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Next you’ll begin to notice the new features subtly sprinkled through the new interface: the new dashboard that you can arrange with drag and drop to put the things most important to you on top, QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and the ability to reply to comments from your dashboard, the ability to install any plugin directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts.
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Digging in further you might notice that every screen is customizable. Let’s say you never care about author on your post listings — just click “Screen Options” and uncheck it and it’s instantly gone from the page. The same for any module on the dashboard or write screen. If your screen is narrow and the menu is taking up too much horizontal room, click the arrow to minimize it to be icon-only, and then go to the write page and drag and drop everything from the right column into the main one, so your posting area is full-screen. (For example I like hiding everything except categories, tags, and publish. I put categories and tags on the right, and publish under the post box.)
\n
For a visual introduction to what 2.7 is, check out this video (available in HD, and full screen):
\n\n
It’s all about you. It’s the next generation of WordPress, which is why we’ve bestowed it with the honor of being named for John Coltrane. And you can download it today.
\n
Last, but certainly not least, this may be the last time you ever have to manually upgrade WordPress again. We heard how tired you were of doing upgrades for yourself and your friends, so now WordPress includes a built-in upgrade that will automatically notify you of new releases, and when you’re ready it will download them, install them, and upgrade your blog with a single click.
\n
(As with any interface change it may take a little bit of time to acclimate yourself but soon you’ll find yourself whizzing through the screens. Even people who have hated it at first tell us after a few days they wonder how they got by before.)
\n
The Story Behind 2.7
\n
The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap forward is because the community was so involved with every step of the process. Over 150 people contributed code directly to the release, our highest ever, with many tens of thousands more participating in the polls, surveys, tests, mailing lists, and other feedback mechanisms the WordPress dev team used in putting this release together.
\n
For some of the back story in the development of 2.7, check out these blog posts (thanks to WeblogToolsCollection for the list):
This was interesting to us, a blogging software release we actually blogged about, but the process was hugely informative. Prior to its release today Crazyhorse and 2.7 had been tested by tens of thousands of people on their blogs, hundreds of thousands of you count .com. The volume of feedback was so high that we decided to push back the release date a month to take time to incorporate it all and do more revisions based on what you guys said.
\n
For those of you wondering why we didn’t call this release 3.0, it’s because we abhor version number inflation. 3.0 will just be the next release after 2.9. The major features in new point releases approach also works well for products like OS X, with huge changes between a 10.3 and 10.4.
\n
The Future
\n
Those of you following along at home might have noticed this was our second major redesign of WordPress this year. Whoa nelly! While that wasn’t ideal, and I especially sympathize with those of you creating books or tutorials around WordPress, there’s good news. The changes to WordPress in 2.5 and 2.7 were necessary for us to break free of much of the legacy cruft and interface bloat that had built up over the years (gradually) and more importantly provide us with a UI framework and interface language we can use at the foundation to build tomorrow’s WordPress on, to express ideas we haven’t been able to before. So at the end of 2009 I expect, interface-wise, WordPress to look largely the same as it does now.
\n
That said, we couldn’t be more excited about the future with regards to features. Now that we’ve cleared out more basic things, we are looking forward in the coming year to really tackling media handling including audio and video, better tools for plugin and theme developers, widgets, theme updates, more integrated and contextual help, and easier integration with projects like BuddyPress and bbPress.
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The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version. (Download it now, or read on for more.)
\n
Next you’ll begin to notice the new features subtly sprinkled through the new interface: the new dashboard that you can arrange with drag and drop to put the things most important to you on top, QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and the ability to reply to comments from your dashboard, the ability to install any plugin directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts.
\n
Digging in further you might notice that every screen is customizable. Let’s say you never care about author on your post listings — just click “Screen Options” and uncheck it and it’s instantly gone from the page. The same for any module on the dashboard or write screen. If your screen is narrow and the menu is taking up too much horizontal room, click the arrow to minimize it to be icon-only, and then go to the write page and drag and drop everything from the right column into the main one, so your posting area is full-screen. (For example I like hiding everything except categories, tags, and publish. I put categories and tags on the right, and publish under the post box.)
\n
For a visual introduction to what 2.7 is, check out this video (available in HD, and full screen):
\n\n
It’s all about you. It’s the next generation of WordPress, which is why we’ve bestowed it with the honor of being named for John Coltrane. And you can download it today.
\n
Last, but certainly not least, this may be the last time you ever have to manually upgrade WordPress again. We heard how tired you were of doing upgrades for yourself and your friends, so now WordPress includes a built-in upgrade that will automatically notify you of new releases, and when you’re ready it will download them, install them, and upgrade your blog with a single click.
\n
(As with any interface change it may take a little bit of time to acclimate yourself but soon you’ll find yourself whizzing through the screens. Even people who have hated it at first tell us after a few days they wonder how they got by before.)
\n
The Story Behind 2.7
\n
The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap forward is because the community was so involved with every step of the process. Over 150 people contributed code directly to the release, our highest ever, with many tens of thousands more participating in the polls, surveys, tests, mailing lists, and other feedback mechanisms the WordPress dev team used in putting this release together.
\n
For some of the back story in the development of 2.7, check out these blog posts (thanks to WeblogToolsCollection for the list):
This was interesting to us, a blogging software release we actually blogged about, but the process was hugely informative. Prior to its release today Crazyhorse and 2.7 had been tested by tens of thousands of people on their blogs, hundreds of thousands of you count .com. The volume of feedback was so high that we decided to push back the release date a month to take time to incorporate it all and do more revisions based on what you guys said.
\n
For those of you wondering why we didn’t call this release 3.0, it’s because we abhor version number inflation. 3.0 will just be the next release after 2.9. The major features in new point releases approach also works well for products like OS X, with huge changes between a 10.3 and 10.4.
\n
The Future
\n
Those of you following along at home might have noticed this was our second major redesign of WordPress this year. Whoa nelly! While that wasn’t ideal, and I especially sympathize with those of you creating books or tutorials around WordPress, there’s good news. The changes to WordPress in 2.5 and 2.7 were necessary for us to break free of much of the legacy cruft and interface bloat that had built up over the years (gradually) and more importantly provide us with a UI framework and interface language we can use at the foundation to build tomorrow’s WordPress on, to express ideas we haven’t been able to before. So at the end of 2009 I expect, interface-wise, WordPress to look largely the same as it does now.
\n
That said, we couldn’t be more excited about the future with regards to features. Now that we’ve cleared out more basic things, we are looking forward in the coming year to really tackling media handling including audio and video, better tools for plugin and theme developers, widgets, theme updates, more integrated and contextual help, and easier integration with projects like BuddyPress and bbPress.
\n\";}i:2;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"2.7 Release Candidate Two\";s:4:\"link\";s:66:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/27-release-candidate-two/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:75:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/27-release-candidate-two/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:55:33 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:8:\"category\";s:11:\"Development\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=474\";s:11:\"description\";s:315:\"There comes a time in every WordPress release when it’s ready for the world , to come out of its cocoon and feel the light of the world on its wings for the first time.\nIt’s not quite that time yet, but we’re as close as we’ve ever been, hence the immediate availability of 2.7 Release [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:836:\"
There comes a time in every WordPress release when it’s ready for the world , to come out of its cocoon and feel the light of the world on its wings for the first time.
Of course if you were already testing 2.7, you can just use the built-in core updater (Tools > Upgrade) to download and install RC2 for you (and later upgrade you to the final release when it’s available) but if not you can use the download link above.
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We feel this release is pretty much exactly what we’re going to ship as 2.7, barring any final bugs or polish tweaks that you report or we find.
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There comes a time in every WordPress release when it’s ready for the world , to come out of its cocoon and feel the light of the world on its wings for the first time.
Of course if you were already testing 2.7, you can just use the built-in core updater (Tools > Upgrade) to download and install RC2 for you (and later upgrade you to the final release when it’s available) but if not you can use the download link above.
\n
We feel this release is pretty much exactly what we’re going to ship as 2.7, barring any final bugs or polish tweaks that you report or we find.
\n\";}i:3;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1\";s:4:\"link\";s:74:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/wordpress-27-release-candidate-1/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:83:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/wordpress-27-release-candidate-1/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:26:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Ryan Boren\";}s:8:\"category\";s:8:\"Releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=467\";s:11:\"description\";s:312:\"With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7. 280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.\nWe think RC1 is ready for everyone to try [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:843:\"
With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7. 280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.
\n
We think RC1 is ready for everyone to try out. Please download RC1 and help us make the final release the best it can be. As always, back up your blog before upgrading.
\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:79:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/wordpress-27-release-candidate-1/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:312:\"With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7. 280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.\nWe think RC1 is ready for everyone to try [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:843:\"
With the release of RC1, we’re in the final leg of development before the release of 2.7. 280 commits since beta 3 have polished the new admin UI (including new menu icons created by the winners of our icon design contest) and fixed all known blocker bugs.
\n
We think RC1 is ready for everyone to try out. Please download RC1 and help us make the final release the best it can be. As always, back up your blog before upgrading.
\n\";}i:4;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:15:\"WordPress 2.6.5\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:64:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:33:56 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Ryan Boren\";}s:8:\"category\";s:11:\"Development\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=462\";s:11:\"description\";s:391:\"WordPress 2.6.5 is immediately available and fixes one security problem and three bugs. We recommend everyone upgrade to this release.\nThe security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:1251:\"
The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.
\n
2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. For a list of changed files, consult the full changeset between 2.6.3 and 2.6.5.
\n
Note that we are skipping version 2.6.4 and jumping from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds. There is not and never will be a version 2.6.4.
\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:60:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/feed/\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:391:\"WordPress 2.6.5 is immediately available and fixes one security problem and three bugs. We recommend everyone upgrade to this release.\nThe security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from [...]\";s:12:\"atom_content\";s:1251:\"
The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.
\n
2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. For a list of changed files, consult the full changeset between 2.6.3 and 2.6.5.
\n
Note that we are skipping version 2.6.4 and jumping from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds. There is not and never will be a version 2.6.4.
\n\";}i:5;a:12:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"The Results of Project Icon\";s:4:\"link\";s:69:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/the-results-of-project-icon/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:78:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/the-results-of-project-icon/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:02:34 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Jane Wells\";}s:8:\"category\";s:29:\"User Interface2.7contesticons\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=441\";s:11:\"description\";s:345:\"The community has voted, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of Project Icon, with 35% of the votes, is Entry ID “BD,” otherwise known as Ben Dunkle. Congratulations, Ben! The runner-up was VS, otherwise known as Verena Segert, so we’ll be attaching that set to the alternate color palette that is selectable from [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:8013:\"
The community has voted, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of Project Icon, with 35% of the votes, is Entry ID “BD,” otherwise known as Ben Dunkle. Congratulations, Ben! The runner-up was VS, otherwise known as Verena Segert, so we’ll be attaching that set to the alternate color palette that is selectable from the profile screen. As we prepare for RC1, Ben and Verena will be revising a couple of their icons so that both sets will use the same metaphors, creating the colored “on” states, and creating the larger size of each icon for use in the h2 screen headers. We are very grateful to have had the opportunity to select from so many great options, and would like to express again our appreciation for all the designers who participated in the contest. Thanks also to the more than 3700 people who completed the voting survey and took the time to weigh on on the individual icon sets.
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Q.18 Which one of the sets do you think we should use as a basis for the 2.7 icons?
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\n
\n
Icon Set
\n
# of votes
\n
% of votes
\n
\n
\n
BD
\n
1285
\n
35%
\n
\n
\n
VS
\n
1080
\n
29%
\n
\n
\n
GB2
\n
424
\n
11%
\n
\n
\n
OSD
\n
376
\n
10%
\n
\n
\n
LS
\n
300
\n
8%
\n
\n
\n
GB1
\n
235
\n
6%
\n
\n\n
\n
The wide lead of BD and VS made it clear that voters had a clear preference for these sets.
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\n\n
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Q.20 If you could choose a runner-up, which would you choose?
\n
\n
\n
Icon Set
\n
# of votes
\n
% of votes
\n
\n
\n
VS
\n
916
\n
27%
\n
\n
\n
BD
\n
647
\n
19%
\n
\n
\n
LS
\n
522
\n
16%
\n
\n
\n
OSD
\n
488
\n
14%
\n
\n
\n
GB2
\n
462
\n
14%
\n
\n
\n
GB1
\n
331
\n
10%
\n
\n\n
\n
Question 20 was not mandatory, so a few hundred people skipped it, but the responses we did get (3366 of them) reinforced the fact that the two most popular sets were also the most popular 2nd choices, which made the decision of the judges to go with the popular vote an easy one (take that, electoral college!).
\n
A few of the individual icon metaphors also had a significant lead over the other choices. \nDashboard: 1333 voters (40%) chose a house as the best metaphor. We agree, so both Ben and Verena will be replacing their Dashboard icons.
\n
Media: 2097 voters (65%) chose the combination camera + musical note icon, which was part of Ben’s set. We also really loved it, and Verena will amend her media icon to incorporate this idea.
\n
Plugins: 1682 voters (53%) selected the outlet plug metaphor, which both Ben and Verena used in their sets.
\n
Tools: 1581 voters (49%) liked the combination of two tools better than anything else, so Ben and Verena will try this approach.
\n
So those are the results, and soon you’ll see the new icons coming to a 2.7 installation near you.
\n
Need another look at the entries to remember which one you liked best? Here are some reminder images, as well as the identity of each set’s creator.
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\n\n
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BD was Ben Dunkle, a designer, professor and artist from upstate/western New York State. In case you’ve already forgotten, Ben’s icon set is the winner of Project Icon and will become the default icon set after a few minor changes.
\n
VS was Verena Segert, our runner-up, a designer from Germany who presented sets in both grayscale and blue. Her blue icons received more specific voter comments than the gray ones, so we’re planning the second color palette to be in shades of blue so that we can use the blue icon set.
\n
\n
\n
GB was Guillaume Berry, a designer from France who submitted two sets in the same style in order to propose a couple of different metaphors. One of his sets came in third while the other came in last, but whether you only look at the higher scoring set or you combine their votes, Guillaume had the next highest percentage of votes, and many people liked the metaphors he used for various icons. In fact, given the enthusiasm of the community for Guillaume’s icons, we think a great plugin would be one that would allow the user to upload the icon set of their choice. Any volunteers?
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OSD was the Open Source Design class at Parson’s in New york City, taught by Mushon Zer-Aviv and consisting of students Alexandra Zsigmond, Ed Nacional, Karen Messing, Khurram Bajwa, Leonie Leibenfrost. Teacher and students worked together to determine their metaphors and visual style.
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LS was Luke Smith, a designer from Iowa who specializes in icons among his other design pursuits.
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\n\n
\n
If you need to hire an icon designer any time soon, we highly recommend our Project Icon contestants, who all delivered great work in a very short timeframe. It was great to work with all of them, even for such a short assignment.
\n
So, to sum up:
\n\n
The winning icon sets by Ben Dunkle and Verena Segert will be incorporated into WordPress 2.7 RC1.
\n
Someone should write a plugin that would allow anyone to upload a custom icon set (I bet the other contestants could be convinced to release their icon sets for such a purpose).
\n
2.7 is still trucking away, but we can always use help with patches, especially for IE6! (I know, that wasn’t in the main post, but it’s true, so hmph)
\n\n
Thanks again to everyone who participated in this experiment, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. And congratulations again to Ben and Verena!
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The community has voted, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of Project Icon, with 35% of the votes, is Entry ID “BD,” otherwise known as Ben Dunkle. Congratulations, Ben! The runner-up was VS, otherwise known as Verena Segert, so we’ll be attaching that set to the alternate color palette that is selectable from the profile screen. As we prepare for RC1, Ben and Verena will be revising a couple of their icons so that both sets will use the same metaphors, creating the colored “on” states, and creating the larger size of each icon for use in the h2 screen headers. We are very grateful to have had the opportunity to select from so many great options, and would like to express again our appreciation for all the designers who participated in the contest. Thanks also to the more than 3700 people who completed the voting survey and took the time to weigh on on the individual icon sets.
\n
\n\n
\n
Q.18 Which one of the sets do you think we should use as a basis for the 2.7 icons?
\n
\n
\n
Icon Set
\n
# of votes
\n
% of votes
\n
\n
\n
BD
\n
1285
\n
35%
\n
\n
\n
VS
\n
1080
\n
29%
\n
\n
\n
GB2
\n
424
\n
11%
\n
\n
\n
OSD
\n
376
\n
10%
\n
\n
\n
LS
\n
300
\n
8%
\n
\n
\n
GB1
\n
235
\n
6%
\n
\n\n
\n
The wide lead of BD and VS made it clear that voters had a clear preference for these sets.
\n
\n\n
\n
Q.20 If you could choose a runner-up, which would you choose?
\n
\n
\n
Icon Set
\n
# of votes
\n
% of votes
\n
\n
\n
VS
\n
916
\n
27%
\n
\n
\n
BD
\n
647
\n
19%
\n
\n
\n
LS
\n
522
\n
16%
\n
\n
\n
OSD
\n
488
\n
14%
\n
\n
\n
GB2
\n
462
\n
14%
\n
\n
\n
GB1
\n
331
\n
10%
\n
\n\n
\n
Question 20 was not mandatory, so a few hundred people skipped it, but the responses we did get (3366 of them) reinforced the fact that the two most popular sets were also the most popular 2nd choices, which made the decision of the judges to go with the popular vote an easy one (take that, electoral college!).
\n
A few of the individual icon metaphors also had a significant lead over the other choices. \nDashboard: 1333 voters (40%) chose a house as the best metaphor. We agree, so both Ben and Verena will be replacing their Dashboard icons.
\n
Media: 2097 voters (65%) chose the combination camera + musical note icon, which was part of Ben’s set. We also really loved it, and Verena will amend her media icon to incorporate this idea.
\n
Plugins: 1682 voters (53%) selected the outlet plug metaphor, which both Ben and Verena used in their sets.
\n
Tools: 1581 voters (49%) liked the combination of two tools better than anything else, so Ben and Verena will try this approach.
\n
So those are the results, and soon you’ll see the new icons coming to a 2.7 installation near you.
\n
Need another look at the entries to remember which one you liked best? Here are some reminder images, as well as the identity of each set’s creator.
\n
\n\n
\n
BD was Ben Dunkle, a designer, professor and artist from upstate/western New York State. In case you’ve already forgotten, Ben’s icon set is the winner of Project Icon and will become the default icon set after a few minor changes.
\n
VS was Verena Segert, our runner-up, a designer from Germany who presented sets in both grayscale and blue. Her blue icons received more specific voter comments than the gray ones, so we’re planning the second color palette to be in shades of blue so that we can use the blue icon set.
\n
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OSD was the Open Source Design class at Parson’s in New york City, taught by Mushon Zer-Aviv and consisting of students Alexandra Zsigmond, Ed Nacional, Karen Messing, Khurram Bajwa, Leonie Leibenfrost. Teacher and students worked together to determine their metaphors and visual style.
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LS was Luke Smith, a designer from Iowa who specializes in icons among his other design pursuits.
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If you need to hire an icon designer any time soon, we highly recommend our Project Icon contestants, who all delivered great work in a very short timeframe. It was great to work with all of them, even for such a short assignment.
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So, to sum up:
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The winning icon sets by Ben Dunkle and Verena Segert will be incorporated into WordPress 2.7 RC1.
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Someone should write a plugin that would allow anyone to upload a custom icon set (I bet the other contestants could be convinced to release their icon sets for such a purpose).
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2.7 is still trucking away, but we can always use help with patches, especially for IE6! (I know, that wasn’t in the main post, but it’s true, so hmph)
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Thanks again to everyone who participated in this experiment, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. And congratulations again to Ben and Verena!
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Once we decided to go with a contest format instead of a single-designer gig, about half the original volunteers changed their minds. The remaining designers each submitted two icons (Posts, Links) in their proposed style. At this stage a couple of designers were thanked for their submissions but eliminated from the competition because their icons were considered too far afield from the WordPress visual style. The remaining designers were given feedback on the icons they had submitted and given about a week to complete the icon set for the menu as well as the list/excerpt icons that are shown on the Edit Posts screen. All but one of these designers finished a complete set, giving us five sets in total.
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So now we need to choose a direction. For each of the icon sets, we’ll show you the set itself, the designer’s introduction, and some feedback from the lead developers. After you’ve reviewed all five, place your vote for the set you think has the visual style that is the most suitable for WordPress 2.7. This will be followed by additional votes on specific icons, so if you like the specific image used in one set but like the style of another, you can vote to change the metaphor for a given icon. You’ll also be able to leave general feedback throughout the voting process. When voting has concluded, we’ll review the comments and the votes, and will declare a winner.
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Ready? Go and take the icon survey.(The survey has now been closed.) Voting will remain open for 48 hours from the time of this post to allow people from all time zones a chance to participate before we close the survey and make a decision (since we’d like to include the new icons in Beta 3).
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Got a version of a plugin that you want to stick with? Don’t want to upgrade? Want to kill that upgrade nag on the plugins page? “No Update” is for you.
This plugin adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.
Since WordPress does offer attaching downloads to posts and pages, but does not keep track of statistical information about these downloads, I wrote this plugin. This plugin will keep track of the amount of downloads for specific files. It will also store the last time the file was downloaded. You can use tags to add the download url or download count to any page or post.
Multi-author blogs: Plugin generates mailto links on the dashboard referring to all user groups of the blog. Quite handy way of internal staff communication.
Got a version of a plugin that you want to stick with? Don’t want to upgrade? Want to kill that upgrade nag on the plugins page? “No Update” is for you.
This plugin adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.
Since WordPress does offer attaching downloads to posts and pages, but does not keep track of statistical information about these downloads, I wrote this plugin. This plugin will keep track of the amount of downloads for specific files. It will also store the last time the file was downloaded. You can use tags to add the download url or download count to any page or post.
Multi-author blogs: Plugin generates mailto links on the dashboard referring to all user groups of the blog. Quite handy way of internal staff communication.
This plugin feeds Jabber server pubsub nodes when new posts are published on Wordpress and comments are added.
\";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:53:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress News for 1/15/2009\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4988\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/15/wordpress-news-for-1152009/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1521:\"
Matt has put together a tool to easily access (most) of the WordPress.org Plugin stats API using a simple GET string. It returns data back as JSON, and you can see the docs + example at http://api.uproot.us Though the functionality is dependent on the future availability of the endpoint at uproot.us (I wish the source for the API was available), I can see lots of possibilities for plugin developers.
Lastly, via Zedomax, I came upon a small tweak for MySql that could (and has in my case) dramatically improve MySql performance. Check out Angsuman’s tip and explanation if you are interested. Be forewarned that this might have other impacts on your MySql depending on the amount and type of load and queries, but it is definitely worth a shot. Moral of my story is that inserting into the database on every page init can be costly! Now I wish there was a way to accumulate inserts programmatically.
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Matt has put together a tool to easily access (most) of the WordPress.org Plugin stats API using a simple GET string. It returns data back as JSON, and you can see the docs + example at http://api.uproot.us Though the functionality is dependent on the future availability of the endpoint at uproot.us (I wish the source for the API was available), I can see lots of possibilities for plugin developers.
Lastly, via Zedomax, I came upon a small tweak for MySql that could (and has in my case) dramatically improve MySql performance. Check out Angsuman’s tip and explanation if you are interested. Be forewarned that this might have other impacts on your MySql depending on the amount and type of load and queries, but it is definitely worth a shot. Moral of my story is that inserting into the database on every page init can be costly! Now I wish there was a way to accumulate inserts programmatically.
\";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:46:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Do You Post By Email?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4976\";s:4:\"link\";s:74:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/15/do-you-post-by-email/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3263:\"
There are a number of options available to publish articles to your blog outside of your WordPress Write panel such as through XML-RPC via a third party blogging client or through an application such as the one available for the iPhone. However, did you know that you can also publish posts through email? It’s true! The feature has been around for quite some time. For how long I’m not sure because I was unable to track down when it became a core feature but it looks like it has been around since 1.5 or below.
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For directions on how to use this unique feature, I recommend reading this comprehensive article on the Codex entitled Blog By Email. Posting by email in WordPress is limited to pretty much text only. Common HTML tags are stripped and attachments that are sent with the email will appear in their raw form in the blog post. You also can’t specify the category for which the blog post will be filed under at the time of creation as you are limited to just a default category for all email posts.
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I wasn’t sure if anyone actually used this feature so when I asked my followers on Twitter if they “Have or know someone who has published a post via email in WordPress?” I was surprised to see many people say yes. There use for the feature varied but people do in fact use it.
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On the WordPress hackers mailing list a few days ago, it was suggested that photo attachment support should be added to the blog by email feature. As someone in the thread replied, this type of additional support would be killer for photobloggers. As it stands, there is actually a service available to bloggers called Posterous which supports the ability to attach just about anything to a post. Last but not least, there is a bug report in the WordPress Trac that still needs a patch in order for images and attachments to be shown inline within the blog post.
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With all of that in mind, my questions to you, the WordPress community are these:
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Do you or have you used the blog by email functionality in WordPress?
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Would you like to see that feature enhanced? For instance, support the ability to determine a category on the fly, attach more than just images, etc.
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Should the feature be left alone and those looking for this functionality use something like Posterous?
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I’m pretty curious as to how some of you have used this feature as well as the demand for building upon this functionality.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:37:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3263:\"
There are a number of options available to publish articles to your blog outside of your WordPress Write panel such as through XML-RPC via a third party blogging client or through an application such as the one available for the iPhone. However, did you know that you can also publish posts through email? It’s true! The feature has been around for quite some time. For how long I’m not sure because I was unable to track down when it became a core feature but it looks like it has been around since 1.5 or below.
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For directions on how to use this unique feature, I recommend reading this comprehensive article on the Codex entitled Blog By Email. Posting by email in WordPress is limited to pretty much text only. Common HTML tags are stripped and attachments that are sent with the email will appear in their raw form in the blog post. You also can’t specify the category for which the blog post will be filed under at the time of creation as you are limited to just a default category for all email posts.
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I wasn’t sure if anyone actually used this feature so when I asked my followers on Twitter if they “Have or know someone who has published a post via email in WordPress?” I was surprised to see many people say yes. There use for the feature varied but people do in fact use it.
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On the WordPress hackers mailing list a few days ago, it was suggested that photo attachment support should be added to the blog by email feature. As someone in the thread replied, this type of additional support would be killer for photobloggers. As it stands, there is actually a service available to bloggers called Posterous which supports the ability to attach just about anything to a post. Last but not least, there is a bug report in the WordPress Trac that still needs a patch in order for images and attachments to be shown inline within the blog post.
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With all of that in mind, my questions to you, the WordPress community are these:
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Do you or have you used the blog by email functionality in WordPress?
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Would you like to see that feature enhanced? For instance, support the ability to determine a category on the fly, attach more than just images, etc.
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Should the feature be left alone and those looking for this functionality use something like Posterous?
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I’m pretty curious as to how some of you have used this feature as well as the demand for building upon this functionality.
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Web Minimalist 200901 is a minimalist, imageless, three column, widget and gravatar ready WordPress Theme from WebMinimalist.com. This theme is supporting threaded comments for Wordpress 2.7.
Two columns, widget ready theme. Includes a very customizable banner. Change visibility, banner’s image (includes 6 variations: gear, bird, bulb, user, user2, binoculars), text through an options page. You may also change theme’s background with available 8 patterns. Compatible with WordPress 2.7.
Web Minimalist 200901 is a minimalist, imageless, three column, widget and gravatar ready WordPress Theme from WebMinimalist.com. This theme is supporting threaded comments for Wordpress 2.7.
Two columns, widget ready theme. Includes a very customizable banner. Change visibility, banner’s image (includes 6 variations: gear, bird, bulb, user, user2, binoculars), text through an options page. You may also change theme’s background with available 8 patterns. Compatible with WordPress 2.7.
Fixed width, two column, widget and gravatar ready WordPress theme available in three styles: Sea Wind, Nature Wind and Night Wind.
\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"Mark Jaquith: Tip for merging two WordPress blogs\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=243\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/tip-for-merging-two-wordpress-blogs/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2376:\"
WordPress’ built-in export/import functionality makes it a snap to merge two blogs into one. You simply export from the blog you’re going to retire, import into the blog you’re going to keep, and then forward the old domain to the new one.
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Here’s my tip: do not select an existing blog user to “own” the imported content! Instead, create a new temporary user just for that content. Here is why: the imported posts may need some manual cleanup, like integration into the new blog’s category structure, or adding/removing tags. By importing into a new author, you’re creating a way to view only the posts imported in that batch. Simply go to the Users → Edit screen and then click the number of posts next to the temporary import author. Boom, you’re looking at only the imported posts. Then, as you clean up their categories and tags using 2.7’s bulk edit or quick edit features, you can simultaneously reassign the posts to their proper author. Once there are no more posts for that temporary import author, delete that author, and you’re done!
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\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:34:32 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Mark Jaquith\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2376:\"
WordPress’ built-in export/import functionality makes it a snap to merge two blogs into one. You simply export from the blog you’re going to retire, import into the blog you’re going to keep, and then forward the old domain to the new one.
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Here’s my tip: do not select an existing blog user to “own” the imported content! Instead, create a new temporary user just for that content. Here is why: the imported posts may need some manual cleanup, like integration into the new blog’s category structure, or adding/removing tags. By importing into a new author, you’re creating a way to view only the posts imported in that batch. Simply go to the Users → Edit screen and then click the number of posts next to the temporary import author. Boom, you’re looking at only the imported posts. Then, as you clean up their categories and tags using 2.7’s bulk edit or quick edit features, you can simultaneously reassign the posts to their proper author. Once there are no more posts for that temporary import author, delete that author, and you’re done!
I’m on a Virgin America flight from Las Vegas to San Francisco and there’s wifi! I was on one of the test international flights where they did wifi like 5 years ago but I haven’t been on a flight that has had it since. I wish this flight was actually longer. I’m getting 140ms ping times to wordpress.com, it’s a great connection.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:18:33 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:367:\"
I’m on a Virgin America flight from Las Vegas to San Francisco and there’s wifi! I was on one of the test international flights where they did wifi like 5 years ago but I haven’t been on a flight that has had it since. I wish this flight was actually longer. I’m getting 140ms ping times to wordpress.com, it’s a great connection.
\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"Mike Little: WordCamp UK 2009 Looking for a venue\";s:4:\"guid\";s:35:\"http://zed1.com/journalized/?p=1315\";s:4:\"link\";s:71:\"http://zed1.com/journalized/archives/2009/01/13/wordcamp-uk-2009-venue/\";s:11:\"description\";s:498:\"
Bids are being invited for this year’s WordCamp UK event targeted for July. Last years event was held in Birmingham and was a fantastic success.
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This year I hope we can top that and make it bigger and better. The details can be found over at Tony Scott’s site.
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Note, there is a deadline for submissions of midnight GMT on Sunday 25 January 2009 so that’s less than two weeks!
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:46:58 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"mike\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:498:\"
Bids are being invited for this year’s WordCamp UK event targeted for July. Last years event was held in Birmingham and was a fantastic success.
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This year I hope we can top that and make it bigger and better. The details can be found over at Tony Scott’s site.
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Note, there is a deadline for submissions of midnight GMT on Sunday 25 January 2009 so that’s less than two weeks!
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It’s purpose is to replace the Image function currently used in your theme with one that is lot more clever. With these new functions available you can do everything from a randomly select an image, or return a URL or IMG tag source specifically for that post.
This plugin imports those tweets about your posts as comments. You can display them in between the other comments on your blog, or display them separately.
It’s purpose is to replace the Image function currently used in your theme with one that is lot more clever. With these new functions available you can do everything from a randomly select an image, or return a URL or IMG tag source specifically for that post.
This plugin imports those tweets about your posts as comments. You can display them in between the other comments on your blog, or display them separately.
Analyze your visitors traffic with real time statistics, chart, a lot of chronological information and a sidebar Widget.
\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Google Blog Converters 1.0 Released\";s:4:\"guid\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/11/google-blog-converters-10-released/\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/11/google-blog-converters-10-released/\";s:11:\"description\";s:849:\"
Google Open Source Blog: Google Blog Converters 1.0 Released: Blogger (now) allows users the ability to export all contents of their blog, the Data Liberation team would like to announce the Google Blog Converters project. This new Open Source project provides the ability to easily move blog posts and comments from service to service. This initial release provides Python libraries and runnable scripts that convert between the export formats of Blogger, LiveJournal, MovableType, and WordPress. This is after Google decided to allow Blogger users to import and export data from Blogger.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:11:08 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:849:\"
Google Open Source Blog: Google Blog Converters 1.0 Released: Blogger (now) allows users the ability to export all contents of their blog, the Data Liberation team would like to announce the Google Blog Converters project. This new Open Source project provides the ability to easily move blog posts and comments from service to service. This initial release provides Python libraries and runnable scripts that convert between the export formats of Blogger, LiveJournal, MovableType, and WordPress. This is after Google decided to allow Blogger users to import and export data from Blogger.
Today I am a quarter of a century old. To be honest I never thought I would be this old, it was a number beyond where I could imagine or visualize but the last few years have just gone by in a blur and here I am, 25 years young and finally able to rent a car without paying an age penalty.
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Following up from the open source resolutions, here’s what I’m going to aim for this year in no particular order:
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Learn a language where WP has a big impact (probably Spanish).
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Take more videos, post at least 2 a month.
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Post 10,000 photos in 2009.
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Post at least one book a month I’ve enjoyed.
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Don’t try to do everything myself.
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Redesign Ma.tt! (And get back up in the search engine rankings for “Matt” on Google.)
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Post more personal stuff. (Like this.)
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Spend more time working with and coaching other young entrepreneurs and startups.
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Donate to 5 Open Source projects that touch my life daily.
This is the seventh year I’ve blogged my birthday: 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, and 24. If you had asked me 7 years ago where I would be today I couldn’t have imagined all of the amazing things that have happened, the incredible people I’ve met, and the communities that I’ve become a part of. Thank you. Here’s to the next 25.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:24:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3507:\"
Today I am a quarter of a century old. To be honest I never thought I would be this old, it was a number beyond where I could imagine or visualize but the last few years have just gone by in a blur and here I am, 25 years young and finally able to rent a car without paying an age penalty.
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Following up from the open source resolutions, here’s what I’m going to aim for this year in no particular order:
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Learn a language where WP has a big impact (probably Spanish).
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Take more videos, post at least 2 a month.
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Post 10,000 photos in 2009.
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Post at least one book a month I’ve enjoyed.
\n
Don’t try to do everything myself.
\n
Redesign Ma.tt! (And get back up in the search engine rankings for “Matt” on Google.)
\n
Post more personal stuff. (Like this.)
\n
Spend more time working with and coaching other young entrepreneurs and startups.
\n
Donate to 5 Open Source projects that touch my life daily.
This is the seventh year I’ve blogged my birthday: 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, and 24. If you had asked me 7 years ago where I would be today I couldn’t have imagined all of the amazing things that have happened, the incredible people I’ve met, and the communities that I’ve become a part of. Thank you. Here’s to the next 25.
The second plugin in our weekly plugin review series is not a one that helps you win over a few visitors who arrive from search engines and other sites.
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What is Referrer Detector?
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Referrer Detector is a WordPress Plugin that displays a greeting message to visitors that come from different urls (known as referrers).
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For example, you may want to welcome Diggers with a message that reminds them to digg your story, or you may want to ask Del.icio.us users to bookmark your post, and so on.
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Features
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A pure AJAXed admin interface with elements tidily divided into tabs. Entries can be added/modified/(de)activated/deleted without the need to reload the entire page, or even with just one click.
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The greet box position can be set to before or after the post. A [custom tag] can also be used in case you don’t want to show greetings on every post.
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Users can also put a tag (<?php if (function_exists(\'referrer_detector\')) referrer_detector(); ?>) into the template to show the greet box anywhere of choice.
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Excluded URLs can be specified in order to hide the greet box from specific users (like ones from Google Reader).
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Ability to include WordPress attributes like url, title, author, category etc. into the greetings.
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A STAT panel to get data reporting about the visitor statistic.
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Compatible with caching plugins, since the core is written and run in JavaScript which is normally not cached.
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Many installed-by-default entries (which can be restored anytime with one click). Upon installing, you will have these entries available:\n
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9 rules
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Del.icio.us and Delicious.com
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Digg
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Gizmodo
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Google Search
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Lifehacker
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Live Search
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Reddit
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StumbleUpon
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TechCrunch
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Technograti
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TechRadar
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Twitter
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Yahoo Search
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Demo
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The real way to test this plugin is to go to Google or Yahoo and then search for “phoenixheart.net” [Yahoo! Search Results] Click on the link to the site and check out the cool greeting image.
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I performed a Yahoo! Search and got this cool greeting box.
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Google Search worked only when the referrer was Google.com and not Google.co.in which is default since I am from India.
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Our Review
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The plugin is easy to use and install. It comes with out-of-the-box support for 14 sites which should cover a good portion of the traffic that you would receive.
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This makes it a install and forget plugin unless you really want to bother about customizing it.
\n
The plugin release post is well detailed, complete with examples on how to go about configuring / editing the welcome messages.
\n
Adding a new entry is extremely easy. You need to enter details of the site where you are entering traffic from. The site has to be entered without the http or www e.g. digg.com or google.com.
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The AJAX interface makes it easy to add / edit referrers. I was able to Edit and Add at the same time without visiting a new page. My detailed testing did raise a few points, which I have listed under improvements below.
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Each tab has a small help section, so you’re not left clueless if you get stuck somewhere. The option for Excluded URLs is good since you can exclude those who are subscribed to online feed readers.
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Suggested Improvements
\n
Now, this is the important part, or I hope to think so! Some improvements I felt this plugin could use:
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Making any modification i.e. adding / editing referrers requires write permissions for a JavaScript file. It also requires the user to know how to chmod and also increases one step in the installation process. I’d be happier if everything was stored in the database.
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You can choose to deactivate certain referrers. Would be good if there was a checkbox for bulk actions, something like we now have in WordPress 2.7 management of posts, pages, comments, plugins etc.
\n
Like I mentioned above Google.com worked but not Google.co.in. Google Search is such that it automatically changes the default search engine domain based on your location. The plugin should take care of this automatically. It’s a humongous task to add all the individual domains. One possible solution could be a wildcard entry i.e. google.* or *.yahoo.com
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Default Message for domains not in the list of referrers. I believe the author plans on updating this in a future version.
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Lastly, not an important point but it would be great to see the plugin have its own page instead of post. I’m not a big fan of posts being the default location for a plugin or theme since your plugin/theme is permanent and so needs a permanent location on your site. It also helps in standardization when you release more than one plugin. E.g. in my case I have all plugins on separate pages on my blog. Again, this is a matter of preference.
\n\n
And, now it’s your turn. Have you been using this plugin? What has been your experience with it? Do you have any feature requests?
\n
The plugin author is reading…
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:00:08 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ajay\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5845:\"
The second plugin in our weekly plugin review series is not a one that helps you win over a few visitors who arrive from search engines and other sites.
\n
What is Referrer Detector?
\n
Referrer Detector is a WordPress Plugin that displays a greeting message to visitors that come from different urls (known as referrers).
\n
For example, you may want to welcome Diggers with a message that reminds them to digg your story, or you may want to ask Del.icio.us users to bookmark your post, and so on.
\n
Features
\n
\n
A pure AJAXed admin interface with elements tidily divided into tabs. Entries can be added/modified/(de)activated/deleted without the need to reload the entire page, or even with just one click.
\n
The greet box position can be set to before or after the post. A [custom tag] can also be used in case you don’t want to show greetings on every post.
\n
Users can also put a tag (<?php if (function_exists(\'referrer_detector\')) referrer_detector(); ?>) into the template to show the greet box anywhere of choice.
\n
Excluded URLs can be specified in order to hide the greet box from specific users (like ones from Google Reader).
\n
Ability to include WordPress attributes like url, title, author, category etc. into the greetings.
\n
A STAT panel to get data reporting about the visitor statistic.
\n
Compatible with caching plugins, since the core is written and run in JavaScript which is normally not cached.
\n
Many installed-by-default entries (which can be restored anytime with one click). Upon installing, you will have these entries available:\n
\n
9 rules
\n
Del.icio.us and Delicious.com
\n
Digg
\n
Gizmodo
\n
Google Search
\n
Lifehacker
\n
Live Search
\n
Reddit
\n
StumbleUpon
\n
TechCrunch
\n
Technograti
\n
TechRadar
\n
Twitter
\n
Yahoo Search
\n
\n
\n
\n
Demo
\n
The real way to test this plugin is to go to Google or Yahoo and then search for “phoenixheart.net” [Yahoo! Search Results] Click on the link to the site and check out the cool greeting image.
\n
I performed a Yahoo! Search and got this cool greeting box.
\n
\n
Google Search worked only when the referrer was Google.com and not Google.co.in which is default since I am from India.
\n
Our Review
\n
The plugin is easy to use and install. It comes with out-of-the-box support for 14 sites which should cover a good portion of the traffic that you would receive.
\n
This makes it a install and forget plugin unless you really want to bother about customizing it.
\n
The plugin release post is well detailed, complete with examples on how to go about configuring / editing the welcome messages.
\n
Adding a new entry is extremely easy. You need to enter details of the site where you are entering traffic from. The site has to be entered without the http or www e.g. digg.com or google.com.
\n
The AJAX interface makes it easy to add / edit referrers. I was able to Edit and Add at the same time without visiting a new page. My detailed testing did raise a few points, which I have listed under improvements below.
\n
Each tab has a small help section, so you’re not left clueless if you get stuck somewhere. The option for Excluded URLs is good since you can exclude those who are subscribed to online feed readers.
\n
Suggested Improvements
\n
Now, this is the important part, or I hope to think so! Some improvements I felt this plugin could use:
\n\n
Making any modification i.e. adding / editing referrers requires write permissions for a JavaScript file. It also requires the user to know how to chmod and also increases one step in the installation process. I’d be happier if everything was stored in the database.
\n
You can choose to deactivate certain referrers. Would be good if there was a checkbox for bulk actions, something like we now have in WordPress 2.7 management of posts, pages, comments, plugins etc.
\n
Like I mentioned above Google.com worked but not Google.co.in. Google Search is such that it automatically changes the default search engine domain based on your location. The plugin should take care of this automatically. It’s a humongous task to add all the individual domains. One possible solution could be a wildcard entry i.e. google.* or *.yahoo.com
\n
Default Message for domains not in the list of referrers. I believe the author plans on updating this in a future version.
\n
Lastly, not an important point but it would be great to see the plugin have its own page instead of post. I’m not a big fan of posts being the default location for a plugin or theme since your plugin/theme is permanent and so needs a permanent location on your site. It also helps in standardization when you release more than one plugin. E.g. in my case I have all plugins on separate pages on my blog. Again, this is a matter of preference.
\n\n
And, now it’s your turn. Have you been using this plugin? What has been your experience with it? Do you have any feature requests?
\n
The plugin author is reading…
\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 01/10\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4952\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0110/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2806:\"
Simple, three-column free WordPress theme with golf imagery. The background and header images of this free theme for WordPress display images related to golfing. This is a great WordPress theme for golf blogs and bloggers who are golf enthusiasts.
I Heart PC is a 3 column theme, that comes in blue, white and red. It’s widget and gravatar ready, with fixed width. Looks best at resolutions of minimum 1024×768.
Wp-Themes Magazine is a magazine style two column WordPress Theme designed to load fast with NO graphics contained. Very easy to customize and ready for advertisement management from the theme custom options menu. The homepage featured content also can be easily be customized from the theme’s menu.
Two column, widget ready, WordPress 2.7 compatible with theme with nice green, blue, and grey colors, and even has a tiny splash of yellow in the comments section.
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Are you a theme author? Submit your theme to us to get featured in our Theme release posts.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:30:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ajay\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2806:\"
Simple, three-column free WordPress theme with golf imagery. The background and header images of this free theme for WordPress display images related to golfing. This is a great WordPress theme for golf blogs and bloggers who are golf enthusiasts.
I Heart PC is a 3 column theme, that comes in blue, white and red. It’s widget and gravatar ready, with fixed width. Looks best at resolutions of minimum 1024×768.
Wp-Themes Magazine is a magazine style two column WordPress Theme designed to load fast with NO graphics contained. Very easy to customize and ready for advertisement management from the theme custom options menu. The homepage featured content also can be easily be customized from the theme’s menu.
Two column, widget ready, WordPress 2.7 compatible with theme with nice green, blue, and grey colors, and even has a tiny splash of yellow in the comments section.
\n
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Are you a theme author? Submit your theme to us to get featured in our Theme release posts.
\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:44:\"Weblog Tools Collection: PHPBB And WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4942\";s:4:\"link\";s:73:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/10/phpbb-and-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2104:\"
Joining me this week on WordPress Weekly was Douglas Bell who operates Webmacster87.info as well as hosts the PHPBBWeekly podcast. In this episode, David and I chatted about a number of subjects including:
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WordPress User Interface History
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BBPress
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PHPBB3
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The possibilities of the WordPress team working with PHPBB to develope a bridge between the two
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Security of PHPBB3 and WordPress
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And a whole lot more. While PHPBB and WordPress are two different pieces of open source software serving different needs, I find it interesting to discuss the differences in strategy as well as the similarities between the two.
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Plugin Of The Week:Maintenance Mode – Adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end. When the maintenance mode is activated, a custom defined message is shown to site visitors
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Announcements: On January 16th, Jonathan Davis who has created a comprehensive e-commerce plugin for WordPress called Shopp will be our special guest.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:27:21 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2104:\"
Joining me this week on WordPress Weekly was Douglas Bell who operates Webmacster87.info as well as hosts the PHPBBWeekly podcast. In this episode, David and I chatted about a number of subjects including:
\n
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WordPress User Interface History
\n
BBPress
\n
PHPBB3
\n
The possibilities of the WordPress team working with PHPBB to develope a bridge between the two
\n
Security of PHPBB3 and WordPress
\n
\n
And a whole lot more. While PHPBB and WordPress are two different pieces of open source software serving different needs, I find it interesting to discuss the differences in strategy as well as the similarities between the two.
\n
Plugin Of The Week:Maintenance Mode – Adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end. When the maintenance mode is activated, a custom defined message is shown to site visitors
\n
Announcements: On January 16th, Jonathan Davis who has created a comprehensive e-commerce plugin for WordPress called Shopp will be our special guest.
\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:29:\"Donncha: WP Super Cache 0.8.7\";s:4:\"guid\";s:29:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89494376\";s:4:\"link\";s:48:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2009/01/09/wp-super-cache-087/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1574:\"
WP Super Cache version 0.8.7 is now available. WP Super Cache is a page caching plugin for WordPress that will significantly speed up your website.
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This release addresses some issues large or busy sites had with deleting expired cache files. Some sites generated so many cache files that there were two many files generated, even when those files were cleared out every hour. To fix that I limited the recursive function that deletes the files to 100 deletions at a time. That function is called until all the cache files are deleted (or strictly speaking, no files are deleted. That’s how the expired file cleanup works). \nIt’s also possible to set the garbage collection interval to 10 minutes now which will also help.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:52:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1574:\"
WP Super Cache version 0.8.7 is now available. WP Super Cache is a page caching plugin for WordPress that will significantly speed up your website.
\n
This release addresses some issues large or busy sites had with deleting expired cache files. Some sites generated so many cache files that there were two many files generated, even when those files were cleared out every hour. To fix that I limited the recursive function that deletes the files to 100 deletions at a time. That function is called until all the cache files are deleted (or strictly speaking, no files are deleted. That’s how the expired file cleanup works). \nIt’s also possible to set the garbage collection interval to 10 minutes now which will also help.
\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:63:\"Mark Jaquith: Subscribe to Comments plugin now on WordPress.com\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=240\";s:4:\"link\";s:93:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/subscribe-to-comments-plugin-now-on-wordpresscom/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2170:\"
Give it a try! It’s a really simple and easy way to stay involved with a comment thread and actually have a conversation, instead of making what I call “drive-by comments.” Remember that you can unsubscribe at any time.
\n
For people with their own WordPress installs, I’ll have an update to the plugin out soon, and may follow that with another if Donncha gets me the changes made to the WordPress.com version and I think the general WordPress community would benefit from those changes.
\n
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:19:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Mark Jaquith\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2170:\"
Give it a try! It’s a really simple and easy way to stay involved with a comment thread and actually have a conversation, instead of making what I call “drive-by comments.” Remember that you can unsubscribe at any time.
\n
For people with their own WordPress installs, I’ll have an update to the plugin out soon, and may follow that with another if Donncha gets me the changes made to the WordPress.com version and I think the general WordPress community would benefit from those changes.
\n
\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/09\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4937\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/09/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0109/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4457:\"
WP Admin Quicklinks is a very simple little WordPress plugin that adds an intelligent, unobtrusive little admin panel to the top-right of all your site’s pages and posts giving you shortcuts to the most commonly used WP Admin sections.
For multi-author blogs. Plugin generates mailto links on the dashboard referring to all user groups of the blog. Quite handy way of internal staff communication.
Allows you to display a PageRank badge as a widget. It is much more convenient than having modify your templates to include such a badge. It can be used either at a page/post level, or a top site level.
This plugin implements a function called ‘is_child_of’, which can check if a page is a descendant page of another page, regardless of how many levels there are in between them.
Tweet Stats adds two widgets to your blog: “Most Tweeted Posts” and “Recently Tweeted Posts”. It works hand in hand with the newly released “Tweetbacks” plugin.
The Google Ajax Libraries API Plugin is designed to make it easy to use the Google hosted libraries without the need to mess with your theme and plugin code.
WordPress backup zips the uploads (images), plugin, and current theme directories. Optionally emailing the zip files to an email address of choice. v1.4 Exposes the folders and permissions used for the backup.
The Social Bookmarks plugin for WordPress adds a list of XHTML compliant graphic links at the end of your posts and/or pages that allow your visitors to easily submit them to a number of social bookmarking sites.
Visitcounter is a small WordPress 2++ plugin which counts the visits of your weblog on a daily base. There a several functions which can show different stats: all visits, currently online, daily visits.
This plugin allows you to create a personal linklist as a new page. It’s easy to manage and gives you a lot of features. You can control and manage it with the WordPress admin, edit links and categories and much more!
WP Admin Quicklinks is a very simple little WordPress plugin that adds an intelligent, unobtrusive little admin panel to the top-right of all your site’s pages and posts giving you shortcuts to the most commonly used WP Admin sections.
For multi-author blogs. Plugin generates mailto links on the dashboard referring to all user groups of the blog. Quite handy way of internal staff communication.
Allows you to display a PageRank badge as a widget. It is much more convenient than having modify your templates to include such a badge. It can be used either at a page/post level, or a top site level.
This plugin implements a function called ‘is_child_of’, which can check if a page is a descendant page of another page, regardless of how many levels there are in between them.
Tweet Stats adds two widgets to your blog: “Most Tweeted Posts” and “Recently Tweeted Posts”. It works hand in hand with the newly released “Tweetbacks” plugin.
The Google Ajax Libraries API Plugin is designed to make it easy to use the Google hosted libraries without the need to mess with your theme and plugin code.
WordPress backup zips the uploads (images), plugin, and current theme directories. Optionally emailing the zip files to an email address of choice. v1.4 Exposes the folders and permissions used for the backup.
The Social Bookmarks plugin for WordPress adds a list of XHTML compliant graphic links at the end of your posts and/or pages that allow your visitors to easily submit them to a number of social bookmarking sites.
Visitcounter is a small WordPress 2++ plugin which counts the visits of your weblog on a daily base. There a several functions which can show different stats: all visits, currently online, daily visits.
This plugin allows you to create a personal linklist as a new page. It’s easy to manage and gives you a lot of features. You can control and manage it with the WordPress admin, edit links and categories and much more!
\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Matt: La Nacion Interview\";s:4:\"guid\";s:20:\"http://ma.tt/?p=9852\";s:4:\"link\";s:43:\"http://ma.tt/2009/01/la-nacion-interview-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:218:\"
The unique feature about this theme is that it divides the blog posts into three separate column. The theme also features a pull-down sidebar which is totally unobtrusive and contains three widgetized sidebars. ClearPress is Gravatar-ready, Image Gallery ready, and consists of beautifully styled comments and archive pages.
Template consists of two columns, supports widgets, comments, is static in size. In the pattern dominated by black, blue, green and red. Good design, which is suitable for any blog.
Satorii is a theme for WordPress (2.7 or higher) with a minimalist, simple, elegant and clean style, a strong focus on contents and readability, with one centered column for content and three widgetized columns in the footer.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:45:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ajay\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2341:\"
The unique feature about this theme is that it divides the blog posts into three separate column. The theme also features a pull-down sidebar which is totally unobtrusive and contains three widgetized sidebars. ClearPress is Gravatar-ready, Image Gallery ready, and consists of beautifully styled comments and archive pages.
Template consists of two columns, supports widgets, comments, is static in size. In the pattern dominated by black, blue, green and red. Good design, which is suitable for any blog.
Satorii is a theme for WordPress (2.7 or higher) with a minimalist, simple, elegant and clean style, a strong focus on contents and readability, with one centered column for content and three widgetized columns in the footer.
\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:80:\"Lorelle on WP: WordCamp Las Vegas Will Rock the WordPress Community This Weekend\";s:4:\"guid\";s:36:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3568\";s:4:\"link\";s:106:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/wordcamp-las-vegas-will-rock-the-wordpress-community-this-weekend/\";s:11:\"description\";s:8820:\"
I’m off on a plane to Vegas for WordCamp Las Vegas, the very first WordCamp of 2009. I’m so excited. It is happening at the same time as the 2009 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show), the largest technology and electronics show in the world. It may be competition, but WordPress fans can hold their own. I’ve already heard from a bunch of people going to CES that they want to escape to hit WordCamp Las Vegas, so get your ticket before it’s sold out.
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There are only a few tickets left for WordCamp Las Vegas, so register now.
\n
I will be speaking on Saturday at 3PM on web analytics and Woopra, and things you need to consider when staring at all those numbers about your blog’s activities.
\n
Liz Strauss will be speaking on Sunday, one of the hottest days of the event. I just talked to her and she has a really exciting program lined up. Makes me rethink what I’m offering, it’s that good. Don’t miss it.
\n
Many of us will be talking about WordPress 2.7, the hottest and best release of WordPress in ages. We’ll be covering WordPress tips, new SEO strategies, WordPress Theme design and development, WordPress Plugins, integrating multimedia and social into your WordPress blog, monetizing your WordPress blog, and a lot more.
\n
The rest of my fellow speakers are very impressive, bringing the best of the best of blogging and WordPress to you. They include:
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:58:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:8820:\"
I’m off on a plane to Vegas for WordCamp Las Vegas, the very first WordCamp of 2009. I’m so excited. It is happening at the same time as the 2009 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show), the largest technology and electronics show in the world. It may be competition, but WordPress fans can hold their own. I’ve already heard from a bunch of people going to CES that they want to escape to hit WordCamp Las Vegas, so get your ticket before it’s sold out.
\n
There are only a few tickets left for WordCamp Las Vegas, so register now.
\n
I will be speaking on Saturday at 3PM on web analytics and Woopra, and things you need to consider when staring at all those numbers about your blog’s activities.
\n
Liz Strauss will be speaking on Sunday, one of the hottest days of the event. I just talked to her and she has a really exciting program lined up. Makes me rethink what I’m offering, it’s that good. Don’t miss it.
\n
Many of us will be talking about WordPress 2.7, the hottest and best release of WordPress in ages. We’ll be covering WordPress tips, new SEO strategies, WordPress Theme design and development, WordPress Plugins, integrating multimedia and social into your WordPress blog, monetizing your WordPress blog, and a lot more.
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The rest of my fellow speakers are very impressive, bringing the best of the best of blogging and WordPress to you. They include:
Joost De Valk who operates Yoast.com in conjunction with the guys behind SunPress has launched a competition in which a Macbook Air is up for grabs. The competition is centered around expanding SunPress. This could be a plugin, a theme, a widget, nothing is off limits. The contest will end on February 16th. If you win but are unable to accept the Macbook Air as the prize, you’ll receive the cash equivalent. All entries must be created under the GPL License. For more information regarding the contest, please read the fine print on the contest announcement page.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:09:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:789:\"
Joost De Valk who operates Yoast.com in conjunction with the guys behind SunPress has launched a competition in which a Macbook Air is up for grabs. The competition is centered around expanding SunPress. This could be a plugin, a theme, a widget, nothing is off limits. The contest will end on February 16th. If you win but are unable to accept the Macbook Air as the prize, you’ll receive the cash equivalent. All entries must be created under the GPL License. For more information regarding the contest, please read the fine print on the contest announcement page.
\";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Matt: Open Sourcing Resolutions\";s:4:\"guid\";s:20:\"http://ma.tt/?p=9841\";s:4:\"link\";s:47:\"http://ma.tt/2009/01/open-sourcing-resolutions/\";s:11:\"description\";s:697:\"
Every year I make resolutions. Some years I do them. This year I want to try something different and open source them by opening it up to you guys. Here’s how we’ll try it: leave a comment with what you think my resolution(s) should be for 2009. I’ll pick the best ones, and if you’re the first to propose one I pick I’ll credit you in the follow-up post. I’ll print out the winning resolutions and put them on my desk for the year, so hopefully they’ll have a lasting effect. Remember, measurable things are better!
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:17:52 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:697:\"
Every year I make resolutions. Some years I do them. This year I want to try something different and open source them by opening it up to you guys. Here’s how we’ll try it: leave a comment with what you think my resolution(s) should be for 2009. I’ll pick the best ones, and if you’re the first to propose one I pick I’ll credit you in the follow-up post. I’ll print out the winning resolutions and put them on my desk for the year, so hopefully they’ll have a lasting effect. Remember, measurable things are better!
\";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/06\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4923\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/06/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0106/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4373:\"
Performs regular backups of your upload (images) and current theme directories. Backup files are available for download and optionally emailed to a specified email. Don’t get caught without a recent backup of your theme or images.
This plugin makes available a number of statistics about your blog, including pagerank, Alexa rank, Technorati rank, Feedburner RSS count and more which you can use as shortcodes in your posts. Automatically updates all statistics daily.
This plugin will automatically show your GTalk status on your WordPress blog. You can set a max-shown number and the cache interval to make it works more smoothly.
Simple Plugin to add a separator between the intro and the (more…) content. This plugin adds a separator between the intro text and the extended (more…) text of the content of a post. It simply replaces the span id more tag with the separator that is set in the plugins php file.
Scans posts and extracts all the hrefs, rewrites them to include an onclick event which handles the tracking. Basic reports are displayed on the post and page modification areas.
Simple Shortcodes provides an easy to use mechanism for creating and using custom shortcodes. Added in this version are options to control how the configuration page works and the 255 character limit on shortcode values has been removed.
The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows your users to bookmark your site easily with over 45 popular services, and to share it with friends via email.
Track the hits of each blog post for the current day and cumulatively at the same time. You may also display sidebar widgets containing a list of the most popular posts for the day and most popular posts overall.
Performs regular backups of your upload (images) and current theme directories. Backup files are available for download and optionally emailed to a specified email. Don’t get caught without a recent backup of your theme or images.
This plugin makes available a number of statistics about your blog, including pagerank, Alexa rank, Technorati rank, Feedburner RSS count and more which you can use as shortcodes in your posts. Automatically updates all statistics daily.
This plugin will automatically show your GTalk status on your WordPress blog. You can set a max-shown number and the cache interval to make it works more smoothly.
Simple Plugin to add a separator between the intro and the (more…) content. This plugin adds a separator between the intro text and the extended (more…) text of the content of a post. It simply replaces the span id more tag with the separator that is set in the plugins php file.
Scans posts and extracts all the hrefs, rewrites them to include an onclick event which handles the tracking. Basic reports are displayed on the post and page modification areas.
Simple Shortcodes provides an easy to use mechanism for creating and using custom shortcodes. Added in this version are options to control how the configuration page works and the 255 character limit on shortcode values has been removed.
The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows your users to bookmark your site easily with over 45 popular services, and to share it with friends via email.
Track the hits of each blog post for the current day and cumulatively at the same time. You may also display sidebar widgets containing a list of the most popular posts for the day and most popular posts overall.
PC World two column, widget ready theme is built for technology oriented guys who wants to devote their blogs for computer technology. Blog uses a beautiful header image with great typography.
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WP Commerce Steel [Removed, Sponsored] \n
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Sleek and versatile Wordpress theme specifically designed to work with eBay and Amazon affiliate programs, also works great for regular Blogs.
Oulipo is a clean, minimal, thee-column, widget-ready theme with great typography and a grid-based layout. Oulipo supports threaded comments and sticky posts in WordPress 2.7.
The Nash WP theme comes along with with a multi column red / black / white color scheme, eleven recent posts and two bars for the splash page with pagination enabled, one lead posts, followed by your twitter messages, “about blurbs” and six random posts with additional six posts underneath, \nthe sidebar is meant to be as an additional ads place and it shows only at the front page.
The Raw WP theme comes along with with a red / black / white color scheme, three recent posts and one widgetized bar for the inner pages with pagination enabled, the front slider is meant to be as an additional info place and it shows only at the front page. Configurable via the themes admin panel to show your custom messages
A minimalistic wordpress theme, Kallista features Gravatar support, microformats, widgets and great typography. Content focused, an excellent theme for any blog.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:30:07 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ajay\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3705:\"
PC World two column, widget ready theme is built for technology oriented guys who wants to devote their blogs for computer technology. Blog uses a beautiful header image with great typography.
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WP Commerce Steel [Removed, Sponsored] \n
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Sleek and versatile Wordpress theme specifically designed to work with eBay and Amazon affiliate programs, also works great for regular Blogs.
Oulipo is a clean, minimal, thee-column, widget-ready theme with great typography and a grid-based layout. Oulipo supports threaded comments and sticky posts in WordPress 2.7.
The Nash WP theme comes along with with a multi column red / black / white color scheme, eleven recent posts and two bars for the splash page with pagination enabled, one lead posts, followed by your twitter messages, “about blurbs” and six random posts with additional six posts underneath, \nthe sidebar is meant to be as an additional ads place and it shows only at the front page.
The Raw WP theme comes along with with a red / black / white color scheme, three recent posts and one widgetized bar for the inner pages with pagination enabled, the front slider is meant to be as an additional info place and it shows only at the front page. Configurable via the themes admin panel to show your custom messages
A minimalistic wordpress theme, Kallista features Gravatar support, microformats, widgets and great typography. Content focused, an excellent theme for any blog.
\";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Great Explanation Of Community\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4904\";s:4:\"link\";s:84:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/05/great-explanation-of-community/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1439:\"
Just over two weeks ago, the community was abuzz about the disappearance of 200 to 300 themes being removed from the theme repository. During that blip of time, there were many posts dedicated to covering the subject of not only the theme removals, but of community, GPL and much more. Andrew Rickmann who I consider to be a ‘thought leader‘ within the WordPress community published an excellent post which has had my head churning through thoughts and ideas ever since I read it. The article goes into detail on what the point of community is.
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However, despite the overall article being a great read, question number five that Andrew raises is the one that continuously has me thinking. In question five, Andrew asks what is it that you value? He then gives eight different perspectives which I find to be very interesting. Here is one of them:
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Do you agree that: A person that makes a plugin freely available is appropriately compensated by the thousands of other plugins and themes that are available to him for free?
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Just that thought alone was enough to stop me in my tracks and really think about it. I wanted to share this article to the WordPress community because I think Andrew did a great job raising some interesting points worthy of more discussion.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:28:28 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1439:\"
Just over two weeks ago, the community was abuzz about the disappearance of 200 to 300 themes being removed from the theme repository. During that blip of time, there were many posts dedicated to covering the subject of not only the theme removals, but of community, GPL and much more. Andrew Rickmann who I consider to be a ‘thought leader‘ within the WordPress community published an excellent post which has had my head churning through thoughts and ideas ever since I read it. The article goes into detail on what the point of community is.
\n
However, despite the overall article being a great read, question number five that Andrew raises is the one that continuously has me thinking. In question five, Andrew asks what is it that you value? He then gives eight different perspectives which I find to be very interesting. Here is one of them:
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Do you agree that: A person that makes a plugin freely available is appropriately compensated by the thousands of other plugins and themes that are available to him for free?
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Just that thought alone was enough to stop me in my tracks and really think about it. I wanted to share this article to the WordPress community because I think Andrew did a great job raising some interesting points worthy of more discussion.
\";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:72:\"Lorelle on WP: WordCamp Las Vegas: Gambling on WordPress in the New Year\";s:4:\"guid\";s:36:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3560\";s:4:\"link\";s:97:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/wordcamp-las-vegas-gambling-on-wordpress-in-the-new-year/\";s:11:\"description\";s:9423:\"
We’re starting the WordPress year out right with an exciting WordCamp Las Vegas, the very first WordCamp of 2009. I’m flying out this week for this weekend’s star-studded blogger event.
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The two day event on January 10-11 has an awesome line up of speakers covering all things blogging, social media, and WordPress:
Register now to start your year off focused on WordPress and to get your blog in line with the latest technologies and trends in blogging.
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Recently, many WordPress events and WordCamps have been livestreaming their presentations, and the WordCamp Las Vegas Live Stream will be on for what we hope is the entire event. You need to register to watch the event live at Ustream WordCamp Las Vegas, so you can enjoy the program and participate no matter where you are in the world.
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With top social media experts like Liz Strauss onboard, social will be a key topic. To encourage more social, participants are urged to submit their Twitter ID so everyone can track each other during the event.
Don’t forget that I’ll also be the keynote at WordCamp Whistler on January 24 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
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Lorelle Speaks at WordCamp Las Vegas
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I will be taking about “numbers” and basic web analytics at WordCamp Las Vegas, showing examples of how to use Woopra, the hottest web analytics tool around. Woopra tracks your blog traffic and activity live, in real time. Currently, Woopra is in closed beta, but I will have a limited number of beta invitations available.
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The price of my book, Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging, is going up, but I will have copies available for sale at the introductory price. Unless the publisher says otherwise, this will be the last chance to get the book at the lower price - and avoid shipping costs!
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I love going to Vegas and the last few times I’ve not had time to see a single show - one of the most important reasons to go. This time, watch out Barry Manilow and Bette Midler - I’m planning on coming to see you. Don’t know how but that’s my goal. Anyone got any Las Vegas ticket finding tips?
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:39:40 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:9423:\"
We’re starting the WordPress year out right with an exciting WordCamp Las Vegas, the very first WordCamp of 2009. I’m flying out this week for this weekend’s star-studded blogger event.
\n
The two day event on January 10-11 has an awesome line up of speakers covering all things blogging, social media, and WordPress:
Register now to start your year off focused on WordPress and to get your blog in line with the latest technologies and trends in blogging.
\n
Recently, many WordPress events and WordCamps have been livestreaming their presentations, and the WordCamp Las Vegas Live Stream will be on for what we hope is the entire event. You need to register to watch the event live at Ustream WordCamp Las Vegas, so you can enjoy the program and participate no matter where you are in the world.
\n
With top social media experts like Liz Strauss onboard, social will be a key topic. To encourage more social, participants are urged to submit their Twitter ID so everyone can track each other during the event.
Don’t forget that I’ll also be the keynote at WordCamp Whistler on January 24 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
\n
Lorelle Speaks at WordCamp Las Vegas
\n
I will be taking about “numbers” and basic web analytics at WordCamp Las Vegas, showing examples of how to use Woopra, the hottest web analytics tool around. Woopra tracks your blog traffic and activity live, in real time. Currently, Woopra is in closed beta, but I will have a limited number of beta invitations available.
\n
The price of my book, Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging, is going up, but I will have copies available for sale at the introductory price. Unless the publisher says otherwise, this will be the last chance to get the book at the lower price - and avoid shipping costs!
\n
I love going to Vegas and the last few times I’ve not had time to see a single show - one of the most important reasons to go. This time, watch out Barry Manilow and Bette Midler - I’m planning on coming to see you. Don’t know how but that’s my goal. Anyone got any Las Vegas ticket finding tips?
\";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Lorelle on WP: Ski With Me to WordCamp Whistler\";s:4:\"guid\";s:36:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3556\";s:4:\"link\";s:73:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/ski-with-me-to-wordcamp-whistler/\";s:11:\"description\";s:10053:\"
One of the most unique WordCamps ever will be January 24, 2009, in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. WordCamp Whistler is a combination ski, photowalk, and WordCamp event for winter and blogging fans around the world at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort.
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Whistler, British Columbia, is a very popular and beautiful ski resort in the Pacific Range of the Coast Mountains of Canada, only a few hours drive from Vancouver. In the early 1960s, a group was determined to bring the Winter Olympics to Whistler, and their dream comes true as Whistler is the host mountain for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. This is your chance to visit and ski a world class mountain before the crowds arrive next year.
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I grew up in Seattle, a few hours south of Vancouver and Whistler, and skied all the mountains including Whistler and its sister, Blackcomb. It has changed a lot as it prepares for the upcoming Olympics, so this is a very exciting opportunity for me to visit not only a world class ski range, but also one of the most beautiful places in the world.
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This WordCamp event is different from the others because while its focus is on WordPress, it’s also ideal for photography and photo bloggers. Not only is the area eye candy galore, there will be time for photography and some of the speakers will be covering photography, video, and photo blogging.
Dale Mugford of BraveNewCode - WordPress On The Go
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John Biehler - How To Sex Up Your Blog With Photos And Video
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For those who registered early, there was a discount rate for the hotel, so check to see if it is still available. I’ve checked with Kayak and found hotel rooms are still available starting at $99 and going up, though staying at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort puts you right near the skiing access and is a top class hotel.
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Transportation to Whistler currently is by vehicle, bus, or train. Flights come into Vancouver, and Whistler is a 2-hour drive along the Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) from Vancouver, or two to three hour bus or train ride.
\n
There are a variety of transportation options for travel to Whistler. Many fly into Vancouver and rent a car, while others fly to Seattle and rent a car from there. Check to ensure the car rental company permits taking the car across the border. Greyhound, Amtrak, and Pacific Coast offer bus service.
\n
Whistler Mountaineer Train offers a three hour “tour” train ride to Whistler which leaves in the morning and returns in the afternoon, which you can plan your trip around. They also offer a four day, three nights Whistler Rail Escape, with accomodation at the Hilton Whistler. West Coast Air has a Standby Special with a 50% discount for those flying between 10AM and 2PM daily with flights from Victoria to Whistler only.
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This kind of WordCamp event is rare, placed in a lovely landscape with so many winter activities wrapped around it. Don’t miss it.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:23:29 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:10053:\"
One of the most unique WordCamps ever will be January 24, 2009, in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. WordCamp Whistler is a combination ski, photowalk, and WordCamp event for winter and blogging fans around the world at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort.
\n
Whistler, British Columbia, is a very popular and beautiful ski resort in the Pacific Range of the Coast Mountains of Canada, only a few hours drive from Vancouver. In the early 1960s, a group was determined to bring the Winter Olympics to Whistler, and their dream comes true as Whistler is the host mountain for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. This is your chance to visit and ski a world class mountain before the crowds arrive next year.
\n
I grew up in Seattle, a few hours south of Vancouver and Whistler, and skied all the mountains including Whistler and its sister, Blackcomb. It has changed a lot as it prepares for the upcoming Olympics, so this is a very exciting opportunity for me to visit not only a world class ski range, but also one of the most beautiful places in the world.
\n
\n
This WordCamp event is different from the others because while its focus is on WordPress, it’s also ideal for photography and photo bloggers. Not only is the area eye candy galore, there will be time for photography and some of the speakers will be covering photography, video, and photo blogging.
Dale Mugford of BraveNewCode - WordPress On The Go
\n
John Biehler - How To Sex Up Your Blog With Photos And Video
\n
\n
For those who registered early, there was a discount rate for the hotel, so check to see if it is still available. I’ve checked with Kayak and found hotel rooms are still available starting at $99 and going up, though staying at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort puts you right near the skiing access and is a top class hotel.
\n
Transportation to Whistler currently is by vehicle, bus, or train. Flights come into Vancouver, and Whistler is a 2-hour drive along the Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) from Vancouver, or two to three hour bus or train ride.
\n
There are a variety of transportation options for travel to Whistler. Many fly into Vancouver and rent a car, while others fly to Seattle and rent a car from there. Check to ensure the car rental company permits taking the car across the border. Greyhound, Amtrak, and Pacific Coast offer bus service.
\n
Whistler Mountaineer Train offers a three hour “tour” train ride to Whistler which leaves in the morning and returns in the afternoon, which you can plan your trip around. They also offer a four day, three nights Whistler Rail Escape, with accomodation at the Hilton Whistler. West Coast Air has a Standby Special with a 50% discount for those flying between 10AM and 2PM daily with flights from Victoria to Whistler only.
\n
This kind of WordCamp event is rare, placed in a lovely landscape with so many winter activities wrapped around it. Don’t miss it.
We’re kicking of our plugin review process with a feature rich plugin labeled Simple:Press Forum. This was also the first plugin review request that we received.
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So what is Simple:Press?
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Simple:Press is a feature rich forum plugin for WordPress. It fully integrates into your WP based site utilizing the same user records and database and displaying on a single WP page. It is fully customizable and comes with a number of skins and sets of icons to get your started. Current users have shown it to be fully scalable whether your site membership numbers the tens or the thousands.
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Through it’s powerful and flexible permissions system it is suitable for those who wish to run private, specialist forums with invited members but is equally able to accommodate open, public forums that allow guest posting.
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Also included is a Private Messaging sub-system, the ability to link blog posts with forum topics, the capability to extend the forum display with custom code, a number of template tags for use outside of the forums, extensive online help that explains every option and full language support.
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Features:
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Fully integrated with WordPress user registrations and logins
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Creates ‘pretty/SEO friendly’ permalinks
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Underpinned by a powerful user and permission system
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Can create private forums
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Forums can be ‘Members Only’ or can allow for Guests
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Private Messaging system
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Admins can allow for post moderation (approval)
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Built in Search tool
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Fully customizable skins and icons
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Most rendering functions are ‘pluggable’
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Member Profile updating - users can change own passwords
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Choice of Editors (RTE, HTML, bbCODE)
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Options Signatures, Signature Image, Avatars, and Rankings
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A variety of Template Tags - recent posts etc
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Programmable Hooks for user extension
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Optional Spam Prevention tools
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Optional Cookies to track Guests and Members
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Fully Localized for language support
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Optional and various RSS feeds and email subscription to topics
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Various display options to suit your needs and theme
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An Admin toolset to perform many tasks from within the forum itself
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Blog Posts and Forum Topics can be linked
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Support for the Democracy Polls plugin
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Support for the Gravatars 2 plugin
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Forum Statistics - including who is online
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Complete uninstall/removal option
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Support for the All In One SEO Pack Plugin (Browser title bar)
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View Admins New Post Queue from ALL views with ‘Quick Reply’
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Right-to-left language support in the TinyMCE editor
Simple:Press forum is a staunch competitor of bbPress. Looking at the features and from the demo, it seems like Simple:Press has a lot more to offer than bbPress.
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Installation of the plugin is extremely simple. You install it just like you would any other WordPress plugin. Upload the entire folder (2.2MB) to your plugins folder of your blog and activate the plugin. The forum has an inbuilt installation program.
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You can then use the administration interface of the forum to create new forums.
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Improvements?
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As for the plugin, one feature could be the ability to install it on a separate domain as in the case with bbPress.
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Looking beyond the plugin, one thing we advocate is a well kept plugin page. Simple:Press does well in this respect as it has its very own domain and support system.
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What I would love to see is a detailed installation page with screenshots. As well as detailed tutorials and documentation on using and customizing the forum.
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Are you a user of Simple:Press Forum? What has been your experience with the same? Why did you choose this plugin over other full-fledged forums? What features would you like to see added / improved / removed?
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:30:00 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ajay\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4697:\"
We’re kicking of our plugin review process with a feature rich plugin labeled Simple:Press Forum. This was also the first plugin review request that we received.
\n
So what is Simple:Press?
\n
Simple:Press is a feature rich forum plugin for WordPress. It fully integrates into your WP based site utilizing the same user records and database and displaying on a single WP page. It is fully customizable and comes with a number of skins and sets of icons to get your started. Current users have shown it to be fully scalable whether your site membership numbers the tens or the thousands.
\n
Through it’s powerful and flexible permissions system it is suitable for those who wish to run private, specialist forums with invited members but is equally able to accommodate open, public forums that allow guest posting.
\n
Also included is a Private Messaging sub-system, the ability to link blog posts with forum topics, the capability to extend the forum display with custom code, a number of template tags for use outside of the forums, extensive online help that explains every option and full language support.
\n
Features:
\n
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Fully integrated with WordPress user registrations and logins
\n
Creates ‘pretty/SEO friendly’ permalinks
\n
Underpinned by a powerful user and permission system
\n
Can create private forums
\n
Forums can be ‘Members Only’ or can allow for Guests
\n
Private Messaging system
\n
Admins can allow for post moderation (approval)
\n
Built in Search tool
\n
Fully customizable skins and icons
\n
Most rendering functions are ‘pluggable’
\n
Member Profile updating - users can change own passwords
\n
Choice of Editors (RTE, HTML, bbCODE)
\n
Options Signatures, Signature Image, Avatars, and Rankings
\n
A variety of Template Tags - recent posts etc
\n
Programmable Hooks for user extension
\n
Optional Spam Prevention tools
\n
Optional Cookies to track Guests and Members
\n
Fully Localized for language support
\n
Optional and various RSS feeds and email subscription to topics
\n
Various display options to suit your needs and theme
\n
An Admin toolset to perform many tasks from within the forum itself
\n
Blog Posts and Forum Topics can be linked
\n
Support for the Democracy Polls plugin
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Support for the Gravatars 2 plugin
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Forum Statistics - including who is online
\n
Complete uninstall/removal option
\n
Support for the All In One SEO Pack Plugin (Browser title bar)
\n
View Admins New Post Queue from ALL views with ‘Quick Reply’
\n
Right-to-left language support in the TinyMCE editor
Simple:Press forum is a staunch competitor of bbPress. Looking at the features and from the demo, it seems like Simple:Press has a lot more to offer than bbPress.
\n
Installation of the plugin is extremely simple. You install it just like you would any other WordPress plugin. Upload the entire folder (2.2MB) to your plugins folder of your blog and activate the plugin. The forum has an inbuilt installation program.
\n
You can then use the administration interface of the forum to create new forums.
\n
Improvements?
\n
As for the plugin, one feature could be the ability to install it on a separate domain as in the case with bbPress.
\n
Looking beyond the plugin, one thing we advocate is a well kept plugin page. Simple:Press does well in this respect as it has its very own domain and support system.
\n
What I would love to see is a detailed installation page with screenshots. As well as detailed tutorials and documentation on using and customizing the forum.
\n
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Are you a user of Simple:Press Forum? What has been your experience with the same? Why did you choose this plugin over other full-fledged forums? What features would you like to see added / improved / removed?
\";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/03\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4902\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/03/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0103/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3906:\"
The bretteleben.de “WP Google Ad Manager Plugin” for Wordpress allows to use the Google Ad Manager with Wordpress. It gives you the possibility to add ads to your posts, widgets and template.
All your users to submit links to a directory. This could be used for a business directory when you allow full address and contact information on the form.
The Auto Thickbox plugin for WordPress automatically enables thickbox on thumbnail images (i.e. opens the images in a fancy pop-up), through the use of WordPress’ built-in thickbox library.
Do you have a private blog that you only want your friends and family to see and read it? This plugin will redirect all users who aren’t logged in to the login form where they are shown a user-friendly message.
Automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on posts and pages of your WordPress blog. v1.3.1 now allows you to close these separately on posts and pages.
The bretteleben.de “WP Google Ad Manager Plugin” for Wordpress allows to use the Google Ad Manager with Wordpress. It gives you the possibility to add ads to your posts, widgets and template.
All your users to submit links to a directory. This could be used for a business directory when you allow full address and contact information on the form.
The Auto Thickbox plugin for WordPress automatically enables thickbox on thumbnail images (i.e. opens the images in a fancy pop-up), through the use of WordPress’ built-in thickbox library.
Do you have a private blog that you only want your friends and family to see and read it? This plugin will redirect all users who aren’t logged in to the login form where they are shown a user-friendly message.
Automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on posts and pages of your WordPress blog. v1.3.1 now allows you to close these separately on posts and pages.
Display a random image from a directory located on the webserver.
\";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Matt: Top Emailers 2008, etc\";s:4:\"guid\";s:20:\"http://ma.tt/?p=9822\";s:4:\"link\";s:43:\"http://ma.tt/2009/01/top-emailers-2008-etc/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3232:\"
I’ve expanded the list to 15. A lot of the same folks at the very top, but new faces in Liz and Jane from 2.5 and 2.7 usability cycles. Also three people on the list have changed their domain in the past year, just like I did. It must have been a year for that.
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Also for fun here are some yearly posting stats courtesy of Alex’s queries:
\n
\n
\n
\n
Posts
\n
Avg. Words
\n
Total Words
\n
Avg. Comments
\n
Total Comments
\n
\n
\n
2002
\n
360
\n
139
\n
50,190
\n
1
\n
390
\n
\n
\n
2003
\n
429
\n
168
\n
72,359
\n
3
\n
1,287
\n
\n
\n
2004
\n
990
\n
54
\n
54,257
\n
6
\n
6,236
\n
\n
\n
2005
\n
624
\n
48
\n
30,090
\n
9
\n
5,963
\n
\n
\n
2006
\n
313
\n
70
\n
22,010
\n
11
\n
3,503
\n
\n
\n
2007
\n
334
\n
60
\n
20,267
\n
17
\n
5,919
\n
\n
\n
2008
\n
302
\n
50
\n
15,206
\n
21
\n
6,493
\n
\n
\n
As you can see I’m doing fewer posts with fewer words than ever, but getting more comments. At this rate I’ll be down to 40 words per post next year. Yay brevity.
\n
Working on collating some travel / WordCamp stats.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:27:09 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3232:\"
I’ve expanded the list to 15. A lot of the same folks at the very top, but new faces in Liz and Jane from 2.5 and 2.7 usability cycles. Also three people on the list have changed their domain in the past year, just like I did. It must have been a year for that.
\n
Also for fun here are some yearly posting stats courtesy of Alex’s queries:
\n
\n
\n
\n
Posts
\n
Avg. Words
\n
Total Words
\n
Avg. Comments
\n
Total Comments
\n
\n
\n
2002
\n
360
\n
139
\n
50,190
\n
1
\n
390
\n
\n
\n
2003
\n
429
\n
168
\n
72,359
\n
3
\n
1,287
\n
\n
\n
2004
\n
990
\n
54
\n
54,257
\n
6
\n
6,236
\n
\n
\n
2005
\n
624
\n
48
\n
30,090
\n
9
\n
5,963
\n
\n
\n
2006
\n
313
\n
70
\n
22,010
\n
11
\n
3,503
\n
\n
\n
2007
\n
334
\n
60
\n
20,267
\n
17
\n
5,919
\n
\n
\n
2008
\n
302
\n
50
\n
15,206
\n
21
\n
6,493
\n
\n
\n
As you can see I’m doing fewer posts with fewer words than ever, but getting more comments. At this rate I’ll be down to 40 words per post next year. Yay brevity.
\n
Working on collating some travel / WordCamp stats.
\";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:51:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Maximum WordPress Security\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4898\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/03/maximum-wordpress-security/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2390:\"
I flew solo for episode 35 while Keith cranked out some college work. In this episode, I interviewed Mark E. who is just about ready to release the first beta of his comprehensive WordPress Security plugin called Maximum Security. During our discussion, it was easy to see that this plugin contains just about everything except the kitchen sink as it relates to security and WordPress. If you don’t believe me, view the long list of features this plugin has with more on the way. We also discussed security through obscurity, basic WordPress security practices and much more. Mark has 15 years of experience in network and system security and within this episode, he gave us about 4 years worth of experience in less than an hour!
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Plugin Of The Week:Comment Luv – Comments are a wonderful thing to receive on your blog and while adding the dofollow plugin is one way to reward your commenter’s, why not place a link to their last post under their comment. With CommentLuv, you can do that automatically! This is an excellent way to promote comments from your readers. The CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin will visit the feed of the comment author and attempt to scrape the last post they made and display it under their comment, this way you can encourage people to join in the discussion of your posts and give something back straight away. WordPress.
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Announcements:Douglas Bell will be our special guest on January 9th..
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:11:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2390:\"
I flew solo for episode 35 while Keith cranked out some college work. In this episode, I interviewed Mark E. who is just about ready to release the first beta of his comprehensive WordPress Security plugin called Maximum Security. During our discussion, it was easy to see that this plugin contains just about everything except the kitchen sink as it relates to security and WordPress. If you don’t believe me, view the long list of features this plugin has with more on the way. We also discussed security through obscurity, basic WordPress security practices and much more. Mark has 15 years of experience in network and system security and within this episode, he gave us about 4 years worth of experience in less than an hour!
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Plugin Of The Week:Comment Luv – Comments are a wonderful thing to receive on your blog and while adding the dofollow plugin is one way to reward your commenter’s, why not place a link to their last post under their comment. With CommentLuv, you can do that automatically! This is an excellent way to promote comments from your readers. The CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin will visit the feed of the comment author and attempt to scrape the last post they made and display it under their comment, this way you can encourage people to join in the discussion of your posts and give something back straight away. WordPress.
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Announcements:Douglas Bell will be our special guest on January 9th..
\";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:138:\"Lorelle on WP: Blog Herald WordPress News: WordPress Scholarship, 800,000 WordPress 2.7 Downloads, XML-RPC Problem, and Top Plugin Authors\";s:4:\"guid\";s:36:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3553\";s:4:\"link\";s:158:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/blog-herald-wordpress-news-wordpress-scholarship-800000-wordpress-27-downloads-xml-rpc-problem-and-top-plugin-authors/\";s:11:\"description\";s:15697:\"
WordPress 2.7 downloads now passing 800,000. WordPress goes to the Supreme Court. Weblog Tools Collection announces college scholarship fund for WordPress students. WordPress 2.7 problems with XML-RPC. WordPress.com annual wrap up features dramatic statistics and features. Analysis of top WordPress Plugin authors in the WordPress Plugin Directory - who is on top? Chicago Breast Cancer Marathon call for WordPress men to march. And more WordPress news, security information, Plugins, Themes, and tips.
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The following is a point summary of the key bits of WordPress news you may find interesting. The news report also includes information and news on various WordPress fan blogs, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, development news, WordPress tips, and more.
Look out for a fake WordPress site. Wordpresz.org looks like the WordPress site but isn’t. The version of WordPress you download has malicious code in the download that opens a backdoor to your blog. If you upgraded WordPress to 2.6.4, you are running a fake version. There is no WordPress 2.6.4. The latest version is WordPress 2.7, and in the 2.6 line, it is 2.6.5, skipping 2.6.4 due to this threat.
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WordPress Events Coming Soon
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Space if often limited for these WordPress Events, WordCamps, and blog events, so register early.
Optimize All Those Scripts in WordPress 2.7 Themes and Plugins
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WordPress 2.7 now features a lot of AJAX and JavaScript. Ozz offers a technical article on the WordPress Development Blog for optimizing script loading that is a must-read for all WordPress Plugin and Theme developers.
In 2008 Year-End Wrap-Up, Matt Mullenweg sums up the year listing many of the new features, staff, statistics, and changes in the free blog hosting service of WordPress.
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WordPress News on the Blog Herald
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Each week, I gather up all the WordPress and event information I can find and publish it on the Blog Herald in the Blog Herald WordPress News category. Past WordPress News reports include:
WordPress 2.7 downloads now passing 800,000. WordPress goes to the Supreme Court. Weblog Tools Collection announces college scholarship fund for WordPress students. WordPress 2.7 problems with XML-RPC. WordPress.com annual wrap up features dramatic statistics and features. Analysis of top WordPress Plugin authors in the WordPress Plugin Directory - who is on top? Chicago Breast Cancer Marathon call for WordPress men to march. And more WordPress news, security information, Plugins, Themes, and tips.
\n
The following is a point summary of the key bits of WordPress news you may find interesting. The news report also includes information and news on various WordPress fan blogs, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, development news, WordPress tips, and more.
Look out for a fake WordPress site. Wordpresz.org looks like the WordPress site but isn’t. The version of WordPress you download has malicious code in the download that opens a backdoor to your blog. If you upgraded WordPress to 2.6.4, you are running a fake version. There is no WordPress 2.6.4. The latest version is WordPress 2.7, and in the 2.6 line, it is 2.6.5, skipping 2.6.4 due to this threat.
\n
WordPress Events Coming Soon
\n
Space if often limited for these WordPress Events, WordCamps, and blog events, so register early.
Optimize All Those Scripts in WordPress 2.7 Themes and Plugins
\n
WordPress 2.7 now features a lot of AJAX and JavaScript. Ozz offers a technical article on the WordPress Development Blog for optimizing script loading that is a must-read for all WordPress Plugin and Theme developers.
In 2008 Year-End Wrap-Up, Matt Mullenweg sums up the year listing many of the new features, staff, statistics, and changes in the free blog hosting service of WordPress.
\n
WordPress News on the Blog Herald
\n
Each week, I gather up all the WordPress and event information I can find and publish it on the Blog Herald in the Blog Herald WordPress News category. Past WordPress News reports include:
\";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"bbPress: Two new bbPress releases\";s:4:\"guid\";s:25:\"http://bbpress.org/?p=134\";s:4:\"link\";s:57:\"http://bbpress.org/blog/2009/01/two-new-bbpress-releases/\";s:11:\"description\";s:928:\"
Today we are releasing a new version of both bbPress 0.9 and bbPress 1.0-alpha.
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The 0.9.0.4 stable release includes a security fix to stop a potential XSS attack on login pages with Internet Explorer 6, so it is highly recommended for all users.
\n
Additionally, the 0.9.0.4 release includes a significant MySQL speed-up fix for front pages and forum pages that was discussed in the forums. Thanks to anotherdan and _ck_ for their efforts on that one.
\n
The 1.0-alpha-5 release also includes the above fixes as well as an important fix to WordPress integration. Namely, automatic synchronisation of user roles should now work as expected.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:28:07 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Sam Bauers\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:928:\"
Today we are releasing a new version of both bbPress 0.9 and bbPress 1.0-alpha.
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The 0.9.0.4 stable release includes a security fix to stop a potential XSS attack on login pages with Internet Explorer 6, so it is highly recommended for all users.
\n
Additionally, the 0.9.0.4 release includes a significant MySQL speed-up fix for front pages and forum pages that was discussed in the forums. Thanks to anotherdan and _ck_ for their efforts on that one.
\n
The 1.0-alpha-5 release also includes the above fixes as well as an important fix to WordPress integration. Namely, automatic synchronisation of user roles should now work as expected.
\";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Gravatar: Gravatar with JavaFX\";s:4:\"guid\";s:31:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/?p=130\";s:4:\"link\";s:57:\"http://blog.gravatar.com/2009/01/02/gravatar-with-javafx/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1513:\"
Silveira Neto write in to let us know that he has written an article covering how to use gravatar with JavaFX. Thanks for the info, Silveira, I’m sure many people will find this to be very useful!
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\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:54:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"apokalyptik\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1513:\"
Silveira Neto write in to let us know that he has written an article covering how to use gravatar with JavaFX. Thanks for the info, Silveira, I’m sure many people will find this to be very useful!
\n
\";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/02\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4894\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/01/02/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0102/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3998:\"
Improved Plugin Installation is an improvement to the current wordpress 2.7 plugin installation methods. It allows you to install one or more plugins simply by typing the names of the plugins or the download URLs. This means you can install all your favorite wordpress plugins in one go!
MemberWing is a Wordpress Membership Plugin that allows to convert any self-hosted Wordpress blog into membership site. Free and paid versions available.
Simple:Press is a feature rich forum plugin for WordPress. It fully integrates into your WP based site utilizing the same user records and database and displaying on a single WP page. It is fully customizable and comes with a number of skins and sets of icons to get your started. Current users have shown it to be fully scalable whether your site membership numbers the tens or the thousands.
When you start a new website or a blog your immediate goal is to get visitors to your site. Once you establish a good flow of visitors, your immediate next step is to convert your visitors to readers. This plugin will help you and your readers to keep you on track for reaching your targets. You can display your blog goals as Google gauges.
This plugin will submit each of the comments your blog receives to an external RPC server for testing. If the service decides the comment was spam it will be accepted and dropped into your spam queue.
Improved Plugin Installation is an improvement to the current wordpress 2.7 plugin installation methods. It allows you to install one or more plugins simply by typing the names of the plugins or the download URLs. This means you can install all your favorite wordpress plugins in one go!
MemberWing is a Wordpress Membership Plugin that allows to convert any self-hosted Wordpress blog into membership site. Free and paid versions available.
Simple:Press is a feature rich forum plugin for WordPress. It fully integrates into your WP based site utilizing the same user records and database and displaying on a single WP page. It is fully customizable and comes with a number of skins and sets of icons to get your started. Current users have shown it to be fully scalable whether your site membership numbers the tens or the thousands.
When you start a new website or a blog your immediate goal is to get visitors to your site. Once you establish a good flow of visitors, your immediate next step is to convert your visitors to readers. This plugin will help you and your readers to keep you on track for reaching your targets. You can display your blog goals as Google gauges.
This plugin will submit each of the comments your blog receives to an external RPC server for testing. If the service decides the comment was spam it will be accepted and dropped into your spam queue.
Well, that is Happy New Year in Bengali. So we wish all our readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
\n
Our little blog grew slowly but steadily in the last year and our editors, authors and well wishers have made it possible for us to not only provide you with the most useful and up to date WordPress news, but we have been able to organize and support our Annual WordPress Plugin Competition, have been able to visit a couple of WordCamps around the US and have started a couple of newservices around WordPress. If you want to know what the team is up to, be sure to check out the Weblog Tools Collection Crew LifeStream.
\n
As always, we have been trying to improve our content, add more features and services, be good citizens of the WordPress world, all the while trying to increase our readership and our distribution.
\n
\n
We have brought back the Spanish Version of this blog. It was originally started as a small side project along with a German version but we found it difficult to find human translators for them. This new version is translated by a paid translation service called ICanLocalize and is using their custom designed WordPress plugin which we helped test and implement. I have to say that after having had such a hard time with translators in the past, I was very apprehensive of any such relationship. But Amir Helzer and his team of translators have not only been helpful, but they have shown dedication and care that is rare in this world of online business. The service is completely automatic and both comments and posts are automagically submitted for human translation through the plugin. Though the service is not cheap, it gives our blog a nice edge. So if you would like to read this blog in Spanish, please head over to WeblogToolsCollection Español and subscribe.
\n
We have made some changes to the advertiser requirements on this blog, much of which drastically reduces our revenue. We now require that all our advertisers who want to promote WordPress plugins and themes, release their themes and plugins under the GPL or a GPL compatible license to be eligible to advertise on Weblog Tools Collection and related properties. Existing ads will be forced to expire and will not be renewed. We will also not link to any work from Premium Theme and Plugin authors that do not release their themes and/or plugins under a GPL or compatible license.
\n
Jeff Chandler has restarted his WordPress Weekly podcast under the auspices of Weblog Tools Collection and judging from the download numbers and the listener particpation numbers, it has been a resounding success. You can subscribe to WordPress Weekly via iTunes. Jeff has had put together some fantasticshows for us already and we are excited to see what the new year holds in store.
\n
Ajay is re-starting his “A Plugin A Day” or APAD WordPress Plugin Reviews which is always a lot of fun and is received well by our readers. We have received hundreds of applications to be considered for APAD and will be starting to publish them very soon.
\n
We will hold another WordPress Plugin Competition this year. But in addition to the Plugin Competition, if advertising picks up, we would also like to start a Weblog Tools Collection College Scholarship to promote WordPress development and help students dip their toe in WordPress. Stay tuned for further details.
\n
\n
For all of us here at Weblog Tools Collection, our little endeavor is a painstaking labor of love. We love the attention but also love to receive feedback. To all of you who have sent us your comments and suggestions, we say thank you. We have paid close attention to all the suggestions and have tried to incorporate them into our world as best we can.
\n
We would also like to say thanks to our readers for making us your Number One source for WordPress and blogging news and to the WordPress team for producing this fantastic tool for us to use and enjoy.
\n
We raise our imaginary glasses in a toast to another great year of blogging with WordPress.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:17:54 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4981:\"
Well, that is Happy New Year in Bengali. So we wish all our readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
\n
Our little blog grew slowly but steadily in the last year and our editors, authors and well wishers have made it possible for us to not only provide you with the most useful and up to date WordPress news, but we have been able to organize and support our Annual WordPress Plugin Competition, have been able to visit a couple of WordCamps around the US and have started a couple of newservices around WordPress. If you want to know what the team is up to, be sure to check out the Weblog Tools Collection Crew LifeStream.
\n
As always, we have been trying to improve our content, add more features and services, be good citizens of the WordPress world, all the while trying to increase our readership and our distribution.
\n
\n
We have brought back the Spanish Version of this blog. It was originally started as a small side project along with a German version but we found it difficult to find human translators for them. This new version is translated by a paid translation service called ICanLocalize and is using their custom designed WordPress plugin which we helped test and implement. I have to say that after having had such a hard time with translators in the past, I was very apprehensive of any such relationship. But Amir Helzer and his team of translators have not only been helpful, but they have shown dedication and care that is rare in this world of online business. The service is completely automatic and both comments and posts are automagically submitted for human translation through the plugin. Though the service is not cheap, it gives our blog a nice edge. So if you would like to read this blog in Spanish, please head over to WeblogToolsCollection Español and subscribe.
\n
We have made some changes to the advertiser requirements on this blog, much of which drastically reduces our revenue. We now require that all our advertisers who want to promote WordPress plugins and themes, release their themes and plugins under the GPL or a GPL compatible license to be eligible to advertise on Weblog Tools Collection and related properties. Existing ads will be forced to expire and will not be renewed. We will also not link to any work from Premium Theme and Plugin authors that do not release their themes and/or plugins under a GPL or compatible license.
\n
Jeff Chandler has restarted his WordPress Weekly podcast under the auspices of Weblog Tools Collection and judging from the download numbers and the listener particpation numbers, it has been a resounding success. You can subscribe to WordPress Weekly via iTunes. Jeff has had put together some fantasticshows for us already and we are excited to see what the new year holds in store.
\n
Ajay is re-starting his “A Plugin A Day” or APAD WordPress Plugin Reviews which is always a lot of fun and is received well by our readers. We have received hundreds of applications to be considered for APAD and will be starting to publish them very soon.
\n
We will hold another WordPress Plugin Competition this year. But in addition to the Plugin Competition, if advertising picks up, we would also like to start a Weblog Tools Collection College Scholarship to promote WordPress development and help students dip their toe in WordPress. Stay tuned for further details.
\n
\n
For all of us here at Weblog Tools Collection, our little endeavor is a painstaking labor of love. We love the attention but also love to receive feedback. To all of you who have sent us your comments and suggestions, we say thank you. We have paid close attention to all the suggestions and have tried to incorporate them into our world as best we can.
\n
We would also like to say thanks to our readers for making us your Number One source for WordPress and blogging news and to the WordPress team for producing this fantastic tool for us to use and enjoy.
\n
We raise our imaginary glasses in a toast to another great year of blogging with WordPress.
\";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:38:\"Matt: Happy New Year! and Dubai Meetup\";s:4:\"guid\";s:20:\"http://ma.tt/?p=9819\";s:4:\"link\";s:38:\"http://ma.tt/2008/12/happy-new-year-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:647:\"
I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy, safe, and prosperous new year. 2009 looks like it’s going to be a heckuva year. Here’s a quick video clip of Grandmaster Flash from the NYE party last night at The Apartment:
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:17:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:647:\"
I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy, safe, and prosperous new year. 2009 looks like it’s going to be a heckuva year. Here’s a quick video clip of Grandmaster Flash from the NYE party last night at The Apartment:
Viewport, a free Wordpress theme created by Paul Bennett is focused around a clean and simple, content based layout. The aim is to grab the user’s attention and draw them straight into the content. On the single post page the content is laid out clearly in full, with post controls and a widget-enabled sidebar. The theme also allows the blog owner to change the background image and color, and the image of the ‘Where Next?’ page.
redirectr is a WordPress theme with a difference. It produces no output at all. redirectr is designed as a simple method of redirecting the traffic from an existing (old) blog to a new blog or site.
\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:50:48 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ajay\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2631:\"
Viewport, a free Wordpress theme created by Paul Bennett is focused around a clean and simple, content based layout. The aim is to grab the user’s attention and draw them straight into the content. On the single post page the content is laid out clearly in full, with post controls and a widget-enabled sidebar. The theme also allows the blog owner to change the background image and color, and the image of the ‘Where Next?’ page.
redirectr is a WordPress theme with a difference. It produces no output at all. redirectr is designed as a simple method of redirecting the traffic from an existing (old) blog to a new blog or site.
\";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress News for 12/31\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4764\";s:4:\"link\";s:77:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/31/wordpress-news-for-1231/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1189:\"
Wordmobi: Wordpress Client for S60.: Wordmobi is a WordPress client for the Symbian S60 series of devices. You do need to download and install Python on your device for this client to work.
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30 Excellent WordPress video Tutorials lists a lot of good videos including videos for administration of WordPress, getting started, theme development and WordPress tools.
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Blogo is a blog editor for the Mac and Mashable has a nice review for the application. The new release also adds comment moderation for Wordpress 2.7 or higher, improved Safari integration, and offline editing. I personally never got into desktop applications for blogging but I happen to find some sort of creative solace in the WordPress admin interface.
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Wordmobi: Wordpress Client for S60.: Wordmobi is a WordPress client for the Symbian S60 series of devices. You do need to download and install Python on your device for this client to work.
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30 Excellent WordPress video Tutorials lists a lot of good videos including videos for administration of WordPress, getting started, theme development and WordPress tools.
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If you’re still here… I’ve been considering writing a book on “Advanced WordPress.” The market in mind is all of the themers, coders, consultants, and intrepid blog tweakers who may know a bit of PHP (or a lot), and want to go beyond the basics with WordPress. There are a lot of books that cover WordPress basics, but not a lot aimed at more advanced uses of WordPress. A sample of the topics covered would be:
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Blog Copyright injects a copyright notice into the footer of your blog. I maintains the original year while adding a range to the current year. There are a variety of other options.
GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.
The plugin checks and displays for all your blogroll-bookmarks with a separate saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occurred at the bookmark site.
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GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.
The plugin checks and displays for all your blogroll-bookmarks with a separate saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occurred at the bookmark site.
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\";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Top 10 WordPress Plugin Developers\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4875\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/28/top-10-wordpress-plugin-developers/\";s:11:\"description\";s:422:\"
Top 10 WordPress Plugin Developers takes a look at the top plugin authors ranked by the number of downloads from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Also includes a few other statistics. You can check out the more exhaustive Top 1000 list. What’s your rank?
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Top 10 WordPress Plugin Developers takes a look at the top plugin authors ranked by the number of downloads from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Also includes a few other statistics. You can check out the more exhaustive Top 1000 list. What’s your rank?
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This is part two in the best of WeblogToolsCollection.com series (view part one here). The following links are posts which were published during 2008. These posts range from special news articles, guides, tutorials, reviews, opinion pieces and more. We look forward to continue bringing you the best WordPress information from across the web and wish you and yours a very safe, happy new year.
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This is part two in the best of WeblogToolsCollection.com series (view part one here). The following links are posts which were published during 2008. These posts range from special news articles, guides, tutorials, reviews, opinion pieces and more. We look forward to continue bringing you the best WordPress information from across the web and wish you and yours a very safe, happy new year.
Two column, fixed width theme derived from the Connections theme by Patricia Müller. The theme is gravatar ready, tag ready, widget ready (with custom widgets), with support for custom header images, threaded and paged comments (introduced in WordPress 2.7) and SEO titles. Includes page templates for links, archives, pages with comments.
The theme has a 2-column-based fixed width layout and, is based on Christmas and holidays and has some fresh appealing funky icons. The PSD source file of the logo image has also been included with the package.
Two column, fixed width theme derived from the Connections theme by Patricia Müller. The theme is gravatar ready, tag ready, widget ready (with custom widgets), with support for custom header images, threaded and paged comments (introduced in WordPress 2.7) and SEO titles. Includes page templates for links, archives, pages with comments.
The theme has a 2-column-based fixed width layout and, is based on Christmas and holidays and has some fresh appealing funky icons. The PSD source file of the logo image has also been included with the package.
Widget ready, two column theme with support for threaded comments / paginated comments. Available in two colors.
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As most of us know, WordPress development happens at a record pace and trying to keep up with everything is a daunting task. However, the team here at WLTC does a great job filtering all of the WordPress related content on the web to bring the best to you. During the course of a year, this content adds up. Some of it being news posts, how-to guides, reviews, breaking news, etc. So, since it’s near the end of the year, I thought I would take a trip through the WLTC Archive and revisit come classic posts from 2008.
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As most of us know, WordPress development happens at a record pace and trying to keep up with everything is a daunting task. However, the team here at WLTC does a great job filtering all of the WordPress related content on the web to bring the best to you. During the course of a year, this content adds up. Some of it being news posts, how-to guides, reviews, breaking news, etc. So, since it’s near the end of the year, I thought I would take a trip through the WLTC Archive and revisit come classic posts from 2008.
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I’ve covered a lot of tips and techniques for using WordPress.com, and here are some highlights, including a lot of features and things you can do with your WordPress.com blog not included in the new help pages:
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GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.
Easily list your individual pages in the new 2.7 “Pages” menu! Ideal for using WordPress as a CMS, Page Management Dropdown expands the new Pages administration menu by adding a link to edit each of your individual pages.
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GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.
Easily list your individual pages in the new 2.7 “Pages” menu! Ideal for using WordPress as a CMS, Page Management Dropdown expands the new Pages administration menu by adding a link to edit each of your individual pages.
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