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dart
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Help with index

Post by dart » Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:39 pm

Hello,
I was saving a post & got an error mesage "corrupt index"
So I proceeded to rebuild index.
I now have what looks like a long list of Post [POST]Headings with entry numbers.
The top heading reads "BACKUP INDEX to fp-content/index1650371154"
I see a few index files @ the loction above...

The blog shows no posts now - there were about 500 posts.
I had made a backup about 3 weeks ago but am trying to avoid restoring it since many posts have been added since that time.

How do I proceed ? - I have not had this issue before

laborix
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Re: Help with index

Post by laborix » Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:20 pm

dart wrote: โ†‘Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:39 pm... The blog shows no posts now - there were about 500 posts. ...
I'm not sure what's going wrong.

Please create a complete backup of the "fp-content" folder with all files and folders and then delete all content in the "fp-content/cache" folder. Now delete everything in your Web Browser that has to do with cache and cookies.

Then log in to Flatpress and create the index again. The Rebuild Index page does not have a "back" button/link or anything similar, so type in the URL of your Blog again in the Web Browser and confirm this. Now log out and delete everything in your Web Browser that has to do with cache and cookies. After this you should see all your Postings.

If not, you should try to copy all your "fp-content" folder to an USB Stick formatted with FAT32. Then copy back to your webspace and do the Rebuidl Index Job again, with deleting Cache/Cookies and all files of the "fp-content/cache" folder.

regards
Laborix

dart
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Re: Help with index

Post by dart » Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:40 pm

That worked !
Did it wuith the usb (less confusing for me) :)
Thanks laborix !

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Re: Help with index

Post by dart » Wed Apr 20, 2022 2:30 am

Should have checked further...
The post headings is what was salvaged.
I think I lost a years worth of posts when I backed up the blog with the same damaged fp-content folder.

dart
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Re: Help with index

Post by dart » Wed Apr 20, 2022 2:39 am

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Re: Help with index

Post by laborix » Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:02 am

Thanks for the feedback

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Re: Help with index

Post by dart » Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:25 pm

I forgot to update, I made a second purge & was able to recover all :D
so your solution worked !

I back-up every other day now :idea:

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Re: Help with index

Post by Arvid » Tue May 03, 2022 6:54 pm

Glad it worked out in the end - thanks for your help, laborix!

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