WordPress 2.6 gallery shortcode

One of the things that so nice about WordPress 2.6 is the ability to easily insert a mini photo gallery into your post. There’s also some handy gallery shortcode that give you options for the number of columns, the size of thumbnails and more.

WordPress 2.6 released

WordPress 2.6 has been released with several worthwhile improvements. Check out the brief tour video.

Why WordPress to manage your site?

WordPress is far more than a blogging platform and that’s why we’re so satisfied in promoting it as a wonderful tool for powering all kinds of websites. But sometimes people need convincing. Why use a content management system or CMS to power my site? Or maybe the question is why WordPress? ithemes.com offers 5 great reasons for using a CMS and they apply very well to WordPress.

Go read 5 Reasons to Use a Content Management System.

WordPress Theme as a canvas for your site

You may not be a web designer but you want an eye catching website.

Thankfully there are thousands of free WordPress themes available that can serve as a canvas or starting point for your site.

This site illustrates my point. With a few subtle tweaks to a very simple theme developed by Upstart Blogger I’ve developed a look that’s given the site a unique design, which is less like a blog and more like the resource I want it to be.

If you are looking for WordPress themes to use as a canvas for your site you’ll find of few of my recommendations by clicking here.

WordPress 2.5 on the horizon

WordPress 2.5 is coming. Check out this screen cast showing the new image upload and gallery features.

Screencast and WordPress 2.5 RC2