There is a problem with the 3.4.9 installation at some site and it seems to be an environmental issue. Some users are having the problem others are not, so I'm trying to gather information to see if I can spot the common thread.

If you are comfortable, please provide the following - if not, go to 'TRY THIS' below
1) who is your host?
2) What version of WordPress?
3) What version of Atahualpa are you coming from or is this a new install?
4) install the 'wp-securityscan' plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/), activate it, go to the SECURITY option and on the right hand side is your site info, copy that and past it into a reply
5) go to phpMyAdmin and access your database and issue the following SQL statement

SELECT * FROM `wp_options` WHERE option_name REGEXP '^bfa_ata'

then export the results. If you left click on my forum id, the third option is to send me an email, please send it and attach the file.

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* TRY THIS *
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go to ATO->Style & edit CENTER COLUMN and hit the green SAVE button and see if that makes it work, if it doesn't, select everything in 'The LOOP' do a CUT, hit the green SAVE, paste it back in and hit SAVE again and see if that works.

If it does, go thru all the Atahualpa option pages and hit the green SAVE to make sure it picks up all teh options.

Editing the center column caused Atahualpa to pick up come content -- excerpts from the two test posts, to be specific. However, the header, links widget, etc. was not picked up.

Host: Sharkspace.com
Wordpress 2.9.2
I did an install of Atahualpa in a new directory, thus I assume it should count as a new install? I did have the latest version 3.4.6 installed earlier. Then I switched to a different theme before activating Atahualpa 3.4.9, which did not pick up any content.

I'm working with an unused domain, so have only the usual sample post plus a test post.

I checked the security-scan plugin, and when I attempted to do an automatic install, I got the Wordpress warning that the plugin had not been tested with this version of Wordpress. However, on your word, I installed it anyway.
Here's the result:
System Information Scan
Operating System : Linux
Server : Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_bwlimited/1.4
Memory usage : 23.36 MByte
MYSQL Version : 5.0.90-community
SQL Mode : Not set
PHP Version : 5.2.12
PHP Safe Mode : Off
PHP Allow URL fopen : On
PHP Memory Limit : 64M
PHP Max Upload Size : 16M
PHP Max Post Size : 16M
PHP Max Script Execute Time : 60s
PHP Exif support : No
PHP IPTC support : Yes
PHP XML support : Yes

It seems that the new install picked up options from the old install in spite of the fact that it was installed as a different theme (different directory).

Going through the various options and "saving" is beginning to make the content appear. However, it is still not picking up all options correctly.

That's all the time I have now. Will have to work on it later.

I don't think this should be happening with a "robust" theme install. I would have given up long ago if it had not been for the fact that everyone seems to think that Atahualpa is the most configurable free theme available. I am using Suffusion on one site and really like it, but I wanted to try out a totally different theme for one blog.

Going through all the options and "saving" them seems to be making the theme work.

I sure hope that this issue gets fixed. I'm seeing the potential in Atahualpa, and I like the clean interface for customization of the theme. It's the best implementation I've seen.

I did another totally clean install on a different site, and I had the same problem of the theme not picking up content.

It seems that all the options have to be edited before the theme will pick up content.

Same server with same info, by the way.

This is a nuisance, but it's workable now that I know. I sure hope that I don't have to go through all this with every theme update!!!

Same CSS problem, it seems I can build up the theme by saving under options....

My server/provider has worked flawless with all versions up to 3.46

I went through the upgrade 3 times. Old version: 3.4.6.
Consistently, the blog came up white with text only, no posts/pages.

Also consistently, going through all ATO panels and saving each page made the blog come to life.

So it looks like the 'Activate Theme' doesn't do its job, i.e. loading the new features in the DB.

kpkes@yahoo.com
when you say you went thru the upgrade three times, how did you do it? i.e. what steps did you take, did you go in and delete the bfa_ata4... record from the database?

Hi Juggledad,

No in none of the installations I deleted the bfa_ata4 record.
By now I have done 5 installations including one from version 3.4.5: this one I decided to upgrade automatically throught the Theme panel in the dashboard.
All others I uploaded the atahualpa theme in a new directory, e.g. atahualpa349 and activated this version through the Theme panel.
Then I had to go through SAVE all options in all ATO screens to get the blog to live again. I can't really say which save had most impact, I just went through all of them.

I also did a 'clean' install and the new look/feel looks nice,with all the rounded boxes.
What puzzles me, if I do a reset of all options, these new settings don't get activated ?

Peter

I just updated to Wordpress 2.9.2 and to Atahualpa 3.4.9.

With Atahualpa I had a problem, but your TRY THIS instructions brought everything together.

HOWEVER, now I'm having trouble with saving the Categories settings. When I added some new categories, they showed in the category list on the settings page, but wouldn't come up with the categories in the widget. The older categories did, but not the new ones. I tried logging out and logging back in. Nada. Then I deleted all the categories except "uncategorized." Everything disappeared except "uncategorized." Then I added new categories. They will not save. Now I have only one category, "uncategorized." I've tried everything I can think of.

The site I'm having trouble with is www.maevemaddox.com

I'll appreciate a suggestion.
Thanks.



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go to ATO->Style & edit CENTER COLUMN and hit the green SAVE button and see if that makes it work, if it doesn't, select everything in 'The LOOP' do a CUT, hit the green SAVE, paste it back in and hit SAVE again and see if that works.

If it does, go thru all the Atahualpa option pages and hit the green SAVE to make sure it picks up all teh options.[/quote]

Maeve, do you have posts assigned to all the categories? The categories won't show up on the site until there are posts for them.

DOH!

I figured it out. All of the posts had gone into the "uncategorized" category.

Sorry to bother you!

PART 1 OF 3
I am also having problems with the theme. Works fine on a windows machine, but not on a Unix machine. On the unix machine it is in a separate directory, fresh install, fresh database

On the machine that DOESN'T work:

# Operating System : FreeBSD
# Server : Apache
# Memory usage : 21.73 MByte
# MYSQL Version : 5.1.35
# SQL Mode : Not set
# PHP Version : 5.2.12
# PHP Safe Mode : Off
# PHP Allow URL fopen : On
# PHP Memory Limit : 128M
# PHP Max Upload Size : 128M
# PHP Max Post Size : 128M
# PHP Max Script Execute Time : 300s
# PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 )
# PHP IPTC support : Yes
# PHP XML support : Yes

On the machine that DOES work:

# Operating System : WINNT
# Server : Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1
# Memory usage : 17.44 MByte
# MYSQL Version : 5.1.41
# SQL Mode : Not set
# PHP Version : 5.3.1
# PHP Safe Mode : Off
# PHP Allow URL fopen : On
# PHP Memory Limit : 128M
# PHP Max Upload Size : 128M
# PHP Max Post Size : 128M
# PHP Max Script Execute Time : 60s
# PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 )
# PHP IPTC support : Yes
# PHP XML support : Yes

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On the unix machine, the preview (prior to activation) does not show the theme properly; it only shows Powered by WordPress & the Atahualpa Theme by BytesForAll. Discuss on our WP Forum
Activating the theme shows the same improperly setup theme

PART 2 OF 3

Exported results from SELECT * FROM `wp_options` WHERE option_name REGEXP '^bfa_ata'

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'yes');

PART 3 of 3

Going through each page and clicking SAVE makes the theme start working, but it looks like an older theme

Can't post code as it is too long

Finally, if I take the bfa_ata4 from my windows machine and import it into the unix machine, the theme looks as expected.

I have the notorious problem decribed here: all my settings seem to have vanished, the only thing remaining is the bare content. Such a shame, because this theme was really great.

Nothing else works but reinstalling an old version of the theme. I surely hope this will be fixed because I have not seen many of these destructive updates before. The theme worked fine, now its broken. With respect for all the hard work that went in there, but if it aint broken, don't fix it, is what my granny used to say......

I'll wait for the fix....

I tries one version back: 3.4.8 but this had exactly the same problem. I am very cautious now and almost expect to have to abandon this theme altogether. Which is a damn shame, because it was very usable.

I found a solution to this thing: if you hit the save button at the bottom of the RSS configuration page of Atahualpa, it loads the CSS without problems and the site looks like it should.

Caro, you need to hit save for each of the Atahualpa pages - go back and read post #1 of this thread

Yumiko7 - Try going to Appearance -> Atahualpa Theme Options -> Various Content Items -> Add HTML/CSS Inserts -> CSS Inserts. The default value is blank. Reset it to blank, or make sure it includes only your own code.

I just did a clean install of Wordpress 2.9.2, then did a clean install of Atahualpa 3.4.9. Although all the folders and files seem to be there, I've never seen anything not work so completely. The only thing visible on a blank white page is this line:

Powered by WordPress & the Atahualpa Theme by BytesForAll. Discuss on our WP Forum

That's it! There's hardly any content in the source code, not even the references to Wordpress.

I previously had Atahualpa 3.4.6 installed on a slightly older version of Wordpress, and had to remove it because I was denied access to my admin page. Fortunately I had not done much customization and had no content, but still... it did work. I really don't have time to mess around with this, even if I were fluent enough to completely understand everything.

My provider is InMotion Hosting and my site is http://sharonlippincott.com.

Oops. I forgot to subscribe to this thread!

Some extra information, which is useful perhaps:

Yesterday I tested a fresh Atahualpa theme on a plugin-less and fresh WordPress installation on a new hostingaccount. At first, there was no CSS and the only thing that worked was a "reset all theme options" . But after that, everything worked fine.

Whoa!!!! Thanks Carlo for this piece:

I found a solution to this thing: if you hit the save button at the bottom of the RSS configuration page of Atahualpa, it loads the CSS without problems and the site looks like it should.

That DID NOT work for me, but it got me to next try clicking save on the "Configure CSS and JS" Page ....and that alone WORKED! I did not delete any DB values at all as mentioned above.

Background Info:
I was upgrading from 3.4.6
I tried 3.4.7, 3.4.8, and 3.4.9 and none of the styling info came through (was looking at a white BG with no styling)
I am on a properly configured Linux Server.

I have 2 sites using this great theme, I hope this thing never dies and I actually think it should be merged with wordpress and included by default. I have yet to find such controllable performance in any other theme.

If curious, my Atahualpa sites are http://www.blackpawphoto.com and http://www.pupsdaily.com.

Thanks to all that posted on this thread.