Wordpress

[aussie]

Hi!

I don't know why, but I have 2 home pages on my wordpress site. I have only just started to publish some of the content and for some reason I have 2 Home pages! Has anyone experienced this and if so, how did you get rid of it!

Thanks in advance,

Kimberley

[Griff Grumbein]

Hello Kimberly,

Can you provide any additional details that could help us help you?

Are the pages identical?

Can you give us the link(s) to them so we can take a look?

How did you determine you have 2?

Any additional information would enhance the help effort!

Griff

[aussie]

Hi!

Firstly, thank you for your help. The pages are identical. The address is http://pottersbooks.com

I also have under OPTIONS - Reading -

Front Page
Front page displays:

Your latest posts

A static page (select below)

* Front page:Home
* Posts page:Select

Before I even did that, I still had 2 home pages except one had latest posts. Now both have my welcome on it.

I tried to PM you with the blog login but its disabled so hopefully you won't need it!

Thanks again

[aussie]

Hello again!

I have another query in which I hope you can help!

How do I add a contact form and newsletter sign up form to wordpress which I have through bluehost?

A BIGGGGG Thankyou in advance!

Kimberley

[Griff Grumbein]

Hi Kimberly!

Let me preface this post with this disclaimer: I have no experience with with WordPress (I use other programs), so based on my html / css / php experience, I will make an attempt to answer your questions. Hopefully an experienced WordPress will chime in to assist.

Let me also caution you: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER OFFER YOUR LOGIN DETAILS TO ANYONE YOU DON'T ABSOLUTELY KNOW AND TRUST! While I will unequivocally state that I would never abuse the information, you don't know me from Adam, only from this forum. You really have no way of knowing what I or anyone else would / could do with that information if you provided it. (If you haven't already done so, read the hacker threads.)

It appears to me that you do not have 2 home pages, you have a duplicate entry in your WP menu system for the top menu. Check your code for duplicate entries. Note that they may not be back to back with each other.

Could not see any "OPTIONS" options to investigate.

It sounds like during the course of editing your site you may have inadvertently added, moved, hidden and/or deleted some of these different sections.

If you don't have backups, I would recommend forcing yourself to get into the habit of creating them for just this reason. I always have an up-to-the-minute backup and only save changes to my site after I have confirmed my edits are correct and do not affect any other areas of my site. After confirmation of this, I back it up. This makes it easier to revert back if I make an editing mistake and DON'T catch an error right away. My backups are named with the change incorporated and date/time stamped for easy retrieval / reloading. It only takes a couple seconds to make a backup as opposed to hours spent troubleshooting / rebuilding from scratch.

I'll let a WP "guru" chime in on adding the contact form and newsletter sign up form to your WP. Seems to me though, that there are probably add-ons, plug-ins or extensions (with full installation instructions) available for WP. Just make sure you get the latest versions and keep them up to date (for security purposes).

Hope this helps a bit!

Griff

[BradleyD.Haslam]

Hi Kimberley,

First, how much experience do you have with
manipulating html (or other) code?
Because the easiest way to insert forms and such is manually.
I would explain the process,
if I knew it wasn't just gonna overwhelm you

Your double home page issue is actually a double link issue.
And it's probably fixable by editing a header.php or main-nav.php etc.
But chances are, it's not a 'manual edit' thing.

If it was you that put in the "articles" and "blog" links,
then if you added "home" at the same time,
it's probably because "home" is a defalt page,
and adding it again creates this problem.
Just remove the extra mention of "home page"
and see if it a link still appears to it.

Each theme is SO different, that I really can't say.
But I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with the static page option.

[aussie]

Hi!

Thank you both for your help. In regards to giving login details, I was going to change them straight after if it was needed!

As for html experience... I'm an internet virgin and am getting there! I recently came across 3 links that have a video tutorial on basic html and they are...

newbietrainingvideos.com/samplevideos/15.html

newbietrainingvideos.com/samplevideos/16.html

newbietrainingvideos.com/samplevideos/17.html

If I recall correctly, I searched in Google and found them. But, although I am aware of the basics I have ZERO experience! I am less likely to get overwhelmed if I have a step by step in laymans terms so if you are able to help, I will gladly take you up on that Bradley!

The current theme is temporary as I still haven't found what I like but either way I will be going back on there shortly to see about the double home page. Griff, an I ask what you mean about checking my code for duplicate entries? And how do you create a back up?

Thank you again to you both for your help! I dare say Bradley, I will be emailing you soon!

Cheers,
Kimberley

[Griff Grumbein]

Hi Kimberly!

[aussie]

Yes that does help, Thank you!

Literally, just before I read your post I changed my home page from published to draft and that seems to have done the trick! I still have the welcome in there but no double pages!

Thank you again!

Cheers!

Kimberley

[BradleyD.Haslam]

[aussie]

Thanks Brad!

[Griff Grumbein]

@Kimberly: Brad is right, you've got MOXIE! Additionally, by not just waiting for someone else's answers but researching the answers for yourself, you're one step ahead of the herd. That kind of moxie is what makes successful people, PERIOD. You're gonna be great at this!

@Brad: Always my pleasure , I know you have a LOT on your plate. . .(oh, and memory not required! )

[aussie]

Shucks guys! You two really know how to make a girl blush. Thank you so much for the confidence boost and all your help!

Until next time...Have a good one!

Thanks again!

Cheers, Kimberley

[Jim Hutchinson]

Hi Kimberley

Sorry for getting here so late. I was in bed for 4 days after surgery.

I like the template you have on your site. It looks like you are doing great with FileZilla now.

Just a tip for you on the home page thing. Since you deactivated one version by changing it to draft, you can still use it by editing it and using it replace the default home page. When you edit that draft page, look on the right menu bar in WordPress for Post Slug.

That is a shorter version of the page title, so if you just put the word home in the box and save your changes, the new page will be the default home page after you change its status to Published.

I have seen others create different versions of pages, using different names of course, and rotate them bi-weekly or monthly to monitor the results. You will hear that referred to as split testing.

Hope that helps.

Jim Hutchinson

[aussie]

Thank you Jim!

Any tid bit of info never goes astray. I only figured out the other day how to add pages to my footer! So, I am getting there!

I hope all is well after your op. Make sure you take it easy and don't get into too much mischief too soon!

Cheers,

Kimberley