Some great new features on the way for WordPress!
Mar 01, 2009 | Comments 6
While having a bit of spare time to rummage through the latest Nightly Build of WordPress I noticed some nice changes that caught my attention. The first addition we will look at is the support for wider monitors when viewing the WordPress Dashboard. This will come in very handy for those with wide screen monitors because you can have up to four columns on your Dashboard. Finally I will be able to get a lot more information on my screen without the need of scrolling.
WordPress Dashboard
The next addition we will look at is the updated Theme Editor. While the updated Theme Editor is heading in the right direction by adding a line count and code syntax highlighting… We are still not seeing enough features that will make editing themes that much easier. For example file revisions, nothing is worse then screwing up your template and not being able to restore it.
Edit Themes
The final feature we will look at is the Install Themes section. The Install Themes section is exactly like the plugin’s management section. You can Search for new themes in the WordPress Themes Directory, Upload new themes, see the Newest and Recently Updated themes at WordPress.org from within your WordPress Administration Panel.
Search for Themes
Upload Themes
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When is this update coming out? My site was only updated to 2.7.1 last week!
March 10 is the due date for WordPress 2.8. At least WordPress has a automatic update feature now, that will make things a lot easier!
Will the widescreen dashboard be global throughout all of our admin panel, or is it just for the dashboard front page? Will the write post page allow for 3 columns?
So far going by the 2.8 nightly build it’s only the main Dashboard that will have options for 3 and 4 columns. I hope that will change in future!
thank God, the updated theme editor can’t come soon enough!
Theme revisions is a must feature for WP. Being able to roll back to your last template edit would make life so much easier!