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According to this post on the Wordpress developer sites we are finally going to get a automatic system for handeling Vimeo/Youtube and maybe other embeds directly in the write module. All you need to do is to paste the video link on a blank line in the write new content page. Wordpress will handle the rest. You can get the same functionality with plugins today, but native support is ace.

I`d reckon we will be able to adjust the convert function to our HTML5 needs in our own functions.php file.

Wordpress.org just announced that beta testing of Wordpress 2.9 are going to start within a couple of weeks. You could follow the testing process by signing on to the mailing list. Wordpress recommend that you use the beta versions on your test server only, and not on live sites incase anything goes wrong.

You could update your test server with a addon called WordPress Beta Tester. The addon, as with all addons are also available with the Add New option under your plugins settings. The addon will permanently give the option to upgrade to the newest Wordpress test version as long as it is active.

All the functions they add/subtract will be done before the first beta release. The test phase goes through several beta stages to squeeze out bugs, and then a couple of release candidates. The wordpress team is hoping for a late November or early December release for version 2.9.

I did my first Wordpress MU installation yesterday and here is a couple of notes on my experience so far, including some tips.

Wordpress

My usual installation procedure when I set up wordpress for the first time.

1. Upload WP to the server
2. Run the installation
3. Delete all plugins except for Akismet
4. Delete all themes
5. Upload BAREHTML5 (I’ll get back to you later today about what that is)
6. Create a new admin user
7. Log out with admin, log in with my new user and delete admin user
8. Set up Akismet
9. Install WP Security Scan plugin from the plugins menu
10. If WP Security Scan produce any errors, fix them
11. Adjust all the admin setting according to what your theme will do
12. Code the theme

Wordpress MU

I did the same as with WP when I installed WP MU for the first time. All the same steps except from step 3 and 4. As I soon figured out that would be a time consuming error as I would have to start all over. Setting admin rights under the User tabs isn’t enough to create a new “Super user” for WP MU.

After some messing around in the admin tool and a reinstallation, my WP MU procedure is the following.

1. Upload WP MU to the server
2. Run the installation
3. Create the new user
4. Go into the option settings under the Site admin menu
5. Add the new user to the Site Admins – Administration options
6. Log out with the admin user, log in with the created user, delete the admin user.
7. Upload BAREHTML5 to the themes folder
8. Code

More information on what I will use WPMU for soon™.

Switch from WP to WPMU

1. Create a temporary installation for your “old” blog. Move all content on to the temporary blog and choose to import all content (images, videoes, etc).
2. Install WPMU in the base of your site (the steps above) and create a new blog.
3. Swap to the new blog under the site admin settings
4. Set up the blog to your old blog URL.
5. Install your theme and activate it for your blog
6. Import the content from your temporary blog
7. Check if everything works, if it does delete your temp blog. You are now good to go.

Where this even remotely useful? Please comment with your WP to WPMU experience.

This is a test post to see if my only connection to the outside world, my iPhone will do the trick throughout November. You will hopefully see a image from google maps of where I am at the moment.