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WordPress 3.0 Menu Manager

If you have recently updated your sites to WordPress 3.0 you probably haven’t noticed a huge difference in the functionality of your site. That is because even though WordPress 3.0 comes with some awesome new functions, unless your theme supports those functions you won’t be able to use them. Anyone who has read my sites knows I’m a huge fan of the SoloStream themes. Michael Pollack the smart designer behind the original SoloStream has created updates for all of their premium themes, so that we can take advantage of all of the new function in WordPress 3.0 with the premium themes we are already using.

One of the new functions that really stands out is the menu manager. With 3.0 we can create custom top and category navigational menus. We can even create custom links and drop then into any navigation window. Anyone who has ever tried to create a page that is just a link in the past will appreciate this function. For instance have you ever used an older theme that didn’t have a home page? With the custom menu button you can easily create a home page custom link.

The category and navigational pages can be reordered in a drag and drop fashion. You can even create subcategories and parent child pages. These new functions brings WordPress one step closer to being an inclusive CMS. If you want to use these functions you need to make sure your theme supports them. The new 2010 supports all of the new functions, if you are using a premium theme make sure it supports 3.0 or has an upgrade available.

Here is a SoloStream video that gives a great visual example of how to use the new menu manager. Below that video is a WordPress video that highlights the new functions of 3.0

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Edit Images Within The WordPress Image Editor

Uploading images and videos in WordPress is so much easier than it used to be.  To add an image just click on new post and upload insert and go from there. You can even upload headers and banner images just by uploading and then copying the image url. In fact you can even edit images within WordPress now. I was going to make a quick video about this, but instead I found a video by my favorite theme designer, Michael Pollack.

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