Yes, Things Look Different, Because They Are Different
This blog probably appears different because it is different. How so?
It’s been upgraded to WordPress 2.3. Although it’s taken a minor revision number, WordPress 2.3 is nearly a new release with lots of new features, including:
- Native (built-in) tagging, which is long overdue
- Automatic program update notices through the Dashboard
- Significant and extensive URL improvements, including a system that will prevent old permalinks from going bad if you later change how your permalinks are structured
- A moderation system for multiple-user blogs
- Improved performance of the TinyMCE rich text editor
Special note to those of you considering the upgrade: This one requires a fairly significant database upgrade (due mostly to the new tagging feature), and will render visible error messages in your blog if you don’t run the DB upgrade script. Be forewarned.
The theme has been updated. Pretty much since August, this blog was skinned in TypoXP 1.0.3. And while TypoXP 1.0.3 worked just fine with WordPress 2.3, I decided, what the heck — I’m making a big leap, might as well update the theme, too.
So you’re now seeing the TypoXP 2.0.1`theme, which looks and acts slightly different from the previous version.
I’ve changed syntax highlighting plug-ins. Previously, I had been using iG:Syntax Hiliter, which I liked quite a bit and had hacked up some to look the way I wanted it to look.
While iG:Syntax Hiliter version 3.5 works with this WordPress release, that plug-in has been out of development for over a year and a half. It’s just a matter of time until it doesn’t work any more. Since I was acting now on a number of upgrades, it made sense to act now on this item, too.
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