Reno WordPress Meetup: Gershwin

Version 3.2.x What nerdy stuff did they add this time? Code Name: " Gershwin " ____________________________

Low Level Stuff
The following things are critical bits of information.
You should be aware what they mean and how they impact you.
Requirements for WordPress have changed!
PHP 5.2.4 or greater
Old requirement - since WordPress 2.5 was PHP 4.3 or greater.
MySQL 5.0.15 or greater
Old requirement - since WordPress 2.9 was MySQL 4.1.2 or greater.

Q: What does this mean to me as a user?
A: You will be unable to run the latest version of WordPress, unless your website provider has upgraded to the required version of PHP and MySQL.
Q: What does this mean to me as a developer?
A: You can now take advantage of the many awesome changes in PHP5
Visibility within Objects (Private/Public/Static)
Pass by reference.
Class Constants and Static Methods/Properties
Much, much more.
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Better for D&D
Developers:
It's Faster & Lighter
Faster Page Loads
Faster Upgrades
Optimizations to WP_Filesystem
Faster FTP Updates
FTP Updates are more stable.
Stream Downloads
Improves update times.
Lowers the memory footprint.
Performance improvements for wptexturize()
This is key for content with special characters.
Remove PHP4 compatibility including timezone support .
More efficient term intersection queries.
Some optimizations in the HTML sanitizer.
Speed optimizations for is_serialized_string().
Cache Dashboard RSS Widgets output.
And many other improvements and tweaks.
Designers:
Enhanced Browser
Compatibility
Drop Internet Explorer 6 support.
Start End-of-life (EOL) cycle for Internet Explorer 7!
Browse Happy notify users of out-of-date browser.
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internal upgrades?
High Level Stuff enhancements! jQuery & jQuery UI PHP Wrappers (mail,HTTP) TinyMCE XML-RPC Cleaner Plugin & Theme Handling Much much more! ____________________________

Reasons to Upgrade
Why should you upgrade today?
Security: Not upgrading puts you at risk.
Themes & Plugins: Developers are moving forward, so should you.
Performance! A faster site makes everyone happier.
Things to do before upgrading.
Backup everything!
Both the files and the database!
Do your homework!
Don't just dive in, make sure to read the upgrade instructions.
Talk to others in the community.
Others may have already upgraded! They can let you know of tips or tricks they encountered while going through the process.
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questions? ____________________________

resources ____________________________
Presentation :

High Level vs Low Level
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-_and_low-level
PHP5 vs PHP4
http://tycoontalk.freelancer.com/php-forum/78717-differences-between-php4-and-php5.html
What's Browse Happy?
http://browsehappy.com/
Official WordPress Announcement for 3.2.x
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/gershwin/
Upgrading WordPress:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress
WordPress Backups:
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups

Meetup :

WordPress Blog
http://renomeet.wordpress.com/
Meetup Profile
http://www.meetup.com/The-Reno-WordPress-Meetup-Group/
Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/RenoWPMeet

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