mnatseah624

Hello David @diggeddy
Many thanks. I didn’t see that. Duh.
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• This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by mnatseah624.

Thanks @jnashhawkins I will certainly be very careful. Just establishing the procedure at this stage. Apart from that…
I have three sites that are still visible/working: (1) brightmorningstar.org (main site) (2) christmascantata.brightmorningstar.org; (3) shop.brightmorningstar.org.
BUT…

(1) The main site (brightmorningstar.org) is on one database. But in PHPMyAdmin it has three options files, one for each site. But 2_options (shop) and 3_options (christmascantata) have no content. Instead, the content of the two subdomains is in two other databases, as follows:
(2) christmascantata has its own separate database with only one options file.
(3) shop has two options files (shop and shop/staging).

Is this normal? Or should all three sites really be inside the main brightmorningstar database?
Also, how can I set up my staging site so it backs up the entire multisite and not just one subdomain (shop)?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by mnatseah624.

Thanks @jnashhawkins and @developress
It took me a while to get my multisite working. The fall-out was three databases/sites that are completely non-functional (one from my old single site and two first-attempt multisites). I have now renamed them (in MySQL Databases) and their absence doesn’t make any difference to my functioning site. They are also taking up 20 MB of space so I think it would be best to get rid of them. I actually can’t delete these through Network Admin, because they don’t appear there. The only possible way I can see to delete them is thru MySQL Databases.
(Btw I have other issues with my functioning sites, but I’m tackling things slowly, one issue at a time.)
But why do you both caution so strongly about deleting thru MySQL Databases when I can’t access the redundant sites thru Network Admin?
Thanks

Hello @jnashhawkins I’m getting back sooner than I thought about my multisite. Could you pls give me pointers for a couple of things?
(1) You say “Post a test message.” I could add a post or a page to one of the sites, but I can’t find my pages and posts. I know they are in the database. But when I go to PHPMyAdmin, I can’t find any way to trace them. Can you pls give me a pointer.
(2) Should I change the database user name in PHPMyAdmin or in the wp-config file?
(3) One subdomains is totally unused. If I delete it (via Network Admin) will the delete command completely clean it out of the database and wp-content.

Hello @jnashhawkins Thanks very much for your helpful reply. I’ll take a week or two to work thru your suggestions, then I’ll report back.
Best wishes. Stay well.

Dear @leohsiang
Thanks. I can see the issue is that the comma at the end of
body.page-id-830 .main-navigation .main-nav ul li[class*="current-menu-"].sfHover > a,
and just before the blockquote code caused the confusion.
I’ve replaced it with an empty pair of curly brackets, like this
body.page-id-830 .main-navigation .main-nav ul li[class*="current-menu-"].sfHover > a {}
Now it works. Was that the correct solution? Or…?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by mnatseah624.

Hello @leohsiang, I put it in style.css. Works a treat.
Many thanks

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by mnatseah624.

Hello @leohsiang and anyone else who can answer
So I just made a Generate Press Child, my first child theme. When I activated it, I found it deactivated GP. I also found that it, naturally, appeared without all the additional CSS code which I had added. May I just ask….
Is this how it’s supposed to work? Should GP Child now be the only activated theme? And should I add my CSS code there?
A yes or no will do.
Many thanks

Hello @leohsiang
Thanks very much for your advice.
Happy Easter to you.

Hello Leo
I didn’t have a child theme. I just inserted it straight into functions.php.
Is a child theme the best way to do it?
I tried it with Code Snippets, but it’s not working there.
Btw this was the code…

function wpb_latest_sticky() { 
 
/* Get all sticky posts */
$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
 
/* Sort the stickies with the newest ones at the top */
rsort( $sticky );
 
/* Get the 5 newest stickies (change 5 for a different number) */
$sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 5 );
 
/* Query sticky posts */
$the_query = new WP_Query( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 ) );
// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
    $return .= '<ul>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        $return .= '<li><a href="' .get_permalink(). '" title="'  . get_the_title() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a><br />' . get_the_excerpt(). '</li>';
         
    }
    $return .= '</ul>';
     
} else {
    // no posts found
}
/* Restore original Post Data */
wp_reset_postdata();
 
return $return; 
 
} 
add_shortcode('latest_stickies', 'wpb_latest_sticky');
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by mnatseah624.

Dear Tom @edge22
Thank you very much. I’ve just one little remaining problem. When I mouseover on, say, Blog, then hover over the dropdown list, Blog becomes black and illegible.
Might you have another line of code for that?
Hopefully…

Dear Tom (@edge22)
Many thanks indeed. That works fine. Just one more question, pls.
The active page tab is still black with black text. How can I change the colors of the tab and the text?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by mnatseah624.

Thanks for the explanation @diggeddy

OK. I didn’t realize that space was important.
I live and learn. ??
Thanks and God bless

Dear @diggeddy
Many many thanks. That works well. And the !important tag has solved several of my issues.
May I beg of you one more thing, pls?…
I can’t change the color of the black header
This is the code I’m trying

body.page-id-830.site-header {
    background-color: #fff !important;
}

Any ideas?