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  • Hi, all. Very new to WordPress and I know practically nothing about PHP, so I hope you guys can help.
    I’m trying to get my blog up and running and read that the easiest way to change a style was to install the style switcher plugin. So I downloaded it and began to follow the steps. I couldn’t find a “Plugin” option anywhere on the admin screen. When I began to poke around, lo and behold, there’s no plugin.php file on my server.
    There was also no wp-content directory, or wp-styles directory.
    I’m running WordPress 1.0.2, installed by Scripta through my cPanel. What’s going on here? Do these directories and the plugin.php file have to be made by hand?
    Thanks for your help!

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  • 1.0.2 is pretty old now, the current version being 1.2mingus (and it has been for at least 3 months)
    Back in the ‘old days’ we used a my-hacks file to customise, now – with 1.2 – we use the plugins. That explains why your file structure is wrong.
    Upgrading to 1.2 is necessary first I’m afraid.

    How to upgrade:
    http://faq.wordpress.net/view.php?p=30
    But post again if you do want to and you need any more info.

    Thread Starter DevonTT

    (@devontt)

    Thanks for the info. From the link you provided, it looks like upgrading it manually may be a bit buggy. I’m going to ask my hosting service to upgrade it on their server before trying anything else. They’re usually pretty responsive, so hopefully it will happen soon. 🙂
    I’ll probably (almost certainly) be back for more help soon. 🙂
    Cheers

    Devon, plugin capabilities wasn’t avail in that version of WP. 1.2 was the first time it was.
    TG

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