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Trying out WordPress 2.3 RC1

Published on 21st September 2007 Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

The final release of the next version of WordPress is due out on Monday and because there are sure to be security fixes included, I have been giving the release candidate a go on my offline blogs. Since 2.3 is another major release, I have been doing some preparation.  In fact, the WordPress project has a blog entry dedicated to such things for this release. Thankfully, I think that my hillwalking blog should emerge unscathed by this upgrade; I still need to have a go with an offline version of this blog.

The special feature in the new release is tagging, and it is good to see that it has had no impact on legacy set-ups. Though I had the same reservations about 2.2 with its inclusion of sidebar widgets, the backward compatibility was enough to see me through without any hiccups. Tagging is not something that I see myself using, with categories fulfilling much the same type of role; I am unconvinced by the idea of tag clouds, the type of thing that it powers. However, there are some useful extras here, and the filtering of posts by edit status is one of these. Having pending review as a publishing status sounds like a tweak that I might use to allow myself a cooling-off period before I publish a post for all the world to see. Revisiting something with a fresher pair of eyes might stop typographical howlers from emerging into public view...

Update: Another 2.3 feature discovered! I have picked up on multiple category widgets by virtue of the fact that category styling disappeared with the upgrade of the offline version of this blog to 2.3 RC1. Adding "-1" to the relevant CSS class definitions soon sorted things out. It does support the idea of testing before implementation, even if no other unexpected changes were spotted. I still am not sure why anyone would have multiple category listings, though.

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