WordPress Now Powers More Than 50 Million Sites
Open source blogging platform WordPress has reached an important milestone: It powers more than 50 million websites, about half of which are hosted on WordPress.com.
Also, more than 287 million people view more than 2.5 billion pages on WordPress.com each month and, on an average day, WordPress.com users create about 500,000 new posts and 400,000 new comments, according to WordPress’ official stats.
Recently, WordPress competitor Tumblr surpassed 20 million blogs, passing WordPress.com in terms of the number of blogs hosted on the platform.
However, unlike Tumblr, WordPress lets users install and use the platform on their own web host. Due to the simplicity and versatility of the platform, WordPress isn’t only used to power blogs, it can also be used for running various types of personal, business and community websites.
Via Mashable.com
UtterJargon itself runs on WordPress. We believe that it is one of the most lightweight and user friendly CMS’s out today. Please contact us if you are interested in putting up a wordpress site of your own. Check out our work page to see a couple of wordpress sites we have already created.
Add more Fonts to your Website with Google Font Directory
Google Fonts makes it simpler for designers and developers to embed a wider range of fonts in their sites and applications.
The Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers.
View font details to get the code needed to embed the font on your web site. Please also visit their quick start guide and FAQ page. For more help and suggestions, use their moderator page
UPDATE: Check out this Mashable.com Guide on HOW TO: Implement Google Font API on Your Website!!
Wrap up From WordPress Wordcamp NYC 2009!
Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to go to WordPress Wordcamp NYC 2009. It was awesome! It really gave me a greater appreciation for the utility and definitely more of an understanding of where it is going. See some of the scenery, useful websites, music (yes, music), and reoccurring quotes of the conference below…
The Reoccurring points for WordPress Users:
– “When deciding to build a site, its always better to go with CMS over Static…”
– “Wordpress is like the swiss army knife of the web”
– “Wordpress is 508 compliant” (accessible to people with disabilities.)
– “Aways Always Always back up your database! (But you already knew that…)”
The Scenery
- WordPress Wordcamp NYC 2009 Schedule
- Session Speaker Starting off with Good Tunes
The Music
Music From WordPress Wordcamp NYC 2009
The helpful Links
Social Media HubPage
With all of the social media sites out right now, it might not be necessary that you create a whole website for your venture. You can advertise and reach prospects for free with myspace, Facebook, Twitter, worpress and many more sites. A few simple tools that can add professionalism to your venture would be a Business Email Address and a Basic Webpage with links to everywhere you can be found on the net.
A business email address (yourname@yourventure.com) makes your venture seem more professional than the @hotmail.com address you may use. It lets prospects know that you have your own domain and solidifies the fact that you have your own web presence.
The webpage (yourventure.com) can include your logo, and logo’d links to your page on the social media sites you use to promote your venture. You can also include your contact info, contact form, or a MailTo link.
This is a great tool for party promoters, musicians, consultants, photographers and artist.
To see how a small change in your operation can add many resources for your venture, please go check out UtterJargon.com
Hello World!!
Welcome to UtterJargon.com, the community where Small Businesses all around New York City are able to create free classifieds for absolutely any products and services they sell, as well as need. UtterJargon is also a great place to find the local businesses and events in your neighborhood. This Business Blog will post interviews and cover stories about the numerous Entrprenuers and Small Businesses in NYC. You will find this Blog to be Interesting, Informational and Inspiring!