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100,000 in 20December 11 2008

100,000 downloads of WordPress 2.7 in 20 hours, and the pace is picking up.

WordPress 2.7December 11 2008

Finally, at last, it’s here.  And now, on to 2.8.  There were several areas that we didn’t have time to re-design for 2.7.  2.8 will focus on making the media and widgets UI as good as the rest of WP.  There will be a few new features as well.  Theme browsing and one-click theme install is a likely one.  After a short rest to recover from 2.7, we’ll start brainstorming new features and put the results on the 2.8 codex page.

We’ll likely do the usual .1 release in a month to address any bugs that slipped through the 2.7 beta testing cycle.

A lot of people contributed to 2.7, but I’d like to give a few thank yous in particular.

Jane for the UX, the wire frames, and for all of the help with managing this release.  Matt for the great visual design.  DD32 for the upgrade and install work, file system abstraction, and all of the bug fixing.  Jacob for the HTTP API and all of that phpdoc.  Aaron for quick edit. Austin for the many bug fixes and for getting the flash uploader working with Flash 10. Mike for the dashboard

Hear that 2.7 a Comin’December 3 2008

As announced on the wordpress.com blog, 2.7 is coming to wordpress.com tomorrow.  Actually, 2.7 has been running on wordpress.com for awhile, just not the exciting new admin UI.  Here’s a peek at what the admin will look like on wordpress.com.

The final release of 2.7 won’t be here until next week. There is still a lot of coordination and management type stuff to do before we’re ready to release.

2.7 Beta 1November 1 2008

We’ve been working our asses off and finally have a beta to share.  Download, test, and enjoy the pretty visuals.  The word most people use when first seeing it is “sexy”.   This is a great design, and I’m very pleased with how it has turned out.  When the visuals are complete and the new icons are in, 2.7 will be a very good looking release.

Try this exercise.  Load up the Write Post page in 2.6 and in 2.7.   Compare the location of the title field between the two.  Notice the vertical distance.  That’s one of my favorite 2.7 features.

WordPress 2.7 UI ConfigurabilityOctober 31 2008

Implementation of the new visual design of WordPress 2.7 is almost done.  One of our primary objectives with the new design is to offer interface flexibility and customization.  You can drag-and-drop and show or hide many UI elements.  Here’s the Write Post page stripped down the way I like it.  Title, Content, Categories, and Publish.  That’s all I use and now that’s all I have to see.  Even the navigation is tucked away on the left so I can concentrate on writing.