Archive for May, 2009

WordPress 2.8 Beta Hits The Internet
InformationWeek, NY
At the end of 2008 I wrote about the launch of WordPress 2.7. The 2.7 version provided a brand new administration interface plus a variety of other changes. Today an announcement was posted on the WordPress blog about the beta release of the 2.8

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WordPress Diva portfolio goes up for sale
Global Gold Internet Services, UK
Three websites in the WordPress Diva portfolio and 31 high-quality WordPress themes are being put up for sale. WordPress community sites can generate revenue through premium theme sales, banner adverts, contextual advertising and custom blog design.

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PEER 1 Provides Free WordPress Themes
MyHostNews.com (press release), OK
For those looking to join the fast-growing blogging community, or just wanting to spice up current blogs, PEER 1 is offering five free custom-designed WordPress themes as a download to anyone who visits the PEER 1 Web site or the site of its dedicated
Web Hosting Sales and Promos RoundupWeb Host Industry Review
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BEYOND THE BEYOND moves to WordPress
Wired Blogs
By Bruce Sterling If you're not yet registered with Wired.com, join now so you can share your thoughts and opinions. Please send me occasional e-mail updates about new features and special offers from Wired. Please send occasional e-mail offers from

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Free WordPress Themes Give Your Blog a Facelift
Tophosts, Canada
For those looking to join the fast-growing blogging community, or just wanting to spice up current blogs, PEER 1 is offering five free custom-designed WordPress themes as a download to anyone who visits the PEER 1 Web site www.peer1.com or the site of

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Just another WordPress weblog
AOPA Pilot
Pilots tend to revert to regulatory definitions—even when the terms we're using are perfectly descriptive. This week, for example, the AOPA 2009 Sweepstakes Let's Go Flying SR22 is going on a cross-country flight. Most pilots take that to mean 50 miles

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Six Apart and WordPress, Together As One
CMSWire, CA
By Chelsi Nakano | May 18, 2009 While perhaps wearing their very best “if you can't beat them, join them” face, Six Apart (news, site) recently announced a handful of new services for WordPress users. The shocking news was made public at this year's
Six Apart Calls A Truce With WordPressBlack Web 2.0
Six Apart now offering WordPress services!TechWhack
Six Apart Opens to WordPress While WordPress Opens 2.8 in BetaWATBlog
Global Gold Internet Services
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100 Epic WordPress Themes For The Frustrated Blogger
Popular Fidelity, CA
The only way I'd recommend someone to go is with WordPress, either on their hosted space or on a server-side installation. PopFi runs off WordPress and, for all its flaws, I wouldn't recommend any other option for anyone blogging due to WP's ease of

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CMS Critic
WordPress CMS Founder, Matt Mullenweg Interview
CMS Critic, california
WordPress is perhaps the best known name in the world of Blogging, CMS' and Open Source and most certainly is a massive entity with over 4 million blogs alone on WordPress.com and countless millions of downloads of their open source cms platform.
Focus on Genius: Matt MullenwegCMS Critic
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Version 2.8 Beta 1 announced for testing by wordpress.com
Global Gold Internet Services, UK
wordpress.com has announced that its version 2.8 Beta 1 is now available for downloading and testing. The enhancement and bug-fix release for bloggers has an improved database performance and adds support for blocking all outbound HTTP requests.

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