WordPress 2.6 Beta 1 is out and I’ve upgraded the blog to the new version. There are some pretty cool additions (like Post Revisioning) and so far seems pretty stable!
Check it out here: WordPress 2.6 Beta 1
Release Info:
Post Revisioning
A “Press This” bookmarklet for tumblelog style quick posting
Caching of static files with Gears for faster Admin page loads
A new and improved image editing dialog that offers lots of control over the images in your posts
Theme previewing as seen on WordPress.com
Built-in word counting in the post editor
The ability to disable remote publishing for the security conscious
XML-RPC API for changing blog options
Better SSL support for the Admin
Hierarchy-aware paging in the Manage Pages and Manage Categories admin pages.
The ability to relocate your content directory
The ability to move wp-config.php out of your web root
Drag-and-drop sortable galleries
Customizable default avatars
Bulk delete, activate, and deactivate for plugins
Check box range selection with shift-click
TinyMCE 3.1.0.1 with lots of bug fixes
jQuery 1.2.6 with some nice performance improvements
jQuery UI 1.5
Lots of bug fixes and performance improvements
Enjoy!
From WordPress.org:
Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
In addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.
If you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance.
I’m downloading now and will be updating here shortly… I suggest you do, too!
UPDATE – WordPress 2.51 is installed and live… so far, no issues! Whoo!
After about 11 hours of server down-time, we’ve back up. They’re still looking into the cause, it looks like the server was completely down (unpingable and all). When I know the issue I’ll update this post.
Okay, now I gots me some shopping to do!!
Sorry for the downtime, folks… I have the fine people at Contrast Hosting looking into it for me (they are very prompt at fixing issues, as they rarely come up!). From what I’ve been told, something is causing the server to overload. They’re monitoring it and seeing if they can narrow it down, so if the site is running slower than usual over the next day or so, that’s why! Sorry for the inconvenience!!!
Nothing major to report, site-wise, except that I think I’ve killed the last of the display bugs on the site for IE6 and IE7. While it wasn’t a huge issue, it was really bothering me that my sidebar/posts didn’t fill the whole page (as they did in FireFox) and the 1px dark line cutting through my post on IE6 was really bugging me, as it’s still a popular browser (and believe it or not, the most common browser used to hit this site according to my stats).
So, for those not wishing to upgrade or leave Internet Explorer behind, you should now be seeing the site in all it’s awesome glory! Well, as good as it can be while in IE. 
Also, the one bug I found in FireFox has been squashed as well (there was an extra gap in my Photo Gallery page… this is now gone). If anyone sees any bugs, please let me know!!