New Switchers
Highlighting a few recent converts to WordPress.
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The Man Behind the Antlers
Haven’t we all wondered about RadioactiveCaribou..er, NuclearMoose at some point or other? He’s all over the forums, he’s just done an incredible job with a preliminary table of contents for the wiki, and he’s created most of the great WordPress holiday logos seen in the header (among many other things). I mean, who IS this…
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What's Wrong With the Wiki?
Just a quick note: there’s been a few posts in the forums today about the Wiki being down. Matt is aware of the problem and has been working to resolve it. See this post for more information.
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The Unofficial Five Kingdoms
Of WordPress Hackdom, that is. There are so many requests for hacks of various sorts that I thought it might be helpful to list some of the most useful sites. ‘Useful’ is subjective, of course, but I have attempted to list the most comprehensive sites. Please note that all hacks do not work with all…
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In case you haven't heard…
Version 1.0.2 is now available for download from Sourceforge. This is only a bugfix release, and contains no new features. Here’s the Changelog. About the upcoming plugin architecture: From Matt: WordPress is moving toward a more robust plugin system that will make distributing and installing plugins or hacks easier than ever. In 1.2 there will…
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A Brief Introduction
A couple of weeks ago, I replied to this post in the forums. This past Thursday, I was informed by Matt that because I was the best-looking most qualified of all the candidates, he was offering me the position of informally reporting on the WordPress scene, should I choose to take it. Obviously, I did,…
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Happy Valentine's Day
On behalf of the entire WordPress team, I’d like to wish everyone a love-filled Valentine’s day. Craig has put together a great graphic to celebrate the event, which will be in our header for the weekend.
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Popular Politicians Use WP
Oskar var Rijswijk writes about the leader of the Dutch socialist party starting a weblog and using WordPress. I’m not familiar with the politics of the region, and I can’t read a word on the site (except “WordPress”) but his first post already has 122 comments. So go check out the new Jan Marijnissen Weblog.…
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Super Bowl Rentals and WordPress?
Things have been pretty crazy here around Houston with events preparing for the Super Bowl. From Snoop Dogg to Janet Jackson, everyone is coming and hotels have been sold out for months. It’s expected that between 50 and 100 thousand people are going to be looking for a place to stay. In response to the…
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Happy Holidays
I would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season, and merry Christmas to those who are celebrating it today. I would love to write more about all the bugs that have been fixed, and the features added in the last couple of days, but I just got back from a family Christmas eve…