Library 2.0 [Blogs]
Wordpress 2.7.x
The Wordpress Family
Who Design Wordpress
Matt
Mullenweg
In 2003
Wordpress 2.7.x
Features in 2007
Libraries & Librarian Using Wordpress
Why Wordpress, Not Others?
Wordpress & The Social Web (A Librarian Perspective)
Our Wikis (Wordpress) – Knowledge Construction
Features 2.7.x
Comments
Theme & Plug-ins Related
Greater Controls
Other Tweaks
Comments
http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/business/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
Comments
Close Comments On Old Posts
Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to continue letting comments come in on an old post, and it is a favourite trick
of spammers anyway.
WordPress 2.7 will allow you to close
comments on older posts, eliminating the need for yet another
plugin.
Comments
Comment Paging (Pagination)
Comments broken into pages instead of being a never ending bottom to
your post.
Comments
Comment Replies From the Admin Section
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.
Comments
Comment Threading
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!
Comments
XMLRPC Comments API
Support for the XML-RPC protocol which is a simplified API that
encodes your comments in XML and transports them via
HTTP.
Theme & Plugin Related
http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/business/wp-admin/themes.php
Theme & Plugin Related
One-Click Plugin Installs
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.
Theme & Plugin Related
Plug-in Browser
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.
Theme & Plugin Related
Sticky Posts
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.
Theme & Plugin Related
Updating the Core Wordpress
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.
Theme & Plugin Related
Theme Update API Notices
You will receive updates when your
installed themes are updated just like
Wordpress does now with plug-in.
Greater Controls
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Greater Controls
Batch Editing for Posts
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.
Greater Controls
Column Control
On any management page that shows
columns, you will now be able to choose which columns are shown and
how.
Greater Controls
Ping & Trackback Moderation
With the ever increasing wave of “splogs” trackbacking your
blog, there will finally be moderation of them in a more
manageable, frame-like format.
Greater Controls
QuickPress
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.
Greater Controls
Recent Drafts
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.
Other Tweaks
Dashboard and Write Rearrangements
There have been significant
redesigns to navigation and
general layouts of the dashboard and
write pages.
Other Tweaks
PHPXref
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.
Other Tweaks
Image Size Tweaks
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.
Other Tweaks
Redundant Coding
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
Libraries & Librarians Using Wordpress
Libraries & Librarians Using Wordpress
Libraries & Librarians Using Wordpress
Libraries & Librarians Using Wordpress
Why Wordpress, Not Others Software?
• 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
Why Wordpress, Not Others Software?
• 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
Wordpress & The Social Web (A Librarian Perspective)
Feasibility
Crowd sourcing
Interactive Outreach
Viral Marketing
Scalability
Our Wikis (Wordpress) – Knowledge Construction
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