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Great news for all you peeps waiting for the first beta release of WordPress MultiSite/Multi Site/3.0. Your wait is over, the beta is out.

Jane Wells made a post over at WordPress.org explaining the release of the “early beta” , which you can now download, also at that post, and give a nice test run.

Things to test, as mentioned in that post:

* Play with the new default theme, Twenty Ten, including the custom background and header options.
* Custom Post Type functionality has been beefed up. It’s really easy to add new types, so do that and see how it looks!
* WordPress MU users should test the multiple sites functionality to make sure nothing broke during the merge.

If you do give the new beta version a test, please let us know, here at PH, what your thoughts are so far.

Here’s two new Elgg themes from Juipo.com, which I’m pretty sure I haven’t listed yet. Both are pretty simple, but with new added features like the dropdown menu in the Blackpod theme and a lefthand information panel for users not logged in on your mainpage, with the Red Fashion theme.

1. Black Pod

SEO Friendly Titles: Reversed Sitename and page/item title so sitename shows after page title, Elgg Topbar is removed completely and all items show under header in new bar (except messages), Messages (if any) displayed on left of search, Copyright year in footer automatically updates current year and more.

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2. Red Fashion

Red Fashion, Free theme for Elgg. This free Elgg theme features dark red, red and black colors with lots of images. Works on Elgg 1.6.1 (1.5 uses different image styles for message icons), Elgg 1.5 version I will be released soon.

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It’s hard finding all the latest free and premium themes available on the net today. So I’m asking all theme developers and users to do some showing off. Please include a demo and download link if possible, to make it easier for visitors.

Thank you.

Most of you who follow WordPress development should already be aware of the merge between WP and WPMU, which will be seen in the release of WordPress 3.0. Unfortunately there’s still a limited amount of info available, but I’ll share some of what I’ve been able to find.

Project Development Found on “WordPress Development Updates” :

February 18, 2010 Update: to include the new menu system, we are pushing back all dates by 2 weeks, per updated schedule below.

Per recent development chats, we’ve worked out a project schedule for 3.0. The plan:

Test WordPress trunk with a test install of WordPress MU:

(Posted by WPmuGuru – http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/to-test-wordpress-trunk-with-a-test-inst/)

-Download trunk from the link at the bottom of http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk
-make a backup copy of your wp-config.php and .htaccess
-do a manual upgrade of the install replacing the WordPress (MU) code to the files extracted from the zip
-the only original files that should remain from your WordPress MU install are those in wp-content, wp-config.php & .htaccess

More Information for you reading pleasure:

Menu Management by WooNav – http://www.woothemes.com/2010/02/woonav-integrated-in-wp-30/

WooNav from Woothemes – http://www.woothemes.com/2010/02/woonav-integrated-in-wp-30/

Important steps when testing WP 3.0 Alpha and Beta – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/365622

RugbyShout.com a new rugby related sports blog is looking for new and vibrant bloggers for the following categories.

1. Super 14

2. Tri-Nations

3. Currie Cup

4. Six Nations

5. IRB 7′s

6. IRB World Cup

If you’re interested in covering one of those categories please visit this:

http://rugbyshout.com/announcements/rugby-writers-needed/

Yes, it’s the day of sharing! If you would like to create your own WordPress drop-down menu and do a easy setup with the help of a plugin, then you’ve found the right post.

I would like to introduce Pixopoint Dropdown Menu CSS Generator and Multi-level Navigation Plugin.

To setup your new menu follow these easy steps:

1. Install and Activate the Multi-level Navigation Plugin.

2. Create your new menu with the Pixopoint Dropdown Menu CSS Generator.

3. Visit the plugin in your WordPress admin interface, click on the “Appearance” tab, copy the code generated by Step 2 in the space where it says, “Enter the CSS for your main menu here”. Click “Update Options”.

4. Now you return to the “Home” tab and copy the code which looks like this :

<.. ?php if (function_exists(‘pixopoint_menu’)) {pixopoint_menu();} ? .. >

(Here comes the tricky part… for beginners.)

5.  In the WordPress Admin Interface Find and Click “Editor” and then “Header” (header.php).

6. Find the line which looks something like this :

<…?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&depth=1&include=’ . get_option(‘ts_nav_pages’)); ?..> and replace it with the code in Step 4.

The easiest option would just be to search for “wp_list_pages” in your header code.

That should about do it. You will find examples at www.pixopoint.com

Many of you out there would like to personalize your products, websites and more with your own logo. Unfortunately for many of us it’s just not that affordable. It’s true, this post does sound like a promotion, but I’m just having a good day.

If you would like to design your own logo’s and don’t have a lot of money and little experience I would recommend using AAA Logo. Below is some examples of a few logo’s I did in about 10 minutes. The software comes with pre-designed logo’s which you can just edit to suit your needs.

If you would like to use any of these images, which I doubt, because they’re branded, just drop me a comment. I can also put up the aaa logo files, which you can then edit. If you’ve made anything nice with AAA logo, please show us.

Extra : I’ve already recieved a request for a custom logo. If you would like a logo designed with AAA logo the cost will be about 20$. Please use the contact page to get in contact with me.

These are just some of the resources I follow regarding the development and release of WordPress 3.0 or “Multisite”.

1.  WordPress Multisite Settings : Two screenshots of the WordPress Multisite Settings.

2.  WordPress.org Roadmap – Current planned releases, and links to their respective milestones.

3. WordPress 3.0 – A deeper look at the WordPress 3.0 Code.

If you have anymore links for me please let me know.

Nicely organized, clean and efficient, fully widgetized free BuddyPress theme.

Detox BuddyPress Theme with a fluid three column outfit, all sidebars as well as the footer are fully widgetized, so it’s easy to update the frontpage.

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Built of the Top Gear style Speed WordPress theme. Theme is dark and busy, with a featured post section.

TopGear style for a BuddyPress powered site with the Speed WordPress Theme theme, featuring a three column fluid layout with a magazine style, header changer is built in and shows on each page load a different background in the header area. -FreeBPthemes.com

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