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# tdhs

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Starting over: will database be overwritten?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/)
 *  Thread Starter [tdhs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdhs/)
 * (@tdhs)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/#post-359508)
 * 80% has been reposted. I saved the website, so I could just copy paste the entries.
   Thanx everyone for the support.
 * Lesson 1: WP does indeed not overwrite an existing database.
    Lesson 2: do not
   upload an existing WP database when the WP you’re replacing was in a subfolder(
   or in both the root and the subfolder) and the new one is only in the root.
 * Those were I think the lessons learned, if I grasp what went wrong.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Starting over: will database be overwritten?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/)
 *  Thread Starter [tdhs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdhs/)
 * (@tdhs)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/#post-359491)
 * Yup… seems I’ll have to repost. When I upload my back up database the site is
   there, but the dashboard is gone.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Starting over: will database be overwritten?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/)
 *  Thread Starter [tdhs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdhs/)
 * (@tdhs)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/#post-359486)
 * Good luck I’ll need! :-O
 * In the worst case I’ll have to repost a lot of stuff. It’ll cost me an evening,
   that’s it.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Starting over: will database be overwritten?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/)
 *  Thread Starter [tdhs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdhs/)
 * (@tdhs)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/#post-359482)
 * I’m gonna try to reinstall now. If I fail I’ll upload the backup again. Thanx
   for your input 🙂
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Starting over: will database be overwritten?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/)
 *  Thread Starter [tdhs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdhs/)
 * (@tdhs)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-over-will-database-be-overwritten/#post-359477)
 * The site works (at least I hope it works for everyone!). Did you see anything
   wrong with it?
 * I have to upgrade to the latest version for the security issues.
 * When I started with WP, I installed wordpress in a subfolder called /weblog, 
   and not in the root. I then moved the site to the root. What I did not succeed
   in though was correctly placing the wordpress files in the root directory. The
   files are now both in the root and the /weblog and the admin, includes and content
   folder are still in the /weblog. The site works miracliously, but the installation
   was not as it should be. Now the upgrade won’t work.
 * I did read the instructions for moving to the root, but I don’t really grasp 
   it I guess.
 * Anyway: starting over sounds quite interesting now!
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [2.0.2 Is out](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/202-is-out/)
 *  [tdhs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdhs/)
 * (@tdhs)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/202-is-out/page/2/#post-353661)
 * I encountered the same problem as shakemusic. Since the initial installation 
   of WP was more luck than knowledge (I have the wordpress files in both the root
   and my /weblog folder and deleting any single file completely screws everything
   up), that scared the **** out of me! :-0 So I put back the old files and I’ll
   try again later.

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