Blackwitch's Diary

RSS Links Widget

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:32:21 -0400

The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…

After the Deadline Live for WP.com

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:46:35 -0400

After the Deadline Live for WP.com:

Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…

RSS in the Clouds

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:49:32 -0400

RSS in the Clouds:

Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…

August Wrap-Up

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:19:50 -0400

August Wrap-Up:

I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.

Our…

Support Hours and Updates

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:32:21 -0400

Support Hours and Updates:

In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:25:18 -0400

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1:

Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.

Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…

WP.me — shorten your links

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:38:19 -0400

WP.me — shorten your links:

Check out this address:

http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten

If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …

SoundCloud

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:38:19 -0400

SoundCloud:

We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…

New Theme: iNove

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:34:59 -0400

New Theme: iNove:

iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…

July Wrap-Up

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:13:33 -0400

July Wrap-Up:

We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.

Later in the month we…

Archives Shortcode

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:45:12 -0400

Archives Shortcode:

You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …

Gravatar Widget

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:19:40 -0400

Gravatar Widget:

Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…

PollDaddy ratings and polls

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:02:54 -0400

PollDaddy ratings and polls:

PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.

Ratings

The PollDaddy rating…

Vote for Media Features

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:20:58 -0400

Vote for Media Features:

Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…

June Wrap-Up

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:24 -0400

June Wrap-Up:

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…

National Blog Posting Month

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:24 -0400

National Blog Posting Month:

Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…

National Blog Posting Month

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:04:37 -0400

National Blog Posting Month:

Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…

SocialVibe

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:02:18 -0400

SocialVibe:

You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.

We’ve teamed up with…

May Wrap-Up

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:02:16 -0400

May Wrap-Up:

Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.

May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…

Yahoo! App and 360 Importer

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:58:20 -0400

Yahoo! App and 360 Importer:

We’ve got two Yahoo! related news items today.

The first is that we’ve launched a Yahoo! 360 importer (listed in your admin screens under Tools → Import) to make migration from 360 to…