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May
20

Automatically Upgrade to Wordpress 2.5.1

Posted by Mom at 7:14am in Blogging

As some of you know, last year I made the decision to move my blog from Movable Type to Wordpress.

Joni Ang from E.Webscapes did all the hard work for me, as well as create Mom Coming Home’s vibrant design!

So…Wordpress 2.5 came out and to be honest, I let the task to upgrade sit on the back-burner for a while.  This was due to my laziness…some days after working “IT” all day, I don’t feel like doing anything techie.

Anyway, I found this amazing Plugin that takes all the guess work out of how to upgrade.  After I took a backup of my website, I installed the plugin and the upgrade was complete in less than 2 minutes!  It was safe and easy!

  • Install Instant Upgrade Plugin for Wordpress from Zirona –> Click here to Download
  • Upload and unzip to you WordPress Plugins folder
  • Activate the Instant Upgrade plugin from your Admin Panel
  • Go to the Options tab, Click InstantUpgrade and choose an upgrade method.  Pick either FTP or HTTP. I went with HTTP, and it worked with my web host.
  • Next, the plugin notifies that it’s ready to upgrade.  Go to Manage, InstantUpgrade, and start the Wordpress 2.5.1 upgrade process.  It installs the 2.5.1 Upgrade in less than 1 minute.
  • That’s it!  Your blog is upgraded to the latest greatest version of WordPress!

A big thank you to Alex at Zirona Open Source Consulting for making my upgrade a breeze!  The Instant Upgrade Plugin is free, but please consider donating if you use the plugin so these guys can keep creating excellent code!

 

 

 

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Nov
14

Contest Update

Posted by Mom at 3:00pm in Announcements, Blogging

Thanks for helping me celebrate my Blog Birthday!

I’ve been battling cold/flu symptoms this past week, but I’ve had fun reading through your “first blog post” posts!  I’m also happy to find new and interesting blogs to read!

Here is the list of contest participants (and a link to their post) so far:

If you haven’t entered the contest, you have until November 29th!  C’mon and join the fun and your chance to win a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate!

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Nov
06

It’s My Birthday and I’ll Give Away Money If I Want To

Posted by Mom at 7:49am in Announcements, Blogging

Happy Birthday

It’s actually my Blog’s Birthday…3 years. I know it’s only 3 months since I started blogging regularly, but I needed a reason to celebrate!

I love looking through old photographs and journals. It’s interesting to see “how things were” at a given point in time, and to compare how things are now.

Here’s my first post at Mom Coming Home (my how things have changed):

November 6, 2004: “Beginnings”

Welcome! The purpose of this blog is for me to have a webspace to record my thoughts about becoming a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) or possibly a WAHM (work-at-home-mom).

Over the past thirteen years, I have worked outside the home. Some years full-time, some years part-time, and some lean years self-employed. As of November 4, 2004 I have worked two consecutive years full-time. Before that I was self-employed for four years as a network engineer. Networking, as in “LAN/WAN” not the marketing variety.

To sum things up, I work outside the home while my self-employed husband is at home with our five children. We are both completely ready for a role reversal….or would that be a role re-reversal? Anyway, my goal is to be AT HOME next year.

Stay tuned for more details on how I’m getting there.

Wow. 3 years ago, I worked full-time outside of the home and dreamed of the day when I could quit my job. Now I work at home for that same company. And with the addition of Baby A we have six kids! It’s funny how things work out.

To celebrate my birthday, I’m holding my first blog contest for the month of November.

The Contest is about “Your First Blog Post”

Each comment left on this post will count as an entry. To receive an additional two entries, write a post on your blog about your first blog post and link back to Mom Coming Home…I would love to read about how things have changed for you over the months or years.

To show my appreciation, I will post a list of participants each week linking to both your main blog page and your specific blog entry (if you wrote a post).

The Prizes:

On November 30, 2007 - Three random participants will win a $20 gift certificate to Amazon!

Mom’s Rules:

  • The three prize winners will be selected at random and receive their $20 Amazon Gift Certificate via e-mail, so please provide a valid e-mail address.
  • My kids read my blog, so please keep it clean.
  • Let me know you’ve entered the contest via my Contact page
  • All entries must be posted no later than Thursday, November 29th.



Have fun reminiscing and thanks for celebrating with me!

~Maura

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