Posts Tagged ‘2.5’
Inserting Images into WordPress 2.5
May 27, 2008 by Leslie
Tutorials
There are two ways to insert an image in to WordPress now. One is to upload an image from your hard drive. The other is to link to an image living on a server somewhere else (ie: flickr, a photo gallery, snapfish, a server, etc.) Here steps for each method.
Adding an image from your hard drive in to a page or post:
Step 1. Start a new post (or page) as usual Write > Post/Page.
Step 2. Go to the “Add Media” area and select the image button.
Step 3. Click on “Browse” to add an image from your computer.
3 commentsWordPress 2.5.1
April 25, 2008 by Emily
News
2.5.1 was released today, so if you been waiting to upgrade, now’s the time to do it. This new release contains one important security fix for 2.5, so it’s important you upgrade soon.
If you are just concerned with fixing the security issue you may download and replace these files:
But you should really upgrade everything as 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including:
- Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
- Better performance for those who have many categories
- Media Uploader fixes
- An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
- Widget Administration fixes
- Various usability improvements
- Layout fixes for IE
Also, as of 2.5 they’ve added an extra security measure to WordPress. This involves adding a “secret key” to your wp-config.php file. This measure will improve cookie security. All you need to do is go to this website and copy and line it shows you into your wp-config.php file underneath the database info. Every install of WP you have should have a different random “secret key” (you can just keep refreshing the website to get new ones). And don’t worry, you’ll never need to remember this key so the more random the better.
WP Admin Area Options
April 21, 2008 by Emily
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 to say I love everything about it, though.
The great thing about WordPress and it’s big, wonderful community is that if there is something you are dissatisfied with, there’s probably someone else out there just like you. Unlike you, they may know how to write a plugin or a hack to fix it. In the past few weeks I’ve come across several of these fixes and I thought I’d highlight them.
