WordPress 3.0 Available Now

Linc Wonham — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

You can download WordPress 3.0, aka Thelonius, right now at WordPress.org, or upgrade directly from your WordPress dashboard.

The 13th major release of the immensely popular blogging software has been six months in the making by more than 200 contributors, and the highlighted new features include:

•    A new default theme called Twenty Ten
•    New APIs that allow for the easy implementation of custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types and taxonomies
•    A new multi-site functionality that makes it possible to run one blog or 10 million from the same installation
•    A lighter interface
•    Contextual help on every screen
•    1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements
•    Bulk updates allowing users to upgrade 15 plugins at once

There is also a video tour on the WordPress site that shows all of the new features. An extended review of the new release will be forthcoming, but visit the site now for more details.

Award-winning Blog Editor Gets Upgrade

Linc Wonham — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:50:00 GMT

Mac-based blog publishers are welcoming the release of MarsEdit 3, Red Sweater Software’s long-awaited upgrade to the popular blog editor for Mac OS X. In development for more than two years, MarsEdit 3 has added a rich text editor, a new media manager and an updated syntax highlighter to the award-winning platform.

MarsEdit 3 requires Mac OS X 10.6 and higher, and has custom-tuned support for blogging services such as WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Movable Type, TypePad and Squarespace. The platform also supports numerous other systems through the MetaWeblog and AtomPub publishing interfaces.

A free, 30-day trial version is available from the MarsEdit home page, and the full package is priced at $39.95 for new users. Customers who purchased MarsEdit 2 in 2010 are entitled to a free upgrade, and other existing users may upgrade to the new version for $14.95.

The new rich text editor is the most celebrated feature of the upgrade, but the syntax highlighter now has different colors for attributes, keywords and tag structures, and the media manager now integrates with iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom. Publishers can now write and save posts offline and schedule them for later posting, and the new version supports Pages in WordPress blogs.

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WordPress 3.0 Available Now

Award-winning Blog Editor Gets Upgrade