Credit: crunchmeme
The much anticipated release of WordPress 3.1 happened this morning. Although I was excited to see some more geekery what I’m pleased as punch with, is the pretty blue admin theme. More on that below!
Here’s a few things you may be interested in – and how to get around them:
In new blogs, the edit post screen will be more streamlined. This means the extra boxes will be hidden.
To add, remove, or edit the number of viewable boxes, click on the “Screen Options” tab at the top of the screen.
As I mentioned above, a refreshed blue admin theme is available. If you don’t already use the blue admin theme, I recommend checking it out. Nothing on the outside of the blog is affected.
You can change the theme you use in Users>>Your Profile subtab.
A handy feature that 99% of us will use is the new linking feature. You can now, easily add a link to another post within your site.
To do so, highlight the text that you’d like to link, and click the chain link icon. Instead of completing the linking field, click on the “Or link to existing content”. A suggestion box will open with content that may be related to your current topic. Or you can search for a more appropriate post/page within your site to link to.
Some of the more geekier changes include custom format support for posts, more flexibility with custom queries, taxonomies and the related breadcrumbs. To view all the geeky details see this page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.1
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