WordPress 2.8 coming soon, WordPress MU to be phased out
WordPress 2.8 will have an updated theme browser which makes it just as easy to install and update WordPress themes as it is to find and install plugins. Users will also have more options for customizing their Dashboard widgets and other admin pages. There have also been updates to the ways comments are handled, and WordPress 2.8 adds support for case-insensitive logins.
The other big news out of WordPress is that the developers are planning to merge WordPress MU (multi-user) with the main version of the blogging platform. Right now there are very few differences between WordPress and WordPress MU, and it looks like the MU code will simply be added to WordPress. But that won't happen before WordPress 2.8 is released next week, so expect there to be two different versions for now.
[via the Blog Herald]

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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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crashnburn007 said 7:01PM on 6-05-2009
I was at WordCamp SF 2009 where they announced this!
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caseyandrews1981 said 10:00PM on 6-06-2009
well I glad to see that they are not abondoning WPMU.
I suppose by having MU merged with the core platform, MU will get the support it has been lacking as well.
Maybe this is all a plus
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blockport said 9:11AM on 7-18-2009
strange news???? wher 'd you get it from???
merging of MU with mainstream wordpress platform???
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