brando

ok thank you very much !

ok, got it working by setting permalinks to default, now can i set it back to a different setting so they are “pretty” so to speak?

have not moved to new host yet,
yes i can get in to the wordpress admin , where do i reset the permalinks,
bear with me as i am a wordpress novice, i am doing this for a friend.

looks like i am going to have an expert do this for me, shot something up on rent a coder and there are plenty that will do it cheap. Though i think i could get this done, i just don’t have the time at the moment.

any other advice here guys, i am stuck..

Also, i am a bit perplexed, maybe.
The current install of wordpress is in a sub directory called “wp”.
when i navigate to the url the current wordpress install appears.

The root contains an index.php file, i haven t opened, but i am assuming there is something in there pointing or re-directing to the wp folder?

issues
in the OLD install, the “images” folder is in the root, but the wordpress install is in “wp” so after making all changes and such, headers and custom images are not appearing in the “new”.
Can i just drop the images folder into the new install folder?

any thoughts guys, am i ok to just continue, nothing critical missing form what i posted above?

Shane, not sure what you mean exactly by : “make sure that you can take a complete backup of your blog details..”

OK so Ive begun the steps in the “detailed” instructions:
Ive backed up the DB and ive also completely backed up the public_html directory.
my issue now is this:
Instruvtions read…
DO NOT DELETE these folders and files:
* wp-config.php file;- this is Present
* wp-content folder;- this is Present
* wp-images folder–only older installations from 1.5.x days will have this folder; not there, but know why
* wp-includes/languages/ folder–if you are using a language file, and it is here rather than in wp-content/languages/, do not delete this folder (you might want to move your language files to wp-content/languages/ for easier upgrading in the future);.
not there, but i he doesn’t use any language but English…
* .htaccess file–if you have added custom rules to your .htaccess, do not delete it; Not Present in root or wp directory
* Custom Content and/or Plugins–if you have any images or other custom content or Plugins inside the wp-content folder, do NOT delete them. there ARE some present, so i will retain them

So is it ok that htaccess and language folder isnt there?
Also, i plan on doing these changes locally them uploading just the wp directory back to the server and running the upgrade php file That work?