website gone – this is error message

Try:
– switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

– re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress 3.2.1

Your site’s content is stored in your database – not in files..

esmi – thanks for the reply and advice

but… I muddled and mucked around until I may have gone beyond help

I tried uploading what I thought was BU files – but apparently they weren’t – same error msg result

I upgraded WP – but must have done it as a new install

site is there – but as a brand new empty one

old database is still available though

is there anyway to get a new WP install to use the old database?

Thanks
GA

Change the database access info in wp-config.php in the new site to point to the original database.

well, I appreciate all the help, and songdogtech’s seems the easiest – but where can I find wp-config.php?

I have tried looking through directory files using Filezilla, and WP dashboard options

I am using WP 3.3.1 with atahaulpa 3.6.4

Thanks
GA

wp-config.php is in web root. Use Filezilla. You can’t see in from WP admin. See Editing wp-config.php ? WordPress Codex

well, I’m feeling dumber every time I try

using filezilla, my domain directory looks like this:
/
.cpanel
.htpasswds
.rvsitebuilder
.softaculious
.spamassin
.sqmailattach
.sqmaildata
.ssh
.trash
.access-logs
.cpmove.psql
.etc
.mail
+public_ftp
+public_html
+temp
+www

but… wp-config.php is nowhere to be seen

using cpanel file manager…

/home/appletre

ps. if I ever resolve this – I have certainly learned the BU lesson

GA
followed by same list as above

plus – I have a wp-config.php almost ready, just waiting for DB_Host name info from my provider stablehost.com

If I get that – where do I upload the wp-config.php to?

GA

The WordPress files should be in the public_html directory listed above.

Thanks for the reply kmessinger – I looked in public_html, and in the wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-include that were in public_html

I have looked through every folder – still no wp-config.php

where should I upload it to?

GA

There should be files (including wp-config.php) in public.html
Depending on number of sites and how you are organized it might be public.html>>site(folder)name. If you find the directory where the wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes folders are, in the same directory will be other files, twenty-two or so starting with wp-, including wp-config.php