Wordpress 2.1
January 23rd, 2007 by MarkWordpress 2.1 is out, and I’ve just installed it. It’s actually a much bigger update than I had realized. Here are the biggest changes I’ve noticed:
- The visual editor is far better than it was before. You can also tab back and forth between the WYSIWYG editor and the code very easily.
- There’s a spell checker built into the editor. For users of Firefox 2.0, this is superfluous, but for those living in the dark ages and still using IE, it’s a useful feature.
- WP 2.1 autosaves drafts regularly.
- Users can now arbitrarily chose any page to be their home page, and display a list of their posts on any other page. I personally spent hours figuring out how to code around the lack of this feature several months ago. Now, it’s easy.
This upgrade is a “must have”. With it, WP is now more useful as a CMS than ever before. The full list of features is at wordpress.org.
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January 24th, 2007 at 12:48 am
You were actually the first person I thought of when I saw that new page feature thing. heh. I upgraded too, all went smoothly and I too like the new features of the editor (I’ll actually use now.)
January 24th, 2007 at 12:54 am
I never used to use the old visual editor, either. It was more trouble than it was worth.
January 24th, 2007 at 1:53 am
hey, can you come over and help me upgrade sometime?
January 24th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Yup, I thought of you too Mark when I saw the default start page thing.
Have you had any problems since you upgraded? I’ve heard of people having issues (particularly with plugs in and other 3rd-party things) but I’ve been having no problems myself.
January 24th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Frank, it’s really easy. I can help anytime.
Darin, I haven’t had any problems at all!