I’ve finally got the chance to get this blog up and running the latest release of WordPress. I’ve decided to give you a quick overview of some of the key features and changes. I’ve also taken the liberty of taking some screenshots for you. Just click on the thumbnails that appear next to each feature for a closer look.

The brand new Admin CP is gives me the information I need. The first few sentences of this post I used the new QuickPress feature. It was easy to use. I could add tags and also save a draft or publish it right away. I decided to save a draft. Once it was saved, it gave me two options. To view a preview of the post, or to edit it. So I clicked edit. I was amazed at the new style of the post editor. Although they’re weren’t two many new features, the information was organized in a way that let me access the information I needed in a click or less. No scrolling necessary.

Although I woudn’t consider this to be a feature, it is defainatly an improvment from Version 2.6 What is it? It’s, as you may have already guessed, the “At a Glance” box. It tells me the quantity of posts, pages, categories, tags, comments, approved comments, pending comments, and comments that are in the spam queue. Much easier to read then the what was in previous releases.

Next, the sidebar. Couldn’t leave it out, could I? With some brand new custom made icons. The best way to show you how the sidebar works is to simply give you a video! It has two different modes. A “condensed” mode where it minimizes the use of text, and the default mode where it use text along with icons.

The last thing I’ll be showing to you is the “Screen Options” button which can be found near the top of the some pages, below the “Howdy, (UserName) | Log Out”. If you click it, you’ll be able to control what you see on some pages.

That just about raps up this quick overview. However, I only covered a couple of the many new features and improvements to WordPress Version 2.7 The only way to experience the WordPress 2.7 goodness for yourself is to install it, or either upgrade your exsisting installation. Wanna find out even more before downloading? Then just head on over to here -> http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/