Wordpress 2.7 Preview
On my dev box I upgrade via subversion every night to the latest version. Its what is called “bleeding edge” and not considered stable (or even beta for that matter) but I love to dink around with what is coming.
It should be noted wordpress 2.7 is scheduled for release on November 10th (more then 2 months from now) and I suspect these things will drastically change.
There was a lot of speculation of new things coming in wordpress 2.7. Threaded comments, subscribed comments and lots of other interesting things have been thrown around.
2 things have been implemented that got my attention.
The new dashboard is super slick.
I really love the new design. 99% of the time when I log in its to make a new post and the new dashboard has plenty of options to do that.
Another new feature that got my attention was the “inbox”.
Not much is known about this new inbox system but it looks like it could be a message system of some sort between bloggers.
I will let you know as I see new features implemented in the bleeding edge.
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I’ve been messing with WP 2.7 trunk and so far I think where they are headed with it
On one hand I’m glad to see subscribe to posts and threaded comments integrated into the base install, both are great features that shouldn’t be just plugins.
Agreed, they should be options that come with the default install. Along with contact.
What a big improvement over the predecessor. This will make my wordpress experience a little bit more different from now on. Nice work Wordpress Team. Also nice post from Mr.Shoemoney!!
I’m using Wordpress2.6 for my website that name Mobile Reviews
And I’m waiting for 2.7
Looks really slick - can’t wait!
Good to see the threaded comments are back!
I agree. I was very uncomfortable to communicate without this pieces. -(((((((((
I feel the same…with threaded comments it’s much more easy to follow the discussion.
Wow, cool!.. I cant wait for this one….
Threaded comments - who needs it ?!
We do, great for singling out comments…….
was question was ironic, right ? Because I don’t see a solid reason not to use threaded comments.
really excited to see this in action in our dev environment. curious about the inbox addition.
Yay we can reply to comments again!
The “new post” button does look useful indeed. As you said: most of the time you login, it’s because you want to write a post.
Looks nice - I like the upgrades, I just hate having to go through the update process every month
The inbox feature looks good
then you should really check this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/
It will make your life easier.
Didn’t some people have a problem with that mucking up the upgrade?
I seem to remember seeing something about that plugin mucking up on the wordpress forums…
Looking forward to enjoy WP 2.7, thanks for the sreenshot!
This looks cool.
concerning your 2nd point - “inbox”:
I guess the WP-guys are trying to bring the first features of BuddyPress (Social Networking) into wordpress. but that’s just my thinking.
That’s a pretty good guess I’d say. With social networks being extremely successful, it would be a smart move to integrate this sort of functionality directly into wordpress instead of relying on third party services.
I wonder how much are they going to add to it and when is it going to stop. I know that from a business point of view, they just need to go on but come on, how much to add to it?
New design looks really cool. But Wordpress itself is just awesome. I’ll never regret moving my blog to Wordpress.
Sly
why? wheres your blog before?
Wonderful… Wordpress keeps getting better and better…
They need to start adding some real features though… Other than 2.5 most of their updates have been minor improvements and bug fixes.
Looking forward to use it soon, we are wordpress fans.
Doesn’t look too bad, although like you said, it is still 2 months before they even release it.
I’m sure a lot of things are going to change with it before then, some for the better or maybe some for the worst.
I hope that changes will be aimed for the better. Wordpress forever!
this looks nice and i appreciate you beta testing.
when it comes to finding bugs
better you than me
have you noticed any plugin or other issues yet?
thanks and take care,
Bry
I love wordpress- I use it for all my websites.
This looks like an interesting development.. inbox feature now what’s that.. am all excited now!
Hmm… Maybe I should get an hands-on experience with it. The screenshots definitely look good and the threaded comments feature is something that I’m really looking forward to, because I always prefer built-ins to plugins.
Can say Im a fan of the new WordPress admin theme…. Its better than the old one but I thought I would see something slicker/
That inbox feature is news to me as well. I’ll also be doing a WordPress 2.7 preview as well this weekend to highlight all sorts of changes that may be coming down the pike.
It seems pretty logical. For sure bloggers should be able to exchange messages if there are multiple on one blog. However, I would think that even comment notices would come here as well.
So you saying that Threaded comments is coming in with the 2.7 version?
What if we don’t need it?
Btw the dashboard panel looks superb and sleek!
Even though threaded comments was rumored to be included in 2.7 it is still not in any form. If I had to guess I would say it is not going to be included in 2.7.
Then its good and cool. And the other options too, should be optional as everyone would not like them.
Any threaded comments functionality will come in the form of an API, and it’ll have to be added to your theme.
which threaded comments plugin is this? it’s integrated quite well though the textarea doesn’t wrap to fit the smaller “reply” box (not a big deal though)
it’s wp thread comment 1.4.7.8. (looked in the source). here is the link to the plugin’s page: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-thread-comment/
I like my system if comments much better… Allows for reply commenting and its not cluttered.
Wow. Very slick. I had a problem when I went to 2.6. It didn’t play nicely with my database. Did you run into that when you went from 2.5 to 2.6? And/or did that seem to go away after 2.6.1?
Thanks for sharing. See you at Blog World Expo?
Hi Chris-
everything is good so far. I wont be at blogworld doing izeafest instead (I am keynote speaking)
EDIT - I will be at blogworld now!
is this a plugin or v2.7 beta ?
How you got that wp panel and these threaded comments before the release ?
shoe is using wp thread comment 1.4.7.8 plugin for threaded comments
Shoe, how’d you pick Izeafest over Blogworld?
This comment plugin is hiding the text when I am typing right now !!
I have never gave a keynote speech before. It will be good experience for me. Blogworld I am sure will be a blast it was one of my favorite conference last year