Upgraded to WordPress 2.3
Finally, I have upgraded LiewCF.com to WordPress version 2.3.2 from version 2.2.x, after WordPress 2.3 released over 100 days.
It was a smooth upgrade. This time I deleted the WordPress (WP) files before upgrading. Previously, I only replace the WordPress files. The oldest WP file I have was “wp.php”(16 Mac 2006), which is a simplified version of WP index file. ;)
After upgrading WordPress, I need to update the plugins I used. I like the plugin update notification of WP2.3. I updated 3/4 of my plugins.
Why upgrade so late?
Previously, I told you the reasons I didn’t upgrade to WP 2.3 are because of plugins, tags, blog editor, and new blog theme. Now, most plugins are compatible with WP 2.3. My blog editor, ecto, also support WP 2.3 at latest beta version. My new theme is done and it is WP 2.3 compatible (announce soon).
Manual tags to WordPress tags
I decided to give up to convert the manual technorati tags to WordPress tags. Manually editing the tags of each post is toooo much of work. I can’t figure out a way to do it fast (PHP calls, MySQL queries).
If anyone has the “manual HTML tags to WP tags” solution, I will reward him/her USD$50!
For your information, the next version for WordPress is version 2.5. WP 2.4 is skipped. You can expect MANY new features in WP 2.5, which scheduled to be released at the end of March 2008.
Update: Seems like ecto is still having tagging problem with WP 2.3… I will try MarsEdit instead.
“WordPress For Dummies” (Lisa Sabin-Wilson)
Update: Just after I upgraded to version 2.3.2, WordPress released version 2.3.3 to fix a critical bug in xmlrpc.php and a few minor bugs.
