Too many problems

  • I am having three major problems with my new WordPress site that is hosted by with 1and1. This is my first WordPress site and I need things explained in simple terms. First off, I can’t get any posts to show up on my site. All it shows is the 1and1 page that says this domain name has just been registered. How do I go about fixing that? My second problem is that I can’t get the theme I downloaded to work because it says that i need at least PHP 5 which I don’t. I only have PHP 4.4.9. The third thing is that I can’t update to 3.0.4. Every time I try it says “Downloading update from https://www.ads-software.com/wordpress-3.0.4.zip…” and stays on that. How do I download the update? These may be simple things to fix but I can’t figure it out. Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    You can enable PHP 5 – https://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/php/5.html

    After that, the upgrader SHOULD start to work. As for the placeholder domain page, you probably still have an index.HTML file in the folder with your WordPress files.

    Thread Starter jeremyleopold

    (@jeremyleopold)

    Every time I try to add that line to the .htaccess thing it won’t go back in over the original in FileZilla. It says critical error then stays how it was. Also, how do get the index.HTML folder out of the WordPress files?

    Thread Starter jeremyleopold

    (@jeremyleopold)

    I enabled PHP5 and I was able to download 3.0.4 but I still can’t get anything to show up on the the site. It still has the placeholder page. I’ve looked for the index.HTML file but I can’t find it. What part of the WordPress folder would it be in or could it be a different problem all together?

    It isn’t in the WP folder. It’s in the root. It’ll either be called index.html or home.html.

    Thread Starter jeremyleopold

    (@jeremyleopold)

    I know this is going to sound stupid but where and what is the root?

    Thread Starter jeremyleopold

    (@jeremyleopold)

    I found a file called index.html file and deleted it but it still wont work. Anyone know why?

    Thread Starter jeremyleopold

    (@jeremyleopold)

    I just found another file called index.html in the traffic folder but it would let me delete it. What should I do for that?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    You may need to ask 1&1 directly WHICH file you need to remove.

    Your ‘root’ is your main html folder. It’s normally called ‘www’ or ‘public_html’ – Check the DOCUMENTATION at 1&1 to sort out which one yours is ??

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