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The Results of Project Icon

by Jane Wells
17 Nov 2008 at 12:02pm
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 palette...

WordPress 2.7 Beta 3

by Mark Jaquith
15 Nov 2008 at 3:43pm
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...

WordPress 2.7: Project Icon

by Jane Wells
13 Nov 2008 at 2:13pm
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, we decide...

WordPress 2.7 Beta 2

by Ryan Boren
6 Nov 2008 at 4:03am
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. Var...

What?s your favorite thing about the 2.7 Beta?

by Jane Wells
2 Nov 2008 at 3:09pm
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 the poll below. Wh...

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1

by Ryan Boren
1 Nov 2008 at 4:00am
The first public beta of WordPress 2.7 is here at last.  Join the thousands of people already testing 2.7 by downloading 2.7 Beta 1.  As previously mentioned on this blog, 2.7 is bringing a new visual design.  This design is almost completely implemented, but there are still a few areas that aren...

Showcase

by Nick Momrik
31 Oct 2008 at 8:36pm
Today we launched the WordPress Showcase, a display of some of the best and brightest WordPress users, who are using it to do a whole lot more than blog. Pick your flavor and check out the possibilities available through WordPress MU, WordPress.com, WordPress.com VIP and WordPress.org. Site scre...

Usability Testing Report: 2.5 and Crazyhorse

by Jane Wells
28 Oct 2008 at 8:06pm
A question I hear pretty frequently is, “Why a redesign of the admin panel so soon after 2.5?” Those who have attended WordCamps in the past few months have already heard the answer, but for the people who haven’t had that opportunity, this post is for you. When the community response to the 2.5...

Calling All WordPress-loving Icon Designers

by Jane Wells
24 Oct 2008 at 4:33pm
Have you seen the getting-prettier-all-the-time menus in 2.7-almost-beta? They really are. Getting prettier all the time, I mean. Once we drop in the fonts and do a little brushing up of edges and colors, the menu system is going to be smooth. The last thing we’ll need to do to is replace the ico...

WordPress 2.6.3

by Ryan Boren
23 Oct 2008 at 7:08pm
A vulnerability in the Snoopy library was announced today.  WordPress uses Snoopy to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard.   Although this seems to be a low risk vulnerability for WordPress users, we wanted to get an update out immediately.  2.6.3 is available for download right now.  If you do...