Onto Wordpress 2.5

Wordpress 2.5 is Beautiful

Upgrading Wordpress has been one of my greatest fears since my first upgrade back in October of 2007 - after all, I nearly lost my blog in, what I’ve dubbed, my near Wordpress disaster. For that upgrade, the wonderful Automatic Upgrade Plugin wasn’t working for some reason, so I had to do it manually - nearly resulting in disaster.

However, this time around, the Automatic Upgrade Plugin worked and upgrading was a breeze.

Thoughts on Wordpress 2.5

Though I have only been using Wordpress 2.5 for a few minutes, I must say it’s beautiful. The interface is wonderful - user friendly and very versatile.

The Dashboard’s Re-Design

While the blue is a little too ‘baby blue’ for me…
They layout is extremely well designed and easier to navigate.
There are also many new subtle (and very nice) features - but if you’re curious to what they are… fire up the Automatic Upgrade Plugin and give it a whirl.

My One Problem

I do have one problem with Wordpress 2.5 - though the blame isn’t entirely at the geniuses over at Automattic…

The Popularity Contest plugin does not work. I’m hoping that Alex King (the author of the plugin) fixes it soon - because I would have no clue where to begin.

In the mean time, I look forward to exploring the many new features of Wordpress 2.5 and can’t wait to launch my new look - because this one is really starting to bother me…

 

6 Responses to “Onto Wordpress 2.5”

  • Is it alright if I contact you sometime about setting up a website? I have my wordpress and url but the other stuff is too much for me to grasp.

     

  • Of course!
    First off you’ll need to transfer your URL from Wordpress.com to some other service and get some hosting.
    For ok, cheap hosting, I’d recommend 1and1.com. I currently use them, though I plan on switching to MediaTemple.
    1and1 is a nice and cheap starting point.

    From there things get slightly more complicated…
    but I’ll give you a hand there.

     

  • i agree the interface is better than last one, more friendly but i just can’t get used to it ;) and some parts are really badly organized like write new post or moderate comments, just the other day i was about to delete spam comments and i deleted no spam by accidence :P
    When is new design coming ;)

     

  • Yeah…
    I’m still working on getting used to it as well.

    The new design is…
    coming…
    There are a few things I’m not quite liking… and I’m working on ‘em.
    I’ve also been pretty busy, so it may be two more weeks.
    But it’s coming soon!
    oh, and the WDA is coming soon as well.
    :-)

     

  • k ;)
    if you need some help feel free to ask :D

     

  • I may take you up on that…

    Right now the theme is technically ‘done.’
    But… there are a few aesthetic ‘issues’ that I want to fix before it goes live.

    I may end up contacting you in a few days.
    Thanks for the offer!

     

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