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Menubar version 3.2 is available. This new version offers more and better options to order your menu items, when you first create a new item and when you edit an existing one.

In version 3.1 when adding a new menu item you could just choose the Parent item, and then you could move the newly added item up and down, but only within its own submenu. No other reordering option was available.

Now in version 3.2 you can add a new item before, after, or as a child of any other item. The Edit Menu Item form offers the same choice, so you can effortlessly move whole submenus around without limitations.

If you are upgrading from version 3.1 you can safely run the automatic upgrade procedure without losing your template customizations; otherwise you need to use the manual upgrade procedure detailed in the WP Menubar documentation.

If you wish to share a new Menubar template you have written, or a new stylesheet for an existing template, now you can!

Just send me your template or stylesheet, and I’ll include it in the WP Menubar demo site and in the Download page, with proper credits of course!

The first template contributor is Wolly, who kindly shares sf-grey.css, the stylesheet for Suckerfish he wrote for his own site.

The sf-grey.css stylesheet employs a background image that creates two different shades of grey on alternate menu items. Thank you Wolly!

Yesterday I updated Menubar to version 3.1. The only change is the location of the template folders, so your template customizations won’t be overwritten by the next automatic upgrade procedure.

This last time the automatic upgrade procedure *will* overwrite the template folders so, before upgrading, you have to create a new menubar-templates folder in wp-content/plugins and move the template folders (Basic, Suckerfish and others if any) from wp-content/plugins/menubar to
wp-content/plugins/menubar-templates.

As usual, you’ll find all the details in WP Menubar documentation or in the WordPress Plugin Directory.

Today for the first time I posted Menubar 3.0 on the WordPress Plugin Directory, and the community response so far has been very encouraging.

Now, if you are still using an older Menubar version, the Plugins page of your WordPress blog will kindly remind you:

“There is a new version of Menubar available. View version 3.0 Details or upgrade automatically.”

But wait! The automatic upgrade overwrites the previous plugin version so, before upgrading, you are advised to backup the whole wp-content/plugins/menubar folder. This way you’ll be able to recover your customized menu templates or any other file you might have modified.

Happy Menubar 3.0 automatic upgrade!

Note: on some servers the automatic install or upgrade procedures might not work properly; if that’s your case, just perform a manual install or upgrade procedure, see the WP Menubar documentation.

SkyBlueCanvas is a lightweight CMS developed by Scott Lewis and released as open source in March, 2008.

SkyBlueCanvas is designed to be easy to use, and is intended for small web sites with relatively simple requirements. That means sites with about one hundred pages, two or three page layouts, and typically a non-technical site administrator.

The software core is extensible with modules, plugins and even Google gadgets, and offers a skin system to customize the site presentation.

What’s missing? Well, given the target audience, SkyBlueCanvas doesn’t require a database, and doesn’t provide user management and content hierarchies like Sections or Categories.

SkyBlueCanvas is a PHP application, and is licensed under the GNU General Publc License 3.0. A service package for business owners including site setup and design is also available from the Developer.