The hottest edition of WordPress is on the rampage and is available easily all over the web. Initially when it was released into the market it lashed out its rough & geared up beta edition. In this piece of writing you will come across the novel features incorporated in the latest version of WordPress along with its positive & negative faces.
Ultimately-The Front Page Feature:
One major bug with the WordPress older versions was the creation of a distinct web page which could appear as the web sites “Book Cover”, generally it is known as the Splash Page which is used by most of the websites. Splash Page is the most usual means to launch the website to any new audience & has been the hot topic of discussion when using various plugins. WordPress 3.0+ simplifies the addition of an Intro Page feature. You can now add the front page to your website from the General tab under Reading settings option.
Passionate Default Theme Embedded in WordPress 3.0+:
The latest version of WordPress provides an amazing crazy default theme which can knockout any user of the WordPress system. This new Twenty-Ten theme is somewhat similar to the cutline theme but is an updated version of it.
Easy Way to Change the Background Colors & Header Images:
In the older versions of WordPress if the user wanted to change the header images or the background colors he was supposed to have an in-depth knowledge of the CSS editor which was very fear-provoking for the no technical users of the WordPress system as they would screw up the task by omitting a semi-colon & simply complicate it for no reason. The two new additional features provided by the 3.0 version of WordPress are the addition of the color wheel which helps you to modify the background colors and an in-built image browser that allows you to add any some images to the header. It as well provides some in-built background images.
Help Me Feature Really Helps a Lot:
You can get help on any topic with the WordPress Help Me option. This feature allows you to acquire context perceptive help by merely clicking on the help button which is present on the upper right end of the admin pages. Help-Me feature does not require you to search manually; it provides you wide-ranging help directly from the gargantuan WordPress Codex.
Manage Multiple Blogs in One Go:
With the advent of WordPress 3.0+ you can manage multiple WordPress installations in one go. This kind of feature was provided by the WordPress Multi-user system which was a bit incompatible. But why think of the past when you have the latest WordPress 3.0+; however you will only know regarding this added functionality if you tweak the wp-config.php file. Now you can manage several blogs just by modifying one line. People were confused with the usage of this option when WordPress MU was in use and hence now the WordPress team has skillfully hidden the complexity involved in managing multiple sites at a time.
Addition of a New Content Type-Custom Posts:
This new feature of WordPress 3.0+ allows you to create new content types along with few additional fields. So every time you enter any new artifact you will not have the fear of incorrectly formatting the field or deleting any field by mistake. In WordPress 3.0+ making use of these features involves the installation of few extra themes or plugins, however with the Application Programming Interface it is easy to use these plugins very easily. In addition to this they provide excellent support for tags in any WordPress form.
Just as every coin has two faces, the recent version of WordPress i.e. WordPress 3.0+ also has few merits & demerits.
Merits:
The WordPress 3.0+ has a combo of features provided by WordPress MU i.e. WordPress Multi User and the basic WordPress. WordPress Multi User software is an added feature of the Content Management Systems. This software allows you to work with several blogs & sites by merely installing the software. WordPress MU is also well known as the Multi-Tenant installation system. It actually does not mean that you can merely go on adding any number of blogs on your WP dashboard. As an alternative, you have to by yourself tag on some steps & as well comply with some criterion with the aim of organizing your compound blog WP networking organization.
The latest version of WordPress provides an additional content type feature namely Custom Post Types along with the 2 content types namely Pages & Posts provided by the older versions of it. Custom Post types feature allows the users to easily create any kind of content for their web pages and as well define various characteristics for it. WordPress 3.0+ allows you to make use of the default template which is completely based upon the SEO tactics & is largely motivated by Ian Stewart who is from Thematic. This default theme has several drop down choices, mini & micro formats, different types of post thumbnails which can be used for headers and various new fonts. WordPress 3.0+ as well provides many other added features which add to its functionality.
Demerits:
It is alleged that this latest version of WordPress is more or less like an auto-save system that has few revision troubles. WordPress 3.0+ spreads out your site’s database to offensive volume. Furthermore, when you re-install the database of your site it may lead to a WordPress database class fault. In order to overcome all these dodges Jane Bells who is from WordPress says that 3.0 is merely a raw edition & many other additional characteristics would be added to it so as to improve its functionality & performance.
WordPress 3.0+ is also known as WordPress CMS (Content Management System). It is a true CMS since it help you to build robust sites and manage them effectively. It will demonstrate the downfall of several valuable, expensive enterprises s/w certificates & that too because of a good reason.
