WordPress 3.3 upgrade is now available! If you have not already, you will soon see your website Dashboard looking a little different. Watch the video to see what has changed and how to use these new updates when updating your website and blog.
Tool Bar
To save space and increase efficiency, WordPress has combined the admin bar and the old Dashboard header into one toolbar. Hovering over the toolbar items will reveal submenus when available for quick access. You can create new posts from the drop down menu, you can still get to the dashboard and log out. Basically the new admin bar gives easy access to the things you use the most.
Media Uploader
The other big and important thing that has changed is the image and media upload button. Instead of needing to click on a specific upload icon based on your file type, now there’s just one. Once your file is uploaded, the appropriate fields will be displayed for entering information based on the file type as WordPress detects what that file type is.
You can now drag and drop photos or use the upload button like in the past. So you can Drag files from your desktop or folders and drop them into the uploader. Add one file at a time, or many at once.
Other Significant Changes
Admin Panel
The size of the admin panel has been improved. For example if you are updating your website on the iPad, the dashboard will fit better in your screen.
Co-Editing
Normally you see a warning if someone else is editing your post or page when you are logged into that page. WordPress has made improvements to this feature and you will only see the warning if that person is actually making changing to those posts or pages you are working on.
These are the main changes that will effect how you update your website with the new WordPress 3.3. Please contact me if you need any help or have any questions!
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