upgrading to 2.1 ate my site!

You should have followed these instructions though:

What’s your MySql database version? 2.1 requires version 4.0.0 or higher to run it..

spencerp

You need to use the specific URL that points to the upgrade path:

https://gezellig-girl.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php

-ptfigg.

pfigg: My specific URL includes the /blog/ in it. https://gezellig-girl.com/blog/wp-admin brings me to my dashboard.

spencerp: Where would I find that?

Ok then:

https://gezellig-girl.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php

Yep. Still a blank page, though.

When logging into your phpMyAdmin.

spencerp

Um… what? I’m sorry; I think you’re gonna have to dumb it down a notch for me.

I do most stuff through my /wp-admin/ page — which is currently a big blank. Is MySQL something I can upload directly via FTP? (And if so, where in the directory would it need to go?)

MySQL (which is the database type that stores all your content) should be in the admin interface of your site (not WP). If the blog worked till now, it means you have it.
And phpMyadmin is a tool, usually installed by your host, wich helps to manage the database.

Okay, let me see if I get this. MySQL is usually installed by my host (in this case, Yahoo)?

[Meanwhile, I’m just going to revert to 2.0 until I sort this out.]

Oh, no! Y. again… that’s a special case. Maybe someone else can help. Nothing works as normal on Y.

Well, now I’m stumped. I replaced all the /wp-admin/ files with a new download of 2.0.7 and I still get a blank.

Check your permissions to make sure it is readable by the web server.

As far as I can tell, everything seems to be on as far as read/write permissions go.

The reason why it isn’t showing any error messages is probably because of security settings in PHP’s configuration.

I’m getting a major problem as well (upgrading from 2.0.7 to 2.1). Fortunately, I know what the error message is:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: add_filter() in (snip)public_html/blog/wp-includes/default-filters.php on line 4

Which is simple enough: the add_filters function is missing. Without the right settings in PHP, though, I would be staring at a blank screen site-wide just like gezellig-girl is seeing.

The next step is to re-download WP and see if I just downloaded a bad copy.

Hello ghedipunk,
I followed the upgrade procedure to the letter (upgrading from 2.0.7 to 2.1) but I’m getting your problem too.
I have replaced the default-filters.php with a new one… Fatal error again!

server Linux
PHP 4.4.4
MySQL 4.1.21-standard

Is it possible? I’m going crazy ??

regards