WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 2

December 10th, 2008

WordPress 2.7 RC2 is now available for download.

WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1 Is Available

December 2nd, 2008

WordPress 2.7 RC1 is available for the general public. Go get it.

Want To Know How To Build A WordPress Theme?

November 11th, 2008

I was digging through digg.com this morning and found an excellent article from designreviver.com titled “How I Learned To Build Wordpress Themes“. It provides many sources of information including programs, tutorials, color swatches and more. Definitely a great source of information whether you want to build your own theme or start building themes for other people.

WordPress 2.7 beta 2

November 7th, 2008

OK people we are getting really close to a final release of Wordpress 2.7. WordPress 2.7 beta 2 is now available for download. Here’s a  list of changes since 2.7 beta 1:

  • The Upload button didn’t always show. Fixed.
  • JS on the Dashboard broke for blogs with no comments, causing several UI elements to “freeze”. Fixed.
  • Recent Drafts Dashboard module didn’t show correct times. Fixed.
  • Various Autosave fixes.
  • Redirect after deleting a page from the editor went back to the deleted page. Fixed.
  • Fixed loading of translations for default TinyMCE plugins.
  • Added avatars to the edit users list.
  • Added some missing translations.
  • Fixed some validation errors.
  • Fixed some PHP warnings and notices.
  • Handle inconsistent file permissions during auto upgrade
  • Change Publish box layout to better accommodate internationalized text
  • Fix quick editing of the last page in the Edit Pages list
  • Fix Screen Options for IE
  • Fixes for choose tag from tag cloud
  • Rewrite rules fixes for certain hosts
  • Don’t check for updates on every page load
  • Easier post box dropping
  • Preview fixes
  • RTL fixes
  • Fixed broken wp-mail
  • Plugin update and install fixes
  • First draft of contextual help tab

Which Blogging Platform Do You Use?

November 5th, 2008

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