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UPDATE 3: I have opted for a workaround. I have created a (wide) page template with a container and post content only (plus header / footer) and will insert two columns into the page when used for LifterLMS lessons.

UPDATE 2: Have disabled all plug-ins on a staged site, still not showing Sidebar (same settings as previous website where Lesson Sidebar automatically showed up).

UPDATE: I just tried LifterLMS Labs (Super Sidebar) and nothing appeared in the dropdown for my site’s main sidebar.

Hey,

Thanks for that – this is really helpful. It sounds like I need to manually enroll users who have paid once I can see their orders in the WP Express “Order” section.

I’m wondering… have you considered a 3-month free trial of your PayPal plugin for clients who are just starting out? I fully intend to look into automating the enrolment process and don’t mind paying for this as I do already get so much from the free version of your plugin – but until I know if my courses will sell, it’s just not an extra expense I can afford right now.

The reason I ask is because it would be helpful to be able to work out any kinks now rather than having to switch the payment process down the line.

But I’ll stick with manually enrolling for now and revisit this if and when I start making money.

Thanks again,

Hi, thank you for the reply it’s appreciated.

Please be more specific as I’m not familiar with Ubuntu or WordPress.

Can you provide more information about this firewall plugin? I have a virtual machine set up which has full internet access. Do you mean that I need to make a change on my host’s firewall? If so, what change would you suggest?

Thank you,

I spoke too soon.

I can edit whatever was set up automatically but no other themes. Seems permissions related but even though I have amended the permissions on the wp-content folder a thousand different ways and amended wp-config to include direct installation method, nothing has worked. I think I will re-do everything again but this time ignore the permissions set up on the URL posted earlier.

I fixed it! Can’t believe it works!

Here’s what I ended up doing:

I deleted the WordPress folder from the root directory and dropped the entire database from MySQL (using phpMyAdmin). I deleted all MySQL database users bar root and system ones etc. and then I deleted all files in /var/www/html/ – I did this through the GUI because I feel more comfortable with the GUI. I accessed the /var/ folder by typing in var in search which brought up the tmp folder. After opening the tmp folder, I was able to click on var in the ‘address bar’. Anyway, I then created a brand new SQL database using phpMyAdmin and a brand new user (new names). I then installed WordPress again but this time using instructions from the following website: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-14-04 – I followed everything up until I had entered completely new account information at the 5-minute install page. When I logged in I was able to EDIT from within WordPress instead of having to edit the MySQL database tables directly.

I did start receiving an ftp prompt though in order for WordPress to communicate with me – likely due to the permissions on the var/www/html folder? Not sure but it seems more secure and I won’t often need to install themes etc.

I installed the ftp server following this guide: https://www.yourownlinux.com/2013/10/install-create-configure-ftp-server-in-linux.html

I do have to enter my ubuntu username and password now for installing things but like I said, that seems secure and not too much of a hassle so I kind of prefer it.