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**Totally** not an expert, but my suspicion is the "or" (||) in the two if(is_page(xxx)) statements -- shouldn't those be && instead?
essaysnarkParticipantWhile what Susan says is true, there can still be unexpected behavior after the update that requires tweaking (as an example, in our most recent upgrade, we had to add code to functions.php since, as the support line told us, "Changes in Genesis 1.9 disabled the ability to make changes to the query using the grid loop function. This is because those changes have been known to cause significant issues." We were surprised since we hadn't seen any notice about this in the release notes (none that made sense to us at least!).
As with any upgrade, be sure to have a backup available before clicking that little button, and allocate some time to work through your site and check everything out. There can still be surprises.
essaysnarkParticipantGreat advice from Bill, as usual.
In addition, that secureserver.net URL indicates you're on GoDaddy, yes? If so, that's not the most secure host in the world. See posts such as this one: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/entire-site-suddenly-in-italics-1?replies=38
essaysnarkParticipantAs a WordPress novice, I could never figure out how to set up the subdomain thing under one WP installation - it's probably very simple but was non-obvious. So, besides the SEO question, you'll need to figure out what the content is going to be and how the two sites are (inter)related, and how/who will manage them. We ended up just creating a dedicated WP page to house related-but-separate content on our site, including its own template, and a specific menu being displayed only on that page. The resulting URL looks like a subdirectory based on how we've got our permalinks set up (www.domain.com/topic/) and it's allowing us to manage it just like the rest of the site. If you want the sub-site to have its own look-and-feel from the main site, it may be more challenging to pull off. If it's a child to the parent site, it's probably easier.
essaysnarkParticipantA "fix" that doesn't really fix this but still might solve the issue is to put in a 301 redirect from the bad page to the good version (a plugin like Redirection would do the trick: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/ ).
April 6, 2013 at 10:17 pm in reply to: Export Membership Database to Import Into Premise Membership Site #33639essaysnarkParticipantHi Jenny -
We've used Premise for about a year now, and I don't know of any option that will let you do a batch configuration of users. If your current system will allow you to export the members to CSV, you could probably get that data imported into WordPress using a third-party plugin, but there's no easy way to configure all those users with the Premise member access levels except manually. (You can set the role as "Premise Member" on all of them at once, but then you'd need to assign each one to the Premise Product corresponding to their appropriate access level - it would take forever to do it on 3,000 users.) You may want to contact the Premise people directly with this question (bottom of this page: http://getpremise.com/faq )
We use a second membership management plugin called Paid Memberships Pro to handle another part of our site; depending on what type of functionality you need, it may be worth checking out - you can install for free and then pay for support if you need it. It may have the same limitation with the initial user configuration however it's a completely open solution, so a developer would have an easier time helping you, whereas Premise is more locked down. The big restriction we've faced with PMPro is that one user cannot belong to multiple member groups; Premise doesn't have this issue. We use the two of them together (with some tweaking) to run different parts of the business.
Besides just user records, then you obviously need to also look at how to get the content from your current system into WordPress, but that's not a Premise / PMPro question. You'll probably want to start with your current provider on that one.
Hope this helps!
essaysnarkParticipantCraigslist often has postings for nonprofits looking for help on website stuff.
April 5, 2013 at 4:20 pm in reply to: Grid Loop Function Disabled, Need to Customize Homepage #33379essaysnarkParticipantHey Monique - we're no Genesis experts but it sounds like you're dealing with an issue we faced after we upgraded Genesis. Here's what StudioPress support told us when we asked about it:
Changes in Genesis 1.9 disabled the ability to make changes to the query using the grid loop function. This is because those changes have been known to cause significant issues.
Please add this to your functions.php file
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'child_change_home_query' );
/** Changes the query on the home page*/
function child_change_home_query( $query ) {
if( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_home() ) {
$query->set( 'posts_per_page', '5' ); //change this value to match the
posts per page value you wish to show on the home page
}
}Hope that helps!
March 28, 2013 at 12:25 am in reply to: Eleven40 Home/Blog issue (controlling #/format of posts) #31682essaysnarkParticipantStudioPress Support emailed me the code below to handle your first request re: the home page - put it in functions.php, change the "5" to "1" and it should work (Settings -> Reading probably needs to be "Your latest posts", not a static page.)
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'child_change_home_query' );
/** Changes the query on the home page*/
function child_change_home_query( $query ) {
if( $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_home() ) {
$query->set( 'posts_per_page', '5' ); //change this value to match the posts per page value you wish to show on the home page
}
}
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