Modifying the FAQ Discussions

Good sandbox to play in. I just found THIS: http://wordpress.org/docs/faq/ I'm going to talk to Matt about making sure the Codex is referenced, and we can answer some of these questions, too.

Thanks again. Lorelle 03:32, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

My GAWD!! This is an amazing amount of WERK, Michael. Don't you have a real life? ;-)

Okay, so we have our list of ATBD (Articles to Be Done). Are there any Codex articles that answer those at all? Some look like maybe but I have to pour over the list better. This is so absofrackinlutely wonderful.

We'll talk more via email on this. I want to have "something" definable before Wednesday meetup so we can report on the status of this. Amazing. Thank you. Lorelle 01:19, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Later: Okay, I've sorted out the questions that aren't in the Codex FAQ by general topic associated with the Codex TOC. I've also added links to articles that answer these questions. Here is what we need to do now:

1. Go through the actual faqs Internal and External) and designate which need to be made into articles because the answer is too length. Create a list from those.
2. Remove duplicate references (check for which answer is better/more concise and use that)
3. Organize the questions into precise categories.
4. Condense the questions when possible (instead of 5 questions about the category tag, one question: How can I change how the categories are displayed on my site?)

How far can we get before Wednesday? Tell me which you want to do and I'll do the rest to get this organized. Great work. Lorelle 02:35, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

This page is fantastic, absolutely brilliant !! WOW ! --Podz 13:41, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Things to ADD to the FAQs

I'm going through some odds and ends of notes to see what needs to be an article and what can go in FAQs. These might be there or might not, but at least we have a list.

• Can I change the blog address (URI) and wp address (uri) to different settings (put the index.php in a different folder other than the root and have wordpress in a different folder such as example.com/folderA/index.php and example.com/folderB/wordpress/ - Answer: yes. As long as you do what Firas will spell out in a day or so here.

• Um, do I do it here on the discussion page? Ok, here goes.

Your index.php (where you call WordPress from) and your other WordPress files can be in completely different places. The permalinks are based off index.php, so where your WordPress core files are doesn't matter as far as your blog's output is concerned.

To do this setup, you need three pieces of information: (1) The address of the WP core files (eg. http://www.example.com/wp) (2) The address of the folder containing the basic index.php (eg. http://www.example.com) (3) The path in the filesystem to wp-blog-header.php (eg. /home/user/public_html/wp/wp-blog-header.php).

Note: To find the filesystem path to a folder, drop a file with a .php extension containing the following code, then run it by loading the address in your browser:

<?php echo dirname(__FILE__)); ?>

First install the WordPress core. Then go to wp-admin → Options. In 'WordPress Address (URI)', put the address to the core files. In 'Blog Address (URI)', put the address of the folder where you'll place index.php.

Then move your index.php to the new directory, and edit the line: require('./wp-blog-header.php');

The argument for require should be the path to wp-blog-header. If you know the relative path, such as './wp/wp-blog-header.php', you can use that, or just put the whole filesystem path between the quotes.

• I'm not using permalinks. How do link to a page or category on my site?

Lorelle 00:31, 31 May 2005 (UTC)