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Previous Page & Next Page Navigation Is Missing….

Don’t know when and how my page navigator is missing from the webpage. Checking the source code of the main index page, and the code is there:

<?php posts_nav_link(’ &#8212; ‘, __(’&laquo; Previous Page’), __(’Next Page &raquo;’)); ?>

I downloaded and activated WP-PageNavi Plugin 2.20, and still not working… Finally, I found out there is a problem with Adhesive Plugin that I installed, which allows easy marking of sticky posts for WordPress. I deactivated it and it worked.

Enable Widgets In Pool Theme

After porting my homepage to a dedicated Linux server, I was unable to enable widgets in Pool theme in the beginning; saying my sidebar is not widgets aware and need to modify sidebar.php and functions.php files.

Read a couple of tip and tricks about enabling widgets… I finally did it.

First of all, use one of your favorite text editors, such as notepad and textedit, to create a file named functions.php including the following lines.

<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>',
));
?>

Secondly, add the lines below to sidebar.php to enable a dynamic sidebar.

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Finally, upload these two php file to the theme folder on your server. Refresh your browser, and click Design (WordPress version 2.5) or Presentation (WordPress version 2.0 or earlier), the lovely widgets are there.

WordPress Upgrade…But Can’t See Images

Successfully upgraded my WordPress to the lastest version 2.5 tonight… The server upgrade is very simple, just follow the installation instruction provided by WordPress.

However, it seems the new version has a problem with media library. I uploaded an image from my computer by clicking Add media and it shows there is one image in Gallery but I cannot see it. In order to insert these images, I have to click Add media again and manually enter from URL. If anyone knows how to fix this, please share… Can’t find any solution on WordPress 2.5 forum regarding this issue.

Wordpress On 1&1 Linux Hostings

The main reason to install Wordpress in your own server because you can modify the source code, use your own domain name, and add Google Adsense. The installation is very simple, just make sure that you have Linux Hosting package, not Microsoft’s. If you do have Microsoft package, you can switch it to Linux Hosting just a single click. Use Switch Package under Administration in 1&1 Control Panel. It will take 24 to 48 hrs… PLEASE BACKUP ALL YOUR FILES FIRST!!Assuming that you have Linux Hosting package, which includes PHP scripts support and MySQL Database…

• Create a database by clicking MySQL Administration in 1&1 Control Panel; Click New Database, MySQL will generate a database with a username, password, and host name that CANNOT be modified.

• Download Wordpress here and save it to your local hard drive.
• Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php; and open this file using your favorite text editor such as notepad in Windows. Now change the DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, and DB_HOST to match ones that show on you MySQL database and save it.
• Use one of FTP clients (FileZilla or WS_FTP), upload all files in wordpress folder that you just downloaded to your server’s root directory or a subdirectory.
• Now open your browser and type in http://yourpage.com/wp-admin/install.php
• Follow the screen login… you’re in.