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WordPress 2.1 the (mostly) fearless upgrade
Lorelle gives some strong practical advice, as well as a step by step on the process. For those who've been through a Wordpress upgrade cycle before, Lorelle's words are solid and true; Turn off plugins, make backups, follow instructions and don't try to rush. With Lorelle's help and a little patience, even the most neophyte blogger turned weekend web warrior can manage to walk the path leading to WP 2.1 joy, even if you've skipped a version or two in between.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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emmzee said 5:14PM on 1-26-2007
Sound advice. The steps given in the guide are all important. The install went smoothly for me ... except that I accidentally didn't disable one of my plugins (a smilies plugin) and that one ended up screwing up the template design. Luckily it was easy enough to figure out what was causing the problem and I was still able to access the admin area to disable it.
Disable your plugins, people! :)
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cavalierex said 6:45PM on 1-26-2007
I just updated my site this past week. Easy as pie, thank goodness.
#1 thing before any such venture: Make backups. Don't skip this step! Backup your database; and backup your customized themes, plugins and hacked files.
The folks at Wordpress put together a great step-by-step upgrade instruction guide. Take things slow and follow the directions, and it should all go smoothly.
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Dave M. said 2:49AM on 1-27-2007
I not only went through an update with no sweat (following the instructions described above and on the WordPress site), but I finally managed to move all my WordPress.com posts and comments to my hosted site. Finally.
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Dave M. said 2:50AM on 1-27-2007
Oh, one thing. When you turn plug-ins back on, you might find yourself stuck in a state where you can't adjust the plugins due to a compatibility problem. I had to delete the plug-in via the FTP connection.
Wasn't horrible, but I wish there was a better way to deal with plug-ins that don't work. :shrug:
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Lorelle said 12:42PM on 1-27-2007
Thanks for the link and the kind words.
Even I, who knows this stuff inside and out, thought I could get away by saving some bandwidth by just copying over the new files. An hour later and a lot of bandwidth, I did it right and it worked.
Sometimes even I don't follow the directions. ;-)
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