Wordpress 2.0 is Out
Notable improvements:
- a new customizable UI for writing your posts
- a fantastic new post preview
- easy file uploading
- new import section for migrating content from other blogs
My only criticism at this point is that the admin tool seems to have gotten unnecessarily chunky.
I’ve successfully upgraded two installs, but a third didn’t go so well for reasons not entirely known at this point, so before you upgrade, make sure you backup both your files and your database.
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At the web design company I work at, we are real big on open source solutions. (PHP, MySQL, OsCommerce, etc…) I’ve been working with WordPress since 11/04 on my personal site. If you remember, you shared some very good advice with me on using posts as static pages back then. How old school is that now?
I’m the only one at “the company” that gives a rats ass about tableless design. I’ve begun to use Wordpress as the basis for simple brochure sites. It’s an excellent CMS to give the owner some control over content. For that reason I like the new admin tool. The WYSIWYG editor that is.
On the flip side, I’m finding that it mysteriously eats some of the html that I enter while working in the HTML popup. So, the jury is still out as far as I’m concerned.
It does seem that WordPress is ever moving to accomodate the more inexperienced blogger type.
I ended up turning off the WYSIWYG editor pretty quick so I could have my hands back on the steering wheel, but it’s exactly the right direction for wordpress to go in.