Posted: Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 12:25 am. Filed in Administration, Dashboard, New Features.
Drag & Drop Media Uploader & Flyout Dashboard Menus
We’re excited to share some new features that will make it even faster to create content on your WordPress.com site.
Drag & Drop Uploads
The media uploader now supports drag and drop!
You’ll be able to use the new drag and drop media uploader wherever you need to upload your media files – while writing a Post or Page, or directly in the Media Library. In fact while you’re creating a post, you’ll notice now there’s just one icon to represent all of the different media files you’ll upload called “Add Media“:
After you’ve clicked that, find those image/music/video/other files you need on your computer, drag them over and drop them into the WordPress interface, and watch the magic happen! Learn more about adding images and video with step-by-step tips on Learn.WordPress.com.
Flyout Dashboard Menus
We want you to spend the most time creating content as possible, and that’s why new flyout menus have been introduced. They’ll save you time by allowing you to access any of the dashboard menu items from wherever you are, in just one click!
Simply hover over the menu item and the submenu will fly out, allowing you to navigate directly to Add a New Post right after you activated your new theme, or Invite Users right after you finished moderating comments.
More Room for Content Creation
There’s something else you might have noticed. Your blog title is no longer at the top of the dashboard.
Since clicking on your site’s name in the toolbar will take you to your site’s front page, we reclaimed that space back so you have even more room for editing your content.
So to get to your site’s front page, just click on your site title in the toolbar!
We’re looking forward to the extra content you’ll be able to create with the time you’re saving. Happy Blogging!
For WordPress.org users, these features will be coming to you soon in the upcoming version 3.3.
November 23rd, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Being that I’m always uploading photos….quite simply this is awesome. Thank You!
November 24th, 2011 at 5:05 am
Great news!
November 24th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Thank God for drag and drop! I’m loving it!
November 25th, 2011 at 6:01 am
The “Flyout Dashboard Menus” is best of these updates. Thanks for that one.
November 27th, 2011 at 12:31 am
Awesome the new menu… but as Ciccio said I’m having problem embedding video from Youtube too… I had to use the shortcode (and it is not pratical since I’ll never remember it) and, at the end ask help from a reader of mine. In the Add Media, when you select “From Url” it doesn’t appear anymore “Embedd it in the post” (in Italian – inserisci video nel post)…
Hope the problem will diseappear soon…
November 29th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
That should be working. Can you please contact support with details about the exact steps you’re taking to try to add a video? Also, note that if you place a YouTube video on a line by itself, it should turn into an embedded video automatically which is a much easier way to embed YouTube videos. Give that a try!
November 27th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Is wordpress 3.3 coming out next month. Hopefully, it is.
November 29th, 2011 at 10:02 am
That’s the plan.