Nice New WordPress Layout (right?)
April 6, 2008 by cutter
I’ve got to say bravo the WordPress folks for the upgrade they did on the Dashboard, but I know it’s going to take a little while to get used to it.
I know that WordPress 2.5 was just released. I don’t know if this new design is consistent with the new version of WordPress or something else all together (I haven’t installed two five on my other blog yet). Looking over the comments under Matt’s post on the new design, people were pretty shocked that the change happened. I think it’s fair to say that the community should be given fair warning ahead of time. Maybe in the form of a note that appears in the dashboard when one logs in?
One of the major changes was de-cluttering the dashboard, and I’m glad they did, though I could imagine it being slimmer still. Overall, the look and feel of the design is quite pleasing. It feels web 2.0, flatter and thinner. One thing I noticed right away is that the link for the Dashboard is gone all together. I poked around for a while thinking, now how the hell do I get back to the home page? Finally, I tried just clicking on the tab at the top, and it brought me home. That makes sense, and it probably should have been that way all along.
Another thing I noticed right away is that the link to upload files that was located under the posting box, something my students rely on heavily, is gone in the effort to reduce dashboard congestion. Now, one uploads files by using this Add media interface that lies above the text editor.
What is a little confusing here is the change in language. Before, you would be able to “upload a file.” Now, you upload “media.” There are icons for uploading images, video, and sound files, but no icons to upload a text file. At first, I was wondering, well, how do I upload a Word document for sharing if I’m not being given an option to upload text media? I went ahead a tried using the image uploader, and that worked just fine. But I can imagine a lot of people NOT thinking to try uploading a text file using an image uploader. I mean, why would they?
That’s all for now.
hey sir. i agree with you on the fact that the new upgrading is indeed impressive but another change for us as students which we need to adjust again. one thing I noticed was that the word count was gone. i tried to scheme through the whole page but could not find it. it will be harder for us to count all the words. i also think that we as account holders of word press should have gotten a notice in advance. well thats all i have to say about the upgrade. take care.