Widgetize your theme!
Automattic has released a new plugin called WordPress Widgets. Users at WordPress.com are already using these Widgets, and with this plugin it allows users running WordPress as their blog software to do the same.
Automattic has released a new plugin called WordPress Widgets. Users at WordPress.com are already using these Widgets, and with this plugin it allows users running WordPress as their blog software to do the same.
Good news for WordPress Theme authors. WordPress Arena has launched a Theme Competition. The last date for entries is May 1, 2006, 12:00pm PST.
WordPress has just released a 2.0.2 security release and is a must upgrade if you want to keep your blog safe.
ABC News reports: Internet users can take just one-twentieth of a second to decide whether they like the look of a website, researchers say. Dr Gitte Lindgaard and colleagues from Carleton University in Ottawa flashed up websites for 50 milliseconds and asked participants to rate them for visual appeal. When they repeated the exercise after a longer viewing period, the participants’ ratings were consistent.
I’m surprised it is still not out on the Dev Blog, but you can download WordPress 2.0. WordPress 2.
Connections Reloaded 1.2.2 is now out.
AP reports: Yahoo has introduced email folder which will fetch data from RSS feeds that you specify. This comes as a major move from the traditional method of receiving emails as well as the usual method of fetching RSS feeds and displaying it on a web page. Currently in beta with plans to release it to a portion of their customers.
Matt writes: We’ve decided to open up WordPress.com for signups without invites for a bit. The service has been scaling very well since we got the problems from the move worked out.
Recent news of the PHPXMLRPC worm with claims that WordPress may be vulnerable. However, the authors state that WordPress 1.5.
Just read a really positive review of Flock on MSNBC. Read Web users of a feather Flock together.
For old and new bloggers alike, Paul writes a short HOW TO on increasing traffic to your blog. He covers Usability, Content, Technorati, Blog rings, Feedburner and few other tricks.
Well, I don’t use this but I am sure many would welcome an integration of Flickr with WordPress. This is already functional at WordPress.com.
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