mickey65

My blog is now working again with the 3.1.3 upgrade.

i did the following:
1. i copied all of my actual posts from the blog to a text file and saved to my pc.

2. i copied all text from widgets to different text files and saved on my pc.

3. i copied all text from misc pages to different text files and saved on my pc.

i had everything i needed at this point.

I called my hosting company again.

i told him all of the things i had done/tried.

i gave him permission to get into my cpanel and delete the BLOG. i asked him and he said it was possible that each time i deleted the blog and then recreated it, some files may not have been deleted when i did it.

he did it and made sure there were gone.

then he created a test blog on my domain. he created 2 pages, 2 posts and had the default theme. NO plugins

then he upgraded to 3.1.3 and changed the permalinks from default to custom. he tested it and everything worked.

after i got off the phone, i created the blog again for the umpteenth time.

with the default them, i created 2 misc pages and 2 posts. they all worked. then i did the upgrade and things still were working.

then i changed the permalinks from default to custom and checked things out and everything was still working.

next i changed the default theme to my theme and tested everything. it all was working.

so at this point, i have a new blog with my theme, 2 misc pages and 2 posts and running on 3.3.1

then i began to install my plugins. i did them 1 at a time and after each install/activation, i would load the blog and see if it worked or not. EVERYTHING appears to be working as it is suppose to.

you can essentially do the same thing i did. it may take some time to copy your posts, pages and info from your widgets, but if it resolves the problem, then it is worth the time.

i was on the phone for maybe 20 mins with tech support and then in less than 30 mins, i had the blog recreated and everything added.

hope this helps

well i went into my cpanel and deleted my blog. all files were deleted.

created a new blog. no plugins were installed.

used the default theme and did the upgrade. anything other than the default permalinks setting still gives a 404 error and very little works, like when adding new page.

so even a fresh install does not fix the problem.

apparently nobody from wordpress has even seen our messages about the issues. if anyone knows how to actually contact wordpress support, please let us know, so we can make them aware of this.

sorry, but i dont buy that for a minute. my blog worked perfectly until i upgraded to 3.1.3.

all themes worked, all plugins worked, all links worked, all pages worked. site configs worked, server setup worked.

maybe because you have not had an issue with it, you are just lucky.

there are too many other people who have had problems and all of us cant be doing the same thing wrong.

there is a problem with 3.1.3 and it needs to be addressed by someone who can fix it, so our blogs go back to working properly.

anyone have any ideas on how to make wordpress tech support aware of our problems with the upgrade?

does anyone from wordpress tech support see our comments about the problems after we have upgraded to 3.1.3?

this really is getting to be a frustrating problem after all the hard work and time we have put into setting up our blogs and trying to make them something special and useful to others.