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Category Archives: WordPressDotCom

Tutorials, tips, news, and articles specific to using WordPress.com, the free WordPress hosted service.

WordPress School: What’s the Difference Between the Display Posts and Archive Shortcodes

August 28, 2017 – 3:28 am

In Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course, we’ve been exploring shortcodes. In this tutorial, let’s take a look at two shortcodes that appear to be the same on the surface. WordPress has long had the ability to generate a list of posts in a Page or post with a bit of code in the archives() […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips | Comments (5)

How to Avoid the New WordPress.com Interface

August 10, 2017 – 10:13 am

For the past three to four years, WordPress.com users have been “experimenting” with the what is known as the “new” WordPress.com interface. A drag-and-drop-meets-wysiwymg interface (What You See is What You MIGHT Get), it is designed to make interaction with WordPress easier. I’m still waiting. What it continues to do is make my students and […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips | Comments (12)

Blame WordPress For the World’s Problems

August 11, 2016 – 12:12 pm

Let’s call this person “wise” using air quotes to give you a description of where they come from in life. This “wise” person confronted to me at a public event to announce that WordPress was evil and must be destroyed. “After all,” he informed me soundly. “While WordPress says it supports freedom of speech, it […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in Blogging, Blogging News, WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (24)

WordPress.com Not Displaying Images

March 1, 2016 – 1:23 pm

UPDATE: WordPress.com reports that they have fixed the issue but it will take time for the images to process as there have been millions of images uploaded during the past 12 hours. They recommend waiting patiently. Some sites may update immediately, some may take 24 hours, though it is likely to be less. Just keep […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (4)

Your Site Now Visible to Search Engines

February 18, 2016 – 9:25 am

WordPress.com sent an email alert out to WordPress.com users today stating that there was a technical issue with sites set to be hidden from search engines. Unfortunately, they’ve assumed that this is not what someone would want and they’ve turned on the site visibility to ensure search engines will find the site. Hi there, We […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in Announcements, WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (7)

WordPress Anniversary: WordPress and Evil

March 11, 2013 – 1:29 pm

As I look back on the ten years of WordPress, there is a dark side to blogging. While many blamed WordPress for the evil, like guns, WordPress doesn’t cause evil, people cause evil. In fact, WordPress, Automattic, and the WordPress Community has fought longer and harder against the evil doers in the world than most […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips | Comments (8)

Happy Anniversary WordPress: The Beginnings

January 23, 2013 – 8:55 pm

On August 16, 2005, Lorelle on WordPress became blog ID number 72 on the brand new WordPress.com. The first post was appropriately titled “Lorelle on WordPress” to introduce the site. Looking back, it’s amazing how true to form that I’ve kept the mission of this site all these years later as proposed in the first […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in Blog Babble, Blogging, WordPress, WordPress Events, WordPress News | Comments (22)

WordPress 3.1 Beta Unleashed on WordPress.com

November 19, 2010 – 11:53 am

WordPress.com has just released WordPress 3.1 Beta on more than 15 million blogs across the network. WordPress has used WordPress.com as their proving ground since the beginning, relying upon the feedback of the many bloggers from around the world, all using different types of computer hardware, browser types, operating systems, and blog setups to test […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (21)

Welcome Windows Live Spaces Bloggers to WordPress.com

September 27, 2010 – 6:38 pm

I just posted news on WordCast about the WordPress.com and Microsoft Windows Live Spaces migration which brings Windows Live Spaces bloggers to WordPress.com. See Updated News Below I’m thrilled about this huge endeavor, and offer up my blog tips to Windows Live Spaces bloggers. I’m also excited about what this means for the WordPress Community. The number tossed […]

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How to Report Abuse to WordPress.com

August 18, 2009 – 8:46 am

By Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today NOTE:: The following article is a guide on how to report copyright issues, complaints, spam blogs, and other abuse issues to WordPress.com. Issues regarding sites using the self hosted version of WordPress require reporting directly to the site owner as they have nothing to do with WordPress nor WordPress.com. […]

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New P2 Prologue Theme on WordPress.com

March 12, 2009 – 6:29 pm

P2: The New Prologue is out for WordPress.com bloggers to play with. Based upon the Prologue WordPress Theme that has been called Twitter-Meets-Blog, this is a form of social networking microblogging WordPress Theme. The announcement offers more information and a video, but this is not a WordPress Theme for everyone. It is designed for multiple […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (25)

WordPress.com Maintenance Downtime on Sunday, February 15, 2009

February 14, 2009 – 2:00 pm

WordPress.com warns that the free blog hosting service will be down for maintenance starting Sunday, February 15, 2009, at 20:00 GMT (noon PST, 3PM EST) for maintenance and upgrade improvements. This should only be a few seconds to a couple minutes. This does not impact full version and self-hosted versions of WordPress. The maintenance probably […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (9)

WordPress.com Bloggers Get New Support and Help Site

December 27, 2008 – 2:54 pm

WordPress.com bloggers now have a new resource for help: the WordPress Help Pages. Heather of the WordPress.com Support Team announced the new WordPress.com support. It features a knowledge-based style with overviews features and tasks. I’ve covered a lot of tips and techniques for using WordPress.com, and here are some highlights, including a lot of features […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in WordPress, WordPress News | Comments (4)

How to Add MyFreeCopyright To Your WordPress Blog

October 15, 2008 – 2:16 pm

404 Tech Support has just published step-by-step instructions on how to addMyFreeCopyright.com to your WordPress.com or WordPress blog. The directions are specific to WordPress.com, but will work for any blog or website. It’s also a prime example of how to use the WordPress Widget to add text to your sidebar. The code used in the […]

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