[HLUG] Herefordshire Digest, Vol 1650, Issue 1: Website

[Phil Wood]

Hi Kevin

Sorry to be a pain. I can now login and get to the dashboard. I can create
and edit stuff but if I try to view anything I only see the 'Want to Help?'
 holding page.

Phil



On 28 November 2013 11:40, Kevin Dontenville <kevin at opensure.net> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Although I intended to stay back from the front line a bit on the new site
> and let everyone loose on it to prod about and make changes, mistakes and
> great ideas, it seems there were a few issues building up on the site so I
> did the uber admin bit and knocked back a few ;-)
>
> 1) Looks like the .htaccess file was emtpied, that doesnt work with WP as
> it needs to redirect and manage directory access.
>
> 2) wp-config had also been edited (using windows it seems ;-) I added a
> clean underscore to the changed DB config and rebuilt the DB
>
> 3) The membership plugin is controlled by an admin level administrator,
> not everyone who is an admin is a membership admin. That is a right
> assigned within the memnbership admin panel. Only member admins can see the
> menus in the panel.
>
> 4) When membership plugin is enabled each page can be visible to different
> levels of members, public or just admins. Seems most were just member
> admins.
>
> 5) The URL for the site was modded slightly, I changed that back too. Some
> ideas to protect and secure the site are best done once a structure for how
> you want things to work is complete. Keep it simple to start with!
>
> 6) I have stuck on a holding page plugin that will let admins login and
> see the site but the rest of the world will only see the front holding
> page. That will allow you to mess and not have the world look over your
> shoulders.
>
> Long term you may want the membership plugin but perhaps get to see what
> you need by adding things as wanted. I suggest keeping most users generally
> to editors/authors etc rather than admins, just to reduce the chances of
> chaos and site downtime, all people make mistakes especially when playing
> about to start with, best go with minimum perms to get the job done. Its a
> good principle to work from.
>
> Any problems then do get in touch, but as a rule try to make one change at
> a time and know how to step back, copy settings for a backup etc.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Kevin Dontenville
> kevin at opensure.net
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