Just went through the mill as I attempted to upgrade one of the sites I manage to WordPress 3.0. Basically, it started as I was upgrading some plugins. They would just stop in mid-upgrade and never finished. Then, I lost a NextGen Gallery completely, and I was pissed! AND THEN, the same sort of stall in mid-upgrade happened while I was trying to upgrade to 3.0. This was followed by a “fatal error” that kicked me out of the website for longer than I actually want to admit. I guess the best word to describe my emotions at that moment is “conniption”. I just couldn’t believe what was happening just as the result of doing an upgrade to WordPress.
After calling in to technical support at GoDaddy it was suggested to me that I “Google the fatal error” and see what information I might find. In other words, they were of NO HELP. And after searching in the WordPress forum I finally found some info that actually did help. I ended up having to install the update WordPress manually (Beware you don’t overwrite your WP-content files!) with my FTP program FileZilla and then I had to delete the NextGen Gallery files from the server and reinstall it.
Ugghhh… it was ugly. But I did manage to fix it. And after reading through some of the forum I found that it’s suggested that you install a “Memory Bump” plugin before you automatically upgrade to WordPress 3.0. Apparently, your 2.9+ version of WordPress may need a little extra juice to properly manage the automatic install than is currently available. Nice to find out after the fact, I have to say. Not!
Anyhoo… hope any of you who are dutifully upgrading to the new 3.0 are able to get this info before hand, because it sure wasn’t fun watching the automatic installs just crap out in the middle of the upgrade and ultimately result in a fatal error. Check the link in the paragraph above for the Memory Bump plugin you need.
Here’s to happier waves, web surfers!