2.7 theme enhancements

[sarahG]

Just for anyone who's not already read up about it, I've gone through the theme changes needed to make use of the new features in WP 2.7, which is rumoured to be released as the final version next week.

Anyway, posts on the subject can be found on Blogging Tips at

http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/11/23/your-theme-and-wordpress-27/
http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/11/30/wordpress-27-theme-enhancements-ii/
http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/12/07/wordpress-27-theme-enhancements-iii/

You don't have to make these changes (as a lot of people seem to be missing that point!). They're just needed if you want to make use of the new comment features, plus a couple of handy tags which will just give you more flexibility/targeting.

I've already upgraded to RC1 and have all of this in place so leave a comment if you need a hand with anything :)

[Kevin]

A fantastic series of posts Sarah.

I'll definately be referring back to these when I upgrade to 2.7 :)

[Jeffro]

Yes, a great series and it really explains how to add this functionality to a WordPress theme if it's missing.

By the way, I stumbled across a great thread that is taking place on the WordPres forums which contains a list of many of the CSS classes that one could add to their theme to style the way the threaded comments area looks.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/221693?replies=28

[sarahG]

Yes I came across that thread Sunday night when I was looking for an answer to an issue I'd found. It's a handy list. I'll add it to the comments on the relevant post.

I'm wondering if it's worth going for part 4 and writing about the callback function to allow people to change the markup used for their comments, as I've used that myself on my own site (which is now on RC1).