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1. caorg
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Please help!

   My site has been up and running for around 9 months now.

   Somebody told me they could jazz it up for me and I foolishly let him have full access. He didn't mean any harm but he thought it better to change the site to some other system other than WordPress.

   Consequently, I lost control of it......because he is not very reliable etc.

   Well, I have just put it back to WordPress. I downloaded it (version 3.1.1) and unzipped it.

   Last time, if I remember rightly, it auto-installed. But this time it hasn't.

   Also, I cannot enter into WordPress Codex......it keeps saying that the password is wrong. No facility comes up on screen for 'lost password' - ie where your password is emailed to you.

   How the hell do I get into Codex? Or get a new password?

   To reiterate: (1) WP is downloaded but how do I get it to install? (2) What can I do about the password situation?

   Please help!!

   I am not very savvy!

2. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   (1) WP is downloaded but how do I get it to install?

   You may replace your copies of everything EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies. This should replace your core files without changing your content and settings in wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory.
   - re-running the upgrade manually using wp-admin/upgrade.php.

   (2) What can I do about the password situation?

   - http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble

3. caorg
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   "should replace your core files without changing your content and settings"
   Thanks.....sounds logical - even to a layman like me!
   But how exactly do I run the upgrade manually using "wp-admin/upgrade.php"?
   In my search for solutions, I read somewhere that you paste it into your internet browser.
   But this doesn't work.....I keep getting "...cannot display the webpage".
   So how -

   exactly

   - do I run the upgrade manually?
   You guys are great......but I told you I was a layman!

4. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   
   

5. t-p
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You are welcome!

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