Things to Like About the WordPress Update
One thing I like about the WordPress update is how it never drastically changes the appearance of the dashboard, so the Daily Two Cents* and Writegde* dashboards still look pretty much like how I remember them before the version 4.1 update.I like that because I’m used to what the dashboard looks like. I’ve learned to like its appearance so it would just feel and seem wrong if it suddenly changes without warning.
*Writing sites that used to pay per view, but have since changed their payment model, unfortunately,
Gigantic Text
Now, one of the things I don’t like about the latest WordPress update is how the text on the text post editor is way too big.Before the update, the text was kind of small (fortunately, it’s still readable), and I definitely would have wanted it to be bigger, but not this big.
This time, the font size is just too much. It’s so huge that it borders on ridiculous.
Text Post Editor and Preview
What you see is definitely not what you get thanks to the version 4.1 WordPress update.Whenever I preview the articles I write on the Writege and Daily Two Cents text post editor, it always looks different from how it’s presented in the editor.
On the text post editor, you can see the gigantic font size, but, when you preview your post, it goes back to a smaller font.
As such, just because it looks like you have such a huge paragraph on the editor, it doesn’t mean that that’s the case when you preview your article.
Adding Images
Thanks to the discrepancy between the text post editor and the preview, it’s very difficult to fix the images that you add to your article.On the editor, the picture might look huge and it might look like it’s aligned with only a few paragraphs, but, when you look at the preview, you’ll see that it looks very different.
So you will need to use trial and error when you move things around so you can find the perfect placement and positions for your photos.
Word Count
On Writedge and Daily Two Cents, there is a live word count that is located at the end of the text post editor textbox.Before the WordPress update to version 4.1, this live word count used to stay in a fixed position so that, even if you scroll up on the editor to get to the top of the page, you can still see your word count.
This is very useful because you can see right away if you still need to add more words or if you’re already past the minimum word count.
After the update, the live word count is no longer in a fixed position so you can only see it when you scroll down to the end of the text post editor.
What are your thoughts on the WordPress version 4.1 update? Do you like it or not?
*Notes:
- First image is by 27707 (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- Second image is by StockSnap (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published elsewhere on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 11:31 AM
- YouTube video features the Writedge and Daily Two Cents WordPress dashboard
