wp-admin doesn't load at all

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

– re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress.

Hi esmi,

– Did that.
– Did that too.
– Yeap.
– Yes.

As I said – I have done EVERYTHING and this situation is just soo weird.

Thank you so much for such a quick response – I appreciate it greatly!

..but I still need help, any other ideas on this topic? :/

Have you checked the server error logs?

Nope didn’t do that, but now that I have, it’s showing me 20 rows of this (just different lines):
[Mon Jun 13 13:39:39 2011] [error] [client 90.191.23.236] Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use ‘LimitInternalRecursion’ to increase the limit if necessary. Use ‘LogLevel debug’ to get a backtrace.

and another 20 rows of this:
[Thu Jun 16 20:57:14 2011] [error] [client 82.128.201.23] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/la02/15488742/Uus/wp-content/themes/redbel/functions.php:473) in /home/la02/15488742/Uus/wp-includes/functions.php on line 1803

Is this helpful?

..because I have to admit that I don’t know how to take action after reading these error logs..

Ok – you have 2 separate issues there. The first is a server issue but it could be related to permalinks or any redirects you have in place via a plugin or in .htaccess.

The second is your theme. Looks like you have an issue in the functions.php file. What’s around like 473?

Issue 2 isn’t causing the wp-admin issue as you’ve tried switching to Twenty Ten. But I wonder if Issue 1 is a clue? Try resetting your custom permalinks back to the default setting and deleting (or renaming) any .htaccess files.

I deleted .htaccess files (had only 1).
What’s the name of the php file in my FTP for custom permalinks? (might be a newbie question – sorry for that).

By the way I couldn’t thank you enough for this help!

..and nothing’s around 473 in the functions file.

What’s the name of the php file in my FTP for custom permalinks?

The custom permalink structure is stored in your db – not in a file. You can reset it by visiting Settings -> Permalinks.

and nothing’s around 473 in the functions file

There’s an explanation of the error and a possible solution on Solving “headers already sent” warnings

Still not working..

This must be a joke and the solution is probably just too simple…ugh, help!!

OMG the admin panel is back!

Wow now I’m not sure which thing helped, but thank you soo incredibly much, esmi! Great to have such people in this world – take care!!

Glad to hear that it’s working again. Sounds like it was a temporary server issue after all.