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Hmm. If it’s not a WordPress error, then why does it say “can’t edit post”? I wouldn’t think a browser would know that I was editing a post. Maybe I’m wrong.

Sorry for not finding it on Google. I figured it was a WordPress error, so I thought it was best to just ask here.

spencer – yeah, some of my old posts, but none of posts in the last couple months, so i was beginning to wonder.

cool. at least i know that i’m just not “doing something wrong” when posting! ??

I hope someone can help me with all those issues. it’s frustrating! ??

I am having the same problem. A client has this host (Interland), and here is the response they sent me:

Thank you for contacting Technical Support regarding the error:’Error establishing a database connection’.

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you and your business.

I was able to connect to your database using the following information:

UserName:user1192638
Password:[PASSWORDHERE]
ServerName:IPSQLG0002ATL2
IP address:216.247.255.141

I’ve tried that, though, and it doesn’t work. I’ve tried every combination I can think of! I called them, and they showed me where to access the PHPMyadmin. So I installed WordPress in a directory on my own site (which works with WordPress fine), and then took that information and dumped it into my client’s site, changing out URLs and such…) the tables created with no problem… but that didn’t solve my problem of WordPress not talking to the database.

Please help.

holy crap. I was wrong. Apparently, all you need is:

<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./path/to/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');?>


That’s it. The page will then appear and act normally without all that other stuff. Is this normal?

Wow – I found a way to do a wordpress page and a directory together! I experimented with this method, and it works:
In the directory, create the index page, and then add to the top:

<?php define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./path/to/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');?>

Then, install the “include page” plugin. Make that page a template of sorts, by using <?php get_header();?>, etc, along with all your html and such — and where the content would be, replace it with the include page plugin code.

This way, you have a page in a directory that can still be edited through wordpress. The only downside I know of is that if you want to change your template’s HTML, you have to edit in more than one place.

hmmm… it doesn’t seem to work that way, either. :/

To be honest, I haven’t tried because I didn’t notice that feature.

I wouldn’t want to have it always turned off – seems it would be better to be per-post. But if that is what it takes, then I’ll do that for now. Thanks!

I suppose this is impossible, too? ??

Okay – if it’s not possible, does anyone have any suggestions for me as to a way I could do a regular .php page outside of WordPress, that isn’t a WordPress page, but will use my theme’s header and footer? I’d rather not have to keep up with two different headers/footers.

Hmmm. I guess this is not possible then?

Because all it does is make a post with the slug of “home” the index page. It seems to just replace the blog – but I still want the blog – just elsewhere.

I still would like to know how to put the WordPress main blog on “writing/” (and all permalinks and archives to seem nested under writing/) without actually installing WordPress in “writing” – I don’t want my other wordpress pages to be under “writing”.

I know about that plugin. It doesn’t do all that I want above, however. ??

aww. ?? So I guess this is not possible?

How can I use this plugin, but still exclude certain pages from appearing in the nav alltogether?

I have my main nav (design, art, writing, markup, life), and those are all pages with subpages. But I have other pages such as archives, contact, etc. that appear in the nav – and I would like to remove them. Is this possible?

Note: I know it’s not very convenient having to put an instance in for each page, but it’s the only way I knew how to get this done in the time I needed it done.

Please continue to share, however, if you have a better method.