pauln600

And four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire…

Can you describe what is generically the issue with symlinks that creates problems?

Thanks,
P.

Thanks. Do you know which plugins won’t work with symlinks, perchance?

Paul

pauln600 – You can safely delete the folders wp-includes and wp-admin and reupload them from a fresh copy of WP, without harming the sanctity of your data :

Well, that’s what I thought/hoped – but after I replacing the files, the admin dashboard reports:

“You are using WordPress 3.1.2. Update to 3.1.2”

So I would naively assume that some database updates were attempted…

Yes, the failed update left things in kind of a bad way – the admin area is reporting the right version in one area, but requesting an update in another… last time I’ll try that, I think.

I don’t think it’s an ftp issue – seems to have been able to update most of the files in the indicated directory…

But yes, I think I’ll do updates manually from now on.

Thanks,
Paul N.

What about plugins – do these need to be upgraded stepwise as well?

No, just went from 2.6 to 3.1.1. I didn’t see any advisory in the upgrade process about stepwise upgrades… did I miss something, or is this missing from the upgrade docs?

Thanks,
Paul