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Have a look at the new WordPress 2.7 Dashboard20 Oct

Here it is in all its glory Ain’t it pretty?? For those of us who *just* got used to the new dashboard that came with version 2.5 – prepare yourselves for yet another dashboard change for 2.7. It’s refined. It’s friendly. It’s really beautiful, I have to say! Here’s a screenshot so you can see what I mean: For those of you following my book, WordPress For Dummies – We are releasing the 2nd edition of the book that will shortly follow the release of WordPress 2.7. We (Wiley Publishing, my publishing company) are making every single attempt at closely following the actual WordPress…
Blog, WordPress

WordPress SuperCache17 Oct

I’m writing to inform our clients, and any other WordPress users who come across this post, about a plugin called WP Super Cache. What is it? From the plugin description on the developers site: This plugin generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog. After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts. As many of you (our clients) know – yesterday (October 16) we had a pretty rough server load day. There was one particular site on our server that was getting a blazing amount of traffic to a post they made on the elections (Political season is just HUGE for…
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WordPress 2.1 Release23 Jan

WordPress announced the release of the new version 2.1-Ella. This is a major version release and we encourage everyone to read the information about what has changed in this version, as well as the details upgrade instructions for upgrading to WordPress 2.1. Also, here is a listing of WP Plugins that are compatible with this newest version – also listed there are plugins that are NOT compatible with WordPress version 2.1 – - make sure you read that information as it applies to plugins you may have installed on your WordPress blog. We strongly recommend that you follow the threads in the WordPress Support Forums regarding major issues that users are having after upgrading to version…
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Wordpress for Dummies17 Dec

We are very happy, and proud, to annouce that our very own Lisa Sabin-Wilson has been asked to author “Wordpress for Dummies” – due to be available in stores in August 2007. The “.. for Dummies” books are a product of Wiley Publishing. Lisa’s experience and knowledge of the Wordpress blogging software will make this book a ‘must have’ for anyone with a desire to learn more about working with Wordpress. You can read her own announcement on her Design Blog at E.Webscapes. If you’re interested in receiving updates on the progress and release of the book – please visit her Design Blog and subscribe to her RSS Feed Congratulations, Lisa!!
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Akismet bug fixed27 Aug

(update 10/21/08 – sorry for any Twitter followers who got this post in a Twitter broadcast!  This is an old post that we edited today, and it got broadcast to twitter as *new* through the Twitter Tools plugin we are currently using.  No worries on Akismet — there are no current bugs in the system — this is old info!  Sorry to you, and to the Akismet folks! Over the past 24 hours, Wordpress users who utilize the Akismet plugin experienced a mass influx of spam (this blog included). We’ve received just a ton of help tickets in our Support Center about the amount of spam they’ve received. This was an Akismet issue…

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