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I got a chance to sit down and play with the new WordPress 2.7 Beta 2 that has been released. I have to tell you, this is going to be a fairly major overhaul for the existing suite of tools. I am impressed with the tool set being redone, and placed on the left of the screen. I really like how the sections within that toolbar are easy and manageable, without there being a separation between “writing” something and “Managing” it such as posts or pages. Having the layout on the administration side like that is about the best thing since sliced bread! I don’t have many details of what has been changing behind the scenes however, I did want to post up a few screen shots of this new beast.

I am not going to highlight each screen shot as most people will know what their looking at. You can see that there is a completely new interface however, the body content is relativly the same. You can now upload media files without creating a new post, and you can transition between drafting and managing(editing) posts without jumping around menu choices. The Dashboard has been redone and is far more functional than even 2.6.3 (current release as of this writing).

There are lots of new features and I suggest you head over to WordPress to find out more. In the meantime, I’ll let the screenshots do the talking.