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rssCloud Update on Nov 5, 2009 in Features rss rssCloud Two months ago we turned on support for rssCloud on WordPress.com. Today we’re announcing some improvements. Initially rssCloud limited update pings to the IP address that made the notification request. To get around this a domain parameter w...

October Wrap-Up on Nov 4, 2009 in Wrapup Stats Themes Widgets WordCamp WordPress October was another busy and productive month. We released Publicize for Yahoo! Updates and Twitter, and upgraded the Theme Viewer for WordPress.com. Coming out of the Automattic team meetup in Québec City, we launched new image templates and mobile...

Proofreading support for the HTML Editor on Nov 3, 2009 in Editing Features New Features When we announced After the Deadline, the proofreading tool used on WordPress.com, many of you asked us to add proofreading to the HTML Editor. The HTML Editor lets you edit the HTML in your posts and pages directly. It is also very lightweight. We&#...

Vote on the WordPress Logo Entries on Oct 24, 2009 in contests Logos Vote Last week you had fun with the WordPress logo. We received nearly 100 entries and many of you have been patiently waiting for news. You don’t have to wait any longer. Here are our favorites split into 5 categories. Cast your votes to pick the f...

VideoPress supports Ogg on Oct 21, 2009 in Uncategorized As strong believers in open source technology, we were excited when Firefox started supporting the new HTML video tag this past summer. It has the potential to transform the future of online video. While we are still working on adding full support fo...

The Hero Is In Your Pocket on Oct 20, 2009 in Mobile Themes Blackberry cell phones iPhone As technology advances, mobile devices are playing a bigger role in our lives. Thousands of you have been using the iPhone and Blackberry applications to post and edit content for your blog, and over 60 million page views a month of WordPress.com blo...

Display Your Photos In Style on Oct 18, 2009 in Themes Gallery images Our team loves photography and we hope you do too. While taking countless photos in Quebec, we thought it would be an appropriate time to update the image templates for all of the WordPress.com themes. If you are using galleries or inserting one imag...