If you’ve visited your WordPress site’s dashboard in the past 24 hours you probably noticed that WordPress 2.9 is now available to download.    I know many people like to wait to upgrade to give theme and plugin authors a chance to create updates, but the new changes in WordPress 2.9 seem to be playing nice with everything based upon all the reports I’ve read.  I’ve also upgraded most of my websites that use WordPress without any theme or plugin conflicts.

If you are interested in learning about what is new in WordPress 2.9, there is a great write up posted on Quick Online Tips which you can view here.  The post features the following new features:

1. Thrash It
2. Image Editor
3. Batch Plugin Update
4. Easier Video Embeds
5. Database Optimization Support

What is your favorite new feature in WordPress 2.9?

If you’ve ever had any interest in purchasing a news premium WordPress theme, you’re probably familiar with the works of Adii, who is the guy behind the Premium News themes.   Not only am I a fan of much of his work, but I also am a fan of his blog, where he is truly an open book and isn’t afraid to share this secrets to success with his readers.

One of Adii’s post recent posts is a great tutorial write up explaining how to create a YouTube video tabber in WordPress.  For those unfamiliar with a tabber, it basically allows you to create tabs for things.  In this case, you can use tabs to display multiple YouTube videos, such as this example from his original premium News theme:

Click over to check out the steps needed to achieve something like this in WordPress.

Just wanted to post a heads up and let everyone know that I haven’t disappeared.   I usually try to post 1-2 times a day whenever possible, but I’ve been having some computer problems that required finding some parts.  I ended up having to buy them online, so now I’m just waiting for them to arrive.  For the moment, my computer access is very limited, but I hope to have things back to normal by the end of the week.  

Anyway, in the meantime, why don’t you check out this video from WordCamp Dallas about what is being worked on for WordPress 2.6.

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