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WordPress 2.9, oh so fine
Dec 19th
I want to make you mine, all the time… oh wait. Hello. I’m here on behalf of the entire WordPress development team and community to announce the immediate availability of WordPress version 2.9 “Carmen” named in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae (whom we’ve added to our Last.fm WP release station). You can upgrade easily from your Dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade, or you can download from WordPress.org.
WordPress v2.9 Release Candidate 1
Dec 17th
We’re at that exciting point in WordPress development where the dev team feels like version 2.9 is complete and ready for the world.
How should “Post updated. View Post” links open?
Dec 16th
We’ve gone back and forth on this. How should the “View Post” link that shows up next to the “Post updated” (or similar) text work? Should it open in the same window/tab, or should it open in a new window/tab?
Why WordPress?
Dec 15th
It’s a question I’m sure everyone reading this post can answer and I’m willing to bet most of the answers are different. WPShout.com has compiled a list of answers from 21 notable people throughout the WordPress community to figure out why they choose to use WordPress.
Excluding your plugin or theme from update checks
Dec 15th
There has been a vigorous discussion going on regarding what data WordPress installs send to WordPress.org when doing update checks. Because WordPress (the software) doesn’t know whether a theme or plugin is listed in the WordPress.org repositories, it has to check them all, and let the repository sort it out. Some have expressed concern that private plugins developed for a single client could contain sensitive information in their headers, like contact information for the developer, etc.
50 Posts reached
Dec 4th
I just noticed after posting about “Chrome OS” when i went to Dashboard that now my blog has reached 50 posts. Yay!!!
I don’t think all of the posts might actually be useful to everyone (actually 5,8 are about my routine life just like this post) but i am trying my best, keep giving me feedback and i will add more useful posts on the specific topics.