WordPress 2.7 Release: WP Beta 3
WordPress team is working hard on the new WordPress release, the WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 has been released and there are made over 160 changes in total since the latest release, that of WordPress 2.7 Beta 2. My congratulations to Automattic that is doing its best to give us the pleasure to use a great CMS and blogging tool. I want just to tell you that the new admin interface is great – I have been using WordPress 2.7 since release of beta 2 version. I am going to write an article on my experience with that so, don’t miss it, subscribe now.
Find below some of the changes on the new release:
- Switch position of “Save Draft” and “Preview” buttons in publish module.
- File upload support for MS Office 2007+ file formats.
- Media upload buttons won’t show if the user doesn’t have the upload capability.
- Canonical redirects only do yes-www or no-www redirection for domains.
- Shift-click checkbox range selection improvement.
- Add New User page now separate.
- Tag suggest only suggests tags (not other taxonomy terms).
- QuickPress shows “Submit for Review” if user cannot publish.
- Private posts/pages, and password-protected posts/pages are rolled into new “Visibility” section of publish module.
- Numerous style improvements and refinements.
- All admin notices now go under the page title.
- PHP Notice fixes.
- Dashboard widget options now properly save.
- Menu fixes.
- New design for Quick Edit.
- Canonical feed URL fixes.
- Walker fixes.
- An update for Hello Dolly.
- Plugin installer updates.
- Numerous font updates.
- Updated login logo.
If you have already installed Beta 1 or Beta 2, you can update to Beta 3 via the Tools -> Update menu. If you have problems, or if this is your first time in the 2.7 beta ring, you can download and upgrade the old fashioned way.
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