mathechr

I figured it out.

I had copied one of my functions with the intention of modifying it, but I didn’t modify it when I saved the file. Having two functions with the same name completely killed everything.

I deleted the duplicate function and everything’s back to normal.

Now if I could just remember what I was trying to do before all this happened, I’d be in good shape.

Thanks for the info.

I installed the Exec-PHP plugin, and it works like a dream.

/cheers

I’ve looked into using a contact form, but everything I’ve looked at sends the information to an email address, or some other back-end destination.

What I need is for this form to send the output to a webpage so the visitor can read it. Now, this is no big deal; I put together a mock-up PHP page in about 15 minutes. But I need this output webpage to be automatically archived (categorized and tagged, too) so that people can peruse the site and read old outputs. Basically, WordPress would need to be able to create a new page/post on its own.

This doesn’t work for me. When I Enable Accessibility Mode, I don’t even get the four-way Move arrow when I hover over the widgets.

Hmm… My entire “themes” folder was gone. Looks like there’s a backup… that’s really weird.

So yeah, it was an issue with the theme.

Thanks much

I’m 98% sure the pings won’t happen until the post is actually published. Until that moment, the post only exists inside WordPress.

I’m assuming you’ve dug through settings and options, and read any ReadMe files there might be, if any?

It might be that the plugin is written to insert itself into the generic “sidebar.php” file, which in your case is likely the middle one. You could try editing the plugin – search for “sidebar.php” and if it’s there, try changing it to the name of your right sidebar’s .php file.

Are these sidebars managed with widgets? If so, there should be a pull-down menu that will allow you to show (and configure) the different sidebars. Make sure you’re looking at the correct one.

If it’s not widgetized, check to make sure you’re editing the right template file. Without seeing a list of your *.php files, it’s hard to say which one might the correct one. I’ve worked with some themes where the sidebar is actually the header.php, or what looks like the footer is actually the sidebar.php.

I guess my best advice is to use educated trial and error.

Good luck.

Maybe try using <?php the_excerpt(); ?> instead of <?php the_content(); ?> on the main page?

If you don’t enter text in the excerpt area, it will just use a chunk of the beginning of the post with a […] at the end.

Not sure if there’s a way to configure the number of characters this uses, though.

So, let me get this straight… currently your blog is at http:www.yoururl.com/wordpress, but you want it to be at https://www.yoururl.com?

If you want to take the “/wordpress” off the URL of your blog, you’re going to have to move the entire WordPress installation.

Unless there’s an easier way to do it that I’m unaware of, you’ll have to create a new installation at your desired URL, then copy all of your themes, plugins, and other supporting files, and export your database. Once you get the new installation up and running, you can upload your themes, plugins, and misc. files, and import the database.