glarson@bendbroadbandcom

I’m way short of knowing how to work with a “serialized array.” Is it something normal search/replace tools would not find?

The broken URLs seem to be hidden. They are undetected by any search tools I have tried. Plus, they do not appear in the image edit window; even the usual URL frame is not there when “Image URL” is selected.

I installed the plugin, but see no search & replace option(?). Also some missing php functions prevent backing up DB using plugin, but I am doing that another way. I have already searched all tables for the improper links using browser “find,” and PhpMyAdmin “Search/Replace,” and found none.

My entire wp installation is now in subfolder /Blog, thus:

https://olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1766-Philip.jpg

Same pattern with all the problem links.

Disregard – I made the needed update to the database.

It looked like that or similar. I was able to restore it to exactly that appearance (gradient) by selecting in the admin area: Appearance->Custom Header->Advanced->Select Default Colors. Now it looks fine. I am thinking about changing themes, per your suggestion. Thanks a lot and will close this thread.

I think so, but not sure. Here is the “…images/header-img.php” file, it names the jpg you refer to (which does exist) but I can’t tell if it actually uses it:

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Default_Theme
 */

/** @ignore */
$img = 'kubrickheader.jpg';

// If we don't have image processing support, redirect.
if ( ! function_exists('imagecreatefromjpeg') )
	die(header("Location: kubrickheader.jpg"));

// Assign and validate the color values
$default = false;
$vars = array('upper'=>array('r1', 'g1', 'b1'), 'lower'=>array('r2', 'g2', 'b2'));
foreach ( $vars as $var => $subvars ) {
	if ( isset($_GET[$var]) ) {
		foreach ( $subvars as $index => $subvar ) {
			$length = strlen($_GET[$var]) / 3;
			$v = substr($_GET[$var], $index * $length, $length);
			if ( $length == 1 ) $v = '' . $v . $v;
			$$subvar = hexdec( $v );
			if ( $$subvar < 0 || $$subvar > 255 )
				$default = true;
		}
	} else {
		$default = true;
	}
}

Here is the code again with backticks

<style type='text/css'>
<!--#header { background: url('https://olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog/wp-content/themes/default/images/header-img.php?upper=000099&lower=4180b6') no-repeat bottom center; }
--></style>

The #header line seems to be commented out. Could that be causing my lack of header background? There is a “…/images/header-img.php” file, and also image files called by the php code therein.

I meant html code – I guess the php code generates it?

I’m still stumped on this. Viewing source in my browser, it looks like the line that calls for the header-img.php file is commented out:

<style type=’text/css’>
<!–#header { background: url(‘https://olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog/wp-content/themes/default/images/header-img.php?upper=000099&lower=4180b6&#8217;) no-repeat bottom center; }
–></style>

I’m over my head here; don’t understand how the http code is generated nor how to edit/change it.

The site again: https://olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog/

Deactivated all plugins (several of which show updates available). Also cleared browser history and cache to be sure page loaded freshly. Issue persists. BTW, thanks for your keen attention.

I have never moved sites, nor changed themes, since I started the blog 5 years ago. Last updated WP to 3.6 several weeks ago. The issue began between 8 AM and 11 AM PDT today. I did not edit any theme files, or change anything else, in the interim. Not up to speed on php. There is a file https://olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog/wp-content/themes/default/images/header-img.php (without the “?upper …”) but I can’t make heads nor tails of the code in it.

https://www.olelarsonsfolks.net/Blog. Sorry, I included a link but it didn’t show up.

Well, it seems to have healed itself. I am getting the emails again.

Found it, thanks!