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Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Helga — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:46:20 -0000

Huh. Because I am shallow, I'm going to miss the dark blue theme. I like the one-click plugin update, though. I hate having to download latest versions of plugins. Not like I do that constantly.

I'm most likely to wait a few months before upgrading. To ensure everything works fine and has been streamlined and perfected. What?

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Glenn Slaven — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:36:45 -0000

All my plugins still worked, the update was pretty transparent as far as the font-end of my blog was concerned. I uploaded all the new files & it just worked. The first time I accessed wp-admin it prompted me with the usual update the database page, but that worked fine too. I've not seen any reason to not update now.

Note: I accept no responsibility if your server burns to the ground because you updated :)

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Bena Roberts — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:57:21 -0000

We switched GoMo News from typepad to Word press one month ago and I am amazed at the difference. There are still a couple of hiccups but all in all - very happy. Bena

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

anewlis — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:29:48 -0000

i'm diggin this! looks extremely clean (preferred). i hope those darn google ads are not going to be in the mix!

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Corvida — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:50:24 -0000

@Elliott NG - I have your same concerns about 2.5. Since I've read Glenn Slaven's comment I'm very much tempted to just do the upgrade now, which I'm thinking might've been Matt Mullenweg's plan all along when released the RC.

Say it's an RC when it could most definitely be an actual release of WordPress 2.5.

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Elliott Ng — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:39:40 -0000

I'm excited about this but am worried about stability. When is it rock solid enough to do the upgrade? What else should I do other than back up my posts? This is scary! Do I have to worry about plug in compatibility?

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Will Brown — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:21:35 -0000

Great write-up, Corvida.
I think that 2.5 will be a success, just like previous versions of WP. There will be some things that people love, and some things that people hate.

The things that people hate will be addressed in upcoming releases.

Things that I like: Full text RSS feeds without having to use a plugin, one-click plugin updates, and "faster" load times.

Re: Take A Sneak Peek At WordPress 2.5

Glenn Slaven — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:16:31 -0000

I updated my blog to the current dev version from the subversion repository. It seems stable enough. I like the new design. Much cleaner and less 'babyish' than the original. It looks more like a mature application now.

My personal favourite feature is the ability to automatically update plugins that use the wordpress.org plugin hosting. It will tell you when an update is available, download it and update locally.

The post/page editing is nice too. The new layout is much more intuitive and the editor is more featured. I'm liking it, it's a much bigger update than a lot of the previous releases.