Comments on: Upgrading to WordPress 2.9 http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/ Engage Yourself with WordPress.tv Sat, 19 May 2012 18:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ryan Markel http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-9901 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:11:31 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-9901 If your blog is on WordPress.com, we’ve already done the updates to WordPress for you. :)

]]> By: Ashley http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-9889 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:19:18 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-9889 Can I only update if my blog doesn’t end with wordpress.com?

]]> By: zataobam http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8966 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:10:38 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8966 Thanks for the helpful info. Make sure you back things up. We learned the hard way.

]]> By: How To Add ShareThis Buttons for Email, Twitter, Facebook | Freshworkshops http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8955 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8955 [...] ONE – Backup your files before you start editing your WordPress theme. It will save you a lot of headaches later [...]

]]> By: Keith Davis http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8867 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:29:25 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8867 Hi Adria
Just come back to have another look.
A question… where did you save your backup to?
Hosting accound, your hard drive?

]]> By: Adria Richards, ButYoureAGirl.com http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8845 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8845 Don,

Thanks. Yes, hopefully all hosting companies serve MySQL 5 out of the box but there are many still running 4.x. Also, there are a ton of blogs out there on really old versions like 2.3 or worse yet, they were installed on a Windows server using Wamp that no one has updated in ages.

All those things can create problems when doing an automatic upgrade but none should prevent the ever so important step of backups! *smile*

]]> By: Don Campbell http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8428 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8428 Nice video Adria.
I ran into some problems upgrading to WordPress 2.9 on my hosting provider 1&1 because a newer version of MySQL database was required. I got an error message saying:

“ERROR: WordPress 2.9 requires MySQL 4.1.2 or higher”

In case anyone else has this problem, here is what I did to fix it and get everything working again:

http://www.expand2web.com/blog/wordpress-2-9-upgrade-mysql/

I like the new features in WordPress 2.9!
-Don

]]> By: Keith Davis http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8167 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8167 Hi Adria
Super vid.
Thanks for not skipping the backup part of the upgrade.

Good to see that you use Cpanel to backup.
I have been using Cpanel to upgrade but it is always way behind with the latest version.

Perhaps I’ll start using the WordPress auto upgrade.

]]> By: Ryan Markel http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8164 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8164 For help with getting rolling with self-hosted WordPress, please visit the WordPress.org support forums at http://wordpress.org/support/.

]]> By: Ryan Markel http://wordpress.tv/2010/01/26/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/#comment-8161 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.tv/?p=3245#comment-8161 For assistance with upgrading self-hosted installations of WordPress, please visit the WordPress.org Support forums at http://wordpress.org/support/.

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