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Gizmodo Liveblog of Apple’s iPhone Roadmap Event
The Gizmodo Liveblog, which is hosted in our WordPress.com VIP program, covered the Apple iPhone Roadmap event today which officially began at 10am PST. For publishers looking at dealing with traffic spikes, liveblogs like these are a great example of how our grid platform on WordPress.com scales up incredibly well. Below is graph from a […]
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More Than Blogging Software
As well as all the excitement about us backing BuddyPress, I’ve seen quite a few interesting articles this past week about WordPress being used as more than blogging software. As well as there being great example of WordPress being used as a full Content Management System (CMS), WordPress is being used in a lot of […]
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Podcasts About WordPress
Raanan wrote an excellent article about podcasting with WordPress using PodPress. Here I’m going to flip it around and discuss podcasts about WordPress. The first is The WordPress Podcast hosted by Charles Stricklin and a rotation of co-hosts. Started in July of 2006, this is the most popular and longest running podcast dedicated to WordPress […]
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NYTIMES.com: Blog Helps a Yankee Connect With Fans
Great story in the New York Times yesterday about Phil Hughes and his WordPress.com blog philhughes.wordpress.com : Hughes has seen a lot on his Web site, philhughes.wordpress.com, since starting it Jan. 16. Through Monday afternoon, the site had attracted more than 340,000 visitors from six continents. Hughes has posted entries on 27 of the first […]
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Animation World Network Television Selects WordPress
AWNtv.com is an impressive site built with WordPress showcasing the best in the world of animation: Featuring playlists, categories, and popular search terms, this site showcases great award winning professional content while simultaneously engaging the community in search of the next great animation clip. [ Visit AWNtv.com ]
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Academy Awards Oscars Coverage on WordPress.com
A big night last night for the movie industry with the 80th annual Academy Awards. As with other big events like Super Tuesday, there was lots of great coverage by bloggers and news organizations on WordPress.com. Big publishers in our VIP program also covered the event, including: – CNN Headline News’ Show Biz Tonight Marquee […]
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WordPress Mobile Options
Looking to blog from your mobile device? You are in luck! WordPress offers lots of different ways to keep blogging even on the go. On WordPress.com we have m.wordpress.com. It’s a very light and speedy version of the admin dashboard, and works well on smart phones like the iPhone, BlackBerry and Treo. On the mobile […]
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9rules Community Site Powered by WordPress and bbPress
When publishers ask me for a great example of a community site built with WordPress, I always mention 9rules.com, a site where you can “Share. Learn. Discover”. Built with WordPress and seamlessly integrated with our discussion forum software bbPress the site includes member profiles, streams, private messages, twitter and flickr integration, and much more. As […]
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Fox News 2008 Presidential Election Site Powered by WordPress
As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago with Super Tuesday primary election coverage, news organizations are creating compelling experiences with WordPress as the foundation. A great example in this space is what Fox News has done by creating their entire You Decide 2008 election site using WordPress: The site includes many content modules and […]
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Renovación Nacional Selects WordPress MU
We profiled Chilean Revista CA magazine recently, and their innovative use of WordPress to power their site. Pablo Matamoros, the webmaster of the Chilean political party Renovación Nacional, read the Revista CA blog post and wrote in to tell us about his project that is using WordPress MU: – We are using wordpress mu in […]
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