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11/10/11--08:10: New Themes: Photography, Brand New Day, and Bouquet (chan 1452602)

I’m happy to announce that we’ve added another group of three new themes to our collection today. Each one has its own distinct personality but they do share one thing in common: they’re all awesome themes that I know you’ll love. Let’s check them out. The first up is Photography, a premium theme designed by [...]


Ian

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11/11/11--09:23: WordPress.com Blogger Scores Book Deal for “You Are Not So Smart” (chan 1452602)

According to David McRaney, “You may think that you’re a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is. But you’re as deluded as the rest of us, and that’s OK, because it keeps you sane.” David is a journalist and the creator of the WordPress.com blog You Are Not So Smart, which [...]


ericarenaejohnson

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11/15/11--05:30: Easier Invitations Mean More Followers and Blog Contributors (chan 1452602)

We’ve made two big changes that make it easier to encourage friends, family, and colleagues to interact with your WordPress.com blog. First, now you can invite people to follow your blog. If your blog is public, anyone can use the Follow button to sign up to receive an update each time you publish new content. [...]


danielbachhuber

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11/16/11--16:25: Drag & Drop Media Uploader & Flyout Dashboard Menus (chan 1452602)

We’re excited to share some new features that will make it even faster to create content on your WordPress.com site. Drag & Drop Uploads The media uploader now supports drag and drop! You’ll be able to use the new drag and drop media uploader wherever you need to upload your media files – while writing [...]


Sara

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11/17/11--09:11: New Themes: Anthem and Luscious (chan 1452602)

I’m happy to announce that we have added two great new premium themes to our ever-expanding Theme Showcase! First up is Anthem – a responsive, minimal design from The Theme Foundry. Anthem is perfect for artists, designers, and photographers who want their images to take center stage. Choose from seven different post formats to give [...]


michaelfields

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11/21/11--11:12: More Custom Headers, Color Schemes, & Theme Improvements (chan 1452602)

We want everyone on WordPress.com to be able to find the best theme possible for their blog. Something beautiful, amazing, and cool. A theme that makes you want to jump up, run your laptop next door, and show your neighbor your awesome blog. That’s why we love bringing you so many new themes, why we [...]


Ian

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11/22/11--13:42: Google Knols Move to WordPress: The Annotum Platform (chan 1452602)

Today, we’d like to give a warm welcome to Google Knol users who are migrating to WordPress.com. Begun in 2007, the Google Knol project has provided people in many fields with a place to share their knowledge and expertise with the world using a platform designed for scholarly authoring and publishing. Starting today, those same [...]


markel

11/23/11--16:02: Code is Poetry, CSS is Art (chan 1452602)

We want to help your websites come alive with beautiful design. The WordPress.com theme team has been adding new themes at a dazzling rate, but did you know you can customize the style of any of our themes using the Custom Design upgrade? CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets which are styles that define how [...]


designsimply

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11/24/11--07:36: New Themes: Shaan and Adventure Journal (chan 1452602)

I’m happy to introduce two new cool and colorful themes: Shaan and Adventure Journal. Shaan is a smooth-talking theme, quietly delivering a cool, casual backdrop for your content. It’s perfect for writers who like a calm, quiet tone to their blog. If you use images to illustrate your writing, you’ll like how Shaan displays featured [...]


lance

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11/25/11--02:00: Black Friday sale: free Custom Design with any Premium theme (chan 1452602)

It’s that time of the year again, and we decided to take care of all our users whether they feel like lining up in the cold to take advantage of today’s bargains or not. This year’s offer is about two upgrades that first saw the light of day during the past twelve months: Custom Design [...]


Paolo B.

11/28/11--16:52: Introducing WordAds (chan 1452602)

Over the years one of the most frequent requests on WordPress.com has been to allow bloggers to earn money from their blog through ads. We’ve resisted advertising so far because most of it we had seen wasn’t terribly tasteful, and it seemed like Google’s AdSense was the state-of-the-art, which was sad. You pour a lot [...]


jonburke

12/01/11--14:49: It’s getting cold in here (chan 1452602)

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but this blog is sooo delightful Until the internet gets slow, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! That’s right, it’s that special time of year where you can show off your holiday cheer with a little special blog flair — falling snow. To get it started: [...]


Matt Mullenweg

12/05/11--08:42: WordPress.com Bloggers Who Covered the Biggest News Stories of 2011 (chan 1452602)

As 2011 comes to end, we thought it’d be interesting to look back at the events that made headlines this year, and a few of the bloggers who were there in person (or closely connected to the events) to document history in the making. Here’s a recap of some of the biggest news stories of [...]


ericarenaejohnson

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12/06/11--08:32: New Themes: AutoFocus, Imbalance 2, and Reddle (chan 1452602)

Today we are absolutely thrilled to warm your creative hearts with the announcement of three new themes: AutoFocus, Imbalance 2, and Reddle. AutoFocus is an elegant, minimal theme designed for artists, photographers, and other creatives seeking a simple but beautiful way to showcase their talents online. Designed by Allan Cole, this oft-requested theme simultaneously boasts [...]


philiparthurmoore

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12/08/11--10:00: The Long and Short of It (chan 1452602)

Would you like some more Twitter in your WordPress? We got ya. As an update to our ever-popular Tweet embedding functionality we’re supporting Twitter’s new embed API to enable richer, better looking, and more functional Tweets inside your blog posts. To embed a Tweet just put a permalink to it on its own line or use [...]


Matt Mullenweg

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12/12/11--10:07: Get Instant Feedback When You Publish (chan 1452602)

For months we’ve been studying how, when and why people publish their posts, and what the common tasks are people perform afterwards. We know many of you immediately want to see what your post looks like, check for typos, and then share your post to social networks. Starting today you’ll see a much improved design [...]


sberkun

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12/19/11--13:32: WordPress for Android 2.0 Now Available (chan 1452602)

It’s Android blogging, re-imagined. Today we’re announcing the release of WordPress for Android 2.0, a major update that focuses on a new UI and enhanced post editor features. Check the video: So what’s new? Brand New Look We’ve completely redesigned the look and feel of the app, now placing the actions you want to make [...]


12/20/11--09:00: Holiday Desktop Backgrounds from WordPress.com (chan 1452602)

We’ve got a little year-end tradition here at WordPress.com. Every year, we commission an artist to spread some WordPress-themed holiday cheer. For 2011, Caroline Hadilaksono has created a warm and joyful scene that’s sure to get you in the mood for the holidays (and some blogging). We’ve made some desktop backgrounds from her illustration that [...]


Administrator

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12/20/11--18:37: New Theme: Nuntius (chan 1452602)

If you’ve been itching to turn your blog into an online newspaper or magazine, Nuntius could be your perfect companion. Based on the highly-popular News theme designed by Justin Tadlock, Nuntius contains many smart features that help your readers to stay on top of all your latest scoop. Upon activation, Nuntius displays your posts in [...]


Michelle

Nuntius Theme

12/27/11--10:41: Kick Off 2012 with Project 365 (chan 1452602)

If you were going to blog about one thing for an entire year, what would you choose? Would you post photographs of your favorite place? Interview different people from your hometown? Create a new piece of art each day? Here are eight unique blog projects (some are updated every single day) to inspire you to [...]


ericarenaejohnson

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