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Was happy to do so as well. By the way, I noticed that they have inaccurate info re: your annual pricing. They don't mention the last month being free. Thought you'd like to know. http://www.findmyhosting.com/detail.asp?ho...id=1117646&ty=1

It worked! Shame on me for not trying the simple solution first. I don't get why creating a new .htaccess file was successful when copying the old one didn't work, but oh well.... The important thing is that it worked. Thanks a bunch for your patience.

Well, I saw where someone said to modify the one in the /blog folder. I tried that but it made no changes at all to my permalink structure. Here's some relevant info on that: my blog folder didn't have an htaccess file. So I tried copying and pasting the one from public html into the blog folder and then adding the wp-generated code. It didn't change the permalinks at all when I tried that, so I re-deleted it. here's a code snippet for the mod_rewrite rules that wordpress generated. So, when I put it in the /blog/ directory, I think it made it look for *****/blog/blog, which doesn't exist, but I could certainly be wrong about that: ><IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/ I appreciate your taking the time to chat with me about this.

hmmmmm........ I'm using the classic theme because it was the most similar to how I wanted my blog to look. It was created for older versions of WP, so that is a definite possibility for the source of my problem....

we must have posted at the same time, LOL. They really are posts and not new pages. But, that information may help someone else, so thanks for posting it!

Yeah, they're actual posts in the blog. I'm too cyber-clueless to know how to fix it, but I've figured out a way to beat the system, haha!!! It requires a little more effort from me when posting, but I don't plan to blog every day, so I think it'll work okay for me. I took out the "archives" and "categories" from the sidebar script in the theme file I'm using, and created my own archive and categories in the "add links" section. I gave them the correct url for grabbing the month and category, respectively. Then, I went to the index.php file and took out the "Filed Under" script and the "navigation" script that puts "previous, next" on my posts. Now, all I have to do is title my post with the "category - post title" for clarity, and then manually add the link to the previous, next posts at the bottom of future posts. To avoid confusion, it looks like this: Previous Posts -- Site Updates -- Next Post Previous Post -- December 2005 -- Next Post

Yes, I copied and pasted it into the file, and I just now tried it again... I've made 2 entries and set it for one post per page. So... you can see my post if you go to the direct link: h*tp://www.****/blog/category/updates/hello-world/ and you see the comment form on the bottom... However, if you are on my blog main page at h*ttp://www.****/blog/ and you click on "next post" it takes you to: h*tp://www.****/blog/page/2/ and says, "sorry no posts met your criteria" Same thing if you click on December 2005 in the archives section.

I followed the directions for changing the permalink structure and successfully modified the htaccess file. My posts did indeed get a nice looking url. However, when I clicked on a category link or an archive month, I'd get a "page doesn't exist". If I clicked "next" to go my next post, same thing. I looked at the url for the archive month, and changed the permalink structure to mimic that (2005/12/postname/ -- I noticed that's how blogger does posts), but to no avail. All that did was give me "file not found" errors. So.... I deleted the permalink command and cleared out the htaccess file. Now, it works fine, but no post titles in my url I've poked around on the wordpress boards and I've noticed that many are having the same problem as I am. Someone said that if this happened, it meant that the server was incapable of doing permalinks correctly. I personally think it's a software glitch. What say ye? Should I give up and wait for a patch, believe them when they say it's a server issue, or keep trying to find a workaround?

I followed the instructions in your help files and got wordpress installed (http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/wordpress.html). Now, I'm to the part where it give two recommended plug-ins. The link to the plug-in manager doesn't work. I found this: h*tp://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2004/10/20/plugin-database-update-v-12/#more-581, but it seems to be for an older version (1.2) and I seem to be running version 1.5.2 Is there an updated one that I'm just not seeing?

Thanks! One of those 3 options should suit me just fine.

Well... the topic is pretty much the question... If I install WordPress, can I disable comments altogether? I'm not sure that I want to, but just curious if that's available. I've been reading through the old posts on blogs and saw that many of you have been pleased with its ability to block most spam. Thanks in advance!

hmmm.... if your keywords aren't being read.....looking at your meta tags more closely, you're using "Meta http-equiv" instead of "meta name" in some of your tags. And, you don't have any commas in your keyword tag. You also might be getting penalized because the word "book" appears so many times in your keywords. Here's an example of how you might want to change it. The keyword phrase is listed, and then extra keywords are separated by commas with no spaces: <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="personalized children's books,baby,child,story,book,personal,kid"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Create personalized childrens books that feature your child as the main character in the story. Kids immediately love these books when they open them and see THEIR name as the main character.">

are you saying that I could have them enabled on my entire site and it wouldn't interfere with my uploading pages? I just realized that I really have no clue what frontpage extensions are, I've just been assuming some things about them.

I've enjoyed being a TCH family member now, and I'm considering setting up another site for our church. I would set up a youth.ourchurch.org subdomain for our youth minister to be in charge of, but I think he uses FrontPage, while I don't even own the software. I know how to set up a subdomain with its own ftp access. So... could I set it where the main website doesn't use the extensions, but where the subdomain does? Thanks!

I've been looking into this topic myself, and here's a few things I noticed on your page when I did the "view source" thing that might help. First.... I bet there's tons and tons of websites that sell children's books, but not as many that sell "personalized children's books". So, I'd put that keyword phrase as your first one in the meta tags. I read somewhere you were supposed to list them in order of importance. Second... on the same note, I'd put "personalized children's books" in between the <title> </title> commands rather than just "children's books."

Looks good! Thank you so much.

1. http://www.jonathanschild.com 2. Jonathan's Child, Inc. -- connecting autism, special needs, and the church. 3. Equips churches (including small ones) to serve families with autistic or special needs children, and provides spiritual support to parents. Has an interactive section where parents and church leaders can exchange ideas and learn how to share their faith with those who have asperger's, autism, or pdd (pervasive development disorder). 4. non-profit 5. link back to TotalChoice is on home page. Thanks! You guys are the best!

Okay, excellent, I found it in the "Scripts Library" Thank you very much! Rock Sign

Does the invision board also have a one-click install option? Did I miss it on the demo? If not, what would I need to do to get it instead of the php bb? I was also excited to see I could install a chatroom.

Thank you!

Thumbs Up All righty, thanks!

I know it's a simple install, but if I chose the invision board and needed help customizing ... would I ask in one of these forums or where?