Paris breaks

The Trocadero, Paris. Eurostar breaks

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:32 -0400

Eurostar Breaks And The Paris Trocadero

The Trocadero in Paris is sadly best known as the nearest metro station to the Eiffel Tower, as people on Eurostar breaks hurry to conquor the iconic…

RSS Links Widget

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:23:59 -0400

RSS Links Widget:

The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…

After the Deadline Live for WP.com

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:26:49 -0400

After the Deadline Live for WP.com:

Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…

RSS in the Clouds

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:29:52 -0400

RSS in the Clouds:

Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…

Paris Breaks from a Height

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:44:25 -0400

Paris Breaks from a Height:

paris-2008
Originally uploaded by sabrimurat2007

On Paris breaks you get several opportunities to get realy high up above Paris and see the beautiful city from a birds eye perspective….

August Wrap-Up

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:07:44 -0400

August Wrap-Up:

I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.

Our…

Support Hours and Updates

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:24:38 -0400

Support Hours and Updates:

In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:00:44 -0400

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1:

Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.

Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…

Paris Breaks on Facebook

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:07:47 -0400

Paris Breaks on Facebook:

Paris Breaks on Facebook

WP.me — shorten your links

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:59:56 -0400

WP.me — shorten your links:

Check out this address:

http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten

If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …

SoundCloud

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:59:56 -0400

SoundCloud:

We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…

New Theme: iNove

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:05:23 -0400

New Theme: iNove:

iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…

July Wrap-Up

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:12:53 -0400

July Wrap-Up:

We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.

Later in the month we…

Archives Shortcode

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:08:22 -0400

Archives Shortcode:

You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …

Gravatar Widget

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:19:53 -0400

Gravatar Widget:

Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…

Paris breaks in the 7th

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:33:00 -0400

Paris breaks in the 7th:

The chances are that nearly all first time Paris breaks cover the 7th arrondissement, largely because of the iconic Eiffel Tower which dominates both Paris itself and the idea of Paris so it’s an…

PollDaddy ratings and polls

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:35:11 -0400

PollDaddy ratings and polls:

PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.

Ratings

The PollDaddy rating…

Vote for Media Features

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:39:17 -0400

Vote for Media Features:

Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…

June Wrap-Up

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:18 -0400

June Wrap-Up:

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…

Sacré Coeur seen from Boulevard de Rochechouart

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:08:17 -0400

Sacré Coeur seen from Boulevard de Rochechouart:

Paris - Le Sacré-Coeur vu du Boulevard de Rochechouart
Originally uploaded by Añelo de la Krotsche

One of the delights of Paris breaks is to catch a glimpse of some famous or unknown…