upgrade to 3.0.1 and all page content is gone

You may need to repair the database.

Access your WordPress database via phpMyAdmin (most hosting providers offer this in their control panel), check all of the tables, and choose “Repair tables” from the pull-down menu.

thanks for your quick reply. i tried this, but to no avail.

actually, i just tried repairing the “information_schema” database. when i try that, whether all tables or any single one i get the following error.

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pma_tableheader() (previously declared in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/db_structure.php:83) in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/db_structure.php on line 118

Turn off all your plugins. You may have one that’s no good with 3.0.1

Did you upgrade from 2.9 or 3.0?

ok…i tried that as well. nothing.

i don’t know what version i upgraded from, and i now know i should have checked that. i never ran across this with any of the other wp sites i built.

i have a feeling that if i could reset the permalinks it might work, but they are greyed out with no access to them.

actually, i just tried repairing the “information_schema” database. when i try that, whether all tables or any single one i get the following error.

You can’t repair the information_schema. Have you tried repairing the actual database? The only with wp_posts, wp_comments, etc.

i did do a repair on that database and it said it worked. i just ran it again, and also ran the optimization. no changes.

i really wish i knew wordpress better. my guess is that this will be an easy fix, but it’s taking me hours to figure out. worked until 1 am on it last night, on it again this morning.

i am clear as to the result of the problem. a “view source” of the site will show the call for the header, rightrail, and footer. there is no completed call for the content.

the code that makes this call is shown in my first post. i guess i just need to figure out how to backtrack…find the function, etc. i don’t know php…guess it’s time to get cracking on that…

Try switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule-out a theme-specific issue.

ok…this is really odd. to me, at least.

this is the code for page.php that used to work.

<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Default_Theme
*/

get_header(); ?>

<div id=”content”>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

i switched themes as suggested (already knew based on the preview that it seemed to work) and everything showed up. then switched back and it was still broken.

the solitary backup from february had the same code as above. however, there was a rough draft of the template the original developer made, and there was more code in that. i made some changes and ended up with the following.

<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Default_Theme
*/

get_header(); ?>

<div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn” role=”main”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>

<div class=”entry”>

<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this page »</p>’); ?>

<?php wp_link_pages(array(‘before’ => ‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>

</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

what i don’t understand is what could have changed in the upgrade to 3.0.1 that would break the original code, but allow this to work. i’m also wondering if there’s anything unnecessary in this latest iteration. i took out a few things, but still am not sure it’s as streamlined as it can be.

It all looks fine to me. It’s really hard to tell the differences etc without seeing all of the theme files and how they relate.

If the theme files were originally part of the core themes (Classic, Default, and Twenty Ten), they would have been replaced during the upgrade, which is why we recommend using a child theme instead of modifying the core themes.