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WordPress 2.6 – some info on what’s to come

WordPress 2.5 has already brought a ton of new features and improvements, what could be updated in WordPress 2.6, you say ? Well, to find out you should watch this movie – it features Matt at WordCamp Dallas talking about WordPress 2.6 .

It looks like at WordCamp Dallas, Matt also talked a bit about WordPress 2.6 and what’s to come. Throught the video, Matt touches a few points on WordPress Stats , Marketplace and the possibility of posting on WordPress powered blogs via a cell phone. That would be a really nice touch that would get every blogging freak excited – including me.

WordPress Lounge stats

Till now, I can honestly say I’m pretty happy with the results this blog has achieved. I’ve also received a few offers for advertising and I’m only sorry to say this but I’m not open to selling ad space just yet.

I’m pleased to announced we’ve received a bit over 2,000 unique visitors , 33,533 hits and generated 4,209 pages views in just 7 days since we launched, we’ve gained 15 new RSS readers and 4 email subscribers.

We’re also happy to say that every user that came on this blog viewed approximately 3 pages. About 70% of our visitors have bookmarked this blog for future visits.

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Tutorial : how to create a featured article section

I’ve been craving for a hack or plug-in that could create a featured article on my blog, a sticky kind of article that would show up on every of my pages, above the rest of all posts and stand out a little – all this without too much hassle. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a plug-in that would do the dirty work for me, so I had to improvise – after a bit of digging I ended up on Maxpower blog, reading an article wrote by deepthought.

After wrestling a little with the code, I found another article wrote by Solostream , but that wasn’t too helpful either – so I knew I had to take the matter into my own hands.

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Free Page Peel Banner Script

Since I first saw it on JonhChow’s blog I knew I must have this feature on my blog. The creator of the Peel Away Ad says the ad is non intrusive and super effective because it makes people want to peel the ad to see what’s hiding behind it.

The Peel Away Ads script was created by Richard Osterude and Harris Fellman. The script normally sells for $127 but if you buy it right now, you can have it for only $37.00 (ya I know, classic sales page).

Well, if it used to cost $127, $97 , $37 why not get it for $0 right here ?

Installation of the script is pretty simple. You need to edit to URL to reflect your site, change the banner image and destination URL, then upload to your server and it should work. There are step-by-step video tutorials for those who need extra help.

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The perfect place for WordPress freelancers

As of the start of the past month, a new site was born, a perfect place for WordPress lovers – both webmasters and developers. This site is called WordPressFreelance and from the looks of it, there are already several people interested in getting custom WordPress work done.

The kind of projects you’re going to find on this site, range from one time jobs to full time. Although this is a fairly new site, I’m more than sure it will soon start to grow in popularity. Since starting this blog, and even before, I can’t even remember how many people have asked for WordPress custom work. May it have been a banner change, or they messed the layout, or didn’t know how to change the font of a title or anything else – now there are professionals willing to do that work for you.

So, next time your looking for a WordPress programmer or designer, or if your a programmer/designer looking for a job I suggest you stop by WordPressFreelance.com