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This has been an issue that I have yet to resolve in my blog. Ever since I upgraded to wordpress 2.3.1, I have not received the emails that wordpress should be sending me. Here are the symptoms that I’ve noticed for this error.
So what do we do with this error? I have tried different solutions that has been suggested but all I got is a temporary workaround. Although I wanted a permanent fix, as for now a workaround is better. Read the rest of this entry »
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08 Nov
Posted by silkenhut as Solutions |
I have been checking out my blog stats to know what are the keywords people use to arrive at my blog.
So the search phrase or keywords I’m going to discuss now is the wordpress error I encountered before.
Cause of the problem
I’ve encountered this problem while using the wordpress plug-in called, Wordpress DB Backup. Basically, the plugin wants to write the backup files into a temporary directory but it can’t because it does not have “write” permissions.
Old Solution to the problem
The best thing to do in this situation is to contact your webhost because there is something wrong with the PHP configuration. In my experience, I just waited and then it worked after a few hours. Don’t try to CHMOD 777 your folders because that is a big security risk. 
Solution to the problem
First thing you should know that the Wordpress DB Backup plugin creates a backup directory inside your /wp-content/ folder. It is usually named as /backup-XXXXX/ where XXXXX are random numbers and letters. So go check your /wp-content/ folder, did you see the backup folder?
You can try to CHMOD that backup folder to 777. Did it work?
An alternative you can do is to delete that folder (do keep track of the folder name just in case), then follow the instructions below, “If there is not backup folder”.
The Wordpress DB Backup plug-in needs a backup folder in order to work. First thing you should do is to CHMOD your /wp-content/ folder to 775 (if this does not work, use 777) TEMPORARILY. I know that this is a big security risk that’s why I’m saying that you should do that temporarily.
After that, try reloading your backup page in your wordpress administration (you can find it under Wordpress->Manage->Backup)
Try creating a backup. If there are no errors, then you have solved the problem.
For more information, read this explanation by the plug-in author himself.
(Mini tip: You can take advantage of this by making a blog post about those keywords. Not only can you contribute to those who need the information, you can bring more traffic to your site.)
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16 Sep
Posted by silkenhut as Solutions |
UPDATE: The problem has been solved when I checked it right now. Perhaps it was just a misconfiguration of the phpconfig.
This is a big problem that surfaced after the blog came back online yesterday.
I found out that wordpress can’t write any files on my web host. It was able to do it before the downtime, but after it came back online, it is not able to do it anymore.
As an experiment, I tried logging in to my web host account through FTP and uploaded some files there. I was able to upload successfully (write successful). However, why is it that Wordpress can’t do this? I mean, write files in the web host account?
I discovered this phenomenon when I was browsing through my plug-ins. Some of my plug-ins require write access to my web host account in order to function. Since they can’t write anything, they don’t work. Here are the plug-ins I use that needs write access. Read the rest of this entry »
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This is in regards to my post, Multiple Wordpress Blogs Under One Wordpress Folder.
Problem Status : Fixed
Problem Description:
The links of the blog points to another blog so it results into a dead link.
For example, http://silkenhut/archives/ would lead to my other blog, my animeblog, but the other blog does not have /blog/archives/ so it results into a dead link.
Fixes and updates below…
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