4. Notes
• Screenshots taken from WordPress 3.1 RC2
• Installed locally on a Windows machine using
XAMPP
• Started with the single install and moved to
network; some images may be slightly out of
order
• Complete list of WordPress 3.1 Features is at
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.1
12. Post Formats
http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats
• aside - Typically styled without a title.
• gallery - A gallery of images. Post will likely contain a gallery
shortcode and will have image attachments.
• link - A link to another site.
• image - A single image. The first <img /> tag in the post
could be considered the image.
• quote - A quotation. Probably will contain a blockquote
holding the quote content.
• status - A short status update, similar to a Twitter status
update.
• video - A single video.
• audio - An audio file. Could be used for Podcasting.
• chat - A chat transcript.
13. Post Formats-Aside
From the WordPress Forums: A
“status” is going to be a short
status update, usually limited
to 140 characters. An “aside” is
going to be a short blog post,
typically without a title.
16. Gallery Post Single View
Note this is different from
the Gallery function, which
creates a block of square
thumbnails (though you
could insert one of those
into a gallery post).
17. Internal Linking
Just click on the link icon to
activate this, then select the
page or post you want to
link to. (Remember to select
anchor text or image first.)
39. Site Settings: Avatars
There’s a new avatar option,
Retro. (From the style of
video games before Matt
Mullenweg was born.)
40. Site Settings: Media
The only change is the phrasing
of the auto-embeds checkbox.
41. Site Settings: Privacy
It’s good to hide test sites and dev sites from search
engines, but remember to change this setting when you
go live. (Oh—no changes from WordPress 3.0.)
42. Site Settings: Permalinks
This is still the same. We’ll
probably have to wait a few
versions before there’s any
built-in UI for permalinks for
custom post types or
custom taxonomies.
44. New Network Admin
After you activate the network (follow the same directions as
for WordPress 3.0), you’ll find the link to the new Network
Admin section in the top right corner of your screen.
46. Network: Sites
Guess what? These are sortable, too, by Path, Last Updated, and Registered.
That’s the main difference from WordPress 3.0.
47. Network: Add New Site
Because this copy of WordPress is installed locally in a directory, new sites
can only be installed in subdirectories. This was the same in WP 3.0.
48. Network: Users
Sort by Username, Name, E-mail, or date Registered. A Super Admin is
someone with authority to change the network, not just one site. Sorting
is new since WordPress 3.0.
50. Network Themes
You must enable a theme on the network for it to be
available to individual sites. Layout is different from 3.0;
function is the same.
51. Network Install Themes
This works just the same as for the
single install, and is very similar to
WP 3.0 except in its placement.
52. Network Plugins
Note you “network activate”
plugins here (for all sites) and can
edit and delete them.
53. Add New Plugins
When you activate the network, this
moves over to network admin. It
looks the same as in WP 3.0.
56. Update
Once the network is activated, this moves into the
Network Admin section. In single installs, it’s
under Dashboard in the Site Admin section, same
as in WordPress 3.0. The update engine itself
appears to be the same as in WordPress 3.0.
57. Network Updates
This panel is now located just below “Updates”
in the Network Admin section, which is a much
more logical place for it. (You used to have to
find “Updates” in the Dashboard menu, then
WordPress 3.0 locate “Network Updates” in the Super Admin
menu.)
WordPress 3.1
58. My Sites
This panel takes the place of “Updates” in
the Site Admin menu once the network is
activated in WordPress 3.1.