Title: Missing content after restoring files
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Missing content after restoring files

 *  [bawtrygolfclub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bawtrygolfclub/)
 * (@bawtrygolfclub)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-40/)
 * _[Topic modified – “Help needed” isn’t a useful topic]_
 * I managed to accidentally delete my entire website folder from the ftp. I have
   since re-copied over a backup and the site is nearly back up and running bar 
   some plugins missing etc
 * The main issue I now have though is non of the pages other than the home page
   are working
 * [http://www.bawtrygolfclub.co.uk/weddings/](http://www.bawtrygolfclub.co.uk/weddings/)
 * I am fairly new to wordpress and myphp so I would be really greatful for some
   help please
 * Thanks

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 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-40/#post-4278385)
 * Have the pages been successfully imported from a database or xml file? Are you
   able to see the pages you’re looking for when you log into your admin area and
   go to the ‘Pages > All Pages’ or ‘Posts > All Posts’ screens?
 * If the posts are there and you can view them by clicking ‘View Post’, then you
   could look at two things which might be simple fixes:
 * a) It might be a problem where your permalinks need updating. Go to Settings 
   > Permalinks in the admin area and choose the format you want, then click the
   Save Changes button.
 * b) Make sure the actual links to the content match the links in your custom menu
   section. Appearance > Menus
    If it’s unclear, then create a new menu to test 
   it out.
 * On the other hand, if the posts are not in your admin area, then you’ll need 
   to tell us exactly what steps you followed to restore them. Let us know!
 *  Thread Starter [bawtrygolfclub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bawtrygolfclub/)
 * (@bawtrygolfclub)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-40/#post-4278423)
 * Your first suggestion worked. Once i disabled permalinks I was able to use my
   pages as they did appear In my admin. I tried to re enable the permalinks and
   now I can’t even access the site.
 * Any suggestions please.
 *  Thread Starter [bawtrygolfclub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bawtrygolfclub/)
 * (@bawtrygolfclub)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-40/#post-4278425)
 * Sorry just to clarify. I disabled permalinks and used the default page strings
   and I was able to get all the pages to work. I then tried to use permalinks again
   and now I a unable to access my site. Do I need to change something in MySQL 
   to enable me to gain access again.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [bawtrygolfclub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bawtrygolfclub/)
 * (@bawtrygolfclub)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-40/#post-4278439)
 * I have the site working again. I deleted the web-config file and now the pages
   and site are loading
 * I still would like to re-enable permalinks so i have SEO friendly Urls so how
   do i go about doing this
 * Also all my media files seem to have broken links now and are no longer showing,
   i suspect the problem is related
 * Can anyone help please
 * Thanks

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