Post not showing up…

I’ve just upgraded to 2.0. However, when I write a post and hit publish, I have a problem –

The post publishes, in that I can access it through a direct url – https://canny-cat.com/?p=129

However, it does not show up on my main page, where all posts are listed – https://canny-cat.com

The date stamp is correct. It is definately listed under a category (although presumabley that shouldn’t matter)

ALSO it takes out all my formatting, inserts tags etc, which throws out my CSS and indenting and so forth. Is there a way to have the editor as in 1.5; just a regular text-box, without converting img tags to ineditable images etc? I realise you can choose to edit it by HTML, but I didn’t have to do that with 1.5.3; it would be a bit of a step backwards imho, and would take me twice as long to write a post.

ALSO it’s not converting my :smilie: tags to my images, even though my vars file is still present, and the ‘Convert emoticons like ?? and ?? to graphics on display’ IS checked.

ALSO my images aren’t uploading to the usual wp-content folder, so I can’t find them. There’s no ‘upload’ tab to change this value at.

All in all I’m terribley dissappointed with 2.0 – it’s incredibly difficult to use – and if I can’t resolve these issues I’ll probably go back to 1.5.3. ??