danielpataki

It was my pleasure Hollie, good luck with the theme!

Daniel

Hi Hollie,

I’m glad all is well in part at least. I think you’ll have to take that part up with the theme makers. Updating a theme generally does not cause customization loss, but it depends on the system they use. If the name of the theme, or the name of the theme’s folder is different than before that may be an issue as well.

Daniel

Lol no worries, I think it’s ok not to know everything about everything ??

This means that your MAMP installation is using something other than the default directory. If you know the name of the theme, perhaps search for a folder with that name on your computer to find where it is.

Daniel

Hi @hollie,

Ah, I just realized this is for MAMP, it will be easier then! I think on MAMP the default location of your files should be /Applications/MAMP/htdocs. If your files are there, go to that folder and search for your WordPress installation. Once you’ve found it you will need to go to wp-content/themes.

I recommend copying the theme folder and placing it on your desktop as a backup. Once done, delete the original theme and extract the new theme in its place.

Hope this helps!

Daniel

Hi @hollie,

No worries! You’ll need FTP access to your server to do this. The process is not that difficult but if you receive an answer in a short time from the developer it may be easier to wait ??

Daniel

Hi @hollie, don’t mention it!

This is an error caused by your theme, you will need to get in touch with the developer for this. You could also try reinstalling the theme. If you don’t have access to the admin you’ll need to do this using an FTP connection.

This error is about a class called “class-tgm-plugin-activation”. This class allows theme and plugin authors to recommend and require plugins through the WordPress admin. This component of the theme seems to be missing, which is why you are getting the error.

Daniel

Hi Hollie,

This is most likely due to an error in the theme. Error reporting is turned off so you don’t get any notice of this, only a blank screen.

I suggest editing the wp-config.php file in your WordPress directory. There should be something like this in it: define( 'WP_DEGUG', false ). Change “false” to “true” and reload the site. You should be able to access everything but errors will also be displayed.

If this is a particularly bad error you still may not be able to access the site but you will get error messages, that’s better than nothing ??

Daniel

Hi @galder56,

I don’t think this issue has anything to do with MySQL. If it did you would be receiving a database connection error.

I’m not a huge server expert but apart from permissions being an issue, ownership is also a problem. So far this issue has only happened to me with uploads, not a site as a whole, but perhaps it’s worth a shot. Take a look at an article I wrote for more info. You can apply the same logic to your whole installation.

You can also try using XAMPP or MAMP or Vagrant as alternative servers, perhaps these would work out of the box.

Daniel

Hi @avocadopolymath,

I’m glad all is well now,good luck with your new site ??

Daniel

Hi @dsmmcm1415,

I think you may be a bit confused about this, let me try and clear it up. MAMP is a software for macs (and Windows) which allows you to run a server on your computer. It essentially allows you to create websites on your computer by using it as the server.

This has nothing to do with a site you have online, there are no WordPress features which are activated after you install something on your computer.

You should be able to install any plugin on your online WordPress site by going to plugins->add new in the dashboard. If you don’t see the plugins menu it is because you are not using an admin account.

If you are logged in as an author or an editor you won’t see any settings or plugins because your account isn’t authorized to make those kinds of changes.

In a nutshell, you definitely do not need to install MAMP or any other local server to unlock WordPress features on your website.

Daniel

You can use some MYSQL to add your posts to the regular posts table. Unless you have millions and millions of posts I doubt that your tables would slow down WordPress.

It is not possible to use a custom table instead of the posts table, but I would strongly suggest finding a way to migrate your data into the actual posts table. Even if it takes some time now, it will save you a LOT of headaches in the future!

Daniel

Hi @dsmmcm1415,

What do you mean by “my old WordPress blog”. Is this a blog you had locally but you were using a different tool (eg: XAMPP or Vagrant)?

Daniel

Hi @avocadopolymath,

I usually don’t work with one-click instals but are you sure the username is “Admin” and not “admin” with a lower-case a? This would be the norm for WordPress, I suggest trying it.

Your WordPress installation username/password have absolutely nothing to do with your domain or hosting, so it is definitely not a conflict there.

Daniel

Please do, I hope it gets resolved quickly for you!

Daniel

Hi @tess.copeland,

That is possible, although it could also point to an issue your host is having. If you input the wrong username/password you can an invalid authentication attempt. Your host is either having issues at the moment, you you entered the incorrect FTP server.

I’m pretty sure you should not use your subdomain here but server configurations vary. If you do have to use the subdomain and it is timing out it again points to an issue with your host, since it isn’t finding the subdomain.

Daniel