the_permalink() not working
Usually this is because the “Site URL” field in Settings > General is wrong. It probably says “domain.com” where it should say “domain.com/news”.
installation
Things to take care before installing wordpress Manual v/s Softaculous
If your already confused with using Softaculos why not go with the file source from wordpress.org which has a very very simple installtion that takes just a minute or two. You simply need to create your database, user and enter that when installing WordPress. You can set the www or non-www in WordPress itself during … Read more
WordPress Skeleton installation
OK, it was a noob mistake, as predicted! I had to go to kdev.vcip.com/wp/ for the installer to run. Once I did that I went to the Settings page and changed my WordPress address to http://kdev.vcip.com/wp and my Site Address to http://kdev.vcip.com.
Error when installing theme – “failed to open stream: No such file or directory in…”
Could not copy file. /home/content/38/7184638/html/wp-content/themes/SEWS_theme/img/border.png because there is no file border.png. Maybe it is not included in the zip file. Or there was errors while unzipping the zip archive. The directory in the errpor message is ‘wp-content/upgrade/’, so I think you do not upload and install a theme, you try to update a already installed … Read more
Get WP Install Directory
The WordPress directory path is available in the constant ABSPATH. Be aware this is not related to the wp-content directory. The constant WP_CONTENT_DIR could be set to exactly the same value. Or another directory on the same level where WP_CONTENT_URL is another domain name. There doesn’t even have to be a wp-content equivalent: themes, plugins, … Read more
Database create or redirect
Not having cPanel doesn’t mean you can’t create a database, but if you are trying to install WordPress on a server without a database server, that is your biggest problem. I would consider other hosting. Your questions in order: cPanel is a convenience. So are Plesk and other similar pieces of software. If you have … Read more
EC2 WordPress install asks for connection info when auto-updating
Best Practice #1 One of the best practices is to let the PHP process to run under a different user (in your case: jdoe, jsmith, etc) than the web server user (in your case: httpd) and let only these users have the write permission. Of course, your web server may still need read permission for … Read more
Create QuickStart Package for WordPress just like in Joomla
Download the latest version of WordPress; Copy your theme into wp-content/themes/ folder; Add define( ‘WP_DEFAULT_THEME’, ‘yourthemename’ ); at the beginning of wp-config-sample.php file; Archive all files; Install it on your servers.
WordPress in a Subdirectory
Make sure you followed all these steps. It sounds like the .htaccess file was not updated correctly.
Image link issues after importing a database backup to my local web server
WP uses the GUID column of posts for links. You need to replace that, I use a script http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/ Just drop it in your root dir then follow the instructions. Hope this helps!