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  • I made the stupid mistake of upgrading to 1.3 without backing up my files.
    At first, it was working fine. Then out of nowhere, the whole thing basically crashed. I get a 500 server error trying to reach any file in my wordpress directory, even html files i uploaded there to test it.
    I’m not worried about losing my templates and stuff. But I’m worried about all the posts and comments. They should be safe and sound my SQL database, right? Would it be possible for me to completely delete my wp directory and start over again with 1.2 and get back my posts from the database?
    Thanks very much in advance!

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  • Before you do anything else make a backup of your database (mysqldump or something similar).

    A 500 error sounds like a hosting problem….
    In answer, yes, and no.
    The No is that the database will have now have the 1.3 structurem but that’s not an issue.
    The Yes is what you describe.
    Take an SQL backup first.
    Then download any files you modified.
    Then delete all the wp filies on the server,
    Then upload a new 1.2.1 install and run upgrade.php
    There’s some phpmyadmin stuff which may help here:
    http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress
    Odd error though, and I wouldn’t say it was a WP one.

    Thread Starter klintron

    (@klintron)

    Yeah, it seems really weird to me too. No one’s see this before?
    Thanks very much for the help, I’ll figure out how to do a mysqldump and then contact my host before reinstalling.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    Rboren is right in telling you to check your error_log . I just thought I’d explain a bit by saying that a 500 error is sent to your browser by the server and basically says “Miscellaneous error, see the server error log for more details”. So, your error_log (or whatever equivalent you host uses for a server error log) will point you in the right direction.

    Thread Starter klintron

    (@klintron)

    Cool, I deleted my .htaccess file and that solved the whole problem. Thanks!

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