Warning: Boring technical non-green mess
I learned an important lesson last night. I’d been putting off upgrading Wordpress for a few weeks, since I worried about losing all the articles and pictures I’ve ever put on this here site. But finally, last night I bit the bullet and began the arduous task of backing up the database and upgrading all this mess. By an amazing coincidence, I chose the absolute wrong time to do this, and learned this lesson…
Check Your Host’s Status
I started at about midnight, so by one o’ clock I had backed up the good ol’ database and deleted some important parts of Wordpress. I was just beginning to put in the new Wordpress mess, when everything stopped. So’s I head over to check Dreamhost’s status, and what do you know, everything is gonna be down for the next couple of hours. Whups.
So at that point there was nothing to do but wait ’til today to fix it. Luckily, it looks like everything is shipshape. Next time, I will make sure to check if my host’s service will be going down right in the middle of upgrading Wordpress.
July 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
hello Joe,
I hadn’t post any comment for a long time on your blog but this article reminded me of something I wrote on my blog :
http://www.elrst.com/2008/03/30/wordpress-25-released-blog-updated-in-a-blink/
Hope this helps next time you upgrade. Meanwhile, enjoy !
July 15th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Always do what you think about later!
Your site is excellent–I think so yesterday, and tomorrow, as well. BombMom
July 17th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Good to see you’re back up. I’ve been putting off upgrading too but at least now I’ll know to check my host’s status. Thanks for being the guinea pig joe!