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Wordpress 2.8 Release

Posted by bloggerinstitute • 6/09/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog, blogging, Help, wordpress

Anybody else excited for this?! It comes out in just two days. Some official leakage has come out as to the new improvements (some of which are in the beta, some are not). I've included some of the larger improvements and changes in my little write up.

Looks a lot better than 2.7

www.bloggerinstitute.com/2009/06/wordpress-28-nearing-release/

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6/10/09

medicated

I installed the Beta version of this, and it's messed up one of my blogs so badly I've had to delete that blog from here and EntreCard because it won't load. It worked for a few days, but now it takes forever to load. The main page of my site loads fine, but the blog doesn't. I hope someone has reported this bug and it gets fixed before 2.8 is released. It's never happened to me before, and I've played around with Beta versions before.

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6/10/09

timethief

Wordpress version 2.8
See: Highlights, New Features, Development, Themes, Plugins, Advanced Features, New Widgets API
codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8

For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the Development Blog and see the Changelog for 2.8.
wordpress.org/development
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6/10/09

PetLvr

Some official leakage /// ??

lol - it's been on dashboard of every wordpress blog actually for almost a week now!

I'll probably update it automatically as it comes available at the top of my blogs - on the lower traffic blogs - until I see what's going on. The larger blogs have other writers involved, and always hate to screw things up that stops production

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1. 6/10/09
  
  timethief
  
  @pertlvr
  lol ... I will not be upgrading until my friend, who loves torture testing new versions, participating bug hunts and fixes, etc. gives this version the thumbs up.
2. 6/10/09
  
  PetLvr
  
  which friend? and, how long after a release does that usually take before you get the nods up? :~
  
  ps. it's PetLvr .. not pertlvr
3. 6/10/09
  
  timethief
  
  @petlvr
  I'm choosing not to name my friend because we have a mutual no naming agreement in place. Normally, he does his web development testing and feedback, and bug hunting and bug fixing stuff on one of his computers that's strictly dedicated for that purpose. Then we hunker down for a couple of weeks, and when the instant adopters experience glitches with the new version and/or plugins, then he wades in again and looks for fixes (along with other techy types, of course). Bottom line: we are never in a hurry to upgrade.
  
  P.S. I apologize for the typo.
6/10/09

cooper

I'm waiting for TT's friend too. lol
I dread the wp upgrades even though I always do them.

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1. 6/10/09
  
  timethief
  
  We have stable versions running now so don't sweat it ... lol ... I'll get back to you.
6/11/09

bloggerinstitute

Everything looks good so far...so far...lol

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6/14/09

PetLvr

btw - everything is working fine with my wp2.8 upgrades ... but, before you do check out the link on this tweet ...
twitter.com/PetLvr/statuses/2127367697

It usually takes longer for the plugin writers to update the plugins and if there is incompatability .. your plugins will deactivate, and probably your theme will switch automatically to the ../default/ themes folder.

Btw -- I rename my ../wp-content/themes/default/ to .../themes/default.original/ etc ... and copy my theme into a new ../default/.. folder

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