Upgrading your blog - don’t panic!
I always upgrade my blogs with some amount of trepidation - should I or shouldn’t I? Some blogs have upgraded fine but others have been a nightmare. Mainly because the templates I choose are not always compatible with the latest version.
So in a moment of craziness I decided to upgrade my Workplace-Ministry blog to a later version of Wordpress and was instantly faced with a blank white screen after it told me I could view my blog. Huh? My mind started racing to see what I could do and I started to type up a help message to my IT guy. But then I thought perhaps I should see if I could try and fix it myself. Fortunately I had not closed the window that I’d performed the upgrade in and had opened a new browser window (I love how Firefox uses Tabs!) to view the blog.
I checked my cpanel and noticed the amount of free space was very low. I then went into the disk space usage area and clicked on the Wordpress section and it showed 0 megs. mmm, perhaps that’s a clue.
I went back to the window where I’d performed the upgrade and wondered if I backed up through the previous views on that window and redid the upgrade whether that would make a difference? So I did and with a quick prayer and a re-press of the Upgrade button it performed what it did only a few minutes ago. I went back to the blank screen window and refreshed and there was my blog in front of me. Whew!
What is the lesson in this? Well, apart from not panicking, it was not to close a window I’d been working in. If I had I would not have been able to re-use the upgrade button because it would have considered the job had been done. Thankfully I could go back to the beginning and redo it and it worked. Well, another lesson learned for the day - and gratefully so!
I’ve gotten that blank white screen before upgrading. Happened every time I used random generated codes for the secret phrase, made my own and it worked. Or maybe it just needed the upgrade button hit a second time.
I’m a beginner. That’s a scary thought.
I have thought about updating but dred loosing all of the information.
Back ups are a good idea Lynn. I have automatic backups set up for my blogs so I know that I can restore the blog if I need to. Like you I have a lot of information I’d hate to lose.
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