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1. James Plane
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   So I was in my dashboard yesterday & hit a button requesting an upgrade to 3.4.2 (instead of waiting for notification from godaddy which I usually do) - since then I have been unable to access the dashboard of the site even though it would appear that I am logged in (to log in I go via my normal route http://caterpods.com/wp-login.php). The error message I get is "Oops..., I cannot find that page you are looking for, sorry... (Error 404)" and it takes me to a url which is "http://caterpods.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php?_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2F"

   I have searched the forums trying a couple of ways to fix (for example changing the file name of my theme in my FTP to force it to use twenty ten / twenty eleven + I have also downloaded wordpress 3.4.2 to my pc & then deleted all of the current files in the FTP excluding wp-config.php & wp-content & re-loaded wordpress) all to no avail.

   My tech experience is pretty limited so if anyone can offer assistance it would be greatly appreciated.
   Thanks
   James

2. Krishna
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   Try to login again: http://caterpods.com/wp-login.php

3. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   Try:
   - switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme's folder inside wp-content/themes and adding "-old" to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

   - resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

   - re-uploading all files & folders - except the wp-content folder - from a fresh download of WordPress.

   - running the upgrade manually via wp-admin/upgrade.php

4. James Plane
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   Thanks so much for the responses.

   Hi Esmi.
   I tried option 1 & that didnt work so I proceeded to try re-uploading all of the files & folders except the wp-content folder & unfortunately the problem seems to have got a lot worse as i cant even access the site now & get this error message:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_FUNCTION in /home/content/47/7399747/html/caterpods/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1238

   I contacted godaddy who said my php needed to be upgraded to version 5.3 which I have now done, although the problem still remains. I am asking godaddy if they can just reinstall my files from the version earlier in the week & they are yet to reply / agree. If I am unable to do this do you have any ideas?
   Thanks

5. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   You can restore your own files on GoDaddy from your history tab in the file manager

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   Sounds like you still have corrupted files. Did you re-upload using a fresh copy of WordPress? Did you delete the old files & folder before re-uploading the new ones? If the answer to either question is "No", try again with a fresh copy.

7. James Plane
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #
   

   Everything now sorted! I restored the files using the history tab on godaddy as suggested, made a backup & then deactivated all of the plugins before I reinstalled 3.4.2.

   Thanks to all for the prompt responses, much appreciated. Apologies for the ignorance on my part when making updates, will certainly learn from this one.

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