WordPress 2.9 is out with a slew of updates enhancements and some really cool new features. Since WordPress made the upgrade process as easy as clicking a link I’ve been in the habit of going through all of my blogs and upgraing them when a new release comes out. New releases almost always have security and bug fixes so it’s important to keep up to date. Anyways, here are some of the cool new features:

• Trash – instead of posts, images etc being deleted they now go into ‘trash’ and are automatically removed after 30 days. That’s an excellent feature if you have an itchy mouse finger!
• Easier video embedding – support has been added for many of the large video hosting services such as Youtube, Scribd,PhotoBucket, Blip.tv etc…
• Batch Plugin Update – instead of having to update each plugin individually you can now update them all with one click.
• Built in image editor – this is especially cool and allows you to flip, rotate and scale your images right there in WordPress!

So there you have it…some very nice additions as well as a bunch of bugfixes and other minor updates.

Hello webmaster! I hope you’re as keen to learn as I am to teach. Over the coming months I’ll be adding lessons in just about everything you need to know in order to plan, build and develop your own website.

We’ll have a look at things like the pros and cons of designing your own website vs. hiring a designer or programmer to build it for you. The bulk of this course though is about empowering you to be able to build and maintain your own website. It’s really not that hard.

Anyway, time is of the essence so go get yourself a cup of your favourite beverage and let’s get started!