webwalrus

Aw, c’mon….that would be too easy. ??

Okay, I didn’t know those existed. I’ll check into those. Thanks a lot!

Erm….what do you mean by “installed”? Installation involves creating a database and/or username for the database on your server, and running a script that does the install for you.

When you do that, it gives you your password both on the screen and in an e-mail. You’re never going to get your password out of the wordpress files; it’s in the database.

That %s stuff is programmer-speak for the password string, which gets displayed. Think of it as a template that the password gets plugged into.

But anyway, if you go to your blog’s wp-admin directory, it’ll prompt you to log in. On that same page, there’s a link to request a lost password. The default username is “admin”.

Otherwise, you can just toast the blog and re-install. If you haven’t posted anything, you’ll only lose about half an hour of time.

If it’s not your server, try contacting the server admin. It’s possible the database went wonky and locked your posts table. Otherwise, try restarting MySQL.

If you’re a semi-competent designer and have experience with PHP, there’s no reason you can’t do what you’re talking about. You’ll have to convert your site to work within the blog system, but all you basically have to do is make a template and then make your existing pages into WordPress pages. Then you can use WordPress to manage your content. I did almost exactly this for my church’s website.

Be warned, however – it’s not the sort of thing where you download a magic import tool and it does it for you – it requires some work on your part. It’s worth it in the long run though, IMHO.

Okay…wp-cache is enabled and *crossing fingers* running properly. I’ve got the cache timeout set to 86400, as this blog doesn’t accept comments – it’s just once or twice per day posts by the admin, and he can manually toss the cache when he needs it refreshed. Looks like the cache is up and running great! Thanks for all the help!

Okay….slapped a meter on it….*42* queries. Isn’t that the answer to life, the universe, and everything? ?? That seems way high, so I’m going to be doing some digging. My other site, by the way, has 14 queries. For reference, is there a number of queries that’s “typical”, or a “you’re not going to get below x queries, so don’t try”?

Just curious….thanks for all the great information guys!