WP Pro - Design, Development and Professional WordPress Hosting for Serious Bloggers » Plugin http://www.wppro.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:56:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 WordPress 2.7 – Afterthoughts http://www.wppro.org/2008/12/09/wordpress-27-afterthoughts/ http://www.wppro.org/2008/12/09/wordpress-27-afterthoughts/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:07:39 +0000 Sunny http://www.wppro.org/?p=138 While numerous blogs discussing the facelift WordPress 2.7 received (what with new colors, icons and all), the two subtle details I noticed that hint at the shift in philosophy of what WordPress really is and what it plans to offer the end user (in terms of built-in options) were seldom noted. Here’s my brief two cents after using the latest release of WordPress 2.7 from the nightly build on local install.

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WordPress has indeed come a long way. Long enough that we went from calling the front end of the blog a template, and then a presentation, and then a design and now to just “appearance”. That is how ominous “Powered by WordPress” site are, we can no longer call the front end a site “design” even! Is that the sign of WordPress breaking out of the mold of being a blog management tool and becoming a full blown CMS?

One other key observation was the addition that could change forever the way users get their plugins. WordPress 2.7 has a built-in feature to search, download and install the needed plugin straight from the plugin repository all from the WordPress admin panel, it has it’s plus points which includes the ease of use and the convenience of working from within the admin panel and eliminating the need for external FTP ware, but you are limiting the users options by exclusively searching a site.

Why is this a key observation? Since the new theme repository was modeled after the plugins directory, how far are we from a feature that will allow users to search, download and install themes from the new theme repository? Lookout for WordPress Version 3.0?

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