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  • You could place the photograph on a background of the desired size and save it as a new mage and post it?

    Let me start by outlining the ‘normal way’ to do this, so you get an idea what it is you are working towards.
    1. make a database backup [old and working] [see below]
    2. make a site backup by ftp [old and working]
    by just copying to your desktop drive. Don’t mess with it.
    3. install new site [empty]
    4. copy by ftp the old site to it’s new place, using the backup in 2.
    [if the filestructure (of the root and such) of both providers is the same you should be fine. If not, you might have some difficulty.
    5. Startup the new site [no photos in it yet]. Install database backup plugin [see below]
    6. Restore database backup to the new empty database.
    Done.
    So there is no need to manually transfer things.
    == == ==
    Now about fixing this thing…
    I am afraid I have to start by stating the obvious…
    DO NOT make any further changes to site, photo’s, files etc. for now. Focus on preserving and restoring things.
    – if you have a backup of the working site, [database and code] now is the time to use it.
    – if you don’t, contact the old host and see if they are willing / able to give you a backup of your database AND filestructure; be prepared to beg and grovel, don’t be upset if they can’t or won’t.

    – if at first your new site still worked when you did the transfer, call your current provider and ask for a backup of the working thing…

    If all this fails…
    -Start by making a backup of your current site database and site , so things won’t get any worse.
    -First install a plugin to do that for you such as ‘wordpress database backup’ by Austin Matzko.
    -Make a backup and save to your desktop. Since you have a large number of photos, this will take a long time I expect, and take a large amout of diskspace.
    – Make another type of backup: Dashboard > Tools > Export and store the xml file on your desktop

    Next
    -Download and install a good FTP program such as Filezilla [free and solid].
    – Make a backup of the entire site using FTP. This is important, since it contains the photos in it’s correct [or when messed up… incorrect] position.

    Looking at the problem you described, the photos are ‘still there’ but ended up in the wrong place on the new server. This may be the result of ‘human error’ or the paths of the old and new host servers vary.

    To see which is which.
    Open the new site.
    Open Dashboard > Media > open a photo that DOES show
    The last field ‘File URL’ should read something like

    https://kingidea.com/gallery/wp-content/uploads/A41.jpg

    Open one that does NOT show. See if you can spot the obvious mistakes .
    Using FTP
    Copy the correct photo [check filename] to the shown path. [If need be first create the path]. Check the result. If it works with one photo, transfer the others of the same batch to the same / correct directory and check again.
    Repeat for the others…
    Good luck.

    Silly question…
    Could the varying length of the posts have anything to do with this?

    If your host isn’t the problem…
    Did you make changes to or erase ‘wp-config.php’?
    If you have a backup of your site [while working] try to restore this file to your site and see if this fixes it.
    If not: check if your database is intact using ‘php myadmin’.
    Good luck.

    ?Isn’t that a bit like a slideshow, where each slide is a comic?
    If so this should be easy. Most themes allow you to create a slide show, and you can choose to use navigation buttons.

    1. It might be helpful to use tags and categories with each post / page so they can be used to ‘group’your info.
    2. you could use a tag cloud in your sidebar [just drag and drop]. This will physically show what’s on offer.
    3. You could use your menu and sub-menus structure, to guide the users along

    Just a few suggestions that are available without the need for coding.
    Good luck!

    Most themes will allow you to make custom menus.
    Go to dashboard – appearance- menus
    1. create a menu and give it a name like ‘mainMenu’
    2. tick the boxes of the pages you want to add
    3. drag-in the pages that you want as sub-menu
    4. fill out ‘custom links’ to link the menu to your blog etc.
    easy peazie!

    Can you manually upload to these directories?
    If so, upload the -unzipped- updates to the respective directories and activate the plugins / widgets if required.
    You should be alright.

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