re-installing after a corrupted update attempt

Log in using ftp and rename autofocus theme to say autofocus_hold and then try log in and default twenty ten theme will open and let you log in admin panel

The theme is already set to twenty ten, but during this process it went wrong.

All your posts and pages are saved on database. As long as you create backup of your database you will save your post and pages.

You can replace all files and folders if you like just do not replace wp-content folder and wp-config.php file

But will it be possible to re-install 3.1.3 even if it’s that version that is already installed on my server? Do I just download and unzip 3.1.3 and upload it except wp-content and wp-config.php?

Yes

Thanks a lot for your help. I do not have time available for doing the changes within the next days, but now I know how to do it thanks to you. I’ll let you know about the success ??
Magne

Hm. Vell, as I feared it didn’t really work. At first the blog wouldn’t load at all, but half luckyly it shows up now along with the corruptions. I hav eexported the databases from the server and I have downloaded the whole wp-folder too, with all it’s content. And now I wonder if its possible to delete it all, install it anew and upload the contentfolder, wp-config.php and the databases?

looks like you have plugin that is causing the problem using ftp browse to wp-content/plugins folder in plugins folder rename this folder image-widget folder to say image-widget-hold and see if this clears the problem

Wow. This was the right medicine. But all image-headers in the dashboard are replaced by text. How do I clean it all up – both on the server and within the dashboard? By the way; do you wish to receive one of my digital artpieces or one of my nature-photos in high resolution as a grateful gest from me?
Magne

There are also a problem when you navigate the blog through the archive. If you choose one month, the posts listet are filled with coding instead of images. The images are getting nice if you click further to each post.

What theme are you using switch to default twenty ten theme and see if you still have same problem

I’ve switched to twenty-ten some time ago, some time after the trouble begun.
But I checked the plugins from inside the dashboard. There was a deactivated image-widget there. I deleteded it, and now everything seems to be all right. The folder I renamed “image-widget-hold” has dissapered, and that should be a good status – shouldn’t it?
Now I will install wordpress on a different server and run a twin-blog there, import all the posts and try out new plugins, themes and widgets there before I do it on my main server.
And again, if I can help you back I’m more than eager to help. Perhaps you need any logo or any other imagery. Just ask. You might visit my artsite to see what I make: magnemyhren.no
Thank you again for all help ??

When you renamed the image-widget plugin what you did was deactivate the plugin so gald to know that all working for you.

Well, then i tick this post as resolved. Have a nice weekend!

It is working all right as long as I don’t install any lightbox-widget. Could it be a java-problem?