rpkemp, If you have paid for your hosting then you probably have tools available
to help yourself. Like cPanel and even more so...phpMyAdmin.
Your cpg 1.5.6 is obviously happy and reading a database on your server. It is running.
Then the question to be answered is "is there anything in that db?" (pictures - albums - users, etc.) Use phpMyAdmin to find that out. Use your db management tools to see if there are other db's in/on your account. Use your Filezilla or Filemanger to see if there are any files/folders in your albums directory.
Take a step back, take a breather and you will be fine.
No offence to anyone, but there seem to be two contradictory views about the typical end user among contributors to this forum:
1. He is a simple minded person who is incapable of finding his way around a mysql table (this is a pretty reasonable view and probably the most helpful approach)
2. He is someone who wants to, and is capable of, understanding 'how that config file works'.
André, I don't think I need to understand how the config file works any better than I do already. All the important data are identical in the two files I quoted above. I'm clear about that. They should both work. The fact that one doesn't can't be a result of my not understanding how the config file works.
Joe, yes there's data in the database:
mysql> SELECT title FROM cpg14x_albums;
+-------------------------------+
| title |
+-------------------------------+
| Pictures from old photo album |
| Kemp family - 1960s-70s |
| Photos from Gerry |
+-------------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Phill, you're right that the data is in tables with the 1.4 prefix. But that was what I was trying to say when I said that the installation process had not transferred my data from the 1.4 database tables to the 1.5 ones - to which you replied that it wasn't supposed to.
I can see I do need to understand this whole thing more clearly. I have followed the instructions (correctly, I think, in the end) and it hasn't worked out. There must be a reason. The thing is I have almost lost the will to live.
I really appreciate the time you've spent trying to help me sort this out but please don't waste any more time on it. Thanks.