WordPress 3.0 - Customise to Your Heart's Content
WordPress 3.0 - Customise to Your Heart's Content
Now we are three
A whole 5 years since version 2.0, and 6 months in the making, WordPress 3.0 has arrived, under the jazzy guise of Thelonious (as in Monk, the master of improvisation and innovation, man):
The update boastsstreamlining and multi-networking changes, a whopping 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updatingas well as a"sexy" new default theme. Here are some highlights:
Twenty Ten the new theme (replacing Kubrik as the default)issupposed to beeasier to modify and customise due to new APIs, with a more user-friendly interface. You can choose from either a background image (scrolling or static) or colour; 8 different header images; specific header "feature" images for separate posts; anda smarter Visual Editor, which allows you to see what your post will look like without having to keep clicking"preview".
Custom Post Types-Add pretty much any sort of content, beyond the default options of "post" or "page" customise types of posts to best display what you're trying to show, for example: product pages, design portfolios, employee/client information. Just choose between text, photo, quote, link, chat, audio or video to create your own.
Menu Management 3.0 makes it easier to organise and customise (can't stop using that word, but if the shoe fits) your navigation menus. Drag and drop all you like to create a more unique network of links external and internal -throughout your site.
Domain-Specific URL Shortener WP 2.9 had its own integrated link-shortener, but 3.0 takes it up a notch by letting you retain your domain name within the URL.
Multiple User Merge MU has been merged with WordPress so multisite networks can now be run though one account by hardworking admins (though early research is showing that this is more easy to do through delegation as there is not one all-encompasing global dashboard where you can tweak plug-ins or themes).
The WordPress team say they'll be working on further development of the network and community rather than steaming ahead onto 3.1, splitting into several "ninja/pirate teams focused on different areas of the around-WordPress experience, including the showcase, Codex, forums, profiles, update and compatibility APIs, theme directory, plugin directory, mailing lists, core plugins, wordcamp.org the possibilities are endless."
So generally, good news for WP users a more customisable (last time, promise), yet simpler and more logical set up, allowing multimedia integration and multisite organisation. With blogs becoming an integral part of online business, marketing and SEO, hopefullyWP 3.0will make things easier.
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