Upgraded to WordPress 2.7 – Coltrane

Posted by Lui on Dec 11th, 2008 | 0 comments home title

To be honest, I’ve seen several wordpress upgrades this past few months that I thought this would just be an ordinary “fix some bug” wordpress upgrade. So, I just clicked on my automatic upgrade link and I had to blink my eyes several times coz I thought I’ve messed it up again. I’ve actually lost this blog twice already when I was upgrading to WordPress 2.5.

I just heaved a sigh of relief when I saw that everything was fine, wordpress is just sporting a totally new look! Do I love it or not? I still have to get used to the new interface but I must admit I kinda miss the colors of the past versions but this new one looks more organized and items more streamlined. Almost all things can now be easily accessed, so just a few clicks will get me to where I want to be.

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Toolbars that used to be on top of the screen are now grouped together on the left. Noticeable additions are the QuickPress section where you can easily draft or publish a post from your dashboard, comment threading as well as reply links on the dashboard, paging, one-click plugin installation, sticky posts and I like the Screen Options where you can manage what sections you want to appear on you dashboard.

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One of the best things about this upgrade is this: “this may be the last time you ever have to manually upgrade WordPress again.” I’m quoting that from WordPress blog . Isn’t it just fantastic that now WordPress includes a built-in upgrade that will automatically notify you of new releases, and when you’re ready it will download them, install them, and upgrade your blog with a single click. That means I don’t have any chances now of messing up my blog hehe.

Thanks, WordPress!

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