Big problems on big blog, need help

It could also be a problem with the WordPress uploader…looking at the XML, it seems to be linking posts to uploaded items instead of actual post content…but I’m not sure if simply reupload WP Upload files will do anything…

<item>
<title>Jonathan Snook</title>
<link>https://www.devlounge.net/interviews/jonathan-snook/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aj</dc:creator>

		<category><![CDATA[Homepage News]]></category>

<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.devlounge.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/snooklarge.gif</guid>
<description></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[SNOOKPSLA]]></content:encoded>
<wp:post_id>971</wp:post_id>
<wp:post_date>2007-06-30 08:27:49</wp:post_date>
<wp:post_date_gmt>2007-06-30 13:27:49</wp:post_date_gmt>
<wp:comment_status>open</wp:comment_status>
<wp:ping_status>open</wp:ping_status>
<wp:post_name>jonathan-snook</wp:post_name>
<wp:status>inherit</wp:status>
<wp:post_parent>103</wp:post_parent>
<wp:menu_order>0</wp:menu_order>
<wp:post_type>attachment</wp:post_type>
<wp:postmeta>
<wp:meta_key>_utw_tags_0</wp:meta_key>
<wp:meta_value>no tags</wp:meta_value>
</wp:postmeta>
<wp:postmeta>
<wp:meta_key>_wp_attachment_metadata</wp:meta_key>
<wp:meta_value>a:5:{s:5:"width";i:220;s:6:"height";i:120;s:14:"hwstring_small";s:23:"height='69' width='128'";s:4:"file";s:67:"/home/dlounge/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/snooklarge.gif";s:5:"thumb";s:24:"snooklarge.thumbnail.gif";}</wp:meta_value>
</wp:postmeta>
<wp:postmeta>
<wp:meta_key>_wp_attached_file</wp:meta_key>
<wp:meta_value>/home/dlounge/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/snooklarge.gif</wp:meta_value>
</wp:postmeta>
	</item>

Any help?

It’s probably better to figure out what’s wrong than hoping a rebuild or export/import solves it.

Why did you have to restore the DB in May? Perhaps the problem started then?

Seems like the post disappearing problem had to do with some odd problem with my Interviews page overwritting individual posts. (See https://www.devlounge.net/interviews). As you can see, I had edited the Interviews page in WordPress with new images and links everytime I published a new interview. Not sure why, but that would frequently cause the actual interview article to be overwritten with just the image that was posted on the Interviews page itself.

Anyways, I’m now updating the Interviews page manually, and I took out all the WordPress loop code from it (so I’m just hand coding new stuff into it). The only other problem now is when posts sometimes (not all the time) cause the design to screw up, and the sidebar to end up below the content and not styled. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my single post template, but here it is anyway. If something seems out of place, let me know.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="slim"></div>

<div id="page">
  <div class="content">
    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
      <h2>
        <?php the_title(); ?>
      </h2>
      <div class="meta">
        <p>
          <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?>
          <?php the_time() ?>
          by
          <?php the_author(); ?>
          <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/assets/print.png" alt="Print this Article" /> <a href="javascript:print()">Print this page</a> <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/assets/comment.png" alt="Comments" /> <a href="#comment">Comment</a></p>
      </div>
      <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?> <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/assets/dltab.gif" alt="End of Article. Copyright Devlounge." />
        <?php link_pages('<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', '</p>', 'number'); ?>
      </div>
    </div>
<div style="clear: both"></div>
<?php comments_template(); ?>

	<?php endwhile; else: ?>

		<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<div style="clear: both"></div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

And heres the comments template which could also be contributing to the odd display problems

<?php if (!empty($post->post_password) && $_COOKIE['wp-postpass_'.COOKIEHASH]!=$post->post_password) : ?>

<p id="comments-locked">Enter your password to view comments.</p>
<?php return; endif; ?>
<?php if ($comments) : ?>
<?php
	/* Count the totals */
	$numPingBacks = 0;
	$numComments  = 0;

	/* Loop throught comments to count these totals */
	foreach ($comments as $comment) {
		if (get_comment_type() != "comment") { $numPingBacks++; }
		else { $numComments++; }
	}

	/* Used to stripe comments */
	$thiscomment = 'odd';
?>
<?php 

	/* This is a loop for printing comments */
	if ($numComments != 0) : ?>
<div class="comments">
  <?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
  <?php if (get_comment_type()=="comment") : ?>
  <div class="one">
<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
    <div class="head">
      <div class="comment-author">
        <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/assets/cmember.png" alt="Comment Author" /> <?php comment_author_link() ?>
      </div>
      <div class="comment-date">
        <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/assets/ctime.png" alt="Post Time" /> <?php comment_date() ?> at <?php comment_time('g:i a'); ?> <a href="#comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" title="Permalink to this comment">(permalink)</a></div>
      <div style="clear: both"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="comment">
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
			<div class="alert">Your comment is awaiting moderation, there is no need to repost.</div>
			<?php endif; ?>
      <?php comment_text(); ?>
    </div>
</li>
	</div>
    <?php endif; endforeach; ?>
    <div style="clear: both"></div>
  <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<div style="clear: both"></div>
<div class="permas">
<?php

	/* This is a loop for printing pingbacks/trackbacks if there are any */
	if ($numPingBacks != 0) : ?>
  <?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
  <?php if (get_comment_type()!="comment") : ?>
  <li id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
    <?php comment_type(__('Comment'), __('Trackback'), __('Pingback')); ?>
    :
    <?php comment_author_link(); ?>
    on
    <?php comment_date(); ?>
  </li>
  <?php endif; endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php else : 

	/* No comments at all means a simple message instead */
?>
<div class="nocomment">
<h3>No Comments Yet</h3>
<p>We like hearing what you have to say. Please consider commenting.</p>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (comments_open()) : ?>
<div class="theform">
<?php if ( get_option('comment_registration') && !$user_ID ) : ?>
<p>You must be <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php the_permalink(); ?>">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p>
<p><label for="openid_url_comment_form">You can login with your OpenID!</label><br/>
 <input style="background: url(<?php echo OPENIDIMAGE; ?>) no-repeat;
 background-position: 0 50%;" type="text" name="openid_url" id="openid_url_comment_form" size="22" />
 <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Login" /></p>
<?php else : ?>
<form action="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
  <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
  <p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout" title="Log out of this account">Logout &raquo;</a></p>
  <?php else : ?>
  <p>
    <input type="text" class="field" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo $comment_author; ?>" size="22" />
    <label for="author"><small>Name
    <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?>
    </small></label>
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="text" name="email" class="field" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" />
    <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published)
    <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?>
    </small></label>
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="text" class="field" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" size="22" />
    <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label>
  </p>
  <?php endif; ?>
  <p>
    <textarea name="comment" id="comment" class="tb">
</textarea>
  </p>
  <p>
    <input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" value="Submit Comment" />
    <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
  </p>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  var blogTool               = "WordPress";
  var blogURL                = "<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>";
  var blogTitle              = "<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>";
  var postURL                = "<?php the_permalink() ?>";
  var postTitle              = "<?php the_title(); ?>";
  <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
      var commentAuthor          = "<?php echo $user_identity; ?>";
  <?php else : ?>
      var commentAuthorFieldName = "author";
  <?php endif; ?>
  var commentAuthorLoggedIn  = <?php if ( !$user_ID ) { echo "false"; }
                                     else { echo "true"; } ?>;
  var commentFormID          = "commentform";
  var commentTextFieldName   = "comment";
  var commentButtonName      = "submit";
  var cocomment_force        = false;
  </script>
  <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
</form>
</div>
<div class="rules">
<p> Note: If you are commenting here for the first time, your comment will be sent into a moderation queue before being published. Please use your email address in order to identify yourself for your future comments. <strong>Clean XHTML:</strong> Use standards ready code tags in your comments. For example, cite a comment or phrase from an article with < blockquote > tags.</p></div>
<?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>
<?php else : // Comments are closed ?>
<p id="comments-closed">Sorry, comments for this entry are closed at this time.</p><?php endif; ?><div style="clear: both"></div>