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1. gezellig-girl
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I followed this upgrade procedure to the letter: http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress#How_to_Upgrade_in_Five_Steps

   I got to step 4 -- "Visit your blog's Upgrade Page ( http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php ) and follow the instructions that are displayed." -- and I got a blank page. My site (http://gezellig-girl.com) is also a blank page.

   [Edited to add: I didn't actually try to go to example.com, just so that's clear. I went to gezellig-girl.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php.]

   What the f--k?!

2. spencerp
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You should have followed these instructions though:

   What's your MySql database version? 2.1 requires version 4.0.0 or higher to run it..

   spencerp

3. pfigg
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You need to use the specific URL that points to the upgrade path:

   http://gezellig-girl.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php

   -ptfigg.

4. gezellig-girl
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   pfigg: My specific URL includes the /blog/ in it. http://gezellig-girl.com/blog/wp-admin brings me to my dashboard.

   spencerp: Where would I find that?

5. pfigg
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Ok then:

   http://gezellig-girl.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php

6. gezellig-girl
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Yep. Still a blank page, though.

7. spencerp
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   When logging into your phpMyAdmin.

   spencerp

8. gezellig-girl
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Um... what? I'm sorry; I think you're gonna have to dumb it down a notch for me.

   I do most stuff through my /wp-admin/ page -- which is currently a big blank. Is MySQL something I can upload directly via FTP? (And if so, where in the directory would it need to go?)

9. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   MySQL (which is the database type that stores all your content) should be in the admin interface of your site (not WP). If the blog worked till now, it means you have it.
   And phpMyadmin is a tool, usually installed by your host, wich helps to manage the database.

10. gezellig-girl
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Okay, let me see if I get this. MySQL is usually installed by my host (in this case, Yahoo)?

    [Meanwhile, I'm just going to revert to 2.0 until I sort this out.]

11. moshu
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Oh, no! Y. again... that's a special case. Maybe someone else can help. Nothing works as normal on Y.

12. gezellig-girl
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Well, now I'm stumped. I replaced all the /wp-admin/ files with a new download of 2.0.7 and I still get a blank.

13. UncouthRanting
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Check your permissions to make sure it is readable by the web server.

14. gezellig-girl
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    As far as I can tell, everything seems to be on as far as read/write permissions go.

15. ghedipunk
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    The reason why it isn't showing any error messages is probably because of security settings in PHP's configuration.

    I'm getting a major problem as well (upgrading from 2.0.7 to 2.1). Fortunately, I know what the error message is:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function: add_filter() in (snip)public_html/blog/wp-includes/default-filters.php on line 4

    Which is simple enough: the add_filters function is missing. Without the right settings in PHP, though, I would be staring at a blank screen site-wide just like gezellig-girl is seeing.

    The next step is to re-download WP and see if I just downloaded a bad copy.

16. gidibao
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Hello ghedipunk,
    I followed the upgrade procedure to the letter (upgrading from 2.0.7 to 2.1) but I'm getting your problem too.
    I have replaced the default-filters.php with a new one... Fatal error again!

    server Linux
    PHP 4.4.4
    MySQL 4.1.21-standard

    Is it possible? I'm going crazy :D

    regards

17. Samuel B
    moderator
    Posted 5 years ago #

    @ gazelle-girl
    I see your upgrade link just fine here:
    http://gezellig-girl.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php
    Ans your fine looking site displays just fine here:
    http://gezellig-girl.com/blog/

    Did you fix it and if so how for others?
    Or are you still not seeing things?

18. Samuel B
    moderator
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Blank screens on installs are usually indicative of low php memory. Your host will have the settings at 4M or 8M (default) - ask them to bump it to 16M. Most will.
    This only seems to be an issue with certain server configs.

19. abisel
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    while upgrading from 2.0 --> 2.1
    got gezellig-girl symptoms here. and i am on yahoo as well

    i wonder if gezellig-girl figured it out or just went back to 2.0. hope she informs us.

    samboll, i was sick with hosting providers going bust in the past thats why went for Y.

    would you have any clue how i could contact Y to ask them to increase my php memory its mystery to me.

20. Samuel B
    moderator
    Posted 5 years ago #

    @ abisel
    I do installs for install4free. I won't touch a yahoo install any more - too frustrating. I haven't a clue how you would contact them

21. gezellig-girl
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Eventually, I just went and replaced all my files with older versions I had archived.

    Right now, I'm in the middle of asking Yahoo why their "automatic updates", well, aren't. I thought they've been updating my version of WP all along, but in fact I've been using 2.0.2 for who knows how long.

22. abisel
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    gezellig-girl

    did you have any modified Locale.php file in wp-includes directory? if so that could be the suspect

    in my case it was.

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