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  • Joseph landed the first part of the them …

    Joseph landed the first part of the themes update APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.. #themes, #update

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  • Getting ready for some menu restructurin …

    Getting ready for some menu restructuring. “Templates” has already changed to “Themes” by popular request, with the first submenu under that being “Directory”. Directory is the themes.php page that allows switching themes. “Change Theme” or “Select Theme” might also be good names. We might do polls for some of these menu naming decisions and see…

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  • Noel is reworking Press This to make liv …

    Noel is reworking Press This to make liveblogging easier and to get rid of the tabs in favor of a more streamlined approach. #press-this, #ui

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  • Some suggestions to keep in mind while w …

    Some suggestions to keep in mind while working on comments. #comments, #ui

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  • Take one of wp_list_comments() with thre …

    Take one of wp_list_comments() with threaded comments support is in. To get threaded comments, themes will have to change to make use of wp_list_comments(). You can still use the plugins already available if preferred. #comments

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  • Columns can be hidden on the various man …

    Columns can be hidden on the various management pages. Posts and Pages are done with the others on the way. If you use Categories and not Tags, for example, you can hide the Tags column. #ui

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  • We received the next round of admin UI r …

    We received the next round of adminadmin (and super admin) UIUI User interface recommendations and wireframes. We’ll be implementing this over the next week. #ui

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  • The first cut of Inline Editing is in th …

    The first cut of Inline Editing is in thanks to Aaron Harp. Posts and pages can be edited inline. Click the “Quick Edit” link to try it out. #ui

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  • An SSH2 backend for the plugin, theme, a …

    An SSH2 backend for the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be…

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  • New API that allows plugins to add secti …

    New APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. that allows plugins to add sections and fields to settings pages and register new settings along with sanitization callbacks. add_settings_section(), add_settings_field(), register_setting(), unregister_setting() #api, #plugins, #settings

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