Congratulations to Matthew and Mike on the release of WordPress, which is the official fork in the b2/cafélog blog tool.

On a test server I converted the data from my current b2-based blog to WordPress with very little trouble. Especially helpful was the handy upgrade script included with WordPress.

For the most part everything seems to be working well. I was even able to get the search-engine-friendly URLs working. I may in fact upgrade my live b2 blog with the new WordPress code. However, I want to run a few tests and see if any bugs pop-up before I take the plunge.

One downside is that I was hoping the initial release would include the Smarty Template Engine like the other b2-derivative b2++. However, I see that Smarty integration is in the works, which is great!

So, perhaps I’ll wait until that happens before I upgrade. Probably not; I’m too impatient ;-)

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