Update: You can use WordPress QI – http://wpquickinstall.com/download/ Not all servers can run SVN, and servers which have problem in WP 5minute install, can’t be cope up with another solution because there is no solution, sometimes server settings are to blame. That said, on a server where everything works fine for a regular installation, WordPress … Read more
You should demand access to ftp or the command line, working without is is crippling and to be blunt, silly.
Yes, download them via FTP. Just connect to your server, then navigate to /wp-content/uploads to see all of your uploads. By default, they’re organized into directories: /{year}/{month}/{file} … so /2012/05/my-image.jpg for example.
Try to use relative URLs to your imported css files. So try to remove first / from each import URL: @import url(‘styles/forms.css’); @import url(‘styles/tables.css’); @import url(‘styles/homepage.css’); @import url(‘styles/reset.css’); @import url(‘styles/stimenu.css’); @import url(‘styles/layout.css’); @import url(‘styles/demo.css’); Also pay attention to the fact that using @import directives is bad practice and strongly not recommended to use. Use link … Read more
What does the content of theme name/include/widget.php ? The error is pointing to line 1 and telling you it did not expect to see ?> there. My guess (without seeing the file) is you have closed a php tag instead of opened it.
I don´t have the reputation for a comment, so an answer must do it. WordPress uses (s?)FTP to install updates and plugins. Your SSH credentials are something different and most possibly not those ones of an FTP account. If you want to use the built-in FTP function of WordPress your hostname is normally “localhost” because … Read more
FTP login is more than enough to install wordpress. You just need to upload your wordpress’s root folder content (not root folder itself) via FTP and then open your site’s admin section via browser something like this http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/. Then you will see wordpress installation step. Follow that steps and your wordpress installation is done. NOTE … Read more
Sorry for posting the question above, I fixed it right after posting here, by following these steps I found on this site http://artofsimplicity.co.uk/wordpress-ftp-auto-upgrade-on-ubuntu sudo apt-get install vsftpd sudo useradd wordpress sudo passwd wordpress # set password for wordpress when prompted. sudo usermod -g www-data wordpress sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www … Read more
Here’s a much better solution: Don’t edit the theme’s functions.php file. Don’t put your custom code into that file either. If you have snippets of code for a site, put them into a custom plugin. Put each one into its own plugin, in fact. Separate them by functionality. I even made a handy dandy plugin … Read more
Files empty after moving with FTP