Apostolos Dountsis

As you may have noticed, the site layout got a refresh. I hope that you like it and as always I welcome your comments (especially the negative ones). I really like this layout as it fills the 97% of the web browser and it feels more relaxing to the eyes.

Also, the version of WordPress that powers the site was updated to its latest version (2.5). This new version features a lot of drastic changes to the maintenance interface (Dashboard) and its internal mechanisms.

“WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.” -More

For one, the Dashboard got a complete make-over. Actually, I prefer the new color scheme and re-arrangement of the menus and options. The only complain would be the huge orange “Right Now” Header that I could live without as it obscures my view every time that visit the page.

Also, the extensions can be automatically updated with the press of a button and guess what… It works! I tried it on 4 plugins and all of them were updated successfully. My only suggestion is to disable the plugin manually before clicking on the update button as it seems that it does not do that automatically!

Finally, the site feels faster but it could be that Dreamhost decided not to slow down my site as they usually do with no explanation. Sending a ticket to them corrects the issue, but that happens for the next 12 hours. After that, the site tends to slow down again but this is another story…