tamia

I should add to my original query that I have an externally hosted website and use WordPress software.

All I did was upgrade WordPress (from 2.9 to 3.0.3) using the Upgrade Now button. Before that, though, I deactivated all plug-ins per instructions I made from previous upgrades. After the successful upgrade, I reactivated plugins. That’s when I inserted the API key I had been using and got the “The API Key [key number] belongs to the WordPress.com account of “NAME”. If this is not your account, please re-enter your API Key” message.

I would very much appreciate help on this so that I can retain the stats from before my upgrade. Do I just choose the “Replace an Existing Blog” button (which in the scrolling list shows my website name, and nothing else)?

Thanks so much for any help.

Thank you alchymyth! That did the trick perfectly.

I just discovered the same thing happened to me. Is there any support for this plug-in? In 2.8.2 it’s very slow to “process” and when I visited the plug-in’s website support, the newest posts are nearly a year old.

samboll – Would the fatal error have been prevented by disabling plugins first? I’m about to try the auto upgrade from 2.8 to 2.8.2, and will disable plugins first. Is there any other thing I can do to make it go smoothly? Permissions? I’ve not altered permissions at all…

As I understand it (and have been doing it on my website https://www.tamiasoutside.com), you cannot post to pages in the sense you mean it. You can edit pages, though. Bring up the page and edit the text, then save (update).

This will help you learn more about pages:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Pages

t31os:

Older images (those I had on the site before today) appear with a link like this one to a recent image:

https://www.tamiasoutside.com/wp-content/themes/paalam-11/img/panda1.jpg

but images which I will be downloading from today on will be like this:

https://www.tamiasoutside.com/wp-content/themes/paalam/img/IMAGENAME.jpg

I wanted to know if there was some way to link to the images I move from the old theme and put them in the new Img folder in the new theme, and remove the old theme (paalam-11) from my server. This would require redirecting ALL the images already in my posts and pages. Is there a way to redirect without manually changing every one of the posts and pages in the archives?

Thanks,

Tamia

This problem now appears resolved. I believe that my problem came about because I edited the wp-config.php document to include the security keys (see Step 13 at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended) AFTER I ran the upgrade process through <www.example.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php>. I think I should have edited the wp-config.php BEFORE the upgrade program.

How I fixed my disfunctional site: I went through the “extended upgrade” process over again, following the instructions given at the Codex, but with the exception that I edited wp-config.php and uploaded the document with the other WP files and docs.

Thanks Joe. I altered the text size and padding for the menu and hopefully that will do it. I cannot preview IE myself — I use a Mac and Bill doesn’t make IE available for Macs anymore — so I’m waiting to hear from my friend who alerted me in the first place.

Andrew, thanks for the info on IE requiring explicit text side. In the code for my website, it gives text size not in pixels but in em.

No, I don’t use Firebug. Is it woth installing?

I’d be happy to include a screenshot but how can I?

Tamia

Thanks very much for the pointers and tips, folks. ANd I’m sorry to be so long extending my thanks — been working overtime and had no chance to follow up on this.

I tried modifying the widget I’ve got installed on my site but it’s one of the google widgets and I can’t seem to make it work if I make substantive changes. I’ll try to build one up specifically.

Thanks again.