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  WordPress has decided to replace their outdated Kubrick theme with a new default install theme in version 3.0.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 already [...]

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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 some [...]

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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 [...]

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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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WordPress iPhone App 1.2.1 Is Out

by Jerome

March 22 nd

I’ve been playing around with the new version of the WordPress iPhone app to manage your blog on the go. The app lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages and manage comments.
The new features include:

A landscape mode with extra wide keyboard for easy blogging.

Editing and creating pages previous version only post was allowed.

New section [...]

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