I published my first post on my Wordpress blog on the 19th Sept but so far there is no sign of it.

You can see it here http://www.cannonelectrical.com/blog/
I was told it would take about a week to show up so I can only assume I have done something wrong.

Any advise would be much appreciated.

Erik  @erikdeckers

I set up the blog watching Wordpress tutorials. I did everything they said then pressed publish.

Its the first post so should it not land on the front page. I did every thing that was asked of me on the tutorials.

I usually watch a couple of tutorials, take notes so that nothing can go wrong.

How can I get the blog post removed from the /blog page and as its own post.

Thanks for coming back so quickly.

If you’re asking whether you’ll see the blog on the front page of WordPress.com, I don’t know that you can rely on that. It would seem that their front page is in constant flux because of all their blogs, if that was the case. But I’ve only ever seen one set show up per day.

But if you’re asking whether it will show up on YOUR front page, that should also be instantaneous, as I mentioned in my last post.

And as @juleswebb asked, if you’re talking about whether it shows up on the Google search results, that’s almost impossible to control, but one thing you can do to help it along is to +1 it on Google+.

Erik  @erikdeckers

Sorry this is my first experience with blogging. I did mean my front (home) page.

I’m a bit confused now. When I pressed publish did my post land on my Home Page, and if it did is it supposed to be there.
Looking at other peoples blog posts the newest post is at the top of the Home Page. It usually shows 2 sentences then READ MORE which you then click and go to a full size page – and this is what I am trying to do.
Hope this is a bit clearer.

Hi David

It might help if you understand how everything works together.

When you “pressed publish” that creates a new entry in your database (or edits an existing entry). Your database is where your entry information is stored. The templates are the files in your theme folder. Templates use code (html, css, php, and javascript) to instruct the browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari) on what information to present and what it should look like.

The template information on single.php of your theme is not connecting correctly. (This file is what displays a single Post in full – e.g. http://www.cannonelectrical.com/blog/electric-space-heaters/

This may be because there is an error within the code of that file. To test this theory change your theme to the default and see if the blog post loads. If the problem is the same it’s not likely a template code issue.

Check to see if your Permalink Settings correct. (http://www.creativecitrus.com/wordpress-development/how-to-get-pretty-urls-in-wordpress)

The next thing I would check is you htaccess file. This file is a child of the pubic_html folder (if you don’t’ see public_html look for a www folder). Since your wordpress blog is set up within your website (as opposed to wordpress being used for your entire website) I’m thinking that this is somehow part of the issue. If your Wordpress installation resides within a folder “blog” that is a direct child of public_html then look inside there for the htaccess file. If your hosting provider has good support you should try calling/chatting them. Most will help with htaccess file issues.

If you find the .htaccess file and can open it up:
There should be an IfModule mod_rewrite.c included. looks something like this:
RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-fRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule . /index.php [L]

In your main navigation you have “Home | Website | Information”
Home should link to http://www.cannonelectrical.com
“Website” should be changed to “Blog” with the URL http://www.cannonelectrical.com/blog/

 I shortened the last bit to .com/blog/electric-space-heaters/ as instructed.

Where did you do this? Take a screen shot and share it.

Google “awesome screenshot” it’s a browser addon. Pretty sure they have it for both Chrome and Firefox. Not sure about IE.Go back and edit your blog post entry and edit the URL title so that it reads: my-post-title NOT blog/my-post-title

Hey David

Thx for the screen shot.  The URL title looks fine. The way you worded it I had the impression that you added the url segment /blog/. Wordpress adds it in automatically and I thought it might be showing up twice. 

In your bkend interface navigate to Settins > permalinks 
and take a screen shot of that.

Were you able to find your htaccess file? Who is your hosting provider?

Below, are you asking me to send you another screen shot.
In your bkend interface navigate to Settins > permalinks and take a screen shot of that.
YES

HI David

Yes that is the correct page. And that setting looks good.

We need to eliminate the possibility that the problem is with the code within the single.php template. It sounds like the theme you’re using is one you purchased. If so it’s probably good, but we need to be sure.

Go to: Appearance > Themes

I’m guessing you’ll see the current theme and the default wordpress theme. The code on the single.php file within the default theme will be accurate so a simple test will be to change your theme to the default and see if the blog post loads. If the problem is the same it’s not a template code issue. If http://www.cannonelectrical.com/blog/electric-space-heaters/ presents correctly then we know that the problem is within single.php.

Hey David

Ok so the next step is to find your htaccess file. Below is an image I’m hoping will help you locate it.  

@david-easter Hey David, just checking in on you. Were you able to locate the .htaccess file I spoke of in my post above?

@david-easter it would be for the wordpress blog folder. 

I have been told we do not have access to the .htaccess files for our Website but our host does. 

Don’t you have the files and folders for your website on your local computer as well as your hosting provider?  You should still be able to login to the backend of your website’s hosting interface and have access to your folder and file structure. Who is your hosting provider?

When you add or update files to your website don’t you use some sort of ftp program like filezilla?

@david-easter that’s great news! Glad you were able to get things sorted out

RE:One thing I did notice, I put a rel=”author” link in the Wordpress Bio but it did not link for some reason. If you have any thoughts on that it would be helpful.

rel=”author” is not causing the issue.
I’m assuming that http://demo.studiopress.com/lifestyle/author/admin is the template you are using. If so I’d say the problem is NOT a template issue. It could be another .htaccess issue. It all depends on what rewrite rule was used.  

It’s hard for me to guess from a distance, but here’s my take on the .htaccess file http://webbdemo.com/images/cannonelectrical_htaccess-notes.txtIf the assumptions I’m making are correct then the second example with the RewriteBase is set at /blog/ should make the http://www.cannonelectrical.com/blog/author/david/ url work. 

Can you go back to Simon and ask him about this?

@david-easter glad you were able to get it sorted out