reinstalling after server crash

Also when I try to log into wp-admin I get this error message:
Warning: main(../wp-load.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/armitage/public_html/artistruth/wp-admin/admin.php on line 7

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘../wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/php4/lib/php’) in /home/armitage/public_html/artistruth/wp-admin/admin.php on line 7

When I type my blog address, it brings up an index screen with the folders

you or host need to set it where index.php is applied to directories.
if on a linux server add this to .htaccess
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm

Warning: main(../wp-load.php)

wordpress is looking for wp-load.php and not finding it. Be sure all files were uploaded.

I just downloaded a fresh install of wordpress 7.1, same problems.

I found the file… it was in the public html but in another folder. Moved that & other php files to the main subdomain folder. I’m trying to get wordpress installed in the subdomain. Tying to follow all the directions in the codex. When i try to use wp-admin/install.php i get this error message:

vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl vti_timelastmodified:TR|23 Jul 2008 02:08:25 -0000 vti_extenderversion:SR|5.0.2.4803 vti_cacheddtm:TX|27 May 2008 03:47:16 -0000 vti_filesize:IR|1354 vti_backlinkinfo:VX|
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_admin() in /home/armitage/public_html/artistruth/wp-admin/includes/comment.php on line 159

when I try to log in to wp-admin I get:

vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl vti_timelastmodified:TR|23 Jul 2008 02:08:25 -0000 vti_extenderversion:SR|5.0.2.4803 vti_cacheddtm:TX|27 May 2008 03:47:16 -0000 vti_filesize:IR|1354 vti_backlinkinfo:VX|
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_option() in /home/armitage/public_html/artistruth/wp-admin/admin.php on line 21

when I try to go to the blog at https://artistruth.rutharmitage.com I get this error message:

vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl vti_timelastmodified:TR|23 Jul 2008 02:08:25 -0000 vti_extenderversion:SR|5.0.2.4803 vti_cacheddtm:TX|27 May 2008 03:47:16 -0000 vti_filesize:IR|1354 vti_backlinkinfo:VX|
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: wp() in /home/armitage/public_html/artistruth/wp-blog-header.php on line 14

as was previously said to you, you have NOT uploaded all the wordpress files to the proper locations.

when you do so, those errors will go away.

Ok… I realize they are there but in not the proper files. I’m not sure why they went where they are now…. but how do I figure out where they belong? I have been trying to get the files to the proper location by following the instructions on the codex. I certainly didn’t have this problem the first time I installed wordpress on my site.

For instance, where should the wp-load file go?

Or maybe I should just delete everything and try to reinstall?

artistruth: You probably should delete and reinstall. WP has quite a few files. It could take a long to reorganize. I don’t know how you got your files scrambled. When you unzip WP everything is already in the appropriate folders. Just upload as is. No ad lib-ing.

Thanks aplijdi,
I did that & got it uploaded, then restored the backed up database. It works fine now, except I’m missing my images from the backup. I’m not sure if they are lurking somewhere in an obscure file or not. Right now, I’m not really up to looking for them.

I think the files may have gotten scrambled because I restored my old database before I installed wordpress.? Anyway, I didn’t do any shuffling, it just was messed up from the beginning.

WP doesn’t store images in the database, just information about the images. Your actual images should be in wp-content/uploads, if you used the WP Media functions to upload them.

Thanks… I did use WP to upload the images… so how would I restore them from the content/uploads folder? Wouldn’t they have been saved when I backed everything up?

Are your images still in the wp-content/uploads folder?

It looks to me like there are five images in wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ and those seem to be displaying on the site. Are those all of your images? If not, you did not re-upload everything from the uploads folder. This suggests that you did not upload everything. The image data should be in the database so if you upload the missing images into the uploads folder keeping the same directory structure that you originally had, the images should work again.