Sorry for the thousandth post on this topic in the blogosphere, however as this is a blogging magazine it has to be covered when the ultimate blogging platform does a complete revamp :)

First off - the actual upgrade. I didn’t do it myself, as I’m always scared of breaking things - anyways, a friend did for me, but from what I’ve heard it’s fairly simply. All you have to do is backup the database, upload a couple files, run a couple things and you’re (apparently) done. If something goes wrong, hit the forums for support as I cannot help :)

As for the interface… well, I’ll be honest with you - I preferred the old one, but I’ll probably get used to this one in time. It is far less cluttered up than the previous version, and the look is more “Web 2.0ish”, however a couple things are missing that the previous version had - the ability to go direct to websites of commenters from the dashboard, as well as the comment count. However, these are miniscule - improvements include a cleaner layout as well as a one-click upgrade for out of date plugins.

Would I have upgraded?

I thought not after doing so, however I’m growing to like this - the post in which you type posts is a lot better looking that the last one, and it’s now easier to publish.

To be honest, I was forced into the upgrade - Adii released an updated version of this theme which fixed a few bugs, and the thing was that the theme update only worked with Wordpress 2.5 - damn! Anyways, I’ve upgraded, and I recommend the theme to anyone, as they’ve made it even easier to use - there is an auto image resizer and more options in the killer backend, which means a technical newbie like me doesn’t have problems working it. If I can do it, so can you. Get the theme here.

I have also gotten a forum added to the website, which you can access here - it is new, but will be thriving soon enough, and if you get in quickly you can start building links and discussion. Thanks for helping me out :)