WordPress App for Android Release

WordCamp Boston!

I am really excited about attending WordCamp Boston this Saturday as a volunteer! This will be my first WordCamp and I have heard all kinds of wonderful things about WordCamps around the world.

 
WordCamp Boston is taking place at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge. Tickets are sold-out but they are currently running a fundraiser with 2 tickets for the Haitian earthquake relief effort.  More info available here.

 
Expect some photos and video from this weekend!

Video of the Day: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg at The Crunchies

Here is a short clip of Mark Zuckerberg at this year’s Crunchies. He says some interesting things about privacy on the internet and Facebook Connect.

WordPress 2.9

[*** UPDATE 7:22pm: WordPress 2.9.1 just came out. Download it here. ***]

We have been getting familiar with the new WordPress 2.9 Carmen. It has some neat stuff. Here is a quick summery of some of things we have checked out so far.

• Bulk plugin updater.
• Built-in image editor with the ability to crop (with aspect ratio), rotation flip and undo.
• Supports Embed which makes embedding third-party photos and video so much easier.
• If you delete someting, you have 30 days to decide if you want to keep it.
• Support for “rel=canonical” for better Search Engine Optimization.
• Updated support for Simplepie and TinyMCE WYSIWYG editing
• “When you’re editing files in the theme and plugin editors it remembers your location and takes you back to that line after you save. (Thank goodness!!!)” Thank goodness indeed!!!!!!
• Better on-the-fly blogging with an upgrade of their “Press This” bookmarklet

Lookout for 2.9.1 in the next couple of days. In the meantime, checkout the official release video from the WordPress folks below.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Wow, it is 2010 already.

2009 came hurling at us all. We are grateful for all the things we learned and the ways we grew individually and as a company in 2009. A very big thank you to everyone who supported and worked with us at Uptown New Media Inc. Your love and support is always appreciated.

Lookout for the changes and updates that we will be rolling out over the next couple of weeks. Please keep in touch.

Looking forward to a great year!!

 
Ndlela

Adding a Blog to an Existing Website

More companies, small business owners and artists are turning to blogs to connect with their clients/audiences. Many already have websites and would like their blogs seamlessly integrated into their already existing websites. This is generally the better option over having their website visitors go to a different website where the blog is being hosted or click on a blog that looks nothing like the site they currently have up.

Having an integrated blog looks more professional and provides the website visitor a unified experience of the website.

Why add a blog to a website?

• Every blog entry is a chance to create a conversation with your audience/clients.
   
• The blog is a chance to share your expertise with the world.
   
• Search engines love blogs.
   
• It gives people a chance to get a sense of the personality and culture of a company. 

Things to consider

• Is your content compelling? Do you have enough content to sustain a blog?
   
• Are you ready for what it takes to maintain a blog? Consider content updates, getting on a regular schedule.
   
• If you already update your content using a content management system (CMS) that you want to continue using, check if that CMS has a blog feature/program that comes with the system.
   
• If it doesn’t have a CMS and would like to use the blog CMS so that you can do all your updates in one place, you can use something like WordPress (as this site does), Joomla or Droople.

If you have any questions about setting up a blog in your website feel free to contact us.