If you run a self hosted (wordpress.org) site, this morning you will be able to upgrade to the latest version 3.3. Some of the new features are: Better dashboard menus, these just fly in and fly out on mouse over now, rather than having to click on each heading to see the sub menu. Smarter [...]
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Advertising on your wordpress.com site
As we all know, we can’t advertise on our wordpress.com blogs, which is rather annoying as many of you have found out over time that adverts ‘do’ appear on your wordpress site. WordPress do place their own Google ads on your site, but the chances are you will never have seen them as they are [...]
Talk About Local training at Better CIC in Coventry
Last Friday Nicky and myself attended Better CIC in Hillfields in Coventry, another of the Community Capacity Builder UK online centres we are currently working with. We held a workshop with some of the Digital Champions and members of the local community. We showed them the benefits of a community website; how it can be used to [...]
Fix My Transport
Fix My Transport, which launched earlier this week is the latest creation from the fantastic My Society people. Fix My Transport aims to make reporting public transport problems as easy as reporting pot-holes and broken street lights is on Fix My Street. It has a very simple user interface which belies the huge database that it uses [...]
New experiences that hyper local blogging can bring
Today I am talking about the new experiences running a hyperlocal blog has brought; from organising events, dealing with the mainstream media, learning to negotiate, community involvement to running a campaign, and I will share some hints and tips that will help you get your hyperlocal blog up and running. I have been running my hyperlocal blog, [...]