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.
August 26, 2008 at 12:34 am
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?
August 26, 2008 at 1:43 am
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!
August 26, 2008 at 4:14 am
is this a plugin or v2.7 beta ?
How you got that wp panel and these threaded comments before the release ?
August 26, 2008 at 10:07 am
shoe is using wp thread comment 1.4.7.8 plugin for threaded comments
August 26, 2008 at 8:08 am
Shoe, how’d you pick Izeafest over Blogworld?
August 26, 2008 at 11:28 am
This comment plugin is hiding the text when I am typing right now !!
August 26, 2008 at 8:00 pm
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
August 26, 2008 at 12:36 am
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!
August 26, 2008 at 1:15 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 1:18 am
Then its good and cool. And the other options too, should be optional as everyone would not like them.
August 26, 2008 at 2:05 am
Any threaded comments functionality will come in the form of an API, and it’ll have to be added to your theme.
August 26, 2008 at 8:08 am
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)
August 26, 2008 at 10:05 am
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/
September 4, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I like my system if comments much better… Allows for reply commenting and its not cluttered.
August 26, 2008 at 12:36 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 6:34 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 12:53 am
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.
September 4, 2008 at 7:29 pm
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/
August 26, 2008 at 12:56 am
This looks like an interesting development.. inbox feature now what’s that.. am all excited now!
August 26, 2008 at 12:58 am
I love wordpress- I use it for all my websites.
August 26, 2008 at 1:03 am
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
August 26, 2008 at 1:04 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 7:58 am
I hope that changes will be aimed for the better. Wordpress forever!
August 26, 2008 at 1:05 am
Looking forward to use it soon, we are wordpress fans.
August 26, 2008 at 1:06 am
Wonderful… Wordpress keeps getting better and better…
September 4, 2008 at 7:28 pm
They need to start adding some real features though… Other than 2.5 most of their updates have been minor improvements and bug fixes.
August 26, 2008 at 1:08 am
New design looks really cool. But Wordpress itself is just awesome. I’ll never regret moving my blog to Wordpress.
Sly
August 26, 2008 at 6:47 am
why? wheres your blog before?
August 26, 2008 at 1:32 am
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?
August 26, 2008 at 1:33 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 3:40 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 2:21 am
This looks cool.
August 26, 2008 at 2:28 am
Looking forward to enjoy WP 2.7, thanks for the sreenshot!
August 26, 2008 at 2:49 am
Looks nice – I like the upgrades, I just hate having to go through the update process every month
The inbox feature looks good
August 26, 2008 at 10:02 am
then you should really check this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/
It will make your life easier.
August 26, 2008 at 11:47 am
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…
August 26, 2008 at 3:03 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 3:12 am
really excited to see this in action in our dev environment. curious about the inbox addition.
August 26, 2008 at 5:21 am
Threaded comments – who needs it ?!
August 26, 2008 at 5:58 am
We do, great for singling out comments…….
August 26, 2008 at 9:59 am
was question was ironic, right ? Because I don’t see a solid reason not to use threaded comments.
August 26, 2008 at 6:46 am
Wow, cool!.. I cant wait for this one….
August 26, 2008 at 7:07 am
Looks really slick – can’t wait!
August 26, 2008 at 7:18 am
Good to see the threaded comments are back!
August 26, 2008 at 7:54 am
I agree. I was very uncomfortable to communicate without this pieces. -(((((((((
August 26, 2008 at 9:57 am
I feel the same…with threaded comments it’s much more easy to follow the discussion.
August 26, 2008 at 7:18 am
I’m using Wordpress2.6 for my website that name Mobile Reviews
And I’m waiting for 2.7
August 26, 2008 at 7:26 am
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!!
August 26, 2008 at 8:07 am
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.
August 26, 2008 at 8:48 am
Agreed, they should be options that come with the default install. Along with contact.
August 26, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’ve been messing with WP 2.7 trunk and so far I think where they are headed with it
August 26, 2008 at 9:04 am
Most times I dread upgrading to the new WP, because it’s blown up my database in the past – but with all these features (hopefully), it seems like WP is getting very close to being a complete CMS system. SWEET.
August 26, 2008 at 9:54 am
can’t wait for 2.7 to be released. I don’t mind installing a new version so often
August 26, 2008 at 10:09 am
An internal messaging system for bloggers is a pretty neat idea!
August 27, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I think it might be overkill.. don’t try to do too much
August 26, 2008 at 10:14 am
this looks great cant wait for it.
August 26, 2008 at 10:26 am
I can’t wait to get 2.7. I really don’t like 2.6 it just doesn’t seem to flow right and it makes editing new websites with wordpress and getting them set up a pain. It takes me about an hour or so longer to set up a great blog each time. Hopefully 2.7 will have a quicker interface and make everything on one page so I don’t have to click through 3 pages to get to a simple editing task.
August 26, 2008 at 10:37 am
…………………………
Are you SERIOUS?
… Go and fix wp 2.5, wp 2.6 bugs first. Release 2.6.2
August 26, 2008 at 11:23 am
Thanks for the preview Shoe. I’m looking forward to this upgrade. And for the naysayers who complain about updating, I’m using Automatic Updater and it is a snap. “knock on wood” I haven’t had any problems so far with it.
August 26, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I think Keith Dsouza did a great job recently in making the auto-update work flawlessly. I’m joining the “no-problems” club. I just hope 2.7 doesn’t play havoc with my existing threaded-comments plugin if it does have any such functionality.
August 26, 2008 at 11:29 am
hadn’t seen anything about that yet. Looks very interesting, but i MIGHT wait a bit before upgrading. A lot of my stuff got borked going to 2.6 and there was not specific overriding reason to upgrade.
August 26, 2008 at 7:13 pm
IMO, that would be wise – The last time I upgraded to 2.6, some of my plugins return fatal errors
August 26, 2008 at 11:53 am
I still haven’t upgraded to the 2.6.1 that the message at the top of admin keeps telling em to do.
2.7 sounds like it’ll be pretty cool. I’ll probably delay the update for a couple weeks as usual.
P.S. I got the ShoeMoney shirt from the comment contest. THANKS! I’ll be sending my pic for the gallery shortly.
August 26, 2008 at 11:53 am
I Prepare for Wordpress 2.7 and track new features and bug fixes.
August 26, 2008 at 11:54 am
Thanks for sharing i didn’t even know Wordpress 2.7 is already in development mode
August 26, 2008 at 11:55 am
Thanks for informing me and i will try to use wordpress now since they have default sitemap and i want to use it.
August 26, 2008 at 11:56 am
Did you ever get it to work? If not, contact me and I’ll try to help.
August 26, 2008 at 12:18 pm
The admin site looks great. I think its time to update – my blog is still running version 2.3.
August 26, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Wordpress keeps getting better every month it seems
August 26, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Looks great as usual! I’m really excited with all of the admin changes that have been happening lately, the back-end is really coming together from a usability standpoint.
August 26, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I say it’s not broken, yet.
August 26, 2008 at 2:19 pm
threaded comments, fresh dashboard? I can’t wait!
August 26, 2008 at 3:41 pm
That interface is looking slick! I’ve still not upgraded all my blogs yet so I think I’ll wait the 2 months for 2.7
August 27, 2008 at 9:27 am
Time does not matter. Quality is the main goal.
August 26, 2008 at 5:11 pm
At first glanced the thing that impresses me the most is a more standard navigation structure. Keep us posted Shoe.
August 26, 2008 at 5:27 pm
nice, I can’t wait for that one. Wordpress has really been upping the features these past few updates.
August 26, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Jeremy,
That inbox might be an interesting one – Keep us updated, will ya?
Cheers!
August 26, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Definitely liking what I see here, and have been a fan of the new design that came with v2.5 so maybe that helps too…
August 26, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Good stuff shoe, it looks like a bright and promising future for the wordpress crowd. I have to give props to the developers for doing so well.
August 27, 2008 at 8:35 am
The interface looks great! I can’t really wait to see it..
August 27, 2008 at 10:24 am
They;re chancing wp versions like socks.
August 27, 2008 at 3:08 pm
will try on my computer blog
August 28, 2008 at 9:14 pm
It sure looks nice. Especially the inbox feature.
August 30, 2008 at 12:01 am
So they are turning it into a mail id now?
August 31, 2008 at 9:12 am
That was great….
September 1, 2008 at 12:25 am
Just made the upgrade!
September 1, 2008 at 1:31 pm
PS: When will WP 2.7 be released?
September 23, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I am not a wordpress user but that looks great. It looks like it has way more features than blogger.
December 16, 2008 at 2:29 pm
They are chancing wp versions like socks.
February 24, 2009 at 7:24 am
Hi, ShoeMoney
I have some problem with my main page has some problem which all the sidebar widget are display at the blog’s footer. But everything become normal at other page – contact page, online page & etc. I have not idea what is going on my web blog. I already deactived all the wp plugin but still received same problem. Any idea what is going on my wp blog..?
Rgds
Martin
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