5 Tips To Fix Your Wordpress Install If Something Goes Wrong
During last week as got really busy fixing my Wordpress page because I destroy it in a way that nothing was making sense. Error everywhere, tables out of place, missing image, etc. As you can guess, it was my fault, the usual problems where caused by lack of understanding, not reading the instructions of some items and not reading the forums. I had to create a new SQL database and start from scratch by backing up only the necessary information like posts and comments everything else is new.
I thought I should share my nightmares with everyone so you can learn a little from my mistakes:
1.Careful with plugins installations
My first problem was that I was trying to get a Gallery plugin that works and looked good. With functionality that made my experience as good as it could get, in the venture I tried around 5 galleries, some complex ones like Gallery2 just to find out that the one I liked the most was all messed up because of all my prior installations. I ultimately ended up with NextGen Gallery, the best and only by reconstructing my database I got it to work. In doing so I notice that I had SQL profiles for all my other galleries, and the wp_option SQL database was almost 12 pages long. Learn from this, study what you want to install before doing so and if uninstalling make sure to get rid of everything.
2.Always check the forums
Most of the programmers out there have forums, if not Wordpress forums is another great source. I found that most of my problems had a solution already discussed in the forums. Subscribe to forums, ask questions, and if possible subscribe to the developer blog if available.
3.Learn some code
I did so much reading, spending hours in the computer over the weekend (wife, mad) to the point that I learn to deal with SQL and PHP at a very basic level. I consider myself lucky because there is so much information available on the web that almost all the topics I looked for where detailed out on the web. Read, read, read.
4.Troubleshoot wisely
I make some mistakes that could have been easily resolved by simply having patience. Inside SQL manager you can find a solution for updating and cleaning up the tables, of course I found about this too late. After applying changes you run this scripts and they work extra fine, so well that I was able to rebuild my messed up post and comments SQL’s without any other problems. Again read, read.
5.Clean up safely
When I finished re-creating my website I started erasing folders that somehow where linked to my old site. Of course my wp_options SQL picked up some code from posts and comments, I had to go back and repeat step 4 to reset my SQL database for options fixing the problem. But all these would have been easier if I just would rename the folders before erasing them. Try that out, if you are sure of the implications of erasing a folder, rename it first then if everything is ok proceed to erase it.
Hoping that you are not extremely bored with this post and have wiped me out of your online world, I want to leave the questions open for anyone that is having issues like this one on their site. Keep in mind that my hosting services are with GoDaddy so I’m not sure how to get in your SQL with a different hosting company. Find more about me at www.lumencreativegroup.com, email me at lumencreativegroup@gmail.com for questions. Thanks.
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