Upgrade hell WP 1.2.2 -> 1.5

February 18, 2005 | In Developer

Two days ago, I tried to update my installation of WordPress but it all collapsed into a nightmare. Cue: upgrade hell.

I downloaded 1.5-Strayhorn to upgrade my slightly modified 1.2.2 install (Kubrick, plus one or two plugins). I was looking forward to using some of the new features.

Basically, the admin screen broke. One of the links (’manage’) refused to work, resulting in a 404 error. I plastered the WordPress forum with messages but no sensible responses. I find it hard to believe I’m the only one with the issue.

The whole incident brings back shades of the pre-1.0 versions which flat out refused to work on IIS.

Look like the How-To and Troubleshooting forum is being filled with people annoyed at this latest release: wordpress.org/support/forum.php?id=3

Instructions (if only they helped): codex.wordpress.org/Upgrade_1.2_to_1.5

Fixing WordPress 1.5 on Windows 2000 (IIS 5)
This guy provides lots of fixes.

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