Update – further checking in the forums here suggests that there are several options. 1) hope that things suddenly change for the better as they did for one user. 2) reduce the file size of the backup uploaded (can’t do – literally hundreds of pictures on the file) 3) become a database expert or 4) rebuild the entire thing, wipe everything old and start over again as one user did.
Given the likelihood of 1, the impossibility of 2, the unreality of 3, I’m left with 4. So not wanting to waste any more of my or your time, I’m going for a total wipe and rebuild. I’ve copied the important posts into a text file and will upload them after the rebuild.
It will let me refocus the blog anyway. ??
Onwards