dailyApps

Well After a lot of thought, I have finally upgraded dailyApps over to Wordpress 2.3. While the process was not as easy as it normally is, but it wasn’t as scary as what I read from others experiences. I Had some requirements for dailyApps before upgrading, and everything but one, that is colored tag clouds remained was satisfied. I spent about 5hrs coding up a quick and dirty plugin to display colored tag clouds, borrowing heavily from UTW and my minimal PHP coding skills.

After doing that, the result was satisfactory enough and you can see the new Tag Cloud that runs on the Tag System of Wordpress 2.3 Over at my Archives page. Well if you are planning to upgrade over to Wordpress 2.3 anytime soon, then here are some tips that I would like to give, to make your updating process a lot more easier.

• Make a Full Backup of Everything, i.e. your Wordpress Folder and the Complete Database.
• Store it in some secure location, so that you can revert back to the old version, in case anything goes wrong.
• Check out the Plugin Compatibility List, and see if the Plugins that are very important to your Blog are listed as compatible.

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If you are a Wordpress 2.3 User, and you want to disable the feature of Update checking,  that has been requested by the Wordpress community for ages now. If you are a person who is concerned about the privacy, then I suggest you check out these plugins that will prevent the checking for updates.

• Disable WordPress Core Update

Completely disables the core update checking system which is a new feature in WordPress 2.3. The plugin prevents WordPress from checking for updates, and prevents any notifications from being displayed in the admin area. Ideal for administrators of multiple WordPress installations.

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