Well, unless you are using a blogging software or looking to start using one, this article may not be very useful to you, but it is still interesting to hear about a great piece of software when it comes along. Techforlunch uses Wordpress, so everything you see is managed and/or generated by wordpress. Wordpress 2.5 was released on March 29th and if you are waiting to upgrade, you shouldn’t…
I ran the upgrade procedure on techforlunch.com following the documentation and it was flawless. The steps are pretty straight-forward and basic:
- Backup your database and current site files
- Disable all your plugins
- Upload the new files to your site (making sure not to overwrite the plugins and themes folders.)
- Update the database schema (http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php)
- Enable all your plugins one by one
- Enjoy!
The improvements are not as visible on the user’s side so that is why practically no one will notice the version upgrade on the frontend. For the administrators though, it’s a different story. The interface is much cleaner, faster and less cluttered than before and adds
many new features.
I strongly recommend this upgrade and can vouch for its ease of installation. The one click plugin upgrade feature is worth the upgrade by itself!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:16 am
Much more easier, you can use an extension that brings a wizard on your screen and the only thing you have to do is to press the “Next” button and read what is doing for you.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/#post-2560
By the way, you upgraded your Wordpress… and your template is very nice!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:41 am
You are absolutely right about the wizard for the upgrades! I had not seen it when I upgraded, but I probably would have gone the “Traditional” route anyways because I like to see in details what an upgrade does :-)
thanks for the template comment!