Premiering with WordPress 3.1 some time next month, Post Formats is one of the most talked about and often confusing of the new features. The documentation is beginning to take shape, and a list of Post Formats is being finalized, so what is a Post Format? Think of Post Formats like categories, but more from a design standpoint than an organizational one. Basically, Post Formats offer a microblogging-style way to assign a specific style to your post based on content. So far, Post Formats are available for asides, audio, chat transcripts, galleries, links, quotes, single images, status updates, and videos. What that means is, if your theme takes advantage of these Post Formats, you will have any easy way to display each format with a unique style. As Otto illustrates, Matt Mullenweg has done this for some time. Many themes have brought similar functionality tied to specific categories, but what happens […]
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The uploader of the official WordPress theme directory has received a rather helpful upgrade courtesy of Otto. The previous version of the WordPress theme uploader checked the themes against the theme review guidelines, but only reported the first error that it encountered, sometimes trapping theme developers in a frustrating cycle of trial and error. The new version performs an even more intensive scan of the theme and returns a list of all results, providing theme developers with a handy to-do list to get their themes up to spec for the directory. Have you submitted a theme with the new uploader yet? Does it help to streamline the process? If you haven’t uploaded your themes to the official directory, does the new uploader inspire you to give it a try?
[Continue Reading...]Twitter introduced Blackbird Pie back in May of this year, providing the world with an easy way to embed fully functional tweets. Before Blackbird Pie’s introduction, the common way to embed tweets was to simply take a screenshot. Blackbird Pie not only easily embeds the tweet itself, but also leaves the profile link, @-mentions, hashtags, and other links in tact. Despite Blackbird Pie’s usefulness and firm roots in Twitter, it’s received little recognition over the past months. Blackbird Pie will be getting some well-deserved recognition now that it has been fully integrated with WordPress.com, and those of you with self-hosted WordPress blogs can join the party too with the Twitter Blackbird Pie plugin. What do you think of Blackbird Pie? Will you be making use of it on your blog?
[Continue Reading...]Development on WordPress 3.1 is well underway, and with the string freeze coming up on December 1st, some key new features are beginning to take shape. Earlier this week, Automattic code wrangler Stephane Daury published a revealing screenshot of the new internal linking feature, while WordPress lead developer Mark Jaquith briefly discussed the new post formats feature. What do you think of the internal linking and post formats features thus far? Will you be trying the 3.1 beta when it’s released later this month?
[Continue Reading...]The WordPress mobile app for Nokia has been released and is now live on the Ovi Store. Currently the app’s listing mentions that it only supports the N97 Mini and X6, but the development team is working on getting the app approved for “Symbian3 devices such as N8, C6, C7 and more.” The Nokia app joins the ranks of the other popular WordPress mobile apps for Android, Blackberry, and iOS. Do you use an N97 Mini and X6, and will you be installing the new mobile app?
[Continue Reading...]The WordPress development team has applied to be a part of Google’s Code-in contest to encourage eager high school and secondary school students to contribute WordPress’ future. The development team is currently compiling a task list and looking for suggestions from the community, which can be left as comments here. Do you plan to be a part of Google’s Code-in contest, and will you claiming any of the WordPress tasks this year?
[Continue Reading...]There are many ways to backup WordPress, but none as easy and thorough as VaultPress. VaultPress is one of the newest Automattic projects and is definitely a powerhouse in its field. One of the many things that sets VaultPress apart from the rest is its set it and forget it ease of use. Simply install the VaultPress plugin and watch as it begins to analyze and backup your database, plugins, themes, and uploads. After the first backup is complete, VaultPress will update your backup whenever a change is made, even for something as trivial as adjusting a setting. The result is a series of up to the minute full backups ready to be restored as soon as you need them. In contrast, iDrive is VaultPress’ closest competitor. Though iDrive’s service starts free, you’re only allotted 2GB before a paid upgrade is required, and the backups are only generated once every […]
[Continue Reading...]Automattic recently appeared on ICANN’s list of accredited registrars as ID #1531, meaning that the company is now a full-fledged accredited domain registrar. WordPress.com is one of Automattic’s most popular services, and domain mapping is one of their most popular upgrades, so this is potentially yet another game-changing move for the company. According to Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg, Automattic will continue to partner with GoDaddy until they have finished building tools to take advantage of their new registrar status over the next few months.
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