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 14 replies - 16 through 29 (of 29 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/?output_format=md) 2 * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159757) * Nothing, if you’re using the old one, that is fine. Can you access the admin area? * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159760) * I can’t access anything. Admin, images, etc. Nothing. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159761) * This [thread](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=24814) might be useful. Do lookup and see how it goes. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159762) * I can’t CHMOD my files to a number in my FTP program. I still can’t delete my htaccess file, either. This is baffling. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159763) * Are you on Windows server? * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159764) * I don’t know :[ * I was able to change the CHMOD on my cPanel (realized that right after I posted). Still can’t access the site. * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159765) * Yay! I was able to delete .htaccess on my cPanel. The site now shows up, but when I click on a post, I get an error (probably because the .htaccess is gone). Now, what do I do — upload the old .htaccess, create a new one, or something else? * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159766) * Hey, it’s working =) Congratulations! * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159767) * Also, my previous layout is gone (I was using Kubrick for WP 1.2.2). Is there any way to get that back, or is it gone? (It wasn’t a huge loss, just the background color, sidebar color and logo, but I’m curious if there’s an easy way to recover that). * Also, I’d just like to say thanks again, chetan. I really do appreciate the help, and you’ll be getting some “dap” on my blog whenever I figure this thing out. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159768) * Upload the .htaccess file that you have. See if it works okay. If not, just create a new one (from Permalinks section under options). * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159769) * You said you’ve backed-up everything, so you should have all the files. Create a new theme of your taste later when things settle down (don’t modify the default, that way you’ll always have atleast one working theme) * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159770) * Old htaccess works!!! So exciting. 1.5 looks nice. * So, final question: is there any way to recover my old layout? I like to change it every 3 months or so, so would it be easier to do the new way in 1.5? * Thread Starter [promohthree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/promohthree/) * (@promohthree) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159771) * OK, new theme. I don’t know how to do that, but hey, I can read up on that. Thanks so much for your help, chetan. I’ll be linking to your blog in my next post. * [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * (@chetan) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159772) * Here’s [a link](http://www.redalt.com/Tools/kubrickr.php) to customize your header. Viewing 14 replies - 16 through 29 (of 29 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/?output_format=md) 2 The topic ‘Upgrade problem’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 29 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Chetan Kunte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetan/) * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-2/page/2/#post-159772) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics