karenjg

I should add, I’m not a programmer by trade… I’ve puzzled out a lot, and self-taught myself php & mysql, but I’m not really fluent. I tried to follow the bread crumbs through the wp files (as in, “submit post” calls this page, which calls these pages, which calls those functions, which…), but got lost.

Hmm, no… where would I find it? The “hacking wordpress” documentation says to ask here, so I did. Doesn’t mean it’s right, just means that I thought this was the place to go…

Hello, is there anybody here who knows if this is possible?

What version are you running? I’m suddenly getting the same problem, and wondering if it’s related to the security upgrade (I haven’t upgraded in… well, since I started using WordPress in January – I think that’s 1.2.)

That sure does look like what I need! Thanks macmanx! I’ll let y’all know how (if) it works!

Well… Turns out WordPress has a generic RSS importer, but it didn’t work for me. Might for you though, so go to your blog site uri, and append wp-admin/import-rss.php This will bring up a page to get you started.

My attempt led to the following errors:

Warning: file(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in https://(mysite)/wp-admin/import-rss.php on line 76

Warning: file(https://www.democraticunderground.com/rss/lbn_feed.php): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in (mysite)/wp-admin/import-rss.php on line 76

Warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in (mysite)/wp-admin/import-rss.php on line 77

I don’t actually know what any of that means, but I’m trying to puzzle it out. Any help would be appreciated!

same as above!

sorry, dupe because it appeared that the post didn’t go through… but it did.

I don’t know, but I’m looking to do the same thing, so I hope somebody answers you soon! Meanwhile, I’ll check out the docs and the wiki to see if there’s anything there. Already searched the forum, and found only this question!

Ack. shoulda checked for new responses before posting the above. I get it now. The menu is the “container” for positioning, and the nav is the design vehicle, right?
Thanks, root!

Well, the problem is, the text shows up with just “li” or “ul” or whatever – In the style sheet, those terms are preceded with a “#menu” or a “#nav”, as in the following partial copy of the CSS section:
#menu form {
margin: 0 0 0 15px;
}
#menu input#s {
width: 80%;
background: #eee;
border: 1px solid #999;
color: #000;
}
#menu ul {
color: #004000;
font-weight: bold;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding-left: 3px;
text-transform: lowercase;
}
and
#nav form {
margin: 0 0 0 13px;
}
#nav input#s {
width: 80%;
background: #eee;
border: 1px solid #999;
color: #000;
}
#nav ul {
color: #004000;
font-weight: bold;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding-left: 3px;
text-transform: lowercase;
}
For the purposes of the index rendering the text via the stylesheet, it doesn’t seem to matter which “form” or “input#s” or “ul” is used – nav or menu, it comes out the same.

Hmm… I see it as more of an Opera vs. IE thing (or FireFox vs. IE, I guess) rather than an OS thing. It’s a smaller, faster package that works (better) out of the box, but it’s modular enough that it can be customized if you want, AND it doesn’t discriminate among platforms.
(Of course that might be because I’ve never tried a different OS, so I have no way to compare on that basis. I intend to switch to Linux before too many things just won’t work on ’98 (I’m already running into a few problems in that regard). But I haven’t got a round tuit because I find the multitude of choices intimidating. How to choose? I have no idea. But I’ve been specifically looking for software that runs on both. One of the many reasons I went with WP.)

DUH! ::slaps self on head:: I FORGOT that I installed the Gemini version. I’m sorry! Sheesh, you’d think I’d remember that when talking to the actual creator of it. Well, I have to go hide in shame now…

Huh. Weird. Maybe I didn’t get the default? I just checked again, and this is what’s at the bottom of the “view source”
<p id="footer">WordPress 1.2 — Support Forums

0.02 seconds
</body>
</html>
And the WordPress and support forums link do show up on my local copy.
Can’t explain it, but it’s there, honest!

Just so you know… Opera (7.5) messes it up too. ?? Sorry.