Where does Laytheme store its settings?

[dnz]

Hey,

it seems that the Wordpress auto-update has totally fucked up my site. I get a "HTTP ERROR 500" error code whenever I try to get to my website and/or the backend.

My webhoster's support told me it's a corrupted functions.php file that's causing the error and told me to just re-upload fresh Wordpress files to my ftp. So I was wondering if there is any chance that my site will still work with all its settings and design changes I made after re-uploading the Wordpress files. Any idea where the settings are stored? Any chance to back them up?

Thanks!

[mariusjopen]

Hey Dnz!

I am very sorry to hear this!

Yes, this is a problem we (web-developers) all have to face from time to time.
Serverproblems, 500 Errors etc…

No need to panic yet. All your files and database-entries are still there.

What I would do in your case is to get a database backup. You can do the in php Admin in your Webspace or ask your provider to send you the database.

Then I would go on the Webserver FTP and download all the upload folder.

Then install Wordpress locally on your computer using MAMP or install it on a Subdomain for test-reasons.

Install Laytheme again, drag and drop the upload folder into Wordpress and the import the database.

To import the database can be a bit tricky if you have never done this before but there are good tutorials online to guide you through the process.

So actually you are making a fresh Wordpress and get content and data back in. Once it is running locally or on your testserver, you can trow it back online.

I know that sucks. I've been through that a couple of times. Especially before deadlines :-)

Good luck and let me know if you need further assistance!

Marius

[dnz]

Hey Marius,

Thanks, man! Got it to work again!

Thanks!

Dennis

[mariusjopen]

Hi dnz!

Great!

Would you mind explaining us briefly what the problem was?

Then we can learn from it and other people who face the same problem as well.

Thank you!

Marius