ok great, i’ll give it a go. Thanks for all your help,
no joy. still can’t get passed the loop <Database Update Required>, then <Update Complete>
Something must be missing in your WordPress files then and your database hasn’t fully updated.
First try this : Replace WordPress files
1 – Get the latest WordPress zip (or tar.gz) file.
2 – Unpack the zip file that you downloaded.
3 – Deactivate plugins.
4 – Delete the old wp-includes and wp-admin directories on your web host (through your FTP or shell access).
5 – Using FTP or your shell access, upload the new wp-includes and wp-admin directories to your web host, in place of the previously deleted directories.
6 – Upload the individual files from the new wp-content folder to your existing wp-content folder, overwriting existing files. Do NOT delete your existing wp-content folder. Do NOT delete any files or folders in your existing wp-content directory (except for the one being overwritten by new files).
7 – Upload all new loose files from the root directory of the new version to your existing wordpress root directory.
(Source http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress )
Failing that you might want to try manually changing the database version (db_version) in phpMyAdmin to 25824 which you’ll find in the wp_options table second page.
This is not recommended or best practice however and should only be done as a temporary measure.
If your site works again then back everything up to save all your pages posts and start again.
ok thanks for all the info. i am a complete novice when it comes to site building. I don’t really understand how to do all that, is there a video link that explains it all? i’m just reading about FTP.
I think i’ll just reinstall. Because my site is just links, will I loose all the info if I reinstall?
cheers
will I be able to edit my page from another computer? I have attempted to login from an android phone and it’s stuck on the same 2x page loop.
You could go to http://www.cuckoofilms.co.uk and “view source” code for each page, copy and save the content part of each page into a text file on your PC/Mac as it looks like you only have 4 or 5 pages anyway.
Backup your wp-content folder which includes your theme.
Then clear everything including your database in the 123 Reg admin panel, create a new database and then fresh WordPress installation.
Check to see if everything works ok, if it does put your theme and plugins back 1 by 1 starting with your theme.
I forgot to mention change hosts when your 123 Reg package comes up for renewal!
ok thanks. what do I change it to? That could have been the problem all a log as I’ve recently renewed it.
