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WordPress 2.9
We had some internal training Monday on the exciting new WordPress release. Version 2.9 introduces new features to make your blog more attractive and boost your SEO rankings.
Here are the highlights from the numerous changes that went into this release:
1. “Trash” status: No longer worry about accidentally deleting your posts, pages, and comments. The “delete”
Systematic Icon Design
While a freshman in art school, I decided to try my hand at icon design after reading an article in MacAddict (now MacLife) on the topic. The 90’s were the initial exploration and maturation years of Mac desktop/interface customization, if you will. In 8-bit, pixel-by-pixel form, icon designers, as a global collective, released downloadable sets
Real-time search
The web is constantly being updated with new information. Search engines like Google, Yahoo, etc. index this info into an archive and then search that archive to bring you results. But what about the content that doesn’t get indexed in time? Real-time search is addressing this issue.
Search start-ups such as Collecta, Scoopler,
Quick and dirty usability testing
I just came across a really cool (free) online usability test called fivesecondtest.
You can do a few things on the site: 1) upload an image to test or 2) participate in tests.
I participated in a handful of tests and they are pretty addictive. You’re shown an image for 5 seconds and then must write
