Articles for 'News'
WordPress 3.0 Thelonious Released
by Jerome
June 17 th
Big news! WordPress 3.0 code named “Thelonious” has just came out and is packed with some awesome new features. This is a big update so make sure, like always, to backup your database and site files before updating anything. Here are some of the highlights of this new release: The “Kubrick” default theme has been [...]
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New Default WordPress Theme Coming Soon
by Jerome
February 2 nd
It has been a long time coming! WordPress has decided to replace their outdated Kubrick theme with a new default install theme in version 3.0. The 2010 theme is now under development based on Kirby, created by Ian Stewart and you can have a sneak peek here. It shows a massive improvement: a nice modern [...]
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Just In Time For Christmas- WordPress 2.9 Is Out
by Jerome
December 21 st
Merry Christmas everyone! Just in time for Christmas the WordPress Dev team have given us their latest WordPress version 2.9 “Carmen” named in honour of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae. Of course- before any upgrade don’t forget to backup your files and database. For easy backup remember you can use the WP PD Backup plugin. [...]
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Now WordPress Users Can Conquer The World
by Jerome
November 9 th
There are tons of WordPress users around the world and I always thought it would be nice to know where everybody was located. Well, now you can. A new website created by Oliver Schlöbe and WPSeek.com just came out to do just that. At http://wpworldmap.net/ all the WordPress fans can put their location, profile bio [...]
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Automattic Acquire A Spell Check Plugin
by Jerome
September 13 th
The creators of WordPress Automattic (who already own Akismet, Intense Debate, Poll Daddy, Gravatar, VIP, VideoPress, P2 Theme) have just added another name to their group. “After the Deadline” is a spell checker plugin that provides spell checking, style checking and grammar checking. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The plugin is [...]
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Press This – New Podcast On WordPress
by Jerome
August 15 th
A new radio show devoted to WordPress came to life a few weeks ago named Press This. The show is orchestrated by the WordPress master wizard Joost DeValk from Yoast.com and is published through WebmasterRadio.fm. The radio show will keep you updated on the latest WordPress related news and has some great guest interviews from [...]
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WordPress 2.8 Release – Baker
by Jerome
June 11 th
I’m really excited, WordPress 2.8 is finally out with some really nice new features (see list below). To upgrade your blog you have two options. You can go into your dashboard to Tools => Upgrade. Of course you can always do it manually by downloading the zip file. Before upgrading make sure you a have [...]
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WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Is Out For Testing
by Jerome
May 17 th
The next version of WordPress 2.8 is on the the role for testing. No one is sure how long it is going to be before the final release, as no date has been confirmed yet. For anyone who wants to have a try just go to the WordPress Development page. Please remember it’s still in [...]
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