belljj

thanks hotpot1000!

Hi Hotpot1000,
Thanks so much for your reply ?? I certainly agree – you only have to look at the Gridster-Lite forum to see the number of unanswered questions. There are more questions asked about not seeing the “grid for the photos” and none are answered. I have since read where people are complaining about the difference between the screen shots and precis and the actual theme that is delivered within WP. I think WP want to lure you by the “free theme”, get frustrated and then hope you will buy the premium version to get the support and documentation. Not a good business strategy… Off to have a look at Youtube now ??

Hi hotpot1000, did you find the answer to your question? I’m wondering the very same thing, thanks

Hi t-p, thanks for the reply. I have however checked this again. What I don’t truly understand is that if it is an automatic installation – what exactly should should need to be adjusted.

I understand it is a problem with the connection to the database/credentials stored in the wp-config.php file – however the help file says “check this, this and this”. It doesn’t actually say compare the <xyz> in the wp-config.php with the <xyz> in the mysql. As far as I can read, the 2 match.

DB-Name = belljj64_wp2 (in both places) – check
DB_USER – belljj64_wp2 – is this the same as a user record in the wp_user table?
DB_PASSWORD – Password can’t be checked – you can’t read a DB password, it can only be changed.
Database Server user is ‘cpses_bedPeG3EFD@localhost’ – however this is not DB_USER (is it?)

‘DB_HOST’ currently set to ‘localhost’ but in phpMyAdmin it is shown as ‘localhost:3306’ – is this considered to be the same?

Do I change these?
‘AUTH_KEY’
‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’
‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’
‘NONCE_KEY’
‘AUTH_SALT’
‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’
‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’
‘NONCE_SALT’

Sorry, I’m just not finding the help files to be detailed enough to satisfy my queries…

J

Ok, further research shows that a mySQL db password can not be viewed – only changed. I’m going to assume the password is correct in wp-config.php and that there is another problem as to why I am receiving the “Error establishing a database connection” message.

Thanks, I’ll contact them now,
appreciated,
J

No, not at all…

Done… no change

OK, so I delete the other 2 .htaccess files that were installed automatically with WordPress?

Thanks,
Have checked the wp-config.php file and WordPress is definitely installed as the first line says “base configuration for WordPress”. Permissions on that particular file are 600.
J

Yes, I can access the backend… through Cpanel etc

It is under public_html

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

thanks

Hi,
Which one? – I believe there are 3 .htaccess files…
The one under the root directory is
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

the one under /public_html/wp-includes has
<Files *.php>
deny from all
</Files>
<Files wp-tinymce.php>
allow from all
</Files>
<Files ms-files.php>
allow from all
</Files>

/public_html/wp-content/plugins/akismet/.htaccess

# Only allow direct access to specific Web-available files.

# Apache 2.2
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>

# Apache 2.4
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>

# Akismet CSS and JS
<FilesMatch “^(form\.js|akismet\.js|akismet\.css)$”>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Allow from all
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

# Akismet images
<FilesMatch “^logo-full-2x\.png$”>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Allow from all
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

thanks
J