Wordpress For iOS : Version 3 is Now Available

  Famous and widely CMS and Blogging Platform, Wordpress has released it's third version (v3.0) of iOS Application. This update comes with a bunch of bug fixes and includes lots of new features for iOS users. Update has covered Push Notification Support, New Toolbar and Overall improved Performance (Especially For Apple iPad.)

  When expanded, Wordpress.com users can get Push Notification, Swipe to Approve Toolbar Features and 44 Bugs have been fixed through this update. The team also included that Version 3.1 is under construction and will be released on June which will add sliding panels, a slide-out iPhone/iPod Touch menu, post formats and additional iPad stats. As per the details from Wordpress For iOS blog, the main contents in update are, 

• Push Notifications for WordPress.com : If you have a WordPress.com blog added to the app, you’ll now be able to opt in to receive push notifications of new comments, which makes it easier than ever to keep up with your readers and moderate comments on the go.
• Swipe-to-moderate Toolbar : Swipe over any comment in the Comments list to bring up a moderation toolbar – no need to use bulk moderation or go to the comment permalink. It’s right there, and it’s fast. Another nifty change is the highlighting of new comments in the Comments list when you’ve refreshed, it makes it easy to see what’s new.
• Vastly improved performance : especially for iPad. Version 2.9.6 was the most stable version of WordPress for iOS ever, until now. Over 44 bugs and crashes were fixed in this release.
• Translations added : for Chinese (Taiwan), Hungarian, and Polish (thanks for the translation help!)

  Still the mobile offerings of this Blogging Platform Giant, Wordpress were difficult to carry and use as well. None of the versions were ready for the word 'Perfect.' But through this update and it's continuations, Wordpress is also going to satisfy mobile users too while Smartphones are to exceed in number and usage of internet through it. Wordpress blog also adds that following features will have a rush into upcoming versions of Wordpress For iOS. 

• Image settings in post editor to set Title, Description, Alignment, Size, and more.
• Simple visual editor for text formatting options.
• Support for Galleries.
• Improved post/page Preview.
• Simpler access to Save Draft and other publishing settings.
• Quick Photo with “advanced” fields such as tags, categories.
• Push notifications for self-hosted blogs through Jetpack.
• Support for setting Featured Images.

  Since Wordpress is an open source project, it has mentioned some developers who worked for this release of Wordpress For iOS v3.0 including koke,irbrad, aerych, daniloercoli, mrroundhill, rhc3, boctor, isaackeyet.  And also pointed a question, 'Are You Next'. So wordpress for iOS is to grab new developers for their venture and if you are interested  in helping WP For iOS Development, You may get into Official Blog Of Wordpress For iOS Development.

By the Way Don't For Get to

Download Wordpress For iOS

Wordpress v3.3.2 Released As Security Update

  Latest version of Wordpress Blogging Platform, Wordpress Version 3.3.2 Has Released. This is a Security Update moreover an major update. And so this Update Has Resolved A Number Of Vulnerabilities That Found In The Previous Releases.

   As per the announcement of Wordpress, three external libraries that wordpress consists received security updates: Plupload, SWFUpload and SWFObject. Those fixed vulnerabilities were discovered by Neal Poole, Nathan Partlan and Szymon Gruszecki. This update also deals with fixing bugs that found by Organization's Core Security Team. Five more bugs are fixed among with the following fixes (You can read more Here.)

• Limited privilege escalation where a site administrator could deactivate network-wide plugins when running a WordPress network under particular circumstances, disclosed by Jon Cave of our WordPress core security team, and Adam Backstrom.
• Cross-site scripting vulnerability when making URLs clickable, by Jon Cave.
• Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in redirects after posting comments in older browsers, and when filtering URLs. Thanks to Mauro Gentile for responsibly disclosing these issues to the security team.

   Wordpress v3.4 Beta 3 is also released among with this update. You can now Download Wordpress 3.4 Beta 3. or use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin. But for this version, Plugins, and theme developers are still in developing condition. And so please do not use this beta version in productive websites rather than for theme developing or plugin development. 

   You Can Download Wordpress 3.3.2 From Here Or update now from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site’s admin area.

Wordpress Dominates 100 Top Blogs With A Majority Of 49

     Famous Content Management System / Blogging Platform, Wordpress is now putting milestones in it's path of successful journey. The Blogging Platform now powers about 71 Million Blogs. As per the deep look of Technorati, Wordpress Has Dominated 100 Top Blogs By A Majority Of 49%. 

   Three years back the dominating one was the same with majority of 32%. But now the dominance is even greater, as the open source giant now provides (hosted & self-hosted) 49% of blogs on Technorati’s list, as per report of Royal Pingdom. While comparing the list of 2009 and 2012 Blogger (What we are using) lost their 3% to 2%.

   As per the report, so many Blogging Platform including Typepad, Expressionengine, Bricolage had a dramatic decrease in this list. According to founding developer of WordPress Matt Mullenweg, much more growth is expected over the coming years:

           The last few years we've really focused on both the usability and flexibility of WordPress, which has resulted in accelerating growth in both big and small sites. I expect even higher adoption among the largest sites and blogs over the next year.

   And of course, wordpress has made an awesome growth in this three years when the number of Wordpress Self Hosted Blogs has moved to 5 to 40, a doubling of 8 times. Wordpress is offering much more features than all other Blogging Platforms. Thats the reason behind this growth of Wordpress as a CMS.  Royal Pingdum has made an excellent study on Wordpress and the reasons for growth. You Can Read It From Here. 

Tumblr Introduces Facebook Timeline, News Feed, And Ticker Integration

 Weeks before famous Blogging Platform, Tumblr had crossed 20 Billion posts and About 50 Million hosted blogs. Hence the platform had achieved a big goal although it's service history. As a continuation to it and to gain more users, Tumblr has Introduced Facebook Timeline, News Feed, And Ticker Integration today. Tumblr adds :

Sharing your posts on Facebook just got a billion times better, with integration into Facebook’s Timeline, News Feed, and Ticker.
New options include:
- Toggle “Send to Facebook” when posting.
- Share Replies on your Facebook Timeline.
- Share Likes on your Facebook Timeline.
(They even get lumped together so they’re not overwhelming!)
You can find the new options in your blog settings. If your blog is already connected to Facebook, you’ll be automatically prompted to upgrade.

   So Tumblr users can grab more visitors and fans by publicizing their contents to a most famous Social Networking Service. Of course it is a new feature in blogging while famous Blogging/CMS Platforms like Blogger and Wordpress never have talked about it. 

There is needless to say that the integration features will surely provide Tumblr blogs a bunch of traffic and publicity since they are integrating service with Facebook. 

Wordpress For iOS Gets Direct Photo Publishing Feature Through Camera+

 Are you a wordpress blogger who have owned an iOS Device ? Then here is a happy news for you. Wordpress has now announced that Wordpress Bloggers Can Now Publish Photos Directly To Their Website/Blog Via Popular App, Camera+. Bloggers who have have Camera+ 3.0 on your phone (and WordPress for iOS 2.9.5 or higher) can use this new feature thus make photo blogging much easier. 

  As well as helping bloggers to publish on the go, the integration represents an easier way of writing photo essays for those that use an iPhone to take their shots. Wordpress has also given an explanation about this feature and how could it be used to posting easily.

     Posting a photo from the Camera+ Lightbox is dead easy. Tap “Add Photo from Camera+,” and your phone switches to the Camera+ app – select a photo to load it into the WordPress app. Add a Title and a Description (both optional), and boom! You’re done.

   Using Camera+ to snap your photo is just as easy. Tap “Take Photo with Camera+” to switch to the Camera+ app’s camera. Make a “meow” sound to locate your cat, add effects, borders, and crop your photo. When you’re done, just press “Use” and your photo is imported into the WordPress app where you can add details if you want.

  WordPress’s Isaac Keyet explained that it wanted to get the initial integration “out quickly”. Keyet explained that more features will come soon, which could include an option to build a gallery post from multiple images – which would be very welcome by us. 

  And the Famous Blogging And Content Management System, Wordpress aiming more useful On-The-Go Blogging services by introducing such features and those will be useful for iPhone bloggers. Its very sure that the feature will attract more users into this CMS/Blogging Platform Which has already downloaded 65 Million Times.

Videopress Gets Support For Direct Video Upload From iOS

      The latest upgrade of Wordpress.com is enabling iOS Device Users To Upload And Embed Videos Onto Their Blogs after it gave VideoPress, its HD video service, an upgrade. This upgrade means iOS bloggers can upload and embed videos to their wordpress.com blogs simply through iOS device. 

         If you are a wordpress(.com) lover and if you want to upload videos in your wordpress blog, all you have to do is going to Videopress.com and following the instructions given there if your wordpress account doesn't consist Videopress service. You also need to install Wordpress App on your iOS device to use this service.

         Are you a user of Wordpress.org self hosting service, Videopress team also prefer you to notice to Videopress Blog because there may be an exciting news for you soon. 

SpeakPipe : Tool To Receive Free Voice Messages

   Its a post for bloggers. We are using different way to meet our viewers and gather some feedback and suggestions from them. This nice service is named 'SpeakPipe'. It can be used as a new and different way to contact with your viewers. Using this, you can simply install this app on your blog and receive voice messages from them. 

    As said before, installing VoicePipe is much easier. There is no need for HTML coding knowledge to set it up. after signing up, you can easily install on Blogger, Wordpress Etc. Blogging services. After installing this widget on blog, you may move to your inbox and check whether voice messages from viewers are waiting or not. A button like given right will display on right side of your blog and visitors need only Adobe Flash Player to send you free voice messages. Users can record and listen to the message before sending it to you, and it can’t be heared only by you, the admin.

      This service is in public beta version and its offered Free. But we will have to pay for this service when it is publicly launched. Its a variety of contacting method when comparing to our usual ways to get in contact with visitors.

SpeakPipe Inbox

Wordpress Doubled Storage Space For Wordpress.com users

Its a new year gift for Wordpress.com users. As per WordPress's latest blog post, the company decided to double the amount of storage available to users that order additional hosting on its servers. If you are using a upgraded Wordpress blog. then the data storage of your blog will be updated in media library. 

         Wordpress has also removed the restriction for adding more than 35 authorized user accounts to their website. But now users can make unlimited number of authorized user accounts through their dashboard. 

• • 
    
  • Now, the rate of upgrades are like following 

• 10GB Space Upgrade: $19.97
• 25GB Space Upgrade: $49.97
• 50GB Space Upgrade: $89.97
• 100GB Space Upgrade: $159.97
• 200GB Space Upgrade: $289.97

Wordpress 3.3 Released

   

   Actually its not a interesting news for us since we are blogger based bloggers. And its very useful and happy users for Wordpress users. The latest version of Wordpress (Wordpress 3.3) has been published in web and for web. In honor of jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt , it has been named 'Sonny'. Wordpress users can download this new version as well as you can upgrade it through your famous Wordpress dashboard. Since the publishing of Wordpress 3.0, it had achieved a 65 million downloads. And majority of us know its one of the famous and useful CMS (Content Management System). 

    When listening to WordPress's update " So much useful features has been included in this update such as drag-and-drop uploader, hover menus for the navigation, the new toolbar, improved co-editing support, and the new Tumblr importer. There is a ton of candy for developers as well. And you can start exploring with new editor API, new jQuery version, better ways to hook into the help screens, more performant post-slug-only permalinks, and of course the entire list of improvements on the Codex and in Trac. " Anyway i am going to upgrade my Wordpress and experience what has really changed. 

WordAds Says "You Deserve Better Than Adsense"

   WordAds ; A Challenge To Adsense 

       As you may know Wordpress had partnered with federated media publishing. And as a  continuation of this story, Wordpress is going to add their own ad service on Wordpress blogs. And Wordpress.com says that its more useful than Adsense ad service from Google. And this project is named WordAds. And there is no need to say that its a challenge to Google Adsense. If you are a Wordpress blogger and you like to use this service , you can mark your interest Here.  

            

             These words from Wordpress blog is enough to tell you what is Wordads. And you may notice a little bit of challenge for Google Here. 

"Over the years one of the most frequent requests on WordPress.com has been to allow bloggers to earn money from their blog through ads.

We’ve resisted advertising so far because most of it we had seen wasn’t terribly tasteful, and it seemed like Google’s AdSense was the state-of-the-art, which was sad.

You pour a lot of time and effort into your blog and you deserve better than AdSense."

       Wordpress blog post says that all Wordpress blogs will be able to use this service. Since the blogs for this service will be selected by the public visibility, custom domain, traffic, engagement, language used in blog.