Just finished the upgrade to WordPress 2.1…  Not sure if I’m liking it or not.  The whole thing is certainly faster and more responsive, but some of the changes leave a bit to be desired.

Links are now listed under “blogroll” rather than links…  And they’re handled differently now, too.  Links used to be stored in their own categories that could have rules applied to them - like showing a random selection of 10 links instead of absolutely everything.

The post editor doesn’t seem to be quite as WYSIWYG as it used to be…  It’s now tabbed, which makes it easier to switch between visual and code editing, which is a good thing, because there’s no obvious way to add a link in visual mode.

Looks like I’m going to have to play around with the software some, see how to make it do what I want again.

Looks like WordPress 2.1 is now available.  Being the update junky that I am, I’ll be updating my blog just as soon as I can.  Hooray for bigger version numbers!

Slashdot | Who Killed the Webmaster?

“With the explosive growth of the Web in the previous decade, many predicted the birth of a new, well-paying, and in-demand profession: the Webmaster. Yet in 2007, this person has somehow vanished; even the term is scarcely mentioned. What happened? A decade later I’m left wondering: Who killed the Webmaster?“

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