June 22, 2009
photo credit: Hamed SaberIn the last few days, I've heard from a few people who've upgraded to WordPress 2.8 that they're missing some or all of the visual editor from the Add New Post page: even if the "Visual" tab is selected (not the "HTML" one), buttons are missing. People have also reported the dashboard page not loading properly. The issues seem to be reported more widely in Firefox... Read more
May 17, 2009
Amazon have now made their Kindle platform available to all bloggers. Publishing via the portable book reader was previously open only to big blogs, but a new self-publishing tool means that just about every blogger can have their blog available through the Kindle store. Sign up for an account at Kindle Publishing. All you'll need to add are details of your feed, a screenshot and logo, and... Read more
February 24, 2009
With traditional media flapping about Facebook and all a-twitter about Twitter, you'd be forgiven for thinking that social media sites were all people used to communicate online. But according to figures released this week, if you want to send a funny or amusing link to a friend, you're most likely to do it by good, old-fashioned email. The figures come from ShareThis, who make the... Read more
February 14, 2009
2009's WordCamp UK will be in Cardiff on the 18 and 19 July. I really enjoyed last year's event (watching actual WordPress developers live-edit TameBay's theme was a bit of a highlight) though if I'm honest, it's for WP afficianadoes rather than those who are just vaguely into a little personal blogging. I'm almost certain I'll be there: Cardiff's a bit of a trek from here but I'm trying to... Read more