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New Theme: Trvl
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means on WordPress.com: new themes! Today we’d like to introduce you Trvl. Trvl is a tumblelog theme that’s all about blogging. With a beautiful and simple design by Danny Cohen , Trvl puts your posts front and center. See the original post here: New Theme: Trvl Read More
War and Life Afterwards: An Interview with Brian Castner
Brian Castner We’re honored that Brian Castner , Iraq War veteran and author of The Long Walk , makes his official online home right here at WordPress.com. Brian’s history and work are fascinating, as are the writing and photographs he shares on his blog. We asked Brian a few questions about his background, his book, his blogging philosophy, and his choice of WordPress.com for his site Read more here: War and Life Afterwards: An Interview... Read More
New Theme: Snap
Happy Theme Thursday! Sharing and managing your work online should be easy, and today I’m thrilled to announce a new theme from our friends at The Theme Foundry that helps you do just that! Snap is a responsive, lightweight, and minimalist theme that makes it easy to feature your projects. Snap’s clean grid based blog layout and configurable page templates also make it incredibly flexible. Continue reading here: New Theme: Snap Read More
Five Minutes with Philip Arthur Moore
Every few weeks, we’re sitting down with an Automattician to help you get to know the people who work behind the scenes to build new features, keep Automattic running, and make WordPress.com the best it can be. This week, we’re very pleased to introduce you to Mr. Excerpt from: Five Minutes with Philip Arthur Moore Read More
Meet a Forum Volunteer: Lorraine Murphy
If you’ve ever had a question about WordPress.com, chances are you’ve visited our Community Support Forums . Forums are a great place to search for solutions and get answers. While our Happiness Engineers help out in these forums, WordPress.com enthusiasts — people who are passionate about WordPress.com and helping fellow users — provide the majority of answers Read more from the original source: Meet a Forum Volunteer:... Read More
Customizing Sight: distraction no. 99
Customizing your blog’s theme is one way to show off what makes you you. Young adult novelist Nova Ren Suma does a beautiful job of this at distraction no. Read the original: Customizing Sight: distraction no. 99 Read More
Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
This week’s three posts all explore a similar topic — being comfortable in one’s own body — yet diverge on that theme in markedly different ways. Bikini Body This, friends, is a cultural phenomenon that confounds me. Read the original here: Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves Read More
New Themes: Newsworthy and Visual
Happy Theme Thursday, all! Today I have two fantastic new themes for you to enjoy. First up is Newsworthy by WP Themes , a brightly-hued theme designed for news, magazine, and personal blogs. Its striking colors are sure to grab your readers’ attention at first glance! Newsworthy supports multiple authors, post formats, widgets, custom colors, and custom headers. Read more: New Themes: Newsworthy and Visual Read More
New Themes: Flora and Fauna, TheStyle, and Fanwood Light
Greetings and Salutations! Another Thursday has arrived and you know what that means … more themes! The theme machine here at WordPress.com has been cranking out few fresh, new designs that I am happy to present to you. Flora & Fauna Flora & Fauna is a colorful, illustrated premium theme designed by Aline Yamada . Originally posted here: New Themes: Flora and Fauna, TheStyle, and Fanwood Light Read More
New Theme: Twenty Thirteen
If you’re a WordPress aficionado you’ll know why one of the most eagerly awaited announcements each year is the arrival of a new default theme. Wait no longer, friends. Link: New Theme: Twenty Thirteen Read More
In the Spotlight: Go Green With These Bloggers for Earth Day
Today, we celebrate Earth Day. Perhaps you’re marking the occasion by attending a volunteer clean-up event in your neighborhood, talking with your children about recycling, or choosing to bike to work, all in the name of environmental stewardship. Here in the WordPress community, we’re lucky to have bloggers covering everything from sustainability, to homesteading, to organic gardening and farming, to a whole host of environmental concerns... Read More
New! Send to Readmill Widget
If you’re an author or an independent publisher, check out our new Send to Readmill widget, which makes it easy to get your prose into your readers’ iPads and iPhones. Readmill is an ebook reader that not only offers a clean, elegant reading experience, it allows you to highlight and share passages with others and discover new books to read. Here’s how to set up the Send to Readmill widget on your WordPress.com blog: Go to Appearance... Read More
New Theme: Adelle
Happy Theme Thursday! I’d like to introduce you to our newest free theme, Adelle. I hope you’ll make her feel welcome. Continued here: New Theme: Adelle Read More
New Themes: Full Frame and Ryu
Image lovers and creative bloggers unite! Two new themes have launched today that I think you all will absolutely go gaga over. Full Frame , designed and developed by Graph Paper Press , is a single column, full-width theme for showcasing your beautiful images, galleries, and videos from edge to edge. It’s responsive and adapts to different screen sizes so that your website will work (and be optimized for) iPhones, iPads, Android and other... Read More
A Look at Photographers with Portfolios
If you missed Michelle’s announcement about the launch of WordPress.com/portfolios , or Cheri’s round-up of WP.com Painters with Portfolios , you might still be in the dark about the range of portfolio themes we have on offer for visual artists and bloggers. Today I want to take a look at a small handful of the hundreds of amazing photographers using WordPress.com, and the design choices they’ve made to best show off... Read More
Introducing the New Learn.WordPress.com
New to WordPress.com and don’t know where to start? Looking for just the right theme, or wondering how to use all the features in your dashboard? Interested in creating a website, not a blog Read more: Introducing the New Learn.WordPress.com Read More
Introducing the New Learn.WordPress.com
New to WordPress.com and don’t know where to start? Looking for just the right theme, or wondering how to use all the features in your dashboard? Interested in creating a website, not a blog? More here: Introducing the New Learn.WordPress.com Read More
In the Spotlight: Bloggers on Fashion
The world’s designers recently presented their new looks on catwalks from New York to Paris during Fashion Week, so I decided to hunt through the closet — err, browse the WordPress.com community — for some eye-catching fashion blogs that not only stay on top of the trends du jour, but customize their themes to reflect their own personal styles. Today, let’s shine the spotlight on these blogs: Brooklyn Bliss Brooklyn Bliss... Read More
New Themes: Photographer, Superhero, and Sidekick
We’re bringing you some action-packed fun on this Threeme Day ! Photographer’s home page template First up, we’re bringing you a gorgeous new premium theme from our friends at Organic Themes . Photographer features a beautifully minimal design with a focus on photography. It’s a professional portfolio and photo blogging solution for serious photographers and artists. The theme features the ability to create endless slideshows... Read More
Headed to SxSW this week? So are we — don’t be a stranger!
South by Southwest Interactive kicks off this Friday, March 8, and you know Automattic will be there! Whether you need some help with your site, want to learn about the future of blogging, or just want to boogie down with a beer and some barbeque, we’ve got you covered — come say hello, because we’d love to put a face to your blog. Happiness Bar Have questions about WordPress? View original post here: Headed to SxSW this week?... Read More
doctors diagnose
I’ve been thinking about the last couple of months. I keep going over and over with myself where it all went wrong. Wasn’t I in love Read more here: doctors diagnose Read More
Statement for 2013
Yasmin is currently dying of disappointment, and we don’t know when she’ll be back. But cross your fingers and hope for a miracle. View post: Statement for 2013 Read More
Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
This week in the Reader , we cheered on a man versus nature and versus himself, we revelled in a meditation on the sensuousness of hand-written vs. typed composition, and we laughed out loud at a hilarious transcript of a discussion topic that’s usually not quite so funny: religion. Here are just three of the posts that caught our attention this week. Read more: Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves Read More
Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves
This week in the Reader , we cheered on a man versus nature and versus himself, we revelled in a meditation on the sensuousness of hand-written vs. typed composition, and we laughed out loud at a hilarious transcript of a discussion topic that’s usually not quite so funny: religion. Here are just three of the posts that caught our attention this week See the original post here: Freshly Pressed: Friday Faves Read More
New Theme: Responsive
Today, we’re bringing one of WordPress.org’s most popular themes to WordPress.com – Responsive! Responsive: Home Template Designed by Emil Uzelac , Responsive is clean, feature-rich, and you guessed it… completely responsive! With a Home page template that allows you to concentrate on specific content in a more traditional website layout, all while looking great across any device, this theme is well-suited to anyone hoping... Read More
New Theme: Responsive
Today, we’re bringing one of WordPress.org’s most popular themes to WordPress.com – Responsive! Responsive: Home Template Designed by Emil Uzelac , Responsive is clean, feature-rich, and you guessed it… completely responsive! With a Home page template that allows you to concentrate on specific content in a more traditional website layout, all while looking great across any device, this theme is well-suited to anyone hoping... Read More
Two Cities, Two Launches: A Pair of Sites Built on WordPress.com Enterprise
Some say there’s no greater rivalry than the one between the City by the Bay, San Francisco, and the one-and-only Big Apple, New York City. And considering both cities’ contributions to the industry of tech and big ideas, they’re right! Two cities, two launches Recently, both San Francisco and New York City launched initiatives to highlight their technology and startup communities — projects we’re proud to support. Continued... Read More
Exploring the Reader: Find Your Fans and Follow Your Faves
When you become a part of WordPress.com, you’re actually getting two awesome services for the price of none: your blog plus your Reader, which brings every WordPress.com blog together in one easy-to-search place. Your blog is where your ideas come to life, and your Reader is where you connect with other WordPressers, our community hub. See the original post here: Exploring the Reader: Find Your Fans and Follow Your Faves Read More
New Themes: Blocco, Crafty, and Hustle Express
I’ve officially decided that any day with three theme launches occurring at the same time will henceforth no longer be known as Theme Day but Threeme Day! Yes, I took it there. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy threese — I mean these — latest additions to our ever-growing collection of themes on WordPress.com. First up is Blocco, by Press75 . Read the rest here: New Themes: Blocco, Crafty, and Hustle Express Read More
Meet a Forum Volunteer: Mike Brough
If you’ve ever had a question about WordPress.com, chances are you’ve visited our Community Support Forums . Forums are a great place to search for solutions and get answers. While our Happiness Engineers help out in these forums, WordPress.com enthusiasts — people who are passionate about WordPress.com and helping fellow users — provide the majority of answers. Continued here: Meet a Forum Volunteer: Mike Brough Read More
