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Upgrading your Wordpress blog to the latest version (2.5.1 at the time of this posting) is usually a breeze:

  1. make a backup copy of your blog database should something unexpected happen.
  2. download the zip folder containing the latest version of wordpress (i.e wordpress 2.5.1) from http://wordpress.org/
  3. extract the content of that folder somewhere in your computer
  4. use an FTP program or Dreamweaver to upload all the newly downloaded wordpress files except the wp-content ( and whatever is inside the wp-content folder)
  5. execute the upgrade program by entering http://www.your-blog-address/wp-admin/upgrade.php in your web browser’s address bar.
    http://www.your-blog-address is whatever your blog address is. For instance our blog web site address is http://www.saheltech.com/blog
  6. follow the step-by-step instructions displayed on your screen.

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