Go against the grain with "Dark Wood," an eye-catching and playful theme. Bright colors and whimsical icons fuse with dark tones to provide a pleasing and harmonious design. Dark Wood is a three column theme with a rich wood textured background. When you're looking for a theme with some serious character, Dark … March 18, 2010
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Set Your Blog’s Timezone by City
by Paul KimOne of my favorite things about working on WordPress.com is that improvements get made and pushed out as soon as they're tested and ready. Just a day after I wrote about manually changing your blog's timezone to account for Daylight Saving Time, Ryan updated WordPress.com so you can now set … March 16, 2010
Time to Spring Forward
by Paul KimAh, spring, when a young person's fancy turns to ... blogging. And time changes. (Maybe baseball too, if that's your thing.) WordPress.com blog time settings follow the UTC time standard. This method allows us to keep the stats database lean and fast. That translates into free stats for everyone! UTC doesn't … March 14, 2010
OMG WordPress BBQ at SxSW
by Jane WellsThis weekend, thousands of WordPress users and fans (including many hosted here on WordPress.com) are among the people attending the South by Southwest (SxSW) Interactive conference in Austin, TX. To celebrate this, we're throwing a WordPress BBQ at SxSW tomorrow so that there's a place for us all to get … March 13, 2010
New Theme: Titan
by NoëlTitan is a fantastic theme, now available on WordPress.com. It's a highly readable, clean theme, with lots of options: four widget areas, a customizable header, and more. An enticing color scheme and loads of customization make Titan a wonderful theme for you blog. To start things off the header has some … March 9, 2010
Rub-a-Dub-Dub in the PubSubHubbub
by Joseph ScottFrom the tongue twisting name department we welcome PubSubHubbub, or as some people have shortened it to: PuSH. Like rssCloud, PuSH is a way for services that subscribe to updates from your blog (think Google Reader, Bloglines or Netvibes) to get updates even faster. In a nutshell, instead … March 3, 2010
