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I have found a new way to easily update WordPress blogs manually, using an FTP program. I can use my FTP program to see files and folders on my computer and server and also upload and download both files and folders.

Detailed instructions for manually upgrading WordPress can be found here. First one has to download the new version of WordPress and un-zip it to the computer’s hard drive, which I do.

A: Download the new version and unzip it. You will have an option on where to download the unzip folder for example C:Users….Downloadswordpress-3.0.1. However this gives you a nested folder. So make sure you delete the last part and unzip to C:Users….Downloads, this way you can upload the folder by itself.

Now the WordPress instructions tell you to delete all files and folders, except a few, before uploading the new version to the server. Here is where WordPress Codex and I part ways. I download files and folders that WordPress doesn’t want me to delete from the server to their appropriate folders in the new version of WordPress on my computer and choose (overwrite all option) while doing it.

Here is the detailed steps; I open the FTP program and can see the new version of WordPress on my computer and the old version on the server.

1: I back up the old WordPress to my computer with one click

2: Deactivate Plugins

3: Download wp-config.php file; to the WordPress folder on my computer

4: Download the wp-content folder from the server to the new one on my computer, open it and delete wp-content/cash and wp-content/plugins/widgets

5: Download wp-images from the server to my computer and overwrite all files

6: Download wp-includes languages to the new wordpress on my computer

7: Download robots. Text and .htaccess to the new version of WordPress  on my computer

8: If WordPress is at the root of your site, download robots.text file also

9: Upload the new version of WordPress from your computer to the server and use the option of overwrite all while doing it

10: You are done and now you can upgrade your plugins or permalinks and re-activate plugins

I have done this and have never been disconnected from the wordpress-admin page, this is seamless. Other than backing up the old version of WordPress from the server to my computer which takes time, the rest can be done in less than 5 minutes and with less than 10 clicks and it works.

I am not a specialist at this and would highly appreciate comments.

Now, can someone help me with why Sociable plugin doesn’t work on my blog site http://www.lasvegas4us.com/wordpress/