Just updated my Symbio, seems safe

Good to know. Thanks!

Are there any visible differences?

Don't know yet, reading the docs

You are very brave!

'do or die' lol

Quote from: plrang on August 01, 2013, 23:51
'do or die' lol

I'm guilty too.

*upgrade*

*grind teeth in and wait for crash*

"Awesome, it still works!"

I've upgraded to 3.6 on a different theme (NOT symbiostock) on one of my other sites and have had problems. Some things don't work now, the theme author seems aware of it and has mentioned a new release for next week.

So it's made me cautious to do the upgrade on my Symbio site. I hope those who've done it can test it thoroughly.

Updated http://peopleimages.grsphoto.ca/wp/   no problems found yet. ( try and break it if you like)  I will give it a couple of days and then update my main site.

Updated my Symbio site with WP 3.6. Everything seems to be running smooth. No hiccups so far.

This is the first full week that my site is running without any niggles (that have mostly been caused by plugins).

Think I'll hold off upgrading to 3.6 (or adding any new plugins) for a while...

Upgraded..and my footer is now gone......... New WP has cleaned out my content of the footer sections, so ahve to redo them now. Back up all your footer text b4 upgrading!

Update: Reconstructed my footer but it doesnt show up on my home page, only on other pages.

Quote from: zeamonkey on August 02, 2013, 07:29
Upgraded..and my footer is now gone......... New WP has cleaned out my content of the footer sections, so ahve to redo them now. Back up all your footer text b4 upgrading!

Update: Reconstructed my footer but it doesnt show up on my home page, only on other pages.

I would recommend backing up your whole site on a regular basis and especially before an update is applied.

Quote from: johnmessingham on August 02, 2013, 08:15
I would recommend backing up your whole site on a regular basis and especially before an update is applied.

What are you backing up and how do you do that?  Are you just backing up your MySQL database?  Or are you backing up directories (if so, which ones)?  And how are you backing them up?  Are you just downloading the files to a local computer?  Or something totally different?

Quote from: ShazamImages on August 02, 2013, 10:53
What are you backing up and how do you do that?  Are you just backing up your MySQL database?  Or are you backing up directories (if so, which ones)?  And how are you backing them up?  Are you just downloading the files to a local computer?  Or something totally different?

I backup all the files and databases on my web server via the server control panel. I compress all the directories and files into a zip file and then download that file. I backup my databases via phpmyadmin.

I have upgraded this morning and so far everything seems fine.

Quote from: johnmessingham on August 02, 2013, 11:05
I backup all the files and databases on my web server via the server control panel. I compress all the directories and files into a zip file and then download that file. I backup my databases via phpmyadmin.

Which web hosting service are you with?

Quote from: johnmessingham on August 02, 2013, 11:06
I have upgraded this morning and so far everything seems fine.

In my browser chrome on mac, your HOME link is hanging 1 line below the rest of your menu items.

Quote from: ShazamImages on August 02, 2013, 11:08
Which web hosting service are you with?

I have been using http://www.4uhosting.co.uk/ for the last 7 years or so.

Quote from: zeamonkey on August 02, 2013, 11:09
In my browser chrome on mac, your HOME link is hanging 1 line below the rest of your menu items.

Cheers for that, should be OK now.

Anybody having issues with NextGen gallery after upgrade?

for people who just jumps on updates without backing up:

guys, you must back up before doing any upgrades.. or you may throw away months of work..

this is one of the reasons that I am happy with godaddy because files are backed up automatically.. I can always go back 24 hours and restore any damaged files.. and with databases, clicking on "back up" link is enough.. I can then click on "restore" if there are any issues..

If your service provider does not do it automatically, you should do it manually.. if you don't back up, and have no idea what you are doing, it's better you don't upgrade wordpress at all..

Quote from: cidepix on August 02, 2013, 13:07
for people who just jumps on updates without backing up:

guys, you must back up before doing any upgrades.. or you may throw away months of work..

+1

Quote from: cidepix on August 02, 2013, 13:07
this is one of the reasons that I am happy with godaddy .. and with databases, clicking on "back up" link is enough.. I can then click on "restore" if there are any issues..

One of the things that I don't like about GoDaddy is that they only keep the most recent backup.  In other words, every time you do a database backup, it just overwrites the previous one.  What I do is run the backup and then rename the file (with the date).  This way I have backups that go back at least a few days.  You never know when you might need something from a few days ago.

Just FYI everyone using Bluehost, HostMonster, and HostGator, there is a massive outage going on right now. If your site is down, it's probably not anything to do with your site, symbiostock, wordpress, etc.

Quote from: ShazamImages on August 02, 2013, 13:15

Quote from: cidepix on August 02, 2013, 13:07
for people who just jumps on updates without backing up:

guys, you must back up before doing any upgrades.. or you may throw away months of work..

+1

Quote from: cidepix on August 02, 2013, 13:07
this is one of the reasons that I am happy with godaddy .. and with databases, clicking on "back up" link is enough.. I can then click on "restore" if there are any issues..

One of the things that I don't like about GoDaddy is that they only keep the most recent backup.  In other words, every time you do a database backup, it just overwrites the previous one.  What I do is run the backup and then rename the file (with the date).  This way I have backups that go back at least a few days.  You never know when you might need something from a few days ago.

yes, that's a good approach.. I do that if I feel it's necessary..

Quote from: EmberMike on August 02, 2013, 13:45

Just FYI everyone using Bluehost, HostMonster, and HostGator, there is a massive outage going on right now. If your site is down, it's probably not anything to do with your site, symbiostock, wordpress, etc.

You're right, my site was still working perfectly after the update of WP. All problems later the day were caused by Bluehost ... they even managed to crash their own site