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WP Admin Area Options

April 21, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Downloads

If you’ve already upgraded to WordPress 2.5, then you know that 2.5 brings a BIG change to the admin area.  Automattic worked with a team from Happy Cog Studios to redesign the admin area for greater ease and usability.  However, while this improvement may help users new to WordPress, people used to the old admin area may be having some issues acclimating to the new interface.  In fact some “power users” downright hate it.  While that’s a perfectly valid point of view, I consider myself a power user, and I actually really like the new interface.  That’s not … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 3:04 pm   

Have you upgraded yet?

April 16, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

WordPress 2.5 has been out for over 2 weeks, have you upgraded yet? I waited about a week to make sure there were no major issues right after the release, but as of this past weekend all my personal/business WP sites as well an a good portion of my client’s sites have been upgraded. If you haven’t upgraded yet, what are you waiting for?

I’ve come across several bloggers who are waiting for the release of 2.5.1. I can’t really blame them for this logic. It should fix all of the major bugs that have cropped up … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 4:20 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   

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 »


Posted by Emily @ 2:34 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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