WordPress 3.0.1 Upgrade and Problems

  • I recently upgraded to WordPress version 3.0.1 from version 3.0.0. As a result, I had the following problems with my blog:

    1) The background on my blog was changed from my custom background to the default WordPress background.
    2) The font of my Blog Title was changed to the default WordPress font.
    3) All of my pictures were resized to their size when they were uploaded. In other words, all the resizing I had done to my pictures to make them fit had been erased.

    My web developer told me that these things happen when updating in WordPress.
    I have a few questions:

    1) Why does this happen?
    2) What can I do to prevent this from happening in the future?
    3) Will I have to “resize” my pictures every time I update to a new version of WordPress?

    Thank you very much for your help.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

  • 1. Were you using a customised version of the TwentyTen theme? If so, your changes will have been over-written by the update. This will happen every time you customise the TwentyTen theme.

    2. Create a TwentyTen child theme and make your changes on the child.

    3. That depends. If you were resizing your images using amended CSS, then yes.

    Thread Starter member4444

    (@member4444)

    Thanks for the help. Can you explain number 3? I was resizing the images after I uploaded them in WordPress because I wanted images to lay next to each other.

    What is “amended CSS?”

    If I create a 2010 theme and make changes to the child theme, would this protect me from future problems with the pictures?

    Is there any way to automatically get the “pictures” layout from the old version back?

    Thanks,

    Ross

    If you were resizing the images in the Visual Editor, then the final display would have depended upon the TwentyTen stylesheet. The stylesheet was changed in version 1.1 of the theme and I’m 99% certain that some of the changes involved image displays – hence your images were resized. Hopefully, this kind of problem will be resolved in future versions of WordPress.

    “amended CSS” is when a theme’s stylesheet has been changed – either when a new version is released or by the users themselves on an individual basis.

    If I create a 2010 theme and make changes to the child theme, would this protect me from future problems with the pictures?

    In theory, yes – although I would advise against resizing images within the Visual Editor for the time being. The fact that you can do so now is a kind of “loophole” in WordPress that may well be closed soon.

    Is there any way to automatically get the “pictures” layout from the old version back?

    Unfortunately, no. ?? Not without editing each and every image/post.

    Thread Starter member4444

    (@member4444)

    Will the selection of a background image have any impact on future updates? Or is the key really to choose a “parent theme” or at least a “child theme?” I am starting to understand that a “custom” theme will impact the font, pictures, and background when WordPress is updated. Thanks.

    Will the selection of a background image have any impact on future updates?

    No – it shouldn’t. Things like custom headers & backgrounds will be preserved. It’s only changes to the theme’s files (including the stylesheet) that will be over-written. So if you’re making changes to files, then you should be thinking about a child theme to preserve your customisations.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)
  • The topic ‘WordPress 3.0.1 Upgrade and Problems’ is closed to new replies.