hariseldon

turning pink in the face

Thanks. Problems solved. But a followup question for you and other people who are up on their syntax

Where do I go to “learn about the correct syntax” more? Maybe someone can suggest a basic list of (PHP syntax?) as it applies to WP.

I understand the gist of
WORDPRESS IS NOT PHP

but I don’t think I could have easily drilled down to understanding the difference between
../wordpress
and
./wordpress
from the codex page of resources on TEMPLATES

Not a criticism. Just looking for some n00b FU . What references are people using for this sort of thing?

Thanks,
Hari

Sorry for the befuddled question. I should be looking at this differently.

If I install WP in
mydomain.com/blog/

and switch the application files to a directory
mydomain.com/blog/wordpress/

Can I set up a static wordpress page controlled by wordpress code with header, sidebar/footer at
mydomain.com/

I second web-betty’s concerns Moshu. (ATTENTION: other moderators)

Not only is this forum important to the WordPress as a community, each individual post no matter how much it angers Moshu or others is important to the poster. Besides those not fluent in english, many like myself have visual impairments or learning disabilities. YES! Some people do dumb things or may be lazy or don’t work in a way that respects the forum before they post. But, these insults become the focus of the thread and as web-betty noted, the “punishment” might be mis-placed. There are many possible reasons a post might come accross incoherant or the poster might seem to be dis-respecting the time of the “helper” or the quality of the forum. As a reader of the forum, I ask the “helpers” here to be more generous with the “benefit-of-the-doubt”. It would be nice to see a set of guidelines or boilerplate for “helpers” to deal with this.

Most people in the United States are somewhat poor(so their education may be limited), non-white and non-technical. (Leave aside gender issues for the moment). These folks are not going to approach working with software and associated documents at all in the way an engineer would. They may be dis-organized or disoriented in working with this software. It seems that the focus of WordPress is to bring website and blogging “power to the people”. The insults work against that.

Now look at the the word camp attendees pics for this year and the flickr gallery for last year and think about demographics. These pictures speak for themselves.

As a community organizer, educator and a humanist, I equate these barbs and minor humiliations based on intelligence or rigor with the barbs and minor humiliations of age-ism, racism, class-ism and male-ism. Not as serious as racial tensions, creating tensions over intelligence and rigor have a dampening effect on the forum and should not be tolerated by the community. If you agree, please log in and post here and wherever insults are being thrown by moderators and helpers on this forum. It is the responsibility of those around an abusive person to help them act appropriately.

Sincerely,
Hari