TMucci

I like the maintenance page… excellent

I was thinking the same thing and I will do the steps in the extended instructions… just wanted to be sure

I really appreciate all your help, Thanks so much!

Not sure if you speak in public, but if you do and you would like some constructive feedback, I will be happy to return the favor.

okay… so I will have to upgrade in version order… and it looks like there are about 32 versions following mine — so I suspect that will take a while…or, is there a way to limit the number of upgrade stages (maybe it jumps in full sections — 2.8, 2.9. 3.0 etc.)

I will do whatever it takes to become current

I was able to solve the problem. I had noticed a post about not being able to access the admin panel and the solution was to use phyMyAdmin to edit the SQL database record — changing two lines (template and stylesheet) by renaming the theme to “default”.

Then the admin panel opened, as did the blog, only in the default theme. So, closed the panel and went back to the database, renamed the theme back to the original name (atahualpa3.2) using the same phyMyAdmin process.

I reopened the panel and the blog and everything is back to normal.

The page that described this process is at:
http://wordpress.shadowlantern.com/change-wordpress-theme-in-phpmyadmin/

Thanks for helping me with this… very appreciated and I will heed your advice and upgrade, even if I have to reformat the pages.

Here’s the reason for still the old version. I am using the Atahualpa 3.2 version of their theme. When I upgraded to the next version of WP, 2.8 or even 3.0 (I am not recalling exactly) all my deigned pages were all messed up an the site was literally a mess.

There were others with these problems — so I reverted back to WP 2.7.1 and did not change Atahualpa 3.2 to any thing new — just so I did not have to redo all the pages again.

If I can reinstall the 2.7.1 that would at least get me back to where I have been the last few years.

I agree that I should upgrade and that may be the only option if i can’t get a fresh copy of 2.7.1.

Okay… I will do that. I found my original WordPress 2.7.1 folder that I downloaded in 2010. I looked at the installation instructions from WP regarding a manual installation. I suspect I need to copy all the files and folders manually to replace the existing ones (first deleting them), making sure I don’t copy the wp-content folder.

I have a copy of my wp-confif.php file saved, as well.

Is there any other file or folder that you suggest I don’t delete or overwrite?

Before I do all of this, I will check the error logs.

I renamed the Atahualpa 3.2 theme and I renamed the plugins folder to plugins,hold and sill not able to access the WP administration page.

I also noticed that the install.php page launches when it cannot find my blog. Does this page show only for me or are my blog visitors getting the same page? If so, can they execute a reinstall from that page? That would be a problem, I would think.

I have not done the third item yet.

The domain is http://www.medianet-ny.com
the WP blog is at http://www.medianet-ny.com/wordpress/

this is where the problem is… I can’t get to the dashboard page nor to the blog itself. Something is stopping me.

I contacted my host and they can see the files (as can I) in all the subfolders as well, but they say the problem is with WP. I am using version 2.7.1 and just this past week it has stopped working.

My SQL database is there and I can see that, too. I backed up all my content and the config file.

Any thoughts on what to do next?