Comments on: My Goof of the Day and a Big Blog Upgrade Tip http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/ Build your business by sharing what you know Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3541 Chris Garrett Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:24:48 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3541 @Ian - Heh I have been humbled by instructions a couple of times too ;) @Hummerbie - Cool :) @Jen - Glad my goof is reassuring :) @Steve - Have you been spying on me? There is a real risk of latte damage around here ;) @Roger - Unfortunately the sinking feeling is quite a common one with me :) @Adam - Good to know it worked for you even if not entirely smooth :) @Ashish - Good tip! @Mike - Yeah my templates are hacked up quite a bit, that combined with plugin versioning can get .. interesting :) @Simonne - Definitely definitely look into subversion if you do *any* development work, enter svn on the ssh command line to see if your host has it on there for you @Jack - Will check it out, thanks :D @Ian – Heh I have been humbled by instructions a couple of times too ;)

@Hummerbie – Cool :)

@Jen – Glad my goof is reassuring :)

@Steve – Have you been spying on me? There is a real risk of latte damage around here ;)

@Roger – Unfortunately the sinking feeling is quite a common one with me :)

@Adam – Good to know it worked for you even if not entirely smooth :)

@Ashish – Good tip!

@Mike – Yeah my templates are hacked up quite a bit, that combined with plugin versioning can get .. interesting :)

@Simonne – Definitely definitely look into subversion if you do *any* development work, enter svn on the ssh command line to see if your host has it on there for you

@Jack – Will check it out, thanks :D

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15805 Chris Garrett Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15805 @Ian - Heh I have been humbled by instructions a couple of times too ;) @Hummerbie - Cool :) @Jen - Glad my goof is reassuring :) @Steve - Have you been spying on me? There is a real risk of latte damage around here ;) @Roger - Unfortunately the sinking feeling is quite a common one with me :) @Adam - Good to know it worked for you even if not entirely smooth :) @Ashish - Good tip! @Mike - Yeah my templates are hacked up quite a bit, that combined with plugin versioning can get .. interesting :) @Simonne - Definitely definitely look into subversion if you do *any* development work, enter svn on the ssh command line to see if your host has it on there for you @Jack - Will check it out, thanks :D @Ian – Heh I have been humbled by instructions a couple of times too ;)

@Hummerbie – Cool :)

@Jen – Glad my goof is reassuring :)

@Steve – Have you been spying on me? There is a real risk of latte damage around here ;)

@Roger – Unfortunately the sinking feeling is quite a common one with me :)

@Adam – Good to know it worked for you even if not entirely smooth :)

@Ashish – Good tip!

@Mike – Yeah my templates are hacked up quite a bit, that combined with plugin versioning can get .. interesting :)

@Simonne – Definitely definitely look into subversion if you do *any* development work, enter svn on the ssh command line to see if your host has it on there for you

@Jack – Will check it out, thanks :D

]]> By: Jack http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3531 Jack Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:11:48 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3531 Oh, and the script handles templates perfectly too. Oh, and the script handles templates perfectly too.

]]> By: Jack http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15804 Jack Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:11:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15804 Oh, and the script handles templates perfectly too. Oh, and the script handles templates perfectly too.

]]> By: Jack http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3530 Jack Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:10:19 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3530 Hey Chris, I upgraded 2 WP blogs in about 20 seconds with no mess ups. I used the script from the code cave, this is the link http://www.thecodecave.com/article418 It is a killer script. Only minor downer is that it runs on *nix (shell script) so I doubt you could get it to run on Windows very easily. Hey Chris, I upgraded 2 WP blogs in about 20 seconds with no mess ups. I used the script from the code cave, this is the link http://www.thecodecave.com/article418

It is a killer script. Only minor downer is that it runs on *nix (shell script) so I doubt you could get it to run on Windows very easily.

]]> By: Jack http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15803 Jack Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15803 Hey Chris, I upgraded 2 WP blogs in about 20 seconds with no mess ups. I used the script from the code cave, this is the link http://www.thecodecave.com/article418 It is a killer script. Only minor downer is that it runs on *nix (shell script) so I doubt you could get it to run on Windows very easily. Hey Chris, I upgraded 2 WP blogs in about 20 seconds with no mess ups. I used the script from the code cave, this is the link http://www.thecodecave.com/article418

It is a killer script. Only minor downer is that it runs on *nix (shell script) so I doubt you could get it to run on Windows very easily.

]]> By: Simonne http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3528 Simonne Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:12:42 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3528 When I moved to another hosting company, I did it so "wisely" that I was never able to get my blog look like it did before. Since then, I'm afraid to do upgrades. This is the first time I hear about Subversion - I'm going to see what it is about. Thank you for the useful information. When I moved to another hosting company, I did it so “wisely” that I was never able to get my blog look like it did before. Since then, I’m afraid to do upgrades. This is the first time I hear about Subversion – I’m going to see what it is about. Thank you for the useful information.

]]> By: Simonne http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15802 Simonne Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15802 When I moved to another hosting company, I did it so "wisely" that I was never able to get my blog look like it did before. Since then, I'm afraid to do upgrades. This is the first time I hear about Subversion - I'm going to see what it is about. Thank you for the useful information. When I moved to another hosting company, I did it so “wisely” that I was never able to get my blog look like it did before. Since then, I’m afraid to do upgrades. This is the first time I hear about Subversion – I’m going to see what it is about. Thank you for the useful information.

]]> By: Mike http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3523 Mike Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:13:44 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3523 I just changed my theme and then sat there scratching my head for a while because some of my plugins didn't seem to be working. It took a while before I realised that they made changes to the page.php and single.php files so another thing to remember is that when changing themes that you need to make sure that any plugins that change the cosmetics of your site still work! I just changed my theme and then sat there scratching my head for a while because some of my plugins didn’t seem to be working. It took a while before I realised that they made changes to the page.php and single.php files so another thing to remember is that when changing themes that you need to make sure that any plugins that change the cosmetics of your site still work!

]]> By: Mike http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15801 Mike Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15801 I just changed my theme and then sat there scratching my head for a while because some of my plugins didn't seem to be working. It took a while before I realised that they made changes to the page.php and single.php files so another thing to remember is that when changing themes that you need to make sure that any plugins that change the cosmetics of your site still work! I just changed my theme and then sat there scratching my head for a while because some of my plugins didn’t seem to be working. It took a while before I realised that they made changes to the page.php and single.php files so another thing to remember is that when changing themes that you need to make sure that any plugins that change the cosmetics of your site still work!

]]> By: Ashish Mohta http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3518 Ashish Mohta Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3518 @Chris: You can do one fullproof method. Whenever you are ready to upgrade ask your host to take a complete cpanel backup. So if anything goes wrong your complete setup will be back in 5 min max. I realized the power of cpanel backup lately when i changed my host. they just used my old hosting cpanel backup to create one theirs. @Chris: You can do one fullproof method. Whenever you are ready to upgrade ask your host to take a complete cpanel backup. So if anything goes wrong your complete setup will be back in 5 min max.

I realized the power of cpanel backup lately when i changed my host. they just used my old hosting cpanel backup to create one theirs.

]]> By: Ashish Mohta http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15800 Ashish Mohta Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15800 @Chris: You can do one fullproof method. Whenever you are ready to upgrade ask your host to take a complete cpanel backup. So if anything goes wrong your complete setup will be back in 5 min max. I realized the power of cpanel backup lately when i changed my host. they just used my old hosting cpanel backup to create one theirs. @Chris: You can do one fullproof method. Whenever you are ready to upgrade ask your host to take a complete cpanel backup. So if anything goes wrong your complete setup will be back in 5 min max.

I realized the power of cpanel backup lately when i changed my host. they just used my old hosting cpanel backup to create one theirs.

]]> By: Adam Snider http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3514 Adam Snider Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:02:05 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3514 @Jen: I had been doing the same thing, for similar reasons. I finally got around to it about a week ago, and things went relatively smooth (though, like Chris, it didn't go perfectly). @Jen: I had been doing the same thing, for similar reasons. I finally got around to it about a week ago, and things went relatively smooth (though, like Chris, it didn’t go perfectly).

]]> By: Adam Snider http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15799 Adam Snider Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15799 @Jen: I had been doing the same thing, for similar reasons. I finally got around to it about a week ago, and things went relatively smooth (though, like Chris, it didn't go perfectly). @Jen: I had been doing the same thing, for similar reasons. I finally got around to it about a week ago, and things went relatively smooth (though, like Chris, it didn’t go perfectly).

]]> By: Roger Anderson http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3508 Roger Anderson Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:14:13 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3508 Don't you hate that sinking feeling right after you hit the enter button? That, "I knew I should have backed this up before I did anything." Well at least it is not all lost. Just time and frustration. Cheers and better luck this week. Don’t you hate that sinking feeling right after you hit the enter button? That, “I knew I should have backed this up before I did anything.”

Well at least it is not all lost. Just time and frustration.

Cheers and better luck this week.

]]> By: Roger Anderson http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15798 Roger Anderson Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:14:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15798 Don't you hate that sinking feeling right after you hit the enter button? That, "I knew I should have backed this up before I did anything." Well at least it is not all lost. Just time and frustration. Cheers and better luck this week. Don’t you hate that sinking feeling right after you hit the enter button? That, “I knew I should have backed this up before I did anything.”

Well at least it is not all lost. Just time and frustration.

Cheers and better luck this week.

]]> By: Steve Smith http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3507 Steve Smith Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:04:43 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3507 In my day job I'm part of the Disaster Recovery (DR) Team. We are a group of IT guys that will go to a remote site to restore business critical systems in the event of a disaster. When your company loses millions a day if our systems were down you can understand having a DR plan and we test it every year for 2 days at the remote site. Having good backups and a recovery plan is something we never think about for our personal computers. But at a minimum we should at least burn important data to cd or dvd or even USB memory sticks. Because it doesn't matter whether there was a huge natural disaster or you spilled your double non-fat mocha latte with whipped cream on your home pc. It can still be a disaster if you loose important information. In my day job I’m part of the Disaster Recovery (DR) Team. We are a group of IT guys that will go to a remote site to restore business critical systems in the event of a disaster. When your company loses millions a day if our systems were down you can understand having a DR plan and we test it every year for 2 days at the remote site.
Having good backups and a recovery plan is something we never think about for our personal computers. But at a minimum we should at least burn important data to cd or dvd or even USB memory sticks.
Because it doesn’t matter whether there was a huge natural disaster or you spilled your double non-fat mocha latte with whipped cream on your home pc. It can still be a disaster if you loose important information.

]]> By: Steve Smith http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15797 Steve Smith Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15797 In my day job I'm part of the Disaster Recovery (DR) Team. We are a group of IT guys that will go to a remote site to restore business critical systems in the event of a disaster. When your company loses millions a day if our systems were down you can understand having a DR plan and we test it every year for 2 days at the remote site. Having good backups and a recovery plan is something we never think about for our personal computers. But at a minimum we should at least burn important data to cd or dvd or even USB memory sticks. Because it doesn't matter whether there was a huge natural disaster or you spilled your double non-fat mocha latte with whipped cream on your home pc. It can still be a disaster if you loose important information. In my day job I’m part of the Disaster Recovery (DR) Team. We are a group of IT guys that will go to a remote site to restore business critical systems in the event of a disaster. When your company loses millions a day if our systems were down you can understand having a DR plan and we test it every year for 2 days at the remote site.
Having good backups and a recovery plan is something we never think about for our personal computers. But at a minimum we should at least burn important data to cd or dvd or even USB memory sticks.
Because it doesn’t matter whether there was a huge natural disaster or you spilled your double non-fat mocha latte with whipped cream on your home pc. It can still be a disaster if you loose important information.

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3506 Jen / domestika Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:19:44 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-3506 I've been stalling on the 2.2 upgrade for my blogs on WP, living in fear of this very sort of thing... Your goof is, paradoxically, almost reassuring! I’ve been stalling on the 2.2 upgrade for my blogs on WP, living in fear of this very sort of thing… Your goof is, paradoxically, almost reassuring!

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15796 Jen / domestika Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:19:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/my-goof-of-the-day-and-a-big-blog-upgrade-tip/#comment-15796 I've been stalling on the 2.2 upgrade for my blogs on WP, living in fear of this very sort of thing... Your goof is, paradoxically, almost reassuring! I’ve been stalling on the 2.2 upgrade for my blogs on WP, living in fear of this very sort of thing… Your goof is, paradoxically, almost reassuring!

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