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WordPress 3.3 RC-1 Now Out
It’s Almost Here.
WordPress is just about ready to release their latest version 3.3 which has just passed the beta stage and advanced to Release Candidate 1. This says that an official release is just around the corner. So get ready to enjoy the nice new features this new version brings.
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/12/wordpress-3-3-release-candidate-1/
Easier Uploads in WordPress 3.3
Easier Uploading with File Type Detection
Instead of needing to click on a specific upload icon based on your file type, now there’s just one. Once your file is uploaded, the appropriate fields will be displayed for entering information based on the file type.
Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader
Adding photos or other files to posts and pages also got easier. You can now Drag files from your desktop and drop them into the uploader. Add one file at a time, or many at once.
More File Formats
They’ve added the rar and 7z file formats to the list of allowed file types in the uploader.
Dashboard Features in WordPress 3.3
WordPress 3.3 will be out soon so here’s a look at the new admin sidebar functionality.
Flyout Menus
The Dashboard Sidebar will take on a new look.
It speeds up navigating the dashboard and reduces repetitive clicking with new flyout sub-menus. The sidebar stays put. As you hover over each main menu item in your dashboard navigation, the submenus will pop out, providing single-click access to any dashboard screen. Nice!!
WordPress 3.3 beta 3
New beta version released. WordPress has released version 3.3 beta 3 and it is available for use for those that like to stay on the cutting edge. There are no additional features being added at this time and the current mission is to address any bugs that may be left before they release an official version 3.3. So it looks like we will all move to version 3.3 very soon.
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/11/wordpress-3-3-beta-3-available/
WordPress 3.3 beta 2
A new beta release of the latest and greatest WordPress is now available. WordPress 3.3 is now up to a beta 2 version and it looks like we are getting close to a new official version very soon. Dashboard improvements are nice along with performance enhancements. Here’s the latest.
- Updated the Blue theme
- Fixed IE7 and RTL support
- Improved flyout menu styling and fixed several glitches
- Finished the Pointers implementation
- Landed the dashboard Welcome box for new installs
- Improved contextual help styling
- Tweaked the admin bar a little more
- Fixed a bunch of bugs
The dashboard change is very nice. The sidebar pop outs are a nice change over expanding and collapsing boxes. Look for a new version release very soon.
More on WordPress Permalinks
For performance reasons, it is not a good idea to start your permalink structure with the category, tag, author, or postname fields. The reason is that these are text fields, and by using them at the beginning of your permalink structure it takes more time for WordPress to distinguish your Post URLs from Page URLs (which always use the text “page slug” as the URL), and to compensate, WordPress stores a lot of extra information in its database (so much that sites with lots of Pages have experienced difficulties). So, it is best to have at least two path segments in your post’s permalink structure such as
/%year%/%post_name%/
or even
/%post_id%/%post_name%/ .
Some people don’t like any date reference so
/%post_id%/%post_name%/ works well in that case.
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