[wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]

Fri Feb 26 16:55:53 GMT 2010

From: "Christina Lannen" 
> 1.  If you can't do it in the WordPress Admin (can't remember at what
> version you could do that) you'll have to manually upgrade it (FTP).  Follow
> the instructions over at wordpress.org.
> 
> Who are you hosted with?  Do they use Fantastico or some other installer
> system?  IMPORTANT:  You may not be able to do a manual upgrade depending on
> what they use to do the autoinstaller.  If that is the case I would
> recommend installing WP into a different subdirectory, and then adjust the
> wp-config.php file to match the autoinstaller (database name, password,
> user, db host).

Christina,

It is going to be a bit of a problem all round! The installer is Elephante. But I won't use it as I can't currently do a real upgrade with it.

I'll follow the FTP route - but to do a full install. First I need to remove the current wp install. Now I have looked at the database and I can't see the thing to correct my error, and I can't find a file to put back the route. But worst of all nothing seems to reveal an uninstall option - at risk of giving the program developers a heart attack I would prefer a clean uninstall. Otherwise I'll delete all files and tables.

Then I'll put in the new wp and work on it.

> 
> 2 & 3:  Okay.
> 
> 4.  I think you did Settings, General and not Settings, Reading.

It is possible. As I can't get in now to check, or find where it records that, I'll pass on it - but remember I have full qualifications in silly mistakes! ;-)

> 
> 5.  You can't do subdomains off of a single WP install and have it work.
> You'll have to have multiple installs of WP.  I'd recommend using Pages with
> Subpages.

No. I'm not thinking of that. The subdomains would be quite separate from Wordpress and the main content. There are things that are not part of that area that I want to explore and expand. I don't want separate domains for them. I might even move the debt control stuff into one. There is an area of economic future I want to explore too, with others getting involved I hope. But that is not immediate.

First, is there an uninstall that I've missed in searching for it - all I can find relates to plugins.

Joseph

> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk
> [mailto:wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk] On Behalf Of joseph
> harris
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:09 PM
> To: Web development and beer
> Subject: Re: [wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]
> 
> From: "Christina Lannen" 
> 
> Thanks for the reply and help.
> 
>> 1.  You need to upgrade WordPress.  Seriously it needs to be done.  
> 
> Because of the package I can't use their auto system. Any advice on how to
> do it [yes, I would have expected them to keep scripts updated].
> 
>> 2.  CSS file is in the specific theme folder, e.g., typograph
> 
> OK, thanks. Still remembering what I knew and getting used to doing this
> again.
> 
>> 3.  Categories can be excluded from the Archives
> 
> If you take a look you will see how I've solved it.
> 
>> 4.  Under Settings, Reading for setting the "home" page
> 
> OOps - that mucked it up ;-). I changed the url and now the browser can't
> find its way home. Offhand which file has that information to put the
> address in correctly [as it was!]. - Ease of use is not always helpful!
> 
>> 5.  Is the entire site eventually going to be just "http://smilepoet.com"
> as
>> in moving the site to the root?
> 
> Yes. There will be subdomains for various things, but initially everything
> will work from here, and the Smile Poet material will all be there. -Joseph
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Chris
>> http://www.lannendesigns.com/ 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk
>> [mailto:wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk] On Behalf Of
> joseph
>> harris
>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:15 PM
>> To: Web development and beer; New home for the wdvltalk community
>> Subject: Re: [wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]
>> 
>> Christina,
>> 
>> You mean have I made it easy for myself? ;-) The answer to that is no!
>> 
>> And as ususal a simple operation has been jinxed! for some reason I cannot
>> utilise the host's link to Wordpress and so getting the theme into place
> has
>> been delayed. I  still haven't heard from the host engineers.
>> 
>> Anyway, here http://smilepoet.com/wordpress/ is what I plan to be the home
>> page. On the right is the box, or set of tabbed boxes. I have renamed
>> "about" to 'This Day' and it is on this box I want to put the event and
>> other change of the day.
>> 
>> Posts would move into the archive, and I don't want that with these
>> snippets.
>> 
>> Two further questions; how do I bring the wordpress index [home page] to
> be
>> the site home page?.
>> 
>> And I want to put colour in - either in the name, or in the blog titles,
>> maybe both. Where would I find the css [I assume].
>> 
>> Within my overall and some parts of detail thinking Typograph Theme works
>> well. But it is too colourless and needs a lot of personalisation. Easier
>> than some of the things I had expected  to have to do ;-).
>> 
>> Joseph 
>> 
>> From: "Christina Lannen" 
>>> Are you adding the "daily fact" as a post?  If yes, you can schedule
> them.
>>> I would add a specific category for the facts.
>>> 
>>> One example of code would be:
>>> 
>>> <ul>
>>> <?php query_posts('cat=5&showposts=3'); ?> // the category is 5 and pull
>> in
>>> 3 posts
>>> <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
>>> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
>>> <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Read
>>> More"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
>>> <?php endwhile; ?>
>>> <?php endif; ?>
>>> </ul>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The WordPress codex can be your best friend.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> http://www.lannendesigns.com/ 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk
>>> [mailto:wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk] On Behalf Of
>>> smile-poetry
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:45 AM
>>> To: Web development and beer
>>> Subject: [wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]
>>> 
>>> Okay, I've settled on Wordpress because it is the simplest option
>>> technically - and well supported. I have also gone for a rather clunky
>> theme
>>> - Typograph.
>>> 
>>> I want to add a daily fact and there is a convenient tabbed box on the
>>> right, and I am adapting the 'about' tab. Below is the script for that.
>>> 
>>> I will need to have a script to pick up the day's info from tables - that
>>> much I remember! But I have no easy recall of how to get from here to
> what
>>> I'm aiming for.
>>> 
>>> I plan a second part to it to pick up a saying or one liner from a table
>>> too, possibly randomly.
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure if there might be a chron way to this, or whether I'd need a
>>> chron set up anyway! All advice welcome.
>>> 
>>> Joseph
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here is the script:
>>> 
>>> </div>
>>>   <div id="categories" class="content">
>>>    <ul>
>>>     <?php list_cats(); ?>
>>>    </ul>
>>>   </div>
>>>   <div id="about" class="content">
>>>    <h4>today is Typograph wpTheme</h4>
>>>    <p><a
>>> href="http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/free-wordpress-themes/typograph/"
>>> title="Typograph theme home">Typograph</a> is a standards compliant theme
>>> with a JQuery powered tabbed sidebar box and an ad under the first post
> on
>>> the index page. This theme has no images and is purely based on CSS
>> elements
>>> and typography. Ideal for future customization. Typograph was styled
> "from
>>> the ground up" on a highly customized version of the <a
>>> href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/sandbox#post-35">Sandbox
>>> theme</a>.</p>
>>>       <p>Designed by Morten Rand-Hendriksen - designer, information
>>> philosopher and author based out of Burnaby, BC.</p> 
>>>    <p>And presumable take in thought for th dayYou can change the
> contents
>>> of the tabbed box by editing the tabbedBox.php file located in the
>> Typograph
>>> theme directory.</p>
>>>   </div>
>>>   <div id="rss" class="content">
>>>    <h1><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/rss" title="Subscribe to the
>>> <?php bloginfo('name') ?> RSS Feed" rel="rss">Subscribe to my
>> feed</a></h1>
>>> 
>>>   </div>
>>>   <div id="search" class="content">
>>> 
>>> And here the change to the box name ['Cats' is a shortening to stop the
>> tabs
>>> turning]:
>>> 
>>> <div id="tabContainer">
>>>  <div id="tabMenu">
>>>   <ul>
>>>    <li><a href="menu" class="active">Menu</a></li>
>>>    <li><a href="categories">Cats</a></li>
>>>    <li><a href="about">This Day</a></li>
>>>    <li><a href="rss">RSS</a></li>
>>>    <li><a href="search">Search</a></li>
>>>   </ul>
>>>  </div>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [soon I'll need to understand RSS! and other feeds]
>>> 
>>> Joseph Harris 
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