WordPress 2.8 upgrade
Posted on June 11, 2009
WordPress 2.8 came out yesterday afternoon and I just finished the upgrade. For the past few versions, WordPress has become one of the most user-friendly pieces of software I’ve seen. It seems well thought out and well-constructed.
WordPress has a tool called Upgrade in the Admin panel, which allows people to easily upgrade or reinstall the WordPress code. No FTP needed, since it’s as simple as clicking a button. However, it’s not problem-free.
I have this blog for myself and a test blog I use for work. I logged into this blog and there was nothing new – there was no notice about the new version. Logging into the test blog, there were two banners mentioning the upgrade. Upgrading the test blog was virtually effortless, but I was puzzled by the lack of a notice on gottahavacuppamocha. The Upgrade tool said the blog was using 2.7.1 and that it was the latest version. On a hunch, I clicked on the Re-install button. WordPress 2.7.1 was reinstalled, but when it finished, there was a notice about the 2.8 version. I clicked on the button and let it upgrade. The upgrade went easy, but I had to trick WordPress to do so.
Still, WordPress is far more user-friendly than MediaWiki. MediaWiki is easier to setup, but WordPress is easier to maintain. WP isn’t perfect, but it’s damn close.
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Time for an update
Posted on February 14, 2009
Gottahavacuppamocha will be down for a bit for maintenance and upgrades. The files are being backed up as I write. WordPress has a new version out with some security improvements and other enhancements. I might try out a new skin to mark the occasion :-)
Also, I want to see if there are any better WordPress plugins for Twitter. For regular posts, it sends a tweet to @lafnlab whenever I post something on the blog. However, it doesn’t do this for posts that are scheduled, such as the Review Haiku posts. :-( Since there are so many of those scheduled (’til the end of March, at the moment), it would be nice if the blog would send a tweet for each new post.
