Wordpress Blog Installation Service!

Wordpress version 2.8 is only 3 days old and some bloggers are already up in arms and complaining. And from what I have seen over on wordpress.org the ones complaining are the ones who failed to follow the upgrade instructions.

That little nagging “New version of wordpress is now available, click here to upgrade” should be disabled was one of the sighted issue as a problem.

If you are in the habit of one click installs and upgrades then I am sorry to say, you are going to run into problems and some of these problems could seriously ruin your blog. Instructions are there for a reason, so follow them. Don’t click that upgrade button until you have done the following:

1. Backup your database – this is very important, you should always backup your database before attempting to do any major changes to your blog and that includes and especially upgrading.
2. Equally important is to always backup your wodpress files. Again as #1 with all major changes, make sure you have a copy of all your blog files backedup – use an ftp and download all your files onto your hard drive.
3. Verify your backup – You should give step more importance and verify that you have all the blog files saved. Tedious I know but trust me, it will save you a lot of time and heartache later on should anything go wrong with the upgrade. A visual inspection of files on your hard drve in comparison to those on your server should surfice.
4. Deactivate ALL the plug-ins. This is where most people fail – you must deactivate all your plug-ins as they may conflict with the upgrade process.

Once you have all the 4 steps above covered and completed you are now ready to upgrade your wordpress installation. Now feel happy to go back to your admin panel and click on the “Automatic upgrade” button.

Sometimes and on some servers this does not work and this is due to the server set up by your host and is not a wordpress issue. In this case you will need to perform the upgrade manually. The guys at wordpress.org have this topic covered in more details and you can read up on it here>>>http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended.

If you have any issues or problems with your upgrade feel free to leave a comment or raise a new topic in the forum and I will be to happy to assist you in any way I can.

To your blogging success, good luck

Zulfikar.

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