We have some very exciting news. Over the Holiday's Watershed Studio & Surge Bucket Media moved into a new office located in the Stutz Business Center in downtown Indianapolis.
The Stutz building was the headquarters of the Stutz Motorcar Company from 1911 to 1919 and the home of Eli Lilly's "Creative Packaging" division from 1940 to 1982. Today The Stutz carries on the creative spirit and is home to artists, architects, attorneys, graphic design firms, advertising firms, internet firms, engineering firms, and other small businesses.
The new mailing address for Watershed Studio is:
Watershed Studio, LLC
212 West 10th Street
Suite B-310
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5416
U.S.A.
If you're ever in the neighborhood, feel free to let us know and stop by.
WordPress 2.9 was released on December 19th, 2009 and WordPress 2.9.1 was released on January 4th, 2010.
For end users' the new feature highlights include:
- Global undo/"trash" feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying "are you sure" messages we used to have on every delete.
- Built-in image editor allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images to show them who's boss. This is the first wave of our many planned media-handling improvements.
- Batch plugin update and compatibility checking, which means you can update 10 plugins at once, versus having to do multiple clicks for each one, and we’re using the new compatibility data from the plugins directory to give you a better idea of whether your plugins are compatible with new releases of WordPress. This should take the fear and hassle out of upgrading.
- Easier video embeds that allow you to just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv (and more in the next release).
If you need assistance in upgrading to WordPress 2.9, please schedule your upgrade through our WordSprung service.
Also, for the month of January we are offering a $20 discount on WordPress 2.9 upgrades. (See post for details.)
Now through January 31st, 2010 you can purchase OIOpublisher for just $32 (normally $47) by using coupon code "J2010-WSHED" (no quotes).
If you’re unfamiliar with OIOpublisher, it is a PHP based ad platform with a focus on performance, control and ease of use. It allows you to easily serve advertising on your blog or website and keep 100% of the revenue you bring in.
For those of you using WordPress, it includes a plugin that allows for easy integration.
Is there anything at all regarding WordPress that you have questions about? We're getting ready to launch a new blog segment which answers WordPress related questions and we invite you to send your questions our way via email or Twitter.
Our consulting rates & fees for 2010 are staying the same as they were for 2009. This includes prices for hourly bases services, retainer agreements & the flat rate services which are provided via WordSprung. If you would like a copy of the current rate sheet, please contact us.
And finally, be sure to follow Watershed Studio's blog and Twitter account to be the first to hear about a few new and revamped Watershed Studio WordPress plugins in the coming months.
Brian Groce
President & CEO |
