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06.18.10 WordPress 3.0 Is Officially Released  By Don CampbellWell it's out. WordPress 3.0 is here and packed with a ton of exciting new features. We've been testing all through the betas and the release candidates. We were even at WordCamp last month in San Francisco planning out which of the cool new features we can take advantage of in our SmallBiz theme. New Feature Highlights Some of my favorite WordPress 3.0 features are: • Run multiple blogs from one WordPress install. WordPress Mu is part of the core WordPress code now. • Customizable menus are now part of the core, instead of being dependent on themes • New default theme - Twenty Ten • Choose your username and password during the install, instead of the default admin userid. This makes for a more secure default installation since hackers won't have a default admin userid to depend on • Custom background color is choose-able with a visual color picker • Custom post types allow you to make WordPress even more like a content management system. You can define different types of posts (video, audio, product, etc.) and have your theme display each differently A Bumpy Ride This is a huge release! In fact, there is so much in here that we ran into a lot of problems during testing. Thomas, (my lead developer) went through a lot of antacids on this one! In fact, we didn't expect them to ship yet, because of the amount of changes in each RC. You see, in addition to testing for compatibility, Thomas has been working hard to build in some killer new features based on WordPress 3.0. Stay tuned - we'll be ready to ship within the next few days! Take a look at this tour of WordPress 3.0. I think you'll like it! Watch the Video What do you think - are you going to upgrade? Comments About the author: Don is President and founder of Expand2Web.com, which provides WordPress Websites and Local Search Marketing solutions and training for small business owners and consultants. Don is a veteran of Silicon Valley Startup Interwoven, where he was created a $5M product line and Microsoft where he was technical evangelist for Office and Office Live. Check out his blog at http://www.expand2web.com/blog. | ||||||||
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