jetblack23

You need to use your FTP program to delete the bad folder. If you use Filezilla as I do just connect to the server and navigate to the target folder as you normally would, right click on it and choose “delete.” It’s just that simple, or at least it was for me once stvwlf identified the target.
-John

HA! You are a STAR! There was indeed an orphan folder called css in the plugins folder. I killed it and the error messages have gone away. I am in your debt, truly. Many thanks.
-John Price

I found the check box you speak of. It was set to off (unchecked). I checked the box and saved, getting the same error whitescreen, but with the added content “Thanks for Creating with WordPress” floating below the usual error messages, with three hyperlinks for www.ads-software.com, documentation, and one other thing I forget. I went back in and turned the my-hacks off and saved, same deal.

At this point it looks like some database editing is called for. I’m willing (I’ve got some experience with regedit under various flavors of windows), but I need directions on how to get there. Thanks for the help so far. It sounds like if I can just kill that hack_file sucker all will be well. *fingers crossed*
-John

Thanks for the reply. I tried deactivating and the deleting the new plugin, and I tried reinstalling the old plugin that it was replacing, and no dice. Plus every time I try to activate or deactivate a plugin or indeed save anything anyplace on the WP dashboard I get a totally white screen with the error message listed above.

For what it’s worth, I tried installing the same plugin again, on the theory that just that install had gone awry somehow, and it aborted saying something about how the file css already existed.

I posted the problem on several boards, and the admin of the plugin’s help board said that the error is related to my-hacks.php, which is evidently a core WP component of some kind. It’s all alien to me, I’m afraid.

Indecently, installed the same plugin manually, and it installed and activated just fine (albeit with the above mentioned whitescreeens), but doesn’t seem to work. It seems pretty clear to me that something has gotten bent in the database, specifically on line 465. Sadly, I have no idea how to fix it. Any guidance as to a fix would be most appreciated.
-John
P.S. The site itself seems to work fine, although the same error messages flash up on a momentarily white screen, and then everything loads normally except the lightbox effects on the photos no longer work.