What Does WordPress 2.7 Coltrane Bring to the Table?
WordPress is definitely one of the best blogging tools available to mankind. If you’re starting out as an Internet entrepreneur or if your on the way of becoming a really famous one, you should stop and check it out. If you already know it then you should definitely upgrade it to the last version available. WordPress 2.7 has been released about 10 days ago and it’s going to get you a totally new blogging experience.
WordPress 2.7 has been totally redesigned. The Dashboard has been completely revamped and you’ll be quite surprised. The elements of the dashboard have been rearranged in a more friendlier layout. The menu is on the left of the page while in the center you will find all the current stats of your blog: number of posts, number of pages, tags and categories, the number of comments and comments pending, etc. There’s a QuickPress feature on the right where you will be able to quickly write up a draft of a post. Below the center stats the recent comments are displayed. Everything sits logically on that dashboard page.
The comment section is also quite amazing. You can edit comments and manage them better than in previous versions. After all comments are an important marker of your blog’s success. You should pay them a great deal of attention.
One more useful thing is the the Google Gears integration which isn’t that new but it will definitely improve the speed of your blog. Install Gears and have your blog run so much faster than it used to. How it works you ask? Gear will download stuff from your server and you will be able to manage your blogs a lot faster.
As for security, and that’s the most important factor in light of recent events, WordPress 2.7 will make your blog a lot safer. Nothing is perfect out there but you should definitely upgrade your WordPress to the last version. WordPress rolled various security updates earlier this year, like WordPress 2.6.5, so you should definitely stay updated when it comes to your blog’s security. You’ll find that out the hard way if you don’t take care of your blog immediately.
I could be telling you a lot more about WordPress 2.7 but you should try it on for yourself. I can’t think of any reason why it should fit you just fine. But I am just discovering it myself so I’ll keep you posted if stuff doesn’t go according to plan!
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#1 by Hussein on December 20, 2008 - 5:17 pm
I'm one of those who really love WP2.7
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#2 by Blog Expert on December 21, 2008 - 4:50 am
Nice post.
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#3 by Alex on December 21, 2008 - 6:45 am
I love WP 2.7! I think that the dashboard layout is way better now. It is so easy to see everything at a glance.
Im surprised they didnt just make it WP 3.0, it is so much different than the one before.
#4 by Paul on December 21, 2008 - 10:23 am
its got great hacker protection as well I updated straight away after the hacker attack on my sites to 2.7 , I was on 2.6 beore when the attack happened.
#5 by Ganesh - Online Bull on December 21, 2008 - 2:01 pm
I like the security features of Wordpresss 2.7 but I'm still not used to the layout. Guess it will take some time.
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#6 by Used trucks on December 24, 2008 - 11:27 pm
its good one but i think i will stick to the version m using currently and not upgrade to 2.7
#7 by Used trucks on December 25, 2008 - 7:19 pm
I have used Coltrane and i loved it. The look and feel is really different and gives a feeling of it being fully loaded. There are also some good utility features on the "dashboard" that were otherwise present in the inner pages.