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Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultCrap! I deleted my wp-config.php file! Case in point that this is overly hard!
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultI am now upgrading from 2.3 to 2.3.1. Here are the steps involved, which is a far cry from the 4 upgrade steps in the readme file:
- Back up my database.
- Delete all themes except for the one I modified.
- Delete all plugins except for the ones I added.
- Delete wp-includes directory.
- Delete all files in main directory except for .htaccess and wp-config.php (missed that one–see next message).
- Delete the wp-admin directory. (At this point, I am left with my .htaccess, my theme, my uploads directory, and a couple of plugins.
- Upload all new files.
- Run /wp-admin/upgrade.php.
Things I could have risked:
- Deleting uploads (wp-content/uploads).
- Deleting themes I modified.
- Deleting plugins I did not mean to delete.
- Deleting or overwriting files I modified, which may not necessarily include WordPress-specific files. (E.g., I could have deleted .htaccess when I removed all the files in the main directory.)
Advantages of WordPress only giving me the delta files:
- Far less risk of me deleting or overwriting files I meant to keep.
- Fewer installation steps.
- Much less downtime. It takes a while to delete the old files and re-upload every file using WinSCP over an ADSL connection.
- Less bandwidth required to run wordpress.org.
- Less thought required.
- Easier for newbies or non-pros to deal with.
Given all this, I just don’t understand the defensiveness and support of the current method. Who does it really hurt to make it easier to manage WordPress upgrades?
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultSolution: Avoid modifying core files whenever possible.
I find it humorously ironic that we are told not to modify the files of an open source project. What’s next, WordPress shipped only in encrypted binaries?
Sure, modifying core files is not preferable, but there’s absolutely no reason to make users risk overwriting customized files if the upgrade in concern didn’t even modify the file!
If you’re running your own website, then I’m sorry, but yes, you should be expected to know some technical stuff.
That’s exactly the elitist attitude that frustrates users and sends them to Microsoft. Do not add excess complexity to products, especially when it’s so easy to deliver a simpler method ala Gallery2.
If all you want is to post on a blog and you want to pay somebody else to maintain it, then do that. Why did you buy your own hosting? Why not find somebody who will manage your website for you and will leave running the blog content to you?
Thanks for validating the open source model and making newbies feel so welcome. Obtuseness and opaqueness rule!!
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultnolageek- Must be nice to have SSH access. 🙂
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultSatoridork – I had already upgraded by the time I wrote this post. I will check into this the next time I upgrade.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultNo disrespect entended but you’ve never run an upgrade on Gallery when it has 85k pictures, have you?
Nope, but I am not talking about database upgrades. I am talking about file changes. Gallery has WordPress spanked in terms of upgrading files in different version releases.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Upgrade is needlessly difficultSpare yourself some pain, novasource, and read this thread:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/128989?replies=4#post-612959Thanks, but that kind of info needs to be at http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress, not buried in a forum topic.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: “Add this topic to your favorites” is brokenI have a feeling that this error was caused by my post being flagged as spam. Unfortunately, there was no way for me to know the spam flag was even a possibility, so it appeared to be a site error.
I am using FF 2.0.0.6.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: please unaskimet me thanks!I think I am getting queued, too. My posts aren’t showing up.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: “Do you want to navigate away from this page” problemIt turns out my problems were caused by using WPG2 2.01. I upgraded to WPG2 2.1, and they went away.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Blank Thumbs on WP Community Theme Viewer?When I go to the themes list at themes.wordpress.net, all the themes are blacked out. This even happens when I search for themes (when the search doesn’t return a totally blank page!). This makes the themes browser pretty pointless. Does anyone host a useful WordPress theme site?
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: TinyMCE works poorly with FirefoxIt turns out that my problems were probably caused by using an old version of WPG2. I upgraded to 2.1, and most the problems went away. I say “most” because I may still be having an intermittent problem, but I haven’t tracked it down yet.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: “Do you want to navigate away from this page” problemHave any of you tried deleting all files from your web server and reinstalling the WP files from scratch? What effect did that have?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: “Do you want to navigate away from this page” problemI am wondering if the WordPress 2.0–>2.1 upgrade instructions were incorrect? I deleted all WordPress files and installed new ones, and that seems to have fixed my problems.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: TinyMCE works poorly with FirefoxI am wondering if the WordPress 2.0–>2.1 upgrade instructions were incorrect? I deleted all WordPress files and installed new ones, and that seems to have fixed my problems.