Scribblings not installing; Can't find wp-content folder, tried everything

Have you reviewed: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/232726#post-1141180

@ esmi,

Thanks for the reply. Yes I have but it didn’t work for me. Well to be more specific, my wp- config.php file would not let me modify it. I have another file wp-configsample.php which I was able to modify and inserted that code in there in multiple locations before the end of the html code and nothing worked. Also I wasn’t clear exactly where to insert the code because I don’t have the ?} at the end of the code.

@streetexposure: do you have FTP access? Try upload the theme through an FTP client. If you’re using Windows, Total Commander or WinSCP are pretty easy to use.

my wp- config.php file would not let me modify it

Why? What happened? If you have FTP access or your host offers a file management application, you should be able to download the file to your machine, amend the file and then re-upload the amended file.

You can add the code suggested to the very bottom of the file using a plain text editor like NotePad.

Well I have FTP access, the reason I cannot download the theme is because when I click install it automatically enters an install procedure. There is no choice. Or maybe there is and I have no idea.

As to why I cannot modify wp-config.php file. I really don’t know. My host is freei.me, and my cpanel is VistaPanel. When I click on online file manager, it goes to file-managers.net. Now when I add the code and then click save it says: Status: This file could not be saved

I think I am misunderstanding something here.

Are you trying to download the theme and activate it through the Admin Panel and getting the error then? Do you get this error with any other theme or plugin?

If you are, then look for the Theme’s website and try and get a download of the zipped copy of the theme.

If you have access to the Admin Panel (/wp-admin), then as long as you have downloaded the theme in its .zip format, you can then try uploading the theme through your Admin Panel by clicking on Themes and then choosing the Upload function.

If the problem is happening due to the theme itself, you can unzip a copy of that downloaded theme to your local machine and make the appropriate edits using NOTEPAD or some other text-only editor and then save the newly edited file and either zip it all back up and upload via Admin Panel or FTP it in.

As to why I cannot modify wp-config.php file. I really don’t know. My host is freei.me, and my cpanel is VistaPanel. When I click on online file manager, it goes to file-managers.net. Now when I add the code and then click save it says: Status: This file could not be saved

Do NOT use a file manager to make the edits.

Download that file to your local machine and use Notepad or a similar text-only editor to make the changes and FTP the file back in where it belongs.

btw Thank you everyone for your help!!!

@emg: Ok I just tried that I added this extra code:

if(is_admin()) {
add_filter(‘filesystem_method’, create_function(‘$a’, ‘return “direct”;’ ));
define( ‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’, 0751 );
}

at the very end of the file. Re-uploaded to the site and the site loaded as html. When I did save it however after modification notepad changed around the arrangement of the content so I went back in and mirrored it to the original positioning again. I don’t know if that has anything to do with it.

This is so frustrating, but this theme is key to this blog.

I’m going to try and upload a different theme tonight. But if I do that will it be a pain to change it again? ??

Honestly, uploading themes should not be a pain at all. And changing them should not be either, unless you made some drastic changes to your core WP install files.

Changing themes can be done in the Appearance -> Themes option in the Admin panel and from my experience, it is incredibly easy. Either through your WP Admin or through FTP, as long as the theme is compatible with YOUR version of WP, then it really should be fine.

By the way, when you edit php files in Notepad, you need to make sure you keep the same file extension. Meaning, a PHP file needs to be saved as something.php and a CSS file needs to be saved as something.css.

When saving, you need to select the option to Save as Type and select ‘All’ and then save the file with the proper extension.

A WP site should not have an .html extension anywhere that I know of.

I know that is why this is killing me its such a simple thing. And yea it was saved as a .php, and nothing else was tampered with. This is actually the first thing I’m trying to do on the site. It just boggles my mind I’m looking to try a new theme now. I appreciate all the tips though its an excellent check list.

@streetexposure: Dude, if you want to add new themes to your blog, just download the theme on your desktop, unzip it and upload it through an FTP client. It will make your life much easier.

@subiectiv: I know man only thing, 7 posts up I addressed that. This them however, when you click install it automatically trys to install itself. There is no choice where to save the file. Just my luck the theme that is perfect for this idea happens to be a pain. Guess it wasn’t meant to be hahaha…Maybe a sign to choose another theme?

Hi!

I actually have the same problem but I can’t install any plug-ins.
I tried to add

if(is_admin()) {
add_filter('filesystem_method', create_function('$a', 'return "direct";' ));
define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', 0751 );
}

I could upload the edited wp-config.php but after that I can’t log-in cause it detects it as error.

If there is no solution how can I install manually the plug-ins by ftp or a file manager?

Thanks in advance.