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Hmm. I’ll give that a shot, and let you know how it goes. I’m a bit wary of it though, simply because my WP install is in my root folder, not in a separate directory or anything.

Hiya. My pages aren’t empty per se, but when I enter my Dashboard, the horizontal bar of buttons (Write, Upload, Options, etc.) is no longer present. All that I see is my blog name, and underneat that: “Logout ()”. Anyone know why this is? I can access all the other pages internally by going directly to them (e.g. links and plugins, etc.), but that super-convenient horizontal toolbar no longer seems to exist!

Spam Karma 2 did it for me. Bless that plugin!

Yes, I’m perfectly aware of what I’m doing; I’m not looking for enormous amounts of traffic, especially not from search engines (there is a method to my madness, I promise, but it’ll take forever to explain). Quite simply, I don’t want people to come to my site via search engines or a couple of particular referring sites; I want my blog to stay marginally private. If anyone could help me figure out what I’m doing wrong (and yes, I removed the file when it wasn’t working), I’d really appreciate it.

I have a definite problem; when I put up a .htaccess file on my site, I couldn’t even make it to the domain (it wouldn’t show up anything). Is it something I put in the file itself, or is there a particular way to set up a .htaccess file? I’m using ICDSoft as my host, and the site is https://www.venialsin.com. The text of the file is below:

</Files>setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)orkut.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)friendster.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)google.com.pk” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)yahoo.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)dogpile.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)askjeeves.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)lycos.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)altavista.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)hotbot.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(search\.)msn.com” spam_ref=1

<FilesMatch “(.*)”>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=spam_ref
</FilesMatch>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:[email protected] [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
RewriteRule ^.* – [F,L]

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have a definite problem; when I put up a .htaccess file on my site, I couldn’t even make it to the domain (it wouldn’t show up anything). Is it something I put in the file itself, or is there a particular way to set up a .htaccess file? I’m using ICDSoft as my host, and the site is https://www.venialsin.com. The text of the file is below:

</Files>setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)orkut.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)friendster.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)google.com.pk” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)yahoo.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)dogpile.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)askjeeves.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)lycos.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)altavista.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(www\.)hotbot.com” spam_ref=1
setenvifnocase Referer “^https://(search\.)msn.com” spam_ref=1

<FilesMatch “(.*)”>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=spam_ref
</FilesMatch>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:[email protected] [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
RewriteRule ^.* – [F,L]

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The same thing’s happened to me, and I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. It’s really frustrating. I’ve gone back to 1.2.1 for now, if only because I couldn’t handle the lack of comments.

I’m all restored now, thank goodness. Will probably hold off on the 1.5 upgrade for a few days until I’m more settled in again! Out of curiousity, am I supposed to re-import my database files once I’ve completed the upgrade, or leave it as is? When I’d upgraded, I simply couldn’t access my comments, and no one could leave them…didn’t know how to get around that.

Thanks again!

Well, I don’t think it’s bloody working just yet, at least not if the 600 comments from “Phentermine”, telling me what a lovely site I have, are any indication ??

Yes, I’ve tried it, but it won’t work. Thanks for your guide btw, it made life incredibly easy. I was afraid I’d have to e-mail you to help with the upgrade as well (you did my initial install) ??

UPDATE — Yep, now it works. For some reason, it kept displaying in Firefox, but not IE; I flushed my cache and cleaned out my history, and now it’s clean.

Ah, I see how it works. Thank you so much for your help!

Hi,

I was wondering why my RSS link seems to have gone offline. The link exists, but everytime anyone clicks on it, I get the following message:

“The requested URL /feed/rss2/ was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”

I don’t recall having done anything to eliminate the feed, but…
my site is at https://www.venialsin.com. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If I were to put The Loop into the content section of my main page (i.e. in the middle column, for example), would that just be the blog posts, or would that include the little things such as a calendar/search button, etc.? Just curious; have built a CSS-based HTML site, and am trying to figure out some way to make it WordPress friendly (I really like my template/colours/etc., but have no idea how to code the appropriate portions of WordPress’s index.php or CSS to make it look the way I want). It’s not on my site yet, but I’m working on it ??

Just out of curiousity–can I create an entire page in Dreamweaver (say, with images and text formatting, etc.,), and then apply your steps to it?

If I’m using the default Trident template, and want to change the header to an image file/default link, how can I do that while removing the text? I’m very new to CSS and I’m not sure if the default template has any code that would allow me to insert a header. I’ve been trying to edit the CSS using Dreamweaver (by linking the index.php file to the layout.css file), but am not sure how I’d put an image header up top. Any suggestions, or am I simply rehashing old territory?