UVM Blogs http://blog.uvm.edu The UVM Community Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Minor Upgrade http://blog.uvm.edu/2012/04/23/minor-upgrade/ http://blog.uvm.edu/2012/04/23/minor-upgrade/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:56:58 +0000 Scott Dellinger http://blog.uvm.edu/?p=1210 WordPress has been updated to version 3.3.2, fixing several security issues.  If you notice any problems, please let us know.

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Full details can be found in the WordPress codex for releases 3.3 and 3.3.1.

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For a good overview, check this out:

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New Admin Bar

WordPress sports an attractive new admin bar at the top of the screen with direct links to frequently-used actions.

Note that several options may be in slightly different places from the old admin bar.

Links Between Posts

With a long overdue addition, it is now much easier to create links between posts and pages on your site.  When editing a post, select the text that you would like to turn into a link, click the chain link icon, and expand the bottom of the “Insert/edit link” window to see a list of pages and posts to choose from.

Theme Selection

When you are choosing a theme for your site, it is now possible to filter the available themes by their features.  Simply click the “Feature Filter” option on the Manage Themes page.

If you can’t find a theme that meets your needs, talk with the CTL or SAA groups and we’ll see what we can do.

Less Clutter

Many lesser-used post options are now hidden by default, making for a less confusing blogging experience.  If you need these options back, you can turn them on from the Screen Options control in the upper right corner of the edit screen.

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For an overview of comment spam protection, take a look at the Comment Moderation article in the WordPress Codex.  The many settings in WordPress that can help limit this problem can be found in your admin dashboard under Settings → Discussion.

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Andreas04

Black-LetterHead

Bueno

ChaoticSoul

Freshy

Garland

Greyzed

INove

Koi

MistyLook

Modularity Lite

multi-color

Quentin

Spring Loaded

 
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If you have used these plugins on another WordPress installation, please note that the defaults have been changed slightly so that the two buttons will show up nicely side by side without you needing to do lots of tweaking to your settings.

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UVM 2010 Screenshot

This theme builds on the features of “UVM 2008″, and includes color variants, a small gallery of included banner images to choose from (or you can upload your own), three customizable widget areas, support for the new WordPress 3.0 custom menus, and several other visual preferences.

UVM 2010 Banner Gallery

Blogs using “UVM 2008″ are being upgraded to the new theme, and will preserve the existing theme preferences.  Please let us know if you encounter issues.

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In addition, WordPress 3.0 includes a great new theme that shows off its features, “Twenty Ten”.
Twenty Ten

If you encounter any problems following this upgrade, please let us know.

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