Sitting there late last night with one eye on the television and the other on Tweetdeck, it happened. The much anticipated WordPress 2.7, Coltrane had been released into the wild:
RT @WordPress: Introducing WordPress 2.7: Coltrane. http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/
Normally I am pretty hesitant to rush out and upgrade, either due to time constraints or past experience, but I just couldn’t help myself this time around, it’s way to pretty. That’s right Papertree Design is now “Proudly Powered by WordPress 2.7″, ah the excitement.
The user interface is completely different from past releases and thus you would think that it might take some getting used to at first. Not true, this baby is surprisingly easy to adapt to, I feel like we’ve been together for a long time. ( I have to admit that I have tinkered with a beta release or two prior to this new install but I am pretty confident that you will have no problem making the transition, trust me you’ll be happy you did it.)
I imagine it is going to take me a bit of time to fully navigate every nook and cranny of the drastically redesigned admin panel but the important thing is the front end seems to working fine. Looking good and all the little additions, including plugins, are 100% operational.
On the back end I am have to say I am pretty impressed, here’s a couple of things I have noticed thus far:
1. Wider write panel.
2. Typography has changed a bit and getting better.
3. The overall color scheme seems to be a bit easier on the eyes, especially for those of us that spend a lot of time back here.
4. The theme editor, which I often find myself using is a lot more organized. My stylesheets actually look like they do in my offline editor.
5. Preview, Edit and Quick Edit links, so much quicker.
6. Add Media, seems to be “fixed” runs much nicer anyway.
This list will go on I am sure, go ahead have a look
I will have more updates on this beauty in the near future, I just needed to pause and share my excitement. Back to play!
If you would like to read more see what Matt has to say about the release here, then treat yourself and go download a copy immediately!
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