WP 2.5 upgrade mess

So have you upload the new copy of wp2.5 to your server, including the new wp-includes & wp-admin directory? Also, rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php, and edit the settings in there, then run the upgrading process again.

Ok, I uploaded the wp 2.5 to the same place I had uploaded the previous version. I did nothing to the wp-includes & wp-admin directory except delete their content before uploading wp 2.5. I didn’t know I had to do the same renaming the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php, and edit the settings in there thing again. I’ll try doing it and see if it works out.

Thanks!

I tried to edit the wp-config-sample.php but it was already “transformed” in to wp-config.php and went I opened the file to edit it, all the right parameters were there. So I tried running the upgrading process again and I’ve still got the same error as written above…

Anybody has any idea on how I can get out of this mess…?

Thanks.

The error you are getting basically says that you’re missing files from the wp-includes directory.

Make double double sure that you uploaded ALL the files. And that they have the correct permissions.

Hmmm… All I uploaded was the WP 2.5. Before that I deleted all the content in the old wp-includes and wp-admin directories. So what else do I need to upload besides WP 2.5…?

Well, mainly you need to upload ALL of WP 2.5. Check that it didn’t stop uploading halfway and you just didn’t notice.

I’m pretty sure it uploaded everything. Here are all the files I’ve got:

/public_html/redmosquito/cgi-bin
/public_html/redmosquito/wordpress
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-admin
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-content
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-includes
/public_html/redmosquito/error_log
/public_html/redmosquito/index.php
/public_html/redmosquito/license.txt
/public_html/redmosquito/readme.html
/public_html/redmosquito/wordpress-2.5.zip
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-app.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-atom.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-blog-header.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-comments-post.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-commentsrss2.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-config.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-cron.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-feed.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-links-opml.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-login.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-mail.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-pass.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-rdf.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-register.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-rss.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-rss2.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-settings.php
/public_html/redmosquito/wp-trackback.php
/public_html/redmosquito/xmlrpc.php

What if nothing is missing? By the way, thank you for your help!

Stupid question, but are you sure you upgraded your files? Be default when you expand the .zip file it dumps all the new files into the directory called wordpress. So, in your case, you would have to copy all those files back up one directory into /public_html/redmosquito/ for your install to see the new files.

No question is stupid in my case, because it’s the first time I’m upgrading and I’m doing it less then a month after I started off with WP, so all questions are welcome.

I did exactly as followed:

“Step 0: Before You Get Started

* Just in case something goes wrong, make sure you have a backup. WordPress Backups is a comprehensive guide.
* Deactivate your plugins

Step 1: Replace WordPress files

1. Get the latest WordPress. Either download and extract it to your computer or download it directly to the server.
2. Delete your old wp-includes and wp-admin directories. “

So I deleted the folders, uploaded WP 2.5 and extracted it. And that’s the point where I’m up to right now. It then says for me to:

” 3.Copy the new files to your server, overwriting old files in the root. You may use FTP or shell commands to do so.”

But I don’t quite know what that implies, due to the fact that when I unzipped WP 2.5, all the files were automatically extracted to my server, right? So I then went too step 2:

” Step 2: Upgrade your installation

1. Visit the upgrade page. “

And that’s where my error message appears. I know I’m doing something wrong, but I can’t seem to find out what it is. Sorry for being so ignorant and thnak you for your patience.

So it goes something like this…

Your public_html folder is where all your wordpress files are located. But… when you downloaded wordpress-2.5.zip to public_html and then unzipped it, all the new files went into a new folder called wordpress. If you look in the wordpress folder, you will see all the new files for 2.5. You need to copy all those files and folders back up into the public_html folder.

Actually, into the public_html/redmosquito folder because that’s where the blog used to be!

Wow! Thanks! It almost worked… So i did what you said. Went to my upgrade page, logged in and…

“The page isn’t redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.”

So, at least there is no fatal error and I got to the login page. So is this redirecting problem my fault or is there something I can do to fix it…?

EDIT: I did put it in to the /public_html/redmosquito folder. Thanks ??

EDIT II: Ok, I think I got it to work now. At least I’ve reached this message:
“No Upgrade Required

Your WordPress database is already up-to-date!
Continue”

But when I click continue, it redirects me to my blog but nothing appears. It’s as if the blog doesn’t even exist. Geez… never thought upgrading WP would be such a task.

If you deleted your wp-content folder, then your theme is gone (along with your plugins and anything in the uploads folder), and so wordpress can’t see the files it is looking for.
If there is no wp-content folder, make sure you copied the one from the wordpress folder back into the public_html/redmosquito folder.

But I have my wp-content folder. I can login to my administration panel and absolutely everything is there: templates, plugins, posts, etc. etc. I just can’t visualize the blog….

Help…? I really don’t know how to sort this out…