WordPress 3.0 is a new version and it has just been released. As this is a major release there are new features including a brand new Default Wordpress Theme called TwentyTen, the ability to Customize Post Types and an excellent new Menu Manager.
Post Types Customization
Up to now and by default WordPress has always enabled you to publish two types of content within a blog. These we recognize as blog Posts and Pages. Now in Wordpress 3.0 you are able to define your own extra content types and also give them their own attributes. So now users can create any kind of content they want!
New “TwentyTen” Default Theme
Long overdue, the new default 2010 theme features a new cleaner and bolder design than before and also brings in some useful facilities that are not seen in many other themes. For non-coders there are some very useful things you can do with this theme without any coding at all. These include the ability to easily change your blog’s header image in the theme (and it comes with some defaults) as well as being able to quickly change the background image for the site too.
Easy Menu Management
Probably for users the most useful feature released with WordPress 3.0 is the brand new menu management system that has been included with the new version. Now with the easy menu manager any user at an admin level is able to easily and very quickly create any type of custom menu they want. No more hacking to get your menus the way you like as it can all be done simply from within Wordpress 3.0.
Multi-Site Wordpress
In addition a new Multi-Site feature has been incorporated due to the merging of WordPress with WPMU, so that you can now build several Wordpress blogs with the same software installation. So now you can manage several different websites each with a different domain or subdomains all from within a single installation of WordPress. This facility is not enabled by default as it will not be required by most users.
Additional Changes
Of course there are numerous other small improvements and changes to the software both for ease of use and to add extra functionality. But the ones listed above are the major items that will impact and help most Wordpress blog owners and developers. For more details of the full Wordpress 3.0 Release just checkout the following post at Wordpress.org:
http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/
Thelonius Release Video
For a more in-depth and technical look at what is new on the inside of Wordpress 3.0 watch this video:
Wordpress 3.0 and What You Need To Know!
And heres a great video on how to use the new Wordpress 3.0 MultiSite features:
Wordpress 3.0 MultiSite
Enjoy Wordpress 3.0 !
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