MT (the real) has updated WordPress.org/about/buttons with official WordPress logos in pngs and vector image formats.

WordPress Logos and WordPress Buttons

There are also WordPress desktop wall paper in various official colors and sizes. The official WordPress colors are given in a variety of code systems. Pantone 7468 anyone?

Fan Art

The fan art page could use some fresh contributions.

These naturalized WordPress logos would be nice additions:

WordPress India Independence Logo by Allan Fernandes

One or more of the WordPress Malaysia Independence Logos by Avijit Paul. My favorite are the one’s with the flower for the O:

WordPress Malaysia Independence Logos by Avijit Paul

I love the WordCamp Philippines logo:

WordCamp Philippines Logo by Andrew Dela Serna

What is your favorite WordPress art?

Lorelle’s category icons are brilliant. For example, she uses this image for WordPress News:

Anyone know the creator of this popular images?

Same day correction: previously the article suggested the font is Dante, but both Matts have come to my rescue. It used to be the WordPress logo font. When Jason Santa Maria designed the new logo a few years ago, he chose the lovely Mrs. Eaves.

Adam Freetly identified the creator of the “lens flare” logo as being Dan Philibin.

WordPress "Lens Flare" Logo by Dan Philibin

March 7th, 2010 update: I asked Matt Thomas what font is used on the “W” logo. “It does appear that Jason Santa Maria used Dante for the “W” logo. It’s clearly been heavily modified; no shipping version of Dante has the vertical proportions that our logo does. But yep — when they created the new logo, they kept a little vestige of Dante around. Maybe it’s a good luck charm. ”

Andy and Alex have been hard at work on it for some time. It’s really impressive and I’ve only started to play with it — it being searchable is a huge enough leap for me. I don’t use a lot of images and other media, so I’m eager to see what you experts think of the experience.

Lorelle describes it as hot. And Matt is eagerly waiting for it to be ready:

My pictures are ready to go, I’m just waiting for certain features within WordPress to start working and creating intermediate sizes so I can upload them to my blog instead of Gallery.

Andy responded

The Media Library only knows about files that have a record in the posts table with post_type = ‘attachment’. These records are created when you upload a file via WordPress. Uploading via FTP, etc., has no effect on the WordPress database.

We do not scan your upload directories and that is not now planned. I would like to see a plugin do this.

So Andy has dropped the gauntlet. Which plugin developer among you will rise to the challenge? You will garner much fame and admiration from your fellow WordPress participants!

Update: Less than 9 hrs since I published this, the amazing Dion Hulse, or as we know him, DD32, has created Add From Server:

A WordPress plugin which allows you to browse the filesystem on the webserver and copy any files into the WordPress uploads system, Once imported it’ll be treated as any other uploaded file, and you can access it via the Media Library.

On wp-testers list Dion adds:

While it doesnt scan the directories for new files, I just wrote up a plugin to allow importing files from the web servers filesystem into the WordPress uploads system.

It simply allows you to select files, and then import them into the uploads folder(They’re copied).

It needs more work obviously, And i’ll have to add some logic to detect that its adding a file from within the uploads folder to prevent duplication i guess.. Another function that i’d like to add is a watch-directory, Any files which get uploaded into that folder, get imported automatically (and optionally deleted from the source dir afterwards), But thats all for the next release in another week or so most likely.

It is a work in progress, as all great things are. Already this is going to make a lot of people happy!