Max

I actually noticed something worse!
This kind of link ranks too well on google (since the last few NextGEN releases.) it looks like this on google:

pagetitle – Sitename
https://www.mysite.com/index.php?callback=imagerotator&789
galleryname – filetitle https://www.mysite.com/wp-content/gallery/gh …

and when u click on it in google, it takes you to a long xml file
listing all the pictures on the gallery like

<playlist xmlns="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" version="1">
<title>gh-f</title>
<trackList>
<track>
<title>Left</title>
<location>
https://www.mysite.com/wp-content/gallery/gh-f/a-FL1-left.jpg
</location>
</track>
<track>
<title>Terra</title>
<location>
https://www.enjoyluxor.com/wp-content/gallery/gh-f/b-FL1-terra.jpg
</location>
</track>

How can I exclude these NextGEN generated xml and scripts from being crawled?
Is it possible to find the location of these files via ftp browsing (the xml file url is a command, not pinpointing the file’s actual location)
:S

Else, to reply to you daluxe, the sites’ index meta descrition is a text i wrote (the same text used with all seo tools), same for pages.
it appears on google results fine but sometimes google instead of the description puts the pictures file names (named as keyword lists) interlaced with their position (id) in the gallery:

Site Title – Site Name
https://www.mysite.com/
93 / 117. keyword1-keyword2-keyword3-wg08. 94 / 117. keyword1-keyword2-keyword3-wg09. 95 / 117. keyword1-keyword2-keyword3-wg10. 96 / 117. keyword1-keyword2-keyword3-wg11. 97 / 117

How can we control the info NextGEN sends to search engines?

DO a check on your site: google its url and if you have next gen, you might see some dodgy scripts ranking well….

no one?

thanks a lot zoonini for your advice, it worked!

any idea?

the easiest solution would be to pick a theme that has sidebars on offer. Most themes do that. You’d need to go into your theme options to set it, where you want it and its size. Then go to the widget page to add what you want in your sidebar.

sorry posted in wrong category. re posted in how to forum. thanks

Thanks again!!! ??

esmi you rock!
it was the theme indeed, what a crazy mess its all been!
now I still have to retune everything but the site works again!
and dude, i made it with your help
thank you very much
rock on!

??

Thanks for your precious help!
I desactivated the plugin in phpmyadmin, and changed the db connection and it worked, i could log in with all in there hurray!! but the website didnt display….
any ideas what it could be?

same WP version, same database, plug frees (btw they dropped somewhere while deactivating), should work? some more tweak in phpMyadmin?

THANK YOU!

So
I installed this separate 2.7.1 version and I enter my old db details and it doesnt work…. How come? the bd is not broken. could it be the plugs ? i can read all the DB tables in phpmyadmin, there fine, they are there, how can i connect WP to it? argh

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/paint549/public_html/wordpress271/wp-includes/cache.php on line 103

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/paint549/public_html/wordpress271/wp-includes/query.php on line 61

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/paint549/public_html/wordpress271/wp-includes/theme.php on line 1109

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/paint549/public_html/wordpress271/wp-includes/cache.php:103) in /home/paint549/public_html/wordpress271/wp-admin/install.php on line 36
WordPress
Already Installed

You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.

Ok I installed a new WP v3.0 and downgraded step by step using more or less this trick btw to 3.0 then to 2.9 to 2.8 to my good ole 2.7.1 and this 2.7.1 refused to vurk!! so i downged to 2.7 to reup to 2.7.1 and it stills vurks as 2.7. (without the one) but fine.
Now when i change the wp-config.php of this WP version to connect to the old DB, it crashes and shows

Fatal error: Call to undefined function plugin_dir_url() in /home/paint549/public_html/automatic/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php on line 32

Probably the plugins who were not deactivated are messing around.

Anything I can do? deactivate them in the DB directly using phpmyadmin? im not too confident in php tho…

I copied a new WP v2.7.1 in a folder as you said and will see what it does, to what db i should connect? create a new one?

huge thanks

I removed every folder in my public_html, except the original DB my host did put online for me (i dont know where this files is on the server) followed the 5 steps instal,) uploaded the 2.7.1 version in a folder called new.
When I run the install, I set up the wp-congig.php to the DB, and install says

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/paint549/public_html/new/wp-includes/cache.php on line 103

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/paint549/public_html/new/wp-includes/query.php on line 61

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/paint549/public_html/new/wp-includes/theme.php on line 1109

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/paint549/public_html/new/wp-includes/cache.php:103) in /home/paint549/public_html/new/wp-admin/install.php on line 36
WordPress
Already Installed

You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.

:'(

How can I do??

er, right

I cant instal 2.7.1 because it says its already installed

Already Installed

You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.

The database it wants me to remove was a pain to upload cause too big,
i had to finally have my host put it up for me cause its 56 meg, not much, but apparently much more than sql upload limits, so i’m not erasing it.

if WP is already installed, how come I cant access it or login?
im v confused and would aprreciate your help
thanks

you sussed it out! very clever!
cheers ??

the thing is i didnt install wordpress on my new server, but just drag n drop the one from the old server.
and it doesnt work, I cannot log in.
so i install 2.7.1 and how do i set the db to the one existing already?
Huge thanks esmi for this lead ??

sure, but it doesnt work even without the xcloner, which is just a faulty optional solution.
so,
same db – same site – same url – new host….

php version problem maybe? now its php 5.36, the old one was prolly
How can i fix this?

can I tap into the code ? export some part of the db only?
help!!!!
thanks ??