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Really?
The default permissions set by the 1-step install of WP on my host are 755 for the Includes/Admin/Content folders, and 644 for the remaining files, including the .htaccess which was created by WP.

Yesterday, for another domain, I did create the blank file and uploaded, and acquainted myself with file permissions, which led to this question:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/170634?replies=3

Puzzled now – that occasion of WP creating the file, if I haven’t ever changed any permissions on that domain, then as a 644 permission, the permalinks rules wouldn’t have been written (since that requires chmod 666), but the file was still created?

mikejandreau, to invoke your advice, using FileZilla I’d have to change the (docs) directory permission to 644, or something more secure? Would that get in the way of any day-to-day use of WP?

Thanks so much for that confirmation, LenK. Especially the last sentence! It was proving hard to find those actual words here or elsewhere.

Thanks a lot

Thank heavens I found this. Installed (fresh) WP2.5, writing the first post, enter for new para, and text just extended on and on and on……

Same post written on localhost days earlier 2.5 didn’t have the same issue. Aha!! I switched from using Opera to Firefox, and it behaves.

Changes to the design elements of a site usually get effected through the CSS. Those templates are listed at the bottom right.

I didn’t find it difficult changing the header on my Rev theme site and adding the logo image, but I’m not qualified to comment on doing it with the Default Kubrick theme – it would be like ‘the blind leading the blind’. Search the forums here, as quite possibly it’s been answered before. Or get some basic CSS knowledge free on the web first – google for something like CSS Tutorial or CSS Guide…

I’m sure you noticed the Header Image/Colour tab on the Design dashboard offers some limited means to change the appearance.

Good luck!

The theme – if you mouse-over the Revolution Theme words on the footer of my site, it’ll take you to the site. There are a number of themes on show there; I’m using the original standard ‘Revolution’ theme.

If you decide to go for one of those, I may be able to get you a discount off the advertised price.

Now, to your specific issue about hiding the blog-like stuff:

Assuming you’re using the Default theme:
1. At the dashbaord, Click Designs, then click Theme Editor
2. Click the ‘Page Template’ (page.php) on the right
(Warning – make a copy of this file/code in Notepad in case you mess up and need to get back to the original)
3. Near the top, replace <div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn”>
with <div id=”content” class= “widecolumn”>
4. Near the bottom, remove <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
5. Then ‘Update File’
6. Rinse and repeat for other pages as required
7. Read some of the helpful Codex guides or WP 4 Dummies on Themes & Template Tags. As moshu wrote, you don’t really need php

I was in the same position as you a few weeks ago. Take a look at my site, finewines.hk, which is also a temporary placeholder.

I got there by spending a little cash to get a theme that was close to my general layout needs, and which was easily customisable. Trial and error cut n paste after a day of browsing a HTML/CSS textbook, and basic knowledge on WP that I picked up from the Codex here. I don’t have any IT background, so I’m sure you could do the same.

Theodeus, my index.php is 92 bytes, and reads:
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
?>

geester, have you tried deleting and reinstalling using an FTP client, rather than Fantastico? Assuming that you can do that with your host; I also used my host’s 1-click install (not Fantastico) when I installed wp2.3.3., but when I fixed my problems I uploaded manually.

To get your static home (front) page (without blog appearance):

1. On the Dashboard, Click Write, then Click Page
2. Type the title you wish people to see into the Title box
3. Type any text you want displayed into Content
4. Click Publish
5. Back to the Dashboard, click Settings, then Reading subtab
6. In the Front Page section, select the button for a ‘Static Page’, then in the Front Page drop-down underneath, select that Page you just created
7. Then Save Changes

During your visits to these menus, you’ll have noticed you have various Options you can set; play around and see what you like.

Frankly, to make it look like a website you’ll either have to learn about customising the basic template (knowledge of tags, a little HTML & CSS) or go and search for a WP theme that you like. Even then, you’ll probably find you want to change a few things, so you might be beter to go for a paid theme which has author support.

I learned all the above just by searching the web and buying a copy of WordPress for Dummies. I highly recommend you do the latter.

Sounds like the result I had earlier (I was reinstalling) – so you get the Dashboard menus, but the site shows blank?

How I fixed it: I went to Designs, and selected the Classic Theme, refreshed the browser, then clicked Visit Site. My site showed up as the bog-standard blog template. Then I backtabbed to the Dashboard, refreshed the browser, then selected Default Theme. Visit Site again, hey presto, now I can also get it in Kubrick. Finally I uploaded my own themes, and the whole site displays as it did under 2.3.3.

Gusford, I solved mine by reinstalling. I deleted all files from my web server via my File Manager (control panel) except wp-config.php and .htaccess. Using FTP (FileZilla) I uploaded the WP2.5 download that I’d used to upgrade my laptop-hosted test blog, which was problem-free.

I regained the Write Post template screen, but it appeared worse – my site itself was now a blank screen (not even an error message), though I’d . Thankfully I cured it by changing the theme to Classic (which worked), then changing it back again to Default.

For this reinstall, I used only the standard WP Contents folder, i.e. just the Akismet and Hello Dolly plug-ins. Subsequently I uploaded my own theme files (Revolution), and the site is fine and the Write Posts/Pages display normally.

During this upload I got one ‘Target File Already Exists’ dialog box (for wp-admin/includes/class-ftp-pure.php), and I responded with a ‘resume’ rather than overwrite.

(Possibly coincidentally, during the upload yesterday FileZilla had shown ‘not connected to server’ at one point, but as the transfer continued successfully and everything appeared on the web server, I thought I was ok. Today the same problem occurred at the same point during WP-Includes, so this time I waited until the end, then deleted that folder and re-uploaded separately).

Updating this post –
I checked the entire folders/files list on my web server File Mgr as matching with all those on my laptop-hosted test blog, the WP2.5 download for that test blog, and the WP 2.5 download that I uploaded onto my web host. No files missing, everything in the correct folder.

Can anybody suggest the type of problem I’m looking for? Again, the only functional problem after installation is that when selecting Write from the dashboard, the ‘Post’ screen is simply blank white …no title bar, no content box, no Text Editor, no publishing/save option etc.

Resolved. I deleted the existing wp-config.php, then opened the original wp-config-sample.php, and created wp-config.php over again.

Then, I CUT all the text from wp-config.php, saved, and deleted. Next, opened a NEW file in Notepad, PASTED the CUT text into that, and saved as wp-config.php

Success! But why? The two versions of config-php are identical in screenprints. Having almost zero knowledge of coding and anything related, I can only assume there was something there (‘whitespace’?) which was invisble to the eye but not to the system.