Pezza4u

I've started using WP for a friends small website. I'm still in the testing stages and have added the child theme for the parent one I'm using. Copying and editing files like header and footer is easy enough but I'm having trouble finding the code for other parts I want to change. When using html/css it's obvious what file needs changing and I use the developer tools in Chrome to help. Is there an easy way for me to find out what file an element belongs to?

Thanks for all the replies I've been having a play with WP now and although it's a little confusing at first I'm learning my way around it. I think my friend might struggle with it though so I'm still not sure whether it's the right platform to use. It looks like I can change their user privileges to an editor rather than admin so hopefully there would be little chance of them making a mistake when adding posts. Are there any good reliable guides for WP, I've been reading wpbeginner.com or is there something better I can use? Definitely doesn't need an ecommerce site, it's just to show what will be for sale and the services they offer. I like the look of that and some of the examples of websites made with it look really good. I've currently got the dazzling theme installed, which is responsive and I quite like that. What's the best practise for editing the css and html, using the WP editor or download the files and edit on notepad etc? It's doing mobile wheel repairs, one man in a van so it doesn't need to be a really advanced website. A static page saying what he does and a contact page probably with Google maps to show the area he covers. Then a portfolio to show recent jobs that have been done and another page to show what he has for sale, it's these that he wants to update himself. Most of the standard features of WP could be turned off, Creating a post with several images on using WP does sound like an easy way to do this and he can delete/edit them at his leisure. I think the hard part will be him learning how to do it himself.

I've never used one of these before but installed WordPress yesterday and had a quick play around with it. It seems really good so far with plenty of options for themes and plugins. I'm not sure if it's right for the project I'm doing next so would like some advice. A friend has asked me to make a website for his new business but he wants to update it himself. Basically it will be the gallery with descriptions and a for sale page (not selling online just listing them) but this can be in the same format. He just wants to add/remove from these two pages and the rest will stay the same. He isn't great with computers though, going online and emails are his limit so it needs to be idiot proof. If I gave him admin access to WP I know it is going to overwhelm him. Is there a way to restrict admin access to certain areas so it only shows what he needs or a plugin that would allow him to do this, maybe directly from the website? I've made gallery's before where photos could just be uploaded via ftp to the relevant folders but there were no descriptions with these so I don't think I can do it this way. A WYSIWYG editor would be better I think anyway.

I hadn't thought of that and it's not a bad idea, I will look into it I don't know if that would work but I'll definitely have a play around with doing it and see what happens.

I am in the middle of creating my portfolio and I used to make flash (and gif) banners, which I would like to include. I am using this responsive portfolio template - http://themes.alessioatzeni.com/html/brushed/ Can I add the flash banners directly onto this so they tie in with the other images I'll be using, i,e they will scale down with the screen size and open at normal size when clicked? Obviously they wouldn't play on mobiles or tablets. It would be nice if I could do that but I'm not sure how and Google hasn't been much help. My other ideas include creating a still image of the banners and linking them to a new window so they play there or just have a direct link to all of them on one page. Can anyone help?

Is this what you're talking about? Link When he originally bought the domain he should have been sent Nominet login details but I doubt he has those now. Unless there is another link I've not found?

It's a .co.uk one. He has no access at all now! He originally bought the domain in 2003 and had a basic website, then he teamed up with his business partner around 5 years later. The business partner got a design company to make a new website, which they share and they registered his domain name as well. He then changed to a different web design company who transferred everything across from the previous host to ZEN. I only found out who the host was from the whois information but all contact is made between the business partner and web design company. I believe the new company moved everything to their own account/created a new one but I'm waiting for my friend to confirm that. He has no access to anything apart from ftp access to the forum. I told him the best thing to do is contact the web design company and say you want to transfer the domain to a different host and could they unlock it/approve the transfer. If they won't do that I don't know what else to suggest.

Sorry if this is the wrong section, hopefully it belongs here. A friend has a domain name that is registered to them and they are on whois so can prove it belongs to them. They are completely clueless about domains, hosting etc so let their business parter sort everything out for them, they are 2 separate companies but work along side eachother and share the same website (under separate domain names). Things aren't working out and they want to part with them but they don't have any access to the domain, cpanel etc. The business partner let a web design company sort everything out so they hold the log in details and only deal with him, the domain is hosted by ZEN. How can they get control of their domain back? The business partner is being an arse, the web design company won't give him the details and ZEN said they can't/won't move it to a new account for him. He's not worried about the website but needs the domain, emails and the database/files for the forum he has. Can anyone advise on what to do or who to contact about this? Where does he stand legally?

Thanks for the replies, yes it was custom made and I suspect you are right, they created it in the hope it would provide them more work. The admin section is just a php file that lists all the entries in the database as a table, they can then enter a new price to change it, that is all it consists of. There are no options for adding or removing products, changing the shipping, payment methods and so on. They don't know anything about web design and I suspect they did think they were getting a shopping cart. I think trying to add further options to the admin section is going to be alot of work so I think starting a new one using a proper cart is the way to go. I have been looking at Open Cart and this is exactly what they need from using the demo, it seems much better than what I found and the admin area seems very user friendly. Plus it looks alot better than what they currently have.

A friend has asked me for some advise about their website but I have never worked on e-commerce sites before so just after abit of help. They had a website designed a couple of years ago and they wanted an online shop, which is integrated into the design. It has been created using mysql databases, which are populated into a table (there are no photos or descriptions) with a buy button next to it. It all works fine but they have not been given the option to add/remove entries from the databases. The designer did create an admin area where they can change the price for each entry but not the actual items for sale themselves. Given the nature of what they sell they needed access to this rather than asking the designer to keep amending them, which was costing alot and they took too long to do it. They sacked the designer and currently the online sales is inactive because everything is out of date. As I said I don't know much about e-commerce sites but does this sound like the normal way to build a shop that a client can control? I have told them it will probably be alot of work to change what they have so they can add/remove items for sale. They need to add alot more products but currently there are 200+ items on there and shifting through a database in phpmyadmin will be a headache. How would an online shop usually be created so a customer can have full control over it, are there any recommended guides I can read? I am not going to be doing this myself, it's too much work for me but I am interested in how these things are done. I have come across RomanCart when googling about this and it seems like a better way of doing things, although there is an annual fee.

I've been doing alot of reading this morning and I have a question I'm not too sure of the answer as opinions seem to differ. I have a .com domain, which is hosted in the US. Now the website isn't setup for SEO but I will be doing this when I redesign it. Would I be better off getting a .co.uk domain and using UK based servers to host it? The domain isn't common, they're all available apart from .eu, which I don't need. So if I should get the .co.uk domain should the site be hosted on this and redirected from the .com one or should I just bin that one?

Here is the reply I got: So how much would I be roughly looking at to re-register the domain with someone else, it's a .com one? I'm wondering whether to stay with them or not though. I have no issues and 2 years including the domain will be £47.50, which is £1.95 a month. If I have to pay to re-register the domain I'd imagine it will cost me more Like I said in the OP I only need a small amount of space to host a few pages so don't want to spend that much on it for now.

I'm going to when I get home, at work ATM, just thought I would see if anyone on here has done it. I found something on their site about transferring the domain to someone else but I don't have the option available in my CP to do this, that's mentioned on their guide. So I guess I need to pay £££ for it to be released or lose it altogether. I knew I should've got the name separately!

I've been with them for 2 years now and never had a problem despite all of the negative reviews. My renewal is coming up next month but I'm thinking of going elsewhere as I only need a small amount of space to host a basic site and could get it cheaper. The thing is I got a 'free' domain with the package, do they charge to release it as I can't find anything on their website?

When I go to scroll down the page on the portfolio it disappears! Also the 2 halves of the logo don't line up properly.