idiotprogrammer

Ok, I think I found the answer. Read the documentation more closely!

I did not realize that you must create a static page called News, and then when you set the splash page as home page, you must also specify which page will appear to hold all the posts. (I never did that).

ubercool!

unchecking these options
Use noindex for Categories:
Use noindex for Archives:

in all in one seo plugin did a lot of good. much better search results now on teleread.

Category page is still number #1, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that falls away. The important thing is that the main post is on top.

i will check and report back.

I’m happy to report that the problem is not with the cache plugin.

I incorrectly edited the wp-config.php file and upgraded wp. Then everything worked perfectly! I even got the Collapsible Archives plugin to work after the upgrade.

Well, almost perfectly. I couldn’t figure out why in the supercache menu you need to set gzip to yes, but in another generic wordpress menu you have to set it (and it always seems to be set on “Off”

and finally, how do I know that my webhost is not just blaming me for their bad hardware?

update: the webhost says:

It seems one of your WordPress websites is hammering MySQL with the following SQL queries and it’s caused the load on Web 5 to spike.

SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date) AS year, MONTH(p…
SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date) AS year, MONTH(p…
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.*, wp_sticky….

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I’m guessing it’s related to the Collapsible Archives plugin. (Actually I think plugin compatibility is the underlying problem).

supercache is already disabled, when I disable collapsible archives, performance improves, although curiously, whenever you post or comment, you get a blank screen after successful completion. More info as I find it.

actually, we had hosting problems at the same time, so it might be related to that. I am not a php coder, so I can’t be of much help in deciphering logs or rewrite errors. But I will try to upgrade to the latest wp, then reinstall supercache, and then let you know.

but that’s what happens. The hosting service will hit the max connections, halt everything for about 2 minutes and then restart fresh. this happens every one or two days.

this actually does help a lot!

i’m getting a similar issue https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/137344?replies=4 although I think it might be related to a plugin.

[moderated fixed reference to topic 10/25/07 ]

ok, I’m not sure what happened or what I did. I thought I put it in the right theme directory. But I changed themes and back again, and looked at the files under theme editor.

Once it didn’t appear, then I changed themes and then I saw the new templates under the theme editor. Once I saw that, I was able to see the page template in the drop down menu. Not sure what’s going on. Maybe it’s a Firefox caching issue?

My prediction: I have done something really stupid and obviously wrong. I just need to figure out what it is.

someone suggested it might be UNIX line feeds/carriage returns, but no, I use a text editor that respects that.

(even though the server is linux-based, I don’t know why that would make a difference for php scripts).

Ok, I logged out and in again. Nothing.

Root, in the editing interface, when I want to create a new page, there is a dropdown box on the lower right for “Page Template.” Despite the fact I have added these customized page templates in the correct theme directory, I do not see it listed as one of the options (I only see Default Template and Archives).

When I added the new page template to the theme directory, it shouldn’t show up. Why? Do I need to declare it somewhere?

assuming your account has the ability to change permissions, you can do this with your ftp editor (right click usually) for individual files.

You can also do this through the command line. But yes, every time you change a theme, you are dealing with completely separate files. One idea is to have the webhosting company use access lists to impose permissions on the wp-content directory.