alanjenkin

Thanks – that solved it! I am using BulletProofSecurity, and for some reason it seemed to have lost that information.

I do have another problem now, though, which started when I was working on this one; I get the message on my home page:
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/alan/public_html/myblog/wp-includes/functions.php:2879) in /home/alan/public_html/myblog/wp-content/plugins/covertgeotargeter/covertgeotargeter-plugin.php on line 262
I have deleted that plugin, but still get the message.

Also, my wifgets are still appearing as html code rather than the images, etc. that should be there.

Another clue might be that my widgets are not showing correctly. The html content is displayed as code.

Thanks, Vayu. I just tried that, but don’t see any errors. Any other ideas?

OK -thanks.

Yes

I can now get in to my blog, but there are still 2 problems.

First, none of the images or widgets seem to be present.

Second, the last few posts and comments are missing.

I tried importing a more recent copy of the database, but it seems to have had no effect.

Any suggestions?

That would explain it. I think it’s OK now (fingers crossed!)

Thanks for your help.

I have done all that now, but am in the same loop.
The wp-content contains plugins->akismet, themes->twentyten-old, uploads (empty). The wp-admin and wp-includes were updated with the new download. I think I went through all the other steps correctly, but is there something I should check to be sure?

Still not clear about the WordPress core files. How do I get a fresh copy and where do I upload to? My guess is to the /myblog folder, but should I rename the /myblog.bkp first, since /myblog no longer exists?

Ah – I see what you mean by renaming the current theme’s folder – I misread it! Duh!

Try:
– switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides

.

I thought that meant rename the themes folder. What did you mean?

No – a fresh copy of the WordPress core files.

How do I get that?

Sorry to be so obtuse – I’m not used to getting under the hood of WordPress! And I really appreciate your help.

Thanks for the advice. The WP folder is in public_html/myblog but when I look there I see that it has been renamed /myblog.bkp

I have renamed the themes folder and reset the plugins folder.

I’m not sure I understand the next step. By a fresh download of WordPress do you mean a new backup? How do I deselect the wp-content folder?

Marvelous – that’s exactly right. Thanks!

Sorry about that!

I’m having a problem with comments: some of my posts show “Comments Closed” while others are OK. I can’t see where that has been set: how do I change it?