Title: Upgrade problem Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Upgrade problem * [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/) * Here’s my website: * [http://www.promohthree.com/](http://www.promohthree.com/) * As instructed here ([http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrade_1.2_to_1.5](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrade_1.2_to_1.5)) I upgraded from 1.2 to 1.5. I deleted every WP-related filed except for wp-config. php. I ran the upgrade, and now my page is not working. Any ideas what the problem could be and how I could go about fixing it? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 29 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159741) * The only files I didn’t delete were .htaccess and index.php. Should I have deleted either (I uploaded the new index.php over the old one)? If this is the problem, can I delete them now, re-upload the index, and be OK, or do I need to put my back-ups back up? * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159742) * Yes, make a backup of that index.php on your local computer but delete from the server, then upload the index.php from WP1.5 pack (this index file is very different from the one you have). The actual index.php. Retain htaccess if you’re not changing the permalink structure. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159743) * Thanks for replying. * When I initially did the upgrade from 1.2.2 to 1.5 I still uploaded the 1.5 index. php, I just didn’t delete the old one. Still, I just deleted the index.php and uploaded the 1.5 one to be sure, and I’m getting the same error. Any other ideas? * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159744) * The actual index.php (that you see on your website) will now get loaded from the theme folder in WP1.5. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159745) * Delete first and then upload. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159746) * I just went into my error log and saw what’s below (like 50-100 times). I am really a novice at this stuff, so I have no idea how to fix what’s wrong. * [Fri Mar 4 02:13:49 2005] [alert] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] /editedout/.htaccess: RewriteRule: bad flag delimiters * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159747) * then run the upgrade script as mentioned in the [Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress). * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159748) * So wait, should I delete everything again and re-upload WP 1.5 (which I’ve already done once)? If I do do this, do I delete everything (including .htaccess) except for wp-config.php? * Sorry, just want to be clear on how to proceed. Thanks so much for your help. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159749) * No need I guess, unless things are not working. You can make a copy of htaccess also (if you like) and delete from server (to be uploaded later when your blog starts to work normal again). Try running upgrade script first, see if it works. If not, all files have not been uploaded properly (also don’t worry about the db, it’s there until you connect to it). * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159750) * I just deleted everything, re-upped 1.5, tried to access wp-upgrade and got the same error. * I’ll try getting rid of .htaccess now. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159751) * WS_FTP won’t let me delete .htaccess. This is screwy. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159752) * Just so you know, when I first uploaded the 1.5 files, I was able to access the wp-upgrade file fine. There was an error thing at the top, but everything beneath it was fine. I ran the upgrade, it said I was good to go, and then I got the 500 error when I tried to access my site. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159753) * What exactly is the error you get? Also in the new upload, did you update your wp-config.php according to your setup? * Try [smartftp](http://smartftp.com/) or FireFtp plugin for Firefox. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159754) * Also, I copied my entire site to my hard drive before upgrading. I also saved backups of the site and the databases from my cpanel. So I have those available if anyone has any ideas that would require me starting from scratch. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/#post-159755) * What should I have done with my wp-config.php? I just made sure it was there before uploading my 1.5 files. 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