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I’m guessing (and this really is a guess) that it’s the format you’ve got there.

Take a look at the documentation for the posts_nav_link template tag, and try some of the examples there and see if they work. If not, post back and we’ll see what we can find from there.

The excellent tutorial Podz wrote saves the day again:

https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/

Though if you just installed it and this looks too intimidating, you might be better off just deleting and starting over. All depends on how comfortable you are with working in phpMyAdmin. ??

It all depends on what you’re looking for, but a pretty versatile group is Weblog Design Studios (formerly WestDesigns and something else…)

I’ve hired them before, and they have a number of different styles they’re good with. Check the portfolio for a lot of examples of the diversity.

(I do not work for them nor get anything for referrals – I’m just a satisfied customer. ?? )

I don’t think I’ll attempt that particular physical feat, but you’re quite welcome. ??

I think (oh, how I could be wrong…) that the numeric (the ?=23 ending) links always work because that’s actually a PHP query. The permalink structure is a rewrite based way of making it look prettier (or making it more search engine friendly).

When you change the permalink (which is not a PHP query) it doesn’t translate the old one to the new one.

In my searches, I saw a few mentions of using .htaccess redirects to do it, but I’m not sure how you’d construct a redirect for your old structure to your new one. (Or even if you can.)

Someone who is way better with .htaccess stuff might be able to help… I’m really hoping someone will jump in here. ??

I’m not the one with the issue isdereks. I offered a solution – but I just went back and reviewed the details of the plugin vs. what the original poster is trying to achieve, and I don’t think that will do it. (It was late, I was tired. Ugh.)

In fact, I did quite a bit of searching, and can’t really find a good answer to the issue.

Anyone else have the answer?

The earlier versions (can’t remember which) work on 1.5.2 I think. At least, I remember having one installed before I upgraded my own blog… I think. ??

What about the WP-DB-Backup plugin?

That doesn’t rely on getting to phpMyAdmin at all I don’t think. Run the backup right from WP. ??

That sounds like Hemingway to me. There was a Hemingway Bright version done too, which might be what you’re thinking of when you say simple…

You can turn off the visual rich editor in the dashboard 2 ways –

If you are the only user of your blog, just go to Options – Writing and uncheck the box that says “Users should use the visual rich editor by default” (as well as “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” if you really want complete control).

If there are other users that might need the VRE, then you can turn it off just for your profile under Users, down near the bottom where it says Personal Options. Uncheck “Use the visual rich editor when writing.”

You’ve got WordPress installed in your root directory, and since you don’t want it to be the main page on your site, you’d do better having it installed in a subdirectory. (I have no idea how to make it work the way you’ve got it set up.) You can move the installation you have now by following the directions in the codex entry for Moving WordPress within your site.

If you feel like that’s over your head (I don’t mean to be insulting if it isn’t, but I’m not sure how much you know…), then in all honesty, since you don’t have content there yet, I would recommend starting over. But when you install, install into a subdirectory, like https://www.pianopromoving.com/wordpress or https://www.pianopromoving.com/blog or whatever you’d like to call it. Then you’d just link to that directory for your blog.

I’m not familiar with Bluehost – do they have Fantastico installs? If so, I believe you should have a step in the install where it asks you where to install, and you can tell it the subfolder.

If anyone’s more familiar with Bluehost who wants to jump in here, feel free. ??

Aw heck, I’m feeling generous tonight.

In Ocadia, it’s hard coded.

<?php the_date('m.d.y', '<h1 class="storydate">', '</h1>'); ?>

Change that bit of code in index.php to the format you want it to be, and you’re set. ??

The date format is hard coded into the default theme, that’s why. ??

Take a look at the template tags for time and date, and in whatever theme you want to use, figure out which tag it’s using (usually will be in index.php), and take a look at the parameters. If the theme creator has hard coded the format in the tag parameters, it will override your options.

LeFils: Trying to go back and updated the slug for the several years of posts on the site would be a pretty large task. Plus, I think the structure has changed more than just to use the slug, so I don’t think that would do it – but I could be wrong about that. I’m tired and not thinking entirely clearly at the moment. ??

Can you give us a link to the site so we can see what’s happening?

My first thought (though I could be way off) is the WordPress address and Blog address under Options in your dashboard. Make sure those are set to the right places. (The codex entry for the General Options can help explain what that should be for you.)

Other than that, without seeing your site, I’m in the dark.