Okay, I see the basic problem. For some reason it keeps defaulting to installer for version 3.3.3, but I'm trying to install 4.0.5. So how do I fix this?

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Your blogs are here http://elliottharris.com/blogs/
Seems like you had blogs in website root before, then you uploaded "blogs" directory with b2evo 4.0.5 and ran the upgrade process.

Now you have both files from b2evo 3 and 4. This is what you may want to do:

1. create a backup directory for b2evo 3 files in website root, e.g. /public_html/b2evo3_bak/

2. move all b2evo 3 files and folders from /public_html/ to /public_html/b2evo3_bak/

3. then move b2evo 4 files from /public_html/blogs/ to domain root /public_htm/

[*] You will also need to edit $basedir var in /conf/_basic_config.php[/list:o]

Nope.

Preparing to install .htaccess ... Already installed.

Upgrading data in existing b2evolution database...

Loading module: _core/model/__core.install.php
Loading module: collections/model/_collections.install.php
Loading module: files/model/_files.install.php
Loading module: sessions/model/_sessions.install.php
Loading module: messaging/model/_messaging.install.php
Loading module: maintenance/model/_maintenance.install.php
Checking DB schema version...

OOPS! b2evolution doesn't seem to be installed yet.

Have you already moved v4 to domain root? Make sure you entered correct database credentials including table prefix.

Yes, v4 is in domain root and when I select upgrade it shows that the data bases and all other info are correct.

How about table prefix, it really "evo_" ?
B2evolution cannot find any existing tables in your database. That's why I'm asking if you have different table prefix (or database name).

I changed it to wwwelli_ which is correct but still get the same error message. If I do a clean install of a new blog can I reload all the old stuff and databases?

Can you PM me your FTP login and password?

Did you get them?

I did. Will check it tonight.

Thanks.

Your files are ok, you did everything right. The problem is that there are a lot of only empty tables in the database.

I assume you have a backup of your 3.x database. Remove all tables from existing database and import a backup of b2evo 3 database there. Then do the upgrade as usual.

Would that were true. I was able to salvage a bunch of files in /public_html/_bak_3-0/, I did not get to access the data bases before I tried to do an upgrade. I know, you can tell at me later. This is what happens when the client wants something done in an hour. So, any other ideas?

See if your host has a backup

Nope. They only provide back ups if I pay $15 a month. I would have paid the fee had I known about it.

Sorry to hear that. You should always make backups before upgrade.

Okay, since we can't go back in time, what would happen if installed a clean new site with a new data base? Is there any way to import what I have in the other data base into it?

There's no data that you can use, the database is empty. You can view the tables in phpmyadmin.

Well, then, we'll start clean. Thanks.