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Will it always be about Microsoft?

In a rather heated argument during MIX 08 last week, Miguel de Icaza right made a provocative statement the reporters in the room seem to have glossed over. "There is a feature beyond selling corporate [software] and patents ... it's going to be owning end users." ...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Wordpress, Movable Type, Channel Management, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Marketing, Internet, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-09

wordpress Theme Generator (exe)

Free WordPress Theme Generator, Unleash your creative ideas and bring your WordPress sites to life. Generate elegant and modern WordPress theme. Harness the power of WordPress to transform your publishing platform to a success. Make your design decision on fly without any HTML, JS, PHP, or CSS knowledge. This version...

Tags: Wordpress, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2008-02-19

wordpress 2.3.3. an 'urgent security release'

WordPress 2.3.3. an 'urgent security release'Ouchnt

Tags: WordPress 2.3.3, Wordpress, security

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

wordpress 2.3.3. an 'urgent security release'

WordPress has released version 2.3.3 to plug a flaw that would allow a specially crafted request to edit posts of other users on that blog. In a post, WordPress noted that 2.3.3 is "an urgent security release." You can fix the flaw without downloading the new version....

Tags: Wordpress, Blogging, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Lucipress (zip)

The Lucipress plugin for wordpress enables you to post to your Wordpress page by sending standard text-files, sound, photo's, images and video's from any computer or mobile device to your wordpress Web log using the ftp-protocol. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Wordpress, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-06

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! by James Farrar

Tags: Wordpress, Blogging, Internet, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-05

SAP's alternative Twitter project

Following on from my last piece about Twitter, I also spoke with Craig Cmehil, another Irregular and SAPper. For some weeks, Craig has been running a side project to develop a Twitteresque alternative for use inside the firewall. Wordpress's Prologue might make a decent alternative but Craig's work started before...

Tags: SAP AG, Wordpress, Twitter, Productivity, Firewalls, Networking, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Prologue = Twitter meets Basecamp

Automattic, the company behind Wordpress.com, have released a pretty interesting new product called Prologue. Essentially a re-skinning of Wordpress (the open-source blog software), Prologue is Twitter-esque in its micro-blogging interface and functionality, but also brings to the surface the collaborative potential of such a platform by taking advantage of Wordpress...

Tags: Wordpress, Twitter, Automattic, Prologue, RSS, Smb/Sme, Blogging, Internet, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Automattic does Twitter for business

Late this afternoon, Automattic, the folk behind Wordpress released a new theme called Prologue under the GPL that replicates Twitter's look and feel with much of what Twitter already does but with threading via comments. Why it hasn't been done before is a mystery to me...

Tags: Wordpress, Twitter, RSS, Content Management, Firewalls, Manufacturing, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-28

Dear Bill G: one more thing

Letter to Bill Gates: Dear Bill I realize that in the run up to your retirement from Microsoft you've probably got a thousand things on your mind. You're leaving a legacy unparalleled in computing history but there is one more thing you could do...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Wordpress, LiveWriter, Desktops, Hardware, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-23

wordpress.com traffic up 202% in December 2007

Blogger remains the top blogging site 35.8 mln visitors, up from 33.6 million in November 2007 and 24.1 million in November 2006, according to Nielsen. Blogger increased its visitors 48% from the year-earlier period, accounting for 35.8 mln visitors in December, 2007, up from 33.6 mln visitors in November 2007....

Tags: Wordpress, Visitor, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-01-17

wordpress vs. an army of clunky content management systems

WordPress vs. an army of clunky content management systemsOpinions VaryI'm not sure everyone would agree with Mr. Howlett regarding how far WordPress is being stretched. I'm working on a personal site right now that will use nothing more than WordPress to manage both the pages and the "current news"...

Tags: Content management, Enterprise software, Wordpress, content management system, clunky content management system

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

wordpress vs. an army of clunky content management systems

Updated below: There's a good discussion on the line between journalism and blogging, but it's also worth noting the technology gulf between media companies and their content minions. In Scott Karp's overall discussion asking whether blogs can do journalism--I think it's all the same and chances are techies...

Tags: Wordpress, Content Management System, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Has Movable Type gone open source too late?

Nothing illustrates the vagaries of development trends and the rise of open source better than the blog software market. (From Toothpastefordinner.) People say they blog, a verb, lower-case, when the word refers to a specific labelled product, Blogger, now owned by Google. When this market...

Tags: Blog, Wordpress, Movable Type, Nothing, Blogging, Open Source, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-13

OpenID 2.0 specification released

The OpenID 2.0 specification was finalized at IIW this week. OpenID 2.0 comprises two separate specifications: OpenID Authentication 2.0 and OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0. Getting 2.0 out the door has been a long process, but the additions will be a real boost to OpenID's usefulness. ...

Tags: America Online Inc., Use Case, Blog, Specification, Wordpress, User, News, OpenID 2.0, OpenID 1.0, Relying Party, Blogging, Internet, Phil Windley

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! by Janice Chen

Tags: Wordpress, Blogging, Internet, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! by Administrator

Tags: Wordpress, Blogging, Internet, Administrator

Blog posts 2007-11-27

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! by Janice Chen

Tags: Wordpress, Blogging, Internet, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2007-11-27

wordpress all grown up, wins best CMS

Wordpress all grown up, wins best CMSI love Wordpress ... butMy blog is based on Wordpress and I think in my history book it might be the easiest-to-use software product I have ever worked with. However, that is from an administrator perspective. IMHO, CMS systems are all about...

Tags: Content management, Wordpress, Drupal, content management system

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

wordpress all grown up, wins best CMS

Wordpress, which I had previously considered "just" a blogging engine, has been named the best open source Content Management System for social networking, beating Drupal and Elgg. (Picture from PhotoMatt.) The Judges commented on "WordPress's ease of configuration, professional approach, usability and enthusiastic community," awarding the project...

Tags: Drupal, Wordpress, Content Management System, Content Management, Blogging, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-31