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WordPress 2.5

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Wyatt
on March 26, 2008
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I haven’t seen any posts about WordPress 2.5 on Planet Python yet, so I thought I’d make a quick mention of it. RC2 came out today. I installed it on a test site, and it’s looking pretty sweet. Definitely worth a look. The admin interface is much improved–easier to navigate, reduced clutter, and a new, lighter feel. Also, amongst other things, photo galleries are now built in.

Anyway, I just wanted to mention that I think it’s worth a look. For details, check out these posts over on the WordPress blog:

http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/25-sneak-peek/
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-rc2/

Hello, Internet

Published
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Wyatt
on January 1, 2007
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This site has been down for quite a while. (What a tragedy.) Previously, I had a hand built site made with Python, a little PHP, and AJAX (to fetch page content). It was kind of ugly and gray. I decided to build a new site with Ruby on Rails to get a feel for it. That went pretty well, but I had some problems1 with the hosting company I wanted to deploy the RoR site to. I canceled that account and my site went away with it.

I figure having a Web site is a Good Thing for various reasons, so I’m firing this thing back up. I’m keeping it simple this time and using Mephisto instead of trying to roll my own2.

1 Postgres didn’t work so well with their VPS solution, the FreeBSD 6.1 jail. It kept flaking out with some obscure error about semaphores or some such.

2 I was going to use WordPress, but WebFaction makes it so easy to set up and deploy a Rails app that I decided to try Mephisto instead.