WordPress 2.0
Tonight I backed up my database and the entire site. The reason was simple. I wanted to upgrade my blog software to the next version of WordPress. It has been out for about a month now, but I’m just now getting around to it. It is a bit easier then I had expected. The hard part was just backing up things.
Once I got everything uploaded for 2.0, I found that my website was just a blank white page. I forgot to leave my content folder that had all of my themes in it. I uploaded the content back into the folder and my site was looking normal again.
The back-end administration is very nice to look at now. I now have a nice editor to edit my posts, but it isn’t too friendly with the Google toolbar spellcheck feature. The spellcheck does work, but once you correct a word, some resizing glyphs appear around it. Once you are done spell checking, the background does not turn back to white. Still, I can work with it.
One interesting feature is the ability to upload files for individual posts. I may have to try that out. I also noticed that you can now have screenshots of your themes. I created one for mine and uploaded it. Just make sure the name of your file is screenshot.png and appears in the same folder as your theme. I didn’t try other image formats.
That’s about it for now. Time to sleep.
January 25th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Glad the upgrade went fairly smoothly… I was worried, too, but mine ended up being a piece of cake. I’m not a big fan of the new editor though, so I changed the settings back to the old style… I like inputting my own HTML!
February 13th, 2006 at 5:17 am
I`m thinking of upgrading from blogspot to wordpress with own domain name. These posts are useful to me. It would be good if you put them in a separate category on the sidebar. They are a useful resource.
February 13th, 2006 at 5:17 am
Just looked again. I guess it`s blogging? Doh!