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im going back&forth btwn tabs and just finished a session with Dreamhost support to confirm that they provide a way of backing up …
(as stated in the instructions in that link)
so yes confirmed and initiated the back up.
heres what i got …..
“Your ENTIRE account is now scheduled to be backed up! This can take a while since you may have a lot of data to archive, however we will send you an email once it finishes with instructions for downloading your backed up-data!
Your account backup is currently scheduled and may take as long as several days. You will be emailed when it finishes!”
-So am i safe now or do i still have to do i tmanually?

so if i connect to the server via FTP and copy everything in there to a folder on my desktop – Is that considered a back-up?
cause i actually did that without even knowing weather or not that was the way.
did you create a back up of your own?
if so – how?
thanks for chiming in

– are you saying that it has to be done via FTP?
– instructions in that link state …
“Create a directory, put a properly formatted style.css file in it, and you have a child theme”
in english – does that mean to …..
1.create a folder in “wp-content/themes” (what do i name it?)
2. do i copy the style.css file of the current theme (the one that im worried about) and paste that one into this new folder?
am i following you correctly?
thank you for chiming in & please bare with me – im a slow learner but i do make progress. LOL
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issue resolve!
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see here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/please-help-how-can-i-add-a-video-to-page?replies=7

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IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! IM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
that was it govpatel i did not know about the flv button!
its crazy – while it is so obvious to you and others that know it really is a mystery for us bginners.
i could not have worked this out without your help and patience as well as Rev. Voodoo.
thanks you!!!!!!!!1

hi again govpatel,
in the plug-in settings i ticked “flas video FLV” so that it can show up in the edito window and i got a message about not using something for commercial website.
does this apply kto me.

so far ….
[ERROR: Unable to parse URL, check for correct YouTube format]
(i dont know what that means)
will keep trying

gotya – i will try again.
i was wondering – i really dont want to but do you think i should disable WP Super Cache & W3 Total Cache plug-ins before giviing it another shot?
or just go for it?
also of the buttons that become available in the editor window pane…
is there any one that i should be using in particular?
i have uploaded the file with simpler name but i wonder if i should use the youtube / vimeo /blip.tv / dailymotion / veoh ?

double posted – sorry.

Rev. Voodoo,
hi thanks for chiming in ….
i did as you and govpatel said but i didnt get the video.
once i connected to the server ….
? i double clicked on the folder that says my site name
? i had a folder that i named Short Sale Video with the .flv inside.
? i dragged and copied the folder into the folder i mentioned above (mydomain) folder.
? ichecked and i could see it there i opened it up and the file was there too.
? i right clicked on the file and from the context menu – selected to copy the url to my clipboard.
was that correct so far? – please advise otherwise.
afterwards i installed the plug-in and i can see the buttons that it added to the editor window. when i clicked on any one the new buttons i entered the url that i copied into my clipboard and hit “okay”.
no joy ??
please tell me if it seems i did something wrong

right. im very happy for you.
im not being as fortunate it seems.
i did as you said but no video shows up.
after chatting with dreamhost support i was advuised that creating a custom PHP.ini might help in that i wont get that 7MB limit.
i started another thread to address that issue here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/creating-a-custom-phpini?replies=1#post-1813951

thanks again.

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its very frustrating to put so mush time into this and it still not work.
very discouraging too.

thanks again govpatel ….
i will try again! LOL
so by using this method, i need not worry about the 7MB size limit?
thank you for taking the time to comment & help.
VERY much appreciated.

thank you sir,
but please advise where should i upload the video to?
was i correct to upload into the folder that i mentioned above?
thanks once again for chiming in.
also – should be uploading the .mp4 or the .flv ?

thank you govpatel ….
sorry for the late response but i just got in.
would you be able to instruct me a little further please.
i understand what you mean by uploading it via FTP but my doubt comes from where am i supposed to store it.
also – im curious – did you at one time encounter tis issue yourself and find that your suggestion was the fix?
thanks again.