Previously I had written about the changes in 2.8 which is do to go live next week on the 10th (always subject to change ;) ). The big things was the ability to add themes but I missed another big change in the widgets.

This is a great change for those that use mult sidebar themes like Flexibility that I use here.

It used to be a real pain to set the widgets for each sidebar. You had to choose each one separately then add what you wanted and save. It was tough to remember (at least for old bald guys) which item I had placed on which sidebar when you have 4 choices.

Now you can see all of them at once and drag and drop to the appropriate area. This old bald guy is loving this feature.

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The other thing they have added here that is nice is the ability to keep inactive widgets.

Let me explain. You set up an opt in box for a specific product, do all the html and graphics and want to try a different one. Before you would lose all the html unless you copied it saved it on your computer then could remember where you saved it.

Now you drag that text widget to the inactive area and it saves all the original information there. No need to copy and paste and no need to remember where you saved it or take the time to recreate it.

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So you can save all your settings you have edited on any widget while testing other items.

Looking forward to the release of 2.8 on Wednesday.

Mike Paetzold

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