Zenphoto 1.2.3 is available. But why is this something that I'm highlighting, you may ask?

A couple of years ago I went for Coppermine but I never really liked it, so I was recently looking for something fresh. I was pointed to zenphoto, which I immediately found much better. Still, while coding my custom theme, I encountered a number of limitations or bugs that I wanted to fix. Which I did: I proposed a number of patches that were included. Mainly, I'm responsible in this release for ditching prototype in favor of jQuery, and for introducing a new type of plugin API function: add_filter(), apply_filter(), does this ring a bell to anyone here?

Zenphoto is still a bit messy in my opinion from a coder's perspective, but on the surface it's simple, unbloated, very usable, a snap to theme and to customize. I really like it :)

I feel totally ashamed for such a crime of Lèse majesté against the unmatched gastronomy of my country, but hey, it was funny and rather tasty: Hamburger Rossini, eaten at restaurant Le Floors, Paris (Google map)

With the recently launched WordPress 2.7, bloggers now marvel at how clean, beautiful and usable is the new interface. But do you remember what it used to be a couple of months ago? For those who started using WordPress years ago, can you remember what your admin area looked like?

Since I have an archive of all versions of WordPress on my development computer for function implementation historical purpose, I thought it could be fun and interesting to install them all and get reminded of what we used to use.

Ready for five years of UI evolution, from 0.7.1 in 2003 to 2.7 in 2008? Let's go!
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Getting to know if a function is deprecated, when it was introduced or when it was dropped is important for coders who want to maintain plugins and theme through several WordPress versions. For them, I've updated my WordPress Functions Implementation History Tool

Now covering 45 versions of WordPress through 0.7.1 to 2.7 and more than five years of WordPress history!

Argh, the dev team caught me by surprise: when I saw WP 2.7 RC2 yesterday, I thought I had a couple of days more, but they decided to release the final 2.7 a few hours later :)

So, rather than respond to gazillions (or so) of comments asking about an upgrade, I've committed earlier this morning version 3.0 of Admin Drop Down Menu, the brand new version of everyone's favorite plugin (or so). The plugin page doesn't say anything about the upgrade, but it's coming later. Page updated

I think this version integrates rather well in WordPress' new UI, with more options than ever to tweak things and appearance to suit your liking. Special thanks go to Stephen Rider for his feedback and suggestions.

So, don't wait any longer: upgrade to WordPress 2.7, then update the plugin!