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500 internal server error – WordPress Problem

Fix "500 Internal Serve Error" in worldpress. Share other solutions that you may know.

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Back Up WordPress Database – Pictorial Guide

Back Up WordPress – Pictorial Guide

This tutorial is most applicable to www.hostmonster.com users. However, 100% of each steps are applicable to any other server also. It may take some time to figure out WHERE to look for a particular feature to backup your database.

METHOD 1 (EASY WAY)

I have used multiple server providers and most of them have a section called “BACK UP” (or Back up and Restore or Similar) from where you can actually back up your entire website, each databases, emails and much more. It is worth noting that this is again the easiest place to RESTORE your database also. They usually have feature to upload your backed up database.

Lets check the first picture. If you have hostmonster, you know your cpanel. If you dont have Hostmonster, look for the “BACK UP” option.

Look for Back Up Option

Then Click on BACK UP icon. It will open more options. On Hostmonster, you will see something like this:

Back-Up-and-Restore

In the picture above, notice that it display a full list of all the databases you have and give you option to save or restore them. This is the easiest way of backing up your wordpress (truely, any kind of) database.

METHOD 2 (SLIGHTLY DIFFICULT but WORTH KNOWING)

This is probably the recommended way to back -up your database – using phpMyAdmin. It’s not difficult and you really do not have to panic at all. You do not any prior knowledge to back up your database using this tool either. Just follow the steps.

Lets first look at another picture again.

phpmyadmin

Every web host would provide you the phpMyAdmin service FREE. If you can not find how to get to it, email the service provider. If you can find it, which should be pretty easy for most of the server providers, then hit the icon and open it. It will take you to the phpMyAdmin application page which should look like something below:

inside-phpmyadmin

As you see, the phpMyAdmin application page lists all of your databases to the left. Select the database you want to back up and hit. Now, check your database with the following picture and makw sure you have similar “Tick Marks”.

wp-database-backup

• ‘Structure’
• ‘Add DROP TABLE’
• ‘Add AUTO_INCREMENT’ and
• ‘Enclose table and field names with backquotes’

- Dont Forget about those above.

I like to use the ZIPPED format. Check the picture below. Check as shown and then you are ready to to hit “GO” and you should have a nice back up of your wordpress database.

zipped

ENJOY.

Let me know if you have any questions.

You can read the WORDPRESS.ORG guide about back up database HERE

WP-Max – Free Premium Theme For WordPress

WP-Max – Free Premium Theme For WordPress
There are many many Free Magazine Style themes for wordpress. However, there are only two that I recommend all. The one I use in most on my sites : WP-Premium and the latest WP-MAX.

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I found out about WP MAX just few days back and trying the theme in one of my site. Here are the best for reasons to choose the theme:

• Compatible with WordPress 2.6.3
• Truly amazing Theme with super easy customization.
• Magazine / News Layout
• Auto Thumbnail Generation

Download WP-MAX

More Features:

Ajaxed Control Panel for theme settings and options
Thumbnails created on the fly with cropping and resizing for best quality
Sidebar AJAX tabs (most viewed, most commented, etc)
Video panel to play latest videos on sidebar
Custom 404, archives, video templates
4 advertising positions can be controlled directly in the control panel
Theme is fully widgetized (3 sidebars)
Manage all thumbnail sizes in control panel
Flickr gallery scrollbar with options built in
Appealing carousel to scroll between posts by large pictures
Gravatars support built-in
Trackbacks are seperated from comments
Show author picture, posts, and info below each post
FeedBurner built in – can be setup in control panel
Custom jQuery panel for quick social bookmarking for posts
Theme is split with several CSS and html template files for easiest access and edition

Checkout WP-MAX Forum

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WordPress Fix: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 33554432 bytes exhausted

WordPress

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted:

1. Download, back up and open: wp-settings.php in wordpad/notepad
2. Search for define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’32M’);
3. Change 32M to 64M :   define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
4. Enjoy
   

WordPress Not Acceptable post.php error Fix

WordPress Not Acceptable post.php error Fix

WordPress

WordPress Error:
An appropriate representation of the requested resource /wp-admin/post.php could not be found on this server.”
Fix:
At the root of your blog, locate the file .htaccess and add a line “SecFilterEngine off” without the quotes.

Blank Page in WordPress 2.5.1 while trying to view individual posts!

Blank Page in WordPress 2.5.1 while trying to view individual posts!

I don’t know if my little story might help, but it is worth trying the same if you face the problem.

Good luck!

Comments disappeared from WordPress? Solution

I don’t know how did that happen, but yesterday I noticed all of the comments were vanished from one of my wordpress blog : Calcutta Tube.
I Panicked, as I should, and then tried to search Google to see if anybody else had the same trouble. I found few cases for older version of WordPress. Such as for wordpress 2.3, the solution for “disappeared comments” are given by Steve Ferson. I found that David Perkinson had the same problem but he mentioned that it was related to some plugin issue. He thought “google analytics” was the problem plugin for “disappearing comments”. Well I do not have “Google Analytics” installed in my blog, so what is the solution? I checked all plugins to make sure they are “up to date”. Updated few plugins that were not up to date. But still the problem remained. So, I did the most useful thing that I should have done in the first place.

I have Cpanel installed in my server. So, my trick is useful if you have Cpanel or you know how to repair your database!

Log on to your cpanel and you should see something like the image below. Click on the “MySQL Databases”. It will list all the databases you are using in your site.

Browse to the database that you are using for your wordpress. Then click on repair. There are three buttons next to each databases – Delete, Check and Repair. Do not click on “delete” even by mistake!

Hopefully it will solve your problem. It did for my blog!

Enjoy Blogging now!

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /wp-admin/widgets.php could not be found on this server.

Weired Error in WordPress 2.5.1 just after upgrading.

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /wp-admin/widgets.php could not be found on this server.

Why weired?

I am using a two column theme in one of my site : http://calcuttatube.com.

I can add remove wigets from sidebar 1 or sidebar 2.

After upgrading to wordpress 2.5.1, I have no problem editing sidebar 1 (left) while I can not do anything  with sidebar 2! I don’t know what is the issue. I don’t know if it has something to do with the theme.

I have tried deleting the old “widgets.php” file from server and then re-uploaded that one again. Still, it did not solve the problem!

Dennis at Semilogic.com wrote that this might be due to server issue that may arise due to:

1. mod_security
2. safe_mode

Dennis mentioned that the safe_mode should be “OFF”. Well my safe mode is “OFF” and I am having the issue for ONE site only.

He also suggested to try to delete/rename .htaccess_sample file under wp-admin folder. Well I don’t see any such there too.

So, I am still having the issue with one site only. I have not changed the theme yet as I have too many additional work in the theme and it is painful to change a theme and redecorate the new theme again.

If you have an answer to this issue, please let us know.

Thank You.

WordPress 2.5.1 released

I have been very busy with other sites and could not work on calcutta seo for long. Well just to let you all know that wordpress 2.5.1 has been released and you can get it from here: http://wordpress.org/download/

I have updated the site site to the latest 2.5.1 version and everything is working just great. Thanks to WordPress team for great job!

WordPress 2.3 Released.

Well, WP 2.3 released yesterday and we have successfully upgraded our blog.