WordPress Upgrade…Oops!

Well, not really oops. I did upgrade one of the nine blogs I manage this morning thinking I had backed everything up, but then realized later that I ftp’d to another blog instead. This second blog hadn’t been backed up, but the upgrade went smoothly anyway. I guess I shouldn’t try to multi-task while doing something as important as a major WordPress upgrade. Tsk tsk on me.

When I began writing this post, I had one blog left to upgrade — the one that you are reading. I was a bit nervous doing this one thinking that there could be some glitch that would distract me from other projects I am working on today. I have an important deadline for Friday and the last thing that I needed was to be saddled with fixing a problem that shouldn’t of happened in the first place.

To shorten what is already too long of a story, I saved this post, backed up the database for this blog, and completed the upgrade. Simple. Painless. Quick.

All nine blogs have been upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and not one presented a problem. I’ve heard of a few horror stories from others who tried to upgrade and failed, but mine made it without incident. I am a bit surprised as one of the themes for a customer’s site is rather old and outdated.

One final note: I realize that this blog is featured on various “No Follow” lists which is fine with me. However, if you can’t figure a way of leaving an intelligent comment as a means of gaining some link love, then don’t expect me to keep your comment around. ‘Nuff said.

Waahoo! I Survived Upgrading to WP 2.3!

It is now official: This blog has been upgraded to WordPress v.2.3. Ain’t that special? Well, for me it is: I usually wait about two weeks after an upgraded version of this blogging platform has been released before I go where bloggers fear to tread.

Hooray for FileZilla

Thanks to FileZilla, I was able to FTP everything inside of 10 minutes and, yes, I remembered to back up my database, turn off my plug-ins, and leave my config-sys file alone.

No Problems This Time

I recall one particular upgrade from hades that took me hours to complete simply because I was multi-tasking (read: not giving the upgrade my full attention) and having to re-do everything to find out what I missed. What a geek!

I Like The Tag Feature

So far, so good: I like the tags feature and the “Pending Review” under the post status is a nice option, particularly for multiple bloggers. One plug-in has been updated and I assume the other dozen or so are working fine.

Have you upgraded yet? What has your experience with the latest offering been so far?

WordPress Tosses Technorati In Favor of the Google Blogs Directory

BTW, I like when I click on the blog comments section on the management panel that it returns to be Google Blog directory results, not Technorati. I bet that change is causing some controversy.

Excellent Work, WordPress!

All right, the plug-ins have been reactivated and I think I’ll head over to WordPress to read about all of the nifty features of v.2.3. Kudos to the WP gang who spent a lot of time making sure that this version was delivered well tested and on time.