found it. It was a permalink issue.
To fix I went into mySQL admin and into wp_options>permalink_structure.
Then I deleted permalink structure completely, and updated the URL’s under “siteurl.”
basically nothing happens when I try to log in, not even an error message. I tried manually changing the password under “wp_user” in the database per the instructions in the link above.
basically my homepage works, but interior pages do not…similar to the issue in this thread:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-requested-url-login-was-not-found-on-this-server-1?replies=19
which makes me think its a permalink issue?
haha, Im new to WP and PHP – didnt realize you could create dynamic menus…and good to know panther8.
thanks both for pointin’ me in the right direction!