Comments on: Fixing My WordPress Install http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/ Things that Eric A. Meyer, CSS expert, writes about on his personal Web site; it's largely Web standards and Web technology, but also various bits of culture, politics, personal observations, and other miscellaneous stuff Fri, 25 May 2012 11:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Carla Hufstedler http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-255016 Carla Hufstedler Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:40:59 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-255016 I had a weird occurrence when I reinstalled WP (aka, returned to) this week--standard MySQL necessities like wp_categories were not created by the install, nor by reinstalling, nor by running upgrade.php. I had to manually hunt down and add the missing tables. So strange. I had a weird occurrence when I reinstalled WP (aka, returned to) this week–standard MySQL necessities like wp_categories were not created by the install, nor by reinstalling, nor by running upgrade.php. I had to manually hunt down and add the missing tables. So strange.

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-255013 Eric Meyer Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:22:21 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-255013 I've used MT4 and dislike a great deal more than I do WordPress. And before anyone jumps down my throat about that, please (re-)read "<a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/10/31/set-preferences/" rel="nofollow">Set Preferences</a>". Thanks. I’ve used MT4 and dislike a great deal more than I do WordPress. And before anyone jumps down my throat about that, please (re-)read “Set Preferences“. Thanks.

]]> By: Jesse Gardner http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-255011 Jesse Gardner Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:06:34 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-255011 I'd recommend Movable Type 4, but then I bet you get that everywhere you go. ;-) I’d recommend Movable Type 4, but then I bet you get that everywhere you go. ;-)

]]> By: B. Beverly http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-238755 B. Beverly Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:09:57 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-238755 I learned basic HTML by reading your pages at CWRU 9 years ago...and you've just helped me with a problem that I've been bashing my head against the wall about for 8 hours in my job as a full-time designer. Consistency rocks! Thanks. I learned basic HTML by reading your pages at CWRU 9 years ago…and you’ve just helped me with a problem that I’ve been bashing my head against the wall about for 8 hours in my job as a full-time designer. Consistency rocks! Thanks.

]]> By: Spike http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-93670 Spike Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:36:24 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-93670 Just caught up with your blog entries. I've had a heck of a time installing WP 2.1 for someone else. All related to 404 and 500 server errors as soon as Wordpress touched the htaccess. As someone with a flea's knowledge compared to yours about websites and computers, I hope you'll consider filing a bug report. Hoping they'll fix it soon. Just caught up with your blog entries. I’ve had a heck of a time installing WP 2.1 for someone else. All related to 404 and 500 server errors as soon as WordPress touched the htaccess. As someone with a flea’s knowledge compared to yours about websites and computers, I hope you’ll consider filing a bug report. Hoping they’ll fix it soon.

]]> By: Mike D. http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87396 Mike D. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:04:41 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87396 Eric: Cool, I just had Matt M. sort me out with some Akismet love... not sure how I ended up on the wrong side of the law. :) Eric: Cool, I just had Matt M. sort me out with some Akismet love… not sure how I ended up on the wrong side of the law. :)

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87338 Eric Meyer Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:40:06 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87338 <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87031" rel="nofollow">Keith</a>: nope, I didn't know about that one, and that was totally my fault (I failed to keep a template up to date with changes in my plugins). It's fixed now. Thanks! <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87142" rel="nofollow">Devon</a>: I don't believe my commenting proves "bloat". So far as I can tell, it's code to handle 404 and related errors. On most sites, that will be welcome, since it's a rare bird who sets up a blog and then starts editing their <tt>.htaccess</tt> file. It's doubtless useful in 99% of cases. I just happen to be in that other 1%. <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87164" rel="nofollow">Mike</a>: I don't know why, but Akismet really dislikes your gmail account. Your newsvine.com account post was simply held for moderation since it'd never been used before, but the gmail.com account post got dropped right into the Akismet queue again. I really need to figure out how to put up a warning when that happens, or at least find a plugin that does so. Sorry the spam defenses are being such a pain! Keith: nope, I didn’t know about that one, and that was totally my fault (I failed to keep a template up to date with changes in my plugins). It’s fixed now. Thanks!

Devon: I don’t believe my commenting proves “bloat”. So far as I can tell, it’s code to handle 404 and related errors. On most sites, that will be welcome, since it’s a rare bird who sets up a blog and then starts editing their .htaccess file. It’s doubtless useful in 99% of cases. I just happen to be in that other 1%.

Mike: I don’t know why, but Akismet really dislikes your gmail account. Your newsvine.com account post was simply held for moderation since it’d never been used before, but the gmail.com account post got dropped right into the Akismet queue again. I really need to figure out how to put up a warning when that happens, or at least find a plugin that does so. Sorry the spam defenses are being such a pain!

]]> By: H2-SiteDesign » 404-Probleme in Wordpress 2.1 lösen oder nicht upgraden? http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87193 H2-SiteDesign » 404-Probleme in Wordpress 2.1 lösen oder nicht upgraden? Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:29:41 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87193 [...] Tipps zur Bereinigung von 404-Problemen in Wordpress 2.1 und fragt sich, ob man upgraden sollte. Fixing my Wordpress install by Eric Meyer Okay, so my “Whole Magilla” feeds---both full-content and summary---are working [...] [...] Tipps zur Bereinigung von 404-Problemen in WordPress 2.1 und fragt sich, ob man upgraden sollte. Fixing my WordPress install by Eric Meyer Okay, so my “Whole Magilla” feeds—both full-content and summary—are working [...]

]]> By: Mike D. http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87165 Mike D. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:17:59 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87165 Testing again. Testing again.

]]> By: Mike D. http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87164 Mike D. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:17:32 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87164 Testing to see if Meyerweb still eats my comments... apologies for the disturbance. Testing to see if Meyerweb still eats my comments… apologies for the disturbance.

]]> By: Devon http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87142 Devon Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:35:06 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87142 And I thought I was having weird problems when I upgraded to 2.1 and it started mangling my raw HTML when it would output a page! Heh. What you have to deal with is just insane. 100+ lines of code commented out ...heh. If you don't have any serious issues, you'll at least prove there's a huge code bloat problem in Wordpress. Hope all goes well dude. And I thought I was having weird problems when I upgraded to 2.1 and it started mangling my raw HTML when it would output a page! Heh. What you have to deal with is just insane. 100+ lines of code commented out …heh. If you don’t have any serious issues, you’ll at least prove there’s a huge code bloat problem in WordPress. Hope all goes well dude.

]]> By: Keith McLaughlin http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-87031 Keith McLaughlin Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:23:01 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-87031 The archive search gives an error too btw. Not sure if you knew about that one ;) The archive search gives an error too btw. Not sure if you knew about that one ;)

]]> By: Brad Bice http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-86996 Brad Bice Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:46:43 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-86996 I would also suggest altering the title of this post so that those searching for this problem can more easily find it via a search engine. Maybe a more detailed line such as "Wordpress 2.1 404 fix" or something? I would also suggest altering the title of this post so that those searching for this problem can more easily find it via a search engine. Maybe a more detailed line such as “WordPress 2.1 404 fix” or something?

]]> By: Eric Meyer http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-86972 Eric Meyer Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:32:14 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-86972 Good point, <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-86962" rel="nofollow">Nick</a>. I'll look into doing that. Good point, Nick. I’ll look into doing that.

]]> By: Nick http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/fixing-my-wordpress-install/#comment-86962 Nick Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:56:50 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/01/795/#comment-86962 Why don't you just change the permissions on your .htaccess so that WordPress can't edit it? Why don’t you just change the permissions on your .htaccess so that WordPress can’t edit it?

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