Brand New Site, Brand New Bag
Wow, it is always easier to build then destroy than to never have destroyed at all… in our opinion. But it is not the easy route to rebuild. Especially on a foundation that we aren’t familiar with in the first place.
Tax season is over, and WordPress 2.5 (our favorite CMS and client pleaser) has increased our responsibilities. So we thought it was a perfect time to add on to our site, rebuild it and give a new backend. Subsequently we thought that we had found the answer.
Ahh. But so many more problems arise when we think that we have finished - prematurely.
Here is the list of problems that we found when we arrived at WordPress 2.5:
- The backend is not as user friendly as its forerunners. This can be changed by using some sort of admin nav plugin. The best that we have found so far has been the Planet OZH plugin. It is very stylish and easy to navigate.
- For some darn reason the PHPMyAdmin export of our local database was corrupted. This seems to be a common problem, common enough that someone built a plugin in for it. (Come on WordPress people, give us a solution!) Here is the support forum for this problem at Wordpress.org.
- The gallery function in Wordpress is still limited unless you are using it for a photo-blog. Fortunately the NextGen Gallery plugin has been updated for WP 2.5, so that those of us using WP for portfolios can continue to do so. Without having to learn a brand new bag.
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April 14th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
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