swirt
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The topic of hosted blogs (like blogger or wordpress.com) vs self-hosted blog software (like wordpress.org) that runs on your own server. One of the drawbacks to the self-hosted blog software is that not only do you (or your webmaster) have to install the software but then you have to keep on top of the updates to make sure it stays as secure as possible.
The drawback of having to mess around with update installations has always been a bit annoying.... nothing difficult, but often beyond what the average innkeeper wants to handle. Well the good news is that WordPress v2.7 now supports automatic updates. It's had this feature for a few months now but it has gone untested until v2.8 was released (which was a few weeks back)
So here is basically how it works ...If you have 2.7 or later version installed, when a new version is released, a message appears in your WordPress dashboard telling you a new version has been released. A button appears to auto-update.. a click of the button has your server automatically download the update and performs the installation right in front of your eyes. it works pretty well if your webmaster set up the server permissions correctly and your server runs php 5.
The drawback of having to mess around with update installations has always been a bit annoying.... nothing difficult, but often beyond what the average innkeeper wants to handle. Well the good news is that WordPress v2.7 now supports automatic updates. It's had this feature for a few months now but it has gone untested until v2.8 was released (which was a few weeks back)
So here is basically how it works ...If you have 2.7 or later version installed, when a new version is released, a message appears in your WordPress dashboard telling you a new version has been released. A button appears to auto-update.. a click of the button has your server automatically download the update and performs the installation right in front of your eyes. it works pretty well if your webmaster set up the server permissions correctly and your server runs php 5.