New Mobile Theme: Minileven on Nov 2, 2011 in Mobile Themes There’s a good chance that visitors to your site these days will be using a smartphone. We feel it’s important to provide them with a great reading experience while on the small screen, so today we’re announcing a new mobile theme:...
Retro Mac Theme on Oct 6, 2011 in Themes It’s impossible to overstate the influence of Steve Jobs on technologists, particularly his passion for beautiful, usable products. We work harder and have higher standards because of the bar set by Apple’s experiences, and I don’t...
New Theme: Funki on Oct 6, 2011 in Themes It’s funky time in theme land and we are welcoming our newest addition, available for you today. Funki is a very versatile premium theme, with an artsy flare, offering customization and flexibility. It begins with four different layouts, from o...
Prepare for National Novel Writing Month with the Post a Day Challenge on Sep 30, 2011 in NaNoWriMo writing November marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a project in which thousands of writers around the world work toward completing a 50,000-word novel by November 30th. Sound like something you want to get in on? Whoa. ThatR...
New Themes: Eight, Bold Life, and Elemin on Sep 29, 2011 in Themes If you score three goals in one hockey game you’ve made what’s called a hat trick. I think that should totally count for themes too. If you’re reading this post you’ve just scored a chance to check out three brand new themes f...
New Domains for You and .me on Sep 23, 2011 in Domains .me Store upgrades Today we are adding .me (to .com, .org and .net) as a new option for upgrading to your own, custom domain name on WordPress.com. All of our domain mapping options cost just a couple dollars per month for your domain name and hosting. You don’t...
New Themes: Magazine and Parament on Sep 22, 2011 in Themes Isn’t it nice to have a brand new theme, or two, on a Thursday? Maybe you’ll remember, this day in September—because today it’s double the fun with Magazine and Parament now available in your WordPress.com dashboard. Magazine is a...
Enjoy A Shiny New, Simplified Admin Bar on Sep 22, 2011 in Admin Bar Remember your old admin bar (displayed at the top of your screen while you’re logged in to WordPress.com)? Up until today, it’s looked something like this while viewing an individual post: But we wanted to make it easier for your visitors...
More traffic for your blog with the follow button on Sep 21, 2011 in Features We’ve written before about our efforts at WordPress.com to help you get more attention for your work. And we’re here again with a new feature: follow. After weeks of experimentation with different designs, locations and names, we’ve...
New Theme: Nishita on Sep 14, 2011 in Themes Nishita is a simple, minimally-styled photoblogging theme—now available for WordPress.com blogs. With a choice of dark or light color scheme, the muted design puts all the focus on your photos. Not only is this theme designed for photos, it loves b...
