I have recently being doing a lot of moving. Moving web sites that is, from Godaddy to Simplehelix, as i am trying to clear my godaddy vps to be dedicated for 52my.info web site. The hits on 52my.info has been growing steadily. But we are hoping for a POP soon!!

Anyways, as I start moving my sites from one host to another, i figured, why not take the time to also upgrade my older blog sites to the newer WP versions, so I did a quick search and I came across a great post by Siddharth, but I will do a quick summary of what worked for me:

1. Backup the following files and folders :
* Folder: wp-content (backup the whole directory)
* Config File: wp-config.php (file)
* Database: Database (using phpmyadmin, backup the whole database, safe.)
2. Downloaded the latest Wordpress here.
3. Delete all the old Wordpress files .
4. Extract and upload (or upload and extract) the new Wordpress files.
5. Copy the wp-config.php to the Wordpress root directory.
6. Run wp-admin/update.php (http://yourwordpresssite/wp-admin/update.php). It will ask for a database upgrade, continue. If all goes well it will redirect to a blank page.
7. Delete the new wp-content directory and upload your old wp-content directory in place of it.
8. Visit your site! All your posts and plugins will be active and it will look the same! (All incompatible plugins will be disabled automatially, but most of the plugins that work with 2.6.* also work with 2.7
9. Admin URL is the same: http://yourwordpresssite/wp-admin/

Thanks Siddharth!! for for this wonderful guideline!!

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