Library 2.0 : Weblogs : Wordpress

Wordpress 2.7.x

In 2003

Features in 2007  Libraries & Librarian Using Wordpress  Why Wordpress, Not Others?  Wordpress & The Social Web (A Librarian  Perspective) Our Wikis (Wordpress) – Knowledge  Construction

Comments  Theme & Plug-ins Related  Greater Controls  Other Tweaks 

http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/business/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to continue WordPress 2.7 will allow you letting comments come in to close comments on older on an old post, and it is a posts, eliminating the need favourite trick of spammers for yet another plugin. anyway.  Close Comments On Old Posts

Comments broken into pages instead of being a never ending bottom to your post.  Comment Paging (Pagination)

A feature that has long been needed is the ability to reply to comments from your admin section without having to go to the front end of your blog.  Comment Replies From the Admin Section

It’s not just admin comment replies that are getting love, but all comments will now be in a threaded format. Great for those long debates you get into about what “sux” or why someone is a “newb,” at last no one will be confused about to whom you are referring!  Comment Threading

Support for the XML-RPC protocol which is a simplified API that encodes your comments in XML and transports them via HTTP.  XMLRPC Comments API

http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/business/wp-admin/themes.php

Another long time plug-in favourite is going the way of the dinosaurs with the introduction of the ability to install plugins from the dashboard. One-Click Plugin Installs 

Browsing for plug-in, one of the favourite pastimes of many bloggers, will be made easier by being able to do it without ever leaving your Wordpress install. Plug-in Browser 

There have been numerous Wordpress plug-in over the years to make a post “sticky” so that it stays as the top post on your front page no matter how many posts you publish after it. The feature has now been built in to the core program. Sticky Posts 

Yet another Wordpress plug-in finds its way into the core Wordpress program. For those users who haven’t used something like Fantastico or Simple Scripts to install their blog, there will now be a more automated way for you to keep up with all of those pesky security updates. Updating the Core Wordpress 

You will receive updates when your installed themes are updated just like Wordpress does now with plug-in. Theme Update API Notices 

http://hazmanaziz.com/wp-admin/

Ever needed to edit the tags for several posts, but couldn’t do it because of the work involved? Batch editing will now allow you to do mass edits of your posts so that you can make as many changes as you want to your blog no matter how old it is. Batch Editing for Posts 

On any management page that shows columns, you will now be able to choose which columns are shown and how. Column Control 

With the ever increasing wave of “splogs” trackbacking your blog, there will finally be moderation of them in a more manageable, frame-like format. Ping & Trackback Moderation 

Ever wanted to just do a quick post without having to load the entire write page? Now you can directly from the Dashboard page with QuickPress. QuickPress 

There will now be a module on your dashboard to get to your most recent drafts so you can quickly get access to your posts that are in progress. Recent Drafts 

There have been significant redesigns to navigation and general layouts of the dashboard and write pages. Dashboard and Write Rearrangements 

Ever go slightly loopy trying to make sense of PHP () files? PHPXref will help you by making PHP into easy to digest documents that you can read through. All of this will be hosted on WordPress.org. PHPXref 

Thumbnail and Medium commands will stay the same, but Large will now be restricted to 1024 pixels, or the constraints of your theme. If you want no restrictions and post insane sized pictures, you will now be able to select “Full Size” which will post your image at its original size. You will also now see the dimensions for each size next to the radio buttons. Image Size Tweaks 

Theme authors will be happy to see some changes to the wp_page_menu wrapper that will simplify their coding and add conveniences like making “Home” part of the l Redundant Coding 

Low Barrier of Entry • Plug and Play • Search Engine Friendly • (Google’s Bestfriend) Themes and More Themes • Bill Gates Can’t Get In Your Way •

It's easy to add pages in WordPress. • It's easy to update navigation in WordPress. • Wordpress uses XHTML/CSS for fast-loading, • bloat-free sites. Wordpress is an online publishing platform, • Our library has a Wordpress Evangelionist •

Feasibility Crowd Scalability sourcing Viral Interactive Marketing Outreach

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Resources   Wordpress.org – http://wordpress.org/  Wordpress TV - http://wordpress.tv/ More books on Wordpress in NTU Library  (via bookjetty.com)  http://www.bookjetty.com/people/hazman/books ?tag=wordpress

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