theme are you using?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How do I use "add_image_size" function for more thumbnail sizes.You need to add your additional image sizes to the $addsizes array in your above function:
$addsizes = array( "new-size" => __( "New Size" ), "another-size" => __( "Another Size" ) );It might be better to give them more descriptive titles.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: wordpress webpage shows just cryptic contentWhich cache did you clean? Those symbols are typical of a caching plugin error. If you’re using one, physically clear the cache.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: White Screen after PHP CodingThe easiest way to solve this is to delete the Simple Catch theme’s folder in /wp-content/themes/. That will automatically revert you to the default Theme and WordPress will be working.
Trouble is, it sounds as though the OP has edited his theme. If so, all his edits will be gone if the original theme is deleted.
It’s worth pointing out that you should never edit a file on a live website. You’re absolutely asking for trouble. At the very minimum, edit a backed up copy.