Upgrade To WordPress 3.0
WordPress 3.0 has officially launched and now you can upgrade if you use the hosted version. When you login to your admin page you should see a link at the top that says upgrade to WordPress 3.0. Click on this link to bring you to the upgrade page. With the newer versions of WordPress upgrading is a breeze. In fact it’s so easy all you have to do is click the upgrade button and sit back while your current version of WordPress is upgraded to version 3.0.
If you have any custom development you’ll want to be careful. Make sure you tell your developer before you upgrade. As soon as the upgrade process is over check your site and tell your developer about any things that look strange. For most of you there shouldn’t be any issues.
Below you’ll find some of the highlights of the new version. Besides some color changes the biggest addition to the new version is multi site support. If you have multiple WordPress sites you can now manage them all under one admin dashboard.
WordPress and WordPress MU have merged, allowing the management of multiple sites (called Multisite) from one WordPress installation.
New default theme “Twenty Ten” takes full advantage of the current features of WordPress.
New custom menu management feature, allows creation of custom menus combining posts, pages, categories, tags, and links for use in theme menus or widgets.
Custom header and background APIs.
Contextual help text accessed under the Help tab of every screen in the WordPress administration.
Ability to set the admin username and password during installation.
Bulk updating of themes with an automatic maintenance mode during the process.
Support for shortlinks.
Improved Custom post types and custom taxonomies including hierarchical (category-style) support. (Try the Custom Post Type UI or GD Custom Posts And Taxonomies Tools plugins to see the possibilities.)
A lighter admin color scheme to increase accessibility and put the focus more squarely on your content.
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