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  • sannek

    (@sannek)

    I don’t know this theme, but I had a quick look and have a suggestion for you to try.

    On your blog pages you’ll find:

    <body><div id="container">

    Whereas on the contact page there is:

    <body><div id="container" class="singlecol">

    I suggest to take out the class=”singlecol”, as this may be what’s causing the content column to take too much horizontal space, so that the sidebar doesn’t fit anymore.

    Possible explanation:

    In the css file we have:


    #content {
    float: left;
    width: 485px;
    padding-top: 32px;
    }

    .singlecol #content {
    margin: 0pt 70px;
    float: none;
    width: 550px;
    }

    So #content is supposed to be 485px wide on blog pages, but 550px wide on static pages with the singlecol class, which is too much to fit the sidebar beside it.

    EDIT: You also get some XHTML errors after validation (https://validator.w3.org/). Fixing those may also improve page display.

    Greetings, Sanne

    sannek

    (@sannek)

    The she-bang header might not be a problem, as it is only needed in files loaded directly, not in the ones that are included (as far as I know). But changing the file extensions of all php files to cgi AND also changing all references of those files inside the code is a huge task, so my recommendation is also to get a new host.

    Good luck, Sanne

    Hey cool! I’m glad you got it sorted out. Have fun with WordPress ??

    Sanne

    Maybe it isn’t localhost, only your provider would know this. If you ask your provider about the database connections details for a php application, they really should at least try to help you.

    To reinforce my trust in WP again, I just did a quick install of the current WP version 1.5.1.3 in something like 1 minute… it really is that easy usually.

    I hope you get it sorted with your provider. If I can help in any other way, just ask.

    Sanne

    I just checked, no, it would be another error message. I made a user in phpMyAdmin, set a password, created a new database “wptest”, and gave the user no rights. I then attempted a WP install and got this error message:

    “Cana€?t select database

    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the wptest database.”

    So it’s not that, it should be a problem with the settings in wp-config.php, or some other weird issue.

    At this point I run out of ideas for fixing this problem remotely. I think your next options are either asking your provider for help, or giving somebody you trust and who is familiar with WordPress your account details and let him/her try.

    If anybody else has an idea, just jump in ??

    Of course, if you want me to try any other things with my WP install, just tell me.

    Sanne

    Ah, didn’t see your post, podz. Sorry to have rambled on, I’m glad it’s resolved ??

    Sanne

    IF your WP tables store entries in utf-8 (most likely), you need to make sure to set an appropriate utf-8 character set and language when you log in to phpMyAdmin (the language drop down field on the login screen) before exporting the database, so phpMyAdmin knows about the right character set.

    If the character sets of WP and phpMyAdmin don’t match, the special characters get distorted by an export.

    Which character set WP uses can be seen under Options/Reading/Encoding for pages and feeds

    I don’t know if you can convert your sql file back to utf-8, but you can try to do it using a text editor that has this capability. I don’t know of one on Windows, on Linux you can use Bluefish for that.

    Character sets are a bit confusing, I hope I could help you anyway.

    Sanne

    Hmm, that could mean that the entries in wp-config.php are somehow not correct or maybe mistyped, please re-check them just to be safe. Also, the database user needs sufficient privileges to create the tables during WP install, though I don’t know if the error message you got suggests that this could be the problem.

    In any case, either version of phpMyAdmin should work, I used several versions without problems.

    You said that you entered the user and password in wp-config.php, did you also set the database name?

    Sanne

    I made a test file, looks ok I think:
    Colored Code Test

    2 things though: the validator doesn’t like the <summary> tag, at least not with the strict doctype I used in my testfile, and you had one error in the css:

    font-size: 1.3 em;

    (Space between number and unit is not correct)

    Sanne

    If you mean phpMyAdmin, the database managing tool, it’s most likely that your service provider disabled the privileges feature. In that case, the database should already be set up by your provider and username and password for this database should have been sent to you. Enter those into wp-config.php under “MySQL settings”.

    For a more detailed instruction, this page in the WP codex might help:
    Installing WordPress

    Sanne

    Look at the bottom of the post editing screen, any previously set custom fields should show up in the advanced editing section under “custom fields”. Edit key and value to your liking and press update.

    Sanne

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