Title: Please help… Last modified: December 28, 2016 --- # Please help… * [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * (@ferrold) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/) * Hi Guys, I started my very first blog yesterday using Word Press (hooray!) so i am completely new to this. I use the newest version available from this site 1.0.2 and here is my question. I downloaded alex king’s grins plugin but i can’t seem to install it… The readme file says that i have to put it in the plugin folder but this doesn’t exist… And i can’t seem to find a place where i can activate plugins… Please help 🙂 //ferrold Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * [Laughinglizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughinglizard/) * (@laughinglizard) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50927) * [@ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/): 1.0.2 did not have the plug in architecture. You would need one of the releases in [http://www.wordpress.org/nightly](http://www.wordpress.org/nightly) or you could use the CVS version to get the plugins . * [willm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willm/) * (@willm) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50931) * I am not sure people completely new to blogging should be recommended to use CVS. 1.2 is due out very soon, why not wait till then? * [Mustache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mustache/) * (@mustache) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50934) * If you are technical, then go for the nightly, otherwise wait for the stable build release that address this issue (in your case, the next build). * Thread Starter [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * (@ferrold) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50938) * Hi Will M, Thank you for the very fast answer… Since i’m new to this blogging i think it’s better to wait for an official release. Do you know if it will be possible to upgrade from the version i’m using now? And btw. what is CVS…? 🙂// dupont * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50939) * Upgrading is perfectly possible – and very easy too. The CVS is the very latest build of each of the components that make up WP. I use nightlies, so you could try them ? * Thread Starter [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * (@ferrold) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50946) * Hi again guys, I downloaded and upgraded the latest version, and it seems to work now. I didn’t do a backup first though (big NONO apparently), but i couldn’t get the backup hack thingy to work… But anyway it works now! Thank you. Btw. do you guys live in here? I hardply pushed send before there were an answer for me 😉 //ferrold * [lilandra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilandra/) * (@lilandra) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-50955) * i’ve never gotten the backup hack to work either.. does your host have a way of backing up your mysql database? doing that and saving a copy of all your files is really all you want. * Thread Starter [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * (@ferrold) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51013) * Hi Lilandra, I don’t know if i’m able to backup my mysql database, but i will try to contact my webhotel and ask them… I’ve made a copy off all the files available on the hotel… Just to have some form of security… But thank you very much everybody… This is a great system. All i need know is some great content 🙂 //ferrold * [lilandra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilandra/) * (@lilandra) * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51058) * hehehe good luck with that…i’m a frivolous blogger myself so did you createt the mysql database yourself? * Thread Starter [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * (@ferrold) * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51327) * No… My new webhotel at b-one.net supplied me with the database… All i had to do wass enter the information into WP and i was up and running… Very easy 🙂 // ferrold * Anonymous * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51329) * Have a look round your hosts info. Generally if you have mysql there is a control panel like phpadmin or something. Backups are a common function. It would be surprising if a server geek was needed. * [lilandra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilandra/) * (@lilandra) * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51333) * or maybe your host can back it up for you if they made it for you? * Thread Starter [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * (@ferrold) * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51365) * I do have access to phpadmin, but i haven’t really looked at the functions yet since i’m brand new to anything besides html and css… But i will have a look at it… Thanks again 🙂 //ferrold Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Please help…’ is closed to new replies. * 13 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [ferrold](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferrold/) * Last activity: [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-151/#post-51365) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics