Former Ramblings of an Insane, Lesbian, Book Writing Crip
Okay. Done for the day. Done enough damage I think.
I would really like to put the sidebar below the header (and still to the side) but I can’t seem to figure out how. I think it has to do with the placement of the ‘body’ tag but…me brain be fried.
I like the image.
Going to lessen the blue in the area where the posts appear. Probably will leave everything in the sidebar alone other than background color and putting it below the header.
Opinions?
I am looking into changing the site’s theme. Right now, what you see is something I came up with using bits from two other basic themes. While I like it a lot, I’m no longer fond of the colors. I strive to make this site (and the main one) as accessible as possible and colors are the most difficult. “Web safe” seems to equal “boring and plain”.
So, anywho, if the site seems wonky with odd errors here and there, it’s ’cause I’m mucking about.
If the site doesn’t even load, it’s because the webhost is wonky. Again. I’ve been with them a loooong time (2002 or ’03?) and would rather not move. The price is good. I like the flexibility. But….come on, enough with the crashing!
Ooookay, first time I’ve been able to log in for, like, ever!
I hope the login fairy looks kindly upon me for a while.
This time, I renamed the plugin folder to “plugin2”. I deleted the cookies for this site (again). I then was able to log in. I’ve named the plugin folder back to “plugin” and so far, it’s not tossed me out to the login page again.
I cruised the WordPress support forums (again) and found more and more login error threads. This one (“Can’t Login“) led me to a “Trac Ticket“. In it, someone mentions it could be a problem with blogs being installed in sub-directories (such as this site) and linked to another support forum thread. This one is huge (192 posts) and somewhere in it I found the “rename the plugin folder” idea.
I’ve tried various other methods prior to this latest one. Each time, it works for a while then ceases to work and I am back to the ever reloading login page. Annoying as hell.
The Trac Ticket (used for legitimate bugs, not WTF issues) mentions another fix so if this doesn’t work, I’ll try that. And when that stops working…..
At least the log in problem isn’t. I am able to post today but haven’t been able to in several days.
So what important thing do I need to say while I can?
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Okay, there you have it.
The fun with WordPress continues. I’ve never had this much trouble before. Never. And when I did, it’s because I messed something up, not a problem with the software.
Anyway, I can’t even log in with IE anymore so it’s not a Firefox problem. Still working on getting some help but not getting very far. Either no one knows or I am the only one, which I doubt.
I’ll keep everyone updated, if I can.
Whilst connected to the website via IE (another shudder), I went to the user section and changed a user (just another persona of me I created to view the website a different way) from member to administrator. I can now log in and do all sorts of stuff as HR (short for HolyRoller) that I have not been able to do as PaulaO.
Freaky, eh?
Anyone have any ideas?
I am having to use IE (shudder) to log into this site and post. I have tried all sorts of remedies with WP itself but am now thinking it is a Firefox problem. First time ever I have had a problem with Firefox, if it is the culprit.
The problem is this: the log in page reloads. If I enter the wrong username or password, it gives me the error message, as it should. But if it is right, it just reloads. Repeatedly. If I click a bookmarked link to the admin section, sometimes I get in, sometimes I don’t. And when I do get in, usually I am kicked to the log in page whenever I click a link within the admin (or when the program tries to autosave the draft of a post).
I’ve tried a wide variety of things to try and solve this problem.
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/226628 (someone else’s post but I contributed some near the end)
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/222737 – this one is resolved but I tried it again with no success
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/229521 – yet another one for this latest problem
https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=243812&forumId=1 – support page within Firefox to see if I can get help there.
Anyone have any ideas? This is driving me nuts. It is a consistent problem with this site and is a regular problem with the others. And with various versions of WP.
That’s how the computers have been for me lately. First the internet connection was acting up (got a new cable modem). Then I upgraded my servers with my website host and my sites went down for several days (a bad script or something on their end). Next I upgraded the main site’s WordPress install and it promptly went down (no clue exactly but a wide variety of fixes was needed and it’s still not acting right). Then I made Mike his own site with WordPress and, you guessed it, that went bad (not sure what was wrong there either, but it is working).
Normally, WordPress works great. But I’m not sure about the latest version. Each time I install it, either myself or through Dreamhost’s “One-Click Install”, something goes wrong. Then yesterday, this blog was not letting me into the admin section. I hadn’t done the upgrade because the others were so mucked up. No clue what was wrong but it is working, so far, today. I did do a virus and spyware/malware check on this laptop and did a hard boot. Nothing came up but who knows?
Anyway, life goes on. Mike is growing, Joella is jealous, PopCorn is ill (more on that in a few days), Sam is playing with Mike, Casey is still being her usual obnoxious self, and Lorna is just as wonderful as ever. I must’ve done something wonderfully good in my otherwise normal childhood in order to deserve such a wonderful partner. She’s beautiful, smart, a great cook, got a glorious singing voice, and yet, she loves me. How weird, wacky, and wonky is that?
Silly me! Trying to update the main site (paulaoffutt.com) so that it had the latest WordPress! Now it won’t work! I can’t log in! I can’t access anything! I log in and it just reloads the log in page! (enough exclamation points?!)
Arrggghhhh!!!
Why won’t it work???
I think.
I’m not sure yet.
I’m wondering which one I like doing, my own html page or this program.
Gotta admit, this one is prettier. But too many bells and whistles can distract.
At any rate, from what I understand, the categories to the right act as a filter. Click on a calendar day and you see all the posts for that day. Click on General, see only the posts for that category, such as this one. Click Real Life, only read what I have labeled such. Etc etc.
I case you got here a round-about way, this is the link to the main page: https://paulaoffutt.com/blog/