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1. MDBlogs
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   While fishing around using FTP, I accidentally deleted three or four files (don't ask). Now my blog does not properly function (duh). I have the index, but if you try to click on anything in the side-bar, you get a 404 message.

   How can I simply replace the files that were deleted? (Difficult because I do not know exactly what was deleted.)

   I've just started the blog, and had not yet made a back-up. Yet I had created enough pages and posts to not want to lose my work.

   Will I have to scratch it all and re-load WordPress and my theme? Or is there a way to do a comparison and figure out what's missing and re-load it?

   I'm shooting myself... but hoping I can find a way to replace what is missing rather than have to start all over from scratch.

   Any ideas?

   md

2. Jeremy Clark
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   If it was core wordpress files just upload the wordpress files again no need to reload anything.

3. MDBlogs
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks Jeremy. Just to confirm I understand. I believe they were core WordPress files (hard to tell since they are missing). If I upload WordPress to my site again, will it just over-write the other 'core' files that are there, thus restoring the compliment it needs to operate? And if my theme is there, will it remain intact?

   md

4. MDBlogs
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Jeremy, I backed up my data-base, just in case. Then I went about re-loading WordPress. I want to load it in the same directory. Here's the message I get:

   Path is already in use by another application install

   And then it suggests another path, which adds a directory that I do not want to add.

   How can I update the WordPress files, and keep it in the SAME directory and hopefully not lose any of the personal content I've already generated? Any more ideas? Thanks for your insight.

   mmd

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