Upgrade WP problems

  • Avrohomd

    (@avrohomd)


    12 years, 10 months ago

    Hello!

    Please help. I have been trying to avoid this: upgrading my WP site. So I have a 2.8.5 WP version.

    Well, I finally have made the jump. I downloaded the new version: 3.1.3

    I have tried to carefully follow the instructions:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress

    I deactivated all of my plugins.

    (BTW, I don’t understand this note:

    Upload all new loose files from the root directory of the new version to your existing wordpress root directory.

    NOTE – you should replace all the old WordPress files with the new ones ….. and in the root directory (such as index.php, wp-login.php and so on). Don’t worry – your wp-config.php will be safe.

    Does this mean you replace the wp-config.php file with the new one?)

    Anyhow, whenever I try to see my site: http://choveveitzion.com/ (or the dashboard) – now I get this error:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ‘)’ in /home/vol12/xtreemhost.com/xth_7584208/choveveitzion.com/htdocs/wp-includes/link-template.php on line 2295

    Which I guess is this line:

    function get_dashboard_url( $user_id, $path = '', $scheme = 'admin' ) {

    Please advise! I would like to get my site back up!

    Avrohom

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Does this mean you replace the wp-config.php file with the new one?)

    No.

    Try:
    – switching to the Twenty Ten theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes 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.

    – re-running the upgrade manually using wp-admin/upgrade.php.

    govpatel

    (@govpatel)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Did you follow instructions replace all files and folders except for wp-content folder and wp-config.php file.

    Thread Starter Avrohomd

    (@avrohomd)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Sounds like I have a big job ahead of me.

    (If the wp-config.php file is not replaced — isn’t this page of instructions how to upgrade — written misleading?)

    Thread Starter Avrohomd

    (@avrohomd)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Yes govpatel.

    However it seems something went wrong the first time I downloaded the new version of WP. I only had the three folders of :

    Admin
    Content
    Includes

    but none of the small files along with these folders. So I downloaded the new version of WP again. And this time I saw everything.

    I had already uploaded my first version. Content and Includes were the right size — so I left them alone. But Admin was the wrong size. So I deleted Admin and uploaded the new version of Admin along with all the small files (wp-app, etc)

    So I guess esmi is on target that I should try the process all over again.

    govpatel

    (@govpatel)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    (If the wp-config.php file is not replaced — isn’t this page of instructions how to upgrade — written misleading?)

    It is not as on your when download a fresh wordpress you will not see wp-config.php file in the download as the file is only created when you install wordpress.

    Thread Starter Avrohomd

    (@avrohomd)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    govpatel — Brilliant! Now why didn’t I see that.

    Thread Starter Avrohomd

    (@avrohomd)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Esme, I made some modifications based on your third suggestion:

    I deleted the

    wp-includes

    folder and reuploaded it. And now my site is working.

    Thank you!

    BTW, one of the reasons I updated my WP is that I don’t see in the left column an option to add a new plugin. But now, even with the update, I still don’t see this option. Any tips?

    Also, I have been using the plugin: cforms II which I like very much. But with my current webhost, I don’t get emails when forms are filled out. But with my old version (2.8.5) at least I could see the table of Tracking Form Data. But after the update, I don’t see this table anymore.

    I am now updating the plugin to a more recent version. Might this help?

    Thread Starter Avrohomd

    (@avrohomd)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Ahhh… Second problem solved…

    After updating the cforms plugin — now I see the tracking table!

    Now just what about the “add plugin” option?

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