Download WordPress 2.7

Today is with pet name Coltrane version 2.7 of WordPress released. With this program, which is made available under the gpl license, it is possible to set up and maintain a weblog. WordPress can be up and running within five minutes, provided a server with PHP and Mysql is already available. In addition to blogging, it is also possible to further expand the functionality of WordPress and improve the appearance by means of plugins and themes to adjust. More information about the extensive changes and improvements in version 2.7 is on this page to find. Here’s an excerpt from the announcement:

WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane”

The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version. (Download it now, or read on for more.)

Next you’ll begin to notice the new features subtly sprinkled through the new interface: the new dashboard that you can arrange with drag and drop to put the things most important to you on top, QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and the ability to reply to comments from your dashboard, the ability to install any plugin directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts.

Digging in further you might notice that every screen is customizable. Let’s say you never care about author on your post listings — just click “Screen Options” and uncheck it and it’s instantly gone from the page. The same for any module on the dashboard or write screen. If your screen is narrow and the menu is taking up too much horizontal room, click the arrow to minimize it to be icon-only, and then go to the write page and drag and drop everything from the right column into the main one, so your posting area is full screen. (For example I like hiding everything except categories, tags, and publish. I put categories and tags on the right, and publish under the post box.)[break]Video (hFr8Nyar)