topgunscooter

You guys have sure had fun with this topic, I wish I had seen it sooner. There’s a K.I.S.S. fix for the original problem. You’re right about the no widgets default, it floats the default widgets over the main container even if you don’t show sidebars. All you have to do is drag a text widget into the sidebar, leave it empty and save it, and VIOLA, all the unwanted widgets go away. There are lots of ways to get to the login, simply bookmark the url and go there direct from the browser, or add a simple html text link anywhere you wish ie: Register/Login to the login page, or drag the Meta widget or another sidebar login widget into the sidebar. And p2aul, nothing is “safe” in cyberspace!

You can see the finished product on my website
https://www.scooter-graphics.com
Sorry, forgot that someone might want to see the modification. There is a footer there, but it only contains the lower graphic element in my visual framework.

Mr Pascal’s fix for atahualpa333 version is perfect:
1. CHMOD 777 function.php in wp-content/themes/atahualpa333
2. Remove lines 119 and 120 in function.php
3. The code is now

118 function footer_output($footer_content) {
119 return $footer_content;
120 }
I am running WordPress on several of the websites I’ve built, and that footer has been problematic on many of them. I don’t mind giving credit for such a great open source mechanism as WordPress ot the great theme. But, the “in your face footer” just doesn’t work, too agressive.

I’m running Atahualpa version 3.4.5 on most of my sites now, and Mr Pascal’s fix has to be modified to work on it.

1. The file you need locate in 3.4.5 is “functions.php”.
Not “function php”.

2.The operative code is located on lines:
275 function footer_output($footer_content) {
276
277 $footer_content .= ‘
Powered by WordPress & the Atahualpa Theme by BytesForAll. Discuss on our WP Forum‘;
278
279 return $footer_content;
280
281}

3. You cannot remove the lines entirely or you will get a fatal error message that show up in your footer.
Remove only the link information between the ‘ ‘ on line 277.
The finished code should read:
275 function footer_output($footer_content) {
276
277 $footer_content .= ”;
278
279 return $footer_content;
280
281.}

It’s only a minor modification to Mr Pascal’s fix, and it works great.

For the person who asked about inserting his own copyright information in the footer, just place it there in html. Go to the Atahualpa “Style and edit footer area”, then to the “Footer content” area. Cold write or paste any html you want there. Text, links, images, widget areas, anything…it all works.

Check your user list for hidden admin users and remove any that aren’t authorized. We suffered a similar hack a couple of months ago and that is how continuing access was gained.
As for the comment about all vulnerabilities being in previous WP versions, do you not think the hack weenies are all over a new build from the day it hits beta release? They aren’t going to procrastinate in starting their search for new holes to exploit.

You could simplify your efforts by leaving everything on the old site, then redirect the url from the new site to the old one. A viewer types https://www.newsite.com and the browser loads https://www.oldsite.com. You could also set the new site up as a single frame frameset and call up the url of the old site into the frame using scr=”” html. The latter method will show the new site domain name in the nav bar of the browser.

Never mind, I’m out of time. I realize that this is an open source application, but the latest release is touted as being stable. It is total BS to make that statement and then not monitor the only support mechanism provided. WordPress…your software is glitchy and without some sort of timely support it’s nothing but junk.

I forgot to mention, this is a new load, not an upgrade so I am not dealing with prior install conflicts.