Brand new to WordPress

I use Fraise, but it’s Mac-only

I don’t have snow leopard on my MacBook, bummer.

However, I used Notepad on my work PC to open .htaccess but it only listed 6 lines of code that all started with the word rewrite. And, when I opened php.ini with Notepad, only 6 lines were listed and these were the starting words in each line:

register...
variables...
relay-hosting...
"a=href,area=href
zend_extension=/usr/...
zend_extension=/usr/...

Is that all of the info that 2 these files have? Or, should there be a lot more lines of code?

Also, like you suggested above, should I just simply add these two lines to the php.ini file:
upload_max_filesize = 64M ;
post_max_size = 64M ;

And, to the .htaccess file, should I add these 2 lines:
php upload_max_filesize 64M
php_value post_max_size = 64M

P.S. Any editor recommendations for a PC?

I don’t have snow leopard on my MacBook, bummer.

You can use Smultron (Fraise’s predecessor) instead.

open .htaccess but it only listed 6 lines of code that all started with the word rewrite. And, when I opened php.ini with Notepad, only 6 lines were listed

That sounds normal.

And, to the .htaccess file, should I add these 2 lines:
php upload_max_filesize 64M
php_value post_max_size = 64M

No, you’ll only need to add both lines to either php.ini or .htaccess, whichever one works (it’s impossible to tell). Doubling up (adding them to both files) will definitely cause problems. Start with the php.ini file. If that doesn’t work, remove the lines from the php.ini file and try the .htaccess file.

James – Lots of good options with .htaccess, php.ini, and Smultron. I’ll get back to you on this.

Anyone –

your root directory is /html/

Our website is now running A LOT slower after moving our WordPress files from a dedicated /bli/ folder directly into the root directory.
Is the site loading slower because WordPress is checking ALL files & folders in the root directory BEFORE displaying the website?

Let me know if you need me to give more info before you can answer.

No, it should not.

But. If you’re getting a goodly amount of traffic, WordPress will run slower than static HTML. You may need to look into minimization (making your pages smaller), caching (which forces near static behavior), CDN (offloading images to Amazon etc), or server optimization.

Ipstenu –

(making your pages smaller)

As in length – minimizing scrolling?

As in compressing lines and blanks in the code ??

W3 Total Cache has one built in.

Awesome! Thanks. I’ll check this out and reply soon (I hope).