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For those of you who love to be on the cutting edge, you’ll be happy to learn that the Beta 1 version of WordPress 2.8 is now available for download.   As always, with these types of releases, we recommend you use it in a test environment, rather than using it on a live website/blog.   I usually recommend people wait until the release candidates (RC) before you can be comfortable using it on a live site. For those interested, here are a few of the things included with the WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 release : New Theme Installer routines Add CodePress syntax highlighting to Theme and Plugin editors Use “Custom Header” for menu text and revise Default theme to reflect change Separate Comments into a separate postbox, from Discussion postbox, on the Edit Post screen Make tags accessible without Javascript on the edit screen Don’t ask for confirmation when marking a comment as spam Don’t notify post author of own comments Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns as set via the Screen Options tab Add column “Rating” in Administration > Links > Edit Improve installer to help people entering wrong email addresses Per Page option for plugins Show absolute date instead of relative date for scheduled posts Autosave post/page when pressing Control/Command+S Add toggle all button to the Gallery tab in the uploader Support more than one gallery on the same page Add per page option to Screen Options for comments, posts, pages, media, categories, and tags Show Tools menu for all users so they can access Turbo Fix most popular link category list Add description field for tags “Choose a city in the same timezone as you” for Timezone in Administration > Settings > General In upgrade process, provide better explanation for database upgrade message Enforce unique email addresses in Add/Edit users Hide things that need to be available to screen readers via offscreen positioning Use invisible class for hiding labels and legends Use a semantic class name for text targeted to screen readers To those who are interested in putting WordPress 2.8 to the test, you can download it here . Related posts: WordPress 2.8 Moves to Beta 2 WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 Now Available! WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 Released WordPress 2.6.1 Beta 1 You are reading WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Available for Download © 2009 | WordPress Hacks | WordPress Directory | WordPress Forums | WordPress eBook Enjoy writing about WordPress