Sherry Dedman

My understanding is that, if your .htaccess file is writable, WordPress will “fix” all of your old permalinks to match your new setting so that everything works. That is to the best of my knowledge.

Is there someone else who can help and tell us what we may be missing?

Thanks!

-Sherry

Is it possible that you changed your permalink structure (or that your permalink structure got changed) without changing the .htaccess file? I would check your permalink structure first, just to make sure it’s at the same setting it was before you upgraded.

-Sherry

I had this problem as wel. My solution was to create on personal, catch-all blog where I could write about whatever strikes me at the moment. Then I just created several different blogs for each of my other interests. A persoanl blog is good to have, but for informational blogs, you really do need “focus.”

I believe it should be possible to have WP running as many times as you like on a domain as long as they are all in different sub-directories.

This might seem like a stupid question, but is it possible you are using the same database for both installations of WP? Each installation should have its own database.

Or maybe you have the wrong address on the Options/Settings page, so it’s sending you to the wrong blog?

Those are the only two things I can think of.

-Sherry

Whether it’s the root or a sub-directory, WordPress NEEDS to have its own directory. It can’t just be a page.

It sounds like, in your situation, you need to create a sub-directory on your site called “blog” or something similar, and install WordPress there. Then you can just link to it from your forum.

-Sherry

Once WordPress is installed, you want to connect to your site via FTP. The place where your themes are is wp-content => Themes

Open the themes folder and you should see “Classic” and “Default.” This is where you want to upload “YourTheme.” Drag your folder over that contains your theme so that what you see over there is “Classic” “Default” and “YourTheme”

Then go to your dashboard at your WordPress site. Your “dashboard” is what appears when you go to yoursite.com/wp-admin

Click on “Design” – You should see those three themes there on the page. Click on “YourTheme.” You have now made this your theme.

Click “Visit Site” to see how it looks!

Hope that helps.

-Sherry

Did you back everything up first? (INCLUDING doing an export of all your postings?)

If so, all you have to do is either uninstall WordPress if Fantastico will let you at this point, or simply delete all the WordPress files via FTP and do a brand new install. Then go back in and re-build your site with your back-up files and import your old posts.

If you didn’t backup, you can surely recover your database via the Control Panel and at least you’ll have that for a fresh start.

I’m not sure if you’re talking about just installing WordPress onto your account at BlueHost or whether you’re talking about uploading WordPress with changes you’ve made offline.

Assuming you are simply talking about a brand new install, it really is “that easy.” Just go bluehost.com and login with your user name and password.

Go to the Control Panel. Then click on “Fantastico” or “Fantastico Deluxe” (whichever they have).

Then choose “WordPress” on the left and click on “New Installation.”

It will ask you a few easy-to-answer questions, like what subdirectory you want it in (don’t type anything if you don’t want it in a subdirectory). Choose a log-in name and password, etc.

Then click on “continue” – it will give you some info about what it’s naming your database (you should make a note of this just for “someday-just-in-case but you really don’t need it right now).

Then click on “finish installation” and there it is. Go to the wp-admin page it points you to and sign in.

It IS that simple. Now choosing a theme, configuring, configuring all the settings, installing plug-ins, etc. …. that’s all extra and whole new ball of wax, and a question for another forum! ?? Good luck!

-Sherry

I don’t know for sure, but I’m wondering if you have something in your .htaccess that was specific to your old WordPress. Old paths that are no longer there or something. That’s my buest guess of where to start. (By the way, if you don’t know about .htaccess, don’t mess with your .htaccess file. That was just an idea in case you have altered it in the past and forgot about it.)

Try the Easy Perm Gals plug-in. (Found at wordpress.com => Extend => Plug-Ins

Once activated, all you have to do is upload pictures to a post. It automatically creates a thumbnail gallery. Then when the thumbnail is clicked on, the larger picture appears.

Those are great links, thank you so much.

-Sherry

Thanks. I can view the source and copy and paste – that’s how I learned how to make web pages to begin with. ?? But I thought JavaScript was different than html/css/etc in that the person who wrote the script owned it or something. I guess I was afraid of “stealing” it.

Thanks for the info.

-Sherry

If it helps, here’s an example of what she wants. Click on “North Edition” to see what I mean – navigation and all. https://www.theclubregistry.com/currentIssueViewer.php

This was obviously not done with a PlugIn since it’s not a blog. But I’d like to know whether there is a PlugIn that will do this.

Thanks for any help!

-Sherry

Thank you very much for the help; I appreciate that. I will do the supplemental reading as well. I want to understand all I can. (Self-taught, so slow-going!)

-Sherry