Zillow Blog is Now on Wordpress
By: Zillow Team, | June 29, 2007
We have just switched this blog to the wordpress platform, primarily to give us further flexibility to quickly add plug-ins and features to the blog. The biggest change you’ll notice is that we know have a 3 column lay-out to give us more room to add sidebar content.
We realize some of the images within individual posts aren’t working quite right due to some redirects that we need to take care of. Please leave a comment and let us know if you are seeing anything else out of the ordinary (and, if known, also mention the browser version you use).
Thanks for your patience! Please bear with us while we work out the kinks…
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Larry Cragun on June 30, 2007 2:45 pm
Looking good like WordPress should.
Jay Thompson on June 30, 2007 8:18 pm
Welcome to the WordPress world! Lookin’ good!
Chris Cree on July 1, 2007 5:57 am
Congratulations on seeing the light and making the switch to WordPress! I suspect you’ll be very glad in the long run that you did.
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Ken @ Realivent on July 1, 2007 11:28 pm
Congrats on the Wordpress migration!
Erik Hersman on July 2, 2007 8:05 am
What was it running off of before?
Drew Meyers on July 2, 2007 9:42 am
Erik-
It used to be on Typepad.
CJ in NELA, CA on July 2, 2007 1:01 pm
Drew — Looks great — and it works just fine in FireFox — In IE6 the right side column slips down so it starts at the same level as the content in the center column ends — IE6 is a real pain like that.
Drew Meyers on July 2, 2007 1:25 pm
CJ-
I don’t suppose you have any idea how to fix that do you?
Jay Thompson on July 2, 2007 6:38 pm
Upgrade to IE7?
Better yet, just throw all of IE away….
Sorry, wish I could help. I can say that *sometimes* large images in the center column will cause this…
Drew Meyers on July 3, 2007 2:00 pm
IE 6 should now be working - Thanks to some custom work Brian Gardner (the designer of this theme) did.
Marlow on July 4, 2007 8:00 am
Ok, I know this is lame, but I’m using an MSN browser w/IE6 and I have to scroll back and forth to see the whole screen. I’m viewing either one half or the other. My other complaint is I’ve disappeared (along with everyone else, I guess) off the front page. What, not even a link under “industry blogs”? Where’s the love?
Drew Meyers on July 5, 2007 3:28 pm
Sorry Marlow - I didn’t purposefully remove it when migrating this blog to wordpress — I just added 360 Digest back to the blogroll.
GundyGroup on July 5, 2007 5:51 pm
Nice… WordPress is the way to go.
Gary Swenson on July 9, 2007 4:58 pm
Will you be adding back the Zillow Real Estate Valuations? If so, when?
Gary
marc g on July 9, 2007 5:03 pm
Is Zillow going out of business?
Wasn’t this site the same one that has been reported and written about in various national publications, including the WSJ about their FREE ZEstimator Home Value Report?
David Gibbons on July 9, 2007 6:13 pm
Gary & marc g -
We’re working on it. Please check this blog posts updates: http://www.zillowblog.com/technical-difficulties/2007/07/
Diana on July 10, 2007 9:26 pm
Asked a question! Waiting for an answer!! Never got it
jameswillisisthebest on September 8, 2007 1:48 pm
This is my first post
just saying HI
Dee on September 16, 2007 9:38 am
First time homebuyer, not sure of anything. How can I find out what I need to know if purchasing a foreclosurer, using a realtor, or buying from sold buy owner. What is the safest and easiet way to go.
Miss Havisham on September 16, 2007 9:06 pm
Nice!
Ailleann Alan on January 20, 2009 2:03 am
Nice article. I think this is very useful article for the First Time Buyer. Congratulation for the Wordpress migration! I’d like any new updation. Thank you.
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