Comments on: Sit tight and wait before upgrading to WP 2.2

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:13:47 +0000

[...] Some bloggers have had problems after upgrading to 2.6. Joost de Valk warns WordPress bloggers using Windows hosting that the upgrade may mess up your permalinks. Upstart Blogger upgraded only to find that all of his categories and category permalinks had been messed up, despite the fact that he took all the necessary precautions like deactivating plugins, etc. Apparently he’s not the only one, either. He says that that there’s a solution, but it involves messing with your database, which is not for the fainthearted. Being a seasoned member of the fainthearted club, and having just moved all my blogs and sites from one host to another, I think I’ll wait a bit before upgrading, as usual. [...]

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:55:15 +0000

LOL! Sushi and WordPress – what a creative comparison. I never thought of it that way.

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:46:13 +0000

Well, maybe a ground-up WP install is like some sushi I’ve had… seems much better conceptually than when I’m eating it.

No harm, no foul–in a funny way I was flattered.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:39:26 +0000

Hi K.G.: You know, while I was writing this post I kept thinking “Maybe this guy’s not a guy,” but I didn’t get around to seeing if you have any about info on your site. Sorry! I should especially have been sensitive to this since I am also not a guy!

Re doing a WordPress install from the ground up – in my experience it’s not a great experience. I’ve sat there uploading all the files, and of course my FTP connection keeps resetting, and I don’t know what got put or not, and just getting the files up can take ages. That’s why I’m a big fan of the one-click install like with Fantastico. I’ve used it many times, and to upgrade as well, and it’s worked great. It’s actually a lifesaver (not the candy).

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:14:12 +0000

Thanks for the linklove, though I’m not a guy. In re sitting tight, that’s always excellent advice… my IT management philosophy is “The second mouse gets the cheese.”

One thing my experience taught me is that I really need to do a WordPress install from the ground up, at least once, so I know what’s going on. I recently migrated from Movable Type, and you might think I would rather use one-click installation for WordPress, but in reality–and I’m no code jockey–it made me uneasy not knowing how the MySQL database was referenced or simply how it all gets put together.