Well Wordpress 2.8 is out. Considering what happened last time I updated I decided to wait on this blog but updated another blog I have.

There are actually a few good changes, like the ability to search for and install themes right from your dashboard. It also offers better options for a more user friendly layout of the screen option windows in the admin dashboard within the post and page editors. You can choose to only have one column so the editor sits  on top and and screens like tags, categories and publish are set below it, which really opens up the editor area.

All plugins seem to be working with the 2.8 version as well.

Great Admin Plugin

I personally hate the new dashboard that came with the 2.7 upgrade, especially the lack of color and the way the toolbar now sits on the left side of the admin area making you have to scroll all the way down the page to find settings, tools etc… and that there is no drop down so it takes two clicks to get to anything.

So I found this great plugin – Ozh Admin Drop Down Menu. It puts the admin nav bar at the top of the dashboard (like it used to be in WP 2.6) and you can choose from a variety of colors and settings that makes it much more user friendly than the 2.7 version.

All admin links are available in a neat horizontal CSS driven drop down menu. No need to click on “Manage” then “Pages” to edit pages, you can go to any admin page from any admin page and there are several other setting options to make Wordpress life easier!

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Check it out at:  Ozh Admin Drop Down Menu



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