by Nick Throlson | Feb 1, 2013 | Guest Post, Web Design, WordPress
If you have logged into your WordPress and found an alert to update, then this article is one you might want to read.You see, WordPress gets updated a lot. Sometimes the updates are small security fixes. However, once a year or so, there is a major update.Before we continue, I want you to think about something. When you see that WordPress released an update, what do you do?- Do you update right away?
- Do you wait?
- Do you ask your theme developer for compatibility?
- Do you look at your plugins for updates related to compatibility?
- Do you do something else?
The reason I ask is because with WordPress 3.5, there was a fairly major change in the core source code, that affected many WordPress theme and plugin developers. As the community guy for a company who develops WordPress photography themes, I can tell you first hand that the release of WordPress 3.5 drastically changed the daily activities of each employee for a few days.
Without going into too much nerdy details, WordPress changed some of the code that many themes and plugins relied on. So in turn, development had to be made (by many companies) to add a workaround. In addition to the development time for the workaround, we had to do a lot of internal testing on various environments, and then release an update to all of our users.That short story is pretty much what sparked the question I stated above. So I went on Quora and Google Plus to ask communities the same question I just asked you. Here are some of the answers I received.- Richard Saasta on Google Plus said he does a full backup using BackupBuddy. He then updates WordPress and verifies that everything is working correctly. If something goes awry, he then has a clean backup that can be reverted to.
- Tony Davis on Google Plus said that he keeps a separate domain with the exact theme and plugins of his other install. He will do an update in that test environment before making an update to the live site.
- Mickey Mellen on Quora said that he updates his plugins daily, and because most of his websites run the same plugins that he will update one of the smaller sites first, and once verified he will roll out updates to the rest.
At this point you might be wondering how I deal with WordPress updates on my own website. I did a lot of research on good web hosts, and in the end decided on going with a WordPress specific host, WP Engine. ?One of the big advantages of hosting with WP Engine is that they handle the WordPress core updates. (They won't touch your theme or plugins) Another big advantage is the built-in staging option. So whenever a WordPress update is imminent WP Engine sends an email to users with a time frame when all users will be updated. They instruct users to take advantage of the staging feature and to update a test site. The beauty of the staging site is that it is identical to your live site. Doing this can verify if a site will fail with a WordPress update, before going through with the update on the live site. Make sense? So my workflow is as follows:- WordPress update released
- WP Engines emails a deadline before the site will automatically be updated
- I create a new staging environment
- I manually update the staging environment to the latest WordPress
- Test everything
- If something fails, I email WP Engine to say "please do not update me because XYZ"
Make better sense?Now that I have gone through all of that, I want to ask you again. When you see that WordPress released an update, what do you do? Now that you've read the article, will you do something different?Thanks for reading,ScottScott Wyden Kivowitz is a NJ photographer and the Community & Blog Wrangler at Photocrati.? by Nick Throlson | Jan 18, 2013 | Affiliate Marketing
This Affiliate Summit was off the hook! Great Keynote Sessions and some of the best parties yet! I met some amazing people in the industry. I decided to go to ASW13 a day early that way we can check in to the hotel and get my pass early trust me no lines is a big plus.Day One: I attended the Coupons Deals & Sales - Oh My! I learned that $750 Billion in coupons are printed & that only 1% are used $6.5 billion which is a pretty decent number if you think about it how many times have you bought a product that has free shipping or a 10% off coupon this tactic works on me especially when buying domain names.
Later on that night I attended ShareASale Under The Stars Party which was hosted at the Chateau Nightclub. Great food and music from the DJ as well as the open bar and free drinks cant beat that for being an affiliate!
Day Two: I attended the keynote Session Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger. He Talked about his life and how it took him 10 years to get the movie deal with David Anspaugh. He mentioned to be positive and do not think goofy thoughts instead listen to them but do allow them to bring you down.After attending sessions and going to the meet market for some coffee I headed to the Exhibit Hall for some free swag I met up with John Chow,ShoeMoney & Syed Balkhis. Big Thanks to ShoeMoney for signing my book and big shout out to Maxbounty for hooking me up with a Free book!
Later on in the day I headed to the Affiliate Ball I had an amazing night VIP Access Profit Kings Media & EDK Inovations were nice enough to let me hang out at?their?booth Kathryn Ekman and I had a great time drinking?Champagne?cant beat bottle?service!
Register now for the early bird prices for Affiliate Summit East 2013, taking place August 18-20, 2013 in Philadelphia. Also Make sure you check out the Performance Marketing Summit which is taking place March 12, 2013 by Nick Throlson | Jan 12, 2013 | Affiliate Marketing
Well I'm off and on the road to Las Vegas to attend Affiliate Summit West 2013. I look forward to making new friends and networking with some awesome networks and affiliates. If you need info on parties going on during affiliate summit head over to site I just recently created www.aswparties.comMy?Schedule?:?http://asw13.sched.org/nickthrolsonFollow Me On Twitter:?@nickthrolsonSaturday, January 12
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If you have logged into your WordPress and found an alert to update, then this article is one you might want to read.You see, WordPress gets updated a lot. Sometimes the updates are small security fixes. However, once a year or so, there is a major update.Before we continue, I want you to think about something. When you see that WordPress released an update, what do you do?
Without going into too much nerdy details, WordPress changed some of the code that many themes and plugins relied on. So in turn, development had to be made (by many companies) to add a workaround. In addition to the development time for the workaround, we had to do a lot of internal testing on various environments, and then release an update to all of our users.That short story is pretty much what sparked the question I stated above. So I went on Quora and Google Plus to ask communities the same question I just asked you. Here are some of the answers I received.
Day Two: I attended the keynote Session Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger. He Talked about his life and how it took him 10 years to get the movie deal with David Anspaugh. He mentioned to be positive and do not think goofy thoughts instead listen to them but do allow them to bring you down.
After attending sessions and going to the meet market for some coffee I headed to the Exhibit Hall for some free swag I met up with John Chow,ShoeMoney & Syed Balkhis. Big Thanks to ShoeMoney for signing my book and big shout out to Maxbounty for hooking me up with a Free book!
