Kaki Supper » backup http://kslim.net/blog a life in memory... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Upgrading WordPress blog to 2.8 http://kslim.net/blog/computing-2/application/upgrading-wordpress-blog-to-2-8 http://kslim.net/blog/computing-2/application/upgrading-wordpress-blog-to-2-8#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:34:15 +0000 K5.L1M http://kslim.net/blog/?p=435 I’ve successfully upgraded my blog from old version WP 2.6.x to 2.8 today.  The following is the steps that i sorted out:

  1. Log in “wp-admin” to disable all existing Plugins (Important step)
  2. Backup the mySQL database
  3. Rename the existing blog directory (Backup the source)
  4. Recreate the blog directory & Install the new version WordPress (can be easily uses Cpanel Fantastico)
  5. Rename the new “wp-content” directory
  6. Replace it by Copy back the original “wp-content” directory from backup source
  7. Restore/Import the mySQL database into the new DB (Normally Fantastico will auto create a new DB)
  8. Browse “wp-admin”, the system will prompt to click a button for upgrading the blog DB
  9. Log in “wp-admin” to check the contents & settings
  10. Some older version Plugins might need to be remove or reinstall (Find the compatible version before activate)
  11. Grant the write permission to the path:  wp-content/uploads/
  12. Edit “wp-config.php” to delete “utf8” at DB_CHARSET  (To make the encoding loads well)

NOTE:  Always be reminded to keep a copy of full backup before make any changes.

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