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Theme Viewer

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:49:42 -0400

We know you love themes and we know you like to try new ones. With our new super-charged theme viewer this is now even easier than before.

The new theme viewer let’s you quickly step…

Publicize: Yahoo! Updates

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:52:15 -0400

Publicize: Yahoo! Updates:

You can now send your WordPress.com posts to your Yahoo! Profile via the Yahoo! Updates service.

Check out that cute WordPress icon!

The feature can be enabled from your Dashboard…

September Wrap-Up

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:49:41 -0400

September Wrap-Up:

September was a big month for us. We acquired proofreading service After the Deadline, and launched it as a feature on WordPress.com. We implemented RSS Cloud and custom CSS revisions. The

New Theme: DePo Square

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:14:51 -0400

New Theme: DePo Square:

Today we’re bringing you yet another theme designed by Derek Powazek: DePo Square.

This theme looks great! Minimal, simple, yet unique. But, it doesn’t stop with great design….

Custom CSS Revisions

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:56:41 -0400

Custom CSS Revisions:

Customizing your theme just got easier! The Custom CSS Upgrade now provides the ability to save revisions of your code and uses the same engine that WordPress uses for post revisions.

If you…

The Image Widget, Plus News from Support

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:49:32 -0400

The Image Widget, Plus News from Support:

Last month, the Support team (also known as Happiness Engineers) got together to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the features and resources you need.

Out of that meetup came a number…

Imaginative CSS

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:49:32 -0400

Imaginative CSS:

I’m constantly finding sites on WordPress.com that leave me happily surprised. I ran across Wir sprechen Online a few weeks ago and just kept coming back to it. For both the content and the…

RSS Links Widget

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:50:22 -0400

RSS Links Widget:

The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…

After the Deadline Live for WP.com

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:04:40 -0400

After the Deadline Live for WP.com:

Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…

RSS in the Clouds

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:09:35 -0400

RSS in the Clouds:

Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…

August Wrap-Up

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:48:33 -0400

August Wrap-Up:

I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.

Our…

Support Hours and Updates

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:08:27 -0400

Support Hours and Updates:

In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:04:05 -0400

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1:

Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.

Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…

SoundCloud

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:23:25 -0400

SoundCloud:

We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…

WP.me — shorten your links

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:23:23 -0400

WP.me — shorten your links:

Check out this address:

http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten

If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …

New Theme: iNove

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:16:52 -0400

New Theme: iNove:

iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…

July Wrap-Up

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:06:12 -0400

July Wrap-Up:

We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.

Later in the month we…

Archives Shortcode

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:37:08 -0400

Archives Shortcode:

You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …

Gravatar Widget

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:06:45 -0400

Gravatar Widget:

Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…

PollDaddy ratings and polls

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:23:14 -0400

PollDaddy ratings and polls:

PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.

Ratings

The PollDaddy rating…