Image Upload PageURL and Image

May 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Many people are sill experiencing issues with the image upload function in WordPress 2.5.1.

The issue centers around placing images into posts with links to the image itself or to a page with the image on it.

After uploading in an image, you are given the option to place it with None, File URL, or Post URL.  File URL links right to the full size image by itself.  The Post URL links to a stand alone page with only the image on it.  None does exactly what it sounds like.

Well, in IE7, that doesn’t always work correctly.  As a matter of fact, it rarely works.  However, in Firefox and all Mac browsers, it works just fine.

It is a known issue:  http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6469

It apparently will be fixed for WordPress 2.5.2

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25 Most Valuable Blogs on the Internet

March 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment

A site called 24/7 Wall St. put together a list of the 25 Most Valuable blogs on the Internet.

The top 10 (of 25) include:

1) Gawker
2) MacRumors
3) Huffington Post
4) PerezHilton.com
5) TechCrunch
6) Ars Technica (tie)
6) Seeking Alpha (tie)
8) Drudge Report (tie)
8) Mashable (tie)
10) GigaOrn

Perez was valued at $48 million, and the Huffington Post at $70 million, just to name a few. At that point, I really would have to ask myself, why not sell those properties ASAP? I’d want to take my money and run!

You could live off of the cash and investments for the rest of your life and live luxuriously.

Then again, a site like Perez could probably bring in more than that for the owner over then next few years. And let’s face it, no one else could over own that site but Perez himself.

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WordPress 2.5 to be Released Soon

March 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment

As you may have noticed in your dashboards, the time for the next major WordPress release is upon us. WordPress 2.5 is due out very shortly, and their’s a sneak peak available!

The new release isn’t just a minor update of functionality. No, instead it is a complete strip down of the user interface. The builders at WP rebuilt the interface from the ground up focusing on what publishers want most.

The new dashboard is completely different (aka the main page when you log in). It features the content and information you really want to know most about. Pictured below. You can even customize the way you want the dashboard to display.

dashboard wide1.thumbnail Wordpress 2.5 to be Released Soon

Other features include: multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times…just to name a few. [Read more...]

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