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After the fiasco of upgrading to wordpress 2.5 and 2.5.1 – Following the database destruction I am reluctant to do any upgrading at the moment. Some firm testing will have to be done before I part with the one I can cope with.

Just in case it doesn’t work too well i’ll be leaving it on XAMPP for a few more weeks and checking the forums for the inevitable questions about what happened to this or that!

Needless to say that WordPress automatic upgrade plugin works for plugins but not for the site. I’m not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing really.

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Because of some changes at work posting via the web during the day is going to be a problem. So I’m attempting to set up a blog by email which just isn’t working one bit. Shame really. I’ll carry on trying and post back when it’s actually working!

answers on a postcard please………

WordPress strikes again

There seem to be a number of issues with WordPress that are biting my installation. Mix this with an odd ftp problem with my host and this helps to keep this month as a month of pointless fiddling.

Having had to reinstall the whole shooting match and losing the visual editor, ability to edit posts, delete files and folders from my host I’m getting to the point where I’ll be looking for a new CMS if I can’t get this sorted out. So in preparation I’ve install XAMPP onto a flash drive for offline work to try and replicate the faults but so far it’s just not happening.

What should be a simple thing is both frustrating and time consuming. These oh-so-simple systems tend to have hidden caveats or features that are adding to not just mine but a lot of other woes.

So after some major time wasting by myself the problems have been fixed. All down to mod security and the host end.

just for reference the symptoms were:

1. Could not upload any media

2. Could not edit or save edits to any pages, post, plugins or widgets

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Here’s the long list of things I tried and eventually ended up doing out of desperation

• Reinstall WP2.5
• Install WP2.5.1
• Clear all caches and cookies
• Searched WP forums for possible solutions
• Wasted loads of time trying things that didn’t work
• Posted on WP forums asking for help – no-one came
• Deleted all files from my host (after backing up)
• Reinstalled WP2.3.2 and couldn’t recover database
• Upgraded using WPAU plugin to WP2.5
• Tried to recover database again
• Failed
• Tried again and again and again
• Failed again and again and again
• Considered using other CMS like drupal or joomla
• Installed XAMPP and WP2.3.2 / WP2.5 and WP2.5 on a flash drive to try and recreate problems – no success
• Redirected my whole site to old WP.com site
• Tried to relsove through WP IRC. No one about
• Decided that this was a very good way of backing up seeing as everything else went to the dogs
• Contacted my host and within 15 had the problem solved.

Can you tell that this has cheesed me off?