Video Post: Comparing WordPress 2.6 And 2.7 – Plus Thesis Theme

Posted December 13, 2008

wordpress logo Video Post: Comparing WordPress 2.6 And 2.7 Plus Thesis ThemeI wanted to get this video live as soon as possible for folks that are upgrading to WordPress 2.7. I had zero issues upgrading (detailed instructions are below this video).

Contents of this video:

  • New dashboard navigation in WordPress 2.7 with configurable content boxes.
  • New QuickPress publishing feature – “WordPress Lite”
  • New 1-click plug-in installation within WordPress 2.7
  • New PressThis browser plug-in allows you to post web-pages with two mouse clicks.
  • Clarification of the column settings feature within the Thesis Theme.

Steps to upgrade your current Wordpress.Org blog to 2.7:

  1. Download WordPress automatic- upgrade plug-in
  2. Upload to your Plug-ins folder
  3. Unzip wordpress-automatic-upgrade.1.2.2.zip
  4. Activate the worpress upgrade plugin
  5. Then clicked on the activated wordpress upgrade plugin and followed the steps mentioned at each step to complete upgrade.

Note: Watch this video of the live upgrade of CorporateDollar.Org to WordPress 2.7.

Also read “New WordPress 2.7 Paves the Way for WordPress Social Networks”

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  • @Mitchell - Good question. I think that "best practice" for WordPress dictates that pages are to be used as actual webpages within your blog and NOT posts. Therefore, categories are not needed.

    For example, my "services" and "subscribe" sections (see my navigation bar) were published as pages, not posts because they are permanent, static sections in my blog.

    Posts are to be used as dynamic, frequently occurring blasts of useful content within a blog.

    A work around would be to create a post with links to your pages. Categorize that post as "Pages".

    Not sure if that's helpful or not...

    John
  • Thanks, John! I was missing the automatic upgrade plugin. After I got that working, the upgrade was a breeze.

    Will pages EVER get categories? I have a bunch of stories that don't read much, as they are pages instead of posts.

    Cheers,

    Mitch
  • Thanks Darren, Kaye, Brian and Frank!
  • @MizJAI - Press This is in the tools section. Thanks for the link to Ricks code.
  • This post http://rickbeckman.com/thesis-on-wordpress-27/ (from Kingdom Geek) will fix most of the thesis admin layout issues that your video shows.
  • Excellent explanation! I really found your video informative. I went ahead and upgraded and it was just like you said it would be.
  • I cannot find Press This in my dashboard. Is it a plugin? How do I find it?

    Kingdom Geek posted a fix to the Look and Feel of the Thesis control panel inside Wordpress so that it now looks like the one from 2.6. Here is the link: http://rickbeckman.com/thesis-on-wordpress-27/

    Thank you for the video. Nice visual.

    Haven't moved my main site to wordpress and thesis yet, been using on a test sight for a friend, www.FurysAmerica.com, and I like it.

    I am a new reader to your blog: Enjoying it!
  • Thanks, John! I'll definitely retweet this :)
  • Darren Cronian
    Great video John! Do you mind me asking what software you used to record the video, i.e. the screen capture.
  • @ Rachel and @Phao - Thanks for the thumbs-up.
  • Wow, LOVED this video. Very easy to follow, and you explain things very well. Thanks!!!

    (@bostonmarketer)
  • I like Thesis, it's pretty tidy and friendly to Google. It's cute video, even my internet seems so naughty today!
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