Breaker 1-9 – Baker WP 2.8 Update
Thursday, June 11, 2009 13:51 | 112 views
Wow! Things just keep getting better and better with every Wordpress Update.
Wordpress 2.8 ’Baker’ is now available for download. If you follow that link you can watch a video outlining the updates that you’ll experience in the new release.
The first thing I noticed was the speed. As usual, and the extra features that allow you to adjust the look and feel of the admin interface.
The only real extras that are visible are the Widget Interface, and the way you can customize the layout of each admin page. And obviously the faster load times too.
The automatic update feature upgraded the newer version and installed flawlessly. The only issue I had after the install was complete was that one plug-in malfunctioned and would not work with the new Wordpress 2.8 version.
The ‘No Follow Links In Post‘ plug-in is the only one that barfed up error code after the Wordpress 2.8 upgrade. Which is unfortunate because it was a plug-in that I wanted too, and it is no longer supported. I hope somebody decides to take over the trouble of updating it.
The appearance is a little different, but not by a whole lot. A few things have moved, like the ‘Plug-in/Install’ link is now located in the top right corner of the plug-in page on the help tab. So far that’s the only things I’ve noticed so far.
Well, I guess I have to go find a replacement for the No-Follow Plug-in. Any ideas/suggestions?
UPDATE: Socialite doesn’t work either.
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June 11th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
It seems that Awesom Pixgallery doesn’t work with 2.8. Perhaps i will have to figure out the built in functionality and create albums within WordPress. That might actually be a good thing in the end, as the cSprites plugin should work on the gallery pictures as well, converting them to sprites and making pages load faster.
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June 11th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
@MrCorey – That’s why I never opted for a WP Gallery.
You never know when the latest update will have the author going, “Fuck It!”
You should install My gallery that I have if you want to host your own images. There is a Hack that will actually allow you to allow RSS feeds to a WP sidebar script top display them Flickr like random images too.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
You know what though. I’m like a PACK RAT! I like plug-ins so I just keep adding them…. So this is a good release that I get rid of a few UN-NEEDED ones.