So a few years ago I commissioned the guy’s at Iconize Me to design an avatar for me.
Well, you might of noticed I have recently had it redone. Paul Sahner did the original design, so this time around I asked José Ramos to do the honours. I plan on having a few more done. What do you think?
Following on from the post where I discussed the upgrade to WordPress 2.8 I committed to not adding any new features and I have stuck to my word.
However what I should have guessed was that the existing plug-in’s the site uses would be updated to ensure they were still compatible. So far about 5 of the 20 plug-in’s have been updated and I have installed them on the site without any issues. Some of these plug-in’s have updated the functionality that they offer within the updates, and where possible I have tested them and not found any issues, however if you do notice any strange issues then please let me know.
On Thursday this week WordPress announced the release of the WordPress 2.8 Software, code named “Baker”. The major change with 2.8 is it’s way faster due to changes in how WordPress does styles and scripting. What’s this got to do with this website, well this website runs on WordPress.
In WordPress 2.7 the ability to automatically upgrade was introduced into the core software (It had previously been available via a plugin). Thursday during a quiet period at work I backed up the database and the site and carried out the upgrade. The process was very smooth and the whole process was complete in about 5 minutes.
I am still checking out a lot of the new features and bug fixes but hopefully you should all notice a few improvements. If you do however come across any problems let me know. Otherwise it should be business as usual and the way you use and interact with the site should be exactly the same as before as I haven’t introduced any other elements, and don’t plan to for the foreseeable future.
