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Looks like WordPress guys dont sleep. Just barely 3 months after the WordPress 3.1 release, another version of WordPress i.e 3.2 is about to be released shortly with a whole lot of bug fixes, performance improvements and new features. WordPress 3.2 beta is released today for testing and is available for download.

The major addition is this release are a new default theme and full screen Editor. Aprt from these two major additions, here’s what that has changed: (Via WordPress News)

  • Performance improvements like you wouldn’t believe. What’s that mean? Things are faster!
  • Distraction-free Writing. The visual editor’s full-screen composing experience has gotten a major overhaul, and is now available from HTML mode, too. More than ever, WordPress allows you to focus on what matters most — your content.
  • Admin UI Refresh. The last major redesign of the WordPress admin was in 2008. This isn’t a major redesign, just a little facelift to keep us feeling young. WordPress turns 8 later this month, you know.
  • New Default Theme. Introducing Twenty Eleven, based on the popular Duster theme. Rotating header images, post format support, and more.
  • Browse Happy. WordPress is made to work with modern browsers. If you visit your Dashboard using an outdated web browser, we’ll let you know there’s a newer version available.
  • Admin Bar. We’ve added more links to the admin bar to make it even more useful.

As it is with any beta releases, you should not install it on any of your running websites. Just wait for the final wordpress 3.2 version to come out.

The new theme comes with loads of options including two versions of theme, a light version and a dark version. You can change logo, adjust header, layout and a bit more.

You can Download WordPress 3.2 Beta 1 here.

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Illacrimo theme orignally released by lifespy and designed by designdisease  is a three column theme. I liked this theme and used this theme for long time for my other blog Avinashtech before i switched to thesis theme.

As i was using it on my blog, i did some customizations to the theme to suit my needs. One of the main modification was to increase the width of the post column by merging it with the date column of the original theme.

Here’s what was said with its release on lifespy.

We have a great three column theme for you called Illacrimo. Created by Design Disease, and released here on LifeSpy. It is the third free theme that Bloggy Network has released. Illacrimo has a strong color set, that should appeal to many, and works well with the plugins we have included in the download file, or without.

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