Fatal Error Message

dtp56

Hey guys, every page on my forum is giving me the same error message, you can view here:

http://petsitterbible.com/forum/discussion/47/firing-employees

Any advice would be much appreciated.

UnderDog

Give it a try. It almost cannot get worse.
You have a backup anyway (which isn't upgraded properly), so when things go wrong, just revert to that backup.
All you need to do is 4 steps:
1. Backup your conf/config.php
1. Delete all the .ini files in your cache/ folder
2. Run the /utility/update
3. Running /utility/structure
It looks like step 1 could be confusing, but give it a try.
Steps 2 and 3 are similar.
Instead of http://yoursite.com/discussions
go to
http://yoursite.com/utility/update
and
http://yoursite.com/utility/structure

Before you start keep this page open:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/12740/vanilla-2-upgrading-tips#Item_56

and post in the forum when you run into problems

S

http://vanillaforums.org/page/installation-upgrade
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/12740/vanilla-2-upgrading-tips

dtp56

everything was working fine until I had to revert to backup of database

UnderDog

After you reverted to the backup of the database
re-do the upgrades.
When everything is working fine, then make a new backup and destroy the backup you reverted to.
Reason : The backup you reverted to isn't upgraded properly.
You revert to a database with errors, that's why you need to upgrade again.

dtp56

thanks a lot for your help, not sure how to do that myself but will hire someone

UnderDog

Just don't overpay that someone. It's very easy tasks and about 10 minutes work.
The simple solution is executing precisely what you did last time, meaning
upgrading again.
Remember what you did after you saw the august 13th post by S? You need to do exactly that.

dtp56

thanks a lot, problem is I paid someone to upgrade last time, not sure how to myself, I'm not at the point I can work with php or tables etc...

UnderDog

Give it a try. It almost cannot get worse.
You have a backup anyway (which isn't upgraded properly), so when things go wrong, just revert to that backup.
All you need to do is 4 steps:
1. Backup your conf/config.php
1. Delete all the .ini files in your cache/ folder
2. Run the /utility/update
3. Running /utility/structure
It looks like step 1 could be confusing, but give it a try.
Steps 2 and 3 are similar.
Instead of http://yoursite.com/discussions
go to
http://yoursite.com/utility/update
and
http://yoursite.com/utility/structure

Before you start keep this page open:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/12740/vanilla-2-upgrading-tips#Item_56

and post in the forum when you run into problems

dtp56

thanks so much, will definitely give it a try! best, Josh