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.
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Posted by Emily @ 12:43 pm
Notice to Swank Web Hosting Customers
March 27, 2008 | Filed under: News
*UPDATE* - The server has been upgraded and optimized this weekend for better performance. It’s currently being monitored very closer should any other issues pop up. Also, we have verified that the WordPress comment notification problem has been fixed and notifications are now being received.
We want to let you know that the server transfer is complete. We apologize for any issues you have been experiencing in the past few days. We are working on stabilizing the server right now. It was better today than yesterday and it should only improve from now on. This … Continue reading »
Posted by Emily @ 6:49 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
WordPress 2.5 RC1 available
March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Matt has just made an announcement on the Dev blog that the WP 2.5 Release Candidate 1 is available for download and testing. He also goes into some specifics about the new version and what we have to look forward to when 2.5 is finally released:
“A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting to you? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit … Continue reading »
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