I did a nightly update last night and I didn't even notice that I gotten the new update... Today I got on just to check what little, if any, comments and I saw "You are using Wordpress 2.7-beta3."

Looking at the Wordpress blog about the Wordpress 2.7 Beta 3 page, I saw an interesting thing there. "Over 160 changes" were made to improve and make Wordpress 2.7 more secure. Better for all Wordpress users.

What I noticed though and I just got what they were trying to say about the updating process is if you already have Wordpress 2.7 Beta 1 or 2 you can just click on "Tools" and click on "Update" to find out if there is an update. If there is, you'll see "There is a new version of Wordpress available for upgrade" in big "header 3" bold letters. If you see that then click "Upgrade Automatically" and then just site back and wait for your site to update. Once done, feel free to do what you were doing.

All in all, I do see little differences with the Beta 2 vs the Beta 3. It also seems to be a bit faster.

Below is a "short" list of the changes that brought Beta 3 up.

• Numerous style improvements and refinements.


• All admin notices now go under the page title.


• PHP Notice fixes.


• Dashboard widget options now properly save.


• Menu fixes.


• New design for Quick Edit.


• Canonical feed URL fixes.


• Walker fixes.


• An update for Hello Dolly.

For the Wordpress blog, click here.
For the upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 Beta 3 click here.
If you already have 2.7 Beta 1 or 2 just hover over "Tools" on the left side and click the little arrow then click on "Update" then "Upgrade Automatically."

Lastly, remember, this is Beta. Test at your own risk. Save, backup, and use caution when updating or upgrading :)

Till next time fellow thinkers :)

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