Coming soon: Wordpress 2.8

Submitted By Bryan Ruby June 03, 2009

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Wordpress 2.8, currently under development as a beta, is expected to be completed and released in a week or two. Until then, you can check out some of the documentation at wordpress.org to find all of the new goodies being added to this latest version of the blogging software.

Some of the highlights for Wordpress 2.8 include:

New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API
Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors
Dashboard widgets can be arranged in up to four columns
Support timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment
Support IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module
Faster loading of admin pages
Theme Browser and Installer
Ability to add Custom Headers
Configurable Views on Management Pages

For screenshots and a review of Wordpress 2.8 check out the informative ariticle written by Keith Dsouza and available at Weblog Tools Collection.

Submitted By Bryan Ruby| June 03, 2009

Keywords: beta, cms, cmsreport, features, widget, wordpress

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