The long awaited arrival of WordPress 3.0 is finally here. Our very own Vast Reality is already up and running this latest version of WordPress, which was officially made available today to the general public, and at first glance, I can say that I am heavily impressed. There are quite a few UI updates that make the dashboard feel lighter and much quicker. I’m excited to dig deeper into the release to see what other hidden gems it has. If you don’t have time today to play around on the new dashboard, take a few minutes and watch the WordPress 3.0 Video Tour below, or you can head over to the official WordPress.org blog for the full details.
Hope you enjoy the new and improved functionality as much as I do
So my design finger was itching this afternoon so I sat down for a few hours and compiled a new background for the theme that we were using to give the site an updated personality. I’d like to get everyone’s opinions on it so just comment on this post and I’ll make the modifications as I have time.
I do plan on slowly tweaking the rest of the aspects on the site (ie: font type, font size, colors, logos, footer, etc…). Right now I’d like to just concentrate on the background.
Background not dark enough – I have modified this to be darker, please let me know what you think of the new color and if it makes the text on the first post any easier to read.
So after almost a year of having Vast up and running, the email registration system has been an on again off again debacle. After some final configurations with my good friends at GoDaddy, the tubes are now unclogged. (For those of you less technical, that means that the emails are working). So move that cursor on over to the right and click Register. We’d love to hear from you!
Peace, love, and mad props Al Gore for giving up the tubes that power the world
I know I haven’t posted much over the last few months and that is no one’s fault but my own, however I plan to change that trend. I have taken some time to jaunt down some ideas and goals that I have in mind for the site and would like to see implemented in the year 2009. These are high level with a possiblity to be updated and checked off as the year progresses. Please comment or add suggestions as you see fit.
1. First and foremost will be getting an Exchange server up and running so the WordPress email system works from beginning to end and everywhere in between.
2. At least one new layout change to keep the site fresh and new.
3. A place for all administrators and authors to go for tutorials and information that they need to successfully navigate the site and feel comfortable enough to put their pencils to the site.
4. Work on the integration of BBpress (Forum) into the site some more and get it all set up to where we have some valuable topics to comment and discuss on.
5. Continue to stay current on all plug-ins and WordPress releases so our administrators and authors are always working with the latest and greatest tools.
6. This is probably my biggest goal of all, and will deem the most difficult. Since I installed the first version of WordPress and created Vast Reality, I have either used default themes (in the beginning) or other good looking themes that I have since then modified with updated backgrounds, borders, photos, icons, and text to my liking (like the one now). The goal for 2009 is to build my own WordPress theme entirely from scratch and implement it so I can get feedback. This will be a great learning experience for myself and a true test of my XHTML and CSS skills.
Like I said above, please comment or throw out new suggestions you would like to see on the site, I have a great desire to really start making this a more interactive environment. Thanks again for everyone continuing to contribute their time and talents to Vast Reality. Keep up the great work.
Well, the new WordPress has been released and I plan on doing the upgrade hopefully this weekend depending on my work schedule. Amongst other things, I will try and get the e-mail set up as well. I have truly been holding off on creating any type of documents for our other authors for the simple fact that I knew this release was going to be another drastic change. Inside Matt’s post, he mentions that by the end of 2009, he still thinks the back end system will look and feel the same as the new 2.7. Enjoy…
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