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It looks like re-arranging the widgets did the trick. For some reason, the upgrade moved the right-hand column widgets to the left column. When I re-arranged them under the right column, all the information reappeared.

Now I’m got to go through this entire procedure again for blog #2.

Thanks again for your invaluable help.

Also, the meta tags on the right lower corner no longer display:

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OK, I’ve upgraded step by step to version 3.0.1. There are two instructions I don’t understand, & I don’t know if they’re necessary:

10 Update Permalinks and .htaccess. Update your Permalink Structure and merge the custom rules, if necessary, into your .htaccess file.

13 Add security key definitions to the wp-config.php file

My blog functions OK. I haven’t attempted to edit or add posts. There’s a problem with the display, however. The database shows two sets of links that are supposed to show up on the right, but they are not visible. I do not know why.

I uploaded the 2.5 files again, overwriting the previous upload. This time I got a workable dashboard. The blog functions, but I’ve lost some information, specifically some lists of links down the right-hand column. I don’t know how to re-create them, but perhaps they exist somewhere in the SQL database. I guess the next step is to upgrade to 2.7 and hope for the best.

Upgrading from 2.3. to 2.5 worked, but it looks like some of the information on the sidebar has been lost, plus the dashboard is all wrong.
Perhaps if I try it again . .

I’ve succeeded in upgrading one of my blogs to WordPress 2.3. This is a time-consuming process, but now I’ll proceed onward to WordPress 2.5.

Oh, I just needed to display hidden files. I’ve backed up my 2 “.htaccess” files. Onwards.

Oh, I see the instructions call for backing up “.htaccess” files. I don’t have a wordpress directory (folder) per se. My wordpress files are in two separate directories under the URLS of the blogs themselves. The “.htaccess” files don’t show up using FireFTP for Firefox, but they do show up in the file directories of the Earthlink control center. If I can figure how to download them to my computer, I can proceed to the next step.

OK, I’ve downloade WordPress versions 2.3, 2.5, 2.7. Hopefully I will be able to follow instructions to do manual upgrades. Thanks.

I undid the damage done when I followed instructions from Earthlink “support”. Luckily, I backed up everything on my computer, so i was able to re-import my SQL database. But I am back to square one: I have these two blogs installed via ftp upload a few years ago, with WordPress version 2.1.2 installed separately for each blog. One blog works fine. I am unable to preserve changes to drafts or save new posts to the other–I had this same problem before messing with the installation today.

I would like to get the one blog working properly & if possible upgrade to the most recent version of WordPress for both.

I’m completely mystified. I can log into my other blogs just fine. I have an empty SQL database set up for my new blog. The wp-config.php file is properly configured and is in the directory where it belongs. What a pain in the ass!

I was initially concerned, perhaps illogically, about the absence of actual, real, permanent web pages for each permalink. The idea that they would be generated each time they are accessed, ad hoc, gives them a phantom individual existence and makes them totally dependent on the interface with the SQL database. This did not appeal to me. But now my question: if there are no real web pages, how is anyway going to find my blog via search engines?

Curiously, I can’t add a new category with Internet Explorer, but so far it’s working with Opera. Still, whatever bug is causing this problem reported by many many people should be fixed.

I just installed WordPress 2.1.2, am experiencing all these problems: (1) can’t create new category, (2) get navigate away form page message. Previous Wp versions worked fine.

I just upgraded two blogs to WP 2.1.2. One blog works fine, but for the other I cannot add categories. I get no error messages. Nothing happens.