James Huff
- Member Since: October 4th, 2004
- https://macmanx.com
- Happiness Rocketeer at Automattic
- @macmanx on WordPress.org and Slack
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- Support Team
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WordPress Origin Story
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Posted a reply to WordPress RSS feed suddenly not valid in Mailchimp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, that is valid: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nanharter.com%2Ffeed%2F At this point, I suggest asking MailChimp for more details…20 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Gateway Anti-Virus Alert, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Remain calm and carefully follow this guide. When you're done, you may want to implement…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to SSL Required in future?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is true, that certain part of WordPress will require SSL in the future, but…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t publish new articles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No plugin for that, but files should be 644, and directories should be 755.1 day ago
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Wrote a new post, 4.7 OMGWTFBBQ Draft Post, on the site Make WordPress Support:
Here's a rough draft of the 4.7 OMGWTFBBQ thread. Thread Title: READ THIS FIRST WordPress…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to “Screen Options”|”Help” etc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, I recommend reporting this at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce so the plugin’s developers and support community can…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t publish new articles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Any luck with the logs?2 days ago
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Wrote a new post, WCUS Support Breakfast, on the site Make WordPress Support:
(Apologies to those of you not at WordCamp US this year, but this is the…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to “Screen Options”|”Help” etc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is "the LHS menu"? Are any JavaScript errors reported in the browser's console? https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors3 days ago
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Posted a reply to “Screen Options”|”Help” etc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hm, that definely shouldn't have been the result of that. Are you absolutely sure you…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to “Screen Options”|”Help” etc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try adding define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false); to your wp-config.php file just below the define('DB_HOST' line. To do…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Help identifing location of malware, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That particular guide covers every method we know for identifying and removing hack vectors, and…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Websites all hacked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Remain calm and carefully follow this guide. When you're done, you may want to implement…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Help identifing location of malware, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Remain calm and carefully follow this guide, which covers identifying and removing all currently known…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Uploaded files to FTP, now getting Index list instead of WP Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Usually that happens if the index.php file is missing. Is there an index.php file in…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to How to add/configure credit card payment on wordpress website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Start with an eCommerce plugin, like https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/ and https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/ Or, if you're just looking for…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Buddypress – [bbp-register] layout?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend asking at https://buddypress.org/support/ so the BuddyPress developers and support community can help you…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Admin Login Issue – Bluehost, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When a domain is registered or altered, there is a process called propagation, where information…7 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post November 24th Support Office Hour, on the site Make WordPress Support:
No, we primarily moderate the support forums https://wordpress.org/support/ and IRC support https://make.wordpress.org/support/irc-support-channel/ If you need…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to Admin Login Issue – Bluehost, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That domain name is still directed to WordPress.com. You'll need to change the domain's name…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t publish new articles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Basically just that. The fact that absolutely nothing is being logged (there should be plenty…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to Admin Login Issue – Bluehost, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you directed the domain name to BlueHost yet? It sounds like it might still…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Excessive Emails from WordPress forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, in that case refer to https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-from-wordpress-org-forum-subcription/page/3/#post-8403054 for what to do when you encounter “You…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Caqn’t seem to search the forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There isn't one currently. The design decision was that, given the rate plugins are added/updated,…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Caqn’t seem to search the forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That depends on what you're looking for. It does search all of WordPress.org, so if…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Excessive Emails from WordPress forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In addition to the above, if you don't have any subscriptions at https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldtoolman/subscriptions/ please let…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Excessive Emails from WordPress forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have any subscriptions listed at https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/oldtoolman/ ? Based on what you're describing, it…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Re-install after making WP site an add-on domain?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If it's on a new server, follow this guide: https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Changing_Your_Domain_Name_and_URLs It covers every step you'll…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to cant log into word press to access my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If that's what you tried, you put the colon in the wrong spot, it's http://…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Re-install after making WP site an add-on domain?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You don't need to move the database if you're in the same server. If you've…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Re-install after making WP site an add-on domain?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you don't need to move any files, and you have directed the new domain…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to wp table limit exceeded and limited to 100mb by hoster, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, given how tightly integrated WordPress's database schema is, you won't be able to break…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Problem with domain and wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Right, that's the second part of earlier reply, "Next, just change the WordPress and Site…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Password problem with my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I cannot, there are thousands (millions?) of hosting providers, and they all operate differently. Search…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to How to turn off lightbox-effect on media galleries?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress itself doesn't have any sort of lightbox functionality. If you're using Jetpack, turn off…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Problem with domain and wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you point the domain to the directory with your hosting provider? (You'll need to…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Password problem with my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
1. FTP access (FileZilla) is not part of WordPress, you won't use your WordPress site's…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t publish new articles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Would you be able to see if logging is misconfigured on your server? Given the…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Integration of WP blog into another CMS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think you're looking for https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-subdomain/ To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to can’t access my dashboard since backup with BackupGuard plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to when i export a backup i get a tiny file – how can i fix it?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's a direct link to all the plugins tagged as "backup" rather than a search,…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Jetpack server unable to communicate with site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you! Topic continues at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/jetpack-server-unable-to-communicate-with-site-2/2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to when i export a backup i get a tiny file – how can i fix it?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are quite a few: https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Jetpack server unable to communicate with site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend asking at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack so the plugin's developers and support community can help you…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Please i need a good security plugin for my website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We have a few recommended security measures listed at https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress And, there are several security…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to admin-ajax.php 500 Internal Server Error when viewing Media Library or Menus, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, I recommend continuing on with https://jetpack.com/contact-support/ on Friday.2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Call to undefined function mysql_connect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, try downloading WordPress again, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Yoast SEO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend asking at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/ so the plugin's developers and support community can help you…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to New to wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend starting out with https://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start There's a quite a bit documented, including supplemental materials,…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to good method or / caching – tool that helps us to speed up the site ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, take a look at https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization2 weeks ago
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