Upgrading to WP 2.0

I upgraded my blog to WP 2.0 this afternoon, and the only issue I see so far is that I had added some custom smilies in the 1.5.x version of WordPress. I copied the image files over to wp-images/smilies, and modified vars.php to add the translation for them, but it looks like I’m still only seeing the text tag, and not the image. I’ve verified that the ownership and permissions match the default set of smilies, and those do appear. Any suggestions?

Hey there,
Did the upgrade per janus suggestion (which was great btw). backed up DB via myphpadmin and all tables, deactivated plug-ins and re-imported the SQL from my 1.5.2 site to the WP2 site with new config. I also updated the permalink structure. I get this error relating to TAGS and CATEGORIES

WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘category_count’ in ‘field list’]
SELECT cat_ID, cat_name, category_nicename, category_description, category_parent, category_count FROM wp2_categories WHERE cat_ID > 0 ORDER BY cat_name asc

I checked the database and it appears this field “category_count” is missing from wp2_categories table.

Any suggestions? Is this a new field for WP 2.0?

Also, anyone getting Archives pages to show up?

Thanks alot.

Install went fine.
Do you guys ever plan on adding a drop down for the ‘manage pages’
part of the admin. Some of us have alot of pages and it just takes
to long to load.

Main parent page
[dropdown of child pages]
Main Parent Page
[another drop down with child pages]

it’d be nice

Leofish, make sure you open up upgrade.php in your browser, it should update the tables.

I just upgraded — made backups, deactivated plugins, etc. like the instructions said — but now my dashboard won’t let me do anything. There’s no navigation bar and everytime I click on something (like “write a post”) it says: “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”

I also checked my database and while I the wp_usermeta table is present, there’s nothing in it and I can’t edit it. WP has worked perfectly for me until now … what’s going on?

Thanks in advance for any help ??

After upgrading, my links just got messed up on the Links page. :S

https://hsn.xeenat.com/links/

Can someone check? Every link is supposed to be below one another. I even entered a space in WP page editor but no luck. They’re all in straight line. :S

Thanks matt. i actually did an unorthox method using janus method of creating a new db with new db prefix, modifying the config while preserving the original db and install. it went nearly perfectly until i came upon the snag. i may redo as er the codex. awesome job on this under the hood.

the only thing i was hoping for was a more defined set of user roles that are found in systems such as Drupal or Joomla(mambo), i.e. registered users….all else looks great.

best

Greetings,

I used to have the last release of WordPress but I had to do a system restore so I am in the process of reinstalling things.

apache 2.0.52 (Win 32)
——–
MySQL Administrator 1.0.19
MySQL Server v4.1.10-nt via TCP/IP
MySQL Client v5.0.0
——–
PHP v4.3.10 (4.3.10.10???)

This is the setup I had before and all worked well with WordPress 1.5x.

Since I had to do a system restore all I have installed at the moment is the Apache 2.0.52. I just downloaded MySQL 5.0.17 and PHP 5.1.1. I would like to install these newer stable releases but I am not sure if WordPress 2.0 is compatible or not. Does anyone know for certain?

I tried to do a search on this myself, but this site is broken in some areas. On this support section of site at https://www.ads-software.com/support/ the search box doesn’t work I keep getting this error “You are on an old server. Check out new.www.ads-software.com (temp URL). — Matt” but when I click that link it puts me right back where I started. Also on the support section down below under the FORUMS heading, none of those links work either.

Anyways does WordPress 2.0 work with the newer versions of MySQL and PHP ?

Much appreciated. I would like to know asap so I can continue with my server setup. I miss my WP blog so I await confirmation so I can know which version of MySQl and PHP to use.

Thank you all.

~~ MAK

I wouldn’t mind if you emailed me your answers.

MAK.Arizona at Gmail.com

May I help anyone suffering from the non-recognition of language files in WordPress 2.0. This apparently occurs on some servers.

The solution (okay, unsatisfactory but it works!) is to modify the file gettext.php in the includes directory. (Make a backup of gettext.php beforehand!)

Then replace the existing code:

// $MAGIC1 = (int)0x950412de; //bug in PHP 5
$MAGIC1 = (int) - 1794895138;
// $MAGIC2 = (int)0xde120495; //bug
$MAGIC2 = (int) - 569244523;


with the following:


$MAGIC1 = (int)0x950412de; //bug in PHP 5
//$MAGIC1 = (int) - 1794895138;
$MAGIC2 = (int)0xde120495; //bug
//$MAGIC2 = (int) - 569244523;

This solution previously worked for WordPress v 1.5.2.
I have done this with the french language mo file with vers 2.0 and it works.
Hopes this is useful.

My question is can I upgrade direct from 1.2 to 2.0 and if so what
documentation should I follow?

I can see documentation on upgrading from 1.2 to 1.5 and
documentation on upgrading from 1.5 to 2.0,
but nothing on upgrading from 1.2 to 2.0?

This is mission critical for me, so I’d appreciate a definitive
answer.

Cheers,

MC

MC’s question is mine too. I am currently running 1.2.2 and knew I needed to get my upgrade done. Sat down to upgrade to 1.5 yesterday (what timing!) only to discover the release of 2.0. Yikes! Now I’m really scared …

Advice appreciated!

I’ve done a bit of research trying to find others that have had similar problems, but I upgraded from 1.5.2 and noticed that a number of the template tags (partiuclarly included in the template-functions-author.php file no longer work correctly. For instance:

the_author_posts_link(‘nickname’) seems to always return the author post link with the nicename.

I also noticed that other things like:
get_the_author(‘nickname’) no longer work, which I’ve now changed to use:
the_author_nickname();

the_author_posts_link(‘nickname’); is the one that I’m having particular problems with, as it’s returning the user’s login, which does not particularly look too good on my site, for example:
https://www.thediatribe.net/2005/12/21/who-wants-to-know/

And look at the posted by link at the top. “CoolJesus” is returned, when it should be “Cool Jesus.”

I know it’s not the end of the world, but I feel as though it’s not behaving as it should. Am I incorrect?

I don’t know why you guys made such a scare about upgrading, but the upgrade instructions from the readme are the most simple:

1. Delete your old WP files, saving ones you’ve modified
2. Upload the new files
3. Point your browser to/wp-admin/upgrade.php
4. You wanted more, perhaps? That’s it!

MCRebbe and globelily,
Just to be on the safe side I’d upgrade first to 1.5.2 and from there to 2.0.

Always, always backup: database and WP files. Even after the first upgrade from 1.2.x to 1.5.x. The database structure in 2.0 is different so there is no way to roll back in case something wnt wrong, unless you have a full backup!
WP 2.0 you can get from the download page, older versions from here: https://static.www.ads-software.com/archive/
HTH, and post back if you have more questions.

I am having a problem with the permalinks since upgrading to 2.0. Did I miss something in the upgrade process?