I finally upgraded to WordPress 3.0, now that the release is out of beta.
After the initial file upgrading, I was greeted with a completely blank screen and the underlying HTML file was completely empty.
The two major nuisances causing this problem were:
- I put the WordPress site-files into its own directory. Due to something in this major software update, this functionality was broken. Thus, I had to explicitly access the “WordPress URL” directly.
- I was using the “default” theme from 2.x. This theme is not present in 3.0. So, after a successful upgrade.php, I had to go under the Site-Admin “Appearance” tab. Once there, it detected it was configured with a non-existent theme, and changed this setting to the new “Twenty Ten” theme.
Now it’s working. Default theme probably needs to be personalized a bit. Otherwise, it’s working fine…
I’ve got a WP-2.8.6 install over here with NN (NNN?) users on it, and I’m sorta dreading upgrading it, especially during the academic year as it appears I’ll have to eventually…
Can you say how much time you spent on your own update? What version did you go to 3.0 from?
I upgraded from wordpress-2.9.2 to wordpress-3.0.
My upgrade definitely took me under two hours, probably less than that. Most of my time was google-ing around for answers. ( It’s been awhile now, can’t remember the details. )
As always, backup the MySQL database before preceding.