I Upgraded Wordpress Finally
June 26th, 2009 3 Comments»Wordcount: 282
Okay, well I finally broke down and upgraded wordpress to 2.8. I noticed a few changes but otherwise other than a few security issues there is no real difference. What I did notice that is way different than older versions of wordpress is the option to upgrade wordpress right from the admin panel. I LOVE that. I had a way outdated version on one of my other blogs and I actually had to manually upgrade using an ftp client and when I did that I replaced the functions.php file and the templates.php file and totally messed up the way I had things set up. It didn’t take me too long to fix but it was still kind of a hassle.
On here, when I upgrade wordpress I usually have to always go rewrite the functions.php file to allow my own custom smilies to be displayed. I would just save the file but with every upgrade, new functions are added so I can’t do that. Anyway this time, since I was able to upgrade right from the admin panel itself I didn’t have to do anything or change anything. I still have to fix the damn smilies though.
My other blogs are kinda of a hassle but I’m getting there. At least next time I upgrade any of them I’ll be able to do it right from inside wordpress.
Speaking of smilies, though. I noticed the other day that one of my smilies was missing. The kiss smiley is nowhere to be found. I either forgot to upload it or forgot to write it in functions.php. Either way, LAME. I have to redo all of it now anyway.
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Ooh so from now on upgrades are easier? Maybe I should upgrade.. heh
OMG! There’s 2.8. 1 already? golly I just upgraded for 2.8 and it has been a long discussion and now a new one ugh… maybe I’ll wait until 2.9 will come before upgrading!
Don’t you find the “Write Post” weird? I am still holding out for the next version. All my blogs are still using the 2.7.1 version. I’ve read in forums that they will fix the visual tab in the next release.