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Web 101: Full vs Partial Feeds

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Web 101

Over at the Blog Herald, there’s a great article on why people shouldn’t be using partial feeds. The author makes a lot of good points, essentially boiling it down to the fact that there are no benefits to using a partial feed. It doesn’t deter sploggers from stealing your content and it doesn’t bring extra traffic to your site; you are basically just frustrating your regular readers and alienating new ones. Read the full article for more.

What I find funny is his rationalizing of why it’s okay for some blogs (*ahem* the one he’s … Continue reading »

WordPress 2.5 RC1 available

March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

Matt has just made an announcement on the Dev blog that the WP 2.5 Release Candidate 1 is available for download and testing. He also goes into some specifics about the new version and what we have to look forward to when 2.5 is finally released:

“A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting to you? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit … Continue reading »

Try out WordPress 2.5 before it’s released

February 13, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

The next major release of WordPress is scheduled to come out next month, but you don’t have to wait that long to see it in action. Chris Johnston has put up a demo of the most current development version for people to play around with. Being that there is more than a month left, this is obviously a beta version and there will be changes and improvements made, but it looks like things are really starting to come together.

The most interesting aspect of the new version is the complete admin interface and design refresh. … Continue reading »

WordPress 2.3 released!

September 25, 2007 | Filed under: Around the Web

WordPress 2.3 “Dexter” has been released today. This is a significant release (compared to 2.2, anyway) and comes with quite a few really nice features including the long awaited Tagging capabilities. Also with 2.3 comes update notification for plugins and new WP versions, better URL management (for better search engine optimization), WYSIWYG upgrades, and better page and draft management. You can go on over to the Dev Blog to read about the new features in more detail.

Since this is a significant upgrade you should be careful before you take the plunge. Always remember to … Continue reading »