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1. degeneja
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I created a WordPress blog site for another department at work about 2 years ago. I have not done anything to it since, because it was working fine and was really not part of my duties. I have good experience in HTML, CSS, Joomla and the Tridion Content Management system, but not WordPress.

   On Friday the link to the blog site started redirecting to http://iseekinteractive.org/blog/wp-admin/install.php

   The real URL is http://iseekinteractive.org/blog from a link at the top of the Iseek (www.iseek.org) website.

   I have backed up the database and downloaded the entire site.

   Can anyone tell me how to resolve this?

   Possible ideas I have had:
   Install a new version of WordPress
   Do something with the Install.php
   Deactivate the site and then reactivate it.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You could be getting the 're' install because your database table prefix in wp-config.php is no longer correct.

   For instance, using phpMyAdmin and find your posts table, If it is named wp123_posts then your $table_prefix in wp-config.php should be set to wp123.

3. degeneja
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK. I had to install phpMyAdmin through the Yahoo backend. I put it at the blog level, which may have been a mistake.

   So now when someone enters http://iseekinteractive.org/blog/ they get the 'phpMyAdmin' sign on screen. This does not seem right. Do I need to delete these files out of this level and reinstall in a new directory.

   I did find out that in the Blog database, the posts are stored in the 'wp_posts' table.

   So I believe my wp-config.php file is OK, because it has a table prefix of 'wp_'. If I am right and the config file is OK. Do you have any other ideas about this problem.

   Thanks for all the help.

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The other problem would be not having the correct database name/server in your wp-config.php.

   If you database is intact (look at wp_posts table for posts from two years ago), then I would immediately do a backup of the database then check your wp-config.php file.

   It's been a while since I wrote this but maybe it will help:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/Installation_Notes/Yahoo

5. degeneja
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I followed your instructions and everything looks fine.

   Any more things I can do?

   Thanks

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