Amanda Rush

Hi Gingernutmeg,

The reason you are seeing your directory structure instead of your blog, and that your blog is displaying when you either click on /blog or manually type the URL in is because you have WordPress in a subdirectory called blog, and not in the root of your domain.

These links may be helpful. The first is from the WordPress Codex, and gives you step-by-step instructions on moving WordPress, including moving it up one level to the root of your domain. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress
The second is a more detailed guide from Smashing Magazine on moving your WordPress installation. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/04/moving-wordpress-website/

Let me know if there’s anything unclear in either of these links or if you need further help.

Amanda

Hi ameliaclark,

Based on the information you’ve provided, it sounds as though you have a permissions problem. You’ll need to contact Hostgator and have them make sure your permissions are set correctly so that wordPress can run properly. You are definitely supposed to be able to access your cpanel with Hostgator, as well as any features provided via that cpanel, like file management.

I hope that helps a little,

Amanda

Hi glannst,

Thanks for posting in the forums. In order to help you, I will need a little bit more information. First of all, is this a single WordPress install or is this a multisite install? Second, do you see your plugins when you log into your hosting account via FTP and navigate to /wp-content/plugins or do you see nothing there as well?

Thanks, and looking forward to your reply.

Amanda

Hi dickleon,

I’m assuming you want to have your posts show up on something other than the front page. If I’m incorrect in my assumption, please feel free to correct me.

To have a statuc front page as opposed to a dynamic front page, (one that contains your posts), first, go to pages/add new and create a new page. give it whatever title you want, but don’t add any content. Then publish the page. Next, go to settings/reading and choose the radio button that says “static page” and select that. Once selected, choose the new page you just created from the combo box and then press save.

Hope that helps,

Amanda

Hi,

Yes, you can migrate your old database to a new install of WordPress. There are a couple ways to do it, both of which can use the .sql file.

First, if you have access to PHPMyAdmin:

1. Click on the database on the far left. It will have a title corresponding to the new WordPress install.
2. About halfway down the page, click “check all” so that all tables are selected. Then, select “drop” from the dropdown menu.

Something to note about PHPMyAdmin. There is a size limit on databases, and this differs from host to host. Commonly, it is 8MB, and if the file is bigger than that, then the import will fail. It depends on the host whether or not they will either up this limit temporarily, or do the import for you, or whether you will have to do this through the shell, assuming you have that access.

3. Click “yes” to confirm.
4. Click the “import” tab.
6. Click “choose file”.
7. Find the database file (the .sql file).
8. click go, located at the bottom of the page.

There is an article on the Codex entitled “Moving WordPress” that will provide more info should you have to use shell to do the import.

Hope this helps,

Amanda

The theme being used is Litemag by Bluthemes.

I would not recommend downgrading WP, because part of the reason for making sure the latest version is installed is so that you can take advantage of any security fixes. Try deactivating all plugins first, see if that fixes the problem, and then reactivating one-by-one if the deactivation fixes the problem, until you find the plugin that’s causing the problem. Also, what browser are you using to access the site? There’s some IE8 and 9 specific code in the theme as well.

Amanda

Hi Maryanne,

You definitely can change your theme. There are thousands of them that are free to use. Under appearance in your WordPress administration panel, click themes, and on that page you’ll see a link that says “add new” YOu can search for themes from that screen. For Facebook and the other things you’ve mentioned, the short answer is yes you can add them. If you provide some details about specifically what functionality you want to add or what you’re trying to accomplish with registration, I can provide better answers to those questions.

Amanda

Hi,

You do actually need to use get_template_directory_uri but I would strongly suggest not bundling Jetpack with your theme. This is because at best, every time Jetpack updates, you’re going to need to update your theme.

Hi,

You can delete the WP.tmp files without crashing your site.

Amanda

Hi,

Yes, unfortunately this means your hosting account was compromised and not just your WordPress admin. You may still be able to recover your database, but that’s going to depend on whether or not your database login is separate from your ftp/cpanel/hosting ogin. If you have a backup, you can restore that, or, depending on who you’re hosting with, they may have a backup.

Amanda

Hi Al,

Can you provide some more details, like which theme you’re using and which plugin you’re using, and the problem you’re having with the theme and plugin not working together?

Thanks,

amanda

Hi,

You’l need to pull the results of the the_content function.

Hi,

WordPress handles date and time display by relying on Php’s date/time documentation, and so while I won’t say it’s not possible, I don’t think there’s anything in that documentation that allows for the display of dates in letters instead of numbers. You can check the date/time documentation page that’s linked from the date/time section in settings/general of your WordPress dashboard.

Hi,

If WP is not generating the homepage, you’ll need to either manually put those links there, (which can be time-consuming), or write some code (javascript, php, ETC.), to grab the content from WordPress’s RSS feed.

Hi,

Are you forwarding or redirecting the domain? In cases like these it’s best to do a redirect instead of a forward. Do do a redirect, you’ll need to go into your domain’s settings and create an aRecord for your current subdomain. Your host should be able to give you more assistance on this as should also your registrar if the domain is not registered with your host. Once you do that, you’ll need to tell WordPress what your site’s URL is. To do this, go to settings/general and enter the URL of the domain you’re trying to switch it to. See also the Codex which is linked in that screen for setting your URL to something different than your subdomain.