Need Help! Wordpress Error..

Without seeing the page that is throwing off the error, it's very difficult to debug. My guess is that the problem is a plugin, not WordPress.

db

Welcome to the WarriorForum bmonkey.

To give you the best answer is to say, it would be best for you to see if the article directory plugin your using, assuming it's a plugin, has a blog/website/forum setup as a means of supporting the plugin. If it's not a plugin you would likely get a more qualified, and quicker answer if you post at the wordpress.org forum. Could be someone has already found a solution to your particular problem.

Sorry I didn't have a direct solution, but as I see it you'd be better served by trying one or both of those suggestions. Best of luck to you.

Chris Creighton

It's a shot in the dark, but see if your functions.php file (in your themes directory) has any extra spaces after the closing PHP tag - if it does remove them.

I ran into a similar situation a few weeks ago and that solved it for me.

Bill

Do check .php files that "changed" (your host should tell you "date modified" files) so you can tell what files got changed with the upgrade. Try to open them up in plain text editor (notepad++ is actually great editor).
MUST make sure there are no "blank lines" at the START of any .php file, OR at the end of it. The document must not have any blank lines before or after php tags that open/close the document.

You need to backup your database right now, by the way (food for thought: those wordpress users that DON'T backup DB are askin' for trouble).

FURTHER: I feel this may be issue with corrupt user tables for your authors. Make sure you are trying to login with your main admin user. IF you are able to, then EDIT each user to a lesser-assigned role, then elevate back to author as needed (tries to reset permissions). This will usually re-flush permissions automatically, but requires that you be able to get in with your super admin (your own primary user/admin).

Now, If you think you need further help inside of the database, you can CAREFULLY modify certain tables, but you must REALLY be careful, or get experienced help. I was able to modify user permissions directly while experimenting to help you out, but if you do not trust yourself inside the database, read no further.

For the brave (and those that have a good backup/restore plan for their database!)

Your control panel should have phpMyAdmin:
Run the SQL QRY: (this basically shows all user "meta' information which is what their assigned roles are).
SELECT `umeta_id` , `user_id` , `meta_key` , `meta_value`
FROM `wp_usermeta`
LIMIT 0 , 60

Locate affected users:
Locate the username ("nickname" field is good start)
Locate wp_capabilities, and wp_user_level, select their checkboxes. Click on Pencil to edit

if you want to make that user author, the wp_capabilities value should be:
a:1:{s:6:"author";s:1:"1";}
and wp_user_level should be 2

If you want to make admin, change wp_capabilities to:
a:1:{s:13:"administrator";s:1:"1";}
and wp_user_level should be 10

* NOTE: Changing these settings PROPERLY allowed me to modify permissions/roles directly FROM the database, without even being IN the wp-admin. This is more advanced, and I am not responsible for YOU hosing your DB, or helping restore said DB in the event of self-hosure. I provide this information as-is, without warranty, and under the disclaimer that it worked for me, should work for you, but I am a navigator in this instance, and not the pilot. In other words, try at your own risk. That being said, it's not TOO bad and you just might learn something (but make sure you know how to backup and restore your own database first anyway).