Wordpress 2.7.1 automatic update: nice!

[LD]

I just noticed the little "new version" message..again??? damn, those WP coders sure are busy fuckers...:)

Good news, though, I used the automatic update option on one of my blogs, and it was quick and painless...no issues whatsoever.

You have to enter your ftp info, but beyond that it's just a click and a maybe 5 minutes or wait. One less pain in the ass.

[Preacher]

Thanks for the info, I'm tempted to try that because 1 update I did fucked up everything.

[Beaver Bob]

just make sure you save your old theme because it will overwrite everything.

[ladydesigner]

just make sure you save your old theme because it will overwrite everything.

Yikes! I was going to go ahead and update but didn't know the new version would overwrite my themes! Thanks Bob.

[Itchy]

I just used the auto update on my mainstream blog http://futureshopsucks.com/ I never had to enter any ftp info and it never messed with the theme maybe it didn't work |scared|

[LD]

I did all three of my blogs, no problems with overwriting the themes..of course backups are always recommended.

[Beaver Bob]

I did all three of my blogs, no problems with overwriting the themes..of course backups are always recommended.

it overwrote one of mine.. but it was the default theme. i tend to just make my modifciations on the default. I should probably start making a copy instead and naming it something else instead.

[FuckingBastard]

I just noticed the little "new version" message..again??? damn, those WP coders sure are busy fuckers...:)

Good news, though, I used the automatic update option on one of my blogs, and it was quick and painless...no issues whatsoever.

You have to enter your ftp info, but beyond that it's just a click and a maybe 5 minutes or wait. One less pain in the ass.

Indeed! This is a great feature :)

[A.J. Angel]

I did it on all my blogs and all went well. For those interested, you can also do it with permissions set to 755 to avoid security issues. |thumb

it overwrote one of mine.. but it was the default theme. i tend to just make my modifciations on the default. I should probably start making a copy instead and naming it something else instead.

If you like the default theme and edit it from there to suit your needs, I suggest that you really do make a copy of it and rename it because it definitely overwrite all default files. The custom theme used are not deleted neither are the plug-ins that are being used. You can leave them activated, the upgrade will go without issues either. |waves|

[Beaver Bob]

I did it on all my blogs and all went well. For those interested, you can also do it with permissions set to 755 to avoid security issues. |thumb



If you like the default theme and edit it from there to suit your needs, I suggest that you really do make a copy of it and rename it because it definitely overwrite all default files. The custom theme used are not deleted neither are the plug-ins that are being used. You can leave them activated, the upgrade will go without issues either. |waves|

Yep, thats one more thing I need to do on all my blogs now. |headbang|

[dunc]

I haven't used that feature - but I have been using this plugin (http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-12-release.html) for automatically updating WP.

It wallks you through the steps - makes a backup of everything and tells you of plugin compatibilities (I think from memory).

It doesn't say I need to upgrade yet though - and I too see the new release message

[hony]

I keep a complete local copy of each WP install I have on my C: drive, so if I do this server upgrade then my local copy no longer matches my server copy. So I'll stick with just updating my local copies and re-publishing them to the servers.