Turbocharged

Yes, it’s that time again: this is the official announcement of the latest Turbocharged release. There are lots of improvements in this release, and the single most important one is WordPress 2.1.3 compatibility. There’s also a new set of Turbocharged editions, for those of you who are price-conscious.

Curious yet? Keep reading.

New editions of Turbocharged

Effective now, there are two new editions of Turbocharged:

1. The starter kit. It’s the exact same software, but it does not come with support or warranty. If you feel you don’t need the support, this is the edition for you. As always, support is available for a fee.
2. The lite edition. Again, same software, and one support option. Still a bargain, should you need support.

Coupled with the regular professional edition (which includes three preferential support options), you no longer have an excuse not to buy Turbocharged.

Important information for upgraders

This Turbocharged release contains a great deal of changes. For instance, many core WordPress files got changed in the course of the new WordPress release. The same can be said about all the bundled enhancements.

This has one big, important consequence: you must upgrade carefully. Simply uploading the new files and replacing the old ones won’t cut it. You need to remove all old files before uploading the new ones; that will help you avoid lingering stale/old files, which could cause WordPress to malfunction. Oh, and don’t forget to back up any files you’ve changed.

By the way, if you feel the need for help, we’re available to help you upgrade, for a small fee.

OK, now that I’ve got that off my chest, let’s review the improvements.

What’s new in the Turbocharged engine (WordPress)

Straight from the WordPress announcement page for version 2.1, here’s the list of changes in WordPress itself. You, as a Turbocharged customer, automatically benefit from these enhancements:

• Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
• Our new tabbed editor allows you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly while writing a post.
• The lossless XML import and export makes it easy for you to move your content between WordPress blogs.
• Our completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.
• New search engine privacy option allows you to indicate that your blog shouldn’t ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.
• You can set any “page” to be the front page of your site, and put the latest posts somewhere else, making it much easier to use WordPress as a content management system.
• Much more efficient database code, faster than previous versions. Domas Mituzas (http://dammit.lt/) from MySQL went over all our queries with a fine-toothed comb.
• Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
• Redesigned login screen from the Shuttle project.
• More AJAX to make custom fields, moderation, deletions, and more all faster. My favorite is the comments page, which now lets you approve or unapprove things instantly.
• Pages can now be drafts, or private.
• WordPress Administration Panels have been refreshed to load faster and be more visually consistent.
• The dashboard now loads instantly and brings in RSS feeds asynchronously in the background.
• Comment feeds now include all the comments, not just the last 10.
• Better internationalization and support for right-to-left languages.
• The upload manager lets you easily manage all your uploads pictures, video, and audio.
• A new version of the Akismet plugin is bundled.

But what about the Turbocharged enhancements?

It’s all roses and pie. OK, modesty aside, there’s a fair bit of top-notch engineering as well. Here’s the itemized change list:

Version 2.3.0:

• StatTraq updated to 1.1
• About me widget updated to 0.98
• The authorized users plugin was replaced by Angsuman’s Authenticated WordPress
• The obsolete Adhesive was removed
• Ad rotator was upgraded to 1.0.1
• AdSense Injection upgraded to 2.0
• Antileech upgraded to 1.8
• The 1 Pixel Out audio player was upgraded to 1.2.3
• Category tagging upgraded to 2.3, and the Category cloud widget, version 1.2 was included
• Custom query string was removed
• Delicious Bookmark This! was upgraded to version 1.2
• Fold category list was upgraded to 1.12
• Fold page list was upgraded to 1.74
• The obsolete Google Analyticator plugin was upgraded to 1.51
• Google Analytics was upgraded to 0.68
• In-series was removed
• A new plugin called Log 404 was included
• Markdown was upgraded to 1.1.2
• Feedburner feed replacement was upgraded to 2.2
• Optimal title was upgraded to 3.0
• Recent comments went up to 1.18
• Redirectify went to 1.2
• The obsolete Redirect old slugs plugin was removed
• Search comments was also obsolete, so it got killed
• Search meter makes an appearance, dressed as 2.1
• Sideblog was updated - it now sports the 3.7 version number
• SIOC metadata generator went up to 1.23
• Subscribe to comments is now 2.1
• The obsolete theme switcher was removed
• Write post find, obsolete, was also removed
• XFish Meta was replaced by Another WordPress meta plugin
• The Anarchy media player contains significant improvements in its’ 2.0 Beta version
• AutoMeta went up to 0.9
• Bad Behavior went up to 2.0.10
• Cache flush was removed
• Image Manager went up to 2.4.1
• The IM Online plugin went up to 4.1
• Inline AJAX Page is now used instead of Inline AJAX More
• The Microsummary generator plugin is included
• The Role manager saw a minor change, 1.4.5 is the new version number
• Share This was also updated to 1.4
• Flickr Photo Gallery replaces the old Flickr widget
• Sociable went up to 2.0
• Tiger Admin is now 3.0
• WP Cache is now 2.1.1
• The WordPress Gallery2 plugin is in version 2.10 now
• All the Lightbox and Thickbox scripts were updated
• Search and replace was also removed

So, what’s next?

Yes, if you’re a customer, you may upgrade immediately. In fact, I seriously emphasize the importance of upgrading now, because there are several security fixes in this release. So, download the bundled edition or the standalone enhancement package.

Oh, and if you’re not a customer, we’re expecting you to join our customer list soon!

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