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WordPress on Android

WordPress on Android

The WordPress team recently launched an Android application.
Here are a few of the features,

Configure and manage multiple blogs
Comment moderation including the ability to reply to comments
Create and Edit Posts including categories, tags and photos
Create and Edit Pages
Get notified of new comments in the Android notification bar

Here’s a video demo of what it looks like:

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The WordPress Foundation

The WordPress Foundation

All I can say is wow. This is awesome! Matt Mullenweg is starting up the WordPress Foundation. So what is the WordPress Foundation for?
The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software.
The …

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WordPress (MU) 3.0

WordPress (MU) 3.0

As I previously wrote, WordPress and WordPress MU are merging. This is a huge step for WordPress.
Jane wrote a post about the upcoming schedule of how the WordPress merge should take place.

January 7, 2010

Identify major features slotted for 3.0
Begin merging MU files into trunk
Begin development of new default theme
Begin development of custom post types …

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Get Your Personal Akismet API Key

Get Your Personal Akismet API Key

For a long time, you could only get an Akismet API key by creating a wordpress.com account. From what it seems though, that’s no longer the case. It seems that Akismet.com is offering personal keys directly on their site, http://akismet.com/personal.
What is Akismet? Akismet is an anti-spam protection plugin. It will let …

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WordPress 2.9.1 Released

WordPress 2.9.1 Released

WordPress 2.9.1 was just released and it has a number of bug fixes.
One of the biggest fixes was the upgrade process. There were a number of related bugs to the upgrade process and as you can imagine, this is a fairly big deal for most people.
As Ryan notes, there were “millions of downloads for …

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We Love WordPress

We Love WordPress

It’s a new year and people are loving WordPress! I threw out a question of “who else loves WordPress?” and here’s the feedback I got!

2010 is going to be an amazing year for WordPress!

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WordPress 2.9 Upgrade Failure

WordPress 2.9 Upgrade Failure

WordPress 2.9 was recently released, and there were some huge improvements made — which I’m really excited about. But, as anyone may know, there’s always a bug…somewhere.
This time, it happened to be a failed upgrade process.
In brief, there were some database queries that shouldn’t have been added, but they were. So some people …

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WordPress 2.9 Beta 2 Released

WordPress 2.9 Beta 2 Released

Day by day we get closer to the full release of WordPress 2.9. Today WordPress released the 2nd round of its latest Beta. Join the fun, the download is now available.
The folks at WordPress have also ask that if you are continuing support for themes or plugins you’ve developed, that you ensure they work properly …

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WordCamp NYC 2009 Wrap-up

WordCamp NYC 2009 Wrap-up

WordCamp NYC was a huge success, in my eyes. Jane Wells and Steve Bruner did an amazing job at organizing a two-day event. They had some amazing sponsors to help make it a huge success.
A couple of the highlights for me were mostly networking related, such as meeting Ryan Duff, ShaneF, Matt Martz, …

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Upcoming WordPress Related Events Near You

Upcoming WordPress Related Events Near You

WordPress truly is a worldwide affair. It’s a treat to watch WordPress continue to grow and to see how excited folks are about the platform and where it is heading. Have you ever wanted to spend some face time with other people as passionate as you are about something? Well, now is as good as …

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