Advised webmaster do not rush to upgrade your website program

For many small and medium-sized webmaster, the feeling of one of the most fresh things may be their own use of the source code out of the new version. Many people can not wait to upgrade, testing, hope that their site in the shortest possible time to become the first batch of users to apply the new features. I used to be such a person.

Whether it is discuz! or WP or BO-BLOG, I can say is in the first time upgrade. But now look back, maybe there are too many things waiting for us to do, and the things we are concerned about are so unimportant. So I'm going to make a negative argument: Don't worry about upgrading your program version.

In fact, all of the reasons are my own experience, may be different from each other's experiences, but I began to contact the site management from 2003, 2004 began to do their own website, also counted for a short period of time. The accumulated experience rather than the lesson, more.

Why don't we hurry up and upgrade?

Reason one: The popularity of the website is brought by your content, with the newest Ajax technology, sliding door effect and so on little relation; now although it is web2.0, but do the website or content for the king. As long as you original content, good quality, you can create their own traffic, the use of the site program version of new and not new, and the fact that there is little relationship;

Reason two: the website pursues the stability, does not pursue the novelty. This is a general website, but as a less common site, for example, new technology of the embodiment of the Web site, of course, the newer the better the site can maintain the operation of a basic premise is stable, if your server Zooey, or the website Zooey upgrade version, for users, is simply unbearable things. 3 seconds to decide if this user is entering or abandoning your site.

Reason three: User familiarity degree. Many webmaster think that the newer the better, because the new version can bring new experience to users. In fact, in my own management experience, this is not the case. Many times, users have become accustomed to using a template, module, or some features, once you endless annual, or even quarterly upgrades, replacement functions, although it can bring new experience, but more importantly, you lost the user's trust.

What users need is an upgrade based on a feature, not a negative upgrade--once upgraded, the interface, and the way it is used. I'm talking about a lot of Web site program upgrades completely regardless of user acceptance, only the pursuit of technical perfection and innovation, the new version and the old version can not be in the template, and the model of balanced, slow transition, but a revolutionary transition.

I do not disapprove of everyone to upgrade the site program, but want to say is: The site program updates, upgrades must be linked to the inheritance of the template. Once the user is familiar with one of your templates, even if you want to update the program, but also to 1.1 incremental changes to the template, do not completely 100% to overturn the user's impression of the site. In fact, it is not worth the loss of a year, the major revision reached 3, 4 times the site, doomed to be a failure of the site;

Reason four: security. The old version most have many patches, relatively stable, the new version just launched when there will be a lot of new problems, but will create security risks;

Reason five: stationmaster's energy. Many stationmaster are one person or several person manages a big station. Compared to the latest version of the upgrade, experience new technology, I believe that there are many important things to do, such as the promotion of content, website speed optimization, the expansion of website users, website publicity and so on. When you are really free, consider being the first to try new programs.

Of course, all of these experiences are for those who are ready to use the site to make money and live friends, for those who just want to play, never want to make the site bigger friends, since it is to play, then how to play, what to play, the rules of the game, are your own set it.