Monthly Archives: March 2010

WP Auctions 3.5

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Owen

We’ve just dropped a new release of WP Auctions, the auction plugin for WordPress. This new version has some great features; and the best one is the fact that we’ve turned away from using a custom image uploader to using … Continue reading →

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Turn your bog into a shopping cart

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Owen

There’s a plugin that lets you turn Wordpress into a fully fledged shopping card. It’s called WP e-Commerce and lets you define a number of products you have for sale. It adds a shopping card process to your blog as … Continue reading →

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TubePress

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Owen

If you’re looking for a way to integrate video with your website check out TubePress. It lets you grab a Youtube video and embed it easily into your website, without having too much trouble. So, if you want to include … Continue reading →

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Twitter Tools Plugin

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Owen

If you’re looking for a plugin to help integrate your blog with Twitter there’s a great plugin you can use called Twitter Tools. It integrates really nicely, allowing you to do things like automatically tweeting when posts are added to … Continue reading →

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WordPress Summer of Code 2010

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Owen

WordPress is taking part in Google’s Summer of Code 2010. It’s a programme that allows students to spend Summer working with an Open Source project, with Google paying the stipend for them if the “internship” is successful. Wordpress is one … Continue reading →

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Did you go to the BBQ?

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Owen

Image via Wikipedia One of the disadvantages of not living in the US is that I don’t get to go to all the cool stuff. Last weekend, the WordPress team threw a BBQ that everyone was invited to. It was … Continue reading →

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Get your Persona on – Wordpress style

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Owen

Image via Wikipedia If you use Firefox you may have noticed that in the latest versions they introduced Personas, a way to skin your browser with a theme that you can also carry to Thunderbird. Well, the boys down at … Continue reading →

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Wordpress for Android 1.0.2

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Owen

There’s a new version of the WordPress application for Android. Here are the improvements on the previous version: Support for https (including self-signed certs) Connection issue fixes for self-hosted WordPress sites Fix for local drafts not showing if the user … Continue reading →

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New features for WP Auctions

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Owen

I’m currently working on some new features for WP Auctions, the auction plugin for Wordpress. It’s already quite rich in features, including the ability to set up a variety of different auctions with buy it now features and auto bidding, … Continue reading →

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Where are your buddies?

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Owen

Image via CrunchBase Have you ever wanted to add social networking features to your site? Well, if you’re running WordPress now you can with an awesome plugin called BuddyPress. Up to now, BuddyPress was only available for MU editions of … Continue reading →

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