WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane” is here
At WordCamp Toronto Matt talked about WP2.7 and a brief demo was given. But the wait is over! WordPress 2.7 is here and the new dashboard is clean and sweet, just like Matt promised.
I have the Automatic Upgrade installed so it was a cinch for me to upgrade to 2.7. I highly recommend you install Automatic Upgrade before you upgrade. I will warn you though of one small bug. My plug-ins were not automatically re-installed. Not a big issue as I don’t use many plug-ins, but still an issue to look out for.
I’m looking around as I’m writing this and seeing some of the features. The dashboard is now customizable. You can move modules around to suite your tastes and workflow. YOu can give yourself more space on he dashboard by making the side navigation bar smaller. It might look like you acn drag the bar to make it smaller or larger, but all you have to do is click on it to enlarge or shrink the side nav bar.
Did I mention the Navigation Bar? The whole look of the dashboard is reminiscent of other applications. It reminds me a lot of GMail and other mail programs. Not a complaint, just an observation.
If you have the plug in for Twitter Tools it now asks you upfront if you want to Tweet about this post, which is also nice.
I’ll post more in a couple of days, but in the meantime I’m going to explore WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane” – aptly named as it is cool and smooth as jazz.
