Shining a Spotlight on Podcasts
KODA Camp-Midwest Interested in podcasting? In this post, we showcase podcasts in a wide range of topics and discuss how to stand out with your own podcast.
Tue, Nov 23 2021

New: Free Blogging Course
KODA Camp-Midwest We have released a free course to help aspiring bloggers and content creators develop smart strategies and launch their sites.
Tue, Nov 09 2021

VideoPress Remake
KODA Camp-Midwest Introducing the new VideoPress. Still the finest video service for WordPress—now even better. Video is one of the most powerful tools on the web. It can spark ideas, emotions, conversations, sales, and much more. VideoPress already offers people the ability to upload and serve hours of high-quality video flawlessly around …
Mon, Oct 11 2021

Behind the Scenes: The Tech Stack of the WordPress.com...
KODA Camp-Midwest If you enjoy building sites with WordPress, tinkering around with design and functionality, check out a behind-the-scenes look at how we built our Growth Summit site!
Thu, Oct 07 2021

Celebrating UK Black History Month: Learning Resources, a...
KODA Camp-Midwest October is Black History Month in the UK. We asked colleagues across WordPress.com for their recommendations for deeper learning and participation this month — and the rest of the year.
Mon, Oct 04 2021

Will We See You Tomorrow at WordCamp US 2021?
KODA Camp-Midwest Let's meet at WCUS 2021! We'll be there and we hope to see you there as well!
Thu, Sep 30 2021

A Successful Blogger on Making the Switch
KODA Camp-Midwest For Kyla Marie Charles, switching to WordPress.com opened up possibilities for her website and brand that she never thought was possible.
Mon, Sep 27 2021

Expanded Button Formatting, New Spacing Controls, and...
KODA Camp-Midwest This month, our team released features in the block editor that give your site a little breathing room: spacing controls for buttons and paragraphs. And the List View tool keeps getting better with drag-and-drop. Powerful Expanded Button Formatting Buttons never looked so good with custom padding. Padding is empty space …
Tue, Aug 31 2021

Meet the Customers We’re Featuring at the WordPress.com...
KODA Camp-Midwest We are proud to feature Jessica Petrie of Yoga Next Door, HBCU Gameday, and other inspiring customers at the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, on Tuesday, August 17.
Mon, Aug 16 2021

Faster, More Flexible Editing of Your Sidebars, Headers,...
KODA Camp-Midwest Great news: the block editor you’re familiar with in pages and posts is now part of the widgets editor.
Tue, Aug 10 2021

5 Ways to Get Started On Your Side Hustle
KODA Camp-Midwest We’re committed to helping you create a professional online presence with WordPress.com, and we’re launching a three-month free trial with Professional Email to get you started. Professional Email is an industry-leading email service from our partner Titan that’s powerful and easy to set up. Professional Email helps you build your brand online with a custom emai...
Tue, Aug 03 2021

Heading Font Weights and List View Toggles Arrive in Block...
KODA Camp-Midwest With the WordPress 5.8 release, we're starting to introduce features that overall improve your visual editing experience.
Tue, Jul 27 2021

The Second Annual Official WordPress.com Growth Summit Is...
KODA Camp-Midwest Join us online August 17 (Americas) and August 18 (Asia Pacific). Register today!
Mon, Jul 26 2021

Make Your Best Photos Shine
KODA Camp-Midwest Photos on your website can be a representation of who you are, what you do, or what you love. We want your photos to show to your visitors as best they possibly can, no matter what kind of device they are using.
Thu, Jul 22 2021

WordPress.com Managed Hosting Webinar with Rudy Faile,...
KODA Camp-Midwest Learn how WordPress.com's managed hosting powers fast, secure websites.
Tue, Jul 20 2021

Popular Podcast App Pocket Casts Joins Automattic
KODA Camp-Midwest Pocket Casts will be joining Automattic, making it easier for podcast fans to discover new content and customize their listening experience.
Fri, Jul 16 2021

6 Ways WordPress.com Courses Help You Grow
KODA Camp-Midwest Join our WordPress.com Course Communities to help you get started on your blog or podcast.
Thu, Jul 15 2021

Build a Blogging Habit with Reminders in Your WordPress App
KODA Camp-Midwest Meet your posting goals on your site with this new feature in the iOS and Android apps.
Tue, Jul 13 2021

P2 Puts Easy, Flexible Project Tracking Tools In Your Hands
KODA Camp-Midwest Improve your team's workflow and productivity with these project tracking blocks.
Tue, Jun 22 2021

Built-in Duotone Image Filter, Editor Navigation via...
KODA Camp-Midwest The next batch of exciting updates to the block editor is live on WordPress.com. Powerful duotone image editing, a persistent list view to edit your page or post, and an update for picking table colors are all ready for you to build and improve the look of your site. Let’s …
Fri, Jun 18 2021

WordPress.com Welcomes the Award-Winning Atavist Magazine...
KODA Camp-Midwest The Atavist Magazine, known for its in-depth journalism and creative, elegant design, joins sister site Longreads, making WordPress.com a home for the web’s best longform storytelling.
Wed, Jun 16 2021

Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits
KODA Camp-Midwest For Pride this year, we’re highlighting queer nonprofits and charities. It’s more important than ever to support the queer community and raise awareness for those who do so all year round, long after the rainbow flags come down.
Tue, Jun 15 2021

Day One, the Journaling App, Joins Automattic
KODA Camp-Midwest We’re excited to welcome Day One to the Automattic team. Day One is a private journaling app that makes writing for yourself a simple pleasure. A beautifully designed user experience has earned the app prestigious awards including App Store Editor’s Choice, App of the Year, and the Apple Design Award, …
Mon, Jun 14 2021

WordPress.com is the fastest WordPress host in Review...
KODA Camp-Midwest WordPress.com delivered the fastest WordPress speed test of any company in any price tier in 2021.
Tue, Jun 08 2021

The Best of Both Worlds: WordPress.com Managed Hosting
KODA Camp-Midwest How you can get the total freedom to create without the hassles that come with managing your own website.  The open source WordPress project has given the world a powerful publishing platform that now powers 41% of the web. While this is the most widely adopted CMS on the internet, …
Mon, May 24 2021

One-click Portfolio Designs, Instant PDF Embeds, and More...
KODA Camp-Midwest We have some exciting new block editor updates to share with you today including fresh collection of Portfolio block patterns, a new and improved way to embed a preview of PDF documents, and better editing tools for Cover and Buttons blocks. Let’s dive in! One-Click Portfolio Layouts Block patterns are …
Mon, May 17 2021

Introducing a new design for the WordPress apps
KODA Camp-Midwest The WordPress mobile apps are the best way to manage your site from anywhere. If you’re already using the app, you might have noticed a new visual design that’s been rolling out. That rollout is complete in WordPress 17.1, which is available today for both Android and iOS. If you’re …
Mon, Apr 19 2021

What’s New in the Block Editor: New Page Layout Picker,...
KODA Camp-Midwest From a new page layout picker to a more streamlined writing prompt, we’re bringing you the latest round of editor improvements.
Thu, Apr 15 2021

Introducing Milestone Notifications
KODA Camp-Midwest Your website is a product of your hard work and passion. Therefore, when your site hits a milestone — it shouldn’t go unrecognized. To make it easier for you to keep track of your site’s achievements, we’ll be rolling out a new celebratory notification that will alert you when your …
Wed, Apr 14 2021

WordPress.com Design Update for a More Intuitive Experience
KODA Camp-Midwest As technology products grow, it’s important to evolve. We’ve updated WordPress.com’s interface to make it more coherent and logical, allowing everyone to use it more intuitively.
Tue, Mar 30 2021

Publish and Update WordPress Posts Directly From Ulysses
KODA Camp-Midwest Ulysses integrates with WordPress to enable publishing and editing to WordPress from within the app.
Wed, Mar 24 2021

Introducing new Stats widgets for iPhone
KODA Camp-Midwest You may already know that WordPress mobile apps are the easiest way to manage your WordPress site any time, anywhere.  Helpful features in the apps include our Stats widgets, which make it simple to keep an eye on your site’s activity without even opening the app. We recently rebuilt our …
Mon, Mar 22 2021

What’s New in the Block Editor: Edit Your Images, Drag...
KODA Camp-Midwest Here’s a peek at the latest changes in the block editor, including image editing, draggable blocks and patterns, a new Page List block, and a streamlined panel for managing preferences.
Mon, Mar 15 2021

Introducing WordPress Stories: A New Way to Engage Your...
KODA Camp-Midwest Interested in a new way to create and publish engaging content on your WordPress site? Today, we're unveiling our new Stories feature, now available in the WordPress apps.
Mon, Mar 08 2021

Turn Your WordPress.com Blog into a Podcast with Anchor
KODA Camp-Midwest If you’re a blogger, you’ve already done the hard part by creating great content — so you should share that content as widely as possible! One way is by giving your audience an audio option, as well as your written blog.
Mon, Feb 22 2021

Build a Beautiful Site in the WordPress Mobile Apps with...
KODA Camp-Midwest We think you'll love the new Starter Page Layouts feature.
Thu, Feb 11 2021

Showcase Your Figma Designs on WordPress P2
KODA Camp-Midwest Figma — one of the most popular and fastest growing digital design tools today — was recently voted “the most exciting design tool of 2021.”  In many organizations, a smaller group — often the design team — uses Figma on a daily basis. But designers need a seamless way to …
Tue, Feb 09 2021

Building Single-Page Websites on WordPress.com
KODA Camp-Midwest Sometimes you just need a single webpage to get your idea across.
Mon, Jan 25 2021

New Theme: Twenty Twenty One
KODA Camp-Midwest Check out our new default theme, Twenty Twenty One!
Thu, Jan 14 2021

Summer 2016
KODA Camp-Midwest The MacKenzie Center is ready for us to use their camp for KODA Camp Midwest!!   The schedule remains the same! The teen group will arrive for the first two weeks, then the youth group arrives for the second camp session for the next two weeks and then the little ones will arrive for the last […]
Sat, Apr 30 2016

Two months to go!
KODA Camp-Midwest Everything is looking great and almost ready to go! Some of you asked me if it is too late to register? NO, it is not, however, the fee must be paid by June 1st. Email me at koda.karen @ gmail.com Look forward to see your kid at the camp!
Mon, Apr 18 2016

Registration Forms
KODA Camp-Midwest The form is ready for you to use and fill out.  Please notice the dates changed.  The camp will start on Sundays and end on Fridays. Registration Form PDF – RegForm2016 Registration Form Word – RegForm2016  
Thu, Dec 03 2015

Spaghetti Dinner
KODA Camp-Midwest On January 2nd of 2016 there will be a midway reunion for campers and counselors past and present as well as for CODAs to visit with childhood friends! It is $8 a plate and all are welcome. Bring your friends and family and those who have never experienced deaf or KODA culture and you’ve always wanted […]
Thu, Dec 03 2015

Summer 2015
KODA Camp-Midwest The MacKenzie Center is ready for us to use their camp for KODA Camp Midwest!!  The schedule remained the same, the teens group will be the first two weeks, youths for the next two weeks and the little ones for the last one week.  There is a talk of changing the ages next year (2016) […]
Thu, Jan 08 2015

Bratfest Fundraising
KODA Camp-Midwest Bratfest is a big event in Madison, WI during the Memorial Day Weekend and if you need to raise money to send your child to the KODA Camp, this is a great place to do it. KODA Camp Midwest is already registered with the Bratfest so you need to sign up yourself to work during […]
Thu, Jan 08 2015

March 2014
KODA Camp-Midwest The snow is melting.  Gaggle of geese are flying overhead and soon red winged blackbirds will show up.  This means one thing, spring is coming!  It also means three months to the camp!  I hear the kids are counting days and exciting to come.  It will be a great summer and I am looking forward […]
Thu, Jan 08 2015

Summer 2015
KODA Camp-Midwest The MacKenzie Center is ready for us to use their camp for KODA Camp Midwest!!  The schedule remained the same, the teens group will be the first two weeks, youths for the next two weeks and the little ones for the last one week.  There is a talk of changing the ages next year (2016) […]
Sun, Nov 16 2014
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Bratfest Fundraising
KODA Camp-Midwest Bratfest is a big event in Madison, WI during the Memorial Day Weekend and if you need to raise money to send your child to the KODA Camp, this is a great place to do it. KODA Camp Midwest is already registered with the Bratfest so you need to sign up yourself to work during […]
Mon, Mar 17 2014

March 2014
KODA Camp-Midwest The snow is melting.  Gaggle of geese are flying overhead and soon red winged blackbirds will show up.  This means one thing, spring is coming!  It also means three months to the camp!  I hear the kids are counting days and exciting to come.  It will be a great summer and I am looking forward … Continue reading →
Sat, Mar 08 2014

September 2013
KODA Camp-Midwest The leaves are starting to change their colors, the frost are nipping at our feet and the veggies and fruits are ready to be canned, freeze or store for the winter!  It is also time to start thinking about doing fundraising for the KODA Camp coming up next summer.  Even tho the MacKenzie Center will […]
Fri, Sep 27 2013