http://www.understandingbelief.com/blog Promoting Understanding of the Variety in Human Belief Systems Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone knows by now that WordPress 2.7 is packed with new features. Now that it’s available (almost 600,000 downloads as I write this!), it’s time to start working on 2.8. There were dozens of things that got tabled during 2.7 due to time constraints, and there are a lot of ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/prioritizing-features-for-wordpress-28/?source=rss 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 ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/?source=rss 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 ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/27-release-candidate-two/?source=rss 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 ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/wordpress-27-release-candidate-1/?source=rss 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, ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/?source=rss The community has voted, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of Project Icon, with 35% of the votes, is Entry ID “BD,” otherwise known as Ben Dunkle. Congratulations, Ben! The runner-up was VS, otherwise known as Verena Segert, so we’ll be attaching that set to the alternate color ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/the-results-of-project-icon/?source=rss WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 has been released for your testing pleasure. Here are some of the changes since Beta 2 (over 160 changes in total): Numerous style improvements and refinements. All admin notices now go under the page title. PHP Notice fixes. Dashboard widget options now properly save. Menu fixes. New design for Quick Edit. Canonical ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-27-beta-3/?source=rss Earlier in the beta period, we put out a call here on the development blog for designers in the WordPress community who might be interested in designing custom icons for the 2.7 admin interface. Over a dozen icon designers from around the world responded, so rather than choose just one, ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-27-project-icon/?source=rss WordPress 2.7 Beta 2 is ready.  Here is a quick rundown of changes since beta 1. The Upload button didn’t always show. Fixed. JS on the Dashboard broke for blogs with no comments, causing several UI elements to “freeze”. Fixed. Recent Drafts Dashboard module didn’t show correct times. Fixed. Various Autosave fixes. Redirect after deleting ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-27-beta-2/?source=rss There have been a lot of posts and twitter announcements by people checking out the WordPress 2.7 Beta since it was announced yesterday. What’s your favorite thing about 2.7 so far? Or if you haven’t made the leap yet, to which feature are you most looking forward? Tell us in ... http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-the-27-beta/?source=rss