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Powered by WordPress 2.7 beta 1

published on November 04, 2008.

I’ve decided to upgrade to WordPress 2.7 beta 1, just for fun. For now, no major problems occurred, just a few smaller ones, all which are caused by my hacking of the WordPress core — I wasn’t keeping track of all hacks I did, so there were some random errors, but everything should be fine now.

I don’t recommend to no one upgrading to this version, unless you are OK with possible problems caused by this beta version. And even if you decide to upgrade now, do a backup of your database! Heck, do 2 backups!

First I did was backing up… No, I lie. First I did was start copying files of the wp-admin folder up to the server, when it came to my mind that I forgot to backup the database. Silly me. While it was copying I did a backup. Then I copied the contents of the wp-includes folder and then the files under the root folder of my blog. I haven’t uploaded nothing from the wp-content folder.

Oh yeah. Under the root folder, skip copying one file (if it’s there): the wp-config.php file, just to prevent overriding the configurations.

I tried to login to the dashboard. A message waited me, saying something like the database needs to be upgraded, blablabla, with a big a button. So I pressed the button. And everything went well. I logged in to the dashboard, to find out that I can finally find my way around the dashboard. It’s soooo much better now!! Errmm… I even saw a screenshot of it some where on the Internet… Meh. Can’t find it now.

After fixing those little errors I saw that my custom made template is working just fine and the plugins too — all 3 of them.

So there. My blog is now powered with WordPress 2.7 beta 1. I thought to write a tutorial on upgrading from WP 2.6.x to WP 2.7 but as it all comes down to uploading the files and hitting that “Upgrade database” there is no need for a tutorial.

Oh, and in case you missed it: do a bloody backup first!

Cheers!

P.S.: If someone finds some errors or the blog starts misbehaving let me know! Thanks!

Tags: blog, upgrade, wordpress.
Categories: Blablabla, Free time, Software.

Look, Ma...

published on September 04, 2008.

... I have a Blog too! Well, it was damn time to get yourself one of those.

Actually, this is my third blog. The first lasted about a day or two. The second went alright for a time, but then the hosting company started to play around with settings, so the whole thing fell apart. This time, I'm serious. Kinda.

Until now I was foolin' around a lot. Tried this and that, experimenting. Heck, I even got a job. A real one. For real money. It lasted about 5 months, but then I quit, 'cause I still have some bloody exams @school, and I commuted every day to work, so it was pretty hard to concentrate on both. Now, I'm back to freelancing. Studying hard to get these exams off my back, and working on some projects; nothing big.

Sooo... What to expect from me and my blog? Tutorials, screencasts, reviews, freebies, random writings... Anything that is connected with the Internet, it's development and me. I'll try to show up with some quality and creative stuff, hopefully, on a regular basis.

Ramble on!

Tags: about, introduction, random.
Categories: Blablabla.
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