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Tag: "upgrades"

New CSS for aligning images, block elements and captions

Miriam Schwab | August 19, 2008 | 15 Comments

I was recently working on a WordPress site, and I just couldn't get my images to left-align with the text so that the text would wrap around it. It was wrapping in the text editor in the admin, but on the front end the image stuck out of the top of the text. Rebecca, our ... View Post

WordPress 2.7 heavily based on existing plugins

Miriam Schwab | August 4, 2008 | 22 Comments

Weblog Tools Collection has published an overview of the features in store for us in WordPress 2.7. As I was reading the list, I noticed that many of them them are based on existing popular plugins, like the Google Sitemaps Generator, ... View Post

Welcome back WordPress Press This bookmarklet! I missed you.

Miriam Schwab | July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

A few days ago, the folk over at Automattic released WordPress 2.6. This release was so ahead of time (apparently it was released a month early) that I feel like it snuck up on me. First of all, kudos to all involved for getting out a new release ahead of time. And ... View Post

WordPress 2.5 released – and WordPress.org gets a makeover

Miriam Schwab | April 14, 2008 | 5 Comments

I know this is coming pretty late for the world of the internet, but I've been really busy and I only recently started getting to know WordPress 2.5. All in all, I think that the upgrade is fantastic, and here's my review of the new features I have used so far: New admin design I like ... View Post

Matt presents WordPress 2.5 in screencast

Miriam Schwab | March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments

Matt has created a screencast that presents some of the new and cool features of WordPress 2.5. The screencast fills a gap that has existed until now with regards to people writing and talking about the new version using only screenshots and descriptions. Seeing the system live really ... View Post

What we can look forward to in WordPress 2.5

| March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

Normally I don't get excited about WordPress updates because they tend to be pretty incremental (and cause a lot of stress). WordPress upgrades usually add a few features and a lot of bug fixes, which is great but not very exciting. But ... View Post

Is WordPress’ security vulnerable at its core?

Miriam Schwab | February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

To my chagrin, my blog is telling me that it's time to upgrade again. A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now.

It's an urgent security release because if you allow registration on your WordPress blog, users can edit other users' drafts. WordPress development also mentions the ... View Post

WordPress upgrade nightmare and lessons learned

Miriam Schwab | January 31, 2008 | 8 Comments

I just spent five hours trying to save WordPress Garage and another site of mine, but some of the damage is irrevocable. Here's the story of this nightmare, and what I've learned: I have a site that was running on WordPress version 2.2. I hadn't bothered to upgrade since we had stopped publishing on it ... View Post

WordPress sucks, WordPress sucks not. Which one is it?

| January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments

Mark from 45n5.com has posted a short and pointed video about WordPress, and how it sucks. The video is aptly titled "WordPress sucks," and here it is for your viewing pleasure: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BTz-hTvOg[/youtube] David Peralty has responded with his own video on BloggingPro arguing that ... View Post

It’s time to upgrade WordPress

| December 30, 2007 | 7 Comments

I logged in to my blog today only to find a disturbing little message at the top of the screen: "A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now." Yes folks, despite the goal of not releasing any new versions until 2.3, we now are faced with WordPress version 2.3.2, which fixes ... View Post