Wordpress - FTP - PHP Question...

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See php error codes below at end of post... (might better explain situation)

Currently, I have 13 domains installed as add-on domains (or sub-domains) on my servers, housed under my main domain. Anyway, all my sub-domain sites are operating fine, as are my wp logins, files, content, etc... *However, all of them were installed with Fantastico 1-Click installer from my CPanel... so a couple of things I could use some help with.

So tonight I decided to do some cleaning via FTP, and deleted most of my stale websites, and a bunch of trash files from my servers in preparation to install WP on a new sub-domain manually using FTP. (*for the first time).

When I saw all the files stored 'outside' my named sites, I just assumed they were storing junk files on my servers, and I started deleting a bunch of 'unwanted' files.

However, I managed to lose my wp-admin access to my main domain, along with my main website files. Currently, I am only seeing the following:

Index of /

Followed by a 'bullet list' of links to my sub-domains, and then...

Apache Server at mymaindomain.com Port 80

My public_html file appears to still be in tact, so I am assuming I just accidentally wiped out WP from my main index, and possibly some other wp related content & plugin files, whereby I can no longer see my main site...OOPS!!!

(*At least, that's what I am hoping to confirm)

I'm pretty sure I understand the process for adding a sub-domain WP install manually using FTP, but a bit vague on the best approach to rewriting or replacing all the the 1-Click installed WP files to secure my sites a bit more?

Can I simply use my main database sql login info and the same wp-config.php file info, user & password, and re-place the old WP installations (via FTP) to all my sites/sub-domains at once?

or

Do I need to remove the old WP files all togther and create a new database for each sub-domain, and manually do each site one-by-one?

Obviously, the 1st priority is confirming 'IF" the deletion of WP on my main site would cause the following:

Index of /

Followed by a 'bullet list' of links to my sub-domains, and then...

Apache Server at mymaindomain.com Port 80

Being I am over-tired...

I might sleep better tonight, knowing it's a simple fix. For now, I don't want to risk screwing anything up, so any help is greatly appreaciated.

Definitely, need to make learning PHP, as soon as possible!

Thanks in advance.

Art

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[12-Apr-2015 22:02:54 America/Chicago] PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home2/my_username/public_html/wp-load.php' (include_path='.:/opt/php54/lib/php') in /home2/my_username/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 31
[12-Apr-2015 22:06:44 America/Chicago]

PHP Warning: require_once(/home2/my_username/public_html/wp-load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/my_username/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 31


[12-Apr-2015 22:06:44 America/Chicago] PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home2/my_username/public_html/wp-load.php' (include_path='.:/opt/php54/lib/php') in /home2/my_username/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 31
[12-Apr-2015 22:33:04 America/Chicago]

PHP Warning: require_once(/home2/my_username/public_html/wp-load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/my_username/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 31


[12-Apr-2015 22:33:04 America/Chicago] PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home2/my_username/public_html/wp-load.php' (include_path='.:/opt/php54/lib/php') in /home2/my_username/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 31
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  • Hi Art,

    Sounds like you've got a dilemma there!

    From what I've read, it certainly sounds like you've deleted some files (but not all?) from public_html.. I'm guessing you've got index.php, but little else?

    Now, repairing "one click" installs.. The good news is, there's nothing special at all about them - the installer just automates the process of creating a database (if it needs to), setting up wp-config.php etc.. But it doesn't do anything you can't do yourself.

    Now, as for repairing.. you should be able to drop a copy of wordpress into the appropriate subdomain folder, then edit the wp-config.php file to match. Unfortuantely I can't tell you exactly what to put in there as it depends on your database and table configuration. It sounds like you have a fair idea about how it fits together though!

    Keep in mind that any media, plugins, themes, etc.. you added to the sites will be gone though, as it is not stored in the database.

    If you need a hand, flick me a PM and I'll help ya

    Cheers,
    Michael
  • Thanks Michael,

    While I learned a lot from this experience, I appreciate you mentioning that if I change my database, I lose my content. -Didn't realize that, and I think you answered my conundrum, as I changed my database files before everything disappeared. Here I thought to be protecting my content, so much for blind initiatives, lol.

    Luckily, the site wasn't ranked high for many keywords or making a ton of money, so, it's a loss I can live with, for lack of a better term.

    If I can't get things sorted out tomorrow, I'll send over a pm - thank-you for offering.

    Have a good-evening.

    Art
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