» Upgrading Wordpress Using Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is my primary web development tool… I use it for writing code and for FTP. There are a lot of folks out there who swear up and down that Dreamweaver FTP is aweful. Personally I love it and I’ve never, ever had an issue. Sometimes I just need to things different.

Here it goes

Step 1: Backup everything; download all files via FTP and backup all database tables with either a plugin or via PHP My Admin. Even though you may only be running a basic security upgrade back up everything… even the database. To keep things organized I generally create a zip of my Wordpress backups and move it over to my external hard drive.

Step 2: Download the latest version of Wordpress. Unzip the archive into the default Wordpress folder and place it the associated website folder on your local machine.

Step 3: Upload the Wordpress folder to the proper directory on your web server via FTP.

Step 4: Delete the appropriate files fromt the server:

1. Delete /wp-admin/ folder.
2. Delete /wp-includes/ folder. Note: You must backup /wp-includes/languages/ directory if exists.
3. Delete all the wordpress files in the root directory where the index.php file is found EXCEPT!… DO NOT DELETE - wp-config.php
- .HTACCESS (if it exists)
- Fantastico files (if they exist)
- sitemap.xml (if it exists)

and any other files located in the website root that DONOT come packaged with a Wordpress Installation.
Step 5: Restore files from the lastest version.

1. Move the wp-admin & wp-includes directories and all other WP files out of the Wordpress folder and into the root of the appropriate directory.
2. If existed, restore /wp-includes/languages/ directory

Step 6: Run the upgrade script http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php
Step 7: Test your site and make sure it’s in tact! Success!!

Step 8:Dowload all files on the server to your local machine to ensure everthing has the proper relative path.

Step 9: Go get a fresh cup of coffee - you’re done!