jimwulff
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"Problem finally solved. I read many threads and tried many things. I think what was confusing was maybe mixing up database name and table names?
The combination that worked was for database name: database_table
and for DB user name: database_user name. I also had to go in MySQLdatabase and make sure I added my user name to the database.Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: still cant select databaseAfter 8 days, I finally succeeded in getting my blog back and running. I had to go into MySQLdatabase and make sure I added user to database. Then I opened the wp-config.php file in file manager and changed the DB user to database_user name and it worked!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"Otto:
The data tables were clearly there. We figured out how to open and edit the wp-config.php file. Changed the database so it was pointing to the one I want (the old one).
When I tried going in to my admin login page, it gave me the error message that it found the server, but could not select the database.
Also, when I compared the wp-config.php file in my site, with the file from my pre-catastrophe backup, the 4 main variables (DB_NAME, USER, PASSWORD, HOSTNAME) they are now exactly the same. Iss there something else I need to look at?
thx
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"So I backed up my databases a second time, deleted them from “MySQL”, and used the restore procedure. The restore appeared to be successful, so I logged back into site to test. When I got to the “my installs” page, I could see both the old (WP 3.8.1) and new (WP 4.0) installs. I tried both, and could connect to the server, but it could not find the “cacheolo_wor3091” database.
So it appears that something in the installed WP 4.0 is pointing to cacheolo_wor3091, but that is not the database I want to install. It was created when I upgraded to WP 4.0. Instead, I want to install a previous, pre-upgrade database. The earlier database was restored, at least I saw it in phpMyAdmin following the restoration and before I tried logging back in.
It was the upgrade that wiped out my old site and put me into a series of Jetpack startup screens (someone said it might be because of a redirect plugin, but since I can’t acccess my old site, I can’t see what plugins might have been installed.
So…should I uninstall WP 4.0?
Should I try and restore the .tar file (the big one that has the enitre CPanel, files etc.)?
Any help would be appreciated.
thx
JimForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"OK. Thanks for all the advice!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"Jan:
Followed instructions on “restore your database.” Got an error message that database already exists, cannot create database. Does this mean I should delete all three databases before importing the sql database file?
thx
JimForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"I think I’ll run the import, after I make an additional copy of my database and site files. Still need to know:
1) should I delete those other database tables Wor1 and Wor3061, before or after the import process?
2) what about the site backup file? When/how do I re-import that?
thx
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"Lee:
If I go to dashboard, I have to go through the Jetpack step where it says “publish and go to your dashboard.” I think this might generate yet another installation, so I’m not sure I want to do that. I probably wouldn’t see any posts because the site is a “clean slate.”
Jim
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"JaN:
I did make a backup. Do I just go into the phpmyAdmin of the site in its “just installed” state and “import” the database file?Is there a similar step for re-setting the entire site as well? (I ask this because the upgrade instructions stressed making 2 backups: database and site, and I backed up both.
thx,
jimForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"Thanks Lee. I will look into whether there is a plugin doing that. Don’t know if it would show up in the “just installed” state. I guess if I reinstall my old database, it might show up.
Thx for last bit of advice. I guess I got careless. Wonder if I can delete that post, somehow.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"A couple more questions:
1) I did the 2 different backups recommended (site, database). One is a “tar” file and very large (140 mb). Other is smaller (2.3 mb) and a sql file. I want to import the sql file, correct?2) also: when I try to go into my wp-admin file, I am routed to a Jetpack entry screen that wants me to connect with social media button. I know it will lead me to Hello World! Is this the path I need to take, or is there a bypass (to get to where I can access wp.config.php)?
thx
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I upgraded to WordPress 4.0 and now I'm back to "Hello World"I meant cacheology.net
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