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WordPress 2.8 was released Yesterday morning, and by Yesterday afternoon people were complaining about it.  Some of the issues seemed to steam from a minor template change in 2.8 to prevent people from editing or using Plugins.

Now I have talked about [intlink id=”3171″ type=”post”]backing up important data[/intlink], that includes your website.   You will never know when that back up software will be valueable and when you need to restore it.

Just like everyone else I have had problems with my ability to update my blog or update my Advertising.  Although unlike others who have a lot of widgets on the sidebar for there users, mine are html and not a plugin version.   Although I didn’t have as much problems as others, I did however have problems with the Back up process.   I used WordPress Database Backup and I had the file that it gave me but the PHPMyAdmin would not restore the database that I was given from the plugin.   So in the process of trying to fix my database, I had a few hours of downtime on my blog.  If your a regular visitor you might of seen the message “Database Error” when you visted my site.  I have since then fixed the problem With the help of my support team to get my website back up and running.

[ad]I know the WordPress Database Backup plugin is good for 99% of people but I am going to assume that with the difficulties of this restore with the PHPMyAdmin,  I will be looking for some other PHP Database editor that will work just as good as that one.  Until then I will be doing a Manual back up of my Database because that way I know of having a working copy of my Database in case of a problem down the road.  If someone has a good Plugin or an Alternative to PHPMyAdmin by all means leave me a comment and I’ll check it out or you can [intlink id=”995″ type=”page”]email me[/intlink] and let me know.

I still love WordPress because of it not being open source and more transportable onto other servers unlike Blogger, but there will always be those bumps in the road.   I will always advise people to backup before doing anything major from a system upgrade to a website upgrade.   I hope others have not had this problem as I have but mine might of been just the luck of the draw with all the problems, you know what they say “When it rains, it pours” but there is a silver lining to this.  I have learned more about website backups then I previously did.