Semiologic V6.0 – Beta 1 Released

Well, after much to do and endless waiting, Semiologic V6.0 – Beta 1 has been released.

I have updated this site, with apprehension, and it took me nearly all day to complete. If you have an established site, then please be careful when upgrading and DO NOT use the installer, just use SFTP, to uploaded the files. Problems I experienced with upgrading were:

• stripped some images (not all, thank goodness), which I needed to replace
• the new SEO plugin would not allow me to alter titles, keywords or descriptions in posts or pages (reinstalled the previous version as a temporary workaround)
• Can't move widgets around (example, menu items cannot be relocated)
• Mediacaster has no dimension capabilities (cannot be re-sized), nor any idea how to include into a post, page or sidebar

These are just some of things that I have experienced. But I am sure the developers will get things sorted in the next week or so.

Conclusion: There seems to be only cosmetic changes, where the widgets panel has changed for the better. I know the developer has basically rewritten everything, but I was expecting more. It has been a lack luster event, considering the rants and raves about its release. It has been a long wait that has been marred by bugs and problems from both camps of  WordPress and Semiologic.