I love wordpress, but why did you have to introduce the changes (and a drastic one at that) out of the blue! Why didn't you leave us with the option of reverting to the old scheme till the new one is 'perfect'? This is not an agony post, it is just a thought expressed by many others across the forum though in different words
I like the main page of dashboard but the changes in widgets page (for example) just made it more confusing and difficult to comprehend. The sheer number of topics the changes have thrown up is an evidence to my point... pls pls pls make it possible for us to revert to the previous version of dashboard while giving one the option to test out the new version.. that way the bugs can be taken care of and the transmission will be a smoother process
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Why wordpress why?
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I agree. My fonts looks like it's all in bold print.
There is no difference between bold print and normal print!
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Oh ya thanks for reminding there is problem with CSS as well!
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I am quite surprised with the change to the widgets page - didn't realise it had changed until you pointed it out. It used to be very easy to understand and use - drag and drop, and you could see all the columns simultaneously and choose which widget went where. Not so keen on the new style - doesn't seem as intuitive.
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Reminded me of what Microsoft did with Vista!
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Wake me up when it's all over :| I'm not even gonna bother and try and understand the changes. I really don't have time to adapt to a new dashboard. A Friendly "Guide to Wp 2.5" is very much required.
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Its really sad!
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The changes were discussed for several weeks in the forums, actually. You should come around more often.
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I shouldn't have to keep an eye on the forum to be aware of coming changes. It should have showed up in NEWS that changes were on the way. It would have allowed for backing up since I lost all the data in my TEXT and RSS widgets due to the upgrade (yes I contacted support - no I don't expect a resolution other than maybe having widgets not erase themselves after changing others and hitting save).
In our dashboard is a news feed - it should have been posted there that these changes were coming. I don't come to the forums for entertainment, I come to the forums when I have questions.
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I couldn't agree more. :(
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Oh god. What happened to the widgets page? I pretty much escaped what everyone has gone through. Now I look at that widgets page and I am stumped. I didn't even know until I read it here. I have to go study it now.
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And, evidently, to blow off steam.
If you want to discuss with Wordpress.com staff how Wordpress.com staff communicates with their users, it's better for everyone (except maybe staff) if you do it directly.
http://wordpress.com/contact-support/The forum volunteers are all just bloggers like you, we're VERY fried after dealing with all the technical questions, we are utterly powerless to influence the way that Wordpress.com communicates with its users, and we cannot at this point provide emotional support. We're fried. I seriously suggest you either communicate directly with staff or you post it in your blog. An "I hate the new Wordpress" post was among the top ten posts yesterday, so it's a monster for getting hits.
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Raincoaster,
Are you trying to brown-nose the Wordpress guys? This is a serious cock-up and some of us are finding our blogs unusable because of the I/O error on image uploads.
Normal bloggers don't hang around forums like this. There is a "News" facility which tells us every time a new theme comes out (like we need to know?) but nothing about installing a buggy new interface. Communication breakdown combined with poor development values equals grim response.
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I was out for a holiday and when I am back I see this.
Man they should have issued a warning.
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semper, read my post above yours. I am certainly not brownnosing anyone.
If you read the News thing at all you must know that WP.com doesn't announce things that are coming up; they ALWAYS announce things after they've happened. It's just the way they are.
I'm no happier with this communication style than you, but I've been around longer and I've learned what to expect, what can be changed, and how to cope with what is out of my control. I'm trying to help out here.
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@ raincoaster
"The changes were discussed for several weeks in the forums, actually. You should come around more often."
Who the "frak" cares, the changes were terrible and everyone is pissed off. It does not matter how much you talk about it, it was a bad move and we can't go back. I thought I was changing my header back to it's original state not changing the whole frakin' dashboard!
AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Ok, I'm done
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Thank you. I take full responsibility both for the changes and for your emotional wellbeing.
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lol
nice
see ya around
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sure taking their sweet time fixing things...
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Maybe Matt Mullenweg was in Seville during Holy Week. The festivities are literally intoxicating, and this is what may have happened to him. There are bautiful women and horses, and at night there are drums, drums, drums. Let's hope he recovers soon.
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Having problems loading images as well... the new interface really really sucks.. why mess with a good thing???
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If no one ever messed with a good thing, you would still be using MSDOS on a 14" monitor who's only color was green or amber and all your programs would be on 5-1/4" floppy disks - no hard drives.
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@thesacredpath: lol.. got me there.. what I meant was that users should have been given the option of using the old interface while getting used to the new one..
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Something that so many are overlooking is that we aren't upset because the dashboard is new--we are upset because it doesn't work properly! That's a BIG difference! I am more than willing to learn new features, I just cannot operate my blog when my screen freezes when I try to post or when I try to edit, or when I have to wait an eternity for the category words to load, or when I have to devise my own ways to get video into my blog, that require several more steps than before. This is not an improvement! At any rate, no one blames you raincoaster. You have tried desoerately to help, as have so many others, including thesacredpath, and we DO appreciate your efforts so very much. I know that you must be exhausted and frustrated yourselves with all the chaos this has caused. I guess we can all rest assured that evetually all these problems will be worked out. It's just that everything worked so well before. It was easy to navigate, and most of us are not computer nerds. We are just wanna be writers. LOL! Thanks again for all your help, but please try and understand our feelings also. Read all my problems with the new dashboard here: http://sparkle333.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/the-terror-of-technology/
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i have problems with uploading images. yes, we should've had warnings, but the changes looks nice - thanks guys at WP - just sort out all bumps asap please!
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@raincoaster @thesacredpath
Thanks for your comments guys and thanks for helping out almost everyone with a problem around here.. I did not know about the discussion prior to new dashboard launch. So in a way I was at fault... but not fully at fault!
And I am not suggesting we never change... All I ask for is to make it a step by step process so that people can get used to the interface -- Like I said initially I like the main dashboard page after that its kind of funnyAnd hey thanks for the support link -- apparently its closed for now! =( any suggesions?
[I] An "I hate the new Wordpress" post was among the top ten posts yesterday, so it's a monster for getting hits. [/I]
LOL great idea..(and I did it much before u suggested it!!) But I don't have google ads so I don't think hits matter so much! -
I think this is one of the biggest blunders Wordpress has made to date. Since the new dashboard came on I have been unable to post anything which includes videos and images have not been easy either. I don't understand why Wordpress would take something that works fine and turn it into an abortion! Has ANYONE had any luck embedding videos from YouTube or Google? Each time I try to embed a video using the video button I am taken to a page where I insert the embed code then click insert in post and I am taken to a blank page with no way to navigate back to the post. When I try to go back one page ( really 2 pages ) where I can see the post there is nothing there. When I check the post I find NO VIDEO. The whole thing is really frustrating. I used to post in a matter of a minute or so when I had the material all set-up now it's a nightmare.
Does anyone know if Wordpress plans to continue with this so-called New Dashboard?
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The sudden change is like spanking your puppy and suddenly developing a blister! :)
Seriously, ... the changes made that contains a ton of problems for everyone, is pretty much idiotic at best!!
I wish that they would show us a little backbone, change it back to the old Dashboard, and then change to the new Dashboard after the kinks have been worked out.
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Can we have the old version back please. All the options are lined up and huge and takes up too much space on my screen. I need more space to see my typing so I can make corrections and edit etc, I dont need to see all the other buttons crowding me. Can the options go to the right column please!
Everytime I press 'enter' I end up outside the text input box for some reason.
I don't know who the bright spark or bright sparks were who came up with this new layout but as this string of complaints asks, Why???
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