Feed down for podcast

I restored the index to a .php and placed it in wp-admin where it belonged. I think I still have a problem with .htaccess, however. I deleted the contents as instructed in the codex, but forgot to save its contents. It’s empty now.

No, no. That index.php file belonged in your root directory … I think. Either way, the problem is that you have no index file in your root directory, and that index file needs to be WordPress’ index.php file. So, download WordPress again, expand it (if your system software does not do it automatically for you), take the first index.php file that you find after opening the new “wordpress” folder, and upload it to your site’s root directory.

Whoa! That did it, alright! Thanks, macmanx. Now, do I need anything in htaccess other than my rewrite rule for my podcast?

Also, the link to the “feed” removal recipe said I should eliminate the word “feed” from the tag “>RSS in the sidebar .php. Trouble is, that line doesn’t exist in the sidebar .php.

Now, do I need anything in htaccess other than my rewrite rule for my podcast?

You may want to enable “pretty permalinks” at some point. You can find more info on that here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks If you do chose to enable permalinks, WordPress will automatically add the .htaccess rewrite rules for you, you will not have to manually add them. Also, by “rewrite rule for my podcast,” I assume that you want to create a dedicated podcasting category. If that is the case, follow the instructions here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Podcasting#Dedicated_Podcasts (you will have to manually add these rules to your .htaccess file). If that is not the case, and your blog is just one big podcast, then your RSS 2.0 feed is your podcast feed.

Also, the link to the “feed” removal recipe said I should eliminate the word “feed” from the RSS tag in the sidebar .php. Trouble is, that line doesn’t exist in the sidebar .php.

I know. In this post: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/41784#post-234893 I mentioned that you should remove it from footer.php.

I’m not finding the word “feed” there either. I’ll track it down later.
A more pressing concern is what happens when I try to post, which is basically nothing. https://audiolingo.org/wp-admin/post.php gives me multiple error messages. Any ideas?

I’m not finding the word “feed” there either.

Go to the Presentation tab and select “Theme Editor”, then click on your Footer Template. Now, find <a href="feed:<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>">Entries (RSS)</a> and remove “feed:” from it. IOW, change this:

<a href="feed:<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>">Entries (RSS)</a>

into this:

<a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>">Entries (RSS)</a>

You can do the same for the comments feed right next to it.

… gives me multiple error messages.

Please quote the “multiple error messages.”

I failed to read the error messages closely yesterday. Seems I had neglected to import the menu.php. I did so today and as a result can post.

I removed the word feed and its colon from the footer template, for both Entries and Comments. They still appear in front of both lines on the site. Could they be somewhere else in the code as well? It’s actually not a big deal, as the URL appears in the bottom menu bar (or whatever it’s called) anyway. But I do wonder why that change did not bring about, uh… change.

One more thing. There’s no edit link in my entries. Shouldn’t there be?

Edit tags have returned.

Thanks for all your help, Macmanx.

Not a problem! Should I assume that everything is now working correctly?

P.S. If you have not upgraded to v1.5.2 yet, please do so as soon as you can. It’s a security and bug-fix update, and was released a few hours ago.

Everything seems aok.
Boy, these upgrades come fast and furious around here. Give me a few days. Going from 1.5 to 1.5.? about winded me.