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.)

For a visual introduction to what 2.7 is, check out this video (available in HD, and full screen):

It’s all about you. It’s the next generation of WordPress, which is why we’ve bestowed it with the honor of being named for John Coltrane. And you can download it today.

Last, but certainly not least, this may be the last time you ever have to manually upgrade WordPress again. We heard how tired you were of doing upgrades for yourself and your friends, so now WordPress includes a built-in upgrade that will automatically notify you of new releases, and when you’re ready it will download them, install them, and upgrade your blog with a single click.

(As with any interface change it may take a little bit of time to acclimate yourself but soon you’ll find yourself whizzing through the screens. Even people who have hated it at first tell us after a few days they wonder how they got by before.)

The Story Behind 2.7

The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap forward is because the community was so involved with every step of the process. Over 150 people contributed code directly to the release, our highest ever, with many tens of thousands more participating in the polls, surveys, tests, mailing lists, and other feedback mechanisms the WordPress dev team used in putting this release together.

For some of the back story in the development of 2.7, check out these blog posts (thanks to WeblogToolsCollection for the list):

• Usability Testing Report: 2.5 and CrazyHorse
• The New 2.7 Dashboard
• The Visual Design of 2.7
• WordPress 2.7 wireframes
• Comprehensive Codex Article on WordPress 2.7
• WordPress Development Updates from Jane Wells
• WordPress Usability Testing in New York
• WordPress 2.7 UI Configurability from Ryan Boren
• Customizable Post Editing Screen from Mark Jaquith
• WordPress 2.7 Navigation Survey from Jane Wells
• Shortcuts/Favorites Menu from Jane Wells
• CrazyHorse Presentation at WordCamp SF
• WordPress 2.7 Walkthrough by Matt
• WordPress 2.7 and beyond from Matt at WordCamp Utah

This was interesting to us, a blogging software release we actually blogged about, but the process was hugely informative. Prior to its release today Crazyhorse and 2.7 had been tested by tens of thousands of people on their blogs, hundreds of thousands of you count .com. The volume of feedback was so high that we decided to push back the release date a month to take time to incorporate it all and do more revisions based on what you guys said.

For those of you wondering why we didn’t call this release 3.0, it’s because we abhor version number inflation. 3.0 will just be the next release after 2.9. The major features in new point releases approach also works well for products like OS X, with huge changes between a 10.3 and 10.4.

The Future

Those of you following along at home might have noticed this was our second major redesign of WordPress this year. Whoa nelly! While that wasn’t ideal, and I especially sympathize with those of you creating books or tutorials around WordPress, there’s good news. The changes to WordPress in 2.5 and 2.7 were necessary for us to break free of much of the legacy cruft and interface bloat that had built up over the years (gradually) and more importantly provide us with a UI framework and interface language we can use at the foundation to build tomorrow’s WordPress on, to express ideas we haven’t been able to before. So at the end of 2009 I expect, interface-wise, WordPress to look largely the same as it does now.

That said, we couldn’t be more excited about the future with regards to features. Now that we’ve cleared out more basic things, we are looking forward in the coming year to really tackling media handling including audio and video, better tools for plugin and theme developers, widgets, theme updates, more integrated and contextual help, and easier integration with projects like BuddyPress and bbPress.

Thank Yous

We would like to take a moment to thank the following WordPress.org users for being a part of 2.7: Verena Segert, Ben Dunkle, 082net, _ck_, Aaron Brazell, Aaron Campbell, Aaron Harp, aaron_guitar, abackstrom, Alex Rabe, Alex Shiels, anderswc, andr, Andrew Ozz, andy, Andy Peatling, Austin Matzko, axelseaa, bendalton, Benedict Eastaugh, Betsy Kimak, Björn Wijers, bobrik, brianwhite, bubel, Byrne Reese, caesarsgrunt, capripot, Casey Bisson, Charles E. Frees-Melvin, Chris Johnston, codestyling, corischlegel, count_0, Daniel Jalkut, Daniel Torreblanca, David McFarlane, dbuser123, Demetris Kikizas, Dion Hulse, docwhat, Donncha O Caoimh, Doug Stewart, Dougal Campbell, dsader, dtsn, dwc, g30rg3x, guillep2k, Hailin Wu, Hans Engel, Jacob Santos, Jamie Rumbelow, Jan Brasna, Jane Wells, Jean-LucfromBrussels, Jennifer Hodgdon, Jeremy Clarke, Jérémie Bresson, jick, Joe Taiabjee, John Blackbourn, John Conners, John Lamansky, johnhennmacc, Joost de Valk, Joseph Scott, kashani, Kim Parsell, Lloyd Budd, Lutz Schröer, Malaiac, Mark Jaquith, Mark Steel, Matt Freedman, Matt Mullenweg, Matt Thomas, matthewh84, mattyrob, mcs_trekkie, Michael Adams, Michael Hampton, MichaelH, mictasm, Mike Schinkel, msi08, msw0418, mtekk, Nick Momrik, Nikolay Bachiyski, Noel Jackson, Otto, Ozh, paddya, paul, pedrop, pishmishy, Po0ky, RanYanivHartstein, raychampagne, rdworth, reinkim, rickoman, rm53, rnt, Robert Accettura, roganty, Ryan Boren, Ryan McCue, Sam Bauers, Sam_a, schiller, Scott Houst, sekundek, Shane, Simek, Simon Wheatley, sivel, st_falcon, stefano, strider72, tai, takayukister, techcookies, Terragg, thinlight, tott, Trevor Fitzgerald, tschai, Txanny, Valiallah (Mani) Monajjemi, Viper007Bond, Vladimir Kolesnikov, wasp, wet, wfrantz, x11tech, xknown, xorax, ydekproductions, yoavf, yonosoytu, yoshi, zedlander

2.7 Release Candidate Two

There comes a time in every WordPress release when it’s ready for the world , to come out of its cocoon and feel the light of the world on its wings for the first time.

It’s not quite that time yet, but we’re as close as we’ve ever been, hence the immediate availability of 2.7 Release Candidate 2, or RC2 for short.

Of course if you were already testing 2.7, you can just use the built-in core updater (Tools > Upgrade) to download and install RC2 for you (and later upgrade you to the final release when it’s available) but if not you can use the download link above.

We feel this release is pretty much exactly what we’re going to ship as 2.7, barring any final bugs or polish tweaks that you report or we find.

Jamais trop tard pour déréglementer

Jusqu’à présent, George Bush n’a pas mis de batons dans les roues de son successeur. Du moins en matière économique ou diplomatique. Côté environnement, son administration se rattrape. Il y avait déjà la semaine dernière les nouveaux permis d’exploiter les shistes bitumineux dans l’Utah et le Colorado. Voilà aujourd’hui une nouvelle réglementation qui va permettre aux compagnies charbonnières de se délester plus facilement de leurs débris de mines dans les ruisseaux et les vallées. L’équipe de transition de Barack Obama étudie les moyens de revenir sur ces mesures après le 20 janvier.

WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1

With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7.  280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.

We think RC1 is ready for everyone to try out.  Please download RC1 and help us make the final release the best it can be.  As always, back up your blog before upgrading.

Get RC1.

Hillary la bien aimée

 Encore un effet de la magie Obama.
Hillary est de retour et pour une fois, personne ne dit de mal d’elle.
Les Républicains sont ravis et les démocrates anti-Clinton font comme s’ils n’avaient rien remarqué…
Il y a peu, elle “prenait le thé avec les ambassadeurs” (dixit Obama). Elle faisait des erreurs de jugement.
Maintenant, il la trouve compétente.
 

Bill Clinton a été for-mi-dable.
Il a dit oui à tout.
Pourtant les conditions sont à la limite de l’humiliation. Non seulement il n’a plus le droit de s’occuper de sa Fondation mais il ne fera plus de speech qui n’ait été relu (par le département d’Etat cela dit).
     

Dans la carte électorale aussi, le retour des années Clinton.

Give peace a ball

     Inutile d’essayer le Bal de la Paix, le 20 janvier, le premier Peace Ball jamais organisé pour une investiture présidentielle (165 dollars l’entrée).
     C’est déjà complet.

     Côté paix là où vous savez, on fête aujourd’hui le premier anniversaire d’Annapolis (lire ICI).

WordPress 2.6.5

WordPress 2.6.5 is immediately available and fixes one security problem and three bugs. We recommend everyone upgrade to this release.

The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.

2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. For a list of changed files, consult the full changeset between 2.6.3 and 2.6.5.

Note that we are skipping version 2.6.4 and jumping from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds. There is not and never will be a version 2.6.4.

Get WordPress 2.6.5.

Dinde ou Moose ?

 

  Michelle “Mom-in-Chief” Obama a-t-elle perdu toute prétention à être une “role model” pour les femmes qui essaient de concilier carrière et vie de famille ?
   Les féministes accusent les media de “momifier” Michelle: la réduire au rôle de “mom”; l’enfermer dans la boîte à stéréotypes etc… Ne s’intéresser qu’à son choix d’écoles etc.. 
   En fait, Michelle a l’air de se couler dans son nouveau rôle comme si c’était un nouvel emploi.
Elle a lu le “job description” et elle s’adapte avec tout le talent d’une diplomée de Harvard.
Comment ressembler à une First Lady (après Hillary, elle est la deuxième à avoir un diplôme de 3ème cycle).
   Pourquoi voudrait-on qu’elle continue à travailler sur des dossiers juridiques alors qu’elle peut s’amuser à retapisser les 132 pièces de la Maison Blanche, à conduire les filles à l’école en limousine, à voyager partout, et à faire le bien autour d’elle ?  

   Si l’élection a été “révolutionnaire”, le couple Obama n’a aucune prétention à faire la révolution.
A moins que la révolution, dans le monde tel qu’il est, soit justement de montrer à quel point il n’y a rien de différent.
 
   Une différence, néanmoins. Les Obama embauchent à haut niveau.
La nouvelle “social secretary” (responsable du protocole) de la Maison Blanche a un MBA de Harvard.

 Moose ou Turkey ?

   

   A l’approche de Thanksgiving, les conservateurs diffusent une video de remerciements à Sarah Palin.
- “An uplifting champion of common sense”
   Curieusement, la “thank you” video figure sous un bandeau qui dit que le pays mérite mieux:
- “Our country deserves better“…
    2008 restera en tout cas comme l’année où les femmes ont envahi la scène politique.

Tous au café

Comment ? Les Français ne vont plus au café ?
Le New York Times s’apitoie ce dimanche sur la fermeture des bistrots.
En France, on enterre deux cafés tous les jours (ils étaient 200.000 dans les années 60; ils ne sont plus que 41.500).
Les Français ne sont plus comme avant.
- “Les gens achètent une bouteille au supermarché et ils la boivent à la maison”, dit une propriétaire de Saulieu. 
A qui la faute ?
A la crise, à l’interdiction de fumer, et -who else ?- à Nicolas Sarkozy, qui a ordonné des descentes de police près des cafés pour chasser les conducteurs en état d’ébriété…
- “Les travailleurs ne prennent pas le taxi pour rentrer chez eux“, déplore un cafetier.

Heureusement, il nous reste le béret, la baguette.
Et le PS.
Quoi que l’ennui avec les bisbilles au PS, c’est qu’on ne va plus pouvoir se moquer de la Floride….

De Condi à Hillary

  

Apparemment, c’est fait.

Hillary Clinton va succéder à Condoleezza Rice comme diplomate en chef.
Si Janet Napolitano prend effectivement le Homeland Security Department (lutte anti-terroriste), alors deux femmes vont être chargées de la sécurité des Américains.

Engagez-vous
Malgré le formulaire de 63 questions (dont certaines indiscrètes: “possédez-vous des armes à feu?”), les volontaires se bousculent pour entrer dans l’administration Obama.
Plus de 200.000 personnes ont posé leur candidature sur change.gov.
 

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