Wordpress 2.1 Ella Upgrade

With the domain change to bluefur.com we took the time to update our blog to the newest version of Wordpress 2.1.

The new version of Wordpress has over 500 bug fixes from the previous version and is secure against some of the recent Wordpress hacks that have been happening in the blog sphere.

The upgrade itself was very easy to do. If you have installed a previous version of Wordpress through Fantastico you can upgrade it through the Fantastico link in your cPanel.

If you are like me and like to do thing by hand. This is how to do the upgrade using FTP:

1. First download the latest version here.
2. Login to your Wordpress and disable each of your plugins one by one.
3. Unzip it to somewhere that is easy for you to remember like your Desktop.
4. Open your FTP program and rename your wordpress blog file to [foldername]backup.
5. Create a new folder with the previous foldername that you just renamed. So if yours was called blog and you renamed your old one blogbackup you should create a new one called blog.
6. Upload the files from the unziped file in step 2.
7. Copy the wp-config.php from your blogbackup folder to your blog folder.
8. Copy the wp-content and wp-images folders from your blogbackup folder to your blog folder.
9. Point your browser to your blog with /wp-admin/upgrade.php on the end.
10. Your site should work now and login to your wordpress and start up your plugins one by one. If you notice any errors from the plugins I would suggest reviewing if it is compatiable here.
11. Reset your theme if it is not showing in your presentation menu.

That should be it. Enjoy the new features of Wordpress 2.1.

We have added some Wordpress videos for those that would like to learn how to use Wordpress more.

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Comment by Chris

2007-01-28 09:30:26

I just upgraded to using Fantastico which is even easier! Login to cPanel and click on Fantastico and then click on Upgrade.

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