Blog Relations

I’ve upgraded our blog to Wordpress. 2.0 without any apparent mishaps. The longest part was backing-up the old version, just in case…

Spot the difference ! You won’t see any, I suspect. The biggest innovation for an ordinary user is behind the scenes in the writing interface. Some say that the What-You-See is What-you-get post writer creates incorrect code – but you can turn it off. There is a separate and very nice feature that allows you to preview your post, exactly as it will look on the blog, including your own theme and design. I like that very much, because I always spot typos after I publish (use Save and Continue Editing).

There is a built-in anti-spam plugin called Akismet. You have to get a key to use it, but that’s simply done. Sign up for one at wordpress.com.

I’m not sure if all the plugins we use on our other Wordpress site, Storynory, will work in Wordpress. 2.0. This could be a nuisance. There’s a list of plugins that will and won’t work here but I see no mention of CG single-cat.

The main benefits, I understand, will follow in the months to come. There’s loads more scope for plugin editors to come up with new and exciting features.

I notice that the last version of Wordpress had almost a million downloads. I expect this one will have even more.