Comments on: WordPress 3.0 Beta http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/ Business Web Hosting For Shrewdies Not Dummies Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Keith from shrewdies http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3625 Keith from shrewdies Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:55:54 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3625 See next comment for answer to this.<br> See next comment for answer to this.

]]> By: Keith from shrewdies http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3624 Keith from shrewdies Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3624 Welcome Ewealths,<br><br>You need to be very cautious with this. I'll be putting more details about this in a post that I'm working on, but the issue I had was with a plugin.<br><br>I would say that you must see the failure of the automatic upgrade as a warning to NOT upgrade. The upgrade is being supplied properly by WordPress, but is failing on your server. This is either a server problem or a conflicting plugin or theme.<br><br>The first thing would be to disable any plugins that you do not need. Get rid of them completely by deleting the files after you deactivate them. Then spend some time going through several posts, pages and archives to see if it is working OK. If it is, then try the upgrade again.<br><br>Beyond that, I'll be putting more advice in my WordPress 3.0 upgrade article.<br><br>There are definitely some plugins that will cause errors, so please do not try to force the upgrade. I repeat, if the automatic upgrade fails, then wait and I will try to investigate your plugins and theme. If anyone suggests ways to force the upgrade (e.g. download the upgrade directly, or disable plugins that you rely on) please ignore them - it will only risk a severe problem.<br> Welcome Ewealths,

You need to be very cautious with this. I’ll be putting more details about this in a post that I’m working on, but the issue I had was with a plugin.

I would say that you must see the failure of the automatic upgrade as a warning to NOT upgrade. The upgrade is being supplied properly by WordPress, but is failing on your server. This is either a server problem or a conflicting plugin or theme.

The first thing would be to disable any plugins that you do not need. Get rid of them completely by deleting the files after you deactivate them. Then spend some time going through several posts, pages and archives to see if it is working OK. If it is, then try the upgrade again.

Beyond that, I’ll be putting more advice in my WordPress 3.0 upgrade article.

There are definitely some plugins that will cause errors, so please do not try to force the upgrade. I repeat, if the automatic upgrade fails, then wait and I will try to investigate your plugins and theme. If anyone suggests ways to force the upgrade (e.g. download the upgrade directly, or disable plugins that you rely on) please ignore them – it will only risk a severe problem.

]]> By: Ewealths http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3616 Ewealths Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:48:54 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3616 I have upgraded one of my blog to this new one and everything seem to be working well, no problem, most of the plugins though they have not been tested with it but are really not giving me any issues but I seem to be having a hard time upgrading one of my blog, I continually get this error message:Downloading update from h t t p://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0.zip. Unpacking the update. Incompatible archive: PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature Installation Failed.Please what can I do so that I can upgrade my blog, thanks! I have upgraded one of my blog to this new one and everything seem to be working well, no problem, most of the plugins though they have not been tested with it but are really not giving me any issues but I seem to be having a hard time upgrading one of my blog, I continually get this error message:Downloading update from h t t p://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0.zip.
Unpacking the update.
Incompatible archive: PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find
End of Central Dir Record signature
Installation Failed.Please what can I do so that I can upgrade my blog, thanks!

]]> By: Ewealths http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3615 Ewealths Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:33:50 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3615 I have been able to upgrade some of my blogs and most of the plugins were working normally but I had a little problem with a blog that would not just upgrade, I also notice that all the plugins that have upgraded version were also not upgrading, I am not too familiar with coding and all that but what do think might be causing the problem but for my other blogs are working properly. I have been able to upgrade some of my blogs and most of the plugins were working normally but I had a little problem with a blog that would not just upgrade, I also notice that all the plugins that have upgraded version were also not upgrading, I am not too familiar with coding and all that but what do think might be causing the problem but for my other blogs are working properly.

]]> By: Udegbunam Chukwudi | Make Money Online Nigeria http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3607 Udegbunam Chukwudi | Make Money Online Nigeria Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:07:10 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3607 I've been seeing quite a number of folks complaining about memory issues with the new version. I'll be looking forward to your post.P.S: I do have WAMP Server on my laptop and that's how I test changes I want to make on my blog before making them live ;-). I’ve been seeing quite a number of folks complaining about memory issues with the new version. I’ll be looking forward to your post.P.S: I do have WAMP Server on my laptop and that’s how I test changes I want to make on my blog before making them live ;-) .

]]> By: Keith from shrewdies http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3606 Keith from shrewdies Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:11:53 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3606 Well, I had no problems with the beta, and only one with the final 3.0 release.<br><br>With the beta, I tested on a brand new site, so there was no risk of losing data or visitors.<br><br>If I had not had that site to play with, I would have created a local site. I already have one local development site, but I have it set up exactly as I want it to look like one of my live sites, so I did not want to mess with it. This is very easy to do with a WAMP install, and I may do a step by  step guide on that later if there is any interest.<br><br>When the full release of WordPress 3.0 was issued, I updated a couple of my lesser used sites first. These upgraded without problems.<br><br>I then had an issue with one site. This is currently my busiest site, so I panicked a bit. I'll do a new post on the problem I had with that WordPress 3 upgrade, and how I solved it, so other people can avoid my totally self-inflicted trap.<br> Well, I had no problems with the beta, and only one with the final 3.0 release.

With the beta, I tested on a brand new site, so there was no risk of losing data or visitors.

If I had not had that site to play with, I would have created a local site. I already have one local development site, but I have it set up exactly as I want it to look like one of my live sites, so I did not want to mess with it. This is very easy to do with a WAMP install, and I may do a step by  step guide on that later if there is any interest.

When the full release of WordPress 3.0 was issued, I updated a couple of my lesser used sites first. These upgraded without problems.

I then had an issue with one site. This is currently my busiest site, so I panicked a bit. I’ll do a new post on the problem I had with that WordPress 3 upgrade, and how I solved it, so other people can avoid my totally self-inflicted trap.

]]> By: Udegbunam Chukwudi | Make Money Online Nigeria http://www.shrewdies.net/1585/wordpress-3-0-beta/#comment-3576 Udegbunam Chukwudi | Make Money Online Nigeria Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:52:12 +0000 http://www.shrewdies.net/?p=1585#comment-3576 Wordpress 3.0 has finally been launched but I ain't so eager to update now as they are DEFINITELY going to be bug fixes coming up with minor upgrades. I'd probably wait 2 -3 months before upgrading just to be sure that all my plug-ins works seamlessly with the new wordpress ;-) WordPress 3.0 has finally been launched but I ain’t so eager to update now as they are DEFINITELY going to be bug fixes coming up with minor upgrades. I’d probably wait 2 -3 months before upgrading just to be sure that all my plug-ins works seamlessly with the new wordpress ;-)

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