OH GREAT! Upgrade hell…
I’ve finally finished a three hour struggle with the WordPress upgrade to 2.2.1 and now … I’ve lost my sidebar and footer, comments don’t work, some posts show up as ’500 internal error’, arrrgggghhhh! ,So for now, all my plugins are turned off including the do-follow. Sorry… Any one with any helpful thoughts?
UPDATE: hour #4.5 Do you have your blog on Bluehost? Are you thinking about using Bluehost’s new “Fast CGI for PHP” feature? That was the source of my headache. I had enabled this feature and then began my upgrade. After I finished, that’s when trouble began. A couple of minutes online with Bluehost support (always excellent) and they told me to turn it off. TA-DA! I’m back in business.
The only thing that bothers me right now is that my version number hasn’t changed to 2.2.1. It still shows 2.1.2. And the widgets aren’t working without help from “Sidebar widget” plug-in. I’m pretty sure that I’ve updating everything — since I no longer have that helpful post preview window any more and I have an option to disable all plugins with a single checkbox. hmmmmm…. Oh wait! Now my site is complaining about an error in the function.php file dealing with smileys icons. Smileys? Yeah, I’m having a hard time smiling myself…
UPDATE #2: hour #6 The reason the version never advanced is because the files in the wp-include directory didn’t update properly. There was the source of the smiley problem as well. So I’ve reloaded every file into my Bluehost directory. Now version is correct and the automatic display of widgets is functioning. Now let’s see what happens….
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Was a joy to read your post. Experience the same difficulties whenever I try to change something on my hosting. It all works out in the end but is a real process getting there.
I tried to upgrade to the new version of WP, and I screwed it up so badly that I had to have Bluehost do a backup database restore of all of my sites. The only problem was that the backup they used was over a week old, so I ‘lost’ a whole bunch of posts.
I haven’t had the nerve to turn on the fast Cgi for php feature yet either. Too scared of screwing up something else!
Greenearth: It has definitely been a learning experience. I have a better idea now of how all the PHP files interrelate with each other and with the WordPress template. I’m surprised (but very glad) that your comment came through because it is timed before my blog crashed again. Great timing!
Elizabeth: You lost posts?! OH NO! I was in a cold sweat for a few hours thinking that I’d lost everything. I did a backup before I did today’s upgrade. But for some reason I couldn’t get back to yesterday’s version. As for Bluehost, their support instantly knew what to do. This makes me think that they’ve released something that isn’t quite ready for prime time!
It is Monday! I am making the rounds reminding people to Click & Comment on blogs today. I am off to visit someone from your BlogCatalog.
Hello CyberCelt! Thanks for stopping by. I managed to comment on excellent several blogs yesterday before the WordPress up-up-and-away-grade.
I have had troble upgrading too… and have found no help online. I get lots of nice erro messages. So I am staying at 2.1.2 for now.
Ron-Oh yes, I lost posts! I lost PAID POSTS. I have days where I post three times, so I had to try to remember and then FIND over 20 posts. It took me a while to figure out that I could look in my Bloglines feed at my own posts, which showed me everything. Then I just had to copy/paste. The problem was, none of the paid posts had the links in them correctly. I still don’t know how to find the required links in a PPP opp. So I just had to wait for them to reject the post and send me the link to the opp so I could put the links back in. HUGE pain in the butt! Next time I get brave enough to upgrade, I might ask you for help first!
Elizabeth: To find those required links for PPP posts, you can log into your PPP account, click on “my posts”. There you’ll find all the posts that you have ever submitted to PayPerPost. You can then click on the post in question and find the required link listed in the particulars. Hope this helps!
Mosley: I don’t blame you. Version 2.3 may be coming out next month so perhaps the wait may be worth it.
And thats why I hate upgrades…I try to avoid them as much as possible. Good luck and i hope youre able to get things back in order.
I’m so happy I didn’t activate the Fast CGI for PHP. I came really close but then decided it wouldn’t be worth the trouble. I hate new stuff. 2.2.1 went easily for me but two plugins screwed me over and I couldn’t take any PPP opps for over a week because of time outs. Bluehost was very helpful as always, though. Oh, and some of my plugins didnt’ work with my new theme so that was annoying, too. Gee, this blogging is fun!
Thanks, Justin. After that adventure, I had to take a break from blogging to deal with matters on this side of the screen.
Anyway, I think that all is working well now.
Hello Marisa! I’d love to hear which plugins messed up your excellent site(s) as a point of reference. Are you going to post about them?
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