Yvan

Well miracles still happen these days! I did change the names of the tables with phpMysql “Operations” to wp_categories, wp_comments, etc and it works! At least I get the blog as it was before the weird change.

Thanks a lot for your help. Hope this thread can help someone else with the problem.

I’m not sure I understand the question. The name of the database is wellmast_wp1 in the wp_config.php file. In the phpMyAdmin the database shows as _wp1 (9) for 9 tables I guess, but the tables are called wpboriscategories, wpboriscomments, etc.

Is that the issue? and if it is, how do I rename the tables?

Oops!

After dropping the wp_ tables I get this message when I try to access my blog:
“It doesn’t look like you’ve installed WP yet. Try running install.php.”
which I had before and prompted me to reinstall! Is there a way to get out of this loop?

Any idea?

Thanks a lot Mosghu. I did a backup. I still don’t understand why the wp_ has been changed in the old tables names. But as you say it was my luck ?? Could someone have had access to my tables and modify something? That would explain why I got the “error establishing a database connection” in the first place as I personally had never changed anything when that error suddenly occured…

In any events thanks again I will try the new tables’ drop and wish for the best ??

Thanks Moshu,

That’s what I was going to do. Just a question:
The new tables have a wp_ prefix and the old ones have been changed somehow into wpboriscategories etc. Should I rename them with the wp_ prefix after deleting the ones created by the reinstall?

DirectoryIndex index.php
works like a dream !
Thanks a lot Rander

hi Joni,

You’re absolutely right https://wellnessmaster.com/blog is what works.

Thanks for the tip on .html I will delete it.

Right on!

Somehow I did screw up with the siteurl and finally could restore it to a valid value. Now it works beautifully ??

Have a look at https://www.wellnessmaster.com/blog/index.html. Doesn’t it look better!

Thanks a lot. I hope I did not exhaust the whole team of WP supporters. Anyway it’s great to find such a helping hand when you start and have everything to learn!

Thanks a lot for this new help ??

I did clear cache, cookies etc but still get the same result.

I also tried MS Explorer instead of Mozilla. Same thing.

If you want to have a look try:
https://www.wellnessmaster.com/blog/index.php

It seems to just show a few test posts that I entered, but all the rest images, theme etc is gone…

I also would like to know how to delete parts of the archive that does not make sense. I suppose left over from the sample…

Any idea is welcome!

When I give as url https://www.mywebsite.com/blog/wp-login.php
It returns to the directory list: https://www.mywebsite.com/blog/wp-admin/ without login in…

I tried to change the theme back to wp clasic to no avail. Something seems seriously screwed up.

I will probably reinstall the whole wp with the theme.

Is there a way to reuse the few hours spend customizing without recreating the same problem? WP says that I have to clear the whole database in order to reinstall. I can save the files and copy and paste here and there, but there must be a better way. Any idea?

Thanks again for your help.

I will try, but I’m not even sure how to login now!

When I click on wp-config-sample.php I get a message that says:

“Error establishing a database connection

This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost.”

There does not seem to be a problem with the host. I went in Cpanel my SQL and tried a repair of the WP database. Eveything seems Ok there.

Sorry I meant Index.php. Not yet used to Php…
Index.php does exist and when I click on it from the directory list I land on the text of the blog with no formatting except different fonts but no theme.

I’m talking about the index that shows on:
https://www.mywebsite.com/blog/index.php

Where do I find the one you mention from WordPress installation?

Thanks for your help.