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Lemmy 2008-02-27 07:40 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Licker4U (Post 390809)
OK, I put the database name, username and password in the wp-config-sample.php file and saved it as wp-config.php per the ReadMe instructions. I uploaded everything to the public_html folder on a new domain. Now I'm supposed to open /wp-admin/install.php in my browser but when I double click it it opens in Notepad. I copy and paste it into my browser and I get an error message:

This program cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can try:
Check your Internet connection. Try visiting another website to make sure you are connected.

Retype the address.

Go back to the previous page.

More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

Internet connectivity has been lost.
The website is temporarily unavailable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.

What am I doing wrong?
You have to type in the URL to the /wp-admin/install.php file in your browser eg. http://www.yourdomain.com/folder-whe...in/install.php

Licker4U 2008-02-27 07:41 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by FanTC (Post 390811)
Sounds like the domain isn't fully propogated
/wp-admin/install.php is supposed to set up the tables for the blog. The new domain's URL is Girl Squirts but there's no index page...|huh

Lemmy 2008-02-27 07:48 AM
Licker, your install file is up and ready for your input (I just checked). Now hurry up and set it up before you're hacked. :D

Licker4U 2008-02-27 07:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemmy (Post 390820)
Licker, your install file is up and ready for your input (I just checked). Now hurry up and set it up before you're hacked. :D
I logged in with admin as the username and the password WP gave me, wrote a title and post, hit "Publish" and nothing. WTF?|huh

Lemmy 2008-02-27 08:04 AM
Try deleting the placeholder index.html from your host. It overrides http://www.girl-squirts.com/index.php

FanTC 2008-02-27 08:05 AM
path set wrong? oh shit.. go in and rename the "index.html" in there to "indexold.html". I bet that's it

Licker4U 2008-02-27 08:07 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemmy (Post 390825)
Try deleting the placeholder index.html from your host. It overrides http://www.girl-squirts.com/index.php
Hot damn! That was it!

OK, over on the right of the page is "Blogroll" with links under it. How do I get rid of those?

Simon 2008-02-27 08:27 AM
Are you opening the version on the server or on your local drive?

Update at 8:33am : Nevermind.

:D

T Pat 2008-02-27 08:30 AM
found a wordpress check list for you Licker
I want to weigh in on domain vs sub domain vs folder, I have blogs setup all three ways and I don't think it makes any difference to the Search Engines how your blog is set up, the blogs you put the most effort into will be the blogs that get the most traffic

Licker4U 2008-02-27 08:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon (Post 390832)
Are you opening the version on the server or on your local drive?
On the server, the one online

Simon 2008-02-27 08:35 AM
Cool :)

I wasn't sure from your post #24 but I see you've got it sorted now.

Quote:
Originally Posted by T Pat
...the blogs you put the most effort into will be the blogs that get the most traffic
From your mouth to god's ear.

Lemmy 2008-02-27 08:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Licker4U (Post 390827)
OK, over on the right of the page is "Blogroll" with links under it. How do I get rid of those?
You can't. It would be a violation of WP's licensing terms and your blog would self-destruct.

Seriously, now it's time for you to read the documentation and play around in the admin panel. Most of it is pretty self-explanatory.

The first things I would do is delete the install file if you haven't done so already and change the permalink structure (hint: options -> permalinks). Anything is better than the default.

Congrats on your new blog and welcome to the dark side. |thumb

ronnie 2008-02-27 08:46 AM
Hey, it's up and running! Now get posting! lol

Licker4U 2008-02-27 09:08 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemmy (Post 390837)
Congrats on your new blog and welcome to the dark side. |thumb
Yep, it's looking pretty murky right now. I'll dig into it some more.

Licker4U 2008-02-27 10:32 AM
My head is getting foggy, I'm going back to bed for a while and try to digest things....|yawn|

Licker4U 2008-02-27 05:56 PM
I've surfed around and found a 3 column theme/template I like but the webmaster that offers it only has 3 colors available. Can I go in the skins folder and change the CSS or will that open up a can of worms?

Tekster 2008-02-27 06:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Licker4U (Post 390937)
I've surfed around and found a 3 column theme/template I like but the webmaster that offers it only has 3 colors available. Can I go in the skins folder and change the CSS or will that open up a can of worms?
That is what I do, to change colors, header etc.
I don't know if you have a local server installed on your computer, but here is what I do: I installed WP on my local hard drive on my computer and then I play with all the settings, CSS headers etc until it looks like what I want. Then I just copy the modified files on to the server and I know everything will be good.

Here is what I use for my local server: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

ronnie 2008-02-27 07:37 PM
Since your blog is brand new, I wouldn't worry about messing with it, no one is really going to see it.

When I mess with the CSS, I copy the original and do the change. Then I check it in the browsers. If it's okay, I move on, if not, I just paste the original back in. Works for me. Course, have a un-touched copy in case things get really messed up.

Just remember to check both FF and IE, they can and do differ, the buggers..:)

balls_deep 2008-02-27 07:50 PM
just make a copy of your theme files so if you screw it up you can go back to the origional with ease. I also suggest doing this once you have tweaked your theme.

everything is in the css or the .php for the template. you can do whatever you want to either.

i always use the wordpress editor to edit my template.

LD 2008-02-27 08:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TekAngel (Post 390946)
That is what I do, to change colors, header etc.
I don't know if you have a local server installed on your computer, but here is what I do: I installed WP on my local hard drive on my computer and then I play with all the settings, CSS headers etc until it looks like what I want. Then I just copy the modified files on to the server and I know everything will be good.

Here is what I use for my local server: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Is that pretty easy to set up? I need that, but didn't want to get too wrapped up in a complicated setup.

ronnie 2008-02-27 09:34 PM
To be able to use the theme editor in Wordpress you have to change permissions on the theme's files, not always a good ting to do. Just use a web page editor, sure you have one of those.

Tekster 2008-02-27 10:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LusciousDelight (Post 390967)
Is that pretty easy to set up? I need that, but didn't want to get too wrapped up in a complicated setup.
Real easy, just make sure you put your web pages, WP or anything else on the folder htdocs under the install folder. (just like on a server)

Licker4U 2008-02-28 05:13 AM
OK, before I pull out what little hair I have or start drinking more, I need someone to take me by the hand and take little bitty steps and go slow. I downloaded Mike Little's zip file for his blog theme. On this page: http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/j...eme-version-2/ I got: journalized-theme-2.0-Beta-2.zip. I uploaded the "skins" folder to the wp-content/themes folder. I uploaded all the other files to the public_html folder. In the WP admin it says:

Broken Themes
The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.

Name skins
Description Stylesheet is missing.

What stylesheet??? In the skins folder there are colors available and each has it's own stylesheet, blue-skin.css, flowers-skin.css, etc. In the main folder there is layout.css and style.css. I know I've done something really simple and stupid but I can't figure it out. Aaaaarrrggghhh!! |banghead|

ronnie 2008-02-28 07:47 AM
Everything that goes with the theme stays in the same folder and goes in the wp-content/themes/themename folder, nothing gets separated. It's saying broken because you moved files around and didn't keep them together. Each theme folder should have a stylesheet and php files, plus usually a screenshot.png.

All stays in the one folder, you just upload the whole folder intact.

ronnie 2008-02-28 07:54 AM
what is in a theme can vary greatly. How many files and stylesheets they have depends on how complex they are, or how much they have been modified. More important, the more files they have the more control you have over the look/layout.

I don't mean to be rude, but there are so many better looking, more professional themes than the one you posted.

Here's a good list: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008...dpress-themes/
which has even more links at the bottom of the post to other free themes.


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