As Rich mentioned earlier, WordPress 3.0 was just released by the Automattic crew. Here is a list of the changes to the WordPress template system as well as new tags to be used by theme and plug-in authors:
Custom Post Types plus Custom Taxonomy Improvements
Earlier we could only create Posts or Pages. But now with Custom Post Types, we can create lot more types of posts like Gallery Items, Movie Information Posts etc. which will be independent in style from a normal post. Custom taxonomies which got introduced in WordPress 2.8 got a small upgrade which now allows them to be hierarchial too just like a normal Category.
Its difficult to explain all this in a small post plus there are already awesome tutorials on this.
WordPress 3.0 is a huge release, offering one of the largest feature set upgrades in the history of the platform. The merging of single-user WordPress with WPMU is one of the most exciting, for now WP can run multiple blogs with one installation – something Movable Type has been capable of for years.
The combination of WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress allows for the easy creation of a pretty wicked social networking site with relative ease.
A much anticipated upgrade from Matt-and-Team. WordPress 3.0 is live.
Matt Mullenweg writes:
Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard).
Anyone need a blog, or two? Let us hear your thoughts on how you would employ WP3.0.
Cherokee is a smoking hot up-and-coming web server capable of hanging with Apache while consuming exponentially less resources than its older sibling. As we wrote earlier, Cherokee saved TechMiso from Apache scalping all available RAM, ultimately allowing us to continue to provide the same service we provide today but with far better memory consumption. Learn how to install and configure Cherokee, MySQL, PHP and WordPress on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope for a lean, mean, efficient web serving machine.
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WordPress is the most widely uses blog publishing platform available today and it achieved that status for a few reasons. Possibly the best cited reason is because WordPress has evolved in to arguably the most powerful personal publishing platform freely available. It is open source, has a theme engine and is capable of using plugins to extend or add functionality. Here are a few plugins worth using immediately after completing a fresh WordPress install.
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WordCamp Japan 2009 was held this past Sunday in Tokyo, Japan and the TechMiso Crew was there to enjoy the festivities, hoping to become more educated on the excitement the platform has to offer. The crew attended the conference portion of the WordCamp event and here are our thoughts on how things went from the perspective of an audience member.
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WordPress is one of the most flexible content management systems available today, making it a highly attractive solution for just about any web-based need. Notwithstanding its price tag of FREE, WordPress is an exceptional framework, capable of powering just about any site imaginable. But because of its power and complexity, WordPress is rarely ever called in to service as a tumblelog even though it is a more than able tool for the task. If you have been dieing to to lifestream on your own terms, without being tied to a hosted service like FriendFeed or Tumblr, this might be just what the doctor ordered!
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