Warning messages & lost theme

  • Resolved neilcamp

    (@neilcamp)


    13 years, 8 months ago

    I am unable to get one of my add-on domains to show up in my browser. I am able to log into the WP-Admin Dashboard, and all posts, pages seem to be there, BUT there are warning messages all over the place like this on the Dashboard:

    Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /home/neilccom/public_html/copingwithpanicattacksinfo.com/wp-includes/theme.php on line 513<

    I have LOST the theme that I had previously installed. There is now no theme at all and when I try to re-install the theme, I get warning messages like this:

    Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/neilccom/public_html/copingwithpanicattacksinfo.com/wp-admin/includes/theme-install.php on line 492

    Then when I tried to reinstall the theme I got another warning:

    Downloading install package from http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/twentyten.1.1.zip…
    Unpacking the package…
    Installing the theme…
    Could not create directory. /home/neilccom/public_html/copingwithpanicattacksinfo.com/wp-content/themes/twentyten/
    Theme install failed.

    This all happened after I had used FileZilla to upload some videos for use on my site, which I was subsequently unable to embed. Maybe I uploaded them to the wrong place and this has upset the applecart. When I view the files on my website via FileZilla, I notice that My add-on domain is in two places, the additional place being under a directory called WWW. Is this correct?

    I am really worried now as I have just spent time pinging search engines that I have just updated the site and they won’t even be able to access it.

    It has just occurred to me that my WordPress installation may be corrupt. Is this possible? I can access & edit all my posts and pages through WP-Admin (which is also where I can see all the warning messages) but get a blank screen when trying to preview anything.

    If it is corrupt, can I reinstall it without losing all my data? I have copies of all my posts and pages input in a text file.

    I would be grateful for any help.

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  • Moderator cubecolour

    (@numeeja)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    This is difficult to troubleshoot without sight of the site, but my best guess on the information you have provided is that it sounds like you may have inadvertently dragged a directory to a different location whilst in filezilla.

    Do you still have a wp-content directory at the same level as wp-admin? & if so does it still contain the themes directory? If it does, but your theme is missing from the themes directory, download a new copy of the theme, unzip it & then upload it using filezilla. Otherwise locate where the wp-content or themes directory is now & drag it back in place.

    However, if you have accidentally deleted the directory, download a new WordPress installation zip, extract it and upload the missing directory.

    Thread Starter neilcamp

    (@neilcamp)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Hello! Many thanks for your helpful reply.

    I have two wp-content directories. One is at the same level as wp-admin and has sub directories of Upgrade and Uploads only. The other one is a sub directory of wp-admin and has sub directories Plugins, Themes, Upgrade and Uploads

    Should I delete the directory at the same level as wp-Admin and then drag the other one to fill the position of the deleted one? Or are they both supposed to be there?

    Thread Starter neilcamp

    (@neilcamp)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Hello Cubecolour

    I moved the two sub directories (Plugins & Themes) from the wp-admin sub directory (wp-content) to the wp-content (same level as wp-admin) directory, but left the sub directory wp-content of directory wp-admin (ie the one at the lower level) with the two Upgrade & Uploads directories.

    It worked perfectly. The only thing that I need to know now is whether to delete the lower level wp-content directory. Also, is there some way I can back up my WordPress files?

    My very sincere appreciation to you for both your prompt reply and your great help. I was really worried and am most grateful for your assistance.

    Moderator cubecolour

    (@numeeja)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    I’m glad it has worked for you. If the second directory (within wp-admin) is empty it will be safe to delete, however if you have any doubts or are generally wary of deleting things (like I am), maybe rename it to delete-wp-content & check that everything is fine before deleting it.

    You can do a full file backup of the site using an FTP application such as filezilla to store a local copy of the files on your PC/mac. I go one step further than this and use XAMPP as a local web server on my mac to run a cloned copy of each site I have created.

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