<div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wpwindowsphone.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/making-splash/' title='It’s been an exciting few months for WordPress for Windows Phone. Since releasing v. 2.2 in June, users around the world have been enjoying the app’s new features, increased stability, and an overall smoother user experience. latest features: success! Blogging on-the-go from your Windows Phone has never been easier. With sleek galleries — either in thumbnail grid or slideshow mode — your images look appealing on screens of all sizes.  Our recently added rich text editor makes it a breeze to write longer posts, where a bit of html code can go a long way toward keeping lists and links in order. Finally, now that you can get push notifications for new comments, leaving your house no longer means a long queue of comments waiting to be approved. You can keep the conversation going no matter where you are. a worldwide hit The release of v. 2.2 received a warm welcome from users around the world. Now, the Windows Phone Store is joining the chorus of supporters: starting October 13, WordPress for Windows Phone will be promoted as a featured app for all phone models in Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Switzerland (German and Italian), as well as for selected devices in Argentina, Ireland, and Norway (to name a few). It’s the perfect moment to introduce our app to all your Windows Phone-using friends and family! Go beyond using: contribute! Have you ever considered helping us make WordPress for Windows Phone an even better app? Drop us a line at make/mobile on WordPress.org and we’ll let you know how you can contribute. Since we’ve adopted a feature-based release schedule, it’s easier and more fun to help out. And if you ever have an idea for a feature or see something that needs to be fixed, don’t hesitate to let us know on the WordPress for Windows Phone Trac. Make sure to follow @WPWindowsPhone on Twitter to get the latest news first, and stay tuned for future updates and new features. download Still haven’t downloaded v. 2.2 of WordPress for Windows Phone? It’s never too late: click the link below to get our most recent release and enjoy all our great features: Download AppWordPress for Windows PhoneSupported: WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress (v. 2.9+)   '>WP Windows Phone 7: Making a Splash with Version 2.2</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wordpress.org/news/2013/10/wordpress-3-7-beta-2/' title='WordPress 3.7 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing. This is software still in development, so we don’t recommend that you run it on a production site. This has been a quiet beta period. We’re hoping to get some more testers for automatic background updates, which will occur for security and minor releases (like updating from 3.7 to 3.7.1). It’s really easy to test this, as Beta 2 will update* each day to the latest development version and then email you the results. If something goes wrong, you can report it — it’s that simple. To get the beta, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip). Check out Dashboard ? Updates to see if your install is eligible for background updates. WordPress won’t update if, for example, you’re using version control like SVN or Git. For more of what’s new in version 3.7, check out the Beta 1 blog post. In Beta 2, we further increased the stability of background updates and also added about 50 bug fixes, including a fix for Internet Explorer 11 in the visual editor. If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. Or, if you’re comfortable writing a bug report, file one on the WordPress Trac. There, you can also find a list of known bugs and everything we’ve fixed. Happy testing! Beta 2 released Dotting i’s and crossing t’s Expect RC next'>Dev Blog: WordPress 3.7 Beta 2</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wordpress.tv/2013/10/10/cliff-seal-no-one-cares-about-your-content-yet/' title='     '>WordPress.tv: Cliff Seal: No One Cares About Your Content (Yet)</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/iMe_rec1j4w/core-features-as-plugins-first-inline-preview' title='Back in June, I reviewed an experimental plugin by Christopher Finke called Inline Preview. Since that post was published, Christopher has made a number of improvements to the plugin. Now when you publish a post, the WP Admin slides to the left with a shadow bar in the middle, and the content on the right. There’s an X near the top right corner of the page that exits out of the preview window.  Updated Version Of Inline Preview Christopher has now taken things one step further by creating a feature request using his inline preview plugin which falls in line with the new approach of features as plugins first. In the ticket, he lists pain points in previewing a post and suggests returning to the way in-page previewing used to work in WordPress but give it a facelift.  When I tested the new plugin version on my local install, I loved the way it worked. It’s quick and the bar to adjust the size of the preview pane is a nice touch. I think the adjuster could use a more defining image instead of a vertical shadow. Something like a little grey bar with arrows on each side telling the user that image can be moved left or right. As listed in the likely candidates for improvement, the X button could use some work although it works just fine as it is. Although the preview pane does not update in real-time with edits made on the Post Writing screen, each time an auto-save or revision occurs, the changes are automatically updated within the inline preview.  One of the biggest challenges to having something like this in core is making sure it’s compatible with as many themes as possible. While using it here on the Tavern, I noticed it shrinks the text on the website almost to the point where it’s hard to read. The other challenge is performance. Using the tavern theme as an example, there is a significant delay when trying to adjust the width of the inline preview box. It’s not as smooth of an experience as it could be. In fact, the type of delays and performance I’m seeing is similar to the widget administration page.  I reached out to Christopher Finke and asked him what his best argument was for including Inline Preview to the core of WordPress; The best argument for adding inline preview to core is that it improves the current multi-step and disjoint processes of editing and previewing a post by combining them into a single seamless action of post creation.  Users could switch from the mindset of “Edit, preview, edit, preview” to just “Write.” However, when I submitted the ticket, I wasn’t aware of the possibility that front-end editing will be a feature in WordPress 3.8: http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2013/09/14/front-end-editor/  If that is the direction that WordPress is going, then radically changing the backend editing process may not be a priority. If you’re interested in seeing something like this be added to the core of WordPress as I am, you should download the plugin, test it on your site with your design and give feedback in the Trac ticket.  '>WPTavern: Core Features As Plugins First – Inline Preview</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wordpress.tv/2013/10/10/kyle-unzicker-my-first-414-days-as-a-freelancer-a-retrospective/' title='     '>WordPress.tv: Kyle Unzicker: My First 414 Days As A Freelancer: A Retrospective</a></li></ul></div>