Blogging India

Hello all,
    The version 2.2 of the popular blogging platform, and the one which powers Blogging India, Wordpress, is now out! It was in the beta stages for a couple of weeks now, and it has been finally released to public. Its been named “Getz”.

    Before I give my opinion, check out the releasing post at the Wordpress blog which has every change given in detail.

    The most important changes are as follows -

• Wordpress widgets by default. A very good add on for a beginner user, who doesn’t want to meddle with the code for a “cool” look. Now, you can drag and drop widgets into your sidebar, courtesy an AJAX interface. Ofcourse, you could do it earlier too, with a small plugin, but now, it comes built in with Wordpress.

• Full Atom support. People who like Atom feeds rather than RSS feeds (I myself prefer RSS, though Atom is the happening thing) will find this news with a cheer
• Easy “Blogger” import. Have a blog on Blogger? Need to shift to Wordpress? Don’t want to meddle with a lot of options? Well, Wordpress developers have heard your kvetches! Please welcome a brand new Blogger importer interface! All you have to do is fill in your log in details, and at the click of a button, you’ve transferred from Blogger to Wordpress! Can it get any easier???!!! Hats off to the Dev team!
• There are also security and speed updates, code cleanups, heavier code commenting etc. They’ve also introduced something which “protects you from activating a plugin or editing a file that will break your blog”. I’m yet to see what that means, but since I don’t do online editing anyway, I don’t think I’m likely to figure out anytime soon! Anyone gets a good picture of this thingy, drop me a mail please.

    Well, that should cover the most important points. Detailed views coming up in a few days time… But before I end my post, I would just like to say,

    Thank you Oh, and the “The Alexa Code – PART III” will be published sometime tomorrow.

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