Jason Stallings

Great photos Jeremy!

Does the page show if you switch to a default theme?

You’re looking for page templates:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Page_Templates

You need to name that file something like page-coupons.php, add this header:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Coupons
*/

Then select it as the page template:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/images/thumb/a/a3/page-templates-pulldown-screenshot.png/180px-page-templates-pulldown-screenshot.png

This is definitely caused by the file permissions. Generally I’ll use 755 for folders, and 644 for files.

It’s possible the file permissions got messed up at some point because it’s very unlikely you were able to update your theme with 555 permissions.

Read this page for more information:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_File_Permissions

No problem!

There should be this code somewhere:

comment_form();

And that will create the comment form. It’s very possible that there’s some code around it, or it was removed!

I suggest looking into using a plugin like Gravity Forms or Ninja Forms.

These have drag and drop interfaces that will allow you to rebuild the form, then collect the responses.

Hi wtfbingo,

If <img src="image.gif"><p>Text</p> is the outputted html then your code isn’t working properly. Double check your syntax and confirm the alignLeft class exists in your theme.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Wrapping_Text_Around_Images

It’s actually not 100% safe, themes may clean up after themselves when deactivated (clear out theme options to prevent database bloat), but many times it is safe. If you have access to PHPMyAdmin you can create a quick database export before the switch to make sure you don’t lose anything.

Switching to the default theme will let you know if it’s an issue with the theme, or your plugins. If it’s an issue with your theme you’ll need to bring it up to the theme developer, if it’s your plugins, it seems like you know the drill! It may not be fun, but it’s the best way to find the issue. You can deactivate all plugins using this method.

Sorry if this wasn’t much help but there isn’t much we’ll be able to do here!

Your websites are loading for me, so either you have a security plugin install that’s blocking you, or your hosting provider has you blocked.

If you have any security plugins enabled I suggest using FTP/SFTP to rename the plugin folders. If you can’t connect then you’ll need to contact your hosting provider.

You can start by deactivating the dukapress plugin to get your site up.

Have you made any changes to this plugin? If so reinstall the plugin. If not I suggest reaching out to the plugin developer:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/dukapress

How about you create a template file that using something like this:

$department=$_GET['department'];
$tag=$_GET['area'];

$args = array(
	'cat'      => $department,
	'tag'     => $tag
);

query_posts( $args );

// The Loop
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
    echo '<li>';
    the_title();
    echo '</li>';
endwhile;

// Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

(code not tested)

In this example you’d use a tag to specify the area.

Then you can link to it like this:

https://example.com/deparment-posts?department=computers&area=software

Hi Karen,

Have the comments ever worked with this theme? Do they work when you switch to Twenty Fourteen?

Since this is a premium theme you may have better luck asking the theme Author:

https://themeforest.net/item/camy-wordpress-shop/4208449/comments

You could achieve this with Gravity Forms but it will require a bit of coding to process the information after you submit the form.

Honestly I don’t think there is a plugin that will do exactly what you want, your best best will be to write a bit of JavaScript and include that in your post.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Javascript#JavaScript_in_Posts

Hi Darron,

Have you looked into using Akismet? It’s free for non-commercial sites and is awesome at fighting spam.

Hi inelov,

You’ll need to use CSS to modify the background color, you can use the Jetpack CSS editor to do this! Something like this would work:

.content-area
{
    background-color: #FF0000;
}

You’ll need to look at the source to find the correct selector.

In the future you may have better luck posting in the forum for the theme so the theme author can help!

https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/spun

This is a common method used to help fight against bot brute force attempts and will help this plugin be more compatible with other security plugins.