Site crashes after automatic update from 2.9.8 to 3.0.1

  • Our site was running version 2.9.8 and we were told by a WordPress user that updating our site would improve and help our site functions when we did so.

    We enacted the automatic update through the Dashboard and the site updated!

    Everything seemed fine when we logged out and walked away.

    However when we came back to login, all we got from our site was a blank white screen. This is the current status of our site.

    We have tried https://www.bobcatbanner.com/wp-admin/ but that give usa white screen! It is like our site is completely wiped away!

    Our hosting company is GoDaddy.
    and our domain is https://www.bobcatbanner.com

    Please click on the link and check for yourself.

    We were running the theme Mystique if that helps.

    Please help we are a school newspaper class that has regular users to our site and need this site back up ASAP.

    Thank you

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  • Thread Starter DylanP

    (@dylanp)

    still just a blank screen. I renamed .htaccess to .blah

    dang it is annoying

    could it be a web hosting problem??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Try downloading WordPress again and delete then replace your copies of everything except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them.

    I clicked on your https://www.bobcatbanner.com/wp-admin/

    and it take to log in page

    Thread Starter DylanP

    (@dylanp)

    OMG success!!!

    Im now. Thank you sooo much govpatel.

    Just a few more questions. I logged in and i got these messages

    “Warning! WordPress encrypts user cookies, but you must add the following lines to wp-config.php for it to be more secure.
    Before the line /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ please add this code:

    define( ‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘%B9%Wx:py(Ueh@icB3#o=gr8~G.:raxX)R@J1n(cg6O(WyOB9c/#6M#Cq<B{!%dd’ );”

    and

    “The wp-content/blogs.php file is deprecated. Please remove it and update your server rewrite rules to use wp-includes/ms-files.php instead.”

    What do i have to do to fix this? Especially the last one.

    Thanks!!!!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Regarding both issues, follow this guide:

    https://wpmututorials.com/how-to/upgrading-from-wpmu-to-wp-3-0/

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