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WordPress 3.5.1 Maintenance and Security Release

Michael — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:56:49 +0000

The latest WordPress release is a maintenance and security release of 3.5. Visit the WordPress.org website to find out about this release.

Sites Upgraded to WordPress 3.4.1

Michael — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:35:44 +0000

WordPress 3.4.1 is a maintenance and security release. All of our WordPress Managed Hosting sites have been upgraded.

WordPress 3.4 – We’re Upgraded, Are You?

Michael — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:44:08 +0000

All WenderHost WordPress Managed Websites are now running WordPress 3.4. This latest release includes several nice “under the hood” improvements. One of our favorites is the new tweet embedding feature. Simply include the URL of a tweet in your post, and it is automatically embedded via Twitter’s embedding service:

All WenderHost WordPress Managed Websites are now running WordPress 3.4 – bit.ly/KCddpE

— WenderHost (@WenderHost) June 13, 2012

Watch this video for a quick overview of some of the new features:

Find out more about this release via the official WordPress News post on 3.4.

WordPress Managed Sites Upgraded to WordPress 3.3.1

Michael — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:28:46 +0000

We’ve just upgraded all of our WordPress Managed Sites to WordPress 3.3.1. This release is a maintenance and security release. For details, please see the WordPress.org post on this release.

WenderHost WP Managed Sites Updated to 3.3

Michael — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:37:05 +0000

We’ve just updated all of our WordPress Managed Websites to WordPress 3.3. For details about this release, please see the announcement on WordPress.org.

Save $20 on our Pictography WordPress Theme

Michael — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:28:37 +0000

In honor of my birthday, I’m offering $20 off Pictography (it’s actually $19.95) when you use promotion code MWBDAY. In case you haven’t heard, Pictography is my first commercial WordPress theme. It’s a photoblog theme with a unique home page “image carousel” which displays featured images from all of your posts. Watch the following preview to get a glimpse of the theme in action:

Visit the Pictography theme page to grab your copy for $20 off when you use MWBDAY as the promo code!

Pictography Color Options

Michael — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:01:16 +0000

Check out the video above to see the color options included with our new theme, Pictography. Choose from one of eight palettes, or create your own.

Pictography 1.1 – Theme Optimizations and Minor Enhancements

Michael — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:11:57 +0000

I’ve just released the first update to Pictography. This update includes some theme SQL and CSS optimizations along with one new color palette. Here’s the details:

Recent Posts Widget (SQL optimization) – Added checkbox option controlling display of image thumbnails.
NOTE: During testing, I noticed that displaying thumbnails for 5 posts adds ~14 SQL per page request. Currently, I don’t see a way around this, so I’ve added the option of turning off the thumbnails if you need to conserve resources on your server. As an example with 5 recent posts and the Featured Excerpt widget activated on the front page, for the entire page, I noted 31 queries with thumbnails “on” and 19 queries with thumbnails “off”.
styles.css (CSS optimization) – Removed unused 960gs CSS elements.
Removed extra files – Deleted extraneous image and CSS files under /includes/.
New color palette: Mom’s Eye Shadow – While I was creating the Pictography Color Options screencast, I came up with a new color palette which I’ve added to the theme’s settings page.

Current users of Pictography can update your theme automatically via Dashboard > Updates in your WordPress admin.

Want Pictography for your site? Get your copy here!

Introducing Pictography – A WordPress Photoblog Theme

Michael — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:39:41 +0000

This week I’ve released my first commercial WordPress Theme, Pictography. It’s a photoblog theme that emphasizes your photos. Watch the trailer above for an introduction.

Home Page Image Carousel
The home page features an “image carousel” which displays any and all featured images from all your posts. Whether you post 10 or 10,000 photos, they can all be viewed on the home page using the Next, Previous or Random buttons. It’s a “sticky” and “fun” feature which encourages visitors to explore your photos.

Design Customization Options
Pictography has a settings page which lets you choose your color palette and select one of two (more coming in a future release) layout styles. In addition, you can upload your own logo and favicon to brand your site any way you desire.

Other options include sidebars for the header, home page, blog/archive pages and “page” pages.

Available at WenderHost.com
Pictography is available for purchase on our home page. For $69.95, you receive the theme, access to theme updates and support via the WenderHost Support Portal.

WordPress 3.2.1 – All WordPress Managed Sites Updated

Michael — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:20:35 +0000

The latest incremental release of WordPress (version 3.2.1) dropped yesterday. This version includes some bug fixes which didn’t affect our users; however, as per the WordPress.org recommendations, we’ve got our WordPress Managed Sites upgraded to the latest stable version. For details on this release, see this post at WordPress.org.

Cheers!