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New Theme: Profile

by Michael Fields

It's my pleasure to introduce you to Profile; the newest addition to our collection of themes. Profile's Home Page template Profile is the latest premium theme by Organic Themes and is designed to be a hub for everything about you. It’s the perfect solution for an online resume, portfolio, or professional … June 27, 2013

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Quick and Easy Customization: Get the Most Out of Widgets

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands

Widgets, the handy features built right into your WordPress.com dashboard, allow you to add cool features to your site so you can make it your online home. Have you poked around in Appearance → Widgets, recently? We want to make sure you know how quick and simple it is to activate -- … June 26, 2013

Customizing Modularity Lite: Girls of Summer

by Ben Huberman

Today's featured blog, Girls of Summer, demonstrates a crucial point: the default look of a theme shouldn't deter you from choosing it if its features are the right match for your needs. Instead, tweaking and personalizing your theme will bring together its strengths and your vision.  Let's take a closer … June 25, 2013

Domains 101: An Introduction to Custom Domains

by Erica

Wasn't it Shakespeare who once said, "A blog by any other domain would read just as sweetly"?  While it's true that, as long as you are writing good content consistently, you will find your niche and audience, your site address is an important part of your online presence. A memorable … June 24, 2013

Freshly Pressed Friday Faves

by Krista

Here in North America, it's late spring and the plants are in a rush -- growing visibly each day in a bid to soak up every rain drop and sunbeam before fall forces summer to flee. We feel we should document every moment with a camera -- to capture it … June 21, 2013

New Theme: Wire

by Nate Schaumburg

It's Theme Thursday! We're happy to introduce an amazing new theme: Wire. Designed by the talented Justin Carroll, Wire features a wide, one-column layout and comes with support for all post formats. It's more fun than ever to showcase your creativity. You’ll have the flexibility to publish your content without headaches. Wire … June 20, 2013

The Art and Science of Getting Good WordPress Support

by Kathryn

Imagine this: it's been a productive WordPress weekend. You've been busy puttering away on the new website you put together for your cat-lovers' club and you're pleased with the progress so far. You found an adorable kitty-friendly theme, snagged a memorable site address, added some snazzy widgets in all the right … June 19, 2013

Stats Wrangling I: Digging into Your Data

by Michael Pick

Chances are that if you're running a public facing blog, you're probably happiest when someone actually reads it. Preferably lots of someones. Your blog's stats can give you some great ways to get to know a little bit more about your readers, and what it is about your work that … June 18, 2013

The WordPress.com Dashboard Gets a Beautiful Makeover

by Matt Thomas

Every day, you blog, you create, and you make things with your WordPress.com site. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the code that runs WordPress.com gets updated dozens of times a day, as we deploy improvements. While you can't see the vast majority of those changes, there is one improvement we can't … June 17, 2013

DaddyBloggers in the Spotlight: A Father’s Day Roundup

by michelle w.

Writing about family life and parenthood is not simply the province of mothers: dads are carving out their own blogular niche. Single dads, stay-at-home dads, working dads, two-dad families -- you can find every perspective on WordPress.com. As the US celebrates Father's Day, here are some dad blogs we love: DorkDaddy.com What's … June 16, 2013

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