Over the past few months I have come across an enormous amount of resources and tools for every aspect of working with WordPress. This is another one of the benefits of Open Source (a large number of contributors), however the…
Tag: troubleshooting-wordpress
WordPress Troubleshooting: Finished installation and it doesn’t work!
This article was inspired by the fact that WordPress downloads recently passed the 1,000,000 mark. There are some very common problems that pop-up frequently on the WordPress Support Forums that can stop an installation dead in it’s tracks. This is…
Guide to using the WordPress Support Forums
Which of the following is true? The WordPress Support Forums can be a wonderful resource, a gold mine of wisdom and technical expertise, with quick, salient responses that get me right back on track… The WordPress Support Forums can be…
Quick look at WordPress issues in June:
Shortstat: There's an issue with shortstat 1.3 and WordPress 2.0.x. Try this fix: I was having the same trouble with logging not occurring. is_admin_page()* was returning true for non-admin pages. I just commented that line out, and it’s working for…
WordPress Troubleshooting: What happened to my Sidebar??
This is one of the most common questions asked in the WordPress Support Forum. From "Where did my sidebar go?" to "Why is my sidebar at the bottom of my page?"… The most common cause I see is when someone…
WordPress Troubleshooting: I have to validate? Oh MY!!
Your page is broken or some support monkey is insisting you validate it! "OMG! I just want my sidebar back!" Everyone makes mistakes, the point is that new habits and practice can limit these. I hope the following can help,…
WordPress Troubleshooting: Permissions, CHMOD and paths, OH MY!
With issues arising from varying Shared Hosting Packages, versions of PHP, Apache, etc., file permission issues sometimes rear their ugly head. I’m hoping the following reference can provide some help or direction to those less experienced: A “file not found”…
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WordPress Troubleshooting: My blog looks horrible in IE!
Internet Explorer (previous to v7, at least) does not follow the same standards as everyone else. The most noticeable effect this has in blogging with WordPress is that IE will add margins and padding together, which can really screw up…