Comments on: 10 Things You Should Know About WordPress 2.2

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:21:16 +0000

doubt the widgets really work
I did a fresh install of 2.2.3 and the widgets are laid dead
not only for IE but also for firefox
I removed all plugins and unused themes
in the end, I even emptied my database to see if the old posts are causing the problem
nope, the widgets are still dead

By: RAM

RAM — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:19:25 +0000

IT’s Very NICE

By: olarn

olarn — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:01:45 +0000

Amm ,I am just baby in WP ,I downlode it but can not install in correctly,So still read how to … install it .Any one have more detail for?

By: Mawe Barrios

Mawe Barrios — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:17:39 +0000

You know what, I actually downloaded and installed WP 2.2 before I even completely knew what new features it had. That is how I trust and love this thing. Thanks for the list, though – it made me realize what I would’ve missed if I didn’t upgrade. More power!!!

By: AgentSully

AgentSully — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:35:07 +0000

how much time should I set aside to complete the upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2? Thank you.

By: madteckhead

madteckhead — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:22:42 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for your efforts.

I recently decided to move and update my wordpress instance to a new server, with a new domain name. Here is what worked for me.

http://www.madteckhead.com/blog/2007/05/25/wordpress-22-server-migration/

By: Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen

Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:50:06 +0000

Great post. Thank you very much. I just upgraded with only one problem. The email I get everytime someone posts a comment is blank. The subject is filled out but everything else is blank. Did anyone else experience this?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 20 May 2007 03:19:10 +0000

Thansk for the article and thansk for the update on the bugs. Thats the thing with anything to new I hate to adopt early and than have to repeat everything again if there are some problems to be fixed.

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:21:39 +0000

If my code is 100% valid. I go in, and only enable widgets, and I get errors, hmm, I wonder what cause the errors. Oh! And don’t forget you can turn on display source on the validator. You scroll down to where the errors are, where do you end up? In the sidebar code! What’s in the sidebar? Widgets! So there is a direct correlation of how widgets cause errors. Well I guess you can say that the code that creates the widgets, not the actual widget interface in the admin section.

Hmm you say you think I don’t know about widgets? How so? I kind of laughed when I first read that…seeing how I don’t know how widgets work, I started to clean the code up the code, but stopped cause it was to much to do. So please please show me how I don’t understand them. :)

By: Hummerbie

Hummerbie — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:24:41 +0000

@Aaron

Nr 11 for the next upgrade, look all the way down on you plugins page..
There is a little function now called “Deactivate All Plugins”.

Great Time saver :-) well, next upgrade that is.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:55:00 +0000

Ryan, first off, I’m sure you appreciate that this isn’t a support thread for widgets. ;) Second of all, if you don’t USE widgets and your sidebar code is valid then why are widgets to blame? Simply don’t widgetize your theme, or widgetize it and don’t actually drop any widgets in place. It’s really that simple.

I think you need to go read up on widgets cause to me it’s obvious you don’t really understand them.

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:51:35 +0000

ok, I must’ve put my code in the if statement, but aren’t you just a tad concerned that with widgets a blog goes from 0 to I think I reported about 65 errors.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:44:35 +0000

WordPress doesn’t require dynamic sidebars so if they aren’t there, they aren’t used. Secondly, widgets themselves override the default sidebar only if you have a widget assigned. If you don’t assign any widgets to a sidebar, it defaults to the coded sidebar.

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:36:02 +0000

How? Erase the if statement to check for a dynamic toolbar?

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:49:41 +0000

No one says you _have_ to use widgets, Ryan. They are there if you want them. Don’t let widgets keep you from upgrading!

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:04:49 +0000

I am tempted to update, but I refuse to use widgets. They cause many many many validation errors for me. Is it my code? Nope, without widgets I am error free.

By: Arun

Arun — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:44:05 +0000

Weren’t post and link categories going to be separated in this version? What happened?

Good post, by the way.

By: Science Core

Science Core — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:41:08 +0000

@JuliaxXx
well no, it is not at all hard to do an upgrade!!!

i did it yesterday, and it was a piece of cake. ;)

for more information, you can just go on to this page http://science-core.jaywebdesigns.com/?p=196

By: darmowe artykuÅ‚y

darmowe artykuÅ‚y — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:06:54 +0000

I’m very sceptical about upgrades: once I had very well working page on WP 1.5 but I don’t know why I upgrade do 2.0 or 2.1 … doesn’t matter – after that actualy I have to do once gain all from 0 – plugins, administration, etc.: Disaster – try to send me anything – in ‘zglos strone’on http://www.csselite.pl – there is simplest contact form plugin and it wan’t work.
To avoid any questions – yes, I’ve upgraded that step by step what is wrote on wordpress.org.
Good to know that guys still working but there is no reason to upgrade as long current website/blog work well.
Cheers – matt.

By: Martial Development

Martial Development — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:08:59 +0000

Thanks for the notes. My question is, did they provide a way to disable that terrible auto-save “feature”?

By: JuliaxXx

JuliaxXx — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:15:18 +0000

Is it hard to do an update, any difficulties would you know ?

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:27:07 +0000

Thanks for the info. WP 2.2 sounds like a great upgrade.

By: Science Core

Science Core — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:36:12 +0000

thanks a,ot for this nice list…it’ll certainly help to decide whether to upgrade or not!!!

excellent post, Aaron. :D

By: Niklas

Niklas — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:37:31 +0000

Thanks for your really interesting bits on WP 2.2. I’ve upgraded, which was simple.

By: Patrick Havens

Patrick Havens — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:17:11 +0000

Good write up. It’s amazing, I’ve been using the RC versions, and I hadn’t realized about some of these improvements.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:58:36 +0000

wow lots of yummy new stuffs. :)

By: Jason A Clark

Jason A Clark — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:45:18 +0000

This update of WordPress sounds outstanding. Your list of 10 things we should know actually told me a few things I didn’t know so it was well worth the read. Good job!.

By: Orderer

Orderer — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:49:33 +0000

Not related to this post, but the link to b5media.com in your footer is broken – it links to b5media.com.com

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:42:36 +0000

Thanks for the information, Aaron. I upgraded this morning, and couldn’t figure out why the Widgets plugin wouldn’t activate, and then it hit me. It’s built in to the core. Nice to see.

By: motherduce

motherduce — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:19:02 +0000

Most excellent – I’m excited, as always, about the next release of WordPress.