Comments on: WordPress 2.6 Goes Live

By: Andy T

Andy T — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:14:13 +0000

I upgraded to WordPress 2.61. It took me about 20 minutes for the upgrade. So, far so good!
I like the new features for writing blog. I hope just not make it too complicated like a desk top publishing software, in the future!

By: Pixel Shoppe

Pixel Shoppe — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:59:46 +0000

Doea it work for anyone? I can’t lg in and it screwed up my blog. It does not seem to play well with plugins like “share this”.

By: Mark LaFlamme

Mark LaFlamme — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:12:40 +0000

Hi, Geek’s Dream:
For me, it turned out to be a conflict between WP 2.6 and an older version of Max Banner Ads I was using. I upgraded to the latest version of that and bam! Captions worked great. If you don’t have that particular plug-in, maybe it’s a different one causing the problem.
Otherwise, adding the script to my current theme seemed to work, as well. I’ll paste it in on the chance you don’t have it yet:

/* Captions */
.aligncenter,
div.aligncenter {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

.wp-caption {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
text-align: center;
background-color: #f3f3f3;
padding-top: 4px;
margin: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 17px;
padding: 0 4px 5px;
margin: 0;
}
/* End captions */

By: tuleonk

tuleonk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:50:28 +0000

This is my first time using Wordpress. So, I don’t know if there is something which does not work the way it should. It looks very easy to use, and I have no problem logging in into dashboard. Guess I’ll have to wait and see.

By: Geek's Dream Girl

Geek's Dream Girl — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:47:46 +0000

@Mark – I’m having similar problems. If I insert an image into a post and I want it left-aligned, the text only appears next to the image if I don’t have a caption. If I put a caption, it will shove the text of the post under the image.

Anybody have a fix for this?

By: Mark LaFlamme

Mark LaFlamme — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:34:17 +0000

For the life of me, I cannot get captions to work. It looks great in preview, but live, all the code spills out around the photo and there’s no caption at all. I added the caption code to my theme’s style.css but there was no change. Seems like I’m just one minor step away from making this work. If anyone has any ideas, I’d love to hear them. I’ll add a caption to my first post to demonstrate.

By: Arjen

Arjen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:58:39 +0000

I updated yesterday. It works fine for me. All the plugins I’m using work on 2.6 :)

By: Snoskred

Snoskred — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:14:39 +0000

Before everyone gets excited and upgrades, you may want to note there is a fairly substantial bug in this version to do with permalinks. I wrote about it on my blog , with links to info about the bug in the support forums.

If you have upgraded, check to make sure your permalinks are working. And it is always a good idea to have a look around the support forums and see what issues people are having just to make sure you’re not having them too – if you can stand to look around there without getting a headache. ;(

Me personally, I won’t be upgrading anytime soon – it seems Wordpress is losing the plot a bit.

By: weneedmoney

weneedmoney — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:47:49 +0000

I hate it! I can’t log in. I’m glad I backed up everything because I am reverting. What A waste of time.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:51:47 +0000

I’m still on v2.5, waiting for my currently used plugins to be available for v2.6 before I make the change.

Anyway, v2.6 looks promising than ever.

By: Jack Carol

Jack Carol — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:11:48 +0000

I upgrade my wp today, but something wrong with this version. Some people say they cannot login to wp dasdboard.

By: Big Brain

Big Brain — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:38:32 +0000

I was already thinking of moving to wordpress. Now may be the time.

By: Family Guy

Family Guy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:06:00 +0000

i don`t like it! it gives me a headeack working with it

By: Ryan McLean

Ryan McLean — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:30:41 +0000

I installed this today, and I love it on my financial blog.
Thankyou wordpress for your awesome service

By: Slevi

Slevi — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:23:01 +0000

Did the update yesterday, it really went smoothly as ever. Not a single issue and the newly added features are great, but let’s not forget the roughly 150 (if my memory serves me right) or so bug fixes which have been applied either.

By: Adam Whiles

Adam Whiles — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:05:24 +0000

I just upgraded my blog to 2.6, lots of changes. Above all, it didn’t tear up anything I had which is the most important thing. I hate upgrading then realizing that something is broken due to the upgrade.

By: ElegantCelebBlogger

ElegantCelebBlogger — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:33:33 +0000

Yay, they now have version control included. It sounds like they listened to suggestions, too. Now, if only they could include a notes areas with each post, so I could keep track of things like where I submitted the post, etc., that would be great.

By: Michael Aulia

Michael Aulia — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:18:17 +0000

I’ve been following the updates since 2.6 Beta 1 to RC1 :)

I love the image captioning that they’ve put on the last Beta 3-RC1 the most! Imagine what I can do with it on every screenshot of my application/games reviews :D

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:01:25 +0000

groovy music!

By: Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:41:45 +0000

The new features are attractive, especially the writing upgrades. But I have established an off-line blog writing routine that has many of these features – and more.

Being the cautious person I am, I’ll be waiting for a while to upgrade until some of the bugs are shaken out. Also, I will be watching the plugins I depend upon to see if they upgrade or are listed as compatible. As for themes, the ones I use are so heavily modified that I think I’m on my own there!