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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager] Suggestions/feature requestsI downloaded your sample code & I’ll play w/that in a bit. Thanks, Joe. I do believe, though, that if the plugin is to be useful to the maximum number of people, you’ll somehow need to incorporate co-hosting, as this is a common requirement for events of all kinds. & most users don’t want or indeed even know how, to code in order to make that happen.
Well, Keith, as I said, the original plugin had accessible checkboxes. So you already know how to do that, it appears. I’m not sure in this case that research is required. The original plugin had that nailed down quite well. All you need do, I’d think is reincorporate the relevant part of the UI.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager] Suggestions/feature requestsO, I *know* the recurrence thing is totally *not trivial*! & I get it about the event hosts, though it’s too bad, because I’m certain I’m not the only 1 who needs multiple event hosts.
Thanks, Joe. That at least got the date picker out of my way. Now if I could just figure out how to make an event occur every day except Sunday, I’d be happier than a clam in wet sand.
You may want to have a look at the plugin called “Events Made Easy”. The date picker is a real PITA, (a show stopper in terms of accessibility, actually), but this author’s way of dealing w/exceptions when it comes to recurring events is pretty intuitive & might be worth your consideration.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Events Made Easy] Can’t edit event dateWell, Frankie, here is what I’d say. I’d say that for those of us who are forced to use screen readers because of sight impairment, none of these date pickers are worth a flying flip, & that is the very polite & highly edited version. It’s really a nightmare. Things take forever to clear, I’m trying to make a recurring event & keep getting told the start & end date can’t be the same, & I have absolutely no idea how to edit this or which date is being cleared when the clear button is pressed. It’s an exercise in being beyond frustrated. I’d be a much happier camper if I could just edit dates manually & have done w/it. As I said, I am not a newby, & for me to be having trouble w/such a seemingly simple task is almost approaching criminal. I certainly can’t see how this meets even the WCAG 2.0A standard, much less the AA standard. That is not your fault, obviously, but if WordPress thinks that date picker is accessible, then I wish they could watch me struggle, & they’d soon learn otherwise. It’s really holding up my work. All these interventions to protect us from ourselves truly get annoying quickly. I’ll shut up. I’m sure I’ve said too much already.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Events Made Easy] Can’t edit event dateNever mind. I see the clear button now. It might just be easier to allow editing of event dates instead of having to go through all that, but that’s obviously your call. Sorry to have taken up your time.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Site went wonky? Pages TrashedHello, flynttm, & welcome. Obviously I’m unsure of what may have occurred, since things seem to be ok now. I looked at the source, as well as did a quick Google for any indicators of compromise, & saw none. Having thus said, that doesn’t mean the site hasn’t been hacked, it just means I may not be seeing it. Still, I sincerely doubt it.
You are aware, right, that you’ve got a message that states this is a demo store? I’m not sure if that has any impact on your situation or no. I don’t know whether your hosting provider’s control has this or not, but some have an applet where you can view any errors that may have occurred w/your site. Also, if you go to your hosting provider’s file manager in their control panel, there may be files in your WordPress installation folders called error.log or error_log that may provide information regarding site errors that may have caused this. Unfortunately, it’s rather difficult to analyze the scene of a “crime” when all the evidence is gone.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Multiple Admins’ ProblemHello, Paul, & welcome. Actually, passwords are not visible. What you really need to do if you want someone to have admin privileges on your site is to create a *separate* user for that person. You can do this under ‘Users > Add New’. The default role is ‘subscriber’, so don’t forget to change that to the role you want the user to have–not that it’s a biggie if you do–you can always go back in & change it–it’s just easier to do it correctly the first time, & far less frustrating, too. Once the user’s finished, he can be deleted at your pleasure. You should also leave the option checked to notify the user via email of his new account.
Again, welcome to the world of WordPress in general & to the WordPress support forum specifically.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 403 Forbidden errorI have a question in my mind as to whether this was actually a WordPress site, ie, your facebook page says the address was http://www.negombolawsociety.com/home.html. Either that needs to be updated, which is entirely possible, or this was not truly a WordPress site.
I think your first course of action is to ask your host if they have any recent backups. The likelihood is that they don’t, but asking never hurts.
Also, is your WordPress installed to the public_html folder? That is where it should be installed to.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 403 Forbidden errorDo you know who your host is? Can you get a backup from them prior to your deleting these files?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 403 Forbidden errorHello again, felicianf. Well, for example, if I type in:
http://www.negombolawsociety.com/index.php
I get a file not found. Do you see index.php in your root folder?Reinstalling WordPress should’ve taken care of all that.
Do you have shared, VPS, or dedicated hosting, do you know?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 403 Forbidden errorHello, felicianf. Please follow the below instructions carefully & completely.
1) Back up your database to your local computer.
https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Backing_Up_Your_Database
2) Back up your wp-content folder, specifically your uploads folder & any purchased plugins or themes to your local machine.
3) Back up your wp-config.php file to your local box.
4) Reinstall WordPress.
5) Re-upload files as required, particularly your wp-config.php. Let’s see if that helps.If you have any questions on any of the steps, please reply & ask.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 403 Forbidden errorHello, felicianf, & welcome. Actually, your entire homepage is not visible, I’m sorry to say. In which folder did you install WordPress?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can’t connect to a previous SQLHi, JeanJensenDK, & welcome. If you’ve connected to the same database via wp-config.php, & the domain name is still the same, that is all you really need to do. You should, however, change your control panel, dashboard, & database passwords. Also, when you installed WordPress, did you run the installer & use the existing database? If so, & if your table names were the same, ie, wp_, there is a chance you just wrote over the previous contents. You may wish to look at the database. It could be there are 2 installs present, 1 w/the previous contents & 1 w/the new install. But if you didn’t back up your database prior to installing the new 1 & used it to install WordPress w/the same table names, you really may have overwritten the existing site. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings on that, but…
Have you examined the database to ensure it isn’t hacked also? Yet another reason to have a close look.
Lastly, a site url may (or may not) prove helpful, depending on the particular case, & it’s always appreciated by the forum volunteers when folks provide 1. In this case, it would’ve at least let us know if a successful database connection can be established.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Reinstalling an old websitecarnifex08, I should’ve also included how to use the interconnect tool via the command line. The file to use is called srdb.cli.php. The command is:
path-to-php\php srdb.cli.php -h host (usually localhost) -n database-name -u username -p password -s search-string -r replace-stringI generally run this from the srdb folder. Your command in full might look something like:
c:\xampp\php\php srdb.cli.php -h localhost -n my-database -u your-db-user-name -p StrongPassword -s domain.com -r http://localhost/wordpressObviously, things like my-database are substitutes for your database name, etc, ie, they’re placeholders, since I don’t know the actual name of your database, & please, pretty please, do not post it here in this very public forum (it’s happened). & I emphasize this about the placeholders because, again, this has caused confusion for some. Since I have no idea what you’re running, I’m hoping you can sort of interpolate from my example to your particular situation. Do let us know, though, if you have additional questions or in some way get stuck.