Backup Your WordPress Blog With VaultPress
by
James
Posted June 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
It's been months in private beta, accessible only to a select few (even I didn't get a Golden Ticket as much as I begged Matt).
But irregardless of that, the Automattic designed VaultPress backup solution for your self-hosted WordPress blog is finally exiting private beta.
For some background on the product itself, check out a post I wrote back in March on THE Tech Scoop here.
Essentially, VaultPress is built on the compute grid that serves the over 11 million WordPress.com blogs and ...
Why WordPress 3.0 Will Be So Good
by
James
Posted May 11th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Fresh on the heels of WordCampSF many of us users, enthusiasts, business people and developers are anxiously waiting the forthcoming major release to WordPress.
Version 3.0 will bring about some much sought after functionality to the CMS/blogging platform that has seen tremendous growth in its user base within the past couple of years.
There are numerous enhancements, but here I'm going to focus on what I feel are the Big 3 (in no specific order).
1. Multi-Site
The functionality th...
Red Laser App for the iPhone (By Occipital)
by
Erin
Posted February 16th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Ever wonder what other stores are charging for a particular product? This iPhone app lets you scan the bar code to check other store's pricing! Red Laser by Occipital lets you scan bar codes and check prices from popular retail outlets. Works on a number of products (I've tested a bunch in this video) and is pretty easy to scan, even with unsteady hands.
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Sportacular iPhone App Demo
by
Erin
Posted February 12th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Erin Blaskie, with the help of @Zepphead on Twitter, demos the Sportacular app for the iPhone.
Do you want to keep up with the latest sport scores?
Check in on your fantasy pools?
It's all here.
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WordPress 2.2 iPhone App Demo – Mobile Publishing
by
Erin
Posted February 11th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Ever wonder what it would be like to post blog entries, edit your pages and approve comments from anywhere in the world? WordPress, an app on the app store from Automattic, allows you to do just that.
Watch this:
(While the video processes, the quality might not be 100% -- stay tuned, it will process into HD shortly. Also, it may not be available via your iPhone for about 15-20 minutes after publishing. YouTube will convert it and make it accessible soon!)
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Crosswords iPhone App Demo (Stand Alone, Inc.)
by
Erin
Posted February 11th, 2010 at 6:42 am
In this video, Erin Blaskie demos the iPhone app by Stand Alone, Inc. called "Crosswords." While it's a bit pricey in the app store (priced at $9.99), this app downloads crosswords daily from major newspapers and puts them into an easy-to-use format. Between touch and type, you can speed through crosswords so that your finish time can be Tweeted out to your followers.
From their website:
Download new daily puzzles from newspapers including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the...
Studiopress Releases “Bahama” Theme
by
Erin
Posted December 3rd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
One of my favorite WordPress theme developers just released "Bahama" theme.
Check it out here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/bahama
Congrats guys on another awesome theme!
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Falling in Love with WordPress
by
Erin
Posted December 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 am
I did a guest post on the website WPAddict.net on how I first started using WordPress. Being the girl who is in a passionate love affair with the Internet, I gave it my own twist...
"I like to think WordPress found me that night. Although, admittedly, it probably was my search term of “blogging platform” that brought us together. In any case, on that New Year’s Eve in 2005, I installed my first WordPress install and “customized” the Kubrick theme. It was love at first one-click-ins...
