Hey, here is the news for you. Wordpress 2.9 is now released, with a lot of new features and enhancements, that is going to make our (and yours’ too) life lot easier.

And of course, it’s not a major release, but there are some of the cool things about the new Wordpress. Have a look at this video:

The coolest new stuff from a user point of view is:

1. Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are you sure” messages we used to have on every delete.
2. Built-in image editor allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images to show them who’s boss.
3. Batch plugin update and compatibility checking, which means you can update 10 plugins at once, versus having to do multiple clicks for each one. Moreover new wordpress now get automatic updates about compatibility ratings rights from its database, so you don’t need to go to Plugin page to check it.This should take the fear and hassle out of upgrading.
4. Easier video embeds that allow you to just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv (and more is planned in the next release).

2.9 provides the smoothest ride yet because of a number of improvements under the hood and more subtle improvements you’ll begin to appreciate once you’ve been around the block a few times. Here’s just a sampling:

• It have rel=canonical support for better SEO.
• There is automatic database optimization support, which you can enable in your wp-config.php file by adding define('WP_ALLOW_REPAIR', true);.
• Themes can register “post thumbnails” which allow them to attach an image to the post, especially useful for magazine-style themes.
• A new commentmeta table that allows arbitrary key/value pairs to be attached to comments, just like posts, so you can now expand greatly what you can do in the comment framework.
• Custom post types have been upgraded with better API support so you can juggle more types than just post, page, and attachment.
• You can set custom theme directories, so a plugin can register a theme to be bundled with it or you can have multiple shared theme directories on your server.
• Upgraded TinyMCE WYSIWYG editing and Simplepie.
• Sidebars can now have descriptions so it’s more obvious what and where they do what they do.
• Specify category templates not just by ID, like before, but by slug, which will make it easier for theme developers to do custom things with categories — like post types!
• Registration and profiles are now extensible to allow you to collect things more easily, like a user’s Twitter account or any other fields you can imagine.
• The XML-RPC API has been extended to allow changing the user registration option. We fixed some Atom API attachment issues.
• Create custom galleries with the new include and exclude attributes that allow you to pull attachments from any post, not just the current one.
• When you’re editing files in the theme and plugin editors it remembers your location and takes you back to that line after you save. (Thank goodness!!!)
• The Press This bookmarklet has been improved and is faster than ever; give it a try for on-the-fly blogging from wherever you are on the internet.
• Custom taxonomies are now included in the WXR export file and imported correctly.
• Better hooks and filters for excerpts, smilies, HTTP requests, user profiles, author links, taxonomies, SSL support, tag clouds, query_posts and WP_Query

So what are you waiting for, click here to download Wordpress 2.9, the latest stuff in web world.

When it comes to Wordpress, everybody loves it, like we do.

Not only theme developers, but user interface designers, web developers, blogger, and most important, clients who use it, loves it.

Want to know why? Here is the answer.

YouTube had revolutionized the way videos are being posted, shared & viewed on web. And Wordpress has revolutionized the web when Blog is concerned.

We delivered lot of sites built on Wordpress. As most of you know, Wordpress is not only blogging platform, but it can be used as powerful yet simple CMS (Content Management System). Its not a rare to find Videos on lot of sites now-a-days. And lot of our clients asks us, how to post YouTube Video on their Wordpress Blog or Website using Wordpress as CMS.

Of course, YouTube video can be posted easily on any webpage using YouTube video’s embedded code. That’s why YouTube is so popular.

But not everybody is expert enough to turn editor to HTML mode to do that. Moreover, its little difficult for average website owner to work in HTML mode.Here is the easy way, using which you can post YouTube video on your Wordpress powered Website. You can add it to Pages too.

Turn on the extra WYSIWYG editor icons using this button, on Post/Page. If you’re using Wordpress 2.8 or above, you can turn it one using Alt + Shift + Z shortcut.

Use this button to reveal extra buttons of Wordpress WYSIWYG Editor

Click on this button will reveal extra icons. Click on following Button to add embedded media.

Click on Add Embedded Media Button

This will open, a fancy dialogue box to add embedded media. Select File Type as Flash, and add URL of YouTube Video. And click on Insert.

Bingo!!!

That’s all you need to do.

Question: How to make html div transparent or semi-transparent using simple CSS?

Wouldn’t be it nice, if you can make html div or span transparent or semi-transparent? Here is the simple CSS tricks which do just that. Moreover it is cross browser compliant.

Use following CSS to give DIV transparency

.transparent
{
   filter:alpha(opacity=60);
   -moz-opacity: 0.6;
   opacity: 0.6;
}

You now need to just call this class like..

<div class="transparent">A transparent div.</div>

This will make your div transparent or semi-transparent as you wish.

Internet Explorer uses filter and firefox uses moz-opacity. The opacity value changes from 0 to 1.

The CSS box model lies behind everything you do in CSS. Every element is defined by a rectangular box that encloses that element. Understanding how the box model works is a key to understanding CSS and having greater control over your layout and presentation.

Read CSS Box Model: The Foundation For Improving Your CSS, a superb article by Steven at InstantShift.

Finding a right domain is one of the first step to create successful website. Here are the few of the free tools you can use to find great domains.

Domainr

Put a word, and it will tell you all possible combination choices available to you, and tell you whether they are available to you or not. Moreover, I like its features of searching possible combination of tlds, sub-domains and directory with domain names you put which resembles to the domain name you searched.

Domize

Domize is a domain name search engine that begins looking up the availability of a domain name as soon as you start typing it. Domize provides a secure and private environment to search for your next domain name. It saves your time searching for great domain name.

dnScoop

If you’re looking for selling or valuing your existing domain name. Or you’re looking for buying existing domain name. This tool can help you estimate its value based on its popularity, traffic, and back-links the domain is having.

AjaxWhois

Ajax powered domain & whois search tool. Saves your time, and helps you find domain hacks for your domain.

Domain Tools

Gives you a plenty of domain tools for domain. It also gives powerful domain suggestions, and lot of powerful domain tools you can use.

Dot-o-mator

Use Dot-o-mator to create domain name suggestions. Just enter a word in the left box, and choose some endings (or enter your own). Click to combine them. If you see a name you like, you can check its availability or save it to your scratchboard.

NameBoy

Enter a few keywords to find, register and back-order related available domain names.  NameBoy will generate domain names based on the keywords you enter, and you can register or back-order them right here!

"Domize is a domain name search engine that begins looking up the availability of a domain name as soon as you start typing it. Domize provides a secure and private environment to search for your next domain name.