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WordPress 2.9 Revamps Hello World

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  1. Dave Doolin (25 comments.) says:

    Yes!

    This is a huge development, not because of some technical achievement, but because the WordPress community took one step back, cocked it’s head a little one or or another, and asked the obvious question: “What’s wrong with this picture?”

    (This reminds me: I need to add a link to Demetris’ article on teasers to one I wrote a while back…)

    Something that would be really cool, but more work, would be to add a random selection of WordPress blogs to the blogroll. Say 10 or so. Not quite sure how to do that… I can think of a couple of different ways… and the links would probably have to be vetted… but it would be cool and it would help suck people right into the community.

  2. Andrea_R (29 comments.) says:

    I still love this idea!

    The only potential issue this will cause is with new blog creation in WPMU. New users there won’t need to know half that stuff, BUT the possibility exists there for a plugin to replace the default new post content.

    (which is being written as we speak)

  3. Jean-Paul Horn (2 comments.) says:

    Made some contributions to the document, mostly geared towards new users (providing some helpful pointers) Also changed some call to actions. Hopefully they are appreciated (if not, feel free to restore to an earlier version).

  4. Christopher (18 comments.) says:

    I hope the WordPress MU version will be different. I think that new default hello world will REALLY confuse new users who are NOT the site admin and don’t have control.

  5. denbagus (3 comments.) says:

    i always waiting for WP 2.9

  6. Phil Coffee says:

    Hey – I own the rights to “hello world.” Who do I sue?

    • Jeffro (20 comments.) says:

      Not sure but that would be a heck of a payment considering the number of infringements across the web :)

  7. Andrea_R (29 comments.) says:

    Or – how’s this suggestion? This could be the default first post on the Main blog, but any additional blogs in MU have the “old” version?

    • Andrea_R (29 comments.) says:

      TOTALLY forgot: this is a non-issue in WPMU. Site admins have the option already to set the default post for users. DOH.

      Deanna S reminded me. :D

  8. Ian Stewart (28 comments.) says:

    Brilliant idea. And kudos to Demetris for writing such a smart first draft.

  9. Rajesh Kanuri (3 comments.) says:

    so soon we are going to miss Hello World..

  10. Jesse Friedman (5 comments.) says:

    I’d like to see an array of html elements in the “Hello World” post. Stuff it with h1’s – h6’s, p, blockquote, an image, table, ul, ol, etc…

    This way we can design our blogs and we don’t have to create test posts to make sure we’ve styled all the possible html elements.

  11. Benoît (1 comments.) says:

    Good idea !



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