Looks like it wasn’t WordPress’ or GoDaddy’s fault that I had such a tough time upgrading The New Businesses Blog yesterday. I don’t know if I should feel good about that or if I should feel like a dunce.
After yesterday’s near miss, I was kind of afraid to update my two bigger blogs, Saving Without A Budget and Daily Fuel Economy Tip– if anything because if I were to have lost either of those two, I would definitely have taken a long walk off a short pier. Thankfully (or unfortunately, depending on who you ask) everything went to plan today and both blogs are up and running just fine.
Now that I’ve had a day to tool around with the latest version of WordPress, I have to say that I’m pretty impressed with the changes. While I certainly wasn’t displeased with the older version of WP, the newer version is much better. Here’s why:
- The admin section of WP was completely streamlined and is much more intuitive and less cluttered.
- I don’t know if it’s wishful thinking, but the load times and general speed of the sites appear to be much quicker.
- Almost everything that was compatible with the older versions of WP has carried forward to the latest version. Granted I haven’t had enough time to find small errors, but I’m pretty confident that there aren’t any major site flaws (aside from my spelling, grammar and content!)
- It came with a built in spell check. This is probably the best feature of the upgrade. In order to check my spelling in the previous release, I had to copy and paste my entry into Word, use that spell check and then manually transfer any changes. Needless to say it was a pain.
So, long story short, the “ordeal” of upgrading is finally over, and despite my near heart attack, I’m glad I made the change.
It’s not wishful thinking, it really is faster. One of the bullet pointed features in “Ella’s” introduction post was…