A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the new themes that WordPress.com had added to their theme store. This week they have added yet another short code to the platform, this time the short code allows you to add Wufoo forms to your blog.

Wufoo has been around for a couple of years now and allows you to create custom forms. The interface is very much like setting up a Survey Monkey form so it will be no surprise to hear that Wufoo is part of the Survey Monkey stable of products, having been bought earlier this year.

As with Survey Monkey there is a free offering that allows you to have 3 forms and 100 responses each month, which is more than enough for most Hyperlocal sites. If you need more than this then you can select one of the 4 paid for options that suits your needs and budget.

Also this week the learn.wordpress.com/ site has had a make over and been updated. The good people at WordPress have added a whole new section, 10 Super Awesome Insider Tips in here you will get information on 10 WordPress things that you may or may not know about. I found one that I didn’t know so I’m sure you will too.

Mike, the Talk About Local technical ninja, has been publishing on the internet for over 15 years and specialises moderation around contentious issues, technical aspects of WordPress and Geolocation of content. Mike ran the nationally acclaimed Pits n Pots website from 2009 -2012 which scrutinised Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

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