Thanks for the quick reply. I’m a little disappointed that I cannot use my host’s mechanism to update. I’m not technical when it comes to WP, SQL, etc.
Anyway, I read the instructions from the link you gave me. Even though I’m at 2.8, the instructions for 2.7 say:
Follow Steps 1 through 4 below, then visit Administration > Tools > Upgrade and click the Upgrade Automatically button.
I have that button (!) but hadn’t noticed it before. This process is short compared to the other directions. Will this work in my situation?
Also, I made some changes to the php files to remove/change date structures, etc., and made lots of CSS changes. I assume that I will just restore those back to the appropriate folder?