You can get more information about the theme & download TumblBlog A Free WordPress Tumblr Theme for FREE.

WordPress 3.3.2 is available now and is a security update for all previous versions.

Three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates:

• Plupload (version 1.5.4), which WordPress uses for uploading media.
• SWFUpload, which WordPress previously used for uploading media, and may still be in use by plugins.
• SWFObject, which WordPress previously used to embed Flash content, and may still be in use by plugins and themes.

WordPress 3.3.2 also addresses:

• Limited privilege escalation where a site administrator could deactivate network-wide plugins when running a WordPress network under particular circumstances, disclosed by Jon Cave of the WordPress core security team, and Adam Backstrom.
• Cross-site scripting vulnerability when making URLs clickable, by Jon Cave.
• Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in redirects after posting comments in older browsers, and when filtering URLs. Thanks to Mauro Gentile for responsibly disclosing these issues to the security team.

I am currently running the BETA version of this theme on my own blog which you can check out Here.

You can get more information about the theme & download TumblBlog A Free WordPress Tumblr Theme for FREE.

Tumblblog is a wordpress tumblr like theme that allows you to post content to your wordpress blog using the wordpress post format function, tumblog does not use plugins to achieve tumblr link functionality.

One of the main goals with TumblBlog was that we wanted your posted content to remain visible on your site if you ever decided to move away from the TumblBlog theme. After studying other available implementations of tumblr style themes for wordpress this isnt always the case.

Some of the available tumblr themes / plugins use a lot of wordpress custom fields to store you content like Quotes, Links, Images, Audio etc if you then decided to change themes in the future this would require a fair amount of wordpress knowledge and custom coding to get your old content to display in your new theme.

By using wordpress post formats this situation shouldnt arise with TumblBlog and you content will still be displayed with a different theme.

We will go into more details with the theme features when it is closer to release so for now here is a little sneak peek at the theme running the default theme with some custom widgets enabled.

TumblBlog Homepage Screenshot

As always all feedback is welcomed in the comments section.

The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard.

WordPress has had over 65 million downloads since version 3.0 was released, and in this third major iteration we’ve added significant polish around the new user experience, navigation, uploading, and imports. Check out this short video that summarizes the things we think you’ll find are the cat’s pajamas:

Download: WordPress v3.3

VisualNews is a theme we developed to give your wordpress site a professional news website feel whil still being relatively light on server resources as standard. The codebase is also easy for even beginners to understand and edit with the minimum of fuss. Coded to wordpress theme standards and checked with the wordpress Theme Checker tool set (The same tool set wordpress.org uses to scan submitted themes to their website) you can be safe in the knowledge that VisualNews is a robust and secure theme will all its code being 3.3 ready. In fact the demo is running v3.3 of wordpress right now.

Some VisualNews Features

• Configurable FaceBook Like and Google+ Button In Header
• Use of Google Custom Search Integrated
• Integrated Widget Advertising Positions (You could use WordPress Adrotate Plugin)
• Latest, Top Rated, Most Read and Most Discussed Sections
• Feedburner Email Subscription Integration
• Widgetized Footer Section
• Custom Latest, Most Discussed, Most Read Sidebar & Recent Comments Widgets
• Facebook Like, Twitter, Google Plus and AddThis Share Button Integration on Article Pages
• GD Star Rating Plugin Integration (Thumb Rating Only)
• WordPress SEO by Yoast Plugin Integration
• WP Post Views Plugin Integration
• Simple Theme Options Panel
• Four Colour Schemes, Blue, Red, Orange & Green

All of the VisualNews article images are created by the wordpress internal image function so no resizing is necessary when uploading images to articles you post, this also means no custom fields are used for any of the sites images making posting articles a much quicker task.

We though in todays fast paced news environment that sometimes you may only want to summarise or share you opinion on a news story sourced from another site, VisualNews allows you to add if you wish the URL of the news source when creating a post / article. The full post url will automatically be shortened to only display the source sites main domain name, this links however to the sources original article page. Although the intention of this feature if for referencing external news sources it could also be used for any type of link affiliate, download etc.

With the use of some plugins the theme can also display a Most Read section (calculated by total number of post views) and a Top Rated section (calculated by total number of votes). It displays Latest and Most Discussed without the use of plugins.

Advertising is provided via dynamic widget sections within the theme, we recommend the use of the Adrotate plugin for wordpress as you can really control your advertising and create advertising groups that rotate adverts. Once you have created you advert groups in the correct size you can insert them easily into the theme via Adrotate widgets. To achieve the best effect with your adverts groups should ideally have more than one advert banner so they rotate several, this works great especially for the Grid Layout 728×90 advert positions.

Custom widgets included within the theme are the Latest Articles Widget, Most Read Articles Widget, Most Discussed Articles Widget & Recent Comments Widget.

Available Advert Sizes and Positions

• Header 728×90 Banner
• Grid Layout 728×90 Banner
• Grid Layout 234×90 Banner
• Single Post 486×60 Banner

Screenshot Of VisualNews Homepage

Screenshot Of VisualNews Article Page

As the first release candidate was well-received, we think we’re really close to a final release. Primarily, we’ve ensured that new toolbar (the admin bar in 3.2) has a consistent appearance across all browsers, and the API for developers is now final. You can check our bug tracker for the complete list of changes.

Plugin and theme authors, please test your plugins and themes now, so that if there is a compatibility issue, we can figure it out before the final release. On our development blog, we’ve published a number of posts that explain important things you need to know as you prepare for WordPress 3.3.

If you haven’t tested WordPress 3.3 yet, now is the time — please though, not on your live site unless you’re adventurous. Once you install RC2, you can visit About WordPress page (hover over the WordPress logo in the top left) to see an overview of what’s to come in WordPress 3.3 (and what to test, of course).

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. Or, if you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac. Known issues that crop up will be listed here.

Download: WordPress v3.3 Release Candidate 2