To those who use nightlies

cou
(@cou)

19 years, 2 months ago

Hi all

I’m curious to hear from those of you who use nightlies. I read a post yesterday of a WordPress user who updates his nightly every nightly (updates his nightly nightly :))

I’m still “stuck” on 1.2, because I dread having to upgrade. I’ve made quite a few changes (nothing too drastic…but still), so my question is: those of you who update your nightly regularly, do you have a plain-vanilla WP setup? If not, what’s your secret in making sure a) the nightly works and b) your personal mods/changes/hacks stay in place?

Cheers!

Will

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gpshewan
(@gpshewan)

19 years, 2 months ago

I’m still “stuck” on 1.2, because I dread having to upgrade

Don’t upgrade. Nightlies are meant for people to test and shouldn’t really be run on a live site. You should only do that if you are comfortable and know what you’re doing.

The simple answer to all your questions is – I know what I’m doing 😉

NuclearMoose
(@nuclearmoose)

19 years, 2 months ago

There is no secret to keeping your personal mods/changes/hacks in place, because none of them are guaranteed to work with a change in nightly installs. It’s a crapshoot, but as 1.5 matures, this issue will become a lesser concern.

Also, there is a mechanism built in to WP 1.5 that will convert your existing theme into a template, which is a tremendous function developed by the hard-working WP coders.

Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

Volunteer Moderator

19 years, 2 months ago

“Also, there is a mechanism built in to WP 1.5 that will convert your existing theme into a template, which is a tremendous function developed by the hard-working WP coders.”

::tremendous sigh of relief:: That was literally the only thing I was worried about. Thanks!

gnukerman
(@gnukerman)

19 years, 2 months ago

Where is that found in WP 1.5?

Michael Adams (mdawaffe)
(@mdawaffe)

19 years, 2 months ago

gnukerman, It should (BACKUP!) happen automatically when you go from 1.2 to 1.5.

Well, at least that’s my understanding :)

tcloer
(@tcloer)

19 years, 2 months ago

I’ve been using the nightlies since early January (all of them) and there were only minor glitches. It’s fun to follow the progress via the CVS…

Jack
(@moxie)

19 years, 2 months ago

Cou, I ‘upgraded’ only because I wanted to use the RumGallery plugin which only works in the upcoming version of WordPress. Otherwise I would have waited I think. I installed a duplicate version of my site with its own database so that I could safely mess around with the nightlies and whatever plugin or hack I wanted to try out.
So if you don’t have an urgent need to use some new features, just wait a little. I have the feeling version 1.5 won’t take so long to be released.

Thread Starter cou
(@cou)

19 years, 2 months ago

Thanks for everyone’s responses. I’ve download 1.5 (love the new admin interface) and will tread carefully as I test it out on a seperate site. WP is just the best 🙂

gnukerman
(@gnukerman)

19 years, 2 months ago

mdawaffe. The reason I asked is it didn’t work for one my themes. I can’t even remember the name of the theme as it wasn’t my default, only one for prospective clients to view as a choice.

I’ve since replaced it with GreenTrack from wpthemes.info. I can wait until the final release for new, modified and improved themes. My last update is 2005-02-07-18:30.

Thanks