mikegreaves

I guess there’s no solution then, so I will have to delete all files and start over again.

One other question – if I clear everything and reinstall WP 2.9.1 from scratch, then add themes and widgets, will it work if I then restore the database or do I have to enter everything from scratch?

Thanks again
Mike

This probaly is a .htaccess problem.
Please paste here the content of your file.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.buckbyfeast.org.uk$ [nc]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/~mikegreaves/feastblog/
RewriteRule (.*) /feastblog/$1 [L]

Thanks

I thought it was needed. Just uploading WP 2.9.1 had no effect.

What version of WordPress did you upload?

2.9.1

You’ll now need to restore the 2.9.1 database from a previously saved 2.9.1 database backup.

I did that already.

The problem is that I cannot get to the website via http to run the install. If I enter “https://www.buckbyfeast.org.uk/wp-admin/install.php” (or “https://www.buckbyfeast.org.uk/”) I get the server error message as before. I can get to the file via ftp (ftp://[email protected]/feastblog/) but I cannot execute the script when I log in.

If you’ve restored a 2.9.1 database, then you also need to re-upload WP 2.9.1

Thanks for the help but I’m so ignorant I really need a bit more detail please. I tried to follow instructions at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress but I don’t know where I’ve gone wrong. Anyway, here’s what I did:

I downloaded WP 2.9.1 and ftp’d the files to my site, then modified wp-config.php to the old config. I then pointed the browser at /wp-admin/install.php. The file opened in the browser but there was no sign of the script running and no effect on the installation/error. I tried clearing all the tables in the database and repeating everything but it made no difference.

Please how do I restore WP 2.9.1 to get it working?