I got an invitation to use WordPress.com today, quite unexpected… It feels all very Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-esque.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away you entered your email address on http://wordpress.com/ to get a blog.
We’re now inviting small groups to use WordPress.com and your email address was selected today!
While you’re on a string of good luck it might be a good day to buy a lottery ticket.
Cheers,
The WordPress.com Team
Sweet or what? Now I’m getting a sneak preview of the new look backside of WordPress 1.6 (I believe) which is chock full of AJAX (or insert relevant buzzword here) goodness… As it’s a Blogger hosted type service the options are a bit limited, like only 8 themes to choose from (6 new as well as the default and classic) and you can’t customise these themes neither, though I hope that changes in the future.
On with the screenshots I guess…
This is the dashboard area, much like the present one except it has links to new WP.com posts and hot WP.com blogs etc. It also shows the new colour scheme for the admin interface…
The biggest change is in the posting page, the box can be dynamically resized, and it has also been dumbed down, no more entering html by default (though there is an option for that) it’s now like a bog standard text editor, a lot like Microsoft Word for example (probably a bad one), I’m none too fond of it though…
Just a little example of the themes available…
so there you have it, if you want to see my empty space, go to scamcity.wordpress.com, I’m not sure what to put there…
Oh another thing… I have invites for WP.com, so if anyone else wants a wordpress.com blog, drop a comment and I’ll hook you up, assuming the story you provide explainig why you want/need one is good enough…
Comments
7 responses to “Golden Ticket”
I would like a WP.com invite please. I’ve been playing with a test site using WP but I’m interested in checking out what the WP.com service is like.
Um, and I’ll buy you a beer at the next blogger meetup. (Is bribery acceptable?) *grin*
I condone bribery in all shapes and forms :)
Woah, seems like I only had 1 invite… So shows over I guess…
Gosh, thanks! I will continue the goodwill when I get an invite and pass it on.
Um. Hello?
Crap. Just read the previous comments. And just think, I was going to buy you a whole case of Johnny Walker Blue at the next Meetup that I attend. DAMMIT!
Sorry Mr Mark…
Next time I get an invite, you’ll be at the top of the queue
WordPress.com Golden Ticket
Today I got WordPress.com Golden Ticket:
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away you entered your email address on http://wordpress.com/ to get a blog.
We’re now inviting small groups to use WordPress.com and your email address was selected …