Last night I took the plunge and upgraded to WordPress 2.5, and so far, everything has been working as expected.
The install took about 5 minutes (not accounting for the back-up time) and went without a hitch. All of my plug-ins seem to be chugging along fine, and I haven’t noticed any drastic changes to the front of the scenes look of the site.
Behind the scenes is where most of WP 2.5’s changes occurred though, so I guess that’s to be expected. The whole interface was revamped, and changes include:
- 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
- Search that covers posts and pages
Let me know if you see anything go wonky in the next few days, but if you’re looking to make the switch/upgrade to WordPress 2.5, I give it two thumbs up.
[Via: WordPress Blog]
The folks behind WordPress have just released a Demo Site of WordPress 2.5, and after playing around for a bit, I must say that I can’t wait for the changes to go live!
To see for yourself what these changes are all about, log in with Username: “admin” and Password: “demo” to give it a try.
(Don’t worry about messing things up, as they revert the site back to a fresh start every hour.)
[WordPress 2.5 Demo Site]
[Via: Mashable!]
On December 19, Jackass 2.5, the half-sequel to the rather popular Jackass movie series, will officially become the “first broadband movie ever distributed by a major studio”.
For two weeks, anyone will be able to view the hour-long film in its entirety for free, with a pre and post-roll the only intrusion into their Jackass pleasure.
After the free preview, the film will be available on DVD, through iTunes, on Amazon, and anywhere else Paramount Pictures can make a buck off of the pain of others.
If it works, there could be a swing towards using this method of distribution in the future, so check it out, because free is hard to beat.
[Jackass World]
[Via: Mashable]
