Comments on: What You Need to Know about WordPress 2.7

By: Team Nirvana

Team Nirvana — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:06:30 +0000

I am unaware of the impact the update would have on my blog. I am still using the wordpress 2.5. Darren, can you point me to a detailed article which would help me in upgrading?

Thanks a lot.

By: Cash Survey

Cash Survey — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:06:12 +0000

I am nervous about this as I am only so new at blogging and I am always worried about mucking some thing up, but it should be good, I hope :))

By: Jamba

Jamba — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:53:44 +0000

I’ve been using beta2 and now beta3 since beta2 was released. I find WP slower to load, the admin interface generating far more http requests than it used to, and the UI “improvements” have actually made the admin interface less usable.

As someone who has clients using WordPress I am not looking forward to the extra training and support. Clients for whom accessibility is an issue are going to have to stay on 2.6.3.

For me, I am looking at rolling back to 2.6.3. I had threaded comments and Oz’h comments plugin which allowed me to respond from the admin interface. I didnt need Atom because I send all feeds to feedburner. While the access to writing new posts is faster, granted, the slower speed and additional http requests negate that advantage.

Unless something vastly improves between beta3 and the final release, I am going back to 2.6.3.

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:54:17 +0000

@Carla – I am not a tech geek or anything and so I do not know what is causing your problem, but I know that in the past, when I have come across this sort of problem it has had something to do with either the theme or one of the plugins.

If you are using the automatic update plugin, then the plugins are not the problem as it de-activates them all. Perhaps if you try reverting to the standard wordpress theme before doing an update.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:46:53 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. I will need to be ready for this one since I build blogs for other people and advice them on their use, and was planning on putting some tutorials together soon.

I think its great that they are upgrading. I can always find things I would improve with – I guess I’ll see if the WP Developers think along the same lines.

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:31:15 +0000

@Sire – I do have the automatic update plugin and it still doesnt work.

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:26:14 +0000

To all those sick of updating, I reckon that its because you don’t have the automatic update plugin. This plugin makes it a breeze and also allows you to backup the database. I love the updates if for no other reason that it reminds me to backup those databases. As far as I am concerned, I say bring em on.

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:15:47 +0000

I’m with A. Dawn – I’m sick of updating! I still dont have 2.6.3 because I kept getting technical error messages. :(

By: David Zemens

David Zemens — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:32:35 +0000

I have enjoyed the updates and user interface changes, and have found them to be a boost to productivity.

That being said, several clients who use WordPress less frequently than I do have expressed concern over the interface changes. They find the learning curve excessive for the small amount of time they spend in the Admin Dashboard. I think I have to agree with them. It does get a bit confusing.

By: Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog

Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:43:48 +0000

@Mike I think you will find a lot of bloggers move away from using the wordpress interface anymore than they have to because of these sorts of radical changes. I have long been an advocate of scribefire and just recently started testing windows live writer and if either one of them would make the jump and allow me to enter metadata in optional fields I would very seldom if ever open a write window in wordpress.

By: Hector A. Henry S.

Hector A. Henry S. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:04:53 +0000

Yes si understand i will read this becuase upsdtae coming soon.

Than you

By: Mike Panic

Mike Panic — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:13:44 +0000

I really wish WP, which I really love, would stop making such drastic changes to the dashboard and functionality. Imho, there hasen’t been leaps and bounds of improvements, if anything, it confuses average users more.

By: Salwa

Salwa — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:52:18 +0000

Im really loving this plugin, i have just installed wordpress 2.7 and its damn good. Highly recommended for everyone.

By: Matt Gio

Matt Gio — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:41:16 +0000

Awesome! I can’t wait.

By: Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog

Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:44:06 +0000

@kim I took a look at your blog and I don’t see any reason it won’t upgrade just fine unless you are running scripting through your functions page which I have no way of seeing.

By: Kim @ What's That Smell?

Kim @ What's That Smell? — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:07:35 +0000

I am excited about some of the new features but am scared to upgrade because I don’t know if my theme will work properly if I do.

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:43:01 +0000

I’m waiting to upgrade to 2.7 when they release it. But they release new versions so often that its a pain to do all the work and upgrade to the latest version. Still, I’d love to test it out.

By: Jon Clayton

Jon Clayton — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:33:50 +0000

I am really looking forward to this release! Thanks for the update.

By: Chris | GamesMontreal

Chris | GamesMontreal — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:27:57 +0000

Thanks for the link Darren!

I always wait for the first few minor updates (x.x.1) to be released before installing them. Same thing for other application and operating systems.

I used to always love having the latest version of everything, now I just stick to what works already. If it ain’t broken…

By: Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog

Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:24:21 +0000

@not everyone uses a mouse, especially those of us blogging from a laptop and not every mouse I have has a scroll wheel. The trackball my wife uses for her carpal tunnel, the marble mouse from logitech, doesn’t. Not to mention scroll wheels are often difficult for people with existing hand and wrist problems.

Regardless of scroll wheels it is still a bad design…