mbritt

I’m having this problem too, but I don’t see an Advanced tab. Can someone tell me where to find this?

thx. I’ll give this a shot.

Regarding the automatic upgrade functionality: I shall keep my fingers crossed the first time I use it.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Okay, I see what you’re saying. I followed the 5 step install instead of the 3 step upgrade instructions.

At any rate – I was able to fix the problem.

Could be me, but there’s gotta be an easier way to upgrade…

The directions for the 5 minute install say:

3 Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
4 Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password.

I looked in the database and I found my previous posts – they all have a wp_ and then some other letters before the next _. So I went into wp-config.php and changed the line: $table_prefix = to include this new prefix. Saved the file and refreshed the site and now the page is blank.

I followed the “5 minute install” directions on the wordpress site and I think a know a little bit about what I’m doing, but still…this is frustrating.

Okay, can either of you answer one or both of the following questions (I really appreciate it – maybe I’ll finally understand something here):

1) What did I do wrong in the upgrade? I put in all the correct information about the database into the wp-config.php – so why does it look like I have a fresh install?

2) Since I can see all my old posts in the database (doesn’t that suggest that this wasn’t a fresh install?) but they have a different prefix, how come when I change the “$table_prefix =” line in wp-config.php and refresh the site I wind up with a blank page?

Thanks,

Michael

Thanks for the response. I went into the database to take a look and I can’t find any of my old posts there. I’m using Dreamhost and all my tables for all my other blogs have the wp_ prefix.

Were the previous tables (and therefore my blog entries) somehow erased?

Thanks Michael – appreciate it.

Michael

Oops – forgot to give my site address. It’s:

https://www.thepsychfiles.com

Thanks,

Michael

Fantastic! Couldn’t be easier and works like a charm! Great job Bryan.

Michael

Thanks Gangleri. Appreciate it.

I need help with this same message. I’ve had my wordpress blog going for a year and a half now and I just tried to upgrade to 2.6.1. I thought I did everything right, so I changed the config-sample.php as directed, then saved it as config.php. Then I tried to run wp-admin/install.php and I got the “Already Installed” message.

I can’t drop any database tables (I don’t understand why I would have to) – I’ve got a year and a half of post entries in that database. What’s going on and what can I do about it?

Help please!

Michael

I decided to go with using MAMP. I followed the directions on how to install it on my Mac and I got MAMP to recognize a brand new wordpress blog. I have a backup of my main site blog that I downloaded a couple days ago, so I created a new database and imported the backup. That all went fine, but what I can’t figure out is how to get MAMP to use this new database. I changed the config file to what I thought was correct, but all I get when I try to connect (locally) is a blank screen. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

I tried creating a new database and importing the backed up database from my main site, but when I go to the new site it re-directs to the main site. Why would that happen?

I may try the idea of running it on a local server. That make sense. But if anyone knows the answer to the above question that would be great. And thanks for the info about blocking this from Google – I’d want to do that for sure.

Michael

Follow-up:

Or how about this: what if I backup the database from my main site, then create a new database in myphpAdmin and then import the backup into this new database. Then I point the other site to use this new database and then I can tweak as much as I want without touching my main site.

Sounds like it’ll work. Is this the best way to go about this?

Thanks.

Michael