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Wordpress 3.3 Sonny: Top 5 Things You Must Know

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Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 13/12/11 11:04 GMT Updated: 13/12/11 11:43 GMT

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Leading blogging platform WordPress has just released its latest version, with a range of seriously needed improvements to make bloggers' lives easier.

The new Wordpress 3.3 Sonny has a new navigation, user experience, upload function and import style.

Who uses Wordpress? Almost any blogger who's anyone - Wordpress has had 65 million downloads since version 3.0 was released.

For existing users, the upgrade is easy. When you log in to Wordpress, you'll be prompted to upgrade. Hit the button, and sit back, the system will add 3.3 without destroying any of your existing data or demanding much of your time.

Top five things you need to know about the latest Wordpress 3.3:

New media uploader - the uploader now allows you to drag and drop, so it's easy to get video and photos onto your blog.

Pop-up menus - forget endlessly scrolling through menus trying to find what you need, hidden options now pop-up with a mouse scrollover.

iPad optimised - so you can blog from the comfort of your tablet.

Improved co-editing - when that pop-up "Mike is currently editing this post" crops up, it now actually means he is editing that post, not that he was looking at it an hour ago.

Tumblr import - You could always import your other social media, but now Tumblr has been added, making filling your site with endless images much easier.

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Leading blogging platform WordPress has just released its latest version, with a range of seriously needed improvements to make bloggers' lives easier. The new Wordpress 3.3 Sonny has a new naviga...
Leading blogging platform WordPress has just released its latest version, with a range of seriously needed improvements to make bloggers' lives easier. The new Wordpress 3.3 Sonny has a new naviga...
 
 
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David Radovanovic
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08:17 PM on 12/13/2011
There are several much needed improvements in "Sonny" WordPress 3.3. When first upgraded, you're brought to the "Welcome" to 3.3 page that details the new features. What's the obvious (and hard to avoid) are the multitude of pop-up help windows. My suggestion is to take a deep breathe and read them, then dismiss. Though don't ignore them. Most helpful is the Widgets improvement that prevents your widgets arrangements from being overwritten (ARGH!) when updating themes, the simplified (faster too) admin navigation, Editor API Overhaul which pulls in all the JS and CSS goodness for the editor. It even supports multiple editors on the same page.

Here is a shameless plug to my review: http://www.whatsthebigidea.com/wordpress-33-smoking-hot-sonny-stitt.html
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ctshoppingpoint
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12:44 PM on 12/13/2011
Interesting features and upgrades, but what about its performance regarding the non-standard permalinks and "forbidden" ones (like /%category%/%postname%/ structure)?
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David Radovanovic
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08:18 PM on 12/13/2011
Do you mean: Flexible Permalinks - You have more freedom when choosing a post permalink structure. Skip the date information or add a category slug without a performance penalty.
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