Top 10 Must Have WordPress Plugins To Start A Successful Blog

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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 … [Read more...]

Why Is Everyone And Their Mother Going GPL With Premium WordPress Themes?

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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 … [Read more...]

Video: Introduction To WordPress 2.8 Baker

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WordPress 2.8 “Baker” builds on the changes that started with WP 2.7, making the blogging even smoother and easier even for novices. This short video walks you through the latest features. … [Read more...]

Video: Bluehost – 1 Click WordPress Installation

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In this short video you’ll be show how to easily add a self-hosted WordPress installation to your Bluehost shared hosting account. Learn more about (mt) Bluehost WordPress hosting. … [Read more...]

Video: WordPress For iPhone [updated]

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WordPress for iPhone 2 is a free application available on the App Store for blogging on the go. Take a tour of of the app and see what’s new with version 2.1 of the application. Some notable features of WordPress for iPhone 2 A new, more efficient user interface that makes it faster to switch between comments, posts, and pages. Various user interface refinements and bug fixes New Comments interface, with Gravatars and the author URL shown in the comment list Passwords are now stored in the keychain Posts are now automatically saved … [Read more...]

WordPress Theme Store Is Officially Open For Business

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WP Theme Store officially opened it's virtual doors today at 10AM PDT. It's been a long couple months, but with traveling to the Caribbean and Europe throughout May/June I'm happy to say it's finally here. WP Theme Store was born out of the need for a one stop shop for Premium WordPress Themes. WIth the explosive growth of the WordPress platform and the Premium Theme market we decided to compile all the top theme series into one place so users could easily find themes that would fit their needs. The theme store will be filled with the top … [Read more...]