Wordpress theme Lifestyle

[zultek]

Hello-
Some time ago I purchased a web package with the Lifestyle Theme. I liked the theme and copied it to another web site I designed. In the admin panel you have your widgets, design options, plugins on the left side. All was well thru the other day I logged in and there is no options on the left, only posts, dashboard,media,comments,profile,tools and settings. I reloaded the site with what I thought was my backup. No luck, now I have a mess. Is there something I did wrong or do I rebuilt the site over :(

The sites looks okay except for the header graphics which I can't get to as there is no editing
I guess this is my learning to do better

Thanks
Terry P Mielcarek
zultek1@gmail.com
4greentechenergy.com

[ChristineCobb]

Do you have a bunch of little icons on the left now? If so, click the very last one that looks like an triangle in a circle.

[zultek]

Do you have a bunch of little icons on the left now? If so, click the very last one that looks like an triangle in a circle.

Hello Mrs.Cobb-
I dont have any icons only the tabs on the left side. There is no way to change themes or add/changes widgets.
I will try to back up what I have and correct the rest.

Thank You for the info
Terry

[zultek]

Hello
Thank you for the info and try to contact support-
I guess this is my learning curve

Thanks
Terry

[cindybidar]

Do you have a "Users" tab? It sounds as if you've lost your admin rights. If you can view all users that will tell you if you've been downgraded to a contributor or author, which would explain the missing dashboard functions.

If that is the case, you can either log in as a different admin (if you have more than one) to change it back, or you can change it in the database.

[zultek]

Hello Mrs. Bidar-
I don't have any user tabs, all I can do is add/edit posts. I guess the only option I have is start all over and make sure I have a good backup. Just funny one day all is well then the next time I log in I have no control over any widgets, amazon products or design of any php files.
Thanks for the info
I will learn this web site stuff some way
Terry

[zultek]

Hello Mrs.Bidar-
Looks like I lost some of admin permissions as one of my plugins was the (all in one seo pack) which is just below the dashboard label, and when I click the go to admin page it tells me I don't have sufficient permission. Is there any way to get my full permissions back?

Thanks
Terry

[suef]

Hello Mrs.Bidar-
Looks like I lost some of admin permissions as one of my plugins was the (all in one seo pack) which is just below the dashboard label, and when I click the go to admin page it tells me I don't have sufficient permission. Is there any way to get my full permissions back?

Thanks
Terry

A friend of mine had an issue like this. Contact your hosting account and they will be able to put you back as an admin user with full rights.

[cindybidar]

A friend of mine had an issue like this. Contact your hosting account and they will be able to put you back as an admin user with full rights.

Terry if that doesn't work, pm me with your cpanel login and password and I'll see if I can't get it fixed for you. I'm travelling this week, so if I don't respond right away that's why. :)

[zultek]

Hello-
Thanks for all the advice, started from the beginning to rebuilt the site, now I have another question- I have made some posts on the old website and now they are gone- where are the posts stored in the website so in the future I can backup the posts. Also what is the best way to backup the site when I get it back in shape the way I want it. I see in cpanel there is a backup function, do I use that or is there another option that I have.

Thanks again for all the support and help, I will get this mastered some way even if it is by trial and error.

Terry

[angienewton]

Terry, just wanted to make sure you mean to have this thread in the main forum and not in the elite section. I just noticed it was here so I wanted to mention it just in case it matters to you. IF you need me to move it to the elite membership section, I'm happy to do that.

[zultek]

Hello Mrs. Newton- I put this on the gernal forum to get more input from the members and maybe help other users if the problem comes up for them. Thanks for the help if I wanted it moved.

Terry

[zultek]

Hello-
I now have my site somewhat back up and running, now I would like to backup the info. What is the best way to go about this? Do I use a plugin or is there other ways to backup.
Thanks
Terry

[zultek]

Hello-
Is there info where different files are stored in wp folders. I have written some posts/articles before the site went down and I can't find them. I know wp is php code but the file names don't seem to be what they say they are, or I can't find things. Also what php file do I look at to change the nav bar titles/add titles. Should I buy Genesis Framework and the lifestyle theme to do the php coding so I can get the site more I want it to be?

Thanks
Terry

[cindybidar]

WordPress is essentially in two parts: your *files* and your *data*. Files are your theme, any plugins, pictures you've uploaded through the media uploader, etc. Your data is the post/page content itself, your user name, password, information about what theme is active, and all that sort of stuff.

To do a complete backup of your site, you have to capture both the files and the data. All the files you want to back up are in a folder called wp-content. You might also want to back up your wp-config.php file. All the other files can be easily replaced, so they don't really need to be backed up.

To back up your data, you have to log into your hosting account and find your database. If your host uses cPanel, you can back up the whole thing via phpMyAdmin (using the "export" function) or just by clicking the backups icon in cPanel, then clicking the link to the database you're trying to backup - it will automatically download to your computer.

There are plugins that will do this for you (Backup Buddy is probably the best) but you still need to understand where and how the information is stored so you can configure the plugins correctly.

[zultek]

Hello Mrs. Bidar-
Thank you for the info- I will learn this stuff one way or the other (the hard way so far) lol Have a great evening
Terry