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Today, the WordPress app for the iPhone was released. I just installed this App, and it appears to work well. It’s defiantly useful if you’re away from your computer a lot, but still want to blog regularly (however, typing a long blog post on an iPhone might be a little tiresome). If you’re going to use the App, make sure that XML-RPC Publishing is enabled in your blog under Settings > Writing (the App will tell you if it isn’t). WordPress for iPhone is free from the iTunes App Store and requires iPhone firmware version 2.0 and works on the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch. You need WordPress 2.5.1 or higher or a WordPress.com account. Here’s some screenshots of the WordPress iPhone App (click for larger view):

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WordPress 2.6 has been released! Some of the new features include:

• Post Revisions – Think WikiPedia’s History tab, they’re located at the bottom of the Write screen (try comparing a revision to itself, it’s fun 😉 )
• Press This! – Drag this link (located on the right side of the Write screen) to your bookmarks bar and use it to quickly post something
• Image Captions
• Themes Previews
• Google Gears Support – Allows you to store images and CSS/JavaScript files from the Admin panel locally to speed things up a bit
• Reorganized Plugin Page – Arranges plugins into the categories of Active, Recently Active or Unactive

It is recommended that everybody using an older version of WordPress to upgrade as soon as possible.

WordPress | Download Now

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