Upload new files, run
http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php
Make sure you have everything backed up just in case…
It’s a generic upgrade. The directions since 1.5 still apply. Since you haven’t done any posts you can skip downloading a backup of your database. Open your FTP (or SCP) program and get a copy of your wp-config.php file, and if you’ve gotten any plugins or themes go ahead and download them, too. After getting those, delete everything WP on your remote server.
Get the 2.1 source, unzip it, and then put the files to your remote server. Then upload your local copy of wp-config.php and any other files you downloaded. Visit your upgrade script located in the wp-admin directory:
http://www.example.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php
Now you’re golden. :o)
Edit: I’ve never used Fantastico, but if it gets a copy of WordPress from your host’s machine, they may not have updated their repository, yet. You can give it a whirl, but I always go this route just in case.
i’m stuck on the whole “delete everything WP” thing…does that mean i just wipe out all files in my wordpress folder on my remote server? that would include images i’ve uploaded, etc?
Or can i just dump the new files on top of the already existing ones and have my ftp client replace them?
Delete all the files except: wp-config.php, .htaccess, and the wp-content folder, and then upload everything.
