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@David V: Login to your WordPress admin and click on “links/edit”. That should get you to the place where you can delete the default links and add your own.

Glory be…. comepletely missed that in the dashboard. Thanks Figaro! Appreciate the quick turn…

i have problem in my wordpress 2.6..
i just install a plugin of wordpress 2.7 in 2.6
so i am facing a problem when i login its says errror

“Fatal error: Call to undefined function add_object_page() in /home/glk616/public_html/aliengang.com/wp-content/plugins/adrotate/adrotate.php on line 60″

when i use ftp filezilla to use it says error also
login authenication error

i dont what should i do now plz help me.

wat to put in hostname how to do i know it has ftp and all that stuff.

I am receiving this error: “The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, cpanel@hosting24.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an Error Document to handle the request.”
Any ideas please!
Thank you

@noddy: If you can’t login to your server with filezilla, then you need to contact your host.

Figaro, I am interested in hiring you to do some work for me in solving some issues I have been having setting up my WP site. How do you prefer that I contact you & give you details, etc?

@Marsha: My email is at the bottom of the following page: http://educhalk.org/blog/?page_id=11

Hey Figaro,
Its Jim again you helped me the other day though the wordpress forums Can help me again please .. id downloaded a theme into my wordpress and by mistake messed about with the widgets which in turn messed the whole outlay of my blog , i couldnt belive it i only did a couple of clicks and it turned my whole blog upside down. So i went ahead and deleted the themes and reinstalled it !!
But when i got it all back the outlay is still the same all upside down because of the 2 widgets and i just cannot get it back to the original setting , today i thought about completely downloading wordpress but i`m not sure where to put it in my filezilla ?? Is this the right thing to do or is there a simple way of getting everything back to the original settings ??
Thanks in advance… Jim

I’m not sure what you mean by “upsidedown”….give me a link to the site so I can see what is wrong.

@figaro
Hey figaro,
Ok the sites not upside down but originaly the posts where on the left with 3 widgets running accross the top and the rss and sales running down the right , now ive got the posts running down the right 2 widgets top left , rss and sales down the left its just all wrong compaired to the original theme i jsy want the origial theme back
Thanks again .. Jim

Hello Figaro, Your tutorial on how to change passwords in phpMyAdmin was my first real help and success in working with WordPress. I just started using WordPress on 3/28/09. Thank you so much, it gave me hope that I can do this.

So far I’m doing ok on researching Codex and WordPress resource material to figure out how to edit the site and learn terminology, but I still have the biggest problem. The site used to be able to upload images, change categories and manage posts from wp-admin but it quit working earlier this year, it’s version 2.0.2. I was told that no changes had been made to the site.

Since managing posts from wp-admin doesn’t work anymore I’ve figured out how to manage via phpMyAdmin, but solving the problem on how to make the image upload work eludes me. I’ve had some wonderful epiphanies since 3/28 but I’m feeling lost at the moment.

Your advice on this problem is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Ursa

Hi, I just want to know how to access my locally installed blog(in pc) in another computer through internet. I know its not a good idea to open up my local environment to the internet. But anyway, i just want to know how to do it?

Used the kubrick videos to update my blog for our new daughter. Thanks. Without your videos I wouldn’t have been able get it done.

I’m moving on to trying to customize inove to match my current blog. inove seems to be more flexible from what I can tell.

Thanks and keep it up. Bob

@Hari: There are a few ways to do this…just search Google for things like “connect xampp to internet” or “connect localhost to internet” to find some tutorials.

@Ursa: Your WP version is very old and insecure. Instead of trying to fix that, I would upgrade first…that may fix all the problems. Since your version is so old, I would recommend upgrading incrementally by first going to 2.3.3, then 2.6.5 and then to 2.7.1 (or whatever the latest version happens to be when you do the upgrade). You can find all the older codebases here:

http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/

Hi

You have a great site with loads of helpful content. I am facing a strange problem and was wondering if you could help; i cant add any categories or tags to posts on my blog. i go to quick edit or edit post and add tags and select categories and then publish the post but nothing happens it is still uncategorized and with no tags. I have tried using the default theme, deactivating all plugins, automnatic reinstallation, repairng the tabel and stuff but it still wont work.

Please help I am new to word press

@Saurabh: I haven’t seen that problem before. I did notice you do have categories and tags showing on the site you linked to here.

@figaro Hi it was working earlier but stoped working now

Hi Figaro,
I just tried to move my Wp blog from the site’s root to a subdirectory. It went almost all well.
I used the side bar as a navigation bar with a few text widgets. It all has dissapeared and I don’t even know how to log into the WP blog panel!

the text that apperead in substitute to all in the sidebar Is:
Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in …nomadpodcast.com/public_html/la_alfombra_magica/wp-includes/widgets.php on line 531

any suggestions?
Thanks a lot for the videos. they are great!
Fernando

@fernando: Add /wp.admin t the end of your web address to get to the login screen. Then disable that widget to see what happens.

Thank you Figaro for being so responsive to so many people! Perhaps you have a moment to help me too? I have uploaded a purchased theme (Thesis 1.5) to GLOBAT (my URL host)/blog/wp-content/themes/thesis (wherein are all the files), but when I sign-in to the admin function and use the dashboard to look at Appearance/Themes, my theme (Thesis) is not there. I’ like to wait for 2.8 (smile) but my needs a bit more urgent. Thanks!

@Hillary: Just make sure you have uploaded it properly…see the following video.

http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=91

I would appreciate any suggestions. I used the Kaltura interactive video plugin. Entered the short code in the post as instructed. The code is showing up on my blogs home page, the link brings it to the post page and the video plays fine. I can’t figure out how to show the video on the home page instead of the code. I am totally unfamiliar with php and css. Thank you in advance. Diane

Hola recibe un cordial saludo… bueno mi duda es la siguiente y espero que me puedas ayudar, cree una página básica para mi semianrio y la enlasamos a la web de la provincia en la cual estoy ahora, pero si alguein que nos visita quiere dejar algún mensaje no puede, asi que estoy tratando de crear un muro, para que las personas que visiten la web puedan opinar y dejarnos sus saludos, ya que habemos estudiantes de 7 paises diferentes, te agradeceria mucho que me puiedas ayudar con los codigos, y asi poder terminar más rapido..

atte

Manuel aravena

Te dejos mis bendiciones y agradecimiento desde ya.

Ha!!! la página esta fuera de servicio ya que se cambio de servidor… si la pagina qeu te deje no funac dale click en esta http://www.cmperu.com.pe/web_seminario_interno/index.htm

@Manuel: I’m using a WordPress plugin called WP Wall for this. You can get from the plugins on wordpress.org

Hey I was wondering how can you get that kubrick editor so that I can edit it with my header. otherwise i can just open up gimpshop and open the header from there.

@mrslalas7: Have you looked at the Kubrick editing videos here? If not, click on the Kubrick tag and that should help.

Awww, thanks, Figaro! I’d locked myself out of my blog, but you helped my fix it.

Where are you from?? It sounds like home (somewhere Texas-ish).

Hi Figaro, my site http://www.jaredsasser.com loads fine with Firefox but with IE and Safari it shows a widget (I believe on the west_sidebar) that doesn’t even show up in the admin section. Not sure where it is coming from???

wow incrediable tutorials thank you kindly for your time making them.
I have my online blog set up on local host thru XAMMP and everythig is fine and working thanx to your great tut, but i have one issue i cant seem to solve.
I call up my site as i said thru local and all is good except that when i go to log in to my dashboard it calls up the admin-login from my online site or so the address bar syas so what could i be doing wrong??
thanx for any help in advance captain_jack

@captain_jack: Did you do a search and replace of your url in the database? See the following tutorial for how to do that.
http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=157

yes i did in dzsoft php editor replaced all url to local host info is that the only thing that could be doing this?/
Thanx for such a prompt reply figaro!

Unless it’s hardcoded in one of your source files, then that’s all I can think of.

A quick question before i pull out my last lil tuff of hair hehe
If the wp-content is the only thing i incororate from the online blog ,is it fair to say the hardcoded source code would be in there someplace??

It could be in the theme, but most likely it’s still in the database…if I were a betting man, I would bet that you have missed a url with your search and replace. If, for example, you did a search and replace on http://www.sitename.com, then you wouldn’t get anything that is just http://sitename.com. Search your db for just your site name…if you didn’t hardcode it into your source code, then it’s there in the db somewhere.

wow when i say you know your stuff i mean YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF
Thank you very much, after all this time i got it running .
Your patience is only shadowed by your knowledge
again tahnx figaro c_j:)

when using Next_gen pluggin with my xampp when i go to Gallery > options > slideshow and Press the button to search automatic for the imagerotator it sets the information to the letter “h”
Even if i type in the information when i click save it again reverts to the letter “h”.?
Is there a setting in xampp that needs to be changed??

I;ve just secured a copy of WP Remix 2.0
Is there a tutorial to load it into xampp since it dosent come with a wp-content folder?

@captain_jack: I haven’t purchased it to figure out what it is or how it works, but of it’s a theme, just load it in the themes directory and activate it.

Figaro would you have public e-mail addy?

no dosent have any themes

captain_jack :
Figaro would you have public e-mail addy?

Look on the Premium WordPress Support page.

I have bookmarked you site.. Its the best information i have found online for wordpress how to videos. You make it look way to easy:) Thanks, keep up the good work.

Hey there Figaro…
You videos are very informative and help. Thank you very much! However, I have a problem that I hope you can help me with for the local installation of wordpress with xampp. I’m running Windows XP home ed.

Before I come upon educhalk.org, I downloaded xampp according instructions I found in a little tech book. Instead of downloading xampplite, they suggested the xammp file.

I downloaded it to C:\, i.e., C:\/xampp. Next, I disabled the firewall, check the ports, Apache and Mysql were running fine. Changed the parameters to “wordpress” and did all else according your videos.

The problem occurs when I point the browser to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php. I get this 404 error –

localhost
06/16/09 20:08:15
Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i PHP/5.2.9

I tried to uninstall xampp and start all over, But there is NO uninstall feature for this program in the xampp folder, at least none that is readily visible. When I tried to delete the folder manually, it says it can’t be deleted.

What do I do to get to to the WordPress admins pages? Also, side bar, how would I uninstall xampp if I wanted to given that there is no uninstall feature available?

I’d greatly appreciate it, if you can help me out. Thank you. Perhaps I can return the favor one day. Don’t know how, but just know that I’m grateful for any help you can offer me! Thanks again.

I forgot to mention that I downloaded xampp.exe.

@Chinyere: Make sure it’s not running in your taskbar. Look at the lower-right of you screen and if you see the XAMPP icon in the taskbar, right click on it and exit. Then you should be able to delete it and give the XAMPP Lite a try.

Hello

I like your site and although I mostly changed already the stuff I wanted to, I wonder how you can add a drop down menu, a picture with a link etc. in the header. I though of making a few pictures bottom right of the banner and link them.
I’d really appreciate if you could get back to me and help.

Keep up the good work.

Hello,
As a newbie, I really appreciate your site and your honest for coming up with this kind of info just to be used FREELY by others. What a kind-hearted of you.

This question may sounds stupid to you, but I appreciate if you can help me with my site. In my blog, http://www.inspiredmum.com, I couldn’t set my ABOUT page. It goes blank whenever I click from the site itself. But that page is available in the system (whenever I sign in as administrator). Hope you can help me to overcome this setback. TQ

@szanuar
Your site doesn’t load for me, but go to Settings/Permalinks and set them to default and click the Update or Save button.

@figaro

Thanks Figaro for your help. I can already load the page now. Your help is really “edu” to me..You’re REALLY Superb..May your good works paid off..