MegWi

Yes, thank you! I have comments!! ??

Oh, I see that now. Thanks!!

Oh, in “discussion” I have “allow people to post comments on new articles” checked.

@viky081: Thanks! I am very new at this, so may I ask a couple questions to clarify?

When I open header.php this is what is in it that includes <title>:
<title><?php wp_title('|', true, 'right'); ?></title>
Do I replace the <?php wp_title('|', true, 'right'); ?> with the code you gave me above?

Then, when I have done so and saved it, can I upload just the header.php to my site via ftp, or is there anything else I need to update?

Thank you so much.

@justingreerbbi: thank you, also. When you say it is extremely poor for SEO, do you think that it is a problem with the way my template was written, or is it possibly a problem with my plugin “All in one SEO Pack”?
And would trying to run “All in One SEO Pack” and “Page Meta” at the same time be counterproductive? (Thanks for the advice on “Page Meta”)…

-Meg

https://pastebin.com/uvRcAGc4

Thank you! Firebug is great!

I changed them back after I saw no change so that I didn’t inadvertently mess something up.

What I mean by ‘no luck’ is, after I click “update file”, and make a new post and preview it, the color is still the original black.

Should editing the file on my computer and uploading via ftp give me a different result than editing the style sheet in my dashboard?

thanks…

Resolved thanks to esmi. Here is the answer from another thread, in case anyone runs across this:

“Haha! We have found a culprit thanks to some other gifted forum volunteers. There is indeed a bug in 3.4 that is only triggered on hosting that runs PHP 4 and PHP 5. That’s certainly the case with 1&1. The gory details are available at https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/21316 if anyone is interested.

In shirt, we think that WP is trying to use PHP 4 and then erroring out when it should – instead – be generating a message along the lines of “You need PHP 5.2.4 to run WordPress”. Since you’re using 1&1, there may be a way around this. Try adding

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

an .htaccess file on your domain’s root folder. That should force PHP5, if I remember correctly.”

I was able to fix it when I saw this post from esmi on another thread:

“Haha! We have found a culprit thanks to some other gifted forum volunteers. There is indeed a bug in 3.4 that is only triggered on hosting that runs PHP 4 and PHP 5. That’s certainly the case with 1&1. The gory details are available at https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/21316 if anyone is interested.

In shirt, we think that WP is trying to use PHP 4 and then erroring out when it should – instead – be generating a message along the lines of “You need PHP 5.2.4 to run WordPress”. Since you’re using 1&1, there may be a way around this. Try adding

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

an .htaccess file on your domain’s root folder. That should force PHP5, if I remember correctly.”

Oh! Got help and got it figured out- my text program had saved it as a rtf.

You solved my problem! Thanks!

I am having this same problem! I am a beginner at this, so if I could ask for clarification:

do you mean create a file in a text program with the contents ‘AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php’, title it “.htaccess”, and upload it via FTP into the root directory of my webspace?

I tried that… and it’s not working yet. I also have 1and1, and am trying to create a WP blog for the first time.

Thank you eschwartz, I tried first installing it through my host. I am now going to try following WordPress’ installation guide. ??

[ Please do not bump, it’s not permitted here. ]

Richard- thank you for the link. I don’t think that my issue was addressed, because I am not trying a new plugin, I am just trying to upload for the first time.

Any pointers? Or am I reading it wrong and assuming it means a new plugin?