Okay, so I wrote that using the WordPress Automatic Update plugin was great and the upgrade went smoothly and everything was wonderful.
Well it wasn't.
Thank goodness I had backups.
When I published a post using WordPress 2.6 my screen went totally white. Same thing for the other blog that I upgraded to 2.6.
So, what do I learn from this?
Restoring a database from cPanel went very smoothly. This was my first experience having to do this and the thought of it had always made me very nervous. Not anymore.
I'm pretty sure the blank screen problem lies with WP 2.6 and not…
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Wow! It's done. I just upgraded this blog to the newest version of wp and it was a piece of cake.
When I posted earlier about using the
WordPress Automatic Update plugin, I wrote a couple words of caution about the backups and upgrading the database. I take them both back. Seeing the process work again, it is obvious when to download the backups and I had no issues with passwords. Very cool.
Highly recommended plugin.
Next step is to really get comfortable with Wordpress version 2.6…
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My plan today is to upgrade this blog to the new WordPress version 2.6. Right now it's still at 2.3.3.
I am currently using version 2.5.1 with a number of blogs and really like some of the features, particularly when it comes to managing plugins. With 2.5.1 you can automatically upgrade plugins when a new version becomes available. This is such a time saver (rather than downloading the new version, unzipping it and uploading it to the server...).
While Fantastico is cool for installing blogs, I have preferred not to use it because I prefer to name the database…
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I can't believe it's been so long since I've made a post in here. Wow! I can't believe how quickly time is flying by.
In the meantime, I have been quite productive, and it feels quite excellent.
My focus has been on article marketing and creating little social networks for promotion. I took info from a number of sources about how to create these networks and pulled together a game plan. Seems like each person left a little bit out that one of the others filled in and I ended up with a pretty cool outline. Now…
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