3.4.1 update problems- can no longer access anything

Try:
– switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

– re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress.

– running the upgrade manually via wp-admin/upgrade.php

Updated to the new version now can’t access my dashboard.

When I log into wordpress to enter new post it takes me to my webpage with a 404 error message. Can’t get into my panel at all to fix this.

@gatzbo: It is impolite to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own and it causes significant problems for the forum’s volunteers. Please post your own topic.

Okay, well, I’ve done the first one and the second one and zero luck.

I am completely stuck now on the third and fourth- I am trying to do them, but am stalled by my limited tech ability and now, unfortunately, I have caused my entire admin area to go blank. I am now worried I am going to cause lasting damage.

Thanks for any more suggestions you may have- hopefully, you have something that I can follow and implement.

Ugh- I am wishing I had not been so eager to upgrade!

Coco

You will not have caused any permanent damage. Your content is still in your database. Any luck with the other 2 steps?

No luck with the other two steps…

With the first step to try, do you re-name the theme folder, say, “Neutica-old” or “Twenty Eleven- old”? I tried the first name and nothing changed.

With the second step, I was then able to get to my plug-ins once I did that, but nothing changed after that.

With the last two steps, I am afraid I just jammed everything up- I know my content is there, but I cannot even see my admin page any longer— which happened another time and in that case, I deleted the plug-in (via FTP on my C-panel) that triggered the problem and then all was well. But this time, I just don’t know what I would delete- if anything- to get it all back to normal.

I appreciate hearing from you- thanks for your responses. Every time something like this happens, I learn something, though perhaps against my will. ??

Coco

do you re-name the theme folder, say, “Neutica-old” or “Twenty Eleven- old”?

Just add -old to the theme’s folder? What theme were you using?

I am using the Neutica theme. I cannot change the theme at this time, so I put “-old” at the end of Neutica on my C-panel- and then the blog went blank. So I took that off.

Is there a way to change the theme via my control panel? And if I do manage to change to Twenty Eleven, am I stuck with that or can I get my current theme back?

Thanks much,

Coco