WordPress 2.3 | Release Notes | Download

The new WordPress is out and has the long awaited tagging feature built in. This allows you to add several tags to a post without having to clog up your system with so many categories. It’s got some other features like update notifications, not only for WordPress itself but for its plugins.

Sorry it’s been so quiet around here. I’ve been really busy but plan to get some more regular updates as soon as possible. As well as new versions of ComicPress. It’s not too late to put in your two cents.

EDIT: Just so you know, you will need to run upgrade.php for this upgrade, you will find it in WordPress’ /wp-admin folder. Also if you have not updated your “wp-config.php” file in quite some time, and have just been sticking with the original for a few WordPress upgrades, you might want to use the new one or you may get some database errors on your site.

EDIT 2: The tags will not show up in existing themes. The next version of ComicPress will have the feature built in. If you are brave you can add it yourself, it’s just a simple line of code that needs to be put in the loops on the index.php and single.php files. Somewhere near the category code, before the comments code.

<?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', ''); ?>

WordPress 2.3.2 | Release Notes | Download

A new version of WordPress was just released that addresses a vulnerability with exposing any draft posts you might have. They consider it an urgent security release so I suggest you upgrade as soon as you are able.

WordPress 2.3.3 | Release Notes | Download

Another security update for WordPress was just released. This mainly applies to any of you allowing registration on your site, though it also has a few bug fixes. They have one file you can replace to make the security fix without having to upgrade the entire install.

Also of note, the WordPress 2.4 release was canceled due to the holidays, the new features will be rolled over to the 2.5 release due in March (just days before WordCamp Dallas). Some of the new features expected are a redesigned Admin customizable with widgets as well as a comment edit undo feature.

Note: Though it says 2.4, the 2.4 release was skipped and these changes will be applied to the 2.5 release in March.

WordPress was just recently translated to Kazakh, the native language of Kazakhstan. That makes 58 languages the popular blogging software is now available in. I hope to see some Kazakh Webcomics published with ComicPress now.

Use the WordPrez… itsa niiiice!