WordPress upgraded 2.7 called "Coltrane"

WordPress  published new version of blog. I just check it today for my blog. It is called “Coltrane”.

It is great. Nice look and feel. The old horizontal top menu changed to vertical and a lot of new features.

Those who are interested to install wordpress 2.7,  don’t forget to delete old files except wp-config.php file, wp-content folder, wp-images folder, wp-includes/languages/ folder–if you are using a language file,. htaccess file. I got some errors because of lazy to delete the old files. My ftp is not overwrote all the files.

Check out this link ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress) for more details if you are upgrading wordpress

One interested new feature in the WordPress 2.7 is that if we pass the ftp information, it can automatically upgrade to the new wordpress.

Interesting features of wordpress 2.7

1. Minimal click in the admin menu
2. Drag and drop in the dashboard
3. Automatic upgrade

Find the details about new Coltrane release please visit http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/

You can download latest wordpress version from here http://wordpress.org/latest.zip

Who is Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Throughout his career he reshaped modern jazz and influenced generations of other musicians. New wordpress version is also inspirational