A month ahead of schedule, Matt Mullenweg has announced the release of the newest version of WordPress.org: WordPress 2.6. It’s a major iteration, since the last version was only at 2.5.1.
This is because WordPress has taken huge steps forward in terms of becoming a serious content management system (and not just a blogging engine). For example, 2.6 features post versioning — WP saves older versions of your post in your admin area, and you can compare various versions and even revert to older copies of your post.
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Back in Davao.
My trip to Manila for the benefit of WordCamp Philippines went much better than I’d expected. I was able to accomplish what I went there for, and quite a bit more.
The sponsors showed their all-out support for WordCamp, and I’m happy to report that i.PH has officially signified their intent to be a Co-Presentor, joining MyImage Media. Other sponsors are being lined up, especially for lunch and snacks during the event. I’m hoping to sign them up as soon as possible.
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The blogging seminar we conducted in Tagum City the other day was a success. The 20 participants were all total newbies, but they were quite easy to instruct on the workings of personal publishing. Ria did an introduction and overview of the world of blogging — I believe she did a good job in demystifying the blog for them.
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Blog Oh! Blog, a site that’s dedicated to WordPress, is running a contest for all bloggers around the whole wide world. This über-sexy CMS just turned 5 yesterday, and B.O.B. is running this online contest in its honor.
Not using WordPress? Jai (the blogger behind B.O.B.) didn’t mention anything about this contest being exclusive to WP users. So just jump in and, who knows, you might win a theme! And that’s gonna be the start of your own love affair with WordPress.
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If you’re using the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin to follow WordPress to its latest version, here’s something that you should know. While it’s quick and thorough, the operation isn’t as complete as I’d first thought. You see, one of the new security features of WordPress 2.5, salted passwords, might not be available to you if you use the WPAU plugin.
Salted passwords, to explain simply, are passwords that are encrypted with the use of a secret key. This makes your WP install a whole lot more secure, and protects you from having your passwords hacked in case someone gains access to your database. If you were upgrading to WP v2.5 manually, you would define this secret key in your wp-config.php file.
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Finally, my blogs are on WordPress 2.5. Well, at least this one and my Davao blog. The others will follow soon, and, it won’t take me as much time as I’d feared. Thanks to my friend, I’m able to shift effortlessly to the latest version with the help of a very convenient plugin that automates WP upgrading.
So far, I haven’t run into any major problems with my themes or plugins being incompatible with WP2.5. There were minor stuff, like outmoded WP template tags embedded in the themes that I had to manually update.
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Well, it’s finally here! WordPress version 2.5 has been released today. That prompt that has been familiar since WP2.3 is now patiently waiting on the dashboard: “A new version of Wordpress is available! Please update now.”
Not that I’m going to upgrade right away. Although I did beta-test it, and had gotten to see a lot of the bug fixes and stuff, I’m still wary of shifting to the new version. Read on»
I’ve just deployed a fresh install of WordPress 2.5 (the 1st release candidate). After reading Matt’s intro, I was sold! Normally, you see, I don’t upgrade to new versions of software right away. I’m what you’d call a late adopter — partly because I don’t want to deal with the hassles brought on by bugs or security weaknesses, etc.
But this time, I felt an obligation to give back to the community, especially to Automattic, for giving the world the wonderful, awe-inspiring WordPress. So, I’m now part of an online set of testers for v2.5, hopefully I’ll be able to contribute gainfully.
My WP2.5 installation is for a test site, not really a live blog. But you can take a look at some screenshots of the admin panel. Read on»
