WordPress 3.0 (кодовое название Thelonious, в честь джазового пианиста и композитора Телониуса Монка) доступeн для скачивания (Русская версия).
Новые возможности:
новая тема по умолчанию называется «Twenty Ten»
новый API интерфейс для тем позволяет разработчикам легко реализовать собственный фон, заголовки, меню (без редактирования файлов шаблона)
долгожданное слияние WordPress и WordPress MU: создание новых мульти-сайтов позволит запустить один блог или 10 млн блогов с одной инсталляции
WordPress 3.0 is now available for download. Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies. Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. As a user, you will love the new lighter interface, the contextual help on every screen, the 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click, and blah blah blah just watch the video.
Version beta-2 of WordPress 2.9 is ready for testing pleasure. Download it or use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin and auto-upgrade a test installation.
See all changes since beta 1.
Lorelle has been collecting list of favorite WordPress Plugins for more than a year. She has made quite a list. So if you want to know what other fellow blogers think about which plugin is favorable addition for your blog, check the list.
“There’s a new theme in town and it goes by the name of Akon. Named after one of my favorite hip-hop and R&B singers, the design goal of Akon is to be clean, simple and functional. Akon’s professional design will set your blog apart and help you on your way to becoming a publishing powerhouse.”
When writing content for you blog always remember to introduce what your article is about. Start with an one to two sentence introduction or your thesis. Many readers tend not to read articles if they don’t know what they are about.
So, how to grab attention and imagination of your readers?
Blog reader prefer straightforward, short and simple articles. Simplify – convey your message in a simple manner.
Try to think about your topic and which keyword would you use if you would want to search for similar topics on search engine. Repeat these keywords several times in your article. Use plural, -ing and other forms of your keywords.
Don’t write endless posts. How much is enough? For an AdSense optimized site it would be about 500 words. “As long as you can put your AdSense ads in a prominent position that gets a decent clickthrough rate without sacrificing your linkability I would recommend going with 500 to 600 word articles.” – Optimal Word Count
In one article try to talk only about one topic. If you would like to talk about several topics, break article on several pages. If your topic is complex and requires a long article to be covered, consider breaking down your long article in several shorter articles and publish them over a period of time.
Writing rich content is very good for ranking on Google. But it might be bad for your business. Why? Think about why would you consider coming back to someone’s blog or website. The first thing is probably because the article was well written and the second would be because the author has something else to share. So you have to do two things: don’t share everything and subtly convey to your reader that you have a lot more to teach him.
Tim Nash wrote an article on Reputation Management (exposure, branding, perception). I find his article quite interesting. If you are serious with your website, then you should read it.
Go on and check his article if you are new to SEO practices: Before you start developing your Website
There is no doubt WordPress is high-quality blogging software. But if you tweak it a little bit, you can improve some of the down sides and add some new features to it.
This tutorial will show you how to start blogging on WordPress.com. It is also useful for those who will have their own installations of WordPress blogging software.
In tutorial you will learn how to get a blog at WordPress.com, how to setup some features on the blog and, of course, you will get some basic ideas about blogging.
