ce_kevinw

Hello,

I looks like your domain is still pointed to GoDaddy’s Servers, which may be why the page is not displaying. If you installed WordPress through Dreamhost.com, then to get the admin page to load then you will first likely have to change the nameservers for your domain to point to DreamHost. If DreamHost provided you a temporary URL or an IP that you can access your website, then you may be able to get your WordPress up and running before changing the nameservers to DreamHost.

If you have recently changed the nameservers, it can take 24 to 72 hours for nameserver changes to fully propagate.

Are you installing the theme through the automatic upload tool in the Dashboard? While I have not used this particular theme before, you might want to see if uploading the theme via FTP corrects the issue:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Themes (under adding new themes)

If it still does not work, you will want to check with the person you got the theme from as it is possible that it is not compatible with the version of WordPress that you are using.

Is this on a local server that you own or through a hosting company? If the MySQL server is hosted by someone else then you will want to contact them so it can be turned on or reset.

Dave,

The php.ini file is not recursive, however if you add this to your .htaccess file:

suPHP_ConfigPath /home/username/public_html (the path to your root directory)

That will apply your local php.ini settings to all folders (assuming 1and1 has suPHP on their servers).

Which php.ini settings are you modifying and what are you modifying it to?

I get it as well but only when I use Chrome. Is power-update.ru also your website? I would check the .htaccess file of your site to make sure that a re-direct has not been hacked into the coding, unfortunately it doesn’t take long for a site to be hacked and that is a common hack. If you are on a shared hosting plan with your host, it is also possible that your host server was hacked which led to your site being hacked as well. You may want to notify your web host to make sure it wasn’t a server-wide issue.

The password wouldn’t be visible in the cPanel, in the MySQL Databases section of the cPanel you can view the database name and the username assigned to that database. If you can confirm everything except the password is correct, to test the password you can create a new database user in the MySQL Databases section, assign it to your WordPress database, and modify the wp-config file to reflect the new database username and password. You can read more about creating a Database User here: https://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/MySQLDatabases#Create%20a%20Database%20User

You will need to check the wp-config file and make sure the database name, username, and password in the file is the same as the information for your WordPress database. Do you have access to that information with your host?

Do you mean the FTP Password to your domain name that has your WordPress website? That would not be able to be changed within WordPress, you will need to contact your web host as each web has their own method to change the FTP password. If you need to change the password within an FTP Plugin for WordPress, it would depend on the plugin that you are using.

Is the /DAsite on a different server? Yes, that would be a totally different story and would be much harder to configure if possible at all. But if the DAsite folder is within the root directory then an .htaccess redirect could be done with the correct coding. However I agree that the information in esmi’s link is a better method.

Michael,

If I am understanding correctly, you want to re-direct the xxxx.com domain to xxxx.com/DAsite/ so that when a visitor types in xxxx.com it goes to xxxx.com/DAsite/? Yes, that will technically work, however once you get the new site up and ready you may want to consider moving the WordPress site from the DAsite folder to the root directory. Moving a site from one folder to another is pretty simple and is described in detail here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL

Unfortunately the 500 Internal Server Error is a vague error message and can be caused by different things on the server end. It usually is a permission related issue or there is incorrect coding in the .htaccess file.

Does your current host use cPanel or similar software that gives you access to the Error Log? The exact cause of the 500 Error message can generally be found in the Error Log and it will give the file causing the issue. If you do not have access to the Error Log, you can try uninstalling anything you installed the last time you remember being able to upload images in case it is an .htaccess related error, or contact your host and see if they can access your Error Log for you.

Hello,

With the Elegant Polished Theme, the image is automatically re-sized and cropped when it is used as the featured image to fit in the pre-determined location. The theme does this to make sure the page still looks well formatted… for example if you posted a picture that was 1200 x 800 pixels if the theme did not automatically re-size the image then it would throw off the entire template.

Each theme is different and I wasn’t able to find the size that the Polished Theme automatically crops to, but the first picture appears to be approximately 165 x 165 if the image you posted was not altered. If there is no documentation with the theme it may just take some trial and error until the image looks the way that you want it to with the post.

A connection time out can be due to a few different issues but generally it is related to the server that your website is on. Your host might just be going slow or be down at the moment and it may come back up on its own. How long as it been happening, and did you make any recent changes to your WordPress site?

Hello,

There are a few different plugins that will allow your users to post on your website. Two that I have seen used are:

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/ucan-post/
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/

Take a look at those and see if they have the functionality that you are looking for, they both allow visitors to post on your WordPress without having access to your Dashboard.

The 500 Error can be caused by many different issues and unfortunately is one of the more vague error messages, if your host has cPanel in the error log it will give a more specific cause to the error. A few suggestions: has anything been installed on the domain before? One of the causes of a 500 error is from an issue in the .htaccess file. WordPress automatically updates the .htaccess file and it may be conflicting with coding that was there previously. Also, make sure that the permissions for the files are correct as if the files are “World” writable it can lead to a 500 error.

Something else to try, which was posted by another user (steve.slatcher) last year: Try replacing localhost by 127.0.0.1 in your wp-config if nothing else works.