I upgraded to WordPress 2.7.1 and all I have to say is it’s better than my girlfriend. No really, it is. If you are scared to upgrade because you think “it needs time” or something, don’t be. I’m normally like that but this time I decided to try it out. And it was definitely worthwhile.

The features are just amazing. My favorite feature is the quick edit (posts) feature. Say you wanted to change the category on a bunch of your posts (like I did yesterday). Instead of opening all the posts one by one, you click quick edit and it opens up some of the setting of your posts such as your post slug, categories, status, date published and more.

It also very easy to navigate WordPress 2.7.1. It comes with easy drop down menus to the left of the dashboard so no more clicking around (even though if you had WP Admin Bar plugin you wouldn’t have to.) 

2.7.1 also comes with a Tools section and they defintiely come in handy. If you use Firefox or IE WP 2.7.1 also support Googles Gears which will help speed things up by storing certain things locally. You can find more about this here http://gears.google.com/. 

Another tool that I love is the built in auto-upgrade unfortunately I have yet to use it but I’m going to check it out one of these days. I still use the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin, but now that I’ve noticed this. Hopefully, I can scrap the plugin. I love the way that they’re slowly making a more and more complete platform. 

Want to UPGRADE but don’t know how?

There’s an easy way and a hard way. I’m only going to show you the easy way. 

1. Follow this link and download and install this plugin – WordPress Automatic Upgrade

2. Activate the Plugin. You should see a link closer to the top of the page that says “Click Here to Automatically Upgrade WordPress to latest Version”

3. Click there and follow the steps.

4. If you have problems visit here. You may need to make certain folder writable.

Better functionality and usability. And of course more secure. It’s the way to go if you have WordPress. Hardly any complaints from me. What do you think about it so far?

Do you have more than one Twitter account? I sure do. I have 3, one that I used for my first blog to network with other bloggers of that niche. Another which I used for my business (great fail), and the last one which I use on this website. I have around 450 followers on all 3 accounts combined and I don’t like seeing anything go to waste. I needed an way to use all 3 Twitter accounts at once, and I think I’ve found it.

Splitweet is the name, using multiple Twitter accounts at once is its game. This is probably one of the coolest things my friend Google found for me. The website advertises itself for corporate Twitter users but it doesn’t seem to have a corporate feel at all. When you reach the site you’ll notice that it’s layout is more fun than business. I mean..it’s purple. That really doesn’t matter to me, it’s all about usability.

I found my way around it quite easily. Sign up, log-in, hit manage accounts, add as many Twitter accounts as you like and then start Tweeting. For a second I was worried that I may have the same followers on 2 of my accounts (that would be embarassing) but you can select which accounts you want to Tweet on so it’s works out well.

All I’m saying is – use Splitweet if you need to be on multiple Twitter accounts at once. I guess you can be in two places at once.

Oh yeah – Follow Me