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WordPress 2.5 has been released!

March 29, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

WordPress 2.5 is finally out today. From the Dev Blog:

WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.

Read the rest at Wordpress.org’s newly redesigned website!

Go download the new release and upgrade your site today.

Want to know more? … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 12:43 pm   

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 »


Posted by Emily @ 3:43 am   

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 »


Posted by Emily @ 2:42 pm   

Beginners Guide to WordPress Plugins

January 14, 2008 | Filed under: Tutorials

One of the biggest advantages of using WordPress is the ability to use plugins to expand the capabilities of your blog or website. Since WordPress has such a large community of plugin developers, it means that you can make your WordPress website do pretty much anything you want it to. If you’ve ever thought about a feature that you wanted in WordPress, chances are that if you look around, you’ll find someone who has created a plugin to integrate that feature.

The problem is that many people don’t know how to go about installing plugin or … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 5:38 pm   

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April 2, 2008 -

If you are having any problems with your 2.5 installation or are just generally confused about where certain things are now, this post at Weblog Tools Collection has a very comprehensive list of helpful answers and fixes to problems.

Update: More FAQs.


February 12, 2008 -

The extremely useful Share This social bookmarking plugin by Alex King (that we use on this very blog) is now available for TypePad and Blogger users! In addition to that, registered users now have access to snazzy new usage reports for the plugin.


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Interested in Web Design or Blogging? These are the books we recommend to get you started.

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