The WordPress Development team has been making some progress over the past week, so here’s some information about the upcoming release of WordPress 2.7:

- WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 Released: The new design has almost been completely implemented.
- The original release date (Nov. 10th) has been moved to a later date, but will hopefully be released by the end of November.
- Participate in a poll regarding your favorite thing about the WordPress 2.7 beta.
- Participate in a survey regarding all the new features of WordPres 2.7, where you can provide additional feedback.
- Make your themes comments compatible with WordPress 2.7 and earlier versions.
- WordPress 2.7 Comments Enhancements: An in-depth post on the changes WordPress 2.7 brings to theme comments.