danielt

Thank you for those links!! And for such a quick response. I appreciate it ??

PS – I know a woman who goes by the name “Esme,” too ??

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Let me clarify, the username I gave priviledges to is the one within the wp-config.php file. The username that I use to actually login to the Blog does not exist in my list of users on the domain, since I have only been using it within WordPress. This is really the first time I’m trying to upload files via the WordPress interface, I usually upload files via FTP using my domain login, but for this blog I want to enable another person to upload images. Does THAT username – the one used to login to WordPress blog – need to exist in my user file on the domain and give access to the folder in my .htaccess file?

TY

Yes, that was it!
Thanks.

Like I said, I DID do a windows search in all files in the theme folder for the words “posted in” but like almost always, windows doesn’t do what it is supposed to. Somehow, looking for the words “posted in” within a file that contains the words “posted in” returns no results. Typical.

I suppose this is why people use Google Desktop. Never knew what the appeal was, before now.

THANKS!!

No problem at all. Only thing I had to do was sift through a few files that had references to the prefix wp_ and change it. Cannot remember which files, but they were very few.

Logging in was no problem. I suppose a cause for a problem logging in would be that the file containing the table name / field name of WP’s users had not been updated yet with the new prefix.

Well, I did it. Not difficult at all.
Just needed to rename tables and some entries. No big deal.

Well I made a backup first.
Second of all, it’s only like 5 entries yet in the blog and I have the text backed up as well. There are also very few tables.

I was just getting the impression there was a lot more that needed to be done, but if that’s it, then I’m comfortable doing it.

Thanks!

If I understand correctly, then – creating a blog anew, you can simply modify the prefix in the wp-config and everything will be nice and easy, but once a blog has been setup already, that’s no longer all you have to do? (and also changing the table prefixes)?

Well, as much as I respect that recommendation as having its merits, I didn’t ask whether or not I should do it; I want someone experienced to verify or correct my assumptions on how to go about doing it.

Only reason is for consistency: the existing blog has wp_ prefix. I’m a little tight about having things consistent and precise, and I would like the table prefixes to reflect the name of my blog, as will with my other blogs.

At this point I am giving up. I’m not a web programmer… my host gave me this set of commands, but I would have no idea where they have to be inserted – into what file(s), so that in the administration utility of my blog it would read the proper location of the themes.

I thank you for all your help thus far. Sometimes it ends up not trying to do something you want to do, because to do it will drive you nuts!

Perhaps one of these days I’ll get a friend to help me, I might know someone who knows someone… etc.

Thanks, again.

My site host is making me insane with crontab scripts and things I completely don’t understand, and since their support is probably somewhere on the moon, they’re not making much sense.

Is the location of the themes a variable that can be modified anywhere in any of the configuration files? or is it hard coded and always needs to be wp-content/themes?

My site management system actually has an option to turn on or off symbolic links for any given domain!

However, now I’m really bashing my head trying to figure out how to make a symbolic link.

Here’s the setup
mysite.com/myblog/index.php
mysite.com/myblog/mywordpressfolder

(I found documentation on changing the folder of all the engine material, and this works fine… just changed the reference in index.php)

I have MOVED the themes folder from wp-content/themes to
mysite.com/blogthemes/themes

Now, I assume my symlink must be within the actual wp-content folder, and be called “themes”
Is this a correct assumption?
Now, what exactly would this contain?
I have tried many ways to reference the actual location but I’m a dummy so I’ve just been trying things like
../../ and also from the complete root of my site. None of these things has worked and I suspect I’m doing it totally wrong.

Please tell me what the file should contain, using the references I gave you.

Just to let you know in case this matters, the real real path to my site is something like
/<hostreference>/local/home/username/mysite.com

Thanks for the help, please put me on the right path!

Ok then I’m about to go looking to see if and how I can set it up. Will post results.

Thanks so much.

Ok I understand what a symlink is, I remember setting them up in a UNIX shell I used to operate. It is sort of a windows “shortcut” without intending to insult it by relating the two. For example on my FTP server where clients connect, I have some “links” which, if they click on, will take them to another location, but those can be accessed via the command “CD xxx” just like a directory.

Therefore, if you mean that I should create my themes folder wherever I want it, then create a “symlink” with the name “themes” within the wp-content folder, and the blog engine will simply tunnel through that symlink, then I will get to work on that.

Is this the course of action you mean?