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Posted on June 11, 2009 - by Mayank Chandak

See Ma. New Blog.

Hey everyone. Long time and no new post. Worry not, was a lil busy with college stuff. I’m back again right on track. To let you readers believe me there’s so much in store. I just upgraded the platform to “Wordpress 2.8″ and know what, blogging got even more awesome-er. Wordpress is a true super hero in the CMS sphere. So here’s whats new in 2.8 (from the site).

Major New Improvements

First and foremost, 2.8 is way faster to use. We’ve changed the way WordPress does style and scripting.

The core and plugin updaters in previous versions of WordPress have been such a success we decided to bring the same to themes. You can now browse the entire theme directory and install a theme with one click from the comfort of your WordPress dashboard.

If you make edits or tweaks to themes or plugins from your dashboard, you’ll appreciate the new CodePress editor which gives syntax highlighting to the previously-plain editor. Also there is now contextual documentation for the functions in the file you’re editing linked right below the editor.

If you were ever frustrated with widgets before, this release should be your savior. We’ve completely redesigned the widgets interface (which we didn’t have time to in 2.7) to allow you to do things like edit widgets on the fly, have multiple copies of the same widget, drag and drop widgets between sidebars, and save inactive widgets so you don’t lose all their settings. Developers now have access to a much cleaner and robust API for creating widgets as well.

Finally you should explore the new Screen Options on every page. It’s the tab in the top right. Now, for example, if you have a wide monitor you could set up your dashboard to have four columns of widgets instead of the two it has by default. On other pages you can change how many items show per page.

And Even More

You can read the full list of over 180 new features, changes, upgrades, and improvements on the Codex. The list is exhausting!

Heres a quick video.

Posted on February 16, 2009 - by Mayank Chandak

A News Tube for Indian Audience

Tubaah aims to be the Hulu of India. Started by a strong media network of NDTV. The site has not yet gone into the turbo-advertising mode, so not many people know of it. It allows people to create their own ‘Tubes’ generally by aggregating news videos and then share them with freinds and then follow what their freinds are watching. The HomePage has an option of Live TV Stream which currently features only NDTV Channels. Also seen on the header is a link to shows, which has a listing of all prime time shows, which again has only NDTV shows listed. This service is currently free but you can never tell when they start charging for memberships as they charge a premium ammount on their NDTV Imagine Channel (atleast on TATA Sky). With internet in India gaining new highs, this service can keep its hopes high. As more users are getting exposed to broadband, internet is the new media to count on.

Posted on January 9, 2009 - by Mayank Chandak

Gawker makes you audition for commenting

Are you intelligent enough to comment on a site. Are you capable enough to comment. Probably we’ll have to audition you for leaving a comment.

Hello, Hey , all this was not for this site, but i got such messages when i registered at Gawker. Excerpts from Wiki

Gawker.com is a blog based in New York City that bills itself as “The source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip” and focuses on celebrities and the media industry.

Founded in 2002, Gawker is the flagship blog for Nick Denton’s Gawker Media; They spawned other blogs including Wonkette, covering Washington, D.C., Defamer, covering Los Angeles, and Valleywag covering Silicon Valley.

No offense anybody. Gawker is an excellent site, and its daughter sites are no less awesome, with editors no less famous than a filthy rich celeb.  Check out the image for more.  I mean comments moderation is pretty cool but auditions for such a thing is taking things too far.

P.S: At least be nice to me.