May 1, 2007 14 Comments

I Need WordPress Help

I have two things I need help with regarding WordPress. Do you know much about WordPress? Do you know someone who does?

1.) How do I keep my layout from bouncing? It keeps bouncing back to default. I reset it 20 times a day.

2.) Is there a way to hit my mySQL database under my blog, and spit my blog posts out into a format that I can sift through them all, in case I want to write a book?

Love to know these answers.

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  • http://www.christopherspenn.com Christopher S. Penn

    1. Your template is bouncing back to default constantly because the WP-mobile plugin isn’t drag and drop – there are detailed instructions on how to use it, and it involves a few steps. Deactivate it temporarily while you reinstall.

    2. Yes.

  • http://www.christopherspenn.com Christopher S. Penn

    1. Your template is bouncing back to default constantly because the WP-mobile plugin isn’t drag and drop – there are detailed instructions on how to use it, and it involves a few steps. Deactivate it temporarily while you reinstall.

    2. Yes.

  • http://www.dotboom.ca Brian Hogg

    Not sure about the first point, but the second is fairly easy. Assuming you have a handy admin panel for the mysql db, just navigate to the “wp_posts” table in the db you installed wordpress to. You can browse through all of the posts.

    Getting the comments is another step, as they’re in the wp_comments table, and are linked with a comment_post_ID field. If you know a little mysql you could extract it fairly easy, and also if you know some PHP you can write a query that would bring it all out in a nice human-readable format.

    (Pretty simple code to write, if you’re not a coder)

  • http://www.dotboom.ca Brian Hogg

    Not sure about the first point, but the second is fairly easy. Assuming you have a handy admin panel for the mysql db, just navigate to the “wp_posts” table in the db you installed wordpress to. You can browse through all of the posts.

    Getting the comments is another step, as they’re in the wp_comments table, and are linked with a comment_post_ID field. If you know a little mysql you could extract it fairly easy, and also if you know some PHP you can write a query that would bring it all out in a nice human-readable format.

    (Pretty simple code to write, if you’re not a coder)

  • http://www.wiphey.com kristin

    1) wp bumps you back to default if it cant access your regular theme. Somewhere it’s not able to access your theme stylesheet or index.php. It could be a hosting issue.. like if the server is overloaded and it’s taking forever because the CPU is freaking out.. etc. Easiest way to keep it from happening is to delete the default theme, and rename yours to default.

    2) There are services that will turn your blog into a book (blurb.com), or you can use the wordpress export feature to get your posts into an XML file.

  • http://www.wiphey.com kristin

    1) wp bumps you back to default if it cant access your regular theme. Somewhere it’s not able to access your theme stylesheet or index.php. It could be a hosting issue.. like if the server is overloaded and it’s taking forever because the CPU is freaking out.. etc. Easiest way to keep it from happening is to delete the default theme, and rename yours to default.

    2) There are services that will turn your blog into a book (blurb.com), or you can use the wordpress export feature to get your posts into an XML file.

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Mr Penn solves the WordPress issue in one shot. The book-writing thing is different.

  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com chrisbrogan

    Mr Penn solves the WordPress issue in one shot. The book-writing thing is different.

  • Meghan

    Looks like you’ve got the template all squared away — just be sure all of the new template files are in their own folder on your server (w. all the required files) and you should be good to go.

    Kristin’s idea to use the WP export feature is probably you easiest bet; once you’ve exported all of your content to an XML file you can crack it open on Word (or the editor of your choice) and go crazy with formatting and searching. If that doesn’t work for you though I’d be happy to help you find a workaround.

  • Meghan

    Looks like you’ve got the template all squared away — just be sure all of the new template files are in their own folder on your server (w. all the required files) and you should be good to go.

    Kristin’s idea to use the WP export feature is probably you easiest bet; once you’ve exported all of your content to an XML file you can crack it open on Word (or the editor of your choice) and go crazy with formatting and searching. If that doesn’t work for you though I’d be happy to help you find a workaround.

  • http://www.24stgeorge.com Dale Cruse

    One thing you could do is make your current template the default and then delete the “old” default template. Never shall it display again!

  • http://www.24stgeorge.com Dale Cruse

    One thing you could do is make your current template the default and then delete the “old” default template. Never shall it display again!

  • http://www.productivitygoal.com Carolyn Manning

    It looks like you have help enough to set things straight, but I’d also suggest the WordPress Forum. There are a lot of people in there who know a lot of things.

  • http://www.productivitygoal.com Carolyn Manning

    It looks like you have help enough to set things straight, but I’d also suggest the WordPress Forum. There are a lot of people in there who know a lot of things.