Backups were performed on the database today for all members. And the following is the successfull update message after updating to 2.8.5. We will be testing site functionality this week, if you experience any errors let us know!

Also we will be performing some updates and testing on the plugins. PLEASE make sure that you check your websites to make sure they look and function properly. Also we will be updating the ALL IN ONE SEO plugin which usually requires you to go back in and enable it after the update. We will be pushing for all members to have registered directly to SM-Wordpress.com in order to receive important updates like this one. No spam or advertising of any sort will be sent using this system.

Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.5.zip.

Unpacking the update.

Verifying the unpacked files

Installing the latest version

Upgrading database

WordPress upgraded successfully