Sarah Blackstock posted: "Have you given the WordPress mobile apps a try lately? We've been working hard to make sure our iOS and Android apps are simple to use and have the features you need to blog right from your phone or tablet. Here are a few recent additions and updates that"
Have you given the WordPress mobile apps a try lately? We've been working hard to make sure our iOS and Android apps are simple to use and have the features you need to blog right from your phone or tablet. Here are a few recent additions and updates that make blogging on the go easier:
Add Categories and Tags
Before publishing a blog post, you can add categories and tags right in the app's post editor. To add categories and tags to a post in the iOS editor, tap the … at the top right, then Options. On Android, tap the gear icon at the top right. Read more of this post
Caroline Moore posted: "Today we're excited to announce two new premium themes: Small Business and Photo Blog. Small Business Small Business is a new premium theme for your entrepreneurial endeavors. At an introductory price of just $5 (or free with the Premium or Business pla"
Small Business is a new premium theme for your entrepreneurial endeavors. At an introductory price of just $5 (or free with the Premium or Business plans), it's a worthwhile investment for your business.
Small Business was designed with a simple, single-column layout for a consistent reading experience no matter the device or screen size, and uses system fonts to reduce page-load time. We've also included a few tailored features just for small businesses, like:
Contact Information: Your customers are busy people – that's why easy access to essential information like your phone number and address is so important. Small Business displays a banner with your contact information on every page and turns all the information into links, so your customers can call, email, or find you on a map with a click.
Promo Area: Do you have a new product coming out? A seasonal sale? A special event? Whatever it is, you'll want to put this information right on the front page to make sure your customers see and act on it. Small Business includes a Promo Area area that makes it as easy as flipping a switch!
Style Packs: If Small Business' bold design doesn't feel right for you, choose one of the three included Style Packs -- Modern Flair, Country Charm, or Classic Elegance -- for a different look and feel with the click of a button.
Photo Blog is our new premium theme for visual storytellers. It's available for $36, or comes free with the Premium or Business plans.
Photo Blog comes with many features that help your photographs shine:
Layout: Along with its default square layout, Photo Blog comes with two additional layout options. The Grid layout adds space between your images, while Masonry creates an interlocking grid, which respects your image orientation and pieces them cleanly together.
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Featured Images Filter:Photo Blog comes with a variety of image filters you can apply to your Featured Images. Choose from faded Reyes, black-and-white Willow, saturated Lo-fi, or one of the other 23 options.
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Style Packs: If you're searching for a different look for Photo Blog, check out its Style Packs -- Elegant, Retro Photo, or Vintage Paper -- to change up your site's appearance.
hollyannehogan posted: "As part of our commitment to privacy and transparency, we're updating our Privacy Policy. We want to give you more and clearer information about how we collect and use personal information -- in a more organized and readable format. Your privacy is criti"
As part of our commitment to privacy and transparency, we're updating our Privacy Policy. We want to give you more and clearer information about how we collect and use personal information -- in a more organized and readable format.
Your privacy is critically important to us. These are the first words of our Privacy Policy, and words we live by when designing and building our products.
Here are some of the updates you'll see:
We split the Privacy Policy up into sections titled: "Information We Collect," "How We Use Information," "Sharing Information," "Choices," and "Security." Our aim is to make the Policy easier to follow and understand. We really want you to read the whole thing!
We added specific information about how our Privacy Policy applies to Jetpack sites and the WordPress mobile app.
We included real-world, concrete examples to illustrate our policies and give you a clearer picture of how we collect and use personal information. For example, to explain our disclosures about access to mobile device data, we say: "[i]f you give us permission to access the photographs on your mobile device's camera roll, our Services may access the photos stored on your device when you upload a really amazing photograph of the sunrise to your website."
We provided more information, in the "Choices" section, about how you can limit and control the data that you provide to us when you use our services.
New Privacy Policy Effective January 3, 2018
Our new Privacy Policy will take effect on January 3, 2018. We're releasing it now to give you time to take a look at it. If you continue to use our services on or after January 3, 2018, that will indicate your consent to the new Privacy Policy.
….And Stay Tuned for What's Next
Our commitment to your privacy means more than just updating our Privacy Policy. We're continually thinking about new ways to be more transparent about how we use data, and are building new tools and features to give you more control over the data you entrust to us.
Some of these efforts are in anticipation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) -- a new EU privacy regulation that will affect Automattic and many of our customers. You can read more about our GDPR-readiness plans here.
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Although we updated a lot of the wording in our Privacy Policy, our core values remain unchanged: We strive to be fully transparent. We help protect our users from overreaching government demands for information. We keep the data we have a reason to keep. And we are thoughtful about how we collect, use, and share personal information.
Valerie posted: "We've given one of our favorite features a boost! You can now manage your profile photo, or avatar, right on WordPress.com. This avatar, powered by a service called Gravatar, is the image that represents you online -- a thumbnail that appears next to your"
We've given one of our favorite features a boost! You can now manage your profile photo, or avatar, right on WordPress.com. This avatar, powered by a service called Gravatar, is the image that represents you online -- a thumbnail that appears next to your name when you interact on blogs and websites. With this recently refined feature, you can upload, edit, and update your avatar at wordpress.com/me.
Your avatar shows up in many places on WordPress.com. For example, you'll see it on your site next to your blog posts:
And when you like someone's post:
Or when you comment on a post:
As you can see, your avatar helps to establish your identity and credibility on WordPress.com -- but also across the internet. It will also appear on other websites that use Gravatar, like Stack Overflow and Hootsuite. This means that you don't have to re-upload the same photo multiple times across the web.
How to Update Your Avatar
While logged into your WordPress.com account, go to wordpress.com/me or click your profile icon at the top-right corner of the screen. You'll see the edit screen for your profile:
From here, you can either click on your photo to change it:
Or drag and drop a new photo from your computer:
You can also edit the photo -- rotate, flip, or crop -- before setting or changing it:
When you're happy with your image, click Change My Photo and you're all set!
We've also made this update for the desktop app. If you have questions, refer to the Gravatars Support page or contact Support for assistance. We look forward to seeing your faces around the web!
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