Second, what you see is a copy/paste of the entire front page of the site currently on wp.com into wp.org.
This sounds confusing until you realise that the url of the img source (on the wp.org page) is actually pointing cross-site, to the image on the wp.com site. If you view source on the page you see, you’ll see what I mean. The image is at “https://curveballio.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/curveball_green.png?w=768”
I realise therefore that a possible workaround to this is to host all images for my site someplace else, but that’s not really an acceptable route.
This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by hurf0rd.
This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by hurf0rd.
Master images are on my local machine. I Added New from the media library and got them all in that way. You’ll have to take my word but that would’ve been what I did on the wp.com site too.
Yes. I’m not totally familiar with the WP file structure but I found the images correctly on “disk”. Moreover, if I go to a browser and deliberately type in an image that *doesn’t* exist, I (correctly) get a 404 response from WP.
Can you get the URL from this pic? It shows the error also.
I’m just using a test image there, but what we should see is just a blue square:
As regards contacting the hosts, yes I have but am awaiting their response. To be honest I expect it to be “we only install the app for you, we don’t support it” but yes, I tried them.
Lastly, my tinkering was purely via wp-admin. The site appears to be working fine apart from this. I have not manually changed any file directly. Just to make sure, I hit “reinstall 6.3.2” from the upgrades link – I’ve done so little customisation thus far that I’d happily restore factory defaults.
This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by hurf0rd.
Did not need disqus at all to connect just wp.com.
Had an initial glitch when first configuring Jetpack – I connected as my existing wp.com account. Setup succeeded but thereafter I couldn’t swap identities on the self-host. So neewed to create a fresh account on wp.com, set up JetPack on this account, was then able to log in with my original wp account and comment as a different user.
I realise that description could be better – if anybody reads this thread in the future please just respond and I will try to explain further.
Thanks, Steve. Setting things up hands-on has given me a far better understanding.
This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by hurf0rd.
This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by hurf0rd.
I went ahead and, on some other space I rent, configured a standalone WordPress installation (installing the Disqus plugin).
So now I am running my wp.com and wp.org sites side-by-side. It’s kinda interesting to see both the similarities and the differences. Something like Akismet is standard (and mandatory) on wp.com but is an optional plugin on wp.org. Like Disqus, Akismet is a standalone service which requires registration.
While Disqus is the cross-site mechanism I thought *must* exist, it appears not to be the mechanism used by wp.com.
It was a useful experiment, just because it highlighted exactly what I am paying for on the .com site. I don’t find the differences between .org and .com to be very widely known.
This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by hurf0rd.
Okay, thanks, Steven. I have never heard the word “discuz” before, so I think I need to research that. It sounds exactly like the third-party authentication system which I thought must be involved.
Sorry, I should have said. A user is required to be authenticated before they are permitted to comment/like. No interaction is anonymous except for “read”.
I guess the question boils down to what they are authenticated against. A table on my server of some common service?
I was wondering whether gravatar might play some part here.
This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by hurf0rd.
