Archive for May, 2008
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WordPress Party in San Francisco
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For those of you in San Francisco or the Bay Area, you should join us this Tuesday, May 27, for a birthday party to celebrate the 5th year since the first release of WordPress.org, the software that powers this site.
You can see the official announcement on WordPress.org and RSVP on Upcoming or Facebook.
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WordPress Birthday Party
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On Tuesday, May 27th, WordPress will turn 5 years old. We’ve come a long way from that original 0.7 release.
To celebrate we’re throwing a party in San Francisco at 111 Minna, starting at 9PM. You can get the full details and RSVP on Upcoming.org or on Facebook.
I hope you see some of you there, should […]
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Usability Testing in New York
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We’re doing some usability testing in New York City. Join in if you’re in the area.
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New York Usability Testing
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Or rather, usability testing in New York. If you’re reading this you’re probably a WordPress user. If you also happen to be in New York City and have some free time you may be able to influence development and get some free WP stuff at the same time.
We’ll be testing the WordPress interface over the […]
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New Admin Bar Design
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Today we launched a redesigned admin bar, the handy toolbar you see at the top of every WordPress.com blog when you’re logged in. We’ve retired the old flat blue look in favor of something that better matches the swanky new WordPress.com dashboard.
Here’s a before and after view:
The new admin bar is designed to command less attention […]
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Default Avatar Options - Identicons
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Now you can customize how avatars show up on your blog, including some cool never-before available options:
You can find these options under Settings > Discussion.
Here’s what you can do:
Turn avatars on and off, which applies to their display on your blog.
Choose a rating, which right now only works for Gravatars but as we integrate WordPress.com […]
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April Wrap-up and Monotone Photoblogger Theme
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April absolutely flew, I have no idea where it went.
Here’s what you rascals did last month, with a few new and improved stats:
240,494 blogs were created.
281,729 new users joined.
2,533,704 file uploads. (Y’all use the new uploader a lot more.)
About 740 gigabytes of new files. (Estimated, better number next month.)
317 terabytes of content transferred from our […]
