FTP into your site and delete the wp-content/themes/wpfullsite folder. That should activate the default theme and get you back in.
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mathmo
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cheers! but after I tried that…. I got this (with H1 markup!) at mysite.com:
Error establishing a database connection
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edit: I’m a moron! Of course it couldn’t establish a DB connection as I changed the mysql password :s
But once I fixed that in the configure file it still doesn’t work
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mathmo
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I’ve decided to delete everything on the webserver and and replace it with a fresh wordpress download
hopefully this will work? will only need to reupload the a few themes and put back the google analytics code
that is if I keep my fingers crossed the mysql database is fine and won’t need to be fixed, as that is holding all the posts in it :s
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update: I’ve done a completely clean reinstall from a wordpress downloaded off this site only a few minutes ago, yet still I’m getting everything as completely blank!
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mathmo
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getting very worrying as I’ve now found a total of FOUR people have written about more or less exactly the same problem, all in the space of just a few hours:
Myself:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/368205
VevisoEnterprises:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36783
kalanyuz:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/367948
Aga1:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/368148
Given that there have already more than 5 million downloads of WP 2.9 – many by people with little or no technical expertise – 3* threads in a few hours where people have experienced early install/theme activation problems isn’t bad going. It certainly doesn’t hint at any bugs or core issues. If that was the case, there would be hundreds of threads in a few hours.
1. Did you empty out the database when you re-installed?
2. Have you tried setting up a new database?
3. Did you install any themes or plugins?
* The VevisoEnterprises topic was over 4 years old.
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mathmo
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I don’t want to empty out the database as I’d lose all the posts that have been made
I haven’t installed any themes or plugins on the new reinstallation as I can’t even access wp-admin!
As for VevisoEnterprise, a typo is there (left a one off):
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/367831
(which IS only a few hours before my problems, but yes… I do get your point that if it is a bug/core issue then you’d see many more, however I still think it is a somewhat odd coincidence)
I had the same issue (trying to activate Buddymatic after using Thematic Power Blog with Buddypress installed).
You can manually select a different installed theme by changing the fields “template” and “stylesheet” in the table “wp_options” in MySQL. Simply enter the folder name of the theme.
I’ve got my site and admin interface back. Phew!
