Wordpress is now at version 2.1. The Development blog gives the lowdown on what was added to the feature set. Seems like they give Wordpress users an argument to upgrade their Wordpress installation.
From Wordpress Development Blog
Development Blog › WordPress 2.1 Ella
* Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
* Our new tabbed editor allows you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly while writing a post.
* The lossless XML import and export makes it easy for you to move your content between WordPress blogs.
* Our completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.
* New search engine privacy option allows you take you to indicate your blog shouldn’t ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.
* You can set any “page� to be the front page of your site, and put the latest posts somewhere else, making it much easier to use WordPress as a content management system.
* Much more efficient database code, faster than previous versions. Domas Mituzas from MySQL went over all our queries with a fine-toothed comb.
* Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
* Redesigned login screen from the Shuttle project.
* More AJAX to make custom fields, moderation, deletions, and more all faster. My favorite is the comments page, which new lets you approve or unapprove things instantly.
* Pages can now be drafts, or private.
* Our admin has been refreshed to load faster and be more visually consistent.
* The dashboard now instantly and brings RSS feeds asynchronously in the background.
* Comment feeds now include all the comments, not just the last 10.
* Better internationalization and support for right-to-left languages.
* The upload manager lets you easily manage all your uploads pictures, video, and audio.
* A new version of the Akismet plugin is bundled.
Flying Meat: VoodooPad Lite: Word Processor (From Site)
What is it?
VoodooPad Lite is the free version of VoodooPad. While not as powerful as the real thing, it still gets the job done. It’s for those on a tight budget, or who just want to play around with VoodooPad beyond the 15 page limit without committing to it just yet.
DivShare is a new free storage hosting service. As you read the features below, you may wonder how these guys will be in business in the long haul. Hey enjoy it while it lasts!
DivShare - Upload Anything
- Upload unlimited files
- Serve unlimited downloads
- Files stay online forever! NEW!
- No pop-up ads or spam
- Incredibly fast, reliable servers
More great stuff:
- Add a link and logo to your download pages
- Easy image galleries and thumbnails
- Nearly every file extension supported
Viddler.com - Upload, Enhance, Share
I decided to try Viddler based on a SolutionWatch post I read that goes into fairly good detail on this service’s features. Viddler is a free videocasting service that lets you upload or record video to the web. The service is free and in public beta. I made an account and took a 1 1/2 minute of video from my dv camcorder and recorded it directly to the web. The service is straight forward and easy to use. It took a few minutes for Viddler to render the video. My dissapointment came when I tried to see the video. Too many starts and stops due to buffering issues, made the experience end on a bad note. I was working from a DSL line, so I wonder why the service was so slow on showing the video. Things that make you go hmmmmm. Maybe the service works better in the USA. I will find out when I get back to Chicago this evening.
Here are the features of Viddler below.
For serious collaboration you may want to turn your attention to MediaSilo, where multiple authors make comments to video. MediaSilo takes advantage of using the relatively cheap server barn at Amazon Web Services.
http://www.mediasilo.com/
With Wiki.com down and out according to Techcrunch, here is another hosted service with a free account level which provides you with 25 megs of space.
ViaWiki - Enterprise and personal wiki hosting for web creation and collaboration
Placeblogger is for those who write, opine and produce discourse about a local area… I imagine there may be some brave educational bloggers who may join this online directory of news from the street and neighborhood front. Something to think about. The folks behind this are top notch.
Placeblogger | Blogging about places