We’re excited to release 4 more translations this week and dish out some much deserved credit to the awesome folks behind them:

• Czech – Jirka Kouba
• Danish – Lars Nørgaard
• Swedish – our very own Isaac Keyet
• Turkish – Semih Aksu

IntenseDebate is now available in 24 languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Filipino, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Malay, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. And there are more on the way!

These translations are available in your Blog Settings page at http://intensedebate.com/editacct.

Don’t see your language? Give us a hand!
If you’re interested in getting involved, now is the perfect time! Please email us at labs@intensedebate.com for information. Thanks!

Posted by Michael Koenig in features

We will be closing support for two days this week in order to spend time with our families whilst trying not to overcook the turkey, coping with relatives, and staying sane (err… warm).

Support will be unavailable from 8pm EST on December 23rd to 8am EST on December 26th. Of course our systems include monitoring and our network/operations folks are always here, keeping an eye on the debate.

Happy holidays!
The Fellas at IntenseDebate

Posted by Michael Koenig in News

Last month Beau spoke at WordCamp NYC and he had the opportunity to demo IntenseDebate. Since we thought internet access might be a problem, Beau pre-recorded a screencast (using iShowU for Mac) running through all the features, then just talked over the top. The first video (below) is the pre-recorded screencast, and the second video provides audio and some shots of Beau speaking. Play them both at the same time and it’s like you’re actually there!

The screencast:

Audio & shots of Beau:

You can read Beau’s full post at his blog, DentedReality.

Posted by Michael Koenig in community,News

Exciting news: Beau and I are heading to Jakarta next month on behalf of Automattic (our parent company) and IntenseDebate to speak at WordCamp Indonesia!  IntenseDebate is a proud sponsor of this WordCamp.  If you’re in the region, book your tickets around January 30, 2010 and come and chat about WordPress with a bunch of like-minded folks! Grab a WCID badge for your blog and help spread the word (there’s a badge for you even if you’re not attending).

Hopefully we can get IntenseDebate translated to Indonesian in time. If anyone wants to help, please email me at labs@intensedebate.com.

In case you’re not familiar with it:

WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other. WordCamps are open to WordPress.com and WordPress.org users alike.

Posted by Michael Koenig in community,News

We’re excited to welcome The Christian Science Monitor to the IntenseDebate community. CSMonitor recently installed IntenseDebate on their blogs using our Generic Install process to add our JavaScript directly to their template. CSMonitor has won 7 Pulitzer Prizes and more than a dozen Overseas Press Club awards.

About CSMonitor.com:

The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, daily news briefing, email newsletters, and mobile site. […]  We’re also free to be an independent voice, devoid of the corporate allegiances and pressures that critics say too often skew today’s media.

[ Read more ]

You can see IntenseDebate in action on their Terrorism & Security blog (one of their many blogs).

[ Visit CSMonitor.com ]

Posted by Michael Koenig in community,News