Title: beta 2 install.. went wrong. help? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # beta 2 install.. went wrong. help? * [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * (@scooter) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/) * i installed the beta 2, by backing up my index.php and uploading all the appropriate files. but now my site will not display the comments themselves, the site name, and the posts themselves. you can view my site @ [http://www.jezzjournal.com](http://www.jezzjournal.com) i would really hate to lose my database, i would hope this is something that is easily fixable. I checked all the config.php files (wp and b2) and they seem to be in order. ideas? i’ve left it as the basic index.php right now, so it’s the basic install package. i did move the style sheets around, so thats why it’s not showing the design. please help! 🙂 Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [Michael Heilemann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michael/) * (@michael) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23634) * You were using WP072B1 before right? And that worked? * Thread Starter [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * (@scooter) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23644) * yes, it worked fine…. and then when i installed beta 2, where i was instructed just to overwrite the files, this is what happened… i would really love for someone to help me fix it! 🙂 * [Mike Little](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikelittle/) * (@mikelittle) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23651) * scooter, I don’t think your data has gone because you can see the first few words of each post here [http://www.jezzjournal.com/b2rdf.php](http://www.jezzjournal.com/b2rdf.php) But I don’t know what has gone wrong. A couple of points. You no longer need b2config.php , the code is no longer using that file. Secondly can you see your posts and their contents on the post/edit admin page? Finally, it is probably worth having a quick check over your template. * [Lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisa/) * (@lisa) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23652) * Odd, mine is doing that as well. Even when you click on a link with comments, the comments don’t show up, only the number next to it. I can’t see the content of the posts in the admin panel either. * [paulzag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulzag/) * (@paulzag) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23666) * scooter If you didn’t backup your database you should now anyway before fooling around any more. # mysqldump –opt b2databasename > backupname.sql will do it from a command line * [Lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisa/) * (@lisa) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23667) * Yeah, my database is fine too. I wish I had more ideas, but I’ve already tried what you tried too (re-installing, uploading all the files again, etc). Still not working. * Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/) * (@matt) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23669) * Found the problem. For a temporary fix turn smilies on. * Thread Starter [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * (@scooter) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23674) * i suppose this problem will be fixed in the next beta, of course? 🙂 * [Lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisa/) * (@lisa) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23675) * Thanks Allusion. 🙂 * Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/) * (@matt) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23679) * Yes, I suppose fixing it would be a good idea. 😉 * Thread Starter [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * (@scooter) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23789) * meh, you can always just leave it in for fun? 😉 * [lars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lars/) * (@lars) * [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23973) * I just upgraded from .72 Beta 1 to Beta 2 and got the same problem. WordPress Support to the rescue! I found the solution here in less than two minutes, which is fantastic. Just to clarify the fix for newbies like me: in the admin interface under **General blog settings** set **use_smilies** to **true**. Thanks! /Lars Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘beta 2 install.. went wrong. help?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [lars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lars/) * Last activity: [22 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-install-went-wrong-help/#post-23973) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics