entire site has disappeared :(

I deleted the ldd directory lite folder from my plug in directory and my site is still “down for maintenance.” I wonder if I need to delete the original business directory folder as well? Except that I don’t want to lose all the listings…

Oh. Ha. The site is back up. Apparently removing the new folder took care of whatever error it was causing. All my listings are still there. I think I will leave well enough alone for the time being. I was really just hoping that the upgrade was going to make the directory crawlable. It would increase the worth of this plug in immeasurably!

When the upgrade process runs, it puts the site into maintenance mode. It can take a few moments for the upgrade process to import all your old data into the new format, and without putting the site in maintenance mode there’s a chance of the upgrade triggering twice.

Your site came out when the process was complete, not due to deleting the folder.

Give it another try. One of two things will happen due to deleting it directly; 1) it wont trigger the upgrade process because the first one completed successfully, or 2) it may run it twice and you’ll end up with duplicated listings. If the second occurs then you can deactivate and delete the plugin from the dashboard (which will trigger the built in uninstall), then re-install it.