WordPress 2.6
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 16 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Applications, Videos
The latest update to WordPress was released on July 14th and it was another easy upgrade procedure with this blog. The theme and all of the plugins work correctly. I backed up my web sites and the databases they use daily with a custom application that I’ve created. Its always a good idea to make backups before you upgrade your blog software in case something goes wrong and you need to go to an earlier working version.
Improving the Blogging Experience
Version 2.6 added version control (finally!) to your posts, so you can track who made changes to them and go back to an earlier post if the current one isn’t satisfactory. Another useful feature is Press This. If you find a web page that you would like to blog about, you can hit the Press This button on your web browser and it will start a WordPress post. From there, you can quote text or embed a photo or video.
WordPress also uses the Gears application which allows you to cache JavaScript and CSS files from your blog locally on your computer. This will allow you view your blog faster. Its an interesting feature, but if your on a high speed DSL/Cable connection, it probably won’t make that much difference for you.
You now have the option of previewing a theme before you make it active on your blog. This is a useful time saving feature that won’t leave your users wondering what’s going on with your blog while your trying to decide which theme to use.
Many New Features
The WordPress team added many other useful features, such as displaying a word count while writing a post, adding captions to images, better image control that’s integrated with the WYSIWIG, improved management of plugins, and many other features.
Apart from all of that, its a good idea upgrading your blog to 2.6 because 194 bugs were fixed in the software. These bugs may compromise security so its wise to keep WordPress up to date.
This video gives a good overview of the new features in WordPress 2.6.
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