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Go to ‘Settings > Reading’ in your admin panel, you can edit the default ‘home’ display page from there. Is that what you mean?

I have the same problem and have been trying to solve it via my .htaccess file… no luck yet. See thread: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/420853?replies=10#post-1590469

Where can i find this web.config file you speak of? Is it there by default or have you created it?

My use of hashcash and not allowing users to create new users (posted above) seems to have done the trick too!

ZERO new sploggers in 13 hours!

I have had similar problem (and user understanding!) but managed to get the images working again by debugging (fiddling) with .htaccess file – using a # at the begining of each line to comment it out and so find out which line (or more) is causing the problem… Here’s what i have on at the moment to get the images going (remember, everything with a # at the start of a line is not currently active):

RewriteEngine On

#RewriteRule ^/?$ /mybag/ [L,QSA,R=301] << that’s a redirect because my site is installed in a sub-directory, not the root.

RewriteBase /mybag

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ mybag/index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.* /wp-admin$
# RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . – [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>

BUT!!! The sub-sites on my network are malfunctioning – they show broken CSS and their admin panels are not accessible!!

I am currently trying to get this sorted via this thread: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/420853?replies=10#post-1590469

Good luck, sorry i cant be more specific.

Could it be something to do with the sub-sites not having their new twentyten theme installed correctly?

I have noticed that the HTML output has the same characteristics/layout when accessing the sub-sites (which don’t show any CSS and cant access admin area).

example: https://bagging-scotland.com/mybag/testsite/

yes, the rewrite worked fine pre-upgrade. the rewrite still works, but now it requires the other new WP3 lines, the re-direct only sends to the home page with the images missing, the other pages in the main site and sub-sites dont work either.

Tricky indeed! Thanks

quite possibly! ??
it got quite confusing for me because all the examples and default .htaccess file refers to the root of the domain, whereas my installation is in a sub-directory and has a redirect from root of the domain… i’d prefer it in the root directory but moving it is an even more scary prospect.

i know its just a case of adding in the directory but it leaves me unsure when doing it with all those eerie characters %$&'(.*%$& etc

someone gave me this snippet to create the re-direct with:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/?$ /mybag/ [L,QSA,R=301]

but perhaps there would be a better way to do it now that there are additional rules for WP3, i tried putting it in the ‘RewriteBase’ bit as a guess bit didnt quite work with the original rewrite:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/?$ /mybag/ [L,QSA,R=301]
RewriteBase /mybag
#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . – [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

sorry for my complete incompetence, i’m trying to learn but cant make head or tail of it!

Themes have built in features that are different from theme to theme, you may have enabled a theme that doesn’t offer the same features that your previous theme did.

I can see three navigation buttons; HOME CONTACT and RULES. They are created in flash so this may be causing problems for you.

to edit the main menu (which is located in the header) edit the file

wp-content/themes/yourtheme/header.php

but be aware that by default this is a self-populating menu, meaning if you add or remove pages in the admin panel, they are automatically added to the menu. You could hard-code the pages into the menu here if you like, but that leaves a static menu and may be vulnerable to errors when changing the path (or URL) of a certain page in the admin panel.

In WP 3.0, there is a new customisable menu feature that you could implement – what version of WP are you using?

I had the same problem and (still) have the same code in my .htaccess file but eventually it worked and found all the images again! I have what you have listed above plus the <IfModule…> bit but nothing else, i took the SuperCache code out temporarily to get the site working again.

Sorry i can’t bring anything other than that to the table, but i’m not sure i changed anything in the .htaccess file to make it work! The only difference is i have my install in a sub-directory on my server. I now have the problem of the existing (and new) sub-sites can only be viewed in front end and the admin panel cannot be reached to edit the sub-sites… https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/420853?replies=4

thanks for your help @andrea_r

it returned answer to direct upgrade call; “Your WordPress database is already up-to-date!”

I am running on dreamhost Shared server and have read about the domain mapping problems that may occur, but i am not using domain mapping.

Also, i initially had problems with the .htaccess file (images not showing post upgrade) but got that sorted.

I tried creating a new sub-site to access the admin panel and see if it was an upgrade issue, but even a new site (although visible in plain HTML) has no access to the admin panel. https://bagging-scotland.com/mybag/testsite/

I have been plagued by spam users for a while (having installed hashcash and akismet etc) but then unchecking the “allow users to add new users” option has given me new hope of a spam-free day! I thought i had cleared all the spam users out, but there must be one or two still registered who were letting others in…