Jetpack 1.2 has been released, bringing more core WordPress.com features to self-hosted WordPress blogs. This major update to the popular plugin brings super-easy email subscriptions (just add the widget and you’re done), Google+ has been added to the sharing buttons, new short codes for VideoPress and Google Maps, and a quick and easy Image widget. If you’re using Jetpack, upgrade now! If not, now is the perfect time to try it!
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Archive for November, 2011
Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 11/19
Previous Post Do you monetize your blog?
New plugins Dictionary Box provides an internal dictionary on the footer of your pages with double click functionality and audio pronounce. IPage Slides is a simple slideshow which can be used to show your blog post content in an interactive way. Thoora Widget allows you to curate and publish beautiful, authoritative, topical pages on the subjects you care most about. WP Theme Options is a simple plugin that adds several options to your theme. Updated plugins Fast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick e-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent. FoxyPress is a custom plugin made to integrate FoxyCart e-commerce functionality into your WordPress website. Jetpack supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress Theme Releases for 11/17
Tom Coburn raised an interesting question yesterday under our “How do you host your blog?” post. What I’ve always wondered is how website owners have any luck at all getting revenue from their websites? With that question in mind, do you monetize your blog? If so, how do you do it? Do you display ads, charge a subscription fee, offer premium services, or something else entirely?
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Blankfolio is an easy way to create your own portfolio theme. Bootstrap is a raw atom theme built around Twitter’s Bootstrap CSS framework. Butterscotch Ripple features an attractive, warm design using various colour tones of the caramel and butterscotch families. Green World is a high impact theme using several complimentary tones of green, including a bright, almost neon green.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 11/15
Some big news hit recently about Automattic’s investment in WP Engine, a fully managed WordPress-specific hosting provider. So often, we’re caught up between just the blogging service WordPress.com or installing WordPress on any hosting provider, that it’s easy to forget that there are hosting providers like WP Engine and Page.ly which combine the best of both worlds. This raises an interesting question for today. How do you host your WordPress blog? Do you use a straight blogging service like WordPress.com, a WordPress-specific managed hosting provider like WP Engine, did you install WordPress yourself on a general hosting provider, or do you manage your own server?
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New plugins Ultimate TinyMCE beefs up your visual tinymce editor with a plethora of advanced options: Emoticons, Tables, Styles, Advanced links, images, and drop-downs. Updated plugins bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress, available for the first time ever as a plugin. Posts 2 Posts allows you to create many-to-many connections between posts of all kinds.
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bbPress 2.0.1 has been released. This is a ver important security fix which corrects an issue on forums with anonymous posting where a logged-out user could edit topics and replies. Along with bbPress’s new plugin architecture comes the easy updates. To update your installation from bbPress 2.0 to bbPress 2.0.1, simply apply the update like any WordPress plugin.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 11/11
Previous Post Fast as a CannonBall, in under 5 minutes!
New plugins beCounted creates a multiple item count up widget based on annual statistics showing the number of occurrences since the page was loaded. Scribendi.com Editing and Proofreading Services allows you to add professional editing to your WordPress publishing process. TrafficAnalyzer can be used to determine the number of visits to each posts / pages available in the site. WP-Aletheia: Feedback allows you to easily gather feedback from your clients. Updated plugins FoxyPress is a custom plugin made to integrate FoxyCart e-commerce functionality into your WordPress website. Social Media Tabs allows you to add Facebook, Google +1, Buzz, Twitter and RSS profiles and feeds to any widget area with stylish sliding tabs.
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