Never used Wordpress before

Kokowam · August 22, 2009, 04:09:39 PM

But I don't think it's supposed to look like this. Why is the User Interface so... lacking? I'm supposed to help my church with the website, but the UI is so messed up that I can't do anything. Am I lacking a plugin or something?

:) · August 22, 2009, 04:32:02 PM

lol @ zombie.

no, but it looks like their css file is missing from their WP installation.

figure out which version they are running. If they are running no plugins or customizations, upgrade. If they are, download that version again and re-upload only the wp-admin folder.

Kokowam · August 22, 2009, 07:14:39 PM

Version 2.8.4.

This:

The thing is that this is the most recent version of WP.

:) · August 22, 2009, 07:29:05 PM

ya, so download wordpress again, and FTP the files over. First just replace the current wp-admin and contents with a new fresh wp-admin folder, if that fails, transfer over the whole thing.

Kokowam · August 22, 2009, 07:41:25 PM

Uhhh... I don't have the FTP information. ;-; I could ask, but if there's a general "formula" for deriving it from the url or something, that'd be nice to know.

EDIT: Does wp-admin only affect the admin page and wp-content affect the actual site?

Grafikal · August 23, 2009, 01:32:50 AM

Quote from: mastermoo420 on August 22, 2009, 07:14:39 PM
Version 2.8.4.

This:

The thing is that this is the most recent version of WP.

THAT IS A TERRIBLE LOOKING ARROW lol

Roph · August 23, 2009, 02:21:20 AM

Satan does not want your church to have a website.

SirJackRex · August 25, 2009, 04:45:50 AM

Quote from: Roph on August 23, 2009, 02:21:20 AM
Satan does not want your church to have a website.

Hah.

Quote from: mastermoo420 on August 22, 2009, 07:41:25 PM
Uhhh... I don't have the FTP information. ;-; I could ask, but if there's a general "formula" for deriving it from the url or something, that'd be nice to know.

I think it depends, I've only done this stuff once a year or two ago, but I think it has to do with the server provider. Don't know, but that's my hunch.

Kokowam · August 25, 2009, 04:51:26 AM

Yeah, you're right. I found that out a bit ago.

GoDaddy hosting puts an advertisement on there which messes up with the w/e in everything BUT Internet Explorer (go figure >_> )

Quote from: grafikal on August 23, 2009, 01:32:50 AM
THAT IS A TERRIBLE LOOKING ARROW lol

I'm not an artist like you.

Also, I just used the polygon tool thing and did it quick-quick.

ahref · August 25, 2009, 11:26:28 AM

why not just draw it with the pencil tool or use Jing. Seriously though look for the css sheet. Ask for ftp aswell.

You should be able to get the url for the sheet from the source of the website. just look for .css

firerain · August 25, 2009, 01:10:32 PM

i'm thinkin' them crazy religious fools fucked up with the ftp, I tell you what.

Kokowam · August 25, 2009, 02:37:11 PM

Code Select


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"  dir="ltr" lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Dashboard &lsaquo; XXXXXXXXXXX  — WordPress</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
addLoadEvent = function(func){if(typeof jQuery!="undefined")jQuery(document).ready(func);else if(typeof wpOnload!='function'){wpOnload=func;}else{var oldonload=wpOnload;wpOnload=function(){oldonload();func();}}};
var userSettings = {'url':'/','uid':'1','time':'1251210910'};
var ajaxurl = 'http://www.xxxxxxxx.org/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', pagenow = 'index', adminpage = 'index-php';
//]]>
</script>
<link rel='stylesheet' href='http://www.xxxxxxxx.org/wp-admin/load-styles.php?c=0&amp;dir=ltr&amp;load=dashboard,plugin-install,global,wp-admin&amp;ver=6403d4cb3e6353f406fd43f1b0373ec2' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='thickbox-css'  href='http://www.xxxxxxxx.org/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css?ver=20090514' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='colors-css'  href='http://www.xxxxxxxx.org/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20090625' type='text/css' media='all' />
<!--[if lte IE 7]>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='ie-css'  href='http://www.xxxxxxxx.org/wp-admin/css/ie.css?ver=20090630' type='text/css' media='all' />
<![endif]-->

Wow, no wonder it didn't work. >_> Obviously the X's weren't originally there. Just to keep you all away.