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OK, it’s definitely an issue with shipping. When I disable shipping (making shipping free) the problem goes away. I’m having the same problem on this site: https://flamencoorganic.com/products/. In the same way, when I disable the shipping module, it goes through fine.

Unfortunately, no, still not working: https://gbmcoffee.com/store/checkout/. If it reveals anything, after looping back to the page, the “Country” selector goes back to blank and the state is written in in text (rather than the selected state from the selector).

Thank you for the response! I tried doing that, but now get the error to select a valid state, even though I have. Any ideas? I looked to see if I was limited to a specific geographic range, but the only option was USA, which is allowed as a region.

Fixed! It was something in functions.php that made the difference — what exactly, I’m not sure, but it works, and that’s what counts.

Thanks.

Yeah the_content() is there; in fact the only files I think I’ve edited from the original Sandbox are header.php, style.css, and footer.php. There’s just something that I must be missing…

Yeah, they’re kind of annoyingly tucked away. The best thing is just to copy the ID from the URL. For example, if I were under Manage > Categories, the URL to edit Uncategorized would be https://mysite.org.org/wp-admin/categories.php?action=edit&cat_ID=1 — the same should apply to users.

Sculley,
There are more themes here: https://themes.wordpress.net.

For customizing themes, it helps to know PHP, but it’s not essential, especially if you’re crafty with CSS. Just stay away from anything between <?php and ?>

Have you guys regenerated the .htaccess file? (Settings > Permalinks)

WarrenBach:
The best way to do this is to create a standard <ul> list (just add it to header.php in the theme) and stylize it with CSS.

If you’re crafty enough with HTML and CSS, just copy the method I used for the navigation here: https://sistersugly.com.

Alternatively, you could probably just copy and paste the old Javascript and HTML from the old site, but using a list and CSS is much more desirable method.

ashleyPOETIC:
Try going into Design in the admin and reselecting your theme. You don’t have your default them installed, so if it’s not sure what theme to use, it has nothing to fall back on.

dustycotton:
You don’t really need plugins per se. Just use WordPress’ built in image and gallery functions for pictures. For videos, there are tons of great outside sites that will give you embed code that you can just copy and paste into the HTML view when editing a post. Vimeo is my personal favorite. (To be safe, though — especially since this is a baby blog — you should keep backups of those videos elsewhere.)

Jesse:
If you haven’t already gone through the steps to change your blog URL, there’s no reason you can’t use home.php.

You might also be able to just use a plain old WordPress page (i.e., Write > Page). Since 2.1, WordPress allows you to have one of those pages as your main site page (you can edit it under Settings > Reading). Of course, your page has a lot of complex HTML (flash embed and form), so you might be better off using home.php/

home.php is really easy though. In the most basic sense, you can simply delete everything and paste in what you have on your current home page, though if I were you, I’d try to integrate it a little better by retaining get_header() and get_footer() and filling in the content.

Oh, and you’ve got that nasty Microsoftian default error page.

This might be a dumb question, but are you certain your host supports custom .htaccess? I noticed you aren’t using mod_rewrite — that’s the only reason you ask.

If they do allow custom .htaccess and mod_rewrite (which most hosts do), then just let WordPress handle it — enabling the “pretty” permalink structure will give WordPress power enough to return a 404 if it doesn’t find a match for something.

DreamHost is the best overall host I’ve dealt with. Their system is extremely flexible, they’ve got good uptime.

They do no have telephone support on their basic package, however. So if you’re someone who prefers the more personal, immediate attention, I’d recommend BlueHost. (DreamHost’s e-mail support is pretty good, though). Both are recommended on the WP hosting page as well.

And you didn’t ask, but absolutely worst hosts I’ve dealt with are 1&1 and PowWeb. 1&1 has good uptime but shameful support (48+ hour response tiime) and tons of nasty little limits that pop up left and right. PowWeb, though it’s improved somewhat since I’ve been with them, has really awful uptime, limited support, a rigid structure, and (at least when I was there) tons of hidden fees.

I use DreamHost personally: Overall, it’s probably best.

P.S.: uaslam, what would be against WP’s TOS? (What TOS, for that matter?)

Just make a copy of the default theme rename it “nicktritt” or whatever, then edit the files (header.php and footer.php foremost) with the HTML and CSS from your main site.

You might also want to consider using WP to manage your entire site. See https://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/04/20/from-weblog-to-cms.html