I was reluctant to upgrade my WordPress 1.5.x to the most recent version because there were quite a lot of warnings given on the official site. Especially the part about backing up the SQL database made me postpone. However Brian just posted a reassuring explanation with a handy script, promising a painless WordPress update in 35 seconds. Well, it took a bit longer for me since I had to adjust a few paths but – hey – it worked just fine! Welcome to WordPress 2.4! Thanks Brian!
Hi Michael!
You upgraded from 1.5, that is GREAT! I have to tell you that any active site out there that is running anything lower than 2.0.3 really scares me. Prior to your update, I could have removed ALL of your hard work on this site, removed the evidence I did it and there wouldn’t be any traceable evidence in you Apache logs either. That’s not a good situation to be in.
So, if I helped one person upgrade from 1.5, it is a very good day and that post was worth it!
I’m glad my instructions worked well for you. I JUST put that post up. So, if anything in there could be said more clearly or should be corrected, please let me know. I think bolding the vi commands will help. I’m gonna do that next.
And just so people don’t scold, I did say:
All that aside, I’ve never had a WP upgrade go south on me to where I needed the backup. And it appears, neither have you.
Cheers!
I should upgrade too ….
A friend of mine told me about WAMP (www.wampserver.com). It’s a great thing to have when you wanna see how updates or changes to your site look without going public.. Allows you to install your whole site on your local machine.