[wp-testers] Re: Revised Upgrade Instructions (Amit Gupta)

[Rob]

Can you add a line about using FTP clients to delete the old WP 
installation?

If your FTP client does not appear to permit you to delete non-empty 
folders, check through the available options and you'll usually find an 
option that will permit non-empty folder deletion. This is useful while 
cleaning out an old installation of WordPress, but it's recommended that 
once this is done, you switch it back to the original setting for 
safety's sake.

I'm not happy with how I worded that, so if anyone can make it shorter 
and clearer, I'd be grateful.

I know a number of people who do not bother to delete the old WP 
installation because they didn't know how to make their FTP client 
delete non-empty folders. I've yet to find an FTP client that doesn't 
permit this, but a lot hide this option because it is so powerful. 
Experienced users will know this, but a lot of the people using WP are 
not exactly "experienced users."

BTW: I know at least one "experienced user" who learned the hard way why 
the normal setting is to prohibit the deletion of folders with stuff in 
them. Returning the setting to "prohibit" really is a good idea, unless 
you backup often.

Rob