Automattic has launched the official WP Swag Store! Now, you too can own a piece of WordPress memorabilia. Proceeds from the sales go to benefit the donation of swag to WordCamps around the world. Of course, one can’t help but notice that the store has launched just in time for the holiday season, and what would make a better stocking stuffer than a 3GB WordPress USB drive? Even if you don’t celebrate any of the traditional gift-giving holidays, there are plenty of WordPress-themed warm clothing options for the cold winter months, and even a mug for your warm drinks. Are you collector of WordPress swag? If so, we’d love to see your collection!
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New plugins CleanCodeNZ Geo Posts creates custom post types with geo locations for back end data entering. Google Maps Api v3 is used to display geo posts on a map with a clickable marker overlay. Gallery2 Importer allows you to import albums, images, and comments from a Gallery2 installation into your WordPress site. Albums will be saved as pages containing the [gallery] shortcode, and images will be saved as attachments. Updated plugins Easy ReTweet lets you add retweet or Tweet This buttons for your WordPress posts, together with the retweet count. Exploit Scanner searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames. Fast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics. Plugin Test Drive lets you test any plugin before […]
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It has only been two months since Microsoft announced their intention to shut down their popular Windows Live Spaces blogging platform and offered an easy migration route to WordPress.com. Since then, WordPress.com has seen a marked increase in signups, and not all of them are coming from Windows Live Spaces. Before the Windows Live Spaces migration was announced, WordPress.com held steady at about 400,000 signups per month. This number has now more than doubled to about 900,000 per month. With such a steep increase in signups and several new features, WordPress.com is on track to end the year with a bang. Upgrading from Windows Live Spaces is a simple four-step process. Of course, this is a rather large-scale migration, and there have been plenty of questions along the way. Some of the more frequently asked questions have been answered in this support document, and a few were covered in more […]
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Sight is a powerful WordPress theme, best suited for Magazines and Blogs. The theme was designed in modern minimalistic style with Golden Grid usage. Simply Works Core is meant to work both as a framework to build child themes on, as well as a stand alone clean theme for a blog site. thememagic is a crisp and clean business theme.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 11/28
Two weeks ago, we asked to hear about your favorite WordPress themes. We had over 125 responses, but even with such a variety of responses, only 5 came out as the clear favorites. Without further delay, here are your top 5 themes. Swift is the fastest loading, SEO optimized, server friendly WordPress theme. This theme is mainly for blogs running on low server resources and for those who like clean and simple designs. [directory listing] Hybrid is a user-friendly, search-engine optimized theme framework, featuring 15 custom page templates and 8 widget-ready areas, allowing you to create any type of site you want. [directory listing] Twenty Ten is stylish, customizable, simple, and readable — make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background. Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the footer) and featured images (thumbnails for gallery posts and custom header images for […]
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New plugins cTabs lets you add a tabbed content area directly in your post or page, without having to edit your templates. Generate Shortlinks uses bit.ly, ur.ly, and is.gd to create handy shortlinks to share your posts. Social Profiles Sidebar Widget adds a sidebar widget for social profiles in you blog. Supports several sets of icons and three different icon sizes. Updated plugins Cache Images gives users the option to sideload images that are hosted on other domains to their own site. eShop is an accessible shopping cart plugin for WordPress, packed with various features. Mingle Forum allows you to easily and quickly put a Forum on your WordPress site/blog. WordPress SEO is an all in one solution to search engine optimize your WordPress blog: SEO titles, meta descriptions, XML sitemaps and much more.
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The WordPress 3.1 Beta has been released for your weekend testing enjoyment. This first beta release is certainly more stable than the alpha releases, but you might want to avoid using it on a regular live site at this time. If you’re itching to try 3.1, be sure to check out all the new features, including Post Formats. If you’re upgrading an existing blog, please backup your files and database first, for when you need to make a hasty retreat. Stop by the Alpha/Beta section of the support forums for help with any problems that you meet. Have you tried the WordPress 3.1 Beta yet? What do you think so far?
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post Give Your WordPress.com Blog a Unique Design
abcOK is a two column, clean, and search engine optimized theme. All Green is a two column green-based theme. Magazine1 is a professional solution for any Blog/Magazine WordPress site. With a simple and stylish design, it is very easy to customize and use. Minimal 2 Column is very simple, and should be easy to change or use as a template for something a bit more complex.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 11/24
WordPress.com users are limited to about a hundred styles and no way to modify them except a few simple options, a variety of widgets, and the Custom CSS upgrade. Those of you with WordPress theme design and modification experience may find the lack of being able to edit the template files to be quite limiting, but nothing could be further from the truth. If you’re a WordPress.com user seeking to produce your own unique design, look no further than this collection for some of the best Custom CSS blogs on WordPress.com. Some of the blogs in this collection used the Sandbox theme (practically a blank slate) to build their unique design using nothing but their own CSS, but some have used their Custom CSS upgrade to build extensively on top of existing fully designed themes. Do you use custom CSS on your WordPress.com blog? If so, we’d love to see […]
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James began using WordPress in 2004. Being new to WordPress (and blogging in general), he quickly found the WordPress Support Forums and basically never left. James currently resides in sunny Southern California, where he enjoys bringing happiness to millions of WordPress.com users.
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