Wonky WordPress

There seem to be a number of issues with WordPress that are biting my installation. Mix this with an odd ftp problem with my host and this helps to keep this month as a month of pointless fiddling.

Having had to reinstall the whole shooting match and losing the visual editor, ability to edit posts, delete files and folders from my host I’m getting to the point where I’ll be looking for a new CMS if I can’t get this sorted out. So in preparation I’ve install XAMPP onto a flash drive for offline work to try and replicate the faults but so far it’s just not happening.

What should be a simple thing is both frustrating and time consuming. These oh-so-simple systems tend to have hidden caveats or features that are adding to not just mine but a lot of other woes.

 

Fed Whitton results

Came 438th (I think) at 8 hours 28 minutes. Not bad for a first effort. Shame not to have made it under 7 hours but the long stops were needed in the hot weather

I think the photo say’s it all really. This was only 50 miles into it and the first proper climb. Not enough food in the belly and definately not enough to drink. Still after another two passes I felt a load better and was able to climb a bit better.

Shame that this was the only photo on offer from Kennedy, my wifr took a better one!

 

Fred Whitton results

Fred Whitton results for the St Bees lot

 

Fred Whitton

So it’s over. A lovely day out with all St Bees starters finishing one way or another. The official results aren’t in but my timing was 8 hours 28 minutes, so well under the 9 hours target. Only a little sunburn to contend with today and not too much stiffness. A full report when the results are in…..

 

It looks like its fixed

So after some major time wasting by myself the problems have been fixed. All down to mod security and the host end.

just for reference the symptoms were:

1. Could not upload any media

2. Could not edit or save edits to any pages, post, plugins or widgets

 

Here’s the long list of things I tried and eventually ended up doing out of desperation

• Reinstall WP2.5
• Install WP2.5.1
• Clear all caches and cookies
• Searched WP forums for possible solutions
• Wasted loads of time trying things that didn’t work
• Posted on WP forums asking for help – no-one came
• Deleted all files from my host (after backing up)
• Reinstalled WP2.3.2 and couldn’t recover database
• Upgraded using WPAU plugin to WP2.5
• Tried to recover database again
• Failed
• Tried again and again and again
• Failed again and again and again
• Considered using other CMS like drupal or joomla
• Installed XAMPP and WP2.3.2 / WP2.5 and WP2.5 on a flash drive to try and recreate problems – no success
• Redirected my whole site to old WP.com site
• Tried to relsove through WP IRC. No one about
• Decided that this was a very good way of backing up seeing as everything else went to the dogs
• Contacted my host and within 15 had the problem solved.

Can you tell that this has cheesed me off?

 

Not long until Fred Whitton

Just a few days left before the big off and the weather doesn’t look tool awful on the long range forecast…..

 

Big trouble with my website

Over the last few weeks there have been a number of big issues with wordpress. I have had to resort to redirecting to my old .com blog so please ebar with me whilst I find out whats gone wrong and what to fix it with.

Needless to say everything was fine before wp2.5 came along!

 

Website issues

I’ve spent far too many hours over the last few days ‘fixing’ some big problems with the site. I have no idea what had happened but needless to say nothing was working and there wasn’t any clues.

 I’ve reinstalled a number of times, removed plugins, reinstalled plugins, changed themes and I’m thinking that I’ll back up a little more often in future, and keep those backups off the server as the ones I had didn’t restore at all….hence the roll back to January

 

Fred Whitton

ooooo eck…….what have I let myself in for¬† I’ve been up Hardknott twice, both of those times I nearly had a heart attack!!

 

Station open for business

a proud day, I’ve spent quite a few man hours getting this site up and running as well as a reasonably reliable Beacon Monitoring station. Name up in lights at NCDXF website and the sucessful pages displaying the rather shady results I’m getting here in the bleak part of Cumbrian winter.

I hope you find them useful, leave a comment or make a suggestion if the data isn’t as you’d like it. Tell your friends and I hope to see you on the Hf bands on PSK31 or SSB when the wind drops and I can raise the antenna

If anyone is interested in how I managed to sort this out for myself then I’ll be putting together a short HOWTO that will compliment the existing ones that I used.

73′s

G7KSE