Due to custom post type integration, if you have any customized file in your MailPress installation, you will need to be cautious.
As stated in the readme.txt file that few of you are reading …, do the followings when doing your MailPress upgrade :
- Point your browser to “Plugins > MailPress Add-ons” page and deactivate all add ons.
- Point your browser to “Plugins” page and deactivate MailPress plugin.
- If you have any customized file, Save or Back-up
mailpress/tmp
folder + any customized file (mp theme, etc …) :- standards newsletters xml files have their path changed :
mailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/post/
(formerlymailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/
) - post newsletter xml file has its path & name changed :
mailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/post/post.xml
(formerlymailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/new_post.xml
) - category newsletters xml file(s) have their path changed :
mailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/post/categories
(formerlymailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/categories
) - scheduler id
post_cat
is renamed inpost_category
- processor id
now
is renamed inpost
- standards newsletters xml files have their path changed :
- Delete
wp-content/plugins/mailpress
folder. - Unzip the MailPress package.
- Upload the mailpress folder into
wp-content/plugins
. - Make sure the
wp-content/plugins/mailpress/tmp
folder is writable. - Restore
mailpress/tmp
folder + your MP theme+ any customized file (mp theme, etc …) (read step 3 for anymailpress/mp-content/advanced/newsletters/
restore) - Refresh “Plugins” page and activate MailPress plugin
- Activate MailPress previous add-ons (Plugins > MailPress Add-ons)
About custom post type integration
With MailPress 5.3, custom post type and taxonomies integration is made possible.
This following zip contains all necessary files + sample add-ons to set up a custom post type (ad_listing) and a related taxonomy (ad_cat).
read the “How to custom post type + taxonomy.txt” file.
And MailPress 5.3 beta 2 is the last version compatible with WordPress 3.3