November 2011
7 posts
Introducing WordAds →
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…
Black Friday sale: free Custom Design with any... →
It’s that time of the year again, and we decided to take care of all our users whether they feel like lining up in the cold to take advantage of today’s bargains or not.
This year’s offer is about…
New Themes: Shaan and Adventure Journal →
I’m happy to introduce two new cool and colorful themes: Shaan and Adventure Journal.
Shaan is a smooth-talking theme, quietly delivering a cool, casual backdrop for your content. It’s perfect…
Google Knols Move to WordPress: The Annotum... →
Today, we’d like to give a warm welcome to Google Knol users who are migrating to WordPress.com. Begun in 2007, the Google Knol project has provided people in many fields with a place to share…
More Custom Headers, Color Schemes, & Theme... →
We want everyone on WordPress.com to be able to find the best theme possible for their blog. Something beautiful, amazing, and cool. A theme that makes you want to jump up, run your laptop next…
New Themes: Anthem and Luscious →
I’m happy to announce that we have added two great new premium themes to our ever-expanding Theme Showcase!
First up is Anthem – a responsive, minimal design from The Theme Foundry.
Drag & Drop Media Uploader & Flyout Dashboard... →
We’re excited to share some new features that will make it even faster to create content on your WordPress.com site.
Drag & Drop Uploads
The media uploader now supports drag and drop!
You’ll be…
January 2010
4 posts
My Tips on WordPress.com →
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that’s creativity.
– Charles Mingus
From the time we started WordPress.com in 2005, we’ve focused on making it…
WordPress.com: Now on HootSuite →
Last month we introduced new ways to post and keep up to date with WordPress.com blogs through the Twitter API. One of the coolest parts about this is you can make use of a growing number of…
Two New Stats Things →
Did you ever look at your stats chart and wonder which posts were published on a particular day? Now it’s easy to find out. Just move your mouse around the chart. (This only works for…
Upcoming WordCamps →
We’ve said it before, and we’ll probably say it again: attending a WordCamp is one of the most enjoyable ways to meet other WordPress users and learn new tricks that you can use on your site….
September 2009
4 posts
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 →
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 perfect…
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…
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…
August 2009
6 posts
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 →
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,…
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 →
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 →
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 →
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…
July 2009
6 posts
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 →
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…
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 →
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 →
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…
National Blog Posting Month →
Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…
June 2009
4 posts
SocialVibe →
You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with…
May Wrap-Up →
Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.
May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…
How to tell if your WordPress Plugin or Widget is... →
Ever wonder if your widget or plugin is activated on an external site?
Here’s how to find out.
When you register a sidebar widget, you use code like this:
...
Constant Contact Forms Generator – Create a Form... →
I am proud to announce the Constant Contact Form Generator
Check it out now »
Katz Web Design has been developing this project during the past few months, on weekends and late at…
May 2009
2 posts
Integrate Blogger Into your PHP Website using... →
PHP includes for Blogger
Before writing this post, I looked online to see if others have written about this same topic. This might as well be Michael Gray’s “Integrating Blogger Into…
How to Create a Google Profile and Manage your... →
7News viewers — Why Google Profiles matter to you
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April 2009
1 post
How to Create a Custom RSS Feed in WordPress in 12... →
Custom RSS feed me, Seymour
Recently I wanted to create a feed for Google base that used a bunch of custom fields that I had created. It wasn’t easy to find what I was looking for…
March 2009
4 posts
Incorporate WordPress with Interspire Shopping... →
I’m going to elaborate on this further (and about Interspire in general), but for those of you who want to make WordPress functions available throughout your shopping cart, here’s how:
Before…
Buying Domains at Auction →
Domain auctions are a rush — and a great opportunity
Earlier this month, I was shopping around for some domain names, and I found out that BoulderSEO.net and BoulderSEO.org were…
WordPress Search Engine Friendly Logo →
Optimize your logo using SEO-friendly techniques.
Google’s algorithm likes text more than images. It likes headlines more than paragraphs. You can increase how much weight your…
An Inside Look: 4 Step SEO for a Denver Solar... →
4 Steps to optimize a website — a Denver solar case study
This is an inside look into my process for optimizing a pre-existing website. This will cover lots of the aspects of the SEO…
February 2009
4 posts
Career-Magic.com Launched →
An updated website for a Denver career coach
CAREERMagic came to Katz Web Design to give their website some fresh blood.
When Career-Magic.com was last updated, I was in high…
Recover your password from Interspire Shopping... →
I develop my websites locally, so sending Lost Password emails never works. When I forget what my password is, it’s quite the hassle.
I’m developing an Interspire Shopping Cart…
Want to rank well in Google? You need Denver SEO! →
Can you afford to rank poorly in search engines?
Katz Web Design is an SEO company in Denver. This is our blog. Need help with your website’s search presence? Call 303-362-0451 for a…
How to embed a private video on your blog →
Embed videos that won’t be indexed by Google or viewable by the public.
You might want to create a video and put it on your website, but you don’t want the rest of the world to find it…
January 2009
8 posts
SEO It! Bookmarklet - Improves Search Results in... →
Format your search results for SEO
Works great for SEO searches on the iPhone!
It’s frustrating doing searches with SEO in mind, then having Google add SearchWiki, personalized…
VerticalResponse Widget for WordPress →
This is a portal page for bug reports, recommendations, or feedback on the VerticalResponse Newsletter widget for WordPress.
Get the widget from WordPress.org
Go to the widget’s…
New White House Website Launched! →
The new White House website is beautiful.
Until a more in-depth analysis of the website is available, here are some screenshots and images. Read my White House website’s design predictions,…
SEO implications for updating your website →
Will a website redesign hurt my rank?
When I am working with a client that already has a website, one of the first questions I am asked is “How will redesigning my website affect my…
SEODenver.com is new home of Denver Web Design &... →
I’ve taken the plunge: the katzwebdesign.wordpress.com site is now mapped to seodenver.com, a domain I purchased last year. I’m not sure what the long-term plans are for this domain,…
Denver Roofing Company - Website Launched! →
Katz Web Design has completed a website for Mountain High Roofing, Inc., a Denver roofing company.
The Mountain High Roofing website is built on WordPress. It’s what I would…
Doing the legwork — No SEO guts, no SEO glory →
SEO and continuing education
It’s easy to know SEO concepts. It’s another thing to put them into good use.
Yesterday, I was at a barnes and noble and saw the book SEO Bible. I flipped through…
Obama White House Website Design — the New... →
The new White House website design: what to expect?
We know who President-Elect Barack Obama’s web designer is: SimpleScott, and later Walker Hamilton too.
Change.gov web…