Ruhani Rabin
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Archive for March, 2008
March 31, 2008 at 1:03 am · Filed under Sidenotes
Wordpress 2.5 is out … here is some of the new stuff —- multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages, tags manager, extarct exif info + many more, details at wordpress release blog
March 28, 2008 at 1:56 am · Filed under Sidenotes
I was testing out Firefox 3 Beta 4, it seems the javascript engine has been radically improved, gmail is 3 times faster as well as other ajax driven websites.. Also I’ve noticed a dramatically reduced memory footprint … wooo
March 28, 2008 at 1:43 am · Filed under Articles, Wordpress, php
Wordpress 2.5 Release Candidate 2 has been released and There are a lot of new features included within. Let me list down some of them:
The New Looks:
- New customizable dashboard.. yeah it’s more slick and organized now..

- Built in Image Gallery system, one click multi files uploader.. Check out the screencast by matt
- Categories in Editor interface also improved with multi-level and most used categories options.

- Changes in Editor interface, it’s possible to have full screen editor, a toolbar button to create a gallery

- The Manage screens have been redesigned and unified so that now, managing your pages, posts, media, and comments all use similar, consistent interfaces.

- Navigation bars has been improved for professionals and novices alike.
- The base code has been optimized for much more stable better performance.
Now you might be excited and obviously worried about the upgrade process on the road to wordpress 2.5 but it’s not a prime time to upgrade it.. Just take your time, download it, do the testing on your local server (you can use EasyPHP, XAMPP or WAMP for testing), test out your themes and check which plugins are not working. Here is a link roll to shorten your research about upgrading: Read the rest of this entry »