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I'm waiting to do the upgrade to 2.8 like many folks. However in reading through the comments people still consider WP only a blogging platform WP and many of the great themes available (I use iThemes Flexx) offer the ability finely control posts AND pages. This makes for a great way to create your entire integrated web presence (blog and website). Looks great, works great and is easy to maintain and update. It's also great for SEO.
Posted by Bob Dunn, Seattle, Washington | Jun 11, 2009
WordPress 2.8 is officially out
As of Wed., June 10th, WordPress 2.8 is out. There are some nice new features, nothing major, but worth checking out.
If you are on WordPress.com, you are updated automatically.
If you have your WordPress on your own server, when updating, remember to:
Backup your database and files before updating.
If you are using a free theme or a paid premium theme, find out if they have made it WordPress 2.8-compatible. If they haven't, try the update, but again remember to backup. If your theme has issues, upload the old files again and wait till your theme is updated before going to 2.8 again.
If you do need to update your theme, and you had someone customize it, talk to them before installing the updated version of your theme.
After updating, if your blog or website starts having problems, deactivate any plugins one by one to see if that is what's causing the issue.
Check your widgets and make sure they are working with the new version.
And finally, don't feel you have to update right away. Make sure you eventually do it, but you don't need to be the first one on your block!
If anyone else has suggestions or insights, please let us know.
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Posted by Richard Geasey, Bellevue, Washington | Jul 05, 2009 -
Posted by Bob Dunn, Seattle, Washington | Jul 06, 2009Hey Richard, you are right. That is primarily what we do for clients, is use WordPress to create them customized websites. I do believe more and more people are getting it -- and this seems to be the direction they are moving. We are constantly getting people asking us to move their website to WordPress. And iThemes Flexx is great. I have created a few sites using it and the upgrade has been seamless.
I think it is wise to wait to update, but not too long ;)
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Posted by Andrew Brook, Melbourne, Victoria Australia | Jul 06, 2009Hi Dennis, some of the default styles have been changed in this release of wordpress, these might be conflicting with your sites styles.
Probably best to have your webdesigner update your styles, floating the images to the left might be the solution... {float:left; clear:left;}
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Posted by Bob Dunn, Seattle, Washington | Jul 08, 2009
Okay, for those of you who haven't updated to 2.8, WordPress is asking for votes on 2.9 version media features.
This forum is unmoderated, but please keep discussion courteous and not too far off topic.
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