Marekant

Can anyone please look again at my problem. Neither of the two answers took into account the information I had presented.

The question is… if there are two index.html files in the “Home’ directory of the public.html folder, is it safe to delete the older index.html file (to delete a former home page that no longer shows in the wordpress dashboard but is still live in google index. nb. until I delete that former home page, google cannot remove it from their index)

Thanks for any advice
Marek

Thanks for the detailed answer.

There is a current home page. It’s url is https://www,howtophotographycourses.co.uk/
The link to the home page in the footer is correct. It links to the current home page.
I want to delete the old home page which is why I set out in detail the fact that there are two index.html files in the “home’ directory and why I asked if it is safe to delete the old index.html?

I am pretty sure that will solve the problem but would appreciate confirmation

I Think I may have found how to delete the old home page…

I checked the public_html and found there are two index.html files for the ‘home’ directory.

One dates back to April 2017 and looking at the html code it appears to be for the old /home/ page.

The second is dated a few days ago and is most definitely for the current home page.

Is it safe to delete the old index.html. file ?

Hi t-p.

The problem is google is telling me I have to take down the page or update it.

The content is still live on the web.
Before Google can remove it from our search results, the site owner needs to take down or update the content.

The old page appears in my search console but is not in the sitemap.

So, my problem is, how do I get to it, to remove it so that google can them remove it from their index?

Thank you for responding. I will send the details to you.

Marek

Hi Systemsbox

Thanks.

I have generated a sitemap and it said to add it to the root directory but I wanted to make sure whether it goes into the ‘public_html’ directory or added into one of the ‘php’ pages in wp-admin > appearance > editor?

But I also would like to know why the WordPress search facility does not filter a query to give relevant results? Any idea about that ?

It would be great to know for example, in practical terms from a visitor’s point of view whether a website with a font like Lato has distinct advantages over say, Tahoma ?

Just doing some research and see that :-

TwentyTwelve was offered with Open Sans as the default font,
TwentyThirteen was offered with Source Sans Pro
TwentyFourteen with Lato

all these are google fonts, so do most web designers / developers switch to non-google fonts, which reminds me of the point in my initial enquiry about the plug-in to get rid of google fonts?

Hi Andrew

Maybe I know less than I thought? I thought that each wordpress theme, twenty-ten, twenty-fourteen, Responsive etc came with its own ascribed font. Can you in fact choose any font for any wordpress theme, even premium paid-for themes?

Marek

Thanks, Jan.

I wasn’t aware of the TOS. As for the last question, can a google font be applied to any wordpress theme and would it better than the default font that comes with the theme?

kaotik,

I mean….

Howdy! Your site at https://www.xxxx has been updated automatically to WordPress 3.7.3.

this is what I received last night.

Having 6 days ago reported my alarm at being notified that my website has been updated without my consent to WP 3.7.2 I have now received another notice saying

“HOWDY !! your website has been updated automatically to 3.7.3.

Ok, for this particular website, I didn’t get the plugin to stop auto updates, so it’s my fault. I will now.

Is wordpress listening to the concerns of users, such as those who joined this thread ? I’m sure that Worpress has many users who are not tekkies but who can at least do the basics. Surely a friendly notice could be sent out saying

“HOWDY! For the safety of the internet and users of wordpress sites, we are continually improving wordpress and it is important that you upgrade when we notify you. We shall advise you of the improvements. You can opt to have this done automatically. If you have made modifications to the basic WordPress theme, you should [here WordPress should explain about child themes or whatever advice is necessary] so there is nothing to worry about upgrading and every reason to upgrade”

I did not know that automatic updates had been introduced, nor that they were introduced in 3.7 so now I know. Thanks.

Hi Andrew

Thanks for your quick response. I have installed the plug-in you mentioned ‘ Update-control’ which says it needs WP 3.7 or higher. It says it is activated but I’ve checked my website is WP 3.4.2. So does that mean it will not work even though it installed ok and using it, I have turned off auto-update?

This is a pressing matter as I have a complex Wp site using a Karma theme and a number of ‘getarounds’ to achieve the unique layouts of the site, but it is not built as a child theme, so an upgrade would delete all the modifications and after so much time since designing it, it would be a nightmare to try to re-build it

Regards
Marek

I’ve set up three WordPress sites on localhost. On the third site I installed the virtue theme. After populating the home page with content (text and images) I tried to get rid of the Page Titles by adding the code to the custom.css style sheet.

I returned to the Home page to see that the title was still there. I can’t remember what I did next but I could no longer load the site. In phpMyAdmin, it said that ‘no tables were found in the database.

The site folders still contained the data but the site would not load.

I deleted the database. Re-installed WordPress. Created a new database and was up and running again. I set up the twentyfourteen theme and then switched to the virtue theme. Again the site won’t load. Unlike the first problem, this time the database still contains the tables, so why won’t the site load?

I am not a web developer, so even if I use the right terms, that doen’t mean I understand them.

I’ll be very grateful for any help