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WordPress 3.0 Review

July 5, 2010 by Dehost

After a long-awaited, last on June 17, 2010 was officially released WordPress blogging software in his latest. WordPress 3.0 was given the name “Thelonious” and is the thirteenth version of the software launched by WordPress.

In accordance with the schedule already determined should have this software has been released in late May. But remember there are still many errors (bugs) that have not been repaired, with the WordPress developers were forced to change schedules.

WordPress 3.0 is believed to have better performance than the previous version. There were several changes made in this version include bug fixes 1217 undertaken by the programmer 218 and the addition of several new features.

What are the new features brought by WordPress 3.0? Here are some new features in WordPress 3.0 which makes it even more desirable by its users.

User Registration

In earlier versions, the default username when the installation is the user “admin”. However, further proved this result in security vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited by crackers to break into sites created with the WordPress platform.

To reduce the security risk, WordPress no longer create the admin user automatically during the installation process. Instead, users are now given the freedom to choose a username and password that is felt more secure.

New Theme

Kubrick theme which is a standard theme in previous versions are removed, replaced with new, more interesting theme and named in 2010 or the Twenty Ten. This new theme has a much more complete feature, among other child support themes, customizable headers and backgrounds, as well as supporting the use of drop down menus.

According to the plan, Auttomatic (WordPress developers) will release a new theme every year, which would be included in the package of the WordPress installation. That’s why the theme is the name given in 2010.

Twenty Ten has eight alternative header can be elected directly by users of WordPress, the Berries, Cherry Blossoms, Concave, Fern, Forest Floor, Inkwell, Path, and Sunset. Beside it is also a facility to upload homemade headers.

Twenty Ten also allows users to change the background color (background) from the posting page through the Administration panel. Users can choose a favorite color by clicking the color palette that has been provided or can also upload an image that will serve as the background.

ShortLink

WordPress 3.0 offers micro-blogging (eg twitter) is more appealing than previous versions. These new features are named with the term ShortLink. With this ShortLink abbreviate the URL the user can very easily.

URL Shortening (cutting URL) is a method to abbreviate the length of the URL address for easy on-sharing on social media services like Twitter, Plurk, and so forth.

Navigation Menu

Facilities for easy menu settings is one of the advanced features of WordPress 3.0 which has been long awaited by the users of WordPress. This new feature provides convenience to the user to modify the menu on the blog.

In previous versions, users must do manually editing to add or delete menu. But now, with this feature users live to do drag and drop and automatically the menu will be composed by itself. With these features ensure users can easily adjust the display blog.

Integrated with WordPress MU

The biggest changes in WordPress 3.0 is the integration between WordPress and WordPress MU (Multi User). WordPress MU is software to make many blogs in one installation only. WordPress MU is usually used to create a network of blogs in a single domain. Quite a lot of free blog service providers who use WordPress MU WordPress.Com, among other things, DagDigDug.Com, Beware of the Dog, and so forth.

With the integration between WordPress and WordPress MU is the user can now create and manage multiple blogs with one installation of WordPress. In previous versions of WordPress can only be used to create just one blog so if you want to create a new blog on the same domain, the user must install WordPress again in another directory.

In addition to features that have been discussed above, there are many other features in WordPress 3.0 which is also very interesting post which is for example a custom type, custom taxonomy, featured image, theme API and so forth. Some changes were intended to make it easier for users to use the software.

That glimpse of the newly released WordPress 3.0. Have you tried it?

After a long-awaited, last on June 17, 2010 was officially released yesterday WordPress blogging software in his latest. WordPress 3.0 was given the name “Thelonious” and is the thirteenth version of the software launched by WordPress.

In accordance with the schedule already determined should have this software has been released in late May. But remember there are still many errors (bugs) that have not been repaired, with the WordPress developers were forced to change schedules.

WordPress 3.0 is believed to have better performance than the previous version. There were several changes made in this version include bug fixes 1217 undertaken by the programmer 218 and the addition of several new features.

What are the new features brought by WordPress 3.0? Here are some new features in WordPress 3.0 which makes it even more desirable by its users.

User Registration

In earlier versions, the default username when the installation is the user “admin”. However, further proved this result in security vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited by crackers to break into sites created with the WordPress platform.

To reduce the security risk, WordPress no longer create the admin user automatically during the installation process. Instead, users are now given the freedom to choose a username and password that is felt more secure.

New Theme

Kubrick theme which is a standard theme in previous versions are removed, replaced with new, more interesting theme and named in 2010 or the Twenty Ten. This new theme has a much more complete feature, among other child support themes, customizable headers and backgrounds, as well as supporting the use of drop down menus.

According to the plan, Auttomatic (WordPress developers) will release a new theme every year, which would be included in the package of the WordPress installation. That’s why the theme is the name given in 2010.

Twenty Ten has eight alternative header can be elected directly by users of WordPress, the Berries, Cherry Blossoms, Concave, Fern, Forest Floor, Inkwell, Path, and Sunset. Beside it is also a facility to upload homemade headers.

Twenty Ten also allows users to change the background color (background) from the posting page through the Administration panel. Users can choose a favorite color by clicking the color palette that has been provided or can also upload an image that will serve as the background.

ShortLink

WordPress 3.0 offers micro-blogging (eg twitter) is more appealing than previous versions. These new features are named with the term ShortLink. With this ShortLink abbreviate the URL the user can very easily.

URL Shortening (cutting URL) is a method to abbreviate the length of the URL address for easy on-sharing on social media services like Twitter, Plurk, and so forth. For example, a URL address can be abbreviated to http://bit.ly/1u97 http://namablog.com/2010/01/20/tips-menulis-artikel/. This URL is required considering cutting the number of characters that can be typed on a micro-blogging tools are very limited.

Navigation Menu

Facilities for easy menu settings is one of the advanced features of WordPress 3.0 which has been long awaited by the users of WordPress. This new feature provides convenience to the user to modify the menu on the blog.

In previous versions, users must do manually editing to add or delete menu. But now, with this feature users live to do drag and drop and automatically the menu will be composed by itself. With these features ensure users can easily adjust the display blog.

Integrated with WordPress MU

The biggest changes in WordPress 3.0 is the integration between WordPress and WordPress MU (Multi User). WordPress MU is software to make many blogs in one installation only. WordPress MU is usually used to create a network of blogs in a single domain. Quite a lot of free blog service providers who use WordPress MU WordPress.Com, among other things, DagDigDug.Com, Beware of the Dog, and so forth.

With the integration between WordPress and WordPress MU is the user can now create and manage multiple blogs with one installation of WordPress. In previous versions of WordPress can only be used to create just one blog so if you want to create a new blog on the same domain, the user must install WordPress again in another directory.

In addition to features that have been discussed above, there are many other features in WordPress 3.0 which is also very interesting post which is for example a custom type, custom taxonomy, featured image, theme API and so forth. Some changes were intended to make it easier for users to use the software.

That glimpse of the newly released WordPress 3.0. Have you tried it?

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