WordPress has an upgrade out now, and it is version 3.3. The “latest and greatest” is nick-named “Sonny” in honor of jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt.
To upgrade, I took a backup of my database and files first, then ran the automatic upgrade from within WordPress. Some people might advise using FTP to upload the upgraded files, but I felt comfortable doing it this way and didn’t have a problem.
I really like the new hover-menu navigation. I like being able to browse quickly to where I need to go rather than having to click to open a menu first, then selecting the choice from within that menu.
The media section for files and images now contains a drag and drop interface – I like that very much.
And last but not least for developers, there is a new wp_editor() function. The WordPress function reference guide states: ”This function renders an editor in a page in the typical fashion used in Posts and Pages.” I’m pretty excited about this and will be spending time learning how to take advantage of it.
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Last week, I also insalled the new update. In general, my impression is positive. The developers did a good work.
I like in Wordpress 3.3:
- Fly out menus in the Navigation bar (much faster to work)
- Linking to articles in comments (much easier)
- Widgets remain when switching between Themes
- New interface for Uploading Images
I don’t like:
- Removed the option to «Disable the Admin Toolbar».
Best regards,
Alexis.
Hi,
The Wordpress 3.3 is an awesome version and working on it is a great experience thanks for giving such nice information.
Regards
Amit