WordCamp SF 2008 is getting closer, many users may have already signed up for the event, for those who have yet to do so, you can purchase your ticket by visiting the sales page. If you are visiting the WordCamp there is another exciting event planned for charity, the WordPress Scavenger Hunt 2008 will be held the day after WordCamp SF on August 17th. The WordPress Charity Scavenger Hunt will have teams of four running amok in San Francisco for two hours, unravelling clues, finding weird stuff and completing tasks for points. The winning team with the most points will get the grand prize: lots of WordPress schwag, plus special surprises! Team registration fee is $40 for a team of 4 people, all proceeds will be donated to 826 Valencia, a local non-profit that helps kids refine their reading and writing skills. If you are looking to have a bit […]

WordPress.com has announced 24/7 support where people from across the world can ask their support questions without having to worry about time differences. The WordPress.com engineers will cater to all the questions sent using the contact form and reply within 24 hours or lesser. Not long ago, our team was online 9 a.m to 4 p.m. PDT to answer your questions and keep your blog running smoothly. Soon after, we brought it up to 24-hour support, five days and week, so those across the country and across the globe wouldn’t have to wait for their answers. The time has come for help without delay. We hereby announce 24-7 support on WordPress.com. Remember to use the contact form to send your questions to the WordPress.com team, to get a quicker reply.

It has been only a couple of weeks since WordPress 2.6 has released and there is already talk about a much more feature rich version in the making. WordPress 2.7 has several exciting features planned/proposed as discussed in informal meetings on IRC and the feature votes being posted on the Codex. Though there are very few hints hint of a release date, I expect it to be released by the end of 2008. [EDIT] Clarification: Mark Jaquith brings up a very good point that I believe requires re-iteration. The list of proposed features mentioned on weblogtoolscollection.com were just that, proposed features. All or none of them might actually show up in WordPress 2.7 Some things that have already started being worked on are the comments API and automated plugin installation. In hindsight, I realize that though they were represented as proposed, some of the other language in this post might […]

Matt has opened up the signup for the WordCamp San Francisco event which will be held on August 16th 2008. The WordCamp SF ticket prizes has been reduced by $5, each ticket will only cost $20 for this event. The event is being hosted at a bigger venue this time around, so you can expect better and comfortable seating arrangements, one of things Matt has ensured us about. Going by the success of past WordCamp’s, we believe this one will be even bigger and better. You can book your tickets for the WordCamp SF event by visiting this page. Don’t forget to read more about what is WordCamp, if you are new to it.