jamestl2

I'm not very familiar with subdomains, do I assign certain pages to them? Do I create subdomains in cPanel? Also, how would assign individual list pages (such as for Top 10 reasons...., which would go under advice.toptenlisted.com, so would it look like: topten.advice.toptenlisted.com OR advice.toptenlisted.com/topten Thanks

I want to keep a structure similar to what my current site looks like, with a list of categories, where each category page has a list of title pages and each page containing the specific list 1. Should I create RSS widgets and have them link to a whole new category page for this? (It’s kind of hard to explain, but you can probably understand it better if you visit my site (in sig) and click on a topic link to see what I mean). I don’t want to use wordpress as a blog, just for my lists I write. I’m not sure how to set this structure up in wordpress. 2. Do I want to post my lists as “posts” or “pages”? 3. Should I create new pages just for the categories (like my "Advice Lists" page in my current site)? When I finish “wordpress-ifying” my site, I want to move everything in cpanel from my “wordpress” folder to my “public html” folder. 4. Would all the internal links I create be safe after the move? (due to the URL structure missing the “wordpress” folders) 5. Should my permalink structure show the way it is now vs. how I want it to look? (ex. http:/www.toptenlisted.com/wordpress-2.2/wordpress/%category%/%postname%/ OR http:/www.toptenlisted.com/%category%/%postname%/) 6. And after I move everything would all the links change with it? (because this wasn’t the case with my old site) After my site is completely transformed, would it be a good idea to: 7. Resubmit my google sitemaps and have all google information reset (as in indexed pages, adsense history, etc.)? 8. Reupdate every directory I submitted to, every signature I created, etc.? 9. Will changing my formatting (such as theme) drastically affect anything once my “wordpress-ifyed” site is brought online? I already looked at different tutorials, but couldn’t find anything as close to what I am looking for. I’d appreciate any assistance from people already familiar with how wordpress works, or if you know where I could look, etc. (I also have college finals, working, etc. to focus on so I didn't have hours upon hours surfing to find the answers to one or two questions) Thanks

This made it work Thanks for the help everyone

The information is identical in both mySQL and wp.config.php and my user has all privileges checked, Also how long is too long, I mean how many characters? My username is 8 chars long.

Actually, that is what I meant by install.php URL: (http://www.toptenlisted.com/wordpress-2.2/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php) Yes, I also entered the information into the database

Trying to install wordpress 2.2 (Am I supposed to have an earlier form of wordpress in cpanel first? Because that may be the problem) I am running on Windows XP I am able to connect to the server and mySQL database via cpanel Here is the complete process I used most recently after restarting my computer: 1. I clicked on the wordpress 2.2 Link mentioned earlier in the forum 2. Downloaded wp 2.2 zip file 3. Entered information into sample file 4. Renamed and resaved sample file as “wp-config” 5. Zipped wp 2.2 folder up 6. Uploaded compressed file via cpanel 7. Extracted everything in cpanel 8. clicked on the install.php URL. 9. received the “localhost” error

Well, I deleted the wordpress, restarted my computer, reinstalled wordpress onto my hardrive, reentered the information, uploaded and unzipped everything on cPanel, and I still got the same "can't contact the database server at localhost" error. So I don't think that solved the problem.

If you mean have I downloaded the wordpress program through fantastico, then uploaded my files and then try to have it installed, then yes, that is what I have done without success.

Yes, however in my mySQL, it lists two databases, the one I created, which has the user added to it, and another database, called "wrdp1", which doesn't have any users, I don't even know what it is doing there.

Tried everything again, and the text, graphics, etc. all look the way it should, but... Now it says there is a database connection error. It says they "can't contact the database server at localhost", and all the instructions told me to leave this part alone, so i am not sure what to do. What should be where it says "localhost"?

Thanks, but now I get a new error, it is a completley white screen that only reads: "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_wp_error() in /home/cpanelname/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/functions.php on line 1320" Did I forget to enter information or something? Where is line 1320?

This install.php file is hard to read (with the large gaps and all) and I don't want to mess anything with the installation up, It shows two text boxes and I don't know if you are supposed to type anything into them or not (below it says "ERROR no email address", so is that what we put there?). Also, is there any way to make the installation instructions clearer, or is there a link that will guide you through the setup, (the TCH page only tells you to "follow the on-screen instructions") because I fear I will encounter similar reading problems within the next pages of the setup?

I uploaded the wordpress compressed file to cPanel, then I clicked on "Extract All Contents", then it opened a new cPanel Page that shows current status of files in the zipped folder such as: "inflating: wordpress/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php" But then I go back to my "public html" folder and it acts like nothing happened, so I tried unzipping it again, and the same thing happens, I'm confused, so why isn't it unzipping? Or where do the unzipped files go? EDIT: Nevermind, it unzipped after the fourth or fifth try. Don't know why it took so long though.

On my site I have a menu of links which takes you to a page which links to the content pages, it's kind of hard to explain though, for example, if you go to my site (which is in my sig) and click on the "Humor" Link, it will take you to a page that lists all my "Humor" Pages, so you could click on "Top Ten........." and view that "content-filled" page, it would probably be easier to see what I mean if you wanted to visit my site to see how I have it layed out. Hope this clarifies it

Alright thanks, As you can tell I’m not very familiar with WP, and some other people recommended me to the software, Does Fantastico offer the updates too (Which I would update manually, right?), or should I look someplace else for them? I don’t have any video, audio or many images on my site, just content. My site also uses a tree structure, with just “Page titles” linking to the pages, does WP allow this type of linking, as in not having a brief summary of the page in the link? (hope this question is understandable, It looks to me like WP uses "brief summary" internal linking) Is WP compatible with Dreamweaver 8 (which is what I am currently using, I was thinking about keeping my structure I already have and just use WP to remake my “content-filled” pages)? I also have a few Google Questions, 1. Some of my pages are already indexed (although nowhere near SEO standards), so would I lose the pages that are already indexed (Plus some of them are in "Supplemental Hell" for reasons I do not know of)? 2. Would it be better to recreate the website from scratch so Google can recrawl everything with WP structure (I currently used Dreamweaver 8 to make everything)? Thanks Again

I've recently been thinking about switching to wordpress (It's not a blog, but my site could probably use it because for its blog-style formatting) I was just wondering if TCH offers any sort of WordPress download, or package of some type, I looked on the TCH homepage and couldn't find anything relating to it. Also some wp questions I have include: 1. Does Google "like" WordPress-made pages? (I mean is it easier to ger ranked higher, recieve more links, etc. with a WordPress site? Also, would I lose my google ranking for converting my already existing web pages to wp style?) 2. Where is the best place to download it the fastest and for free? (If TCH doesn't offer it, and so that I wouldn't have to worry about programming code or syncing it, or additional charges I wouldn't need, etc.) 3. Are there any important restrictions I should be concerned about, like bandwidth, FTP time, etc.? Thanks for the Help

I recently noticed that my Google errors have been decreasing.It started with 13, then it went down to 12, then 10, now it is at 8. I have not been making any changes to it, so maybe the errors will just go away with time.

I still feel lost, I reviewed an XML sitemap I created, and none of the pages' pathname contains the "Web Pages" folder in its code, however a few minutes after I submitted the map to Google, it started indexing pages with the "Web Pages" folder in the pathname (As if the XML map had the "Web Pages" Pathname in them). I didn't feel I should create a redirect because my pages are still very new and it would not affect their PR. It seems as if the sitemap generator I am using is detecting the "Web Pages" folder in CPanel somewhere, I am unsure

So should I recreate new web pages under the pathnames that are missing? Because no one has tried to reach these pages through any search engine, etc. and I am unsure if it affects anything else.

A while back when I was trying to organize files on cpanel, I created an additional "Web Pages" folder within the "public-html" folder. I was trying to create a redirect through the "Web Pages" folder. But now that I got all my pages back under "public-html" I no longer needed the "web pages" folder so I deleted it. So my problem is that Google still detects 10-12 web pages through my "Web Pages" folder I deleted on Google's "Webmaster Tools / Crawl Errors" page. If there are any ideas as how to remove the errors I would appreciate it. Thanks

Nevermind, I was able to figure it out

All Right, I found a way to upload the files with the dreamweaver 8 ftp program. But now none of the links are working, and the pages are still in the "public_html" folder, the addresses the links are creating are acting as if there should be a "Webpages" folder in between them (Which I tried to redirect to earlier) So how would I restore the original links? Thanks

OK, I do not understand what is going on I unloaded the zip file and nothing happens. All the web pages in the pathname: (/ public_html / (Current Folder) ) are still the same, but the web pages in the pathname: (/ public_html / Web Pages / (Current Folder) ) are the new ones I just unzipped, I enter the URL to the website in my browser and the old pages show up, I am unsure of what else to do

Took the space out I just created a new compressed folder and copied and pasted the pages from my C Drive into the zipped folder. (C Drive is where my pages have been stored and edited from)

I zipped them up and the zip file is now in cpanel. I clicked on "Extract File Contents", but it did not do anything, I get the message "File Type: Web Pages.zip: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract "