I am trying to switch from MT 2.661 to MT 3.17. So far, my attempts have made a mess of my site, mostly because I just know enough about this to get myself into trouble. Here are some questions:
A friend installed 2.661 for me in my cgi-bin. Do I need to clear out my cgi-bin before I install 3.17 in a mt/ subdirectory? Do I need to remove other files from my public_html directory before this will work?
Will the database I used with 2.661 work with 3.17? Or do I need to start over with a new database?
Here's what I've attempted... Without clearing out my cgi bin, I installed 3.17 following the instructions on the TCH site (which are great - thanks!). I configured the mt.cfg file following your instructions and using the old database from 2.661. I then attempted to run mt-check.cgi and got a server error.
I then tried clearing out the cgi-bin and creating a new database and configuring mt.cfg again, but got the same server error when runing mt-check.
I uploaded mt.cfg again as an ascii file and configured it again... no luck.
I then managed to delete my original database. I have it backed up on my home computer, but it would not restore using the backup function in cpanel.
Next, I tried to restore my site to its original form using the backup I created in cpanel. But this didn't work, either.
I have done a clean install of 3.17 on another TCH hosted site following your instructions and had no problems at all.
I am stuck and I don't have a site right now. Help!
