WordPress20-20Upgrade20to20version202.0

This link has a long- in-depth discussion of the upgrade.

We had a catastrophic melt-down of the entire Next Wave site yesterday by just upgrading one section – the WordPress blog. If you have a theme developed before 1.5 like we did- it may do odd things- so, BACK-UP EVERYTHING- not just your WordPress install- if it is a part of a larger site. We were lucky to have the Server back-up available for a reinstall.

If you just have a 1.5 WordPress install as your entire site- still do a complete back-up, including your MySQL database (our server has a back-up data base function in the CPanel)- and then proceed following the instructions above.

We still offer our clients the upgrade service for $49 and you can pay online- see the sign-up section.

Good Luck!

Take My Advice – I’m Not Using It! » Learning HTML and XHTML for Beginners

The great thing about a WordPress driven site- is you don’t have to know ANY html- except maybe making a link open an addressed e-mail (instead of the normal link: http://www.thedomainname.com – you do: mailto:[email protected]).

But, some of you want to tinker and play with themes- which is mostly CSS- but before you do that- you should know HTML. The above link will point you to a ton of resources on how to learn geek on your own.

There are a lot of people out there who still have no clue what RSS is. Most of them are using Microsoft Internet Explorer which doesn’t understand RSS very well (if at all). But those who have made the move to Firefox or any Web 2.0 browser are starting to realize that RSS is the only way to keep track of what is new on their favorite sites.
RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site Summary” and is usually noted with one of two orange icons that will show up on a site that features an RSS feed.

The RSS site icon from FireFox 1.5

another RSS icon.
A feed is nothing more than a way for your browser or feed reader to know when a site is updated by its’ owner. This site has an RSS feed- and if you bookmark (or favorite) the feed icon you will see a little red star in it every time I add something to the site. No need to send an e-mail to let you know that there is something new, you’ll already know.
Good sites have content that is updated frequently- on the topic that brought you there in the first place (usually through search). The RSS feed is an unobtrusive way to let you know that there is something new.
Web 2.0 is about building community- or relationships, between the site author and the reader. Websites without RSS don’t build a connection with their audience near as quickly as those with RSS. How long would the telephone have lasted if there was no way to let you know that someone is calling? WordPress builds in RSS feeds automatically for you which is just one of the reasons we believe it to be the fastest, easiest way to build your sites audiences quickly.
If you aren’t using an RSS compatible browser now, you will be soon- since the next generation of Internet Explorer will be fully compatible. But, if you can’t wait, download Firefox now- and look into Sage as a RSS reader (links to both on our WP tools page).

note: According to Dave Winer Microsoft just released a public beta of IE 7 which includes RSS support- so it may not be long for the rest of you.