Okay, so I fixed my own problem as follows:
First, I went into my MySQL database (using PHYMyAdmin) and brought up the table named “wp_options” in Browse mode. Went to page 2 (of the field listings), and changed the value of field number 31 – “permalink structure” from “/%category%/%postname%/” to “/%year%/%postname%/” and saved the change.
I then went to my remote site, and using FileZilla (my FTP program) I deleted the entire website folder. Now, luckily I wise enough to have taken a local HDD backup of the entire folder, before I decided to try and resolve the problem by overwriting the version 3.1.3 files with version 3.2.1. So, I copied the local HDD backup back to my remote site and what do you think? I was back up and running…and had pretty links as well!
@daemus…thanks for your post/suggestion anyways ?? I had already tried what you suggested and that was all fine…including the content of the .htaccess file.
Hope this helps somebody else, if faced with a similar situation.
