jstamberg

Interesting. Thanks!
Jim

The saga continues: I made a clean install of wordpress in a new directory on my server (so as not to further disrupt what I am currently functioning on). I imported my site using a backed up XML file. When I clicked on “next page”, I no longer got the 404 error. Then I tried to login again. Same problem. Also, now I am getting the 404 error again after trying to login. I’m stumped. Any fresh ideas besides doing a complete re-install and copy and pasting everything back in?

Thanks everyone for your help!

Changing the root directoy name back didn’t solve the problems. Does anyone know the answers to my questions relating to the re-install? Thanks!

Would simply renaming my root directory to what I had previously fix my problem?
On my previous server it was name “/New Wes/newsupdates/index.php”

Now it is “/Wes/newsupdates/index.php”

Would changing it back to “New Wes” possibly solve my problem?

I should also note that I transferred another wordpress site a couple days earlier, and I have had no problems with it. It is running 2.0.4.

I did not change my root directory name on this website, so I assume that is the likely culprit.

Any other suggestions before I do a clean re-install?

Also, if I do a clean re-install, do I need to import the database after I install? Is there anything different about importing the database files that way?

I did the move. I did change my root directoy naming a slight bit, so that may be the problem. I assume that the part of the path that I cannot see changed as well (I think that is what you are referring to).

Help me think through this. If I do as you suggest (clean re-install, re-import the database), what will I lose?
-I assume I’ll have to re-install my theme (no big deal)
-I have no plug-ins.
-I have a few pictures associated with posts, will I lose those?
-I have two additional pages created, will I lose those?

Any other implications that you can think of?
Thanks for the help!