WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Changes to Wordpress http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Changes to Wordpress en Sat, 18 May 2013 13:06:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 vijayamma on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1096886 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:26:16 +0000 vijayamma 1096886@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ as requested:
Adding media (image) to a particular post is not "fully" functional in IE9. No dont tell me to use another browser, or dont give me url to show how its done..

i have figured out how to upload the image but its a long process and is a PITA. I read timethief's response on a post stating "the new system is here to stay".. but my gripe is ... does it improve the user experience..? Nope (spouting)..

Question is do u (wordpress) really care... ??

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1096560 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:17:22 +0000 colleenanderson 1096560@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I echo @palechickstudios 100%. Having freshly pressed up and center was very nice and I too read blogs I normally wouldn't have noticed. Likewise, I will not go off hunting them if they're hidden. It was much more visually appealing than the rather boring page that shows now. The design has me glossing right over it as nothing catches the eye.

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1096558 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:10:05 +0000 timethief 1096558@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @becomingcliche
Here is the direct link to the Freshly Pressed page
http://wordpress.com/#!/read/fresh/
The Freshly Pressed page link is in the Reader http://wordpress.com/#!/read/ directly under "Blogs I Follow" on the top right hand menu.

]]> palechickstudios on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1096555 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:05:27 +0000 palechickstudios 1096555@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just to echo a few other's in hopes that WP will see that some of their changes are not helping them..

The freshly pressed grid format made it easier to see the FP blogs and made them more accessible to people like myself. I am not a person who typically looks for blogs to read. I do not search topics If I see something in front of me that looks interesting I read it, the new format does not appeal and I am not going to click around to see whats been pressed. The old format helped promote blogs, the new format hides them and puts us into an echo chamber. to be honest i have read blogs on FP on topics that I would normally NEVER search. now I will most likely just work on my own blog and maybe read the few that I was interested enough to subscribe too.

Honestly, this is a poor design. Please reconsider some of these changes. I understand and fully appreciate WP desire to improve their site, but perhaps conversing with WP members on what we feel is needed might help you make better changes instead of changes that clearly go against the WP experience would be a start.

]]> velvetmountains on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1096237 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 04:14:09 +0000 velvetmountains 1096237@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As much as I love WordPress, the new format for Freshly Pressed is very disappointing.

1. It is not interesting to read it in the reader.

2. No one can see them except members. How will this encourage new people to want to start a blog, if they are unable to view examples of how wonderful WordPress can be and look?

3. The grid format is far better ( in my opinion)

4. Having to read it in my reader seems like a downgrade.

5. It leaves me not wanting to read freshley pressed anymore, which was one of my favorite things I looked forward to in the evenings.

6. But- Thanks for all the other wonderful things about WordPress that I really do love.

]]> apetcher on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095810 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:00:26 +0000 apetcher 1095810@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am all for changes but please just test them first! You wouldn't make a nuclear reactor without making a few checks!

]]> spideron on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095805 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:23:25 +0000 spideron 1095805@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you, Colleen, for providing the step-by-step instructions to locate the dashboard. I share your frustration with the ill-considered changes that the WordPress wizards have made to the site. The hideous blue banner has poor functionality and I am not happy that the search option has been removed. I liked WP as it was; its new incarnation is a travesty.

]]> themiddlestsister on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095782 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:00:09 +0000 themiddlestsister 1095782@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I will be disappointed if FP is only available in the reader. It is such an honor to be featured on the front page of WP, and the thumbnails make an attractive display of the types of blogs WP supports. It seems to really promote WP's great sense of community, as well. Being on the front page of WP made a big, big difference in my blog readership. Maybe I'm being too sentimental, but... I will miss it if it's gone.

]]> shoreacres on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095781 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:56:56 +0000 shoreacres 1095781@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One of the realities of life around here is that a good bit of tweaking goes on after these roll-outs. One change I've noticed is that the "search" function has disappeared from the new, blue admin bar. It was there yesterday, but now it's been removed.

I know it's frustrating - this new admin bar is the worst, and non-functional in a number of creative ways - but I'd say give it another day or two, because I suspect they're still working with it.

]]> becomingcliche on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095779 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:47:19 +0000 becomingcliche 1095779@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So is Freshly Pressed gone except in reader format?

]]> apetcher on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095684 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:58:28 +0000 apetcher 1095684@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Another change you might want to check is the 'manage my blogs' button. It doesn't work properly and any click always reverts to the main blog. e.g. if I press stats on a secondary blog the primary blog is always displayed. This looks like another case of changes not being thoroughly tested before release.

]]> apetcher on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095680 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:33:04 +0000 apetcher 1095680@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The thirty day summary is back - well done WP & timethief!

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095658 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:06:33 +0000 colleenanderson 1095658@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ For future queries:
1. Log in.
2. scroll over gravatar image
3. Click on "Manage Blogs"
4. Click on "Dashboard."
5. Tadaa!

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095656 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:04:05 +0000 colleenanderson 1095656@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @gio162,
OMG, now why was it so hard to get to this point? Thanks. I didn't even see that tiny hidden logo and didn't think it linked anywhere.

And @1tess, thank you also. It was nice of wordpress to hide things and make this a hunt. Maybe next time wordpress does a wholesale switcheroo a little sidebar for a month that explains where everything has moved to would help. But that's right, there is no feedback area, like there used to be. Instead we got to play back and forth all day. Sigh.

]]> 1tess on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095499 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:57:56 +0000 1tess 1095499@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Pictures of how to log in:
search for wordpress.com login on Google, then click on "log in"
http://1tess.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/log-in-1.jpg
screen to put in username and password
http://1tess.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/log-in-2.jpg
click on your gravatar
http://1tess.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/log-in-3.jpg
manage blogs—>choose blog—>(fly-out menu) choose—>dashboard
http://1tess.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/log-in-4.jpg

]]> gio162 on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095498 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:55:26 +0000 gio162 1095498@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Colleen, you can open the Stats tab, and then click on the little blue W logo above the graph on the right-hand side.

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095483 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:31:30 +0000 timethief 1095483@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please wait patiently for Staff to assist you.

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095480 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:27:32 +0000 colleenanderson 1095480@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I didn't think this was a hard question You could even send me a screen shot showing what you click on, but giving me a link again and again does not answer my question. After I log in, what do I click on, that is not a link, that will let me get to the dashboard?

It seems I cannot include a screenshot but once I log in there is nowhere that the word dashboard shows. No where. Not in the minimized dropdown menu, not when I click the blue tabs. No where, no dashboard. Sure, once I get the dashboard, I have all my usual choices, I presume, but where, without sending me another link, is the dashboard? Describe the steps to get to it by clicking. Or is it gone and that's why we're playing out this fiasco?

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095476 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:21:38 +0000 timethief 1095476@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I understand you want to provide feedback re: the changes and that's why I tagged this thread for Staff attention long ago.

There is not phone support. The email address is only for technical issues and using it places you in a queue with those who have technical issues being addressed to Support Staff, not to developers who make these changes. When we create a support ticket by contacting Staff or by flagging a thread here in the forums for their assistance it’s important to understand Support Staff have a backlog. They deal with the support tickets and threads with the earliest dates first. So if we contact them more than once on the same issue or bump threads the date moves forward and it takes longer to get help. This thread is flagged for Staff attention. What’s required is your patience please.

]]> mysimagination on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095471 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:15:32 +0000 mysimagination 1095471@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You've said that there is no forum, but that isn't really what we asked. We are asking for any way that we can leave feedback. Is there an email address or a form (not a forum) we can fill out anywhere?

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095466 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:08:13 +0000 timethief 1095466@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ For clarity the link to every wordpress.com dashboard is the URL of the blog followed by /wp-admin/

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095464 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:04:09 +0000 timethief 1095464@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is the link to your own blog's dashboard http://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/wp-admin

Read more here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/dashboard/

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress/page/2#post-1095462 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:00:58 +0000 colleenanderson 1095462@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sigh. There is nothing that indicates the dashboard. Where did you find the dashboard? It is the dashboard that I'm still looking for. I'm sure once I find the dashboard I'll find the posts and drafts and widgets and themes and all the other things that are there once you have the dashboard.

There is no dashboard. I AM TRYING TO FIND THE DASHBOARD, PLEASE.

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095458 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:53:55 +0000 timethief 1095458@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dashboard > Posts > All Posts
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > (Drafts)

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095443 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:42:08 +0000 colleenanderson 1095443@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I know what to do when I have the dashboard. What I'm talking about, again, is that when I log in I see no place to bring up the dashboard. If I have to have a host of links, then wordpress has just gone backwards in time.
Step 1. Log in
Step 2. Go to dashboard (what do I click on?)

This has yet to be answered. Don't give me a link, tell me what I'm looking for to find the dashboard.

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095434 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:34:57 +0000 timethief 1095434@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Like the person above, where can we leave feedback?

There is no specific forum for feedback.

]]> timethief on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095433 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:34:07 +0000 timethief 1095433@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

As in, where do I click on the wordpress page to get to my list of past posts and my drafts

Your dashboard is here > http://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/wp-admin

Dashboard > Posts > All Posts
http://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php

Dashboard > Posts > All Posts (Drafts)
http://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post

]]> colleenanderson on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095423 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:21:21 +0000 colleenanderson 1095423@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If I needed emotional support I would go cry on a friend's shoulder or have a drink. I'm talking about feedback here. As in, where do I click on the wordpress page to get to my list of past posts and my drafts? Why is it so hidden now? Do I now need a map of links to get there? Isn't that rather old fashioned?

If wordpress is so uninterested in how their changes affect their users that would explain why there is no longer a section for leaving feedback. And likewise, the dropdown menu was useful and quick. It is no longer there and no longer quick.

Like the person above,

    where
can we leave feedback?

]]> apetcher on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095422 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:19:39 +0000 apetcher 1095422@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't need specific help, I just find it disappointing when changes are made without proper testing and contribute no improvement to the product. I still love WP but please test things before making changes and consider the user!

]]> mysimagination on "Changes to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changes-to-wordpress#post-1095419 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:15:32 +0000 mysimagination 1095419@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm concerned about the functionality of using WordPress. Having the drop-down menu with the link taking us to our dashboards was great because having it there as soon as we came to WordPress was user friendly and functional. The only way I could find it now was clicking on various links until I found a page that still offered the drop-down menu at the top. Don't get me wrong, I love WordPress, I left Live Journal because of it's great user friendly functionality, it's also one of the main reasons I haven't taken completely to tumblr. I think I'm mostly worried that there will be worse or more annoying changes ahead. The drop-down menu is a simple thing, but having it easily available makes a lot of difference. Also I really am hoping no changes will becoming of the dashboard because it's my favourite feature here.

I just wanted to leave my feedback on it. If there's a better way or place to I will gladly leave it there.

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