Cooee
Manual update to 4.0.1 is the way to go.
Advice is that you would upgrade first to 3.8 and then to 4.0.1
You already have 4.0.1, 3.8 available at the release archive:
http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/
All the details are here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_-_Extended_Instructions
In summary, at each upgrade:
It is best if you delete most of the old files first.
Delete all of /wp-admin
Delete all of /wp-include
In the root directory keep:
– wp-config.php
– .htaccess
– wp-content directory
Delete all the rest.
Then install the zip over what remains, if asked the choice is replace or overwrite.
You then need to run the update script: wp-admin/upgrade.php
Check that the site works before proceeding to next upgrade.
G/Day Ross
Thanks mate, I will give it a go.
Brian
I tried Ross’s suggestions.
Installed 3.8 did not change version no in IWP
Installed 4.01
Same.
Decided as this was a new installation of IWP and I had not changed anything,to delete wordpress folder complete and then unzipped 4.01Wp to replace it.
Started IWP, got WP setup page. Filled in password, title and email and finished.
Ran the upgrade.php in Firefox and the following was the result.
Not sure what to do next. Should the updated PHP and Mysql files be obtained from IWP developer or downloaded separately? The versions of PHP and Mysql I am running appear to have a higher number than the recommended ones???
db_version(); $php_compat = version_compare( $php_version, $required_php_version, ‘>=’ ); if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/db.php’ ) && empty( $wpdb->is_mysql ) ) $mysql_compat = true; else $mysql_compat = version_compare( $mysql_version, $required_mysql_version, ‘>=’ ); @header( ‘Content-Type: ‘ . get_option( ‘html_type’ ) . ‘; charset=’ . get_option( ‘blog_charset’ ) ); ?> >
WordPress %1$s requires PHP version %2$s or higher and MySQL version %3$s or higher. You are running PHP version %4$s and MySQL version %5$s.’), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $required_mysql_version, $php_version, $mysql_version ); elseif ( !$php_compat ) printf( __(‘You cannot update because WordPress %1$s requires PHP version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.’), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $php_version ); elseif ( !$mysql_compat ) printf( __(‘You cannot update because WordPress %1$s requires MySQL version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.’), $wp_version, $required_mysql_version, $mysql_version ); ?>
Deleting everything, delete the tables in the database, then fresh copy of 4.0.1 files = fresh install. Rather than running upgrade.php it would be install.php
BUT what about the themes and plugins and data that this platform was about ?
Installed 3.8 did not change version no in IWP
DID you run the upgrade.php ?
After installing 3.8, I double clicked on upgrade.php and it opened in Dreamweaver with nothing visible.
I read upgrade instructions and it said to run upgrade in a browser which I did and got the message shown.
After installing 4.0.1WP, I have no problem reinstalling themes etc.
The wordpress folder is separate from the IWP folders.
Everything is working fine except that ist still says I am running 3.6 WP. The included pages etc have changed since I installed 4.0.1 so something has changed. Feeling very frustrated.
Earlier IWP developer told me to install automatic update plugin which when I tried it said it needed 3.7 to install and I only have 3.6
Success at last
If all else fails, wipe the lot and start again.
Wiped InstantWP
Reinstalled InstantWP
Discovered that the full WordPress folder was not in the Dbdir folder where I had previously found it and unzipped updates to but was in the
htdocs folder.
Installed 3.8 it updated database and then ran fine as 3.8
Did the same with 4.0.1, now all works fine and Page Builder works .
Many thanks for you help. It was only by looking for the files to delete before copying the later files into the new installation that I discovered that the wordpress folder under dbdir did not contain any subfolders such as WP-Admin etc. You put me on the right track.
Thanks again
