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I just did this (with 1and1) the process is not as easy as it should be.
Step 1) create a new MySQL5 database (this will take a few minutes to finish)
Step 2) export your database tables from the old database. Make sure you use gzipped compression and keep the final output under 2Mb (about 8Mb uncompressed)
Step 3) Import the handful of files to the new database (should be ready by now)*

At this point you should have 2 databases with the same data. One will be MySQL4 (existing) and the other MySQL5 (new). Now to point your WP install to the new database.

Step 4) Backup and change the database info in your wp-config.php file (Top level of your existing WordPress install)

Step 5) That should be it.

Now about the upgrade process. There is another problem with 1and1 which is php Memory Limit is too low and you can’t change that. So you’ll need to do a couple of things.

Step 6) Deactivate all plugins. This helps free up the php memory so you can perform the upgrade.
Step 7) Use the built-in upgrade feature to install WP 2.9. Once upgraded, reactivate all you plugins.

Enjoy your new WP install and database.

*In theory, you could export the whole database and import it using SSH but SSH isn’t very user friendly for beginners or casual bloggers. For instructions on how to import/export check with the 1and1 FAQ.

I’m torn between one theme that does it all and several small themes that highlight different approaches. Should the default theme be able to switch from 1,2 or 3 columns? Left vs right column? fixed vs dynamic width? etc…

Far too many people stick with the default theme for it to be static or boring but that is what prompts most people to find a theme that suits them, their personality and their site’s perspective. If we get too creative, people won’t be as motivated to find something different or personal.

My vote then is to keep it simple with limited flexibility and able to handle the most common features easily.

I get the error too but if I go back to insert the images, they were uploaded successfully.

@michellekosta, if there is a common name or phrase that is unique to the spam, add it to your blacklist (under settings->discussion). This will instantly move all such tweets to your comment spam folder. Just be careful not to use something too common as it may catch valid tweets. For example, don’t filter tinyurl because many people on twitter use that service, but filter out specific urls like tinyurl,com/df094evh since that link would only be used once. If it shows up hundreds of times, it’s spam.

Same here but I only got about 500 of these tweets. I’ve deactivated the plugin and have been deleting the tweet comments. One common part of the tweets was “Error: The URL entered was not valid.” showed up somewhere in the comment. If I follow the link to the tweet, I find things like this. None of these comments showed up in my email notification so I had no warning, just happened to notice.

@gangleri – what search terms did you use because I can’t seem to find any posts about this issue and I’d like to share my solution with them.

Deactivated Lighter Menus and it’s now showing up. For some reason I thought the plugin was already deactivated so I didn’t think to check it.

@mattgeri I’m using the current version 1.0.2

Where in the table should it show up so I can manually check to see if it’s there.

I was really excited to try this out but discovered I had the same problem gormful had but am using WP Version 2.6.3 (no cache tools used).

I click on the Create button to create the mobilepress table, it says the table was created, but it still shows the notification that the mobilepress table still does not exist and asks me if I want to create it. The create button is still there.

and when I tested it on the emulators, nothing showed.

Here’s a link to my site and current plugins used.

Looks like some files are missing. Try re-installing the files. leave the wp-config file alone (always)

Using the Tag Cloud code below produces a tag cloud in my sidebar.

<?php if ( function_exists('wp_tag_cloud') ) : ?>
<li>
<h2>Popular Tags</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_tag_cloud('smallest=8&largest=22'); ?>
</ul>
</li>
<?php endif; ?>

However, the site is not xhtml compliant.

Using the code above, I get a column instead of the cloud. If I remove the li and ul tags I get the cloud but not valid xhtml. How do I fix this?

So what was the problem?

I do the above and I get a column instead of the cloud. If I remove the
li and ul tags I get the cloud but not valid xhtml.

@hyper123 thanks, that seems to have helped. I think Otto42 has a point as to why (at least it worked). Thanks all.

The file sizes are almost identical. Here’s a link to a post with the problem.

The two black & white images are the problem images, so maybe there’s something in them that I can’t see.

How would you do this in WP 2.5?