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WPML 1.7.8, RC1

May 28th, 2010 by Amir

We’re ready with a new version of WPML, but just for brave testers. This new release adds support for WordPress custom post types. Until now, you could have pages, posts, tags and categories. And that’s it. Anything else would be a hack using custom fields. WordPress 3.0 opens great possibilities for using as a content [...]

Testing on WordPress 3.0

May 27th, 2010 by Amir

Following the good experience we had with WordPress 3.o, it looks like it’s time to start thinking about upgrading. But, with great power comes great responsibility. WordPress 3.0 is a major change from previous versions. True, it uses the same tables, but a lot of the API has changed. This can cause existing plugins and [...]

Custom Types in WordPress 3 Simplified Our Site

May 25th, 2010 by Amir

Using custom post types and custom taxonomies, we were able to turn icanlocalize.com from a big mess into an elegant website, that’s easy to maintain and translate. It was really fun building icanlocalize.com using WordPress. The visual editor and media management make it easy to get contents online quickly. But, like many newly weds, after [...]

What do you think about WPML and WP3.0 Multisite?

May 11th, 2010 by Amir

One of the most exciting new features in WordPress 3.0 is the core support for multisite. We’re not using MultiSite for real, so we’re asking your opinion before we get started. Are you using WordPress MU right now? If so, what for? Already tried the MultiSite feature in WP3.0? Is it working for you? To [...]

WPML 1.7.7

May 4th, 2010 by Amir

WPML 1.7.7 is another major step towards full support for new WordPress 3.0 features. In this step, we’ve added translation for custom taxonomies. Custom taxonomies have been in WordPress for a while, but weren’t a very popular feature. Sure, some pretty advanced folks used them from the beginning, but it wasn’t a very easy feature [...]