WordPress 2.6 has been released.

Key new user features include:

• Post Revisions
• Google Gears support
• Image captions and better image control
• Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries
• Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default
• You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one
• Improved WYSIWYG editor
• Theme Previewer
• Word Count displayed when writing and editing posts and pages
• Press This bookmarklet

If you need assistance with upgrading or have any questions regarding WordPress, please contact us.

After months of waiting, Firefox 3 is now available.  We’ve been testing the Firefox 3 release candidates for a few weeks now and are enjoying the performance improvements.  The “smart location bar” is taking some getting used to and some extensions are not working with Firefox 3 yet (there have been frequent extension updates, so that’s just a matter of time), but other than that we don’t really have any complaints from what we’ve seen thus far.

Here are the main new features that are being highlighted:

• Password Manager - Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.
• One-Click Bookmarking - Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily.
• Improved Performance - View Web pages faster, using less of your computer’s memory.
• Smart Location Bar - Find the sites you love in seconds—enter a term for instant matches that make sense.
• Instant Web Site ID -Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.
• Full Zoom - See any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.
• Platform-Native Look & Feel -Browse with a Firefox that’s integrated into your computer’s operating system.

Be sure to check out all of the features in Firefox 3.

The Chicago Tribune published an article a few days ago that discusses business blogging and in particular includes portions of an interview with Robert Mark from CommAvia about their JetWhine blog.  I hope to see more of these sort of articles (business related or otherwise), as there are so many facets to blogging that could be explored.

CommAvia has been a client of ours since November 2006, right after the initial launch of the JetWhine blog, for the various WordPress services and tasks necessary to keep the blog up and running and growing.  It’s rewarding to watch a client’s blog and blogging grow and excel, especially in what I’d consider a relatively short time-span.

WordPress 2.5.1 has been released and includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix.

If you need assistance with upgrading or have any questions regarding WordPress, please contact us.

WordPress 2.5 has been released.

Key new user features include:

• Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
• Dashboard Widgets
• Multi-file upload with progress bar
• EXIF extraction
• Search posts and pages
• Tag management
• Password strength meter
• Concurrent editing protection
• Few-click plugin upgrades
• Friendlier visual post editor
• Built-in galleries

If you need assistance with upgrading or have any questions regarding WordPress, please contact us.