The release date of Wordpress 3.0 is drawing near and I am pretty much excited. I feel like wetting my pants thinking of the new features of Wordpress 3.0. The new features of Wordpress 3.0 is ORGASMIC!

To name a few new features in Wordpress 3.0:
(1) Your own Username and Password – A BIG YES! from me, Wordpress! Now, I won’t haev to deal with using “admin” as a login. I feel like using my own username during installation

(2) New Default Theme! – Don’t get me wrong, I love the default Kubrick theme as it looks neat, but the new default Theme is so effin’ good you wouldn’t want to look for another theme. Can I hear an OH YEAH?!

(3) Multi-site Capabilities and WPMU Codebase Merge – I have been wanting to try WPMU but I had a gut feeling that Wordpress will integrate that feature on the future updates. I guess I am related to Nostradamus as Wordpress has now merged codebase with Wordpres MU.  This would make handling large WordPress networks easier.

(4) Custom Background Support – by just adding add_custom_background(); to your functions.php, Wordpress beginners would be more comfortable changing the background rather than touching the codes.

Other Wordrpress 3.0 New Features:
Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Easy Menu Management (menu manager) , Specific author templates and Media UI redeign

With Wordpress 3.0, Wordpress is not just one user-friendly platform, it is now shaping into powerful CMS!

Happy 25th Birthday Symbolics.com! May you have more birthdays to come. (Ugh!)

On a lighter note, I am now thinking of a domain name to register for my personal streaming site and I am intrigued to use Sweetcron (I’ll be back Wordpress). My full name sounds too formal and I am anything but formal. **brainfreeze**

I am still on the first 2 chapters of the e-book and it still quite boring. The 1st chapter is an introduction on on Wordpress and everything you need to know about Wordpress. I am still on Chapter 2 and it gets a little more interesting from this time on (hopefully).

Will I be a Rockstar Wordpress Designer after reading the How to be a Rockstar Wordpress Designer from RockablePress?

Here is a screenshot of the  PlainAndSimple Wordpress Theme:

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Description
3-column Wordpress Theme. Simply Plain, Plainly Simple

Theme Information
Colors: grey, white
Number of Columns: 3
Width: 900
Widget Ready: Yes
Rounded Corners: No
Sidebar Position: Right
Has Images: Yes

PlainAndSimple Wordpress Theme is a 3-column, widget-ready Wordpress Theme. Again, I am still looking for a host for my Wordpress Themes as Wordpress.org does not seem to like them for some reasons.

Download PlainAndSimple Wordpress Theme now!

Update: I first named it Carribean Blue but changed it to Island Riddims.

Here is a teaser of the Simple Island-Inspired Island Riddims Theme:

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

Description
Simple Island-inspired Theme

Theme Information
Colors: Blue
Number of Columns: 2
Width: 800
Widget Ready: Yes
Rounded Corners: No
Sidebar Position: Right
Has Images: Yes

Download Island Riddims Wordpress Theme now!

While I have updated my 1st blog to Wordpress 2.8, this blog is still running on Wordpress 2.3.1. Talk about living under a rock. Anyway, I don’t normally update that often too as newer versions maybe too vulnerable to attacks than old versions. I am not sure if I am correct though.

Here is a snippet of the email Matt sent and I am sure you received it too:

What are people so excited about? Some of the headline features are global undo/trash, built-in image editor, batch upgrades, plugin compatibility checker, and easier embeds. You can read all about it and watch a handy intro video here:

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/12/wordpress-2-9/

Have some eggnog for me,

Matt Mullenweg
http://ma.tt | http://wordpress.org

P.S. Version 3.0 will have a new default theme, better upgrades, dynamic image resizing, and more. See you next year!

I may update this blog to 2.9 to try it out! Try it noe!

Their are a lot of changes from the other versions, one of which that I already noticed was the new “look” on the dashboard. Some added features like the Word Counter (good for Paid postings as you don’t need to copy and paste your paste to a word counter) and much more. As of now, with the new changes, I’m loving worpdress more. ^_^

Next stop, I’ll be looking for Joomla Templates too as I am planning to dig more on Joomla. I’ll be waiting for new Joomla Templates from the same site as they have featured really neat Wordpress themes in their site.

I don’t know if I am making sense in comparing Wordpress and Tumblr or if there is even a need to compare, but TUMBLR IS EASIER to use than Wordpress. The only problem I’m currently encountering with Tumblr is it’s lack for autosupport on “Commenting” and I guess I am not the only person who has the same problem. Anyways, I will still use Wordpress and will continue to use Wordpress (I love Wordpress) while I’m going to have another blog (it’s actually a personal “love life” blog for me and my girlfriend) using Tumblr. I will try to test Tumblr more and will write more about it or maybe build a theme for it. ^_^

All is well.

**Transferring to new webhosting space by next week .