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WordPress 2.5 | Apr 7, 06:32 AM

We here at Armadillo have been keeping a keen eye out for the new WordPress 2.5 upgrade.. We’re excited to announce that it is finally here.

This is really important news for all of our clients. As WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) that powers our all of our current web sites. But how does this upgrade affect you, the web site owner?

First and foremost this new incarnation of WordPress has dramatically improved upon the interface. From a client standpoint the new design is easier on the eyes and more intuitive. Posts and Pages are located under the Write section, while complicated administration settings are neatly hidden in the top right-hand corner. While this could be frustrating for a few powerusers, for the common user this has greatly decreased the confusion and intimidation of the initial wordpress welcome screen. First time users or general computer novices are going to love the simplicity of it all.

Secondly, 2.5 now has a friendlier Visual Post Editor. What that means is that the page and post editing have greatly been improved. And to steal directly from the wordpress blog – It doesn’t Mess with your code anymore.

While WordPress is consistently one of the strongest Content Management Systems around, it has had it’s quirks. In particular, how it handles WYSIWG editing.

This new upgrade will dramatically enhance how users, with little HTML coding knowledge, control the content on the their site. Easier post creation and more importantly a simpler page editor, make it easier for you to control your web site and use your site to it’s full potential.

As one of our free ongoing service, we will be upgrading all of our web sites to WordPress 2.5 over the next month. (That’s right, at no extra cost) Of course we’ll be doing some testing to make sure everything runs smoothly, but on a whole we believe that WP 2.5 will greatly enhance the user experience.

If you would like to learn more about the changes, please read the official wordpress release or you can read over some of the reviews here.

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