WordPress 3.2 available now, drops IE6 support
Posted Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 7:39 am by Jason Cartwright
Once again its time for WordPress administrators to upgrade, this time to the latest 3.2 release. In this release WordPress finally drops support for IE6, given its 10 years, its about time. There’s also a new requirement on the back end to be running PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0, so just check what version your host runs before jumping into the upgrade.
According to WordPress, there’s more than 400 improvements. Check out the video below for an introduction to WordPress 3.2 Gershwin.
More info @ WordPress.org
Sign up for the SQUARESPACE v6 beta, coming in ‘weeks’.
Posted Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:17 am by Jason CartwrightOne of the biggest upgrades to the simple website creation service, Squarespace will roll out to early testers in the next few weeks. If you want to have your name added to the list, then head over to the Squarespace blog. As you can see from the screenshots released, the new version comes with a significantly redesigned interface.
“Squarespace V6 is a reinvention of many core Squarespace concepts that will become the foundation for our company over the years to come. It allows the extremely talented folks who work on Squarespace to create the sorts of sites they’ve always dreamed of creating on Squarespace. It incorporates a totally redesigned consumer editing experience, backend site manager, and template system.”
More @ Squarespace
WordPress 3.1 ‘Django’ details leaked early, pulled.
Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 6:10 pm by Jason Cartwright
In a post to Facebook, WordPress 3.1 details have been released, although it appears to be by accident. If you visit the associated page, it’s currently blank, which looks like its pulled. http://wordpress.org/news/2011/02/django/
WordPress only recently seen an update to version 3.0.5, however WordPress 3.1 is at RC4, so don’t be surprised if its officially released soon.
According to the details on the Facebook post, WordPress 3.1 will include:
- Significantly improved linking system, to allow for ‘lightening fast’ linking to previous posts
- Simplified writing interface which hides sections that aren’t frequently used, creating a simpler UI
- Admin bar reflects your most commonly visited controls
- Refreshed blue admin scheme available
- Developers can create new post formats, making it easy to create portable tumblogs..
Engadget loses senior editor, AOL the cause
Posted Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 10:21 am by Jason Cartwright
Senior Associate Editor of Engadget, Paul Miller has just announced he is leaving. After writing for Engadget for over 5 years Paul has written a staggering 5,500 posts and more than 1.5 million words.
In a post on his personal blog, Paul sights AOL as the primary reason for leaving Engadget.
Image credit: Engadget
I’d love to be able to keep doing this forever, but unfortunately Engadget is owned by AOL, and AOL has proved an unwilling partner in this site’s evolution. It doesn’t take a veteran of the publishing world to realize that AOL has its heart in the wrong place with content. As detailed in the “AOL Way,” and borne out in personal experience, AOL sees content as a commodity it can sell ads against. That might make good business sense (though I doubt it), but it doesn’t promote good journalism or even good entertainment, and it doesn’t allow an ambitious team like the one I know and love at Engadget to thrive.
He signs off the post, Former Engadget Editor which actually really does feel like the end of an era. Although he hasn’t yet announced his next venture, Paul does say he continues to love technology. Something AOL is clearly missing is an understanding that blogs of today are not only a product of their content, but also the people who produce it. So could Paul be the first of many, now AOL employees, to leave ?
Read the full post at PaulMiller.com or follow Paul on twitter – @futurepaul
WordPress app for Windows Phone 7 now available [updated]
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:37 pm by Jason Cartwright
The WordPress application for WP7 just arrived in the Marketplace. Apparently WordPress thinks WP7 is so good it deserves its own website – http://windowsphone.wordpress.org/
The app works pretty much as you’d expect, providing support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted blogs. Features also include Add, edit, publish new Posts and Pages, as well as managing comments.
Update
I found a pretty serious issue with posts generated from the WP7 WordPress app. Posts created don’t structure the post URL correctly, resulting in ‘Page cannot be found’ message.
Check out my hands-on video with WordPress for WP7.
WordPress 3.0 released !!
Posted Friday, June 18, 2010 at 10:29 am by Jason CartwrightTime for one of the biggest upgrades to WordPress – version 3.0 There’s lots of changes.. check out the video below for all the details. I’ll be upgrading techAU to 3.0 very shortly.. hopefully plugin authors move quickly to make them 3.0 compatible.
Major features include:
- Merging of WordPress and MU allowing multiple WP sites from one install
- New default theme called Twenty Ten
- Simplified, lighter UI
- Built-in URL shortener service
- Single-click batch upgrade for all plugins
Get it now from http://wordpress.org or find out more from the WordPress blog.
