Thread:Project:Support desk/Pointing new install to content/reply

Hi Jonathan!

I am not completely sure what exactly you have done and what these actions have caused to happen so far, so the first question is: Do you have a backup of the database?

You write that the wiki "does not display the actual content". What do you see instead? An error? Or is it a normal wiki page with some content like "You have successfully installed MediaWiki! The next steps are..."?

Usually when you do an upgrade, you can just continue using the same LocalSettings.php file, which you used before. MediaWiki will then recognize that you are doing an upgrade (as opposed to a new installation) and the updater will update your DB. I am not sure, what happened in your case - is it possible that you told MediaWiki to do a new installation into the old DB? You can verify this by e.g. looking into the database table text or into the database table user. How many rows do you have in these two tables?