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Migrating from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org »

Jeff Chandler wrote a great article on Problogger about moving from the hosted WordPress.com to the self hosted WordPress.org.
The article is pretty simple and the task itself is actually pretty uncomplicated in moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org due in large part to the great export tool. Read the article to find out exactly how to [...]

A Few Changes and Some Cool Blog Designs »

As 2008 has come and gone, we all look back on what has been and what is yet to come. Automatic has obviously been through some great changes with their new Wordpress 2.7 Version release, as well as some challenges. Lots of other transformations abound as well- the number of bloggers has grown tremendously (The [...]

Wordpress 2.7 »

The latest stable release of WordPress Version 2.7, also called “Coltrane” is finally out!
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The biggest changes include the customizable screen, the drag and drop dashboard, the ability to reply to comments from your dashboard, the ability to install any plugin directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts.
Lastly this latest release from WordPress [...]

WordPress 2.6.4 a Fake and 2.6.5 Released »

According to the Mac Security Blog a fake version of WordPress software has been found making the rounds. This version of WordPress, which titles itself 2.6.4, contains a Trojan horse, which, according to reports, “contains call backs to the Fake WordPress site and looks to be stealing credentials.” A Trojan is really a program that [...]

WordPress 2.7 Beta »

Interested in Beta Testing WordPress 2.7?
You can download it now and check out for yourself what everyone is so excited about. There is an entirely new new visual design to 2.7 and should make the entire blogging experience just that much more enjoyable.
It looks as if it will live up to its original release date [...]

New Stumble! Plugin »

A new plugin for Wordpress: Stumble! for WordPress written by Brendon Boshell allows your WordPress Blog to support a “random article” feature, similar to StumbleUpon’s StumbleThru and Wikipedia’s (Mediawiki’s) random article feature.
The plugin supports basic “go to any random page” functionality, but can also integrate with Yet Another Related Posts Plugin to stumble similar articles. [...]

Wordpress for iPhone »

Wordpress for iphone is a very cool open source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Works with both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org.

Wordpress 2.7 Coming Soon to a Blog Near You »

One of the most anticipated blog releases for Wordpress will be coming out in November. I was fortunate enough to get an inside view of the new wordpress version at the WordCamp 2008. This newest version, nicknamed Crazy Horse, Wordpress 2.7 will encompass many user preferred changes such as a new navigation screen, additional header [...]

Good SEO in An Optimized Theme »

Everyone wants to gets their blog optimized properly and with a few quick changes and a couple of plugins you can easily do this. However if your theme is not pure and has lots of unwanted links, advertisements, or messy code it can actually hurt your natural search engine rankings. Nathan Rice is in the [...]

Backing Up Your Wordpress Blog »

If you have ever lost data on your blog or had it hacked into you understand how important it is to keep a recent and updated copy of your blog. Sometimes things happen and we forget to renew hosting or even worse the domain name and what happens- all is lost if you don’t have [...]