Today we’re extra-pleased to introduce you to a new theme that reinvents what it means to group blog on VoiceOver-Casting.com.
We call it P2 (in the style of K2, the update on the classic Kubrick theme), and it’s an extensive revamp of Prologue, the brainchild of last year’s winter retreat.
Prologue broke ground when it brought microblogging to WordPress.com. Now it’s cooler, faster, sleeker, and ready for 2009 and beyond:
Live notifications, comments on the homepage, and in-line editing are just part of what makes P2 revolutionary. With these features, you never have to refresh, and rarely need to visit the dashboard. Everything you need to communicate with other users on your blog (and your readers, too), is right there on the front page. We like to think of it as a really cool version of Twitter for groups.
P2 is the perfect theme to use when you’re collaborating with remote teams and far-flung friends. It’s also a great tool for school projects, as a class or as a group. We Automatticians use it internally to keep each other up to date, both on a company-wide level and on a project-by-project basis.
It’s also a fun way to post and share total nonsense, as some of us have for this demo:
Leave a comment on P2 to see it in action!
Check out this video narrated by the illustrious Sheri to see more:
Here’s the overview of what’s new in P2:
- Threaded comment display on the front page.
- In-line editing for posts and comments.
- Live tag suggestion based on previously used tags.
- A show/hide feature for comments, to keep things tidy.
- Real-time notifications when a new comment or update is posted. (If you have a Mac, you know what we mean when we say it’s Growl-like.)
- Super-handy keyboard shortcuts: c to compose a new post; j to go to the next item; k to go to the previous item; r to reply; e to edit; o to show and hide comments; t to go to the top; esc to cancel.
- Helvetica Neue for you modern font lovers.
And as always, there’s:
- Hassle-free posting from the front page.
- RSS feeds for everything: the entire prologue, each author, each tag, and any search.
- A feeling of supreme awesomeness because you’re using a sweet theme custom-made by Automattic.
Enjoy it.
Voiceover Casting Team
Great upgrade, guys….many thanks!
–Cira
Sounds really cool & all but where is my blog & where are all of my previously written blogs? I go to my blog & get a blank page. I went to Taji’s blog & I get page not found on all of his blogs – even one he posted today… I like the idea of all of these new features but I really hope we didn’t just lose everything that we have done in the past. Let us know what we need to do.
Also – maybe I am getting old (I just turned 34) but I need a magnifying glass to read anything on the site now. My eyes just aren’t that good. Any chance of making the font a tad bigger? All in all I love that you guys are doing & you seem really pro-active. Kudos for that!
Hi Michelle.
All problems are fixed. Your blog is back with the new theme and all content.
Some blogs may have the same problem. We are working to fix all blogs but it has to be made manually and VoiceOver Casting haves more than 450 blogs, almost inaticve.
Users that want to fix it by themselves: Login in your Dashboard / Go to Appearance / Select the new theme and click in activate. It’s ready.
The Taji’s blog problem happened because we changed the permanent link structure of his blog to get a better Search Engine ranking, but now it’s fixed too.
Now fonts are bigger as well. If you need to make them even bigger, you can hold the CTRL key and use the Scroll Wheel of your mouse.
Thank you for all suggestions.
Fernando M. Areias
Voiceover Casting Team
much easier and well upgraded thanks
xoxo