If nothing else, the upgrade process WordPress makes it worth using as your blogging software. Their one-click upgrade process is so easy and flawless. I just click and forget. There is no long hours of time suck to take me away from other things that I have to do.
Thanks WordPress!
That has to be the simplest upgrade for a web site that I have ever completed. I logged into the site tonight and found that WordPress 3.0 is available. I clicked on the automatic update link and a few minutes later, everything is ready to go with no further effort on my part. All upgrades should be this easy!
I just installed a new plugin for WordPress that detects mobile browsers for mobile devices like the iPhone or iPod touch and automatically presents the blog in a way that is better suited for mobile browsers.
WordPress recently released version 2.9.1. I have tried a couple of times to upgrade using the automated upgrade option within the blog. Each time, it would throw messages about not having required permissions to perform the upgrade. It appears that the automated upgrade will not work on my hosting provider.
So, I took the time to download the update and performed the install manually tonight. It took a little while to make sure I got everything copied up to the site and not overwrite something important. It appears that the upgrade went well.
The update to WordPress 2.9 is complete although it did not occur without some glitches. I had to manually make some changes to the database so some of the new features would work properly, but I learned something in the process.
WordPress 2.9 was released today. Needless to say, I am a bit behind on my upgrades. I am currently running WordPress 2.2.3. I am not sure what steps the upgrade will require, so the blog might be down at times over the next few days.
Yeah… you know how the say goes. Between work and the baby, I have not had much time to participate in the things that I enjoy like photography, geocaching, etc. My blog has suffered greatly as well. I realized tonight that I am on such an old version of WordPress (2.2.3) that I might have to scrap everything and start fresh. I am not really sure what the upgrade path would be or if there even is one for that big of a gap.
I’ve been using twitter more and more as of late. As long as you do not have too many people to follow, it is actually manageable. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/kwsanders.
I recently setup my new blog on my hosting provider, WebHost4Life. I am using WordPress 2.2.1. I am having a problem uploading files, however. I found the error first when I was trying to upload and import the export XML file from my older Blogware based blog. I get an error telling me that it cannot move the file to the upload directory. I have searched quite a bit on the web and given permissions to the appropriate accounts, but I am still running into the error.