Blank screen after 12/26/14 update

  • Resolved Bob_DMP

    (@bob_dmp)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I haven’t been able to access my blog for several weeks (http://detroitmoviepalaces.com/blog/). It’s that blank screen that is mentioned in other posts. I looked through the blog subdirectory in the Yahoo File Manager for my site and noticed a lot of files that were updated on December 26, 2014. Was there something unique to this update that caused blank screens?

    Thanks,
    Bob

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Bob: When I do a view source on your page, I see `
    <script type=”text/javascript”>(function (d, w) {var x = d.getElementsByTagName(‘SCRIPT’)[0];var f = function () {var s = d.createElement(‘SCRIPT’);s.type = ‘text/javascript’;s.async = true;s.src = “//np.lexity.com/embed/YW/7c98e1418cff695659ac3d250e878ad3?id=74f4de957da1”;x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x);};w.attachEvent ? w.attachEvent(‘onload’,f) :w.addEventListener(‘load’,f,false);}(document, window));</script>`

    And when I try http://detroitmoviepalaces.com/blog/wp-admin/, I see a directory listing. If you have a backup of your site from earlier than Dec. 26, you might try restoring, then carefully updating again.

    Thread Starter Bob_DMP

    (@bob_dmp)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks for the suggestions.

    I’m just now getting back to this. I tried restoring the database using the instructions for phpMyAdmin at http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup. That didn’t do anything, and now at http://detroitmoviepalaces.com/blog/ I see a directory listing.

    Is there any way to create a new blog and pull the information from the database backup into this new blog? I don’t mind losing the theme, I’m just trying to figure out how to get about nine years of content back online.

    Thanks,
    Bob

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years, 10 months ago

    Bob: Your site is missing the index.php file that comes with WordPress. Grab a copy of the latest version from wordpress.org and upload it to your site. I think that will help.

    Thread Starter Bob_DMP

    (@bob_dmp)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    I tried that and now http://www.detroitmoviepalaces.com/blog/ is blank again, with the same source code that you noted before.

    I’m working with the WinSCP FTP tool, and I’m noticing a lot of differences between the contents of the 4.2.2 download, and what is on my host server. For example, the wp-admin folder on my host server has the subfolders css, network, and user. The wp-admin folder in the 4.2.2 download has those three subfolders plus subfolders named images, includes, js, and maint.

    Should I try to sync up the download directory with the /blog/ directory on my host server as much as possible?

    Thanks,
    Bob

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years, 10 months ago

    It appears you have a non-standard WP setup. You need to talk to your hosting provider.

    Thread Starter Bob_DMP

    (@bob_dmp)

    8 years, 9 months ago

    It’s working now. I guess I’ve been overly cautious about changing what was on the host server, because of the blank screen, which I never saw before. I just copied in everything from last December’s backup and the blog looks OK now: http://www.detroitmoviepalaces.com/blog/

    Thanks for all your suggestions.

    Bob

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