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OK Problem solved! We run multiple blogs and we were VERY careful to check that the uninstall, export and import were from the correct domain. If you get it wrong the damage may be permanent. It’s a bit off crossed-fingers situation and you will have to reload themes, widgets, plugins, but it’s all automated, so:

1) Make a note of all widgets, plugins, themes, etc you are using. You will end up with a completely clean relaunch of your blog WITH ALL POSTS AND COMMENTS INSTALLED! If you have specific code/text in widgets, you can copy and paste it into a text editor on your pc.

2) On dashboard, export your blog contents as an XML file to your pc.

3) We use hostpapa, so the instructions here are for their service. Your webhost will probably be slightly (or vastly) different, but some option must available to achieve the following: Open your webhosting control panel, select Fantastico, then click on WordPress on the lists on the left. This will offer you the option of removing/uninstalling WordPress – do so!

4) You then need to return to the control panel and click on Fantastico and click on WordPress again – this allows Fantastico to update itself with the removal of WordPress. It will therefore offer you the chance to put WordPress on as a new installation – do so!

5) You will be asked for user name and password as you were when you first installed WordPress. Using the same name and password will prevent confusion in the future, but is probably contrary to the advice some security buffs would suggest!

6) You can now log in to your dashboard as before. Just go check out those pages that didn’t work before! Now use the import option to bring back all your posts, comments etc. You can then start adding the themes, widgets, etc you used before. Beware, if one of those widgets caused the problem, it may well do so again. One happy side effect is that you have automatically upgraded your WordPress!

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