Know You,Know Me!: 3/27/11

Apr 6, 2011

iPad 2 Giveaway Contest

iPad 2 Giveaway Contest 阅读原文»

Ahoy! It’s April now and it’s the time again and this time we are giving out the coolest gadget that you would dream of since its official launching last week.

Guess what? This time we are giving away a brand new “super extreme revolutionary iPad 2” to you for FREE!

No Gimmicks or Catches, 100% Free!

How to win?

Copy any banner display code below and paste at the area of your blog/website which you want to display the banner.
Post a tweet about WPWebHost iPad2 Giveaway with hashtag #wpwebhost and link back to this post.
Leave a comment here with your blog/website URL and the tweet URL you have posted.
The banner code must remain active in your blog/website until the end of the giveaway, 30 April 2011.
The winner of the IPad2 will be randomly picked using list randomizer in Random.org after the giveaway ends.
Participations are accepted until 30 April 2011.

How to embed the banner display code into your website?

For WordPress users:You may paste the banner code into your widget option.

Drag a new "Text" widget to your preferred widget area

Copy and paste the banner code into the new "Text" widget.

Save and go your WordPress and check on the cool ads you have just uploaded.

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Apr 5, 2011

WordPress 3.1.1

WordPress 3.1.1 阅读原文»

WordPress 3.1.1 is now available. This maintenance and security release fixes almost thirty issues in 3.1, including:

Some security hardening to media uploads
Performance improvements
Fixes for IIS6 support
Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks
Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues

Version 3.1.1 also addresses three security issues discovered by WordPress core developers Jon Cave and Peter Westwood, of our security team.The first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader.The second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.

We suggest you update to 3.1.1 promptly. Download 3.1.1 or update automatically from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site’s admin area.

Our release haiku:

Only the geeks know
What half this stuff even means
Don’t worry — update

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Apr 2, 2011

Official Google T-shirts Giveaways: Winners Announced

Official Google T-shirts Giveaways: Winners Announced 阅读原文»

This is not April’s Fool joke and we are really giving this cool Google T-shirts away to 10 random lucky winners who has participated on our Official Google T-shirts Giveaways contest since 21th March 2011.

Now here are list of 10 lucky random winners what was picked by Random.org's List Randomizer together with their tweets of participations. Congratulations and don’t feel back if you are not on the list.

Matt -http://twitter.com/#!/matthancocknz/status/50391495806693376
Randy -http://twitter.com/DesignByRandy/status/50308745338699776
Ashfame -https://twitter.com/#!/ashfame/status/50648037873303553
Brian Yang -http://twitter.com/yangbrian/status/51447627207802880
Japaul -http://twitter.com/#!/japaulvergonia/status/51653623482023936
Hoàng Nguyn -http://twitter.com/#!/binhminhmua/status/52266636543143936
Kat -http://twitter.com/#!/saberkite/status/53282275848232960
Shivam Nayyar -http://twitter.com/shivamnyr/status/50940543252963328
Kurniawaty Hidayat -http://twitter.com/chubby_SC/status/53301340453076992#
Tomas -http://twitter.com/#!/tomaslau/status/50220978390835200

To all the winners, you will be reached by us via email shortly for getting the details for delivery of the cool official Google’s T-shirt.

To those that are “less fortunate”, please stay tuned for more giveaways and it will be right up the very soon. Instead,please be thankful if you have not been pranked on April’s Fool.

P/S: Have you pranked anyone on April’s Fool? Or you are the one being pranked?

Why you shouldn't have only ONE domain for your website? 阅读原文»

Most of us usually purchase one domain name with .COM extension when first setting up a blog or website.

Due to .com popularity, many webmasters and bloggers like you think only in terms of .com. when create websites. And this, could lead to some devastating effects to your websites which you might not be aware of.

Your traffic is stolen. Say your website is yoursite.com, your competitor can register yoursite.net or yoursite.org to steal your visitors who happen to browse .net/.org. Also when people google your site, they might accidentally click on other sites such as yoursite.net or yoursite.org.
Your brand/image gets damaged. Imagine you have a healthy living blog mylongerlifeblog.com. Your visitors accidentally visit mylongerlifeblog.net, and it turns out to be a porn site! The visitor will be truly amazed by your "healthy way of living".
You might spend more money. There are squatters who identify and register other domain name extensions of popular sites with the intent of selling them later for a profit. If you have a website yoursite.com, you will need to spend much more money in order to acquire yoursite.net domain if it has been registered by someone else.

YOUR DOMAIN NAME IS YOUR BRAND. Don't let it become vulnerable to opportunists and competitors.

WPWebHost offers domain registration for .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info for only $9.99/year. To save even more, register for 5 years now and it only costs you $7.99/year! This promotion is valid before 31 March 2011.

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Twitter Blackbird Pie Just Got Even Sweeter

Twitter Blackbird Pie Just Got Even Sweeter 阅读原文»

Last November we launched Twitter Blackbird Pie, a quick and easy way to reproduce beautiful, full-fledged tweets ― not just static screenshots of tweets ― in your posts, pages, and even comments.

Today we are happy to announce that we’ve made it even easier for you to interact with tweets on WordPress.com. Thanks to the new set of tools that Twitter just announced, you can now reply to, retweet, or favorite content without ever leaving the page you’re on.

Try it out on the tweet below!

@wordpressdotcom
WordPress.com

Twitter Blackbird Pie Just Got Even Sweeter http://wp.me/pf2B5-1JQ

about 9 hours ago via WordPress.comReply RetweetFavorite

This improvement takes effect immediately for all tweets on WordPress.com, so there’s no action necessary on your part. Enjoy!

Bonus Tip: Drive Traffic to Your Twitter Account

To gain additional exposure on Twitter, add your account as a verified external service in your public profile under Users -> My Profile in your dashboard. Anytime someone replies to, retweets, or favorites one of your tweets on WordPress.com, they’ll be prompted to follow you on Twitter.

Additional Ways to Integrate Twitter with WordPress.com

Display your latest tweets in your blog's sidebar using the Twitter Widget
Add a Twitter sharing button to the bottom of your posts or pages with the Sharing feature
Tweet new blog posts automatically to your Twitter account with Publicize

New Theme: Basic Maths 阅读原文»

Reminiscent of primordialgrid designs used in different print mediums, Basic Maths isone of the most elegant, and smartly-designed themes we’ve ever seen. We are thrilled to have it now available for WordPress.com sites as a Premium Theme. One particular thing of note about Basic Maths, is that it comes withcustom support direct from us, the Theme Team at Automattic, for the one-time price of $75.

Basic Maths, a grid based theme.

Apart from a thoughtful design, Basic Maths also offers some cool features, including the possibility to choose custom colors for links and other visual elements, helping you make this theme feel more personal to your site.If you want to make a statement about how important your content is,Basic Maths could be the answer.

You can check more about the theme, designed and developed byKhoi Vinh andAllan Cole, on the Theme Showcase. We hope you like it.

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WordPress.com: now iPad Optimized

WordPress.com: now iPad Optimized 阅读原文»

All WordPress.com users, including all VIP Hosting clients, just got a boost up when their site is being viewed with an iPad thanks to the Onswipe theme.

More details on how WordPress.com users can customize the Onswipe experience on the WordPress.com blog.