Today WordPress 3.0 "Thelonious" was released. [Download] Named after jazz legend Thelonious Monk, it sports a cleaner interface while adding quite a few new features like... More secure and stable New lighter/cleaner look Bulk updates for plugins and WordPress upgrades Help tabs on every screen New Twenty Ten default theme (very customizable) Custom menus which include sub menus Custom post types Short link support WP + MU built in 1200 bug fixes Download WordPress 3.0 here. … [Read more...]
Only a couple days ago WordPress announced it's release of WordPress for Android which joined it's already popular WordPress for iPhone 2 app. Now WordPress has officially announced the release of WordPress for Blackberry 1.0. Looks like the mobile division at WordPress has been busy. Some notable features are: Ability to record and upload videos from your phone. We now support both 3gp and 3g2 formats on older generation BlackBerry devices. Introducing support for the HD video service VideoPress. Streamlined UI and functionality relating … [Read more...]
On Tuesday WordPress announced it has officially released an app for the Android mobile platform. WordPress 1.0 for Android is an open source app and can now be downloaded from the Android Market. Some notable features are: Configure and manage multiple blogs Create and edit posts Create and edit categories Create and edit tags Easily add photos Easily add or moderate comments Comment notification If you get a chance to check it out, please let us know your experience in the comments below. Also, if you've tried the iPhone … [Read more...]
With many WordPress developers and web developers in general now creating mobile or iPhone versions of their sites... do you think this is going to be the standard going forward or because of these new smartphones with multi-touch and other features do you think a well coded site should be enough? I personally think it comes down to the amount of content you have and how well your site is already laid out. If it's structurally sound I think a nicely developed mobile version will be appreciated by your customers. On the other hand if it hinders … [Read more...]
Late last week Premium WordPress developer ModThemes launched a completely redesigned site. According to the ModThemes blog the team had this to say about the redesign... The redesign wasn’t merely done for cosmetic purposes, but most importantly to create a much cleaner, streamlined experience for our present and future customers. We wanted it to be much easier to navigate the site and find exactly what you’re looking for. To make this happen we reorganized and removed a lot of the clutter and put more focus on WordPress how to’s, themes … [Read more...]
Brian Gardner and his team at StudioPress which includes Nathan Rice just announced the launch of their new theme framework called Genesis. When asked why they created Genesis... Brian replied "The answer is simple – it will allow us to create and make available a number of professionally designed themes with the ease of basing them all on one set of core files. This will make it much easier for those who use our themes." Some benefits of using Genesis are... Child themes built on the core parent framework of Genesis Child theme market … [Read more...]
ModThemes has recently announced the release of their Spades Poker Theme which focuses on the poker/casino gambling affiliate, but can be modified and used for any industry. … [Read more...]
Brian Gardner has just announced the re-release of his original Revolution Magazine theme, although with many enhancements to bring it up to par with his other StudioPress offerings. … [Read more...]
So you just started your very first WordPress blog, downloaded and installed the latest version of it on your server and now you're looking to take advantage of the vast WordPress plugin community built around the WordPress platform, but with so many plugin choices you're a little overwhelmed with which ones to choose. Have no fear! Below is a great starting point for anyone looking to optimize their WordPress blog/site with some basic, yet extremely important plugins to help keep your site secure, running smoothly and to help you get the most out … [Read more...]
With last Wednesday's announcement by ThemeForest that they too are going GPL along with recent announcements from StudioPress, Press75, iThemes and WooThemes... one has to ask why is everyone all of a sudden going GPL? Is it cause they really want to feel like they're contributing to the WordPress community? Is it cause they really want their customers to share the same rights as the developer? Or is it cause WordPress.org recently announced their commercial theme directory, they don't want to be left out in the cold and they realize the potential … [Read more...]
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