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WP Admin Area Options
April 21, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Downloads
If you’ve already upgraded to WordPress 2.5, then you know that 2.5 brings a BIG change to the admin area. Automattic worked with a team from Happy Cog Studios to redesign the admin area for greater ease and usability. However, while this improvement may help users new to WordPress, people used to the old admin area may be having some issues acclimating to the new interface. In fact some “power users” downright hate it. While that’s a perfectly valid point of view, I consider myself a power user, and I actually really like the new interface. That’s not … Continue reading »
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Posted by Emily @ 3:04 pm
Have you upgraded yet?
April 16, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
WordPress 2.5 has been out for over 2 weeks, have you upgraded yet? I waited about a week to make sure there were no major issues right after the release, but as of this past weekend all my personal/business WP sites as well an a good portion of my client’s sites have been upgraded. If you haven’t upgraded yet, what are you waiting for?
I’ve come across several bloggers who are waiting for the release of 2.5.1. I can’t really blame them for this logic. It should fix all of the major bugs that have cropped up … Continue reading »
Posted by Emily @ 4:20 pm
WordPress 2.5 has been released!
March 29, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
WordPress 2.5 is finally out today. From the Dev Blog:
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.
Read the rest at Wordpress.org’s newly redesigned website!
Go download the new release and upgrade your site today.
Want to know more? … Continue reading »
Posted by Emily @ 12:43 pm
Web 101: Full vs Partial Feeds
March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Web 101
Over at the Blog Herald, there’s a great article on why people shouldn’t be using partial feeds. The author makes a lot of good points, essentially boiling it down to the fact that there are no benefits to using a partial feed. It doesn’t deter sploggers from stealing your content and it doesn’t bring extra traffic to your site; you are basically just frustrating your regular readers and alienating new ones. Read the full article for more.
What I find funny is his rationalizing of why it’s okay for some blogs (*ahem* the one he’s … Continue reading »
Posted by Emily @ 4:12 pm
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