Midas Oracle is now powered by WordPress 2.5 —and you should be too.
Chris F. Masse April 5th, 2008
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- Just updated to WordPress 2.5. (See a screencast here.)
- I waited one week before upgrading, so as to take the time to monitor the WP 2.5 compatibility with our plugins.
- To upgrade, I used the “Wordpress Automatic Upgrade” plugin. The automatic process failed, but the step-by-step process worked fine. Overall, I’m happy. This plugin is a time saver.
- WordPress 2.5.1 is due for May 2008. In the meantime, if you spot some gremlins, let me know.
- Speaking of gremlins, WP 2.5 has now a better compatibility with Safari, so maybe Tom W. Bell will come down here to tell us what he thinks of the new US anti-gambling regulations.
- The Midas Oracle post/page authors will spot a totally reconfigured “Write Post / Page” area.
- They have added a bunch of “media buttons” (to insert pictures, sounds, videos, etc.) and an “embedded media” button (which you’ll find if you click first on the “Kitchen Sink”). I have yet to fully experiment all that.
- There is now a “full screen mode” for the writing area.
- They have hidden the 2 blockquotes button under the “Kitchen Sink” sub-menu.
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UPDATE: Gartner is out today saying that open-source software will take over the free world, eventually —and that includes Chapman University and Tom W. Bell… 
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- Information Technology , Midas Oracle Administration
- Comments(26)
Meh.. the new admin interface sucked. The rearrangements totally isn’t intuitive. Grrrr.
I’ve just upgraded my <a href=”http://wpsalon.com”>WordPress Themes Gallery</a> site to WP 2.5 and it works like a gem. I love the new features that came with the upgrade.
Congratulations on your upgrade too!
I’m slowly getting used to the new interface. When I first starting seeing screenshots int he wild I wasn’t happy. I quite like it now. I’m having some problems with my admin drop down menu. I don’t understand why I should have to click twice to access certain items.
thanks chris, i’m using wp2.5, my media-upload is bad
Great, wordpress is my number one CMS.
Keep up the great work, i’ll be bookmarking this blog, quite interesting.
Even I’m planning to start a wordpress blog!! How do u find wordpress 2.5??
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wordpress blogs are the best. It’s made by automatticc right?
should i use wordpress or blogspot, whats the diff?
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wordpress rules!.
Wordpress 2.5 is nice, yes the interface takes a little getting used to, play with it for a day or two and it’s not a problem. My premium templates work with with 2.5 if anybody is interested.
I like the new interface, but it did take a while to get use to it. Either way, WP rocks
@alex: Wordpress blogs eats blogspot blogs for breakfast
I might be totally old school but I don’t like the new interface. It tries too hard to be “web 2.0″. The pastel blue is just bland and I don’t think it’s intuitive. Maybe it’s just me trying to get used to it more…
PSP dude, check out wordpress, its really nice
and 2.5 is a nice upgrade
Wordpress is definately the way to go. My 14 year old grandaughter is using it for her all girls soccer blog.
Tried Drupal for one site and scrapped it. Too many steps involved just to get an article up.
I agree than 2.5 is a nice upgrade and it is also working fine for me but people are finding many errors in it
Personally, after playing with the new interface for a few hours I absolutely love it. I changed over a couple of sites, just so they had it.
Wordpress is definitely the most popular blogging application. It does have its limitations, but you can really spend a limited amount time to get a really professional looking blog. 2.5 is a nice update and should have most of the bugs out of it in a short time.
I have been using WP for years, and granted it is great, but just checked out open source Habari, and the features are looking impressive.
I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks now and must say it is way smoother from the previous version. But it does take getting a little used to after so long with the previous version - they moved a couple of the more intuitive sections around.
I’m slowly getting used to the new interface. When I first starting seeing screenshots int he wild I wasn’t happy. I quite like it now. I’m having some problems with my admin drop down menu. I don’t understand why I should have to click twice to access certain items.
I started using Wordpress for my first blog (by luck maybe), and at this point I am very reluctant to change anything. I think the best thing are the various templates that are available out there. When I get tired of one, I just change it.
When i upgraded to the latest wordpress everything immediately went to pot. I ended up with half an install basically so im extremely reluctant to update all my sites.
Yours seems to have gone smoothly, well done.
till nowI am happy with wordpress 2.5, working fine for me
Wordpress is definitely the most popular blogging application. It does have its limitations, but you can really spend a limited amount time to get a really professional looking blog. 2.5 is a nice update and should have most of the bugs out of it in a short time
Personally, after playing with the new interface for a few hours I absolutely love it. I changed over a couple of sites, just so they had it.