WordPress Releases Version 2 of its Blogging Software

[mandy]

The WordPress community is very proud to present the next generation of WordPress to the world, our 2.0 “Duke” release, named in honor of jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. We’ve been working long and hard to bring you this release, and I hope you enjoy using it as much as we’e enjoyed working on it. In this release we’ve focused a tremendous amount on what we believe to be the core of blogging — the writing interface...

full announcement: http://wordpress.org/development/2005/12/wp2/

download it for free here: http://wordpress.org/download/

User features of version 2.0: Completely Redesigned Backend, Faster Administration, WYSIWYG Editing, Included Spam and Backup Plugins, Resizable Editing, Inline Uploading, Faster Posting, Post Preview, Streamlined Importing, User Roles, Header Customization.

complete list of bug fixes and enhancements: http://trac.wordpress.org/milestone/2.0

[mandy]

A related article: Must-have WordPress plugins .  Plugins reviewed and recommended include Admin Drop Down Menu, Semiologic CMS, Admin menu for WordPress, Adhesive, WP-Cron, WP-DBManager, Jerome's Keywords Plugin, Search and replace, Post levels, CG-Samecat, and AdSense-Deluxe

full article: http://internet.newsforge.com/article.pl...30/1724203&tid=13&pagenum=1