ronmerk

Hi Guy:

What system is running on Travelblog.org?

Example:

If Travelblog.org is a wordpress site, you’d goto dashboard>tools> export and choose your parameters. Once you have the file, goto your new WP blog and choose:

dash>tools>import>wordpress

To use this feature, you have to know what platform is currently running on travelblog.org

Hi Horace:

I’m thinking based on your description that you need to implement a plug-in called “Blog in Blog”. It will allow you to separate categories onto other pages and maintain your home page for your default of “feature” category.

Ron

Hi Steve:

I’m assuming you can’t access your dashboard … so you must access your sight using your FTP program and delete the 2010-weaver theme folder. That should get your dashboard back.

Ron

Hi Matt:

You’re asking the believers here, so we’re probably slightly biased ??

I say yes to all your questions.

Ron

PS – importing database IS advanced programing and you will probably find that in practical terms, your idea of importing from existing databases to WP databases will be so complex that it won’t be worth while.

I did change my forum software from a stand alone BBS database system to the forum plug-in I now use in WP … To do so, I needed to get my son-in-law (who is a EXPERT SQL programmer) to build a custom script that took all the records form my stand alone BBS system and convert them into the record structure in my forum plug-in within my WP database. It would have cost $1000’s if I’d had to have hired someone.

NOT practical for most WP implementers. Starting over is probably easier and certainly more practical.

Ron

Hi dvdljns:

I did exactly what you’re asking when I set up my 1st WordPress site. I tried other CMS software as well as had one of my sites as HTML static pages. In both scenarios it was simple to install and implement WordPress in the same directory as my existing sites.

What you have to know is that WordPress installs your INDEX file as “index.php” … so if you already use that syntax, you have to “rename” your your original “index.php” to something else before you install WordPress. Then rename WordPress’s “index.php” to wpindex.php and rename your original index file back to “index.php” while you’re in development mode. This will leave your existing site operating until you’re ready to switch over to WP.

Sounds complicated, but if you’ve been playing with other CMS data base systems, I’m sure it makes sense.

The great part about WordPress is you’ll beable to access your dashboard (https://yourdomain/wp-admin/)and create all your pages etc and leave your original stuff running until you’re ready to go live by deleting your original index file and renaming your WP index file back to index.php.

Another great way to develop is to create a WP on your own PC using XAMPP as a localhost – do a local WP install and database and create as much as you like and then use what you’ve learned as your test bed for your online WP install.

Last, but not least, you could create a WP install as a sub-domain on your host and when you have your site as you want it, transfer to your main domain. There are some great articles here on www.ads-software.com on transferring from sub-domains or to new domains etc.

As for forums inside WP, there are several the work great. Just do a search in the plug-ins and you’ll find them. Never implemented any “chat” plug-ins, but I do remember seeing some in my browsing of the plug-in lists.

You can see my active site with a forum at:

https://www.blazeonline.com/wls/

Hope some of this helps.

Ron

Hi LiHain:

Writing articles that have “formatting” in a word processor of any kind is a problem when you copy and paste to just about any browser to any web page based CMS like WordPress.

Microsoft Word is the worst. Open Office is much better, but still will cause you problems if you’ve done a lot of formatting in your article.

If you MUST copy and paste “formatted” material, than make sure you’re on the “Visual” tab in your WordPress editor and use the “Paste from Word” or “Paste as plain text” buttons.

Then, as Saildude suggested, do you formatting in WordPress.

Another alternative is to use an HTML editor like “Trllian Webpage” – it free – not the best, but works.

You can copy and paste to Trillian and then click on the source tab and copy the actual HTML code. Goto your WordPress editior and click on the “HTML” tab and paste the HTML source into WordPress.

You’ll probably find some formating issues that don’t paste over 100%, but it will get you close.

I personally tend to write all my articles using Open Office with little or no formatting (wait until I paste it to WordPress)

The only time I use Trillian is when I have a complex table that I want to create and want more control over the HTML code in the table.

Hope that helps

Ron

Hi b-lis:

Did you “auto” update? If so did you get any error messages at the end of the update process?

Things to check or consider:

1. Make sure you refresh you cache plug-in if you’re using one
2. You may want to try a “manual” upgrade. You can find the process here:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress

Hope that helps

Ron

Hi Mike:

You can usually optimize your own data base using the CPanel of your server host company. Look for the PHPMyAdmin function. Find your database for your WordPress install and repair/optimize. There is also a great plug-in that allows you to do database functions from your WordPress dashboard. It’s called WP-DBManager.

Bottom line is that WordPress is database driven. Each page must call info from your database, so if you’re on a shared server you can easily have speed problems. Most likely it isn’t your site as much as other shared sites running ion the same server as you that is slowing down you. All you have to have is 1 busy commercial site on the server you’re on and you’re hooped!

By default and necessity most WordPress webmasters will use a cache plug-in IPSTENU suggested some good ones. I personally use Quick Cache which seems to work pretty good.

You also might check the theme you’re using and any plug-ins. Sometimes a particular theme or plug-in can be very database intensive.

Try going to the default theme and then turning off each of your plug-ins one at a time and check your site refresh each time to see if speed markedly improves.

Don’t forget – if you install a cache plug-in to disable it when you’re testing speed (you’ll just get confused as the cache plug-in will be displaying your cached pages during testing.

Hope you find some of these suggestions helpful.

In the end you may find the only solutions is a dedicated or semi-dedicated server – or God forbid!! going back to a static HTML site.

Ron

Has ANYBODY figured this out yet??

I get this error too. I run 7 or 8 WP sites. Tried 2 so far and get this error on both when doing the auto upgrade.

Could not copy file.: /…/…/wp-admin/css/theme-editor.dev.css

Never had a previous auto upgrade fail in WP ever! ??

Nope! and no response by the plug-in developer either ??

Yes – except where you’ve manually created a link in your own post or page that points to an internal page within your blog.

In other words, all your past posts and pages will get new url permalinks. Any actual links that you created within a post/page would need changing. You probably won’t have many of those, so it should all be good.

Don’t forget about “other” websites that may have linked to you. Those links will be broken, so you may want to notify those web masters to update their links.

Could this be as simple as “clicking on the “Visual” tab in the editor?

What changed when this happened to you? For example, did you install some plugin? or changes any of your WordPress common php files?

Check your upgrade directory. Sometimes WordPress and plug-ins leave behind their upgrade files in the “upgrade” directory. I have found if there is something already in the upgrade directory “auto” update function will not work for WordPress or plug-ins.

Use a good FTP program and delete any files etc in the upgrade directory. Then try your auto upgrade again.

Ron