In his post about how to add commentmeta tables to your WordPress MU database, Donncha said …
…nothing quite like the stress of upgrading and finding that something has broken.
So true. I’m just happy nothing broke during our recent upgrade to WPMU 2.9.1, because apparently the upgrade function can choke when creating all those tables. We have over 160 blogs and all went well, but Admins for large MU sites should take care to run the script Donncha provides before upgrading. Then they should also skip ahead to WordPress 2.9.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Supposedly this will be the last release before the big merge.
WordPress MU 2.9.1 New Feature Overview
What does all this mean for Tripawds community members? Just that we are successfully running on WPMU 2.9.1 now, which includes some great new features in addition to various bug fixes.
Video embedding made simple
WordPress 2.9 introduces native video embedding! Now all Tripawds Bloggers can easily insert a video from sharing sites like YouTube, simply by adding the video URL to their post …
See! It’s that simple. Just copy and paste the video page URL onto a new line in your post and the video will be automatically embedded. It is important that the video URL be on a line by itself and that the text is not wrapped in any tags, so don’t style it or link it to the video page itself. Native video embedding supports the following video sharing web sites: YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, blip.tv, Flickr (both videos and images), Viddler, Hulu, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Photobucket, PollDaddy, Google Video, WordPress.tv.
Viper’s Video Quicktags Enhance Embedded Videos
So what does this mean for Tripawds Supporters who have been using the Viper’s Video Tags plugin? Just that they now have advanced control over how their videos appears if they choose to continue using it. Viper wrote the new native object embed code, so his plugin is completely compatible. Supporter blogs can still embed movies and have additional video sharing sources to choose from. Supporters also have the ability to embed raw Flash video files, and have much more control over how their videos display …
Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin allows embedding from the following video sharing web sites: YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion, Vimeo, Veoh, Viddler, Metacafe, Blip.tv, Flickr Video, IFILM/Spike, MySpaceTV, Flash Video (FLV).
Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin has been disabled. WordPress now supports auto-embedding of videos.
WordPress MU Blog Dashboard Trash Can
Tripawds Bloggers will also now notice a Trash link when managing posts and comments on their blog. This allows for the removal of items without immediately deleting them. The Trash can (and should) then be emptied periodically to permanently deleting the unwanted items. This protects bloggers from inadvertently deleting valid comments or valuable post drafts.
Issues with New WordPress Image Editor
One of the most anticipated feature enhancements has to be the new Image Editor built right into the WordPress Media Library. There have been a number of reports, however, regarding difficulties so we will report back with an update on that. For now, feel free to provide feedback in the forums.
As you know I have my WPMU site for bloggers.. I have made a lot of changes in the admin area like logos colors,translations etc..do you believe that is necessary to update from 2.8.6 even if i loose this changes?
While I am a firm believer of “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it,” I also try to remain up to date on all our installs to avoid trouble when leaping version numbers during future upgrades. I have had major problems in the past when skipping versions. Yes, it is a pain when hard coded changes are involved, but to me it’s worth it. Thanks for the comment and good luck!
I tried the version 2.9.1.1 and I liked. I’m having problem with the inclusion of videos. Videos
YouTube is built without problems, but videos of the other sources do not work:
View the error in:
http://tudoglobal.com/osofista/2580/aula-de-filosofia.html
Thanks for the comment! We’ve never tried embedding videos from sources other than YouTube.
Dear admin, we should be concerned because this need exists. Who works with media and has to pass on information need to put videos from other sources. I was looking at the code to copy and paste the youtube and are very similar. It crashed with the upgrade from version 2.8.6 to version 2.9.1.1.
You can not ignore the videos Globo (http://video.globo.com/), issuing of Brazil and perhaps the largest in Latin America. In version 2.8.6 the videos work perfectly. Thank you.