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What Makes Flat Web Design Exotic

In web design, as in life, less is more. With technology advancing at ever increasing rates, the old design norm: flashy layouts with eye-catching buttons and images is giving way to a more minimalistic approach. This style, known as Flat Design, has taken off as the consumer audience has grown more accustomed to the world…

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Recommended Reading: Authors on WordPress.com

Looking for summer reading suggestions? Or perhaps winter reading suggestions, should your hemisphere be the Southern one? Look no further than these three authors who — like you — make their online home at WordPress.com. Claire Fuller Claire Fuller‘s debut novel, Our Endless Numbered Days, has been called “impossible to put down” by Amy Gentry…

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Insights: A New View of Your Stats

Today we’re introducing a new view of your stats. Insights give you instant access to your all-time numbers, including posts, views, and visitors. Dig deeper into your stats to make the most of your site. Have you ever wondered what times of day or days of the week you have the most visitors? Insights has…

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New Themes: Apostrophe and Canard

Happy Theme Thursday! Today, WordPress.com welcomes two new free themes to its collection: Apostrophe and Canard. Apostrophe With a pared-down design and bold images, Apostrophe is ideally suited to magazine-style sites, like travelogues, fashion blogs, or foodie sites. It’s an update of Semicolon, built by Automattic’s own Konstantin Kovshenin. Read moreHow To Create a Multilingual…

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Street Photography: Seven Photos

It’s no secret that I love to pore through the street photography tag in the WordPress.com Reader and share images that catch my attention. Join me on another trip around the world as seen through the eyes (and lenses!) of these seven skilled photographers. This arresting image of a bird in a car — juxtaposed…

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New Theme: Gazette

It’s Theme Thursday, and we’re happy to launch a brand new free theme. Gazette Gazette, designed by yours truly, is a clean and flexible theme perfectly suited for minimalist magazine-style sites, personal blogs, or any content-rich site. It allows you to highlight specific articles on the homepage, and to balance readability with a powerful use…

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