Comments on: WordPress.com Adds Custom CSS http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/ News, plugins and themes for blogging applications Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Minimology » Blog Archive » Apps and Companies that have impressed and/or surprised in 2006 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-108516 Minimology » Blog Archive » Apps and Companies that have impressed and/or surprised in 2006 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:25:58 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-108516 [...] I was quite astonished when I heard that Automattic had gotten funding this year, in my mind they were all about an open source piece of blogging software. However, I overlooked their premium services such as Akismet. This year they’ve really exploited the growing demand for blogging in business and have tailored several entrerprise level services towards this market. They’ve also been able to make use of the house-hold-name the open source release of wordpress has gotten in order to grab customers. They’ve introduced premium features such as template customisation into their hosted service, however I think there’ll be stiff competition in 2007. [...] [...] I was quite astonished when I heard that Automattic had gotten funding this year, in my mind they were all about an open source piece of blogging software. However, I overlooked their premium services such as Akismet. This year they’ve really exploited the growing demand for blogging in business and have tailored several entrerprise level services towards this market. They’ve also been able to make use of the house-hold-name the open source release of wordpress has gotten in order to grab customers. They’ve introduced premium features such as template customisation into their hosted service, however I think there’ll be stiff competition in 2007. [...]

]]> By: Lloyd D Budd http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-37771 Lloyd D Budd Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:46:45 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-37771 <blockquote>I just worry that people are quickly going to get sick of paying $1 here, $15 there to get features for their WordPress.com blog that are 100% free with WordPress.org.</blockquote> I think Matt and team have done an amazing thing <a href="http://www.foolswisdom.com/~lloyd/wordpress/index.php/wordpress-export-and-wordcamp/" rel="nofollow">by protecting my ability to leave WordPress.com</a> . I trust these guy. Aside, I learnt today that strike is not XHTML ;-)

I just worry that people are quickly going to get sick of paying $1 here, $15 there to get features for their WordPress.com blog that are 100% free with WordPress.org.

I think Matt and team have done an amazing thing by protecting my ability to leave WordPress.com . I trust these guy.

Aside, I learnt today that strike is not XHTML ;-)

]]> By: Jefte http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-35090 Jefte Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:30:17 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-35090 <blockquote cite="Matt">You can edit the CSS on all themes.</blockquote> Wow. Only a few years later... and at an expense! I heartily laugh at this lame-duck attempt to monetize.

You can edit the CSS on all themes.

Wow. Only a few years later… and at an expense! I heartily laugh at this lame-duck attempt to monetize.

]]> By: David http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-31405 David Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:55:08 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-31405 Thanks Matt, I just went back to WordPress.com and saw the update on that... I think there are a few others of us out there that thought it was just the Sandbox theme, much like it was just Connections or whatnot when the header editor first came out. I can't wait to see what you add next. Thanks Matt, I just went back to WordPress.com and saw the update on that… I think there are a few others of us out there that thought it was just the Sandbox theme, much like it was just Connections or whatnot when the header editor first came out.

I can’t wait to see what you add next.

]]> By: Erasable Ink http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-31404 Erasable Ink Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:44:02 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-31404 <blockquote>For $15 USD, I could get a domain name, and a month of hosting.</blockquote> Make it $27 bucks, and you've got a domain and hosting for a year. For $2 you can get a domain at Yahoo (http://domains.yahoo.com/), and for $25 you can get a full <em>years</em> worth of hosting at ASmallOrange (http://www.asmallorange.com/). But honestly, as a WordPress.com user, I'm stoked about this update. $15 really is just couple rolls of pennies, and it lets you edit your CSS for a full year. Keep in mind, you get more at WordPress.com than just a blog; you get security. You can't mess anything up, and that's great for people like me. When I had my own server running WordPress, I accidentally edited some lines of code that I didn't understand, and had the entire site screw up. Back to a fresh install, and that can be time consuming. You also get more social integration; you can browse through WordPress.com blogs, and you can meet people through WP.com forums. Its built-in stat system is great. WP.com is a perfectly optimized version of WordPress MU, that it's hard to think of a reason not to use it. Basically what I'm saying is that I don't think there's too much concern over people not willing to pay. The people that use WP.com are different people than the ones that use WP.org.

For $15 USD, I could get a domain name, and a month of hosting.

Make it $27 bucks, and you’ve got a domain and hosting for a year. For $2 you can get a domain at Yahoo (http://domains.yahoo.com/), and for $25 you can get a full years worth of hosting at ASmallOrange (http://www.asmallorange.com/).

But honestly, as a WordPress.com user, I’m stoked about this update. $15 really is just couple rolls of pennies, and it lets you edit your CSS for a full year. Keep in mind, you get more at WordPress.com than just a blog; you get security. You can’t mess anything up, and that’s great for people like me. When I had my own server running WordPress, I accidentally edited some lines of code that I didn’t understand, and had the entire site screw up. Back to a fresh install, and that can be time consuming.

You also get more social integration; you can browse through WordPress.com blogs, and you can meet people through WP.com forums. Its built-in stat system is great. WP.com is a perfectly optimized version of WordPress MU, that it’s hard to think of a reason not to use it.

Basically what I’m saying is that I don’t think there’s too much concern over people not willing to pay. The people that use WP.com are different people than the ones that use WP.org.

]]> By: Matt http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-31400 Matt Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:15:01 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/04/wordpresscom-adds-custom-css/#comment-31400 You can edit the CSS on all themes. You can edit the CSS on all themes.

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