philipcasey

My problem may have been with a plugin. Disabling all plugins on my test site allowed WordPress to install on one of my sites, with one plugin, Efficient Related Posts, generating this message

The plugin generated 649 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.

I’ve alerted the authors.

I have a similar problem.
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1844093 bytes) in /home/myusername/public_html/test/wp-includes/class-http.php on line 1402

I tried it with Twenty Ten in case it was a template issue but it was the same result. Also tried it on another site i have with similar outcome.

I had the static page problem too, and accidently found how to do it. Hover mouse over name of post you want as static, and choose Quick Edit.
Tick the Make this post sticky box, and save.
Hope this helps

sewmyheadon, that’s brilliant. thank you very much.

macmanx, your tip about the deleted /wp-content/ was the solution.
All is now well at Slimming for the Beach. Many thanks.

Many thanks for the quick reply and likely solution. All the folders and files were visible on arrival at the url – it seemed very open.

Like ellenfinkl my blog page was completely blank also when I upgraded. Unfortunately I’m not 100% sure that I upgraded from v1.2x or v.1.5x – cardinal sin of doing it when I was tired.
I deleted all files apart from wp-config.php beforehand (but my ftp software may not have initially deleted the folders properly). I deleted and uploaded again and this time I was presented with the folders tree. I was able to login clicking on wp-login.php with normal password, and everything was fine in the control panel, everything there, version 1.5.1.1. I’ve now deleted everything again as it looked like a security risk. Any pointers would be appreciated.