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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.
Different Widgets for different sections.
Using the Widget Context Plugin
Giving your WordPress website different different sidebar widgets for different sections is easy enough to do using a plugin called “Widget Context“. Once you install this plugin you get some extra functionality in your dashboard’s widget menu. When you put any widget into your sidebar you can choose what sections of you website this widget will show up on. It can be displayed on your home page, blog page, single posts, single pages, search page, archive page and more. 
You can also use negative logic and hide that particular widget from certain sections. Whatever works best for your design. Here’s a look at the functionality block that gets added to your widget settings. Just select where you want or don’t want that widget displayed, save, and your all set.
WordPress Now Powering 14.7 Percent of Top Global Websites
WordPress continues to grow in popularity as more and more people are using it to create full featured websites that you control yourself. WordPress is not just a blog machine. It is a complete CMS that is highly configurable so it can be any kind of website, complete with SEO abilities, RSS feeds and all kinds of other built in functionality.
Blog, Content portal, Business website, Corporate website, Performers websites, Clubs, Schools, Lawyers, they can all have very nice looking and interactive sites. Even online store fronts. Contact me and we can get your WordPress Website online tomorrow. We design, host and support you all the way.
WordPress 3.2.1 Already!
A WordPress maintenance upgrade was released today taking us to version 3.2.1 and is available in your dashboard. You can upgrade easily and automatically.
If you haven’t upgraded to version 3.2 yet make sure your host is running php version 5 as this is now required by WordPress. You can get the Health Check plugin ( wordpress.org/extend/plugins/health-check ) and check your install. This will show you the exact version you are running.
You can also download this file, testphp.zip Unzip it and extract the file called test.php which you can ftp/upload to the root directory of your website. Then in your browser enter www.yourdomain.com/test.php. You get a page of info about the version and settings of the php system on the server you are using.
WordPress 3.2 is here!
WordPress 3.2 was released yesterday and is available for download at wordpress.org or as an automatic update through your dashboard. Along with many functionality and performance enhancements this version sports a new cleaner look to the admin area. Stay up to date and upgrade your WordPress install today. www.wordpress.org
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