An Open Request To Make WPAU 100% Compatible
WordPress Automatic Upgrade has two bugs which is irritating me because I cannot create a system where these bugs occur I have fixed most of the bugs and WPAU plugin is compatible with 90% of the blogs.
The 10% that are not compatible is causing me to lose sleep. I know that some of you cannot update your WordPress installation using the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin.
I just want to send out an open request to everyone who is facing a problem upgrading WordPress using the plugin to allow me an access to a dummy blog on their servers where I can find and fix the bugs. I want to make WPAU 100% compatible with all the blogs and only you can help me.
If you are interested in helping me solve the problem please use the contact form and contact me so that I can work and fix the problem.
I would appreciate anyone who has problems with the WPAU plugin and helps me help them by fixing it.
Thanks
Keith
Scoot
October 27th, 2007 at 9:38 pm #
I’m not writing this to complain, and I am thankful to those who have put their time into building wpau. I have had problems with the plugin and can’t figure it out. BTW I’m not a coder so I may not be much help, but I get to the point where it’s supposed to go into maintenance mode, but it just doesn’t. I have had certain problems with my hosting service and plugins in the past. I wonder if that may be it, but I don’t know. My hosting service is Go Daddy.
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rupert
November 4th, 2007 at 4:54 pm #
I think the root of your plugin not working correctly across all servers come from a lack of using ABSPATH to set the root of the wordpress install. The last version, when I clicked the ‘update Wordpress Database” link, would take me to myblog.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php instead of myblog/*wordpress*/wp-admin/upgrade.php
Also, due to the same type of snafu, the javascripts aren’t linked properly in the WPAU page in Admin->Manage->
/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/js/*
Note the DOUBLED wordpress.
Basically, if you can sort out consistent paths to the files needed, the script will work.
ABSPATH = server side path to wordpress root
get_bloginfo(’url’) = client side path to the same.
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joshuasbones
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:17 pm #
Have you had any response in regards to this yet, or not?
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uberdose
December 9th, 2007 at 3:01 am #
Just tested it on a Godaddy economy hosting. Strange mysql errors (connection lost) but in the end the “manual” upgrade worked. I can send you the log files if you want.
@Scoot: Which hosting plan are you using?
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Adam Dempsey
January 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm #
The automatic upgrade fails for saying
‘Database files could not be backed up. Failed at Step 2′
On one of my blogs, but I think it’s because there are thousands of posts, other than than it’s no different to some other blogs I updated, eg on same server etc
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