Now you can download the latest beta-release of WordPress 2.5. I guess v2.5 has passed the beta test successfully, and now they are trying to test it on a wider audience. Now anybody can download it and test it. And if you find any bugs you can report it to the mailing list. So don’t forget to join the mailing list if you test this version.
From what I see (screenshots here) it’s one of the most user friendly releases of all time. Among the team of interface designers are Jeffrey Zeldman, one of the well known CSS gurus of our time.
Plugins for WP v2.5
Of course many plugins are not compatible with version 2.5. But, there are some which are already compatible. My favorite Admin Drop Down Menu is one of them (see below).
New version of Admin Drop Down Menu solves one problem, it creates sub-menus in a vertical manner, instead of the horizontal that it creates now. Problem arises when there is too many sub-menus in a horizontal menu, when this happens it creates two layers of horizontal menu and when you mouse over them it becomes difficult to select the desired sub-menu. But this issue will be gone with the new version.
So will you be testing the new WP 2.5 on your blog? As for me, I don’t think I will test it on AdesBlog. Maybe I will test it out locally.
Like you I think I will either wait or test it on another blog. I am not experienced enough to fix anything it breaks on my blog. :}
I’ve started testing and the main issue I’m seeing right now is a problem with the aLinks plugin. Otherwise, things look pretty good.
However, I’m still not totally convinced over the new admin layout and so I’m playing around with a couple of alternatives. Besides Admin Drop Down Menu, I’m also looking at Fluency Admin which I like a lot.
I am yet to use wordpress. As you can see I am more familiar with Blogger. Tho I’ve heard countless times how efficient WP’s platform is. I am gonna switch soon and I’ll be going to check this post again.
WordPress leading the way! Am looking at setting up a company blog, and wordpress is definitely going to be the base. Nothing else really comes close….any input on Drupal?
WordPress seems to be leading the way if you want to do a blog. Any feedback on Drupal?
I think i goota give it a trial but that shuld be very much later anyway.
I will give it a try in my new blog, if it works well for all my existing plugins on other blogs, will definitely use it for other blogs too.
Thanks..