alig301

I have a user as root with global privileges and no password. So should I be trying to log in to wordpress as ‘root’ or ‘Admin’, or are you saying I should create another user with global privileges and if so what user name and where do I make the changes to allow it.

I am happy that I need to change the wp-config.php which should allow access to the database but I already have that set. See below

// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘kimscake_wp431’);

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”);

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

kimscake_wp431 is the name of the database created in myphpAdmin on localhost.

I did change “siteurl” and “home” in the database table “wp_options” through phpMyAdmin.

Sorry about the double posting, I figured it was a separate issue I was now encountering.

In the Database I have a user as root with global privileges and no password. So should I be trying to log in as root or Admin. I am sure when I initially installed WordPress I logged into wordpress as Admin with a password before overwriting the files.

Regards
A

I have a user as root with global privileges and no password. So should I be trying to log in as root or Admin. I am sure when I initially installed WordPress I logged into wordpress as Admin with a password before overwriting the files.

yeh typo above. Should have been localhost/mySite/wp-login.php and no wordpress is not in a sub folder. I am using wamp as the database server and it is in the www folder.

regards
A

Hi,

thanks for the reply. I have previously done as you have detailed but it is still not working.

I can get to the login page now but my login ‘Admin’ and password don’t work and the login page doesn’t look like it has rendered properly.

Arrrrrgh!!

Thanks Michael,

I think I have sorted it. I had a duplicate set of coding in which was causing it……grrrrr…one thing I hate about programming is the syntax.

Thanks for all your help and suggestions.

Last thing I need to do is set up the testimonials page. Hopefully I won’t have to come back to you.

Thanks again

AliG

Hi Michael,

I have been struggling with this for a few weeks now.

As you are aware, I am trying to put a Widget Area under the You Tube embedded video, but the area is only 76px wide instead of 300 so the widget area is all squashed up to the left.(when I inspect the element)

I am using a child class and have added a widget area but when I take the area above
media=”all”
.col-300 {
width: 31.914894%;
}

it disappears to the bottom of the screen.

So in short….NO!!!…lol

regards
Alig

Hi Michael,

when I change the widget area to 300 I get a real narrow band with the word ‘Testimonials’ going down the page as follows:

Test
imo
1als

This is the width of the widget area when set to 300. I need to go to 320 to get it to fill the area but then bleeds over. Also if I make the area greater then 320 it makes the widget area smaller again:

Testim
onials

I’m confused!!

Regards
A

I am running a child theme and using the meteor slide your plug in . I had to copy the header.php file from the parent and then alter it with the code above in alchymyth’s post….

<?php if( is_home() || is_front_page() ) : ?>
<?php if ( function_exists( ‘meteor_slideshow’ ) ) { meteor_slideshow(); } ?>
<?php endif; ?>

…

I had exactly the same problem and it resolved it, so now slider only on home page and I still have a child theme.

Thanks alchymyth. ??