• Resolved bgshap

    (@bgshap)


    I guess I’m not as bright as I would have hoped. I have a website up and my host is Speedfox. Through their H-Sphere (their control panel) they offer access to install WordPress. It installs v2.5 and says ‘Hey you’re up and running’. WP of course wants me to update right away to v3.0.1. I can’t figure it out.

    I have another website hosted at JustHost and their CP did the complete installation and to upgrade to a newer version, it’s all done through the dashboard, and not a file downloaded to my downloads.

    I’ve read the instructions, copied the sample config file and nothing seems to work.

    Has someone got the patience to help a beleaguered and frustrated individual?

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  • Thread Starter bgshap

    (@bgshap)

    a bit more information

    – I cleared the WP files from my computer and started from scratch
    – when I install through H-Sphere, the blog is located at
    https://shapirophotography.net/wordpress
    – the config file is completely different as seen here:
    note that the user and password are not those that I input nor are they what the WP login asks of me. The PW seems to be a random generated one

    <?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘xxxxx_wordpress’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘xxxxx_wordpress’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxx,xxxxxx’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘mysql.speedfox.net’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    // Change SECRET_KEY to a unique phrase. You won’t have to remember it later,
    // so make it long and complicated. You can visit https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
    // to get a phrase generated for you, or just make something up.
    define(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); // Change this to a unique phrase.

    // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

    // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen language must be installed to wp-content/languages.
    // For example, install de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’
    // to enable German language support.
    define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

    /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

    define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
    ?>

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    The login from the https://shapirophotography.net/wordpress/wp-login.php URL is NOT the same as what’s in your config file. That should have been emailed (or told to you by the installer). And yeah, it’s random. That’s okay ??

    What you have now looks okay!

    Thread Starter bgshap

    (@bgshap)

    good news – I just heard back from the support services at Speedfox and they acknowledge that the automatic install is fairly out of date … they’re going to take care of the current install for me!

    wow – it’s refreshing to see so many people willing to help someone … who is challenged! I hope that I have the opportunity in the future to pay-it-forward to someone else.

    thank you so much for your time, patience and expertise in trying to get me through this.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Oh good ?? It’s entirely possible that their automatic update has some weird, proprietary bits going on too, just to mess things up more!

    And don’t worry. Eventually you’ll see a question that you know the answer to, and then one day an admin with a funny sense of humor will give you a silly moniker!

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