WordPress features on popular Australian TV soap Home and Away
Last week was the first time I’d seen WordPress’ admin interface shown on a TV show being used by a character. Popular Australian TV soap Home and Away has started a storyline with character Dex Walker creating a video blog.
In multiple scenes, the WordPress admin interface is shown as he decides whether or not to publish his video post entitled “How to be normal”.
Here’s a screenshot from the show:
His blog is hosted at WordPress.com, entitled Dex’s World.
What’s funny is that, while the date has been removed from the permalink on-screen, it’s there in the actual blog, dated back when they would have filmed the scenes in October, rather than the date he published it on the show. Kudos for the writers using WordPress – but the date oversight is a bit of a blooper for anyone visiting the site. The about page isn’t filled in and the default links show.
There’s two other videos up on the site too dated in November, so presumably these will feature on the show at a future date.
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