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Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

decorative key cabinets — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0000

Thanks
for information, I'll always keep updated here!

Re: Upgrading WordPress to 3.0.4

Speaker — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:59:44 -0000

Thanks for your help! I have been thinking about this for days and I finally fixed the issue

Re: Upgrading WordPress to 3.0.4

justA — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:11:52 -0000

What is "STEP 7"? It seems important. Yet no mention of what or where it is??? Only these two references in this articla to this rather critical sounding point:
"Make sure you read this step AND STEP 7 in full before your start this step."
"All the files in the root directory marked as ‘.php’ except those idenified in Step 7."

So what & where is "STEP 7"? I so much enjoyed the clear, easy to follow commentary on upgrading.

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Andy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:04:57 -0000

thanks! good info, helped me find my problem.

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Glenn Reffin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:24:21 -0000

Вы радушны!

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

планы — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:44:28 -0000

спасибо!

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Mike — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:21:33 -0000

Thanks a lot, it took many hours of hard work but I saved my blog. NEVER clicking that auto update link ever again.

Re: How to create a twitter background

wenkt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:13:06 -0000

www.twitter.com/wenkt

im trying my best to do my own background now...

thx dear!

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Glenn Reffin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:36:57 -0000

Katie

I'm really glad you managed to sort out your problems. I had a similar problem when I upgraded my version but when I FTP'd into the site and manually deleted the files individually, this worked. It might be worth checking if there are any hidden files that are preventing you from deleting the folders. Alternatively, if you can rename the files, you should also be able to move them. Try moving them into a new folder and then try deleting it.

I don't currently use a comments subscription plugin on my site. I do however use Feedburner Feedsmith, this is a plugin that you can download once you have signed up to Google's Feedburner. With respect to the plugins-compatibility list, bear in mind that it is probably out of date by now. As I said in my previous comment, be warned that the list is not completely accurate and should only be used as a guide. On looking at the plugins at Wordpress.org, I noticed that the subscribe to comments plugin says it is compatible upto 2.8. It might be worth downloading the latest version and trying it out.

By the way, I've heard good reports about DISQUS, but I have not tried it myself yet. There is potentially a very good reason to start using it because Google is starting to implement a point deduction system for external links that are not followed (in comments). DISQUS is supposed to counter that problem, and it also allows you to subscribe to comments (apparently). As I said, I haven't tried it, just read about it a couple of times. You can read about it at Mashable.

Hope this helps

Glenn

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Katie Baird — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:39:10 -0000

Hey Glenn,

Appreciate your response. What I tried:

1. Replaced the entire wp-admin folder: was a little closer to functionality after that.
2. Created and added the php.ini file: didn't see a difference at that point
3. Replaced the entire wp-includes folder: bingo everything working!

I noticed that my ftp server wouldn't allow me to fully delete my old wp-includes folder the last time I updated, in January 2009. I could manually eliminate many of the files in there, but couldn't get rid of a lot of folders and couldn't even change the file permissions in order to try that as a workaround. I have renamed all those orphan files and they are still sitting in my directory. Thoughts?

Finally, I formerly used "subscribe to comments" plugin but see it isn't on the tested and approved list for 2.8. Any recommendations on that front?

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Saurabh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:01:54 -0000

Hi,

Thanks for the post...
My blog is working now...

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Glenn Reffin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:26:12 -0000

Katie

Thanks for your comments. I'm sorry you are experiencing difficulties but you are not alone!

I have a couple of suggestions that may help you.

First of all, try disabling your theme and using the default theme. If you find it difficult navigating to it in your wp-admin panel, you can FTP to your blog site and remove all the themes except the default theme from your /content/themes/ folder (moving them up one level temporarily will do the trick - you don't have to delete them.

If this works, your problem is related to your theme. You can put all the themes you moved back in the themes folder and try reactivating it - sometimes this works. Or you can search for an update to the theme.

Second, if that doesn't work, download the upgrade package again from Wordpress.org/download/, extract it to your local drive. FTP to your site, find the wp-admin/ folder and delete it. Then upload only the wp-admin/ folder from the fresh copy you just downloaded. This is where the admin css files are stored alongside the admin pages and functions.

Let me know how you get on.

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Katie Baird — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:15:06 -0000

Not sure what all internal problems may still exist but here's where I am with my upgrade:

OS: Mac 10.5.7
Upgraded a fresh downlload manually from 2.6 to 2.8 after backing up all files from previous installation and the database. Deactivated plugins.

After various errors popped up, I got all the permissions working and was able to log into the wp-admin area, where I succeeded in running the WP upgrade program. Got message that it was a success.

Could now get onto my blog and it looks normal on the surface. Could also login to admin area (yeah! almost done) but the admin area doesn't seem to be connecting to its CSS and images are missing. The layout is barebones with css stripped out, in other words.

Been through all the forums I could find addressing this but cant fix.

Thanks for the opportunity to post here.

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Glenn Reffin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:46:04 -0000

Chris

Pleased that my post has helped you solve your problem. Please visit again sometime.

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Chris — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:24:10 -0000

Thanks for the info, added a php.ini file via FTP and I can once again access my admin panel :)

Re: Further problems with WordPress 2.8 upgrade

Glenn Reffin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:02:56 -0000

Marnix,

I agree that the automatic update feature doesn't appear to work for many people. It might be worth checking Akismet as this has been known to cause problems with automatic update since the update as part of the 2.8 installation. Also, disable your theme and go to the default theme to see if there is an issue with this.

Since releasing the upgrade, WordPress has issued a list of compatible plugins, which you can find here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.8. Be warned that this list is not completely accurate but it should give a good general indication. I had a similar issue when my theme crashed - the tags were no longer available.

Glenn

Re: Further problems with WordPress 2.8 upgrade

marnixbras — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:51:24 -0000

the Automatic update plugin is causing php-errors and white screens since i upgraded to 2.8... I recommend to disable it

It looks like Simple-tags plugin is causing troubles in WP2.8 too - Your tags are lost...
see http://code.google.com/p/simpl...

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Glenn Reffin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:47:17 -0000

LK,

I'm really pleased you have solved this problem. It is often a good idea to check each of the files in the directory against those you are deleting. There should be very few that are retained (such as php-config.) that contain your database connection details.

Thank you for sharing your problem and the solution to it.

Regards

Glenn

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

LK — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:07:39 -0000

Hi Glenn,

It's fixed! Turned out I did not delete all the files in the root directory!

LK

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

LK — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:54:16 -0000

Hi Glenn,

Thanks for the reply. I tried what you suggested but still could not login (same error). I am using an iMac and have managed to upgrade to wordpress v2.7.1 but even then I had problems upgrading.

LK

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Glenn Reffin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:50:56 -0000

I've done some reading up on this one and, as usual, there could be several reasons for the error. First off, try disabling all your plugins and then see if you can log-in.

To disable your plugins you will need to connect to your server using an FTP client, go to your wp-content/plugins folder and rename it (temporarily) as TEMPLUG. Then go to www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/ and attempt to log in. It might be worth pressing CTRL + F5 just to be sure the cache is cleared.

Let me know how you get on with this. If it doesn't work, we'll try something else.

Can you let me know what operating system your server is using and how it is set up?

Good luck!

Glenn

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

LK — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:53:56 -0000

Hi,

I hope you can help me. I upgraded from 2.6.5 to 2.8 and got this error when I tried to log in to the admin panel.

Fatal error: Class 'WP_Widget' not found in /home/thecolou/public_html/blogtest/wp-includes/default-widgets.php on line 15

Thanks in advance.

LK

Re: How to increase your traffic overnight

Sean Davis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:09:14 -0000

What an awesome post Glenn. That's a big time eye-opener and it makes me want to develop a new strategy to mimic what you did. Awesome read man.

Re: Upgrading to WordPress 2.8 – Don’t Panic!

Rock Your Web — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:51:37 -0000

Nice article. Good job.

Re: How to increase your traffic overnight

Glenn Reffin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:16:09 -0000

Dan

It is indeed no secret and something all bloggers try hard to do. It has taught me a few things about rankings and getting new visitors. Interestingly, I have found through woopra that those same visitors are coming back time and again to the site too and that my spike is continuing.

Do you find that you get a lot of conversions to your feed as a result of WP Greet Box and have you tracked any increase? I would be interested in exploring this with you further.

Glenn