Category Archives: WordPress

WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” is Out!

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Yes, you read it right! WordPress v3.0, code-named “Thelonious” (who was an American jazz pianist and composer) has been released and can be downloaded from here. The list of new major features is big! It includes a shining brand new theme TwentyTen, new menus interface, custom post types, WordPressMU 3.0 integration and many more! There are a total of 1,217 bug fixes and enhancements from 218 contributors (in which I was also there, you can search for gautam2011 here :P ). A comprehensive list of new features and bug enhancements can be seen here.

Here is a video showcasing the new features of WordPress 3.0:

And at last, I would like to mention that this website is now proudly running WordPress 3.0! :-)

Links: WordPress | Download | Official Announcement

Convert your Categories into Subdomains in WordPress!

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This one is a cool SEO trick that is easy to implement but has far reaching consequences!  To cut the long story short, you can convert your categories into subdomains. For example, you can change abc.com/category/internet to internet.abc.com! Moreover, you can set different themes for different categories! Here is how you can do it:

  1. Just install the WP Subdomains plugin like any other plugin.
  2. You will have to be a bit patient as the changes take time which depends on your hosting.

Some points to note:

  1. Check with your host if they provide subdomains. Most shared hosting services do provide that. This may be a problem if you are on a cloud hosting service.
  2. You will need to create a subdomain name same as your category slug.
  3. If you plan to change your host soon do not install this as will create a lot of broken links in google.
  4. No need to worry about the bad links it can create as all your previous articles will redirect to the new url.

All in all, this is one great plugin which can definitely change your google footprint in days!  :-)

WordPress 3.0 RC1 is Out – And WordPress Turns 7!

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WordPress 3.0 release candidate 1 has been just released, as well as WordPress has turned 7 years old! The growth of WordPress has been really remarkable. In the last year itself, plugins and themes download have doubled, there are 1,528 people active on WordPress Trac with 13 committers! You may check out WordPress’ journey on Ozh’s blog (who has written various WordPress plugins). Coming back to the release, it has a lot of new features in it like the new theme TwentyTen, merging of WordPress MU and the new custom menus. Here is the list of changes from beta 2:

  • Custom menus have been finished
  • Multi-site is all set (WordPress MU has been merged into WordPress)
  • The look of the WordPress admin has been lightened up a bit, so you can focus more on your content.
  • There are still a couple of known issues.

By the way, this site is itself running the RC version! You can checkout the official birthday and release candidate announcements on the official WordPress blog. And at last, Happy Birthday WordPress!