WP upgraded
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RSS FeedEverytime I log in, I am prompted that I can now upgrade my WP. Lazy that I am, I’ve ignored it for 2 version upgrades. I was simply too lazy to back up my files. This morning, Vannie was asking me about the upgrade and I had no idea what to answer so I decided to upgrade both my blogs. I could have at least a decent answer to anyone who will ask again.
I upgraded berryscrappy first just to be on the safe side. I’m more willing to give my scrap blog than this blog. Hahaha.
I encountered “Database Upgrade Required” error during the WP upgrade. I thought to myself that geez I’ve screwed up as I have predicted. So I scanned the wp support forum and all of which (that I cared to check) were still unresolved. I decided to check the upgrade.php file. I did something that seems logical. I changed ‘url’ to ‘http://berryscrappy.com‘ and tried reloading the page. Well, it worked for me. So I posted what I did on the forum. Hope it helps others too. Although I’m still uncertain that this is the right solution. 
I upgraded this blog next. And I now receive comment moderation emails, which for reason I still do not know I do not receive since I got my (bloggerhappy) domain. I plan to install the comment responder plugin soon. All right! 
6 Comments
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Vannie commented on May 12, 2008 at 8:29 pm
hmmm weird,i still don’t get comment mod emails….
Vannies last blog post..Upgraded to 2.5.1
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thea commented on May 12, 2008 at 9:19 pm
hmm bakit kaya? anyway, i just installed the responder…hoping it’s working..kaw guinea pig ko hahaha.
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Allan commented on May 12, 2008 at 9:38 pm
you can try the db backup plugin. Then you can import it using standard mysql in case you screw something up
Allans last blog post..International Symposium on Grid Computing 2008
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thea commented on May 12, 2008 at 9:39 pm
thanks for the suggestion. i don’t trust all the plugins. hahaha. but it went well anyway.
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Allan commented on May 12, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Or a regular sqldump. do you have shell access to this host?
I haven’t actually upgrade to 2.5.1 (using 2.5) is there any significant security hole? I was using 2.2 before and i just upgraded because of the spammer css exploit.
Allans last blog post..International Symposium on Grid Computing 2008
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thea commented on May 12, 2008 at 10:36 pm
not sure. but i’ve read somewhere that many sites were hit by a hack that resides in the uploads folder. (mine isn’t writable anyway). And WP now have this secret code (not sure if 2.5 has that) on the config file.