Upgrading TextPattern
As some of you may know, I’ve been using Textpattern to run my project site, Tracks (more on why I made the decision to use Textpattern rather than WordPress later). Textpattern 1.0 RC3 came out last week, and when I eventually got around to thinking about installing it, and I couldn’t believe how straightforward it was. I followed the instructions for upgrading via svn which are detailed on the Textpattern forum, and it was simplicity itself. I have shell access at TextDrive, so I just needed to log in via ssh, follow the instructions, and bingo—-everything worked perfectly. Checking out a copy of Textpattern via svn is a great idea, because the next time it gets upgraded, I can just issue a svn update command in the directory, and it will automatically fetch the new versions of files for me, with the added benefit of being able to svn revert back to what I had before if something goes wrong.
