O:9:"MagpieRSS":17:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:61:"WordPress.tv: Installing the Viper’s Video QuickTags Plugin";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wordpress.tv/?p=1969";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/18/wordpress-plugin-vipers-video-quicktags/";s:11:"description";s:1196:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><span> </span></p>
<div><a href="http://vodpod.com/wordpress"></a></div>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1969&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:00:52 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Michael Pick";}s:7:"summary";s:1196:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><span> </span></p>
<div><a href="http://vodpod.com/wordpress"></a></div>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1969/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1969&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:63:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Tips From Twitter, Digest #1";s:4:"guid";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-tips-from-twitter-digest-1/";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-tips-from-twitter-digest-1/";s:11:"description";s:2234:"<p>Just a few days ago <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/send-us-your-wordpress-tips-and-tricks-on-twitter/">we asked users</a> to send us WordPress tips to our twitter account <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a>, and there are several interesting things we came across. Here is the first digest of interesting news that we came across on twitter.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/28/expanding-plugins-panel/">Expanding Plugin Panel</a> – Handy tips for plugin developers to show messages to users about new updates in their plugins, making it easier for users to know what they are getting into before they update a plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://speckyboy.com/2009/06/17/14-essential-wordpress-development-and-design-cheat-sheets/">14 Essential WordPress Development and Design Cheat Sheets</a> – A cheat sheet for tweaking plugins and themes.</p>
<p><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/wordpress-social-media-profile/">Top 10 WordPress plugins to promote Social Media Profile</a> – Social networking is a major part of blogs, here are 10 plugins that will help you promote your social media profiles.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nouveller.com/quick-tips/quick-tip-3-writing-your-own-is_page-function-similar-to-the-one-in-wordpress/">Writing your own is_page function</a> – By default <a title="Articles Tagged WordPress on Techie Buzz" href="http://techie-buzz.com/tag/wordpress" rel="tag">WordPress</a> allows you to check whether users are on a page using is_page() function, these tips will help you determine which exact page users are on currently and display appropriate messages to them.</p>
<p>That sums up the first edition of the tips we received at <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a>, don’t forget to keep sending us your WordPress tips and tricks to the twitter account, we will be featuring them here regularly and also tweeting about them on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-tips-from-twitter-digest-1/">WordPress Tips From Twitter, Digest #1</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:51:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:2234:"<p>Just a few days ago <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/send-us-your-wordpress-tips-and-tricks-on-twitter/">we asked users</a> to send us WordPress tips to our twitter account <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a>, and there are several interesting things we came across. Here is the first digest of interesting news that we came across on twitter.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/28/expanding-plugins-panel/">Expanding Plugin Panel</a> – Handy tips for plugin developers to show messages to users about new updates in their plugins, making it easier for users to know what they are getting into before they update a plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://speckyboy.com/2009/06/17/14-essential-wordpress-development-and-design-cheat-sheets/">14 Essential WordPress Development and Design Cheat Sheets</a> – A cheat sheet for tweaking plugins and themes.</p>
<p><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/wordpress-social-media-profile/">Top 10 WordPress plugins to promote Social Media Profile</a> – Social networking is a major part of blogs, here are 10 plugins that will help you promote your social media profiles.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nouveller.com/quick-tips/quick-tip-3-writing-your-own-is_page-function-similar-to-the-one-in-wordpress/">Writing your own is_page function</a> – By default <a title="Articles Tagged WordPress on Techie Buzz" href="http://techie-buzz.com/tag/wordpress" rel="tag">WordPress</a> allows you to check whether users are on a page using is_page() function, these tips will help you determine which exact page users are on currently and display appropriate messages to them.</p>
<p>That sums up the first edition of the tips we received at <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a>, don’t forget to keep sending us your WordPress tips and tricks to the twitter account, we will be featuring them here regularly and also tweeting about them on a regular basis.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-tips-from-twitter-digest-1/">WordPress Tips From Twitter, Digest #1</a></p>";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/17";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6089";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0617/";s:11:"description";s:2927:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://exclusivewordpress.com/searchterms-tagging-2-plugin/">Searchterms Tagging 2</a></p>
<p>The function of this plugins is to displays some of the last unique keywords (default is 30, adjustable from plugin admin page) that visitors used to find the blog post from search engine. Each keyword will be changed into a link to that page. The goal is to get more traffic to the blog post by adding related search terms below the blog post.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-greet-box-wordpress-plugin/">WP Greet Box</a></p>
<p>This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This SEO plugin can rewrite title tags, noindex archives, and edit meta data (with many more features coming soon). Version 0.3 fixes bugs and adds support for &#8220;link rel canonical&#8221; tags.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.23systems.net/plugins/lightbox-plus/">Lightbox Plus</a></p>
<p>Lightbox Plus permits users to view larger versions of images without having to leave the current page, and is also able to display simple slide shows. The use of the dark or light background, which dims the page over which the image has been overlaid, also serves to highlight the image being viewed. Lightbox Plus captures the image title for display in the overlay.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.23systems.net/plugins/facelift-image-replacement-flir/">Facelift Image Replacment for WordPress</a></p>
<p>Facelift Image Replacement (or FLIR, pronounced fleer) is an image replacement script that dynamically generates image representations of text on your web page in fonts that otherwise might not be visible to your visitors. The generated image will be automatically inserted into your web page via Javascript and visible to all modern browsers. Any element with text can be replaced: from headers (h1, h2) to span elements and everything in between!</p>
<p><a href="http://konstruktors.com/blog/projects-services/wordpress-plugins/widget-context/">Widget Context</a></p>
<p>Display widgets in context.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.johnkolbert.com/portfolio/wp-plugins/absolute-privacy/">Absolute Privacy</a></p>
<p>Turns your blog into the ultimate private blog: user moderation, blog lock-down, users can chose their own password and must enter their name when registering.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor">Front-end Editor</a></p>
<p>Enables &#8220;edit in place&#8221; functionality on your site. Version 1.0 allows editing of individual paragraphs of a post.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0617/">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/17</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:36:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:2927:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://exclusivewordpress.com/searchterms-tagging-2-plugin/">Searchterms Tagging 2</a></p>
<p>The function of this plugins is to displays some of the last unique keywords (default is 30, adjustable from plugin admin page) that visitors used to find the blog post from search engine. Each keyword will be changed into a link to that page. The goal is to get more traffic to the blog post by adding related search terms below the blog post.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-greet-box-wordpress-plugin/">WP Greet Box</a></p>
<p>This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This SEO plugin can rewrite title tags, noindex archives, and edit meta data (with many more features coming soon). Version 0.3 fixes bugs and adds support for &#8220;link rel canonical&#8221; tags.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.23systems.net/plugins/lightbox-plus/">Lightbox Plus</a></p>
<p>Lightbox Plus permits users to view larger versions of images without having to leave the current page, and is also able to display simple slide shows. The use of the dark or light background, which dims the page over which the image has been overlaid, also serves to highlight the image being viewed. Lightbox Plus captures the image title for display in the overlay.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.23systems.net/plugins/facelift-image-replacement-flir/">Facelift Image Replacment for WordPress</a></p>
<p>Facelift Image Replacement (or FLIR, pronounced fleer) is an image replacement script that dynamically generates image representations of text on your web page in fonts that otherwise might not be visible to your visitors. The generated image will be automatically inserted into your web page via Javascript and visible to all modern browsers. Any element with text can be replaced: from headers (h1, h2) to span elements and everything in between!</p>
<p><a href="http://konstruktors.com/blog/projects-services/wordpress-plugins/widget-context/">Widget Context</a></p>
<p>Display widgets in context.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.johnkolbert.com/portfolio/wp-plugins/absolute-privacy/">Absolute Privacy</a></p>
<p>Turns your blog into the ultimate private blog: user moderation, blog lock-down, users can chose their own password and must enter their name when registering.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor">Front-end Editor</a></p>
<p>Enables &#8220;edit in place&#8221; functionality on your site. Version 1.0 allows editing of individual paragraphs of a post.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0617/">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/17</a></p>";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"bbPress: bbPress 1.0 Release Candidate 3";s:4:"guid";s:25:"http://bbpress.org/?p=237";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://bbpress.org/blog/2009/06/bbpress-10-release-candidate-3/";s:11:"description";s:722:"<p>After the release of 1.0-RC-2 there was a lot of great feedback both in the support forums and on Trac. Some new issues came up around WordPress integration, caching and SQL query performance which were simply too important to leave out of the final 1.0 release.</p>
<p>After taking careful aim at these issues I&#8217;ve decided to make one last release candidate available. There is still a little cosmetic work to do in the admin area, but you will find a few new improvements there too, like better handling of .htaccess auto-generation and full timezone support, including automatic daylight savings switching.</p>
<p>1.0-RC-3 is available now from the <a href="http://bbpress.org/download/">download page</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:24:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sam Bauers";}s:7:"summary";s:722:"<p>After the release of 1.0-RC-2 there was a lot of great feedback both in the support forums and on Trac. Some new issues came up around WordPress integration, caching and SQL query performance which were simply too important to leave out of the final 1.0 release.</p>
<p>After taking careful aim at these issues I&#8217;ve decided to make one last release candidate available. There is still a little cosmetic work to do in the admin area, but you will find a few new improvements there too, like better handling of .htaccess auto-generation and full timezone support, including automatic daylight savings switching.</p>
<p>1.0-RC-3 is available now from the <a href="http://bbpress.org/download/">download page</a>.</p>";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"WP iPhone: OS 3.0 Compatible Version Uploaded";s:4:"guid";s:34:"http://iphone.wordpress.org/?p=390";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/06/17/os-3-0-compatible-version-uploaded/";s:11:"description";s:1643:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Excited for iPhone OS 3.0 ?  We certainly are ! </p>
<p>Yesterday we submitted version 1.3 of the WordPress for iPhone app which includes a number of tweaks to make the app OS 3.0 compatible.</p>
<p>As soon as it&#8217;s live in the iTunes App store we&#8217;ll post an update.</p>
<p>The bigger UI changes we <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/06/01/a-change-is-in-the-air/">discussed earlier </a> are well underway and will begin appearing soon in a future release.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=390&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:27 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Raanan Bar-Cohen";}s:7:"summary";s:1643:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Excited for iPhone OS 3.0 ?  We certainly are ! </p>
<p>Yesterday we submitted version 1.3 of the WordPress for iPhone app which includes a number of tweaks to make the app OS 3.0 compatible.</p>
<p>As soon as it&#8217;s live in the iTunes App store we&#8217;ll post an update.</p>
<p>The bigger UI changes we <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/06/01/a-change-is-in-the-air/">discussed earlier </a> are well underway and will begin appearing soon in a future release.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/390/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=390&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"BuddyPress: BuddyPress Project Roadmap";s:4:"guid";s:28:"http://buddypress.org/?p=471";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-project-roadmap/";s:11:"description";s:1559:"<p>The votes are in, tallied, and the <a href="http://buddypress.org/about/roadmap/" title="BuddyPress Roadmap">BuddyPress roadmap</a> is now complete, ready for all to see. Thank you to everyone who gave their input.</p>
<p>The roadmap should give everyone a good idea of what they should expect to see in the next four versions of BuddyPress. You will also see both the status updates and albums components show up within these versions.</p>
<p>I really want to encourage developers to get involved with the project. If you&#8217;re a developer and would like to see some of these features (in v1.2+) appear sooner, here&#8217;s your chance to help make a big difference.</p>
<p>Group creation is now open on this site, why not pick a feature you&#8217;d be interested in working on and create a group for it? By doing this you&#8217;ll encourage other BuddyPress developers to join in, discuss the feature and give feedback. I&#8217;ll be more than happy to take a look at plugins that add roadmap features and consider them for inclusion in the core of BuddyPress. You may even end up as a core committer.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in development, you should also be spending time in the <a href="http://java.freenode.net/?nick=BPuser&amp;channel=buddypress">#buddypress IRC room on Freenode</a> (don&#8217;t rely on the Java client though). We frequently have BuddyPress development and plugin discussions in there.</p>
<p>If you have any specific questions, please feel free to DM me or comment on this post, I&#8217;ll do my best to answer.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:41:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Andy Peatling";}s:7:"summary";s:1559:"<p>The votes are in, tallied, and the <a href="http://buddypress.org/about/roadmap/" title="BuddyPress Roadmap">BuddyPress roadmap</a> is now complete, ready for all to see. Thank you to everyone who gave their input.</p>
<p>The roadmap should give everyone a good idea of what they should expect to see in the next four versions of BuddyPress. You will also see both the status updates and albums components show up within these versions.</p>
<p>I really want to encourage developers to get involved with the project. If you&#8217;re a developer and would like to see some of these features (in v1.2+) appear sooner, here&#8217;s your chance to help make a big difference.</p>
<p>Group creation is now open on this site, why not pick a feature you&#8217;d be interested in working on and create a group for it? By doing this you&#8217;ll encourage other BuddyPress developers to join in, discuss the feature and give feedback. I&#8217;ll be more than happy to take a look at plugins that add roadmap features and consider them for inclusion in the core of BuddyPress. You may even end up as a core committer.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in development, you should also be spending time in the <a href="http://java.freenode.net/?nick=BPuser&amp;channel=buddypress">#buddypress IRC room on Freenode</a> (don&#8217;t rely on the Java client though). We frequently have BuddyPress development and plugin discussions in there.</p>
<p>If you have any specific questions, please feel free to DM me or comment on this post, I&#8217;ll do my best to answer.</p>";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Weblog Tools Collection: Send Us Your WordPress Tips and Tricks On Twitter";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6086";s:4:"link";s:103:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/send-us-your-wordpress-tips-and-tricks-on-twitter/";s:11:"description";s:1722:"<p>Twitter has been increasingly growing to become a useful tool for many (and not that useful for some), to find information and real time news, with people finding it the quickest way to share information and news with friends and followers.</p>
<p><img title="weblogtooltips_twitter" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/weblogtooltips-twitter.png" border="0" alt="weblogtooltips_twitter" width="314" height="131" /></p>
<p>Likewise we often look to find and highlight the best WordPress news through Weblog Tools Collection, to make it easier for everyone who want to share their tips and tricks with us, we now have a twitter account <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a> where you can send us WordPress tips and tricks, WordPress news and other things related to WordPress.</p>
<p>We will also be regularly sending out tweets consisting of tips you send to us and highlighting the best news here at Weblog Tools Collection on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Don’t forget to follow <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a> to send us your tips and get interesting information and news about WordPress.</p>
<p>Our <a href="http://midout.com">WLTC Community</a> is also growing quickly and conversations and announcements are happening there that might be of interest to the WordPress connoisseur. If you are not registered, head over to our BuddyPress install and sign up to receive updates.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/send-us-your-wordpress-tips-and-tricks-on-twitter/">Send Us Your WordPress Tips and Tricks On Twitter</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1722:"<p>Twitter has been increasingly growing to become a useful tool for many (and not that useful for some), to find information and real time news, with people finding it the quickest way to share information and news with friends and followers.</p>
<p><img title="weblogtooltips_twitter" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/weblogtooltips-twitter.png" border="0" alt="weblogtooltips_twitter" width="314" height="131" /></p>
<p>Likewise we often look to find and highlight the best WordPress news through Weblog Tools Collection, to make it easier for everyone who want to share their tips and tricks with us, we now have a twitter account <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a> where you can send us WordPress tips and tricks, WordPress news and other things related to WordPress.</p>
<p>We will also be regularly sending out tweets consisting of tips you send to us and highlighting the best news here at Weblog Tools Collection on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Don’t forget to follow <a href="http://twitter.com/weblogtooltips">@weblogtooltips</a> to send us your tips and get interesting information and news about WordPress.</p>
<p>Our <a href="http://midout.com">WLTC Community</a> is also growing quickly and conversations and announcements are happening there that might be of interest to the WordPress connoisseur. If you are not registered, head over to our BuddyPress install and sign up to receive updates.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/send-us-your-wordpress-tips-and-tricks-on-twitter/">Send Us Your WordPress Tips and Tricks On Twitter</a></p>";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"WordPress.tv: Como instalar temas no WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wordpress.tv/?p=1962";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/16/como-instalar-temas-no-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:1390:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><ins>
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<br /><a href="http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/16/novidades-no-wordpress-2-8/"><img width="160" height="120" src="http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/OxNqHOxG/wordpress1280x720.thumbnail.jpg" /> </a>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1959/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1959&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 06/15";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6083";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0615/";s:11:"description";s:1355:"<p>Just two themes for you in this post.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.magznetwork.com/wordpress-themes/dellistore-wordpress-theme.html">Dellistore</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.magznetwork.com/dellistore/"><img title="Dellistore" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/dellistore.jpg" alt="Dellistore" width="200" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>DelliStore template is a full px-based, cross-browser-compliant (X)HTML/CSS-template (IE 6, IE 7, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome) Based on the template released on <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/02/dellistore-a-free-professional-cssxhtmlpsd-template/">Smashing Magazine</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://izandi.net/2009/06/free-wordpress-theme-blare/">Blare</a></p>
<p><a href="http://izandi.net/Free_WordPress_Themes/Blare/"><img title="Blare" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blare.gif" alt="Blare" width="200" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>Three column, widget and gravatar ready, orange and grey Wordpress theme</p>
<p>Are you theme author? <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">Submit your theme</a> to us.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0615/">WordPress Theme Releases for 06/15</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:53:21 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:1355:"<p>Just two themes for you in this post.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.magznetwork.com/wordpress-themes/dellistore-wordpress-theme.html">Dellistore</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.magznetwork.com/dellistore/"><img title="Dellistore" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/dellistore.jpg" alt="Dellistore" width="200" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>DelliStore template is a full px-based, cross-browser-compliant (X)HTML/CSS-template (IE 6, IE 7, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome) Based on the template released on <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/02/dellistore-a-free-professional-cssxhtmlpsd-template/">Smashing Magazine</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://izandi.net/2009/06/free-wordpress-theme-blare/">Blare</a></p>
<p><a href="http://izandi.net/Free_WordPress_Themes/Blare/"><img title="Blare" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blare.gif" alt="Blare" width="200" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>Three column, widget and gravatar ready, orange and grey Wordpress theme</p>
<p>Are you theme author? <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">Submit your theme</a> to us.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0615/">WordPress Theme Releases for 06/15</a></p>";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Dougal Campbell: Plugin: Fancybox Gallery 0.3.1";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1532";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1";s:11:"description";s:3637:"<p>I have updated my <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fancybox-gallery/">Fancybox Gallery plugin</a> to version 0.3.1.</p>
<p>Fancybox Gallery will automatically turn your photo galleries generated by the WordPress &#8216;gallery&#8217; shorttag into a dynamic lightbox.</p>
<p>New in version 0.3 is the ability to navigate to the next/previous image while in lightbox mode. Another change is that this version requires jQuery version 1.3.2, and thus you&#8217;ll need to be using WordPress 2.8. If you are running an older version of WordPress, but the newer version of jQuery, the plugin should work, but I don&#8217;t think that the navigation feature will be present (I believe that the changes in the gallery code which enabled me to add it are new in WP 2.8).</p>
<p><span id="more-1532"></span></p>
<p>Here is an example of the plugin in action. Click on an image to load the larger view. Note that you can navigate to the next or previous images by clicking on the right or left side of the image. Click the &#8216;X&#8217; close icon or anywhere outside of the image to dismiss the lightbox.</p>

<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0274" title="Cat in the Hat" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0274-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Spazo wearing Jesse&#039;s cowgirl hat" title="Cat in the Hat" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0278" title="Claire with Hat" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0278-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Claire wearing Jesse&#039;s cowgirl hat" title="Claire with Hat" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0305" title="Coffee" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0305-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="A cup of joe at the Original Pancake House" title="Coffee" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0322" title="Atlanta Skyline" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0322-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The Atlanta skyline from the roof of the MailChimp offices" title="Atlanta Skyline" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0325" title="Basil Stir-fry with Chicken" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0325-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="At Spoon Thai Restaurant" title="Basil Stir-fry with Chicken" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0331" title="Lizard" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0331-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="A lizard hunting for breakfast outside the MailChimp offices" title="Lizard" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0333" title="Sleeping Beauty" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0333-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Claire taking a (rare) nap" title="Sleeping Beauty" /></a>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:00:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:3637:"<p>I have updated my <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fancybox-gallery/">Fancybox Gallery plugin</a> to version 0.3.1.</p>
<p>Fancybox Gallery will automatically turn your photo galleries generated by the WordPress &#8216;gallery&#8217; shorttag into a dynamic lightbox.</p>
<p>New in version 0.3 is the ability to navigate to the next/previous image while in lightbox mode. Another change is that this version requires jQuery version 1.3.2, and thus you&#8217;ll need to be using WordPress 2.8. If you are running an older version of WordPress, but the newer version of jQuery, the plugin should work, but I don&#8217;t think that the navigation feature will be present (I believe that the changes in the gallery code which enabled me to add it are new in WP 2.8).</p>
<p><span id="more-1532"></span></p>
<p>Here is an example of the plugin in action. Click on an image to load the larger view. Note that you can navigate to the next or previous images by clicking on the right or left side of the image. Click the &#8216;X&#8217; close icon or anywhere outside of the image to dismiss the lightbox.</p>

<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0274" title="Cat in the Hat" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0274-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Spazo wearing Jesse&#039;s cowgirl hat" title="Cat in the Hat" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0278" title="Claire with Hat" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0278-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Claire wearing Jesse&#039;s cowgirl hat" title="Claire with Hat" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0305" title="Coffee" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0305-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="A cup of joe at the Original Pancake House" title="Coffee" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0322" title="Atlanta Skyline" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0322-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The Atlanta skyline from the roof of the MailChimp offices" title="Atlanta Skyline" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0325" title="Basil Stir-fry with Chicken" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0325-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="At Spoon Thai Restaurant" title="Basil Stir-fry with Chicken" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0331" title="Lizard" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0331-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="A lizard hunting for breakfast outside the MailChimp offices" title="Lizard" /></a>
<a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/15/plugin-fancybox-gallery-0-3-1/img_0333" title="Sleeping Beauty" rel="gallery-1532"><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IMG_0333-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Claire taking a (rare) nap" title="Sleeping Beauty" /></a>";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:69:"Weblog Tools Collection: Security And Anti-spam Plugins For WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/security-and-anti-spam-plugins-for-wordpress/";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/security-and-anti-spam-plugins-for-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:4110:"<p>I did a post for a <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress/">Antivirus plugin for WordPress</a>, several users commenting about different plugins that improve the security of WordPress, so I decided to sum up some of the plugins that provide security and comment spam protection for WordPress blogs.</p>
<h3>Anti-spam WordPress Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/">Akismet</a> – One of the best plugins to protect your WordPress blogs against spam comments, this plugin has worked like a charm for many users, saving then time and effort while moderating and managing comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-spamfree/">WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam</a> - An extremely powerful WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates blog comment spam, including trackback and pingback spam. Includes spam-free contact form feature as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-hashcash/">WP-Hashcash</a> - WP Hashcash is an antispam plugin that eradicates comment spam on WordPress blogs. It works because your visitors must use obfuscated JavaScript to submit a proof-of-work that indicates they opened your website in a web browser, not a robot.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/">WP reCAPTCHA</a> - reCAPTCHA is an anti-spam method originating from Carnegie Mellon University which uses CAPTCHAs in a genius way. Instead of randomly generating characters, reCAPTCHA uses a combination of these words from digitalized books and&#160; further distorts them to construct a CAPTCHA image.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/">Math Comment Spam Protection</a> – Probably the most simplest way to thwart spammers robots from posting comments on your blog, it adds a new field to the comment form asking users to enter a sum of two numbers, you will have to edit your contact template to include the comment spam field to it.</p>
<h3>Security Related WordPress Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/">WP Security Scan</a> - Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions. It allows you to generate strong passwords, check improper file permissions, database security, version hiding, admin panel protection and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a> - This plugin searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/askapache-password-protect/">AskApache Password Protect</a> - You can set up Password Protection for your blog using HTTP Basic Authentication, or you can choose to use the more secure HTTP Digest Authentication.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ttc-wordpress-security-plugin/">TTC WordPress Security Tool</a> – This plugin blocks cross-site script attempts, ip numbers of ill behaved people and bots and bans bad user agents.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-wordpress/">Secure WordPress</a> - Little help to secure your WordPress installation: Remove Error information on login page; adds index.html to plugin directory; removes the wp-version, except in admin area.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seoegghead.com/software/wordpress-firewall.seo">WordPress Firewall</a> - This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple WordPress-specific heuristics to identify and stop most obvious attacks.</p>
<p>Did I miss anything out? Do you use any plugins for optimizing security and protecting against spam comments? Do share them with others by commenting here.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/security-and-anti-spam-plugins-for-wordpress/">Security And Anti-spam Plugins For WordPress</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:08:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:4110:"<p>I did a post for a <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress/">Antivirus plugin for WordPress</a>, several users commenting about different plugins that improve the security of WordPress, so I decided to sum up some of the plugins that provide security and comment spam protection for WordPress blogs.</p>
<h3>Anti-spam WordPress Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/">Akismet</a> – One of the best plugins to protect your WordPress blogs against spam comments, this plugin has worked like a charm for many users, saving then time and effort while moderating and managing comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-spamfree/">WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam</a> - An extremely powerful WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates blog comment spam, including trackback and pingback spam. Includes spam-free contact form feature as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-hashcash/">WP-Hashcash</a> - WP Hashcash is an antispam plugin that eradicates comment spam on WordPress blogs. It works because your visitors must use obfuscated JavaScript to submit a proof-of-work that indicates they opened your website in a web browser, not a robot.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/">WP reCAPTCHA</a> - reCAPTCHA is an anti-spam method originating from Carnegie Mellon University which uses CAPTCHAs in a genius way. Instead of randomly generating characters, reCAPTCHA uses a combination of these words from digitalized books and&#160; further distorts them to construct a CAPTCHA image.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/">Math Comment Spam Protection</a> – Probably the most simplest way to thwart spammers robots from posting comments on your blog, it adds a new field to the comment form asking users to enter a sum of two numbers, you will have to edit your contact template to include the comment spam field to it.</p>
<h3>Security Related WordPress Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/">WP Security Scan</a> - Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions. It allows you to generate strong passwords, check improper file permissions, database security, version hiding, admin panel protection and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a> - This plugin searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/askapache-password-protect/">AskApache Password Protect</a> - You can set up Password Protection for your blog using HTTP Basic Authentication, or you can choose to use the more secure HTTP Digest Authentication.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ttc-wordpress-security-plugin/">TTC WordPress Security Tool</a> – This plugin blocks cross-site script attempts, ip numbers of ill behaved people and bots and bans bad user agents.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-wordpress/">Secure WordPress</a> - Little help to secure your WordPress installation: Remove Error information on login page; adds index.html to plugin directory; removes the wp-version, except in admin area.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seoegghead.com/software/wordpress-firewall.seo">WordPress Firewall</a> - This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple WordPress-specific heuristics to identify and stop most obvious attacks.</p>
<p>Did I miss anything out? Do you use any plugins for optimizing security and protecting against spam comments? Do share them with others by commenting here.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/security-and-anti-spam-plugins-for-wordpress/">Security And Anti-spam Plugins For WordPress</a></p>";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Matt: The Capitalist Manifesto";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=14320";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://ma.tt/2009/06/the-capitalist-manifesto/";s:11:"description";s:201:"<p><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/201935/output/print">The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good (To a Point)</a>. A fair summary view of financial goings-on, with a bit of preaching at the end.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:02:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:201:"<p><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/201935/output/print">The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good (To a Point)</a>. A fair summary view of financial goings-on, with a bit of preaching at the end.</p>";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt on WP: Auto-tune News";s:4:"guid";s:32:"http://matt.wordpress.com/?p=204";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://matt.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/auto-tune-news/";s:11:"description";s:1368:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>This is horrible and wonderful at the same time, reminds me of R. Kelly:</p>
<p><span><a href="http://matt.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/auto-tune-news/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/OGhsbRb_pqE/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
Posted in Uncategorizednbah  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matt.wordpress.com&blog=4&post=204&subd=matt&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:51:10 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:1368:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>This is horrible and wonderful at the same time, reminds me of R. Kelly:</p>
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Posted in Uncategorizednbah  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/matt.wordpress.com/204/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/matt.wordpress.com/204/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matt.wordpress.com&blog=4&post=204&subd=matt&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:85:"Weblog Tools Collection: Lester Chan aka GaMerZ Updates his Plugins for WordPress 2.8";s:4:"guid";s:113:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/lester-chan-aka-gamerz-updates-his-plugins-for-wordpress-28/";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/lester-chan-aka-gamerz-updates-his-plugins-for-wordpress-28/";s:11:"description";s:2450:"<p>After upgrading my website to WordPress 2.8 Baker I knew there would be a flurry of activity as plugin developers updated their stuff for the latest version of WordPress.</p>
<p>However, when I logged in to my admin panel and saw that 6 plugins had upgrades after a very short time frame since I had last checked I suspected one author might have updated their stuff.&#160; My suspicion was right.</p>
<p>The prolific WordPress plugin programmer <a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/">Lester Chan had updated all of his WordPress plugins</a> to be compatible with WordPress 2.8. If your unfamiliar with Lester’s work than you are missing out on some of the best plugins for WordPress and I highly recommend you check them out. </p>
<p>So how popular is Lester’s work? Check out his Top 10 Downloaded Plugins (borrowed from his website as of this posting):</p>
<blockquote><li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-polls">WP-Polls</a> - 241,750 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-pagenavi">WP-PageNavi</a> - 232,786 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-postratings">WP-PostRatings</a> - 155,396 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-postviews">WP-PostViews</a> - 102,572 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-useronline">WP-UserOnline</a> - 99,047 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-print">WP-Print</a> - 98,069 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-dbmanager">WP-DBManager</a> - 97,533 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-email">WP-EMail</a> - 87,049 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-sticky">WP-Sticky</a> - 80,091 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-stats">WP-Stats</a> - 51,005 downloads</li>
</blockquote>
<p>I say that makes them a good investment of your time to help improve your own WordPress website.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/lester-chan-aka-gamerz-updates-his-plugins-for-wordpress-28/">Lester Chan aka GaMerZ Updates his Plugins for WordPress 2.8</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:53:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"WindowsObserver";}s:7:"summary";s:2450:"<p>After upgrading my website to WordPress 2.8 Baker I knew there would be a flurry of activity as plugin developers updated their stuff for the latest version of WordPress.</p>
<p>However, when I logged in to my admin panel and saw that 6 plugins had upgrades after a very short time frame since I had last checked I suspected one author might have updated their stuff.&#160; My suspicion was right.</p>
<p>The prolific WordPress plugin programmer <a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/">Lester Chan had updated all of his WordPress plugins</a> to be compatible with WordPress 2.8. If your unfamiliar with Lester’s work than you are missing out on some of the best plugins for WordPress and I highly recommend you check them out. </p>
<p>So how popular is Lester’s work? Check out his Top 10 Downloaded Plugins (borrowed from his website as of this posting):</p>
<blockquote><li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-polls">WP-Polls</a> - 241,750 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-pagenavi">WP-PageNavi</a> - 232,786 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-postratings">WP-PostRatings</a> - 155,396 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-postviews">WP-PostViews</a> - 102,572 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-useronline">WP-UserOnline</a> - 99,047 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-print">WP-Print</a> - 98,069 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-dbmanager">WP-DBManager</a> - 97,533 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-email">WP-EMail</a> - 87,049 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-sticky">WP-Sticky</a> - 80,091 downloads </li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-stats">WP-Stats</a> - 51,005 downloads</li>
</blockquote>
<p>I say that makes them a good investment of your time to help improve your own WordPress website.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/lester-chan-aka-gamerz-updates-his-plugins-for-wordpress-28/">Lester Chan aka GaMerZ Updates his Plugins for WordPress 2.8</a></p>";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Matt: On Tekzilla";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=14318";s:4:"link";s:33:"http://ma.tt/2009/06/on-tekzilla/";s:11:"description";s:179:"<p><a href="http://www.revision3.com/tekzilla/wwdc">I was on Tekzilla Episode 92</a>, interviewed by the lovely <a href="http://www.veronicabelmont.com/">Veronica Belmont</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:15:59 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:179:"<p><a href="http://www.revision3.com/tekzilla/wwdc">I was on Tekzilla Episode 92</a>, interviewed by the lovely <a href="http://www.veronicabelmont.com/">Veronica Belmont</a>.</p>";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:79:"Weblog Tools Collection: Five WordPress Plugins Already Updated for Version 2.8";s:4:"guid";s:107:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/five-wordpress-plugins-already-updated-for-version-28/";s:4:"link";s:107:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/five-wordpress-plugins-already-updated-for-version-28/";s:11:"description";s:3742:"<p>With the recent release of <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/">WordPress 2.8 Baker</a> I thought a good “Five” series entry would be to highlight five plugins that have been updated for WordPress 2.8 compatibility.</p>
<p>These are not in any specific categories like previous “Five” posts but just a sampling of those already showing compatibility with WordPress 2.8.&#160; A complete list of compatible plugins is available <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/">here for your review</a> as well.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/socialize-this/">Socialize This</a> - Socialize This is a WordPress plugin that allows the user to easily generate Social Icons and spread to word about their blog posts. It works essentially out-of-the-box with little to no configuration required.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/socializethisshot.png"><img title="socializethisshot" border="0" alt="socializethisshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/socializethisshot-thumb.png" width="244" height="157" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-twitter/">WP-Twitter</a> - WP-Twitter is a plugin that creates a integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account that allows you to post a tweet from the WordPress Admin Screens, including option to reduce the URL before sending as well as a Widget for displays yours latest tweets in your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wptwitter.png"><img title="wptwitter" border="0" alt="wptwitter" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wptwitter-thumb.png" width="244" height="160" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-content-protector/">WP-Content Protector</a> - Protects your blog content from getting copied by disabling right click on your blog and also disabling selection of text so that no one can simply copy and paste the content of your blog in there blog or site.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpcontentprotector.jpg"><img title="wpcontentprotector" border="0" alt="wpcontentprotector" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpcontentprotector-thumb.jpg" width="244" height="165" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-options/">Theme Options</a> - This plugin manages theme customization. Everything is managed in the WordPress Backend. Code snippets can be activated, copied, created, deactivated, deleted, edited, and uploaded.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-archives-reloaded/">Smart Archives Reloaded</a> - Smart Archives Reloaded is an enhanced version of the <a href="http://justinblanton.com/projects/smartarchives/">Smart Archives</a> plugin by Justin Blanton.&#160; This plugin has an easy setup – no code editing required and it has better caching – no waiting after a post is published for it to be in your archives.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/archives.png"><img title="archives" border="0" alt="archives" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/archives-thumb.png" width="244" height="114" /></a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>So which of your favorite plugins have already been updated for WordPress 2.8 Baker compatibility? </p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/five-wordpress-plugins-already-updated-for-version-28/">Five WordPress Plugins Already Updated for Version 2.8</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:45:31 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"WindowsObserver";}s:7:"summary";s:3742:"<p>With the recent release of <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/">WordPress 2.8 Baker</a> I thought a good “Five” series entry would be to highlight five plugins that have been updated for WordPress 2.8 compatibility.</p>
<p>These are not in any specific categories like previous “Five” posts but just a sampling of those already showing compatibility with WordPress 2.8.&#160; A complete list of compatible plugins is available <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/">here for your review</a> as well.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/socialize-this/">Socialize This</a> - Socialize This is a WordPress plugin that allows the user to easily generate Social Icons and spread to word about their blog posts. It works essentially out-of-the-box with little to no configuration required.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/socializethisshot.png"><img title="socializethisshot" border="0" alt="socializethisshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/socializethisshot-thumb.png" width="244" height="157" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-twitter/">WP-Twitter</a> - WP-Twitter is a plugin that creates a integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account that allows you to post a tweet from the WordPress Admin Screens, including option to reduce the URL before sending as well as a Widget for displays yours latest tweets in your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wptwitter.png"><img title="wptwitter" border="0" alt="wptwitter" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wptwitter-thumb.png" width="244" height="160" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-content-protector/">WP-Content Protector</a> - Protects your blog content from getting copied by disabling right click on your blog and also disabling selection of text so that no one can simply copy and paste the content of your blog in there blog or site.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpcontentprotector.jpg"><img title="wpcontentprotector" border="0" alt="wpcontentprotector" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpcontentprotector-thumb.jpg" width="244" height="165" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-options/">Theme Options</a> - This plugin manages theme customization. Everything is managed in the WordPress Backend. Code snippets can be activated, copied, created, deactivated, deleted, edited, and uploaded.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-archives-reloaded/">Smart Archives Reloaded</a> - Smart Archives Reloaded is an enhanced version of the <a href="http://justinblanton.com/projects/smartarchives/">Smart Archives</a> plugin by Justin Blanton.&#160; This plugin has an easy setup – no code editing required and it has better caching – no waiting after a post is published for it to be in your archives.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/archives.png"><img title="archives" border="0" alt="archives" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/archives-thumb.png" width="244" height="114" /></a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>So which of your favorite plugins have already been updated for WordPress 2.8 Baker compatibility? </p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/five-wordpress-plugins-already-updated-for-version-28/">Five WordPress Plugins Already Updated for Version 2.8</a></p>";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Weblog Tools Collection: Antivirus Plugin For WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:84:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress/";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:1111:"<p>WordPress in itself is very safe and secure platform, however there are chances that your blog may get affected because of loopholes in your themes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antivirus/">Antivirus for WordPress</a> is a useful plugin that will scan your templates and also can monitor it on a daily basis for malicious injections in the themes.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_antivirus" border="0" alt="wordpress_antivirus" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-antivirus.png" width="310" height="149" />&#160; </p>
<p>You can also setup the Antivirus plugin to run a check daily and send you a email if it finds anything wrong in your templates, definitely another good tool to keep your blog safe and secure. Thanks <a href="http://blogote.com/2009/windows-ideas/free-antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress-blog-security.html">Sid</a>.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress/">Antivirus Plugin For WordPress</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:28:45 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1111:"<p>WordPress in itself is very safe and secure platform, however there are chances that your blog may get affected because of loopholes in your themes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antivirus/">Antivirus for WordPress</a> is a useful plugin that will scan your templates and also can monitor it on a daily basis for malicious injections in the themes.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_antivirus" border="0" alt="wordpress_antivirus" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-antivirus.png" width="310" height="149" />&#160; </p>
<p>You can also setup the Antivirus plugin to run a check daily and send you a email if it finds anything wrong in your templates, definitely another good tool to keep your blog safe and secure. Thanks <a href="http://blogote.com/2009/windows-ideas/free-antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress-blog-security.html">Sid</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/14/antivirus-plugin-for-wordpress/">Antivirus Plugin For WordPress</a></p>";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/13";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6061";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0613/";s:11:"description";s:4513:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://lud.icro.us/wordpress-plugin-logout-password-protected-posts/">Logout Password Protected Posts</a></p>
<p>This plugin provides a template tag which creates a link for visitors to log out of password protected posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/06/09/series-wordpress-plugin">Series</a></p>
<p>Series allows you to string together posts by using the built-in taxonomy system in WordPress. I’ve packaged several extra goodies with this plugin such as widgets, shortcodes, and template tags to allow you to easily control how display data on your blog. This plugin will only work with WordPress 2.8+.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-download-counter/">WordPress download counter</a></p>
<p>Now you too can show the <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/">WordPress download counter</a> on your website! This plugin adds a widget to your blog that shows the current download count and even refreshes the count every 15 seconds automatically.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/better-search/">Better Search</a></p>
<p>Improve your visitors search experience with Better Search. Better Search will provide contextually search your WordPress blogs and then list the results based on relevance. By using a <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/better-search/bsearch-templates">template file</a> you can completely control the look and feel of the search results page.</p>
<p><a href="http://tobias.baethge.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-table-reloaded-english/">WP Table Reloaded</a></p>
<p>This plugin enables you to create and manage tables in the admin-area of WordPress. You can then show them in your posts, on your pages or in text widgets by using a shortcode.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/2009/06/07/gd-simple-widgets-110/">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>
<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weinschenker.name/plugin-feed-reading-blogroll/">Feed Reading Blogroll</a></p>
<p>The plugin improves your blogroll by displaying the freshness and the latest post-title of your bookmarks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-press-tools/">GD Press Tools</a></p>
<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various administration, seo, maintenance and security related tools. This tools can be integrated into the various WordPress admin panels, can perform maintenance operations, change some aspects of WordPress, see detailed server settings and information. Plugin can also track posts and pages views for various popularity lists.</p>
<p><a href="http://sivel.net/wordpress/simply-show-ids/">Simply Show IDs</a></p>
<p>Simply shows the ID of Posts, Pages, Media, Links, Categories, Tags and Users in the admin tables for easy access. Very lightweight.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/2009/06/09/gd-star-rating-143/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating and review plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, multi ratings, templated rendering, has a widgets build in and extensive shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://sivel.net/wordpress/shadowbox-js/">Shadowbox JS</a></p>
<p>Shadowbox is an online media viewing application that supports all of the web&#8217;s most popular media publishing formats. Shadowbox is written entirely in JavaScript and CSS and is highly customizable. Using Shadowbox, website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/custom-field-images">Custom Field Images</a></p>
<p>Allows you to easily associate an image to a post and display it anywhere.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded">Smart Archives Reloaded</a></p>
<p>Provides an elegant and easy way to present your archives on a single page on your site.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0613/">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/13</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:30:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:4513:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://lud.icro.us/wordpress-plugin-logout-password-protected-posts/">Logout Password Protected Posts</a></p>
<p>This plugin provides a template tag which creates a link for visitors to log out of password protected posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/06/09/series-wordpress-plugin">Series</a></p>
<p>Series allows you to string together posts by using the built-in taxonomy system in WordPress. I’ve packaged several extra goodies with this plugin such as widgets, shortcodes, and template tags to allow you to easily control how display data on your blog. This plugin will only work with WordPress 2.8+.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-download-counter/">WordPress download counter</a></p>
<p>Now you too can show the <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/">WordPress download counter</a> on your website! This plugin adds a widget to your blog that shows the current download count and even refreshes the count every 15 seconds automatically.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/better-search/">Better Search</a></p>
<p>Improve your visitors search experience with Better Search. Better Search will provide contextually search your WordPress blogs and then list the results based on relevance. By using a <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/better-search/bsearch-templates">template file</a> you can completely control the look and feel of the search results page.</p>
<p><a href="http://tobias.baethge.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-table-reloaded-english/">WP Table Reloaded</a></p>
<p>This plugin enables you to create and manage tables in the admin-area of WordPress. You can then show them in your posts, on your pages or in text widgets by using a shortcode.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/2009/06/07/gd-simple-widgets-110/">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>
<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weinschenker.name/plugin-feed-reading-blogroll/">Feed Reading Blogroll</a></p>
<p>The plugin improves your blogroll by displaying the freshness and the latest post-title of your bookmarks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-press-tools/">GD Press Tools</a></p>
<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various administration, seo, maintenance and security related tools. This tools can be integrated into the various WordPress admin panels, can perform maintenance operations, change some aspects of WordPress, see detailed server settings and information. Plugin can also track posts and pages views for various popularity lists.</p>
<p><a href="http://sivel.net/wordpress/simply-show-ids/">Simply Show IDs</a></p>
<p>Simply shows the ID of Posts, Pages, Media, Links, Categories, Tags and Users in the admin tables for easy access. Very lightweight.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/2009/06/09/gd-star-rating-143/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating and review plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, multi ratings, templated rendering, has a widgets build in and extensive shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://sivel.net/wordpress/shadowbox-js/">Shadowbox JS</a></p>
<p>Shadowbox is an online media viewing application that supports all of the web&#8217;s most popular media publishing formats. Shadowbox is written entirely in JavaScript and CSS and is highly customizable. Using Shadowbox, website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/custom-field-images">Custom Field Images</a></p>
<p>Allows you to easily associate an image to a post and display it anywhere.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded">Smart Archives Reloaded</a></p>
<p>Provides an elegant and easy way to present your archives on a single page on your site.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0613/">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/13</a></p>";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:66:"Weblog Tools Collection: Should you use a Mobile WordPress Plugin?";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6050";s:4:"link";s:94:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/12/should-you-use-a-mobile-wordpress-plugin/";s:11:"description";s:4540:"<p><a href="http://twitter.com/laughinglizard">Twitter</a>ized answer? Abso-freakin-lutely! Take a look at the following graph. It shows the pageviews and unique visitors on this blog from mobile browsers since we started tracking last year. Notice the numbers and the trends? How many of your visitors, do you think, come back to your blog after your page takes five minutes to load on their iPhone, and needs the twenty flick, carpal thumb scroll to read browse through the huge header? If you care about your reader and want to keep up with this growing populations&#8217; reading habits, a mobile plugin on your blog is a necessity. Now what you use is up to you.</p>
<div id="attachment_6054" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/gotmobile.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6054" title="gotmobile" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/gotmobile-250x100.png" alt="Mobile Statistics" width="250" height="100" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mobile Statistics</p></div>
<p>We use <a href="http://mofuse.com/">MoFuse</a> on this blog and I must add it is <em>somewhat</em> successful. The <a href="http://m.weblogtoolscollection.com/">mobile pages</a> are decent, the pages load relatively fast and the statistics are nice. But the admin pages are <em>painfully</em> slow and MoFuse injects their own ads to the browsed pages. To offload the hassle of course, is priceless. The following list is a short rundown of the most popular ways to build a mobile version of your blog on WordPress. Please add yours in the comments if I have forgotten one or if you have an opinion about any of these.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-edition/">WordPress Mobile Edition</a> is a fantastic plugin from <a href="http://alexking.org">Alex King&#8217;s</a> <a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> that builds a mobile version of your blog and even adds a commenting interface. Their mobile demo on the Carrington theme is quite attractive indeed. Smaller screens do not display this as well as the iPhone does.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpressmobile.mobi/">WordPressMobile.mobi</a> (I just noticed the WordPress in the domain name) A WordPress mobile plugin by Andy Moore that provides a mobile version of your WordPress blog. The site does not provide any screenshots or details, just a forum. Looks like a very popular plugin with lots of installs.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/">WordPress Mobile Pack</a> by <a href="http://tripleodeon.com/">James Pearce</a> is a well liked set of plugins that creates a mobile environment for your WordPress blog including the admin panel. Screenshots are included on the extend pages.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mobilize-by-mippin-wordpress-plugin/">Mobilize</a> is another plugin that renders your WordPress blog via <a href="http://mippin.com/web/index.jsp">Mippin</a> and even allows the user to insert their own ads. The plugin touts to be configuration free. Clean and tidy.</li>
<li><a href="http://imthi.com/wp-pda">WordPress PDA and iPhone</a> is a simple, straightforward plugin that renders a simple version of your blog on a PDA. Output screenshots on the plugin page.</li>
<li><a href="http://mobilepress.co.za/">MobilePress</a> is a WordPress plugin that will render your WordPress blog on mobile handsets, with the ability to use customized themes. The plugin also allows specific themes for specific devices / mobile browsers, such as iPhone, Opera Mini, Windows CE Mobile and other generic handset browsers. Nice site, good screenshots, simple install.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bravenewcode.com/wptouch/">WPTouch</a> is a mobile plugin and theme combination for WordPress that adds a sleek WordPress theme for iPhone visitors.</li>
</ul>
<p>There are various other plugins on the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=mobile">WordPress Extend</a> that extends the mobile functionality to your WordPress blog. Choose one that fits your needs and wants and just let it run. You have nothing to lose but a lot of new readers to gain.</p>
<p>What mobile plugins have I missed? Do you read blogs over your mobile phone?</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/12/should-you-use-a-mobile-wordpress-plugin/">Should you use a Mobile WordPress Plugin?</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:42:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:4540:"<p><a href="http://twitter.com/laughinglizard">Twitter</a>ized answer? Abso-freakin-lutely! Take a look at the following graph. It shows the pageviews and unique visitors on this blog from mobile browsers since we started tracking last year. Notice the numbers and the trends? How many of your visitors, do you think, come back to your blog after your page takes five minutes to load on their iPhone, and needs the twenty flick, carpal thumb scroll to read browse through the huge header? If you care about your reader and want to keep up with this growing populations&#8217; reading habits, a mobile plugin on your blog is a necessity. Now what you use is up to you.</p>
<div id="attachment_6054" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/gotmobile.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6054" title="gotmobile" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/gotmobile-250x100.png" alt="Mobile Statistics" width="250" height="100" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mobile Statistics</p></div>
<p>We use <a href="http://mofuse.com/">MoFuse</a> on this blog and I must add it is <em>somewhat</em> successful. The <a href="http://m.weblogtoolscollection.com/">mobile pages</a> are decent, the pages load relatively fast and the statistics are nice. But the admin pages are <em>painfully</em> slow and MoFuse injects their own ads to the browsed pages. To offload the hassle of course, is priceless. The following list is a short rundown of the most popular ways to build a mobile version of your blog on WordPress. Please add yours in the comments if I have forgotten one or if you have an opinion about any of these.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-edition/">WordPress Mobile Edition</a> is a fantastic plugin from <a href="http://alexking.org">Alex King&#8217;s</a> <a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> that builds a mobile version of your blog and even adds a commenting interface. Their mobile demo on the Carrington theme is quite attractive indeed. Smaller screens do not display this as well as the iPhone does.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpressmobile.mobi/">WordPressMobile.mobi</a> (I just noticed the WordPress in the domain name) A WordPress mobile plugin by Andy Moore that provides a mobile version of your WordPress blog. The site does not provide any screenshots or details, just a forum. Looks like a very popular plugin with lots of installs.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/">WordPress Mobile Pack</a> by <a href="http://tripleodeon.com/">James Pearce</a> is a well liked set of plugins that creates a mobile environment for your WordPress blog including the admin panel. Screenshots are included on the extend pages.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mobilize-by-mippin-wordpress-plugin/">Mobilize</a> is another plugin that renders your WordPress blog via <a href="http://mippin.com/web/index.jsp">Mippin</a> and even allows the user to insert their own ads. The plugin touts to be configuration free. Clean and tidy.</li>
<li><a href="http://imthi.com/wp-pda">WordPress PDA and iPhone</a> is a simple, straightforward plugin that renders a simple version of your blog on a PDA. Output screenshots on the plugin page.</li>
<li><a href="http://mobilepress.co.za/">MobilePress</a> is a WordPress plugin that will render your WordPress blog on mobile handsets, with the ability to use customized themes. The plugin also allows specific themes for specific devices / mobile browsers, such as iPhone, Opera Mini, Windows CE Mobile and other generic handset browsers. Nice site, good screenshots, simple install.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bravenewcode.com/wptouch/">WPTouch</a> is a mobile plugin and theme combination for WordPress that adds a sleek WordPress theme for iPhone visitors.</li>
</ul>
<p>There are various other plugins on the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=mobile">WordPress Extend</a> that extends the mobile functionality to your WordPress blog. Choose one that fits your needs and wants and just let it run. You have nothing to lose but a lot of new readers to gain.</p>
<p>What mobile plugins have I missed? Do you read blogs over your mobile phone?</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/12/should-you-use-a-mobile-wordpress-plugin/">Should you use a Mobile WordPress Plugin?</a></p>";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Mark Jaquith: Escaping API updates for WordPress 2.8";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=312";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/escaping-api-updates-for-wordpress-2-8/";s:11:"description";s:4076:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>The WordPress escaping API functions have been updated. Escaping is a way of using untrusted text that &#8220;neuters&#8221; anything that could do damage. Escaping is used in WordPress to avoid SQL injection and cross-site scripting/script injection (XSS), among other things.</p>
<p><strong>The old functions still work</strong>, so if you were using the old ones, you&#8217;re fine. The new ones just offer you an easier to remember, more concise, and more flexible way of securing your WordPress code.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example. Say you wanted to translate a string, escape it for use in a quoted HTML attribute, and then echo it out. In WP 2.7, you&#8217;d have to do this:</p>
<p><code>&lt;?php echo attribute_escape( __( 'Untranslated text' ) ); ?&gt;</code></p>
<p>In WordPress 2.8, you can just do this:</p>
<p><code>&lt;?php esc_attr_e( 'Untranslated text' ); ?&gt;</code></p>
<p>Shorter, plus we killed the <code>echo</code> and the extra pair of parenthesis! But let&#8217;s break it down.</p>
<p><img src="http://markjaquith.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/wp-esc.gif?w=700&#038;h=250" alt="esc_ = 1, attr = 2, _e = 3" title="WP attribute escaping" width="700" height="250" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-316" /></p>
<ol>
<li><code>esc_</code> is the prefix for the new WP escaping functions.</li>
<li><code>attr</code> is the context (in this case, attribute). The available contexts for 2.8 are <code>attr</code>, <code>html</code>, <code>js</code>, <code>sql</code>, <code>url</code>, and <code>url_raw</code>.</li>
<li><code>_e</code> is the <strong>optional</strong> translation suffix. The available suffixes for 2.8 are <code>__</code>, and <code>_e</code>. If you omit the suffix, no translation is performed, and your string is just returned.</li>
</ol>
<h3>More about contexts</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>attr</code> means an HTML attribute.</li>
<li><code>html</code> means text within an HTML node, but not within an attribute</li>
<li><code>sql</code> is an alias to <code>$wpdb-&gt;escape()</code>.
</li>
<li><code>url</code> means URLs for use in HTML attributes.</li>
<li><code>url_raw</code> means URLs for use in redirects or storage in the database (does not entity-encode).</li>
<li><code>js</code> means JS, for using PHP to populate a Javascript var.</li>
</ul>
<h3>More about suffixes</h3>
<p>Suffixes work just like the function they&#8217;re named after.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>__</code> translates the string and returns it.</li>
<li><code>_e</code> translates the string and echoes it.</li>
<li>The suffix is optional. A blank suffix will just return.</li>
<li>Suffixes are currently only available for <code>html</code> and <code>attr</code> contexts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Functions with translation suffixes also accept an option second parameter of a translation domain, for use in plugins.</p>
<p>Enjoy! Go forth and write more succinct code.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=312&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:25:45 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:7:"summary";s:4076:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>The WordPress escaping API functions have been updated. Escaping is a way of using untrusted text that &#8220;neuters&#8221; anything that could do damage. Escaping is used in WordPress to avoid SQL injection and cross-site scripting/script injection (XSS), among other things.</p>
<p><strong>The old functions still work</strong>, so if you were using the old ones, you&#8217;re fine. The new ones just offer you an easier to remember, more concise, and more flexible way of securing your WordPress code.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example. Say you wanted to translate a string, escape it for use in a quoted HTML attribute, and then echo it out. In WP 2.7, you&#8217;d have to do this:</p>
<p><code>&lt;?php echo attribute_escape( __( 'Untranslated text' ) ); ?&gt;</code></p>
<p>In WordPress 2.8, you can just do this:</p>
<p><code>&lt;?php esc_attr_e( 'Untranslated text' ); ?&gt;</code></p>
<p>Shorter, plus we killed the <code>echo</code> and the extra pair of parenthesis! But let&#8217;s break it down.</p>
<p><img src="http://markjaquith.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/wp-esc.gif?w=700&#038;h=250" alt="esc_ = 1, attr = 2, _e = 3" title="WP attribute escaping" width="700" height="250" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-316" /></p>
<ol>
<li><code>esc_</code> is the prefix for the new WP escaping functions.</li>
<li><code>attr</code> is the context (in this case, attribute). The available contexts for 2.8 are <code>attr</code>, <code>html</code>, <code>js</code>, <code>sql</code>, <code>url</code>, and <code>url_raw</code>.</li>
<li><code>_e</code> is the <strong>optional</strong> translation suffix. The available suffixes for 2.8 are <code>__</code>, and <code>_e</code>. If you omit the suffix, no translation is performed, and your string is just returned.</li>
</ol>
<h3>More about contexts</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>attr</code> means an HTML attribute.</li>
<li><code>html</code> means text within an HTML node, but not within an attribute</li>
<li><code>sql</code> is an alias to <code>$wpdb-&gt;escape()</code>.
</li>
<li><code>url</code> means URLs for use in HTML attributes.</li>
<li><code>url_raw</code> means URLs for use in redirects or storage in the database (does not entity-encode).</li>
<li><code>js</code> means JS, for using PHP to populate a Javascript var.</li>
</ul>
<h3>More about suffixes</h3>
<p>Suffixes work just like the function they&#8217;re named after.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>__</code> translates the string and returns it.</li>
<li><code>_e</code> translates the string and echoes it.</li>
<li>The suffix is optional. A blank suffix will just return.</li>
<li>Suffixes are currently only available for <code>html</code> and <code>attr</code> contexts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Functions with translation suffixes also accept an option second parameter of a translation domain, for use in plugins.</p>
<p>Enjoy! Go forth and write more succinct code.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/312/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=312&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Weblog Tools Collection: iThemes is now GPL";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6046";s:4:"link";s:72:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/11/ithemes-is-now-gpl/";s:11:"description";s:1553:"<p>Cory Miller&#8217;s <a href="http://ithemes.com/ithemes-is-going-gpl/">iThemes is now completely GPL compliant</a>! This is great news indeed and they are the second premium theme vendor who fully support the GPL and align their business models with that of WordPress and its community. Cory is a friend of mine and in full disclosure, has been an advertiser on this blog in the past. We have had various discussions about this topic and I am very happy that they have made the switch. Everyone will be better off for it.</p>
<p>This change means that all themes purchased from iThemes can be installed on multiple blogs without restriction but they will continue to be supported as before. iThemes will continue to sell their themes and packages and provide the support for their themes but their themes will now be licensed under the GPL. This will mean more freedom for developers working with iThemes products (and thus more sales), will lead to better and quicker resolution of issues (lesser support costs) and will encourage development and improvement of iThemes products across the board (better products for the end user and for the WordPress community). I did not want this news to be lost in the excitement of the WordPress 2.8 release and wanted to congratulate Cory on his decision.</p>
<p>Cory and iThemes, welcome to the family!</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/11/ithemes-is-now-gpl/">iThemes is now GPL</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:36:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1553:"<p>Cory Miller&#8217;s <a href="http://ithemes.com/ithemes-is-going-gpl/">iThemes is now completely GPL compliant</a>! This is great news indeed and they are the second premium theme vendor who fully support the GPL and align their business models with that of WordPress and its community. Cory is a friend of mine and in full disclosure, has been an advertiser on this blog in the past. We have had various discussions about this topic and I am very happy that they have made the switch. Everyone will be better off for it.</p>
<p>This change means that all themes purchased from iThemes can be installed on multiple blogs without restriction but they will continue to be supported as before. iThemes will continue to sell their themes and packages and provide the support for their themes but their themes will now be licensed under the GPL. This will mean more freedom for developers working with iThemes products (and thus more sales), will lead to better and quicker resolution of issues (lesser support costs) and will encourage development and improvement of iThemes products across the board (better products for the end user and for the WordPress community). I did not want this news to be lost in the excitement of the WordPress 2.8 release and wanted to congratulate Cory on his decision.</p>
<p>Cory and iThemes, welcome to the family!</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/11/ithemes-is-now-gpl/">iThemes is now GPL</a></p>";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"Joseph: WordPress 2.8 – XML-RPC and AtomPub Changes";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://josephscott.org/?p=1257";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-xml-rpc-and-atompub-changes/";s:11:"description";s:2417:"<p>Here&#8217;s what has changed in WordPress XML-RPC and AtomPub APIs from 2.7.1 to the new <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/">WordPress 2.8 release</a>:</p>
<h3>XML-RPC</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed wp.getUsersBlogs and blogger.getUsersBlogs to return the correct value for the &#8216;xmlrpc&#8217; field when WordPress is installed in separate directory ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9516">#9516</a> )</li>
<li>Authentication is filterable now, allowing for alternative authentication methods like OAuth ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8941">#8941</a> and <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8938">#8938</a> )</li>
<li>Provide sticky status of posts via &#8217;sticky&#8217; field in metaWeblog.newPost / metaWeblog.editPost / metaWeblog.getPost ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8777">#8777</a> )</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t duplicate post enclosures ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7773">#7773</a> )</li>
</ul>
<h3>AtomPub</h3>
<ul>
<li>Always use filterable authentication, allowing for alternative authentication methods like OAuth ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9320">#9320</a> and <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8938">#8938</a> )</li>
<li>Update image captions (summary) correctly ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9148">#9148</a> )</li>
<li>Hooks for extending AtomPub ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8827">#8827</a> )</li>
<li>Fix file upload updates and image processing when uploading an image ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9233">#9233</a> )</li>
<li>Provide the correct edit URL for images ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9147">#9147</a> )</li>
</ul>
<p>A big thank you to everyone who submitted tickets and patches.  With 2.8 out the door now is the time to bring up new features for WordPress 2.9.  If you&#8217;ve got a patch for a new feature, even better!  Go submit a ticket at <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/</a>.</p>
<p>If you are using the WordPress XML-RPC/AtomPub APIs in your software or service, or are just interested in this part of WordPress, please join the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc">WordPress XML-RPC email list</a>.</p>


<p>No related posts.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:37:51 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Joseph Scott";}s:7:"summary";s:2417:"<p>Here&#8217;s what has changed in WordPress XML-RPC and AtomPub APIs from 2.7.1 to the new <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/">WordPress 2.8 release</a>:</p>
<h3>XML-RPC</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed wp.getUsersBlogs and blogger.getUsersBlogs to return the correct value for the &#8216;xmlrpc&#8217; field when WordPress is installed in separate directory ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9516">#9516</a> )</li>
<li>Authentication is filterable now, allowing for alternative authentication methods like OAuth ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8941">#8941</a> and <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8938">#8938</a> )</li>
<li>Provide sticky status of posts via &#8217;sticky&#8217; field in metaWeblog.newPost / metaWeblog.editPost / metaWeblog.getPost ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8777">#8777</a> )</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t duplicate post enclosures ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7773">#7773</a> )</li>
</ul>
<h3>AtomPub</h3>
<ul>
<li>Always use filterable authentication, allowing for alternative authentication methods like OAuth ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9320">#9320</a> and <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8938">#8938</a> )</li>
<li>Update image captions (summary) correctly ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9148">#9148</a> )</li>
<li>Hooks for extending AtomPub ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8827">#8827</a> )</li>
<li>Fix file upload updates and image processing when uploading an image ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9233">#9233</a> )</li>
<li>Provide the correct edit URL for images ( ticket <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9147">#9147</a> )</li>
</ul>
<p>A big thank you to everyone who submitted tickets and patches.  With 2.8 out the door now is the time to bring up new features for WordPress 2.9.  If you&#8217;ve got a patch for a new feature, even better!  Go submit a ticket at <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/</a>.</p>
<p>If you are using the WordPress XML-RPC/AtomPub APIs in your software or service, or are just interested in this part of WordPress, please join the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc">WordPress XML-RPC email list</a>.</p>


<p>No related posts.</p>";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:65:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.8 Tips and Tricks Collection";s:4:"guid";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-tips-and-tricks-collection/";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-tips-and-tricks-collection/";s:11:"description";s:2333:"<p>Now that WordPress 2.8 has been <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/" target="_blank">released</a>, it really would be more useful and helpful to get a big list of tips and tricks that addresses several new things in WordPress 2.8 and helps to learn or tweak the new features, these tips come from several users who have been using WordPress 2.8 for sometime and have contributed with several posts that may help you make the best out of the latest version in WordPress.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8" target="_blank">WordPress Codex – Version 2.8</a></li>
<li><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28" target="_blank">Custom Taxonomies in WordPress 2.8</a> – Justin Tadlok</li>
<li><a href="http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-built-a-widget/" target="_blank">Build A WordPress 2.8 Widget</a> – WP Engineer</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/wordpress-2-8-and-the-body_class-function/" target="_blank">WordPress 2.8 and the body_class() Function</a> – Nathan Rice</li>
<li><a href="http://willnorris.com/2009/03/authentication-in-wordpress-28" target="_blank">Authentication in WordPress 2.8</a> – Will Norris</li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/2009/01/26/loading-javascript-in-footer-in-wordpress-28/" target="_blank">Loading JavaScript in Footer in WordPress 2.8</a> – Lester Chan</li>
<li><a href="http://www.webdesignbooth.com/wordpress-28-and-10-things-that-you-should-know-beforeafter-you-upgrade/">10 Things to do before and after installing WordPress 2.8</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/news/news/extensive-wordpress-2-8-getting-started-guide.html">Getting Started With WordPress 2.8</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This is non-exhaustive and I will keep updating it regularly, if you have any resources please do feel free to add to the list by commenting.</p>
<p>[EDIT] <a href="http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/108392.shtml">WordPress 2.8 hides the plugin folder</a> by default (SecuObs)</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-tips-and-tricks-collection/">WordPress 2.8 Tips and Tricks Collection</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:32:37 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:2333:"<p>Now that WordPress 2.8 has been <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/" target="_blank">released</a>, it really would be more useful and helpful to get a big list of tips and tricks that addresses several new things in WordPress 2.8 and helps to learn or tweak the new features, these tips come from several users who have been using WordPress 2.8 for sometime and have contributed with several posts that may help you make the best out of the latest version in WordPress.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8" target="_blank">WordPress Codex – Version 2.8</a></li>
<li><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28" target="_blank">Custom Taxonomies in WordPress 2.8</a> – Justin Tadlok</li>
<li><a href="http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-built-a-widget/" target="_blank">Build A WordPress 2.8 Widget</a> – WP Engineer</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/wordpress-2-8-and-the-body_class-function/" target="_blank">WordPress 2.8 and the body_class() Function</a> – Nathan Rice</li>
<li><a href="http://willnorris.com/2009/03/authentication-in-wordpress-28" target="_blank">Authentication in WordPress 2.8</a> – Will Norris</li>
<li><a href="http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/2009/01/26/loading-javascript-in-footer-in-wordpress-28/" target="_blank">Loading JavaScript in Footer in WordPress 2.8</a> – Lester Chan</li>
<li><a href="http://www.webdesignbooth.com/wordpress-28-and-10-things-that-you-should-know-beforeafter-you-upgrade/">10 Things to do before and after installing WordPress 2.8</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/news/news/extensive-wordpress-2-8-getting-started-guide.html">Getting Started With WordPress 2.8</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This is non-exhaustive and I will keep updating it regularly, if you have any resources please do feel free to add to the list by commenting.</p>
<p>[EDIT] <a href="http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/108392.shtml">WordPress 2.8 hides the plugin folder</a> by default (SecuObs)</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-tips-and-tricks-collection/">WordPress 2.8 Tips and Tricks Collection</a></p>";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:108:"Weblog Tools Collection: Killing The WordPress Bugs and Helping Out With User Problems [WordPress Community]";s:4:"guid";s:109:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/join-wordpress-community-solving-bugs-and-helping-users/";s:4:"link";s:109:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/join-wordpress-community-solving-bugs-and-helping-users/";s:11:"description";s:2719:"<p>The best thing about an open source platform is that there are users who contribute to make it much more bigger and better, WordPress is no different and it has a huge user community that not only contributes to the core, but, also help in answering user questions and solve their problems.</p>
<p>The best part about it is that most of the help comes from the community itself, who spend time to help WordPress quash bugs and also help other users to solve problems they face with their installations.</p>
<p>This community would grow bigger and better with more and more users, and many users are eager to help but may not know where to start, here are some ways to help out with bugs in WordPress, or help out other users solve their problems.</p>
<h3>WordPress Trac</h3>
<p><a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress Trac</a> is a place where users can file bugs and help solve them by testing and submitting fixes, this is a place where many bugs are filed and solved, helping make WordPress releases bug free and better for the larger audience.</p>
<p>If you are a developer or would like to contribute bugs by testing, this is the place you should be in.</p>
<p><a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress Trac</strong></a></p>
<h3>WordPress IRC Channel</h3>
<p>Once again focused on developers and testers, this is a place where many users are active and discussing about everything related to WordPress, feel free to join by adding the WordPress IRC Channel to share you views and help out in real time.</p>
<p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/IRC" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress IRC Channel</strong></a></p>
<h3>WordPress Forums</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank">WordPress Forums</a> is a place where users add problems and questions with regards to their installations, if you think you can answer them feel free to jump in and help users out, it really helps many users who are new and starting out or have problems to be guided by someone experienced or known to the issues they are facing. Your help goes a long way.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress Forums</strong></a></p>
<h3>Any Other Ways?</h3>
<p>Do you use any other channels to help the WordPress community? Feel free to share it with everyone. </p>
<p>Look forward to your views and suggestions.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/join-wordpress-community-solving-bugs-and-helping-users/">Killing The WordPress Bugs and Helping Out With User Problems [WordPress Community]</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:02:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:2719:"<p>The best thing about an open source platform is that there are users who contribute to make it much more bigger and better, WordPress is no different and it has a huge user community that not only contributes to the core, but, also help in answering user questions and solve their problems.</p>
<p>The best part about it is that most of the help comes from the community itself, who spend time to help WordPress quash bugs and also help other users to solve problems they face with their installations.</p>
<p>This community would grow bigger and better with more and more users, and many users are eager to help but may not know where to start, here are some ways to help out with bugs in WordPress, or help out other users solve their problems.</p>
<h3>WordPress Trac</h3>
<p><a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress Trac</a> is a place where users can file bugs and help solve them by testing and submitting fixes, this is a place where many bugs are filed and solved, helping make WordPress releases bug free and better for the larger audience.</p>
<p>If you are a developer or would like to contribute bugs by testing, this is the place you should be in.</p>
<p><a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress Trac</strong></a></p>
<h3>WordPress IRC Channel</h3>
<p>Once again focused on developers and testers, this is a place where many users are active and discussing about everything related to WordPress, feel free to join by adding the WordPress IRC Channel to share you views and help out in real time.</p>
<p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/IRC" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress IRC Channel</strong></a></p>
<h3>WordPress Forums</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank">WordPress Forums</a> is a place where users add problems and questions with regards to their installations, if you think you can answer them feel free to jump in and help users out, it really helps many users who are new and starting out or have problems to be guided by someone experienced or known to the issues they are facing. Your help goes a long way.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress Forums</strong></a></p>
<h3>Any Other Ways?</h3>
<p>Do you use any other channels to help the WordPress community? Feel free to share it with everyone. </p>
<p>Look forward to your views and suggestions.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/join-wordpress-community-solving-bugs-and-helping-users/">Killing The WordPress Bugs and Helping Out With User Problems [WordPress Community]</a></p>";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.8 “Baker” is available!";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6034";s:4:"link";s:85:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/";s:11:"description";s:1270:"<p>WordPress 2.8 Baker is now <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/">available as a full release</a>. 2.8 has a whole bunch of bug fixes, has improvements to themes and widgets and has added some fantastic taxonomy features. The WordPress dev blog post linked above goes into detail about what is new. Users are now able to browse the WordPress theme directory and add themes with one click. 2.8 should also be faster to use overall.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t see my upgrade bar yet but since <a href="http://twitter.com/photomatt/status/2111614227">the final version bump just went in</a>,  the upgrade notice should be there soon. You can read a <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/" target="_blank">review of WordPress 2.8</a> we did earlier. If you already know about and were eager to upgrade, you can <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" target="_blank">download WordPress 2.8</a> or use the automatic upgrade option to upgrade to it.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/">WordPress 2.8 &#8220;Baker&#8221; is available!</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:31:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1270:"<p>WordPress 2.8 Baker is now <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/">available as a full release</a>. 2.8 has a whole bunch of bug fixes, has improvements to themes and widgets and has added some fantastic taxonomy features. The WordPress dev blog post linked above goes into detail about what is new. Users are now able to browse the WordPress theme directory and add themes with one click. 2.8 should also be faster to use overall.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t see my upgrade bar yet but since <a href="http://twitter.com/photomatt/status/2111614227">the final version bump just went in</a>,  the upgrade notice should be there soon. You can read a <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/" target="_blank">review of WordPress 2.8</a> we did earlier. If you already know about and were eager to upgrade, you can <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" target="_blank">download WordPress 2.8</a> or use the automatic upgrade option to upgrade to it.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-28-baker-is-available/">WordPress 2.8 &#8220;Baker&#8221; is available!</a></p>";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"WordPress.tv: Introducing WordPress 2.8 – Baker";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wordpress.tv/?p=1938";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/11/introducing-wordpress-2-8-baker/";s:11:"description";s:1374:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><ins>
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<br /><a href="http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/11/introducing-wordpress-2-8-baker/"><img width="160" height="120" src="http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/Pu3T4X8l/2-8-baker-web.thumbnail.jpg" /> </a>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1938/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1938&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 06/10";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6032";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0610/";s:11:"description";s:1406:"<h4><a href="http://www.dacialogan.org/wp-themes/">Dacia</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://demo.dacialogan.org/"><img title="Dacia" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/dacia.png" alt="Dacia" width="200" height="163" /></a></p>
<p>Dacia is a 2 column WP theme, widget and gravatar ready, in three main colors: red, white and black.</p>
<h4><a href="http://azmind.com/2009/06/05/free-wordpress-theme-azsands/">AzSands</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://azmind.com/wp-themes-demo/?wptheme=AzSands-theme"><img title="AzSands" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/azsands.jpg" alt="AzSands" width="200" height="113" /></a></p>
<p>AzSands has a dark header and light background. The theme comes with 125×125 advertising space, “About me” space, fixed width and a right widgetized sidebar.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.jauhari.net/themes/ndadap">Ndadap</a></h4>
<p><img title="Ndadap" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/ndadap.jpg" alt="Ndadap" width="200" height="145" /></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready theme with Featured Post, Magazine style, Grid Based, Auto Grab image from the content and re size it on the fly and many more.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0610/">WordPress Theme Releases for 06/10</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:17:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:1406:"<h4><a href="http://www.dacialogan.org/wp-themes/">Dacia</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://demo.dacialogan.org/"><img title="Dacia" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/dacia.png" alt="Dacia" width="200" height="163" /></a></p>
<p>Dacia is a 2 column WP theme, widget and gravatar ready, in three main colors: red, white and black.</p>
<h4><a href="http://azmind.com/2009/06/05/free-wordpress-theme-azsands/">AzSands</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://azmind.com/wp-themes-demo/?wptheme=AzSands-theme"><img title="AzSands" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/azsands.jpg" alt="AzSands" width="200" height="113" /></a></p>
<p>AzSands has a dark header and light background. The theme comes with 125×125 advertising space, “About me” space, fixed width and a right widgetized sidebar.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.jauhari.net/themes/ndadap">Ndadap</a></h4>
<p><img title="Ndadap" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/ndadap.jpg" alt="Ndadap" width="200" height="145" /></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready theme with Featured Post, Magazine style, Grid Based, Auto Grab image from the content and re size it on the fly and many more.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0610/">WordPress Theme Releases for 06/10</a></p>";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Dev Blog: 2.8 Release Jazzes Themes and Widgets";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=788";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/";s:11:"description";s:2995:"<p>I&#8217;m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 &#8220;Baker,&#8221; <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">is immediately available for download</a>. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. We also fixed over 790 bugs. This release is named in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker">Chet Baker</a>. Here&#8217;s a quick video overview of everything in the new release:</p>
<p></p>
<p>The first thing you&#8217;ll notice is that visually 2.8 feels a lot like 2.7, just with some minor tweaks here and there. However once you&#8217;ll dig in you&#8217;ll begin to appreciate the changes.</p>
<h3>Major New Improvements</h3>
<p>First and foremost, <strong>2.8 is way faster to use</strong>. We&#8217;ve changed the way WordPress does style and scripting.</p>
<p>The core and plugin updaters in previous versions of WordPress have been such a success we decided to bring the same to themes. You can now <strong>browse the entire theme directory and install a theme with one click</strong> from the comfort of your WordPress dashboard.</p>
<p>If you make edits or tweaks to themes or plugins from your dashboard, you&#8217;ll appreciate the new <strong>CodePress editor</strong> which gives syntax highlighting to the previously-plain editor. Also there is now contextual documentation for the functions in the file you&#8217;re editing linked right below the editor.</p>
<p>If you were ever frustrated with widgets before, this release should be your savior. <strong>We&#8217;ve completely redesigned the widgets interface</strong> (which we didn&#8217;t have time to in 2.7) to allow you to do things like edit widgets on the fly, have multiple copies of the same widget, drag and drop widgets between sidebars, and save inactive widgets so you don&#8217;t lose all their settings. Developers now have access to a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets_Api">much cleaner and robust API</a> for creating widgets as well.</p>
<p>Finally you should explore the <strong>new Screen Options on every page</strong>. It&#8217;s the tab in the top right. Now, for example, if you have a wide monitor you could set up your dashboard to have four columns of widgets instead of the two it has by default. On other pages you can change how many items show per page.</p>
<h3>And Even More</h3>
<p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8">You can read the full list of over 180 new features, changes, upgrades, and improvements on the Codex</a>. The list is exhausting!</p>
<h3>The Future</h3>
<p>We&#8217;re already thinking hard about the next versions, 2.9 and 3.0. Keep an eye out for improved media handling, better dependency checking, versioning of templates and themes, and of course the fabled merging of WordPress and MU announced at WordCamp San Francisco two weeks ago.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:01:39 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:2995:"<p>I&#8217;m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 &#8220;Baker,&#8221; <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">is immediately available for download</a>. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. We also fixed over 790 bugs. This release is named in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker">Chet Baker</a>. Here&#8217;s a quick video overview of everything in the new release:</p>
<p></p>
<p>The first thing you&#8217;ll notice is that visually 2.8 feels a lot like 2.7, just with some minor tweaks here and there. However once you&#8217;ll dig in you&#8217;ll begin to appreciate the changes.</p>
<h3>Major New Improvements</h3>
<p>First and foremost, <strong>2.8 is way faster to use</strong>. We&#8217;ve changed the way WordPress does style and scripting.</p>
<p>The core and plugin updaters in previous versions of WordPress have been such a success we decided to bring the same to themes. You can now <strong>browse the entire theme directory and install a theme with one click</strong> from the comfort of your WordPress dashboard.</p>
<p>If you make edits or tweaks to themes or plugins from your dashboard, you&#8217;ll appreciate the new <strong>CodePress editor</strong> which gives syntax highlighting to the previously-plain editor. Also there is now contextual documentation for the functions in the file you&#8217;re editing linked right below the editor.</p>
<p>If you were ever frustrated with widgets before, this release should be your savior. <strong>We&#8217;ve completely redesigned the widgets interface</strong> (which we didn&#8217;t have time to in 2.7) to allow you to do things like edit widgets on the fly, have multiple copies of the same widget, drag and drop widgets between sidebars, and save inactive widgets so you don&#8217;t lose all their settings. Developers now have access to a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets_Api">much cleaner and robust API</a> for creating widgets as well.</p>
<p>Finally you should explore the <strong>new Screen Options on every page</strong>. It&#8217;s the tab in the top right. Now, for example, if you have a wide monitor you could set up your dashboard to have four columns of widgets instead of the two it has by default. On other pages you can change how many items show per page.</p>
<h3>And Even More</h3>
<p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8">You can read the full list of over 180 new features, changes, upgrades, and improvements on the Codex</a>. The list is exhausting!</p>
<h3>The Future</h3>
<p>We&#8217;re already thinking hard about the next versions, 2.9 and 3.0. Keep an eye out for improved media handling, better dependency checking, versioning of templates and themes, and of course the fabled merging of WordPress and MU announced at WordCamp San Francisco two weeks ago.</p>";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"bbPress: bbPress 1.0 Release Candidate 2";s:4:"guid";s:25:"http://bbpress.org/?p=234";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://bbpress.org/blog/2009/06/bbpress-1-release-candidate-2/";s:11:"description";s:1641:"<p>Today we are releasing what will be the final release candidate for bbPress 1.0 before it goes to 1.0 final in a couple of days.</p>
<p>The release is available now from the <a href="http://bbpress.org/download/">downloads page</a>.</p>
<p>This release incorporates many bug fixes to BackPress via the final work in the lead up to the release of WordPress 2.8</p>
<p>It also has a surprise in the form of the groundwork for a new admin interface which borrows its look and feel from WordPress. The admin area is currently lacking a lot of design nuance in the content areas, but all the forms and controls are at least functional. Let&#8217;s call this the &#8220;excuse the mess&#8221; release candidate.</p>
<p>Despite the current changes in the admin area this code is now stable enough to use in a production environment, and in fact internally at Automattic we have been doing so for quite some time. Specifically on TalkPress and the <a href="http://buddypress.org/">BuddyPress.org</a> forums. It&#8217;s important that we get as much testing and feedback occurring as possible, so that the final release is as robust as we can make it.</p>
<p>bbPress changes since release candidate 1 are <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-1&#038;old=2166&#038;new_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-2&#038;new=2166">here</a>.</p>
<p>BackPress changes since release candidate 1 are <a href="http://backpress.automattic.com/changeset?old_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-1%2Fincludes&#038;old=245&#038;new_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-2%2Fincludes&#038;new=245">here</a>.</p>
<p>Please file any new issues on <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/">Trac</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:08:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sam Bauers";}s:7:"summary";s:1641:"<p>Today we are releasing what will be the final release candidate for bbPress 1.0 before it goes to 1.0 final in a couple of days.</p>
<p>The release is available now from the <a href="http://bbpress.org/download/">downloads page</a>.</p>
<p>This release incorporates many bug fixes to BackPress via the final work in the lead up to the release of WordPress 2.8</p>
<p>It also has a surprise in the form of the groundwork for a new admin interface which borrows its look and feel from WordPress. The admin area is currently lacking a lot of design nuance in the content areas, but all the forms and controls are at least functional. Let&#8217;s call this the &#8220;excuse the mess&#8221; release candidate.</p>
<p>Despite the current changes in the admin area this code is now stable enough to use in a production environment, and in fact internally at Automattic we have been doing so for quite some time. Specifically on TalkPress and the <a href="http://buddypress.org/">BuddyPress.org</a> forums. It&#8217;s important that we get as much testing and feedback occurring as possible, so that the final release is as robust as we can make it.</p>
<p>bbPress changes since release candidate 1 are <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/changeset?old_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-1&#038;old=2166&#038;new_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-2&#038;new=2166">here</a>.</p>
<p>BackPress changes since release candidate 1 are <a href="http://backpress.automattic.com/changeset?old_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-1%2Fincludes&#038;old=245&#038;new_path=tags%2F1.0-rc-2%2Fincludes&#038;new=245">here</a>.</p>
<p>Please file any new issues on <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/">Trac</a>.</p>";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Dougal Campbell: WordCamp Organization Advice";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1514";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/10/wordcamp-organization-advice";s:11:"description";s:10562:"<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1150" title="WordPress Wednesday" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wordpress-wednesday.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/01/whats-the-buzz">already posted about the WordPress 2.8 release</a>, and there will be plenty of other posts highlighting everybody&#8217;s favorite new features when it officially drops, so how about if I talk about something a little different? I&#8217;ve been listening to a couple of WordPress podcasts recently (<a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-weekly">WordPress Weekly</a> and <a href="http://wordcastpodcast.com/">WordCast</a>, in particular), and there had been a lot of buzz about some of the <a href="http://central.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp</a> gatherings taking place in various locations.</p>
<p>In particular, there were a few complaints that were pointed out (and some kudos, as well), and it got me thinking about things that event organizers might want to plan ahead for when getting ready for future WordCamps. Having been a speaker at <a href="http://birmingham.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp Birmingham</a> last year (and planning to do it again this fall), I&#8217;m pleased to say that <a href="http://dresramblings.com/">Andre Natta</a> and his cohorts did an excellent job with that event. Some of that was probably made easier by the fact that it was a relatively small WordCamp (I think it was about 60 attendees). The bigger the group, the harder the logistics.</p>
<p>In addtition to WordCamp, I&#8217;ve also attended a couple of other technical gatherings, like CodeCamp and SoCon, so some of  what I&#8217;ll speak to are from first-hand experience. That said, what are some of the areas that an organizer should give particular attention to? Here is my completely unsolicited, backseat-driver&#8217;s list of event organizer dos and don&#8217;ts:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>WiFi and Bandwidth</strong>: Poor internet connectivity is probably one of the most frequent complaints heard at just about any technical conference. Try to do whatever possible to ensure that you have enough bandwidth to handle your group size. If there are special setup/login instructions, make sure you provide that information to every attendee when they check in. It&#8217;s frustrating to spend the first couple of sessions trying to figure out how to get online.</li>
<li><strong>Streaming</strong>: If you can, identify and designate just one or two people ahead of time to handle live video/audio streaming (and perhaps a backup person). Gently remind attendees that if several people are uplinking to <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/">ustream</a> simultaneously, it&#8217;s going to kill the network connection for everybody. Also, try to reserve good seats for those handling the videography.</li>
<li><strong>A/C Power Outlets</strong>: Just about everybody there is going to have a laptop, and will need to charge their battery at some point. If it can be arranged, ensure that there are power outlets available. You might want to procure a bunch of extension cords and multi-outlet power strips. If outlets are in short supply, try to encourage people not to &#8220;camp&#8221; on them for the whole event, and to let others have access. Label your cords so that folks know that they belong to you, and are less likely to wander off with them.</li>
<li><strong>Food</strong>: Be prepared to offer lunch, coffee, soft drinks, water, and maybe snacks. Try to find a sponsor for the event who can provide these things. At WordCamp Birmingham 2008, Microsoft sponsored lunch, arranging a catered buffet with salad, cole slaw, and BBQ sandwiches from a local restaurant. However, I&#8217;ll also suggest that you try to have an option suitable for vegetarians, too (something more substantial than an iceberg lettuce salad).</li>
<li><strong>Hashtags</strong>: Decide ahead of time what the &#8220;official&#8221; hashtag for your event should be, make it known, and encourage attendees to use that. Keep it as short as possible while remaining unambiguous. I don&#8217;t know how many times I&#8217;ve seen somebody on <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> saying &#8220;What&#8217;s the hashtag for the Dallas XYZ Conference? Is it #xyzconf, #xyz09, #xyzconf09, #dallasxyz, #xyzdfw09, or what?&#8221; Also, remind folks to use the hashtag when uploading photos to <a href="http://flickr.com/">Flickr</a>, and while you&#8217;re at it, go ahead and set up a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/">Flickr Group</a> for everyone to submit their photos to.</li>
<li><strong>Adapters</strong>: You are going to have speakers with various types of computers that need to hook into your projection system. Not everybody has a standard 15-pin VGA output &#8212; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface">DVI</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_dvi">mini-DVI</a> connectors are also pretty common. Let them know what kind of connector your projector can hook up to, and make sure that they either have an appropriate adapter to bring with them, or that you have one, or that you can transfer their presentation someplace where you can access it. <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">Slideshare</a> is a great resource to be familiar with. Encourage your speakers to upload and test their presentations with Slideshare, if feasible. Also make sure you have a couple of <acronym title="Universal Serial Bus"><span class="caps">USB</span></acronym> jumpdrives handy, for quick, last-minute file transfers.</li>
<li><strong>Bigger Is Not Always Better</strong>: As I mentioned before, the logistics get more complicated as your group gets bigger. Big groups are great in some ways, but don&#8217;t feel obligated to accomodate a huge group if you aren&#8217;t sure you can arrange enough resources to handle them. Better to have a smaller, happy crowd, than a large angry mob (c.f., bandwidth, food). In particular, finding a low-cost location to host an event is going to be harder in proportion to the size of your group. But if you can definitely handle a big group, go for it!</li>
<li><strong>Diversify Topics</strong>: At WordCamp Birmingham last year, we had a couple of speakers who didn&#8217;t really discuss WordPress at all. One of them spoke about freelance writing, and another spoke about how her doctor introduced her to &#8220;cancer blogging&#8221;. I found these talks to be just as engaging as anything else we heard. Also, for technical subjects, try to have topics that cover begining, intermediate, and advanced skill levels. In particular, one of the podcasts mentioned above complained about the lack of intermediate-level talks. Lastly, don&#8217;t allow too many &#8220;marketing&#8221; talks. Nobody wants to sit through what amounts to an hour-long infomercial.</li>
<li><strong>Social Time</strong>: Make sure you allow some free time for people to socialize and network. Another complaint I heard was about an event where there was a video presentation <em>during</em> the luncheon. The attendees were frustrated that they felt obligated to listen to the presentation, when what they <em>wanted</em> to do was to talk amongst themselves. Also schedule short mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks, if possible (don&#8217;t forget that everybody is drinking water, coffee, and soda).</li>
<li><strong>Schwag</strong>: Even if everything else about your event is successful, people will probably think it was a little bit lame if you don&#8217;t have some sort of schwag (freebie items). For WordCamps, I believe that <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> helps out with this a little. But don&#8217;t forget to hit up your sponsors, too. They should be happy to provide some logoed stickers, t-shirts, &#8220;stress balls&#8221;, pens, fridge magnets, or whatever. Also see if you can get a few &#8220;big ticket&#8221; items to raffle off at the end of your event. Books, software, hard drives, desk toys, and such make great raffle items. If one of your presenters has authored a book, hit them up for some autographed copies!</li>
<li><strong>Thank Your Sponsors</strong>: Make a point to thank your sponsors before, during, and after your event. Point out to the attendees things like, &#8220;it&#8217;s time to enjoy a great catered buffet lunch from Joe&#8217;s Eatery, provided by our generous sponsor, FooCorp!&#8221; Or, &#8220;remember, our bandwidth is generously provided by Own-U-Net!&#8221; (keep in mind that all sponsors are generous).</li>
<li><strong>Leverage Your Network</strong>: Personally, I would have no idea where to start with organizing an event. But I know people who do. I&#8217;d ask them for whatever help and advice I could get. And don&#8217;t be afraid to think outside the box. Tech companies aren&#8217;t the only ones interested in sponsorships. Try restaurants, bookstores, local business entrepreneurship groups, colleges, radio and television stations, ad agencies, etc. And don&#8217;t be afraid to think big: as I mentioned before, WordCamp Birmingham had <a href="http://microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> as a sponsor (thanks for the BBQ, guys).</li>
<li><strong>Plan Ahead</strong>: Don&#8217;t let your excitement over setting up an event trick you into committing to a date before you&#8217;re ready. I really don&#8217;t know a good guideline, but I would think that you probably need <em>at least</em> 3 months lead-time, and 4 would probably be better. I know I&#8217;ve seen a couple of events announced, then canceled, and I&#8217;m pretty sure that insufficient set-up time was part of the problem. Also, when you get close to nailing down the official date, you might want to see if there are other local or regional events that might conflict with your planned date.</li>
</ul>
<p>There it is, my armchair-quarterback advice for organizing a conference. Take it with a big chunk of kosher salt, because I&#8217;ve never organized anything like this myself. But as a speaker and attendee, I&#8217;ve seen conferences that were well run, and some that were&#8230; not so well run. Obviously, you want to be in the former category. Out of all of this, <strong>you probably need to consider Bandwidth, Power, and Food to be your Holy Trinity</strong>. Handle those three things well, and everything else will go more smoothly.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve organized or attended a WordCamp or other technical conference, what other advice would <em>you</em> give?</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:30:41 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:10562:"<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1150" title="WordPress Wednesday" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wordpress-wednesday.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/01/whats-the-buzz">already posted about the WordPress 2.8 release</a>, and there will be plenty of other posts highlighting everybody&#8217;s favorite new features when it officially drops, so how about if I talk about something a little different? I&#8217;ve been listening to a couple of WordPress podcasts recently (<a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-weekly">WordPress Weekly</a> and <a href="http://wordcastpodcast.com/">WordCast</a>, in particular), and there had been a lot of buzz about some of the <a href="http://central.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp</a> gatherings taking place in various locations.</p>
<p>In particular, there were a few complaints that were pointed out (and some kudos, as well), and it got me thinking about things that event organizers might want to plan ahead for when getting ready for future WordCamps. Having been a speaker at <a href="http://birmingham.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp Birmingham</a> last year (and planning to do it again this fall), I&#8217;m pleased to say that <a href="http://dresramblings.com/">Andre Natta</a> and his cohorts did an excellent job with that event. Some of that was probably made easier by the fact that it was a relatively small WordCamp (I think it was about 60 attendees). The bigger the group, the harder the logistics.</p>
<p>In addtition to WordCamp, I&#8217;ve also attended a couple of other technical gatherings, like CodeCamp and SoCon, so some of  what I&#8217;ll speak to are from first-hand experience. That said, what are some of the areas that an organizer should give particular attention to? Here is my completely unsolicited, backseat-driver&#8217;s list of event organizer dos and don&#8217;ts:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>WiFi and Bandwidth</strong>: Poor internet connectivity is probably one of the most frequent complaints heard at just about any technical conference. Try to do whatever possible to ensure that you have enough bandwidth to handle your group size. If there are special setup/login instructions, make sure you provide that information to every attendee when they check in. It&#8217;s frustrating to spend the first couple of sessions trying to figure out how to get online.</li>
<li><strong>Streaming</strong>: If you can, identify and designate just one or two people ahead of time to handle live video/audio streaming (and perhaps a backup person). Gently remind attendees that if several people are uplinking to <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/">ustream</a> simultaneously, it&#8217;s going to kill the network connection for everybody. Also, try to reserve good seats for those handling the videography.</li>
<li><strong>A/C Power Outlets</strong>: Just about everybody there is going to have a laptop, and will need to charge their battery at some point. If it can be arranged, ensure that there are power outlets available. You might want to procure a bunch of extension cords and multi-outlet power strips. If outlets are in short supply, try to encourage people not to &#8220;camp&#8221; on them for the whole event, and to let others have access. Label your cords so that folks know that they belong to you, and are less likely to wander off with them.</li>
<li><strong>Food</strong>: Be prepared to offer lunch, coffee, soft drinks, water, and maybe snacks. Try to find a sponsor for the event who can provide these things. At WordCamp Birmingham 2008, Microsoft sponsored lunch, arranging a catered buffet with salad, cole slaw, and BBQ sandwiches from a local restaurant. However, I&#8217;ll also suggest that you try to have an option suitable for vegetarians, too (something more substantial than an iceberg lettuce salad).</li>
<li><strong>Hashtags</strong>: Decide ahead of time what the &#8220;official&#8221; hashtag for your event should be, make it known, and encourage attendees to use that. Keep it as short as possible while remaining unambiguous. I don&#8217;t know how many times I&#8217;ve seen somebody on <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> saying &#8220;What&#8217;s the hashtag for the Dallas XYZ Conference? Is it #xyzconf, #xyz09, #xyzconf09, #dallasxyz, #xyzdfw09, or what?&#8221; Also, remind folks to use the hashtag when uploading photos to <a href="http://flickr.com/">Flickr</a>, and while you&#8217;re at it, go ahead and set up a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/">Flickr Group</a> for everyone to submit their photos to.</li>
<li><strong>Adapters</strong>: You are going to have speakers with various types of computers that need to hook into your projection system. Not everybody has a standard 15-pin VGA output &#8212; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface">DVI</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_dvi">mini-DVI</a> connectors are also pretty common. Let them know what kind of connector your projector can hook up to, and make sure that they either have an appropriate adapter to bring with them, or that you have one, or that you can transfer their presentation someplace where you can access it. <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">Slideshare</a> is a great resource to be familiar with. Encourage your speakers to upload and test their presentations with Slideshare, if feasible. Also make sure you have a couple of <acronym title="Universal Serial Bus"><span class="caps">USB</span></acronym> jumpdrives handy, for quick, last-minute file transfers.</li>
<li><strong>Bigger Is Not Always Better</strong>: As I mentioned before, the logistics get more complicated as your group gets bigger. Big groups are great in some ways, but don&#8217;t feel obligated to accomodate a huge group if you aren&#8217;t sure you can arrange enough resources to handle them. Better to have a smaller, happy crowd, than a large angry mob (c.f., bandwidth, food). In particular, finding a low-cost location to host an event is going to be harder in proportion to the size of your group. But if you can definitely handle a big group, go for it!</li>
<li><strong>Diversify Topics</strong>: At WordCamp Birmingham last year, we had a couple of speakers who didn&#8217;t really discuss WordPress at all. One of them spoke about freelance writing, and another spoke about how her doctor introduced her to &#8220;cancer blogging&#8221;. I found these talks to be just as engaging as anything else we heard. Also, for technical subjects, try to have topics that cover begining, intermediate, and advanced skill levels. In particular, one of the podcasts mentioned above complained about the lack of intermediate-level talks. Lastly, don&#8217;t allow too many &#8220;marketing&#8221; talks. Nobody wants to sit through what amounts to an hour-long infomercial.</li>
<li><strong>Social Time</strong>: Make sure you allow some free time for people to socialize and network. Another complaint I heard was about an event where there was a video presentation <em>during</em> the luncheon. The attendees were frustrated that they felt obligated to listen to the presentation, when what they <em>wanted</em> to do was to talk amongst themselves. Also schedule short mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks, if possible (don&#8217;t forget that everybody is drinking water, coffee, and soda).</li>
<li><strong>Schwag</strong>: Even if everything else about your event is successful, people will probably think it was a little bit lame if you don&#8217;t have some sort of schwag (freebie items). For WordCamps, I believe that <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> helps out with this a little. But don&#8217;t forget to hit up your sponsors, too. They should be happy to provide some logoed stickers, t-shirts, &#8220;stress balls&#8221;, pens, fridge magnets, or whatever. Also see if you can get a few &#8220;big ticket&#8221; items to raffle off at the end of your event. Books, software, hard drives, desk toys, and such make great raffle items. If one of your presenters has authored a book, hit them up for some autographed copies!</li>
<li><strong>Thank Your Sponsors</strong>: Make a point to thank your sponsors before, during, and after your event. Point out to the attendees things like, &#8220;it&#8217;s time to enjoy a great catered buffet lunch from Joe&#8217;s Eatery, provided by our generous sponsor, FooCorp!&#8221; Or, &#8220;remember, our bandwidth is generously provided by Own-U-Net!&#8221; (keep in mind that all sponsors are generous).</li>
<li><strong>Leverage Your Network</strong>: Personally, I would have no idea where to start with organizing an event. But I know people who do. I&#8217;d ask them for whatever help and advice I could get. And don&#8217;t be afraid to think outside the box. Tech companies aren&#8217;t the only ones interested in sponsorships. Try restaurants, bookstores, local business entrepreneurship groups, colleges, radio and television stations, ad agencies, etc. And don&#8217;t be afraid to think big: as I mentioned before, WordCamp Birmingham had <a href="http://microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> as a sponsor (thanks for the BBQ, guys).</li>
<li><strong>Plan Ahead</strong>: Don&#8217;t let your excitement over setting up an event trick you into committing to a date before you&#8217;re ready. I really don&#8217;t know a good guideline, but I would think that you probably need <em>at least</em> 3 months lead-time, and 4 would probably be better. I know I&#8217;ve seen a couple of events announced, then canceled, and I&#8217;m pretty sure that insufficient set-up time was part of the problem. Also, when you get close to nailing down the official date, you might want to see if there are other local or regional events that might conflict with your planned date.</li>
</ul>
<p>There it is, my armchair-quarterback advice for organizing a conference. Take it with a big chunk of kosher salt, because I&#8217;ve never organized anything like this myself. But as a speaker and attendee, I&#8217;ve seen conferences that were well run, and some that were&#8230; not so well run. Obviously, you want to be in the former category. Out of all of this, <strong>you probably need to consider Bandwidth, Power, and Food to be your Holy Trinity</strong>. Handle those three things well, and everything else will go more smoothly.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve organized or attended a WordCamp or other technical conference, what other advice would <em>you</em> give?</p>";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Akismet: FTC takes down a spam provider";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://blog.akismet.com/?p=220";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://blog.akismet.com/2009/06/10/ftc-takes-down-a-spam-provider/";s:11:"description";s:2870:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>The FTC has <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/06/ftc_sues_shuts_down_n_calif_we.html?hpid=sec-tech">launched legal action against a Californian web hosting service</a> it says is responsible for botnets, malware, credit card theft and of course spam.  The provider has been disconnected and its operators now face a lawsuit.</p>
<blockquote><p> The FTC alleges that Pricewert/3FN operates as a &#8220;&#8216;rogue&#8217; or &#8216;black hat&#8217; Internet service provider that recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of illegal, malicious, and harmful content,&#8221; including botnet control servers, child pornography and rogue antivirus products. 3FN also operates by the names APS Telecom and APX Telecom.</p></blockquote>
<p>The provider is known as a frequent host of &#8220;scraper&#8221; or autoblog sites &#8212; fake blogs that re-publish unauthorized copies of content taken from other blogs, often sending spam pingbacks and trackbacks in the process.</p>
<p>Our sources indicate the network also provided services to several of the major forum and comment spammers.  In particular, web sites owned by the developers of several spambot programs have been shut down (though we expect they will resurface elsewhere before long).</p>
<p>Of course if you&#8217;re using Akismet you won&#8217;t notice much of a difference: Akismet has long been highly effective at catching spam produced by their spambots and autoblogs.</p>
<p>Our stats suggest a significant and immediate drop in overall spam levels coinciding with the FTC&#8217;s action &#8211; on the order of about a 20% reduction (in spam that was or would be successfully caught by Akismet).</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=220&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:32:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Alex";}s:7:"summary";s:2870:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>The FTC has <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/06/ftc_sues_shuts_down_n_calif_we.html?hpid=sec-tech">launched legal action against a Californian web hosting service</a> it says is responsible for botnets, malware, credit card theft and of course spam.  The provider has been disconnected and its operators now face a lawsuit.</p>
<blockquote><p> The FTC alleges that Pricewert/3FN operates as a &#8220;&#8216;rogue&#8217; or &#8216;black hat&#8217; Internet service provider that recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of illegal, malicious, and harmful content,&#8221; including botnet control servers, child pornography and rogue antivirus products. 3FN also operates by the names APS Telecom and APX Telecom.</p></blockquote>
<p>The provider is known as a frequent host of &#8220;scraper&#8221; or autoblog sites &#8212; fake blogs that re-publish unauthorized copies of content taken from other blogs, often sending spam pingbacks and trackbacks in the process.</p>
<p>Our sources indicate the network also provided services to several of the major forum and comment spammers.  In particular, web sites owned by the developers of several spambot programs have been shut down (though we expect they will resurface elsewhere before long).</p>
<p>Of course if you&#8217;re using Akismet you won&#8217;t notice much of a difference: Akismet has long been highly effective at catching spam produced by their spambots and autoblogs.</p>
<p>Our stats suggest a significant and immediate drop in overall spam levels coinciding with the FTC&#8217;s action &#8211; on the order of about a 20% reduction (in spam that was or would be successfully caught by Akismet).</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=220&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/08";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6024";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0608/";s:11:"description";s:2907:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ignite.digitalignition.net/articlesexamples/itunes-affiliate-link-plugin/">iTunes Affiliate Link Maker</a></p>
<p>The plugin adds an iTunes button to the visual editor which when clicked brings forward a dialog containing a search for the iTunes store link maker.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.elxsy.com/2009/05/imhuman-humanized-security-and-spam-check/">ImHuman</a></p>
<p>ImHuman provides more humane, fun, easy, secure and mostly user friendly captcha (are you really a human?) detection for posting comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://denzeldesigns.com/wordpress-plugins/photo-lightbox/">Photo Lightbox</a></p>
<p>Photo Lightbox is a lightbox styled image gallery written in JavaScript. It does not use JavaScript libraries, and therefore it is compact in size and loads fast.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webhostingsearch.com/articles/cool-plugin-giving-you-system-information.php">System Information</a></p>
<p>Show stats about your server harddrive and software on your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://digitalcortex.net/plugins/">Subscription Options</a></p>
<p>It adds 3 subscription options for readers with related feed icons: a RSS feed URL; a FeedBurner Email URL and a Twitter feed URL. It&#8217;s totally user-defined,  looks cool and it&#8217;s very simple.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/post-to-friendfeed">Post to FriendFeed</a></p>
<p>Post to FriendFeed is a WordPress Plugin which will allow you to post excerpts from your blog posts as a message in FriendFeed with images, to any room. By default FriendFeed posts them without images and this Plugin overcomes this issue.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This SEO plugin can rewrite title tags and noindex archives (with many more features coming soon). Version 0.1.1 is a bugfix release.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wordpress-plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/">AVH First Defense Against Spam</a></p>
<p>The AVH First Defense Against Spam WordPress plugin gives you the ability to block spammers before any content is served. Spammers are identified by checking if the visitors IP exists in a database served by stopforumspam.com or by a local blacklist.</p>
<p><a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=wordpress-mobile-edition">WordPress Mobile Edition</a></p>
<p>WordPress Mobile Edition is a plugin that shows an interface designed for a mobile device when visitors come to your site on a mobile device. Mobile browsers are automatically detected, the list of mobile browsers can be customized on the settings page.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0608/">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/08</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:49:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:2907:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ignite.digitalignition.net/articlesexamples/itunes-affiliate-link-plugin/">iTunes Affiliate Link Maker</a></p>
<p>The plugin adds an iTunes button to the visual editor which when clicked brings forward a dialog containing a search for the iTunes store link maker.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.elxsy.com/2009/05/imhuman-humanized-security-and-spam-check/">ImHuman</a></p>
<p>ImHuman provides more humane, fun, easy, secure and mostly user friendly captcha (are you really a human?) detection for posting comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://denzeldesigns.com/wordpress-plugins/photo-lightbox/">Photo Lightbox</a></p>
<p>Photo Lightbox is a lightbox styled image gallery written in JavaScript. It does not use JavaScript libraries, and therefore it is compact in size and loads fast.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webhostingsearch.com/articles/cool-plugin-giving-you-system-information.php">System Information</a></p>
<p>Show stats about your server harddrive and software on your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://digitalcortex.net/plugins/">Subscription Options</a></p>
<p>It adds 3 subscription options for readers with related feed icons: a RSS feed URL; a FeedBurner Email URL and a Twitter feed URL. It&#8217;s totally user-defined,  looks cool and it&#8217;s very simple.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/post-to-friendfeed">Post to FriendFeed</a></p>
<p>Post to FriendFeed is a WordPress Plugin which will allow you to post excerpts from your blog posts as a message in FriendFeed with images, to any room. By default FriendFeed posts them without images and this Plugin overcomes this issue.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This SEO plugin can rewrite title tags and noindex archives (with many more features coming soon). Version 0.1.1 is a bugfix release.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wordpress-plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/">AVH First Defense Against Spam</a></p>
<p>The AVH First Defense Against Spam WordPress plugin gives you the ability to block spammers before any content is served. Spammers are identified by checking if the visitors IP exists in a database served by stopforumspam.com or by a local blacklist.</p>
<p><a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=wordpress-mobile-edition">WordPress Mobile Edition</a></p>
<p>WordPress Mobile Edition is a plugin that shows an interface designed for a mobile device when visitors come to your site on a mobile device. Mobile browsers are automatically detected, the list of mobile browsers can be customized on the settings page.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0608/">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/08</a></p>";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:65:"Weblog Tools Collection: Checklist For New WordPress Installation";s:4:"guid";s:94:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/checklist-for-new-wordpress-installation/";s:4:"link";s:94:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/checklist-for-new-wordpress-installation/";s:11:"description";s:2928:"<p>Moving to WordPress is a really good decision you have already made, however have you made sure to change all the settings for your installation? The WordPress Codex document on <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress">Installing WordPress</a> is something you should refer to prior to installation, but there are things you need to do after installing WordPress.</p>
<p>Here is a checklist that you can fallback on whenever you install WordPress for the first time or for that matter on a newer blog, the list is not exhaustive, so please feel free to contribute and add things that I may have missed out on.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/wordpress-tips-post-installation-hacks/3931/">WordPress Tips + Things You Can Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Digital Inspiration </li>
<li><a href="http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/10-things-to-do-after-installing-wordpress/">10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Pro Blog Design </li>
<li><a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress/15-must-do-tweaks-for-a-new-wordpress-blog.html">15 Must Do Tweaks After a WordPress Installation</a> – Techie Buzz (disclaimer: this is my personal blog) </li>
<li><a href="http://blogsolute.com/2008/07/10-things-to-do-after-installing-wordpress.html">10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Blogsolute</li>
</ul>
<p>These are just a few links, however they will go a long way to help you optimize your WordPress setup from day 1, you can also test out these changes on a local installation before you move out to a real blog, here is some help to get WordPress setup on a local environment before you decide to move it to your blog.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/">Install WordPress Locally Part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/">Installing WordPress Locally Part 2</a> </li>
</ul>
<p>What else Help? You can find appropriate help when you face problems or require help with getting started with WordPress.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress">Getting Started with WordPress</a> – WordPress Codex</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">WordPress Forums</a> – Please search first, you will find fixes to tons of problems, before you create a new forum post.</li>
</ul>
<p>And this is not the entire list to fall back on, there are really tons of great resources on the Internet that will help you get started, need help with anything, just ask and more than 1 person will be willing to help you.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/checklist-for-new-wordpress-installation/">Checklist For New WordPress Installation</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:54:47 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:2928:"<p>Moving to WordPress is a really good decision you have already made, however have you made sure to change all the settings for your installation? The WordPress Codex document on <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress">Installing WordPress</a> is something you should refer to prior to installation, but there are things you need to do after installing WordPress.</p>
<p>Here is a checklist that you can fallback on whenever you install WordPress for the first time or for that matter on a newer blog, the list is not exhaustive, so please feel free to contribute and add things that I may have missed out on.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/wordpress-tips-post-installation-hacks/3931/">WordPress Tips + Things You Can Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Digital Inspiration </li>
<li><a href="http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/10-things-to-do-after-installing-wordpress/">10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Pro Blog Design </li>
<li><a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress/15-must-do-tweaks-for-a-new-wordpress-blog.html">15 Must Do Tweaks After a WordPress Installation</a> – Techie Buzz (disclaimer: this is my personal blog) </li>
<li><a href="http://blogsolute.com/2008/07/10-things-to-do-after-installing-wordpress.html">10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Blogsolute</li>
</ul>
<p>These are just a few links, however they will go a long way to help you optimize your WordPress setup from day 1, you can also test out these changes on a local installation before you move out to a real blog, here is some help to get WordPress setup on a local environment before you decide to move it to your blog.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/">Install WordPress Locally Part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/">Installing WordPress Locally Part 2</a> </li>
</ul>
<p>What else Help? You can find appropriate help when you face problems or require help with getting started with WordPress.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress">Getting Started with WordPress</a> – WordPress Codex</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">WordPress Forums</a> – Please search first, you will find fixes to tons of problems, before you create a new forum post.</li>
</ul>
<p>And this is not the entire list to fall back on, there are really tons of great resources on the Internet that will help you get started, need help with anything, just ask and more than 1 person will be willing to help you.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/checklist-for-new-wordpress-installation/">Checklist For New WordPress Installation</a></p>";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:65:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.8 RC1 Available for Download";s:4:"guid";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/";s:11:"description";s:1420:"<p>Looks like WordPress 2.8 will be on schedule to be <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/">released on June 10th</a>. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.8 is now available for downloads. According to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/">Official WordPress blog</a> this may be the final RC released before WordPress 2.8 is released.</p>
<blockquote><p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If you are interested in testing out the release candidate or just want to try out WordPress 2.8 before it is finally released, you can download it from <a href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip">here</a>, you can view the complete <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100">changelog</a> to see the changes made since Beta 2, don’t forget to take a look at the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/">new features in WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/">WordPress 2.8 RC1 Available for Download</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:08:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1420:"<p>Looks like WordPress 2.8 will be on schedule to be <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/">released on June 10th</a>. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.8 is now available for downloads. According to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/">Official WordPress blog</a> this may be the final RC released before WordPress 2.8 is released.</p>
<blockquote><p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If you are interested in testing out the release candidate or just want to try out WordPress 2.8 before it is finally released, you can download it from <a href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip">here</a>, you can view the complete <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100">changelog</a> to see the changes made since Beta 2, don’t forget to take a look at the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/">new features in WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/">WordPress 2.8 RC1 Available for Download</a></p>";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:75:"WordPress.tv: Create an eCommerce Website with WordPress in under 5 minutes";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wordpress.tv/?p=1929";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/08/create-an-ecommerce-website-with-wordpress-in-under-5-minutes/";s:11:"description";s:1196:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><span> </span></p>
<div><a href="http://vodpod.com/wordpress"></a></div>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1929&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:36:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Michael Pick";}s:7:"summary";s:1196:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><span> </span></p>
<div><a href="http://vodpod.com/wordpress"></a></div>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1929&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Dev Blog: WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=783";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/";s:11:"description";s:504:"<p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.  <a href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip">Download</a> it, test it, and tell us what you think.  If you don&#8217;t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in what has changed since beta 2, consult the <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100">changelog</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:29:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Ryan Boren";}s:7:"summary";s:504:"<p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.  <a href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip">Download</a> it, test it, and tell us what you think.  If you don&#8217;t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in what has changed since beta 2, consult the <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100">changelog</a>.</p>";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:71:"Mark Jaquith: 8 steps to get started as a freelance WordPress developer";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=310";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/8-steps-to-become-wordpress-consultant/";s:11:"description";s:6515:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>I&#8217;ve had a bunch of people ask me how they could get started as a WordPress developer or consultant. Rather than answer them all individually and privately, I&#8217;m putting it up for all to see.</p>
<h3>Become involved with the development community</h3>
<p>Join <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers">the wp-hackers mailing list</a>. Participate when you have something useful to say, or an interesting question/problem to pose to other WP developers. Dive in at <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">the WP support forums</a>. Find someone with an interesting problem, and solve it for them. If it&#8217;s a notable issue, write a blog post about how to solve the issue. Which brings me to the next task&#8230;</p>
<h3>Blog about WordPress</h3>
<p><strong>I&#8217;m doing this right now!</strong> Not only is it deliciously &#8220;meta,&#8221; it can raise your profile and help you connect with other WordPress developers and users. Write about a problem you solved, or a challenge you&#8217;d like to see addressed by WordPress core or a WordPress plugin. And don&#8217;t forget to blog about the plugins you write&#8230;</p>
<h3>Write a bunch of useful plugins</h3>
<p>This is probably the best thing you can do to get noticed by clients. Write a useful plugin and you&#8217;ll be getting business leads for years to come. You don&#8217;t have to write a really big, complicated plugin. Write something that will make using WordPress easier, more fun, more efficient, and people will remember you. It might be good to have one more ambitious plugin to serve as an example of your skills, but certainly don&#8217;t shy away from brevity. Some of the favorite things I&#8217;ve written are between 1 and 50 lines of code. Users don&#8217;t care about how big a plugin is. They just want it to serve a need. Go ahead and scratch their itch. Hint: monitor Google or Twitter for people saying &#8220;I want a WordPress plugin&#8230;&#8221; to get an idea of the sorts of needs that are currently unfulfilled.</p>
<h3>Contribute to WordPress core</h3>
<p>Contributing to the WordPress core software helps you in two ways. First, it provides continuing education. WordPress is constantly evolving, and you need to stay sharp! This is a great way to learn about (and influence) the direction of the WordPress codebase. Second, it raises your profile in the WordPress community (both the developer and user communities). Be sure to blog about your WordPress core contributions. <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/">Trac</a> is a great place to start. Maintain a calm demeanor, and don&#8217;t get too big for your britches. Don&#8217;t be the person who comes in and embarrasses themselves by closing a ticket as &#8220;WONTFIX&#8221; that was opened by a seasoned developer! Watch how other tickets evolve and you&#8217;ll figure out how it works.</p>
<h3>Stay in contact with more seasoned developers</h3>
<p>A lot of us are busy, but we try to make time to mentor people. We&#8217;re all well-served by a vibrant development marketplace. Don&#8217;t be afraid to contact a more experienced developer for advice. The worst that will happen is that you&#8217;ll get ignored &#8212; apologies to anyone who is in my e-mail limbo&#8230; resend it if it&#8217;s been more than a few weeks!</p>
<p>And as you get more experienced:</p>
<h3>Speak at WordCamps and other events</h3>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve gained enough kudos in the WP community, you&#8217;ll likely be asked to talk at a WordCamp event. And if you haven&#8217;t, and you think you could bring something special to the event, go ahead and ask if they need any more speakers! This will raise your profile further, introduce you to really cool people, and provide you with a bunch of business leads. BarCamps, social media gatherings, and other such events are also worth attending. The point isn&#8217;t to get up there and give a business pitch. In fact, your life might be in danger if you pull that stunt at a BarCamp. The point is to impart knowledge, connect with people, while letting your skills expose themselves naturally. And pitch away when you&#8217;re chatting up potential leads between sessions.</p>
<h3>Charge according to your skill set and experience</h3>
<p>Several years ago, I had the quasi-embarrassing surprise of being given a voluntary 75% per-hour raise by a client. I think they were afraid that my skills had outpaced my rate, and that I was going to get wooed away by a new client at a higher rate. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of charging too little. In fact, publish higher rates than you actually think you&#8217;re worth, and allow people to haggle you down (a little). And every time you get booked up and have to turn away business, raise your rate. If you&#8217;re in that much demand, you&#8217;re not charging enough.</p>
<h3>Find a niche</h3>
<p>But not WordPress security. That&#8217;s mine. <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>A WordPress development niche is a niche within a niche. And that means you can charge more for your more specialized skills. Examples: migrating data to WordPress. Feed kung-fu. Re-implementing a design from another system. Custom write-panel plugins. Sidebar widgets.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=310&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:57:01 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:7:"summary";s:6515:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>I&#8217;ve had a bunch of people ask me how they could get started as a WordPress developer or consultant. Rather than answer them all individually and privately, I&#8217;m putting it up for all to see.</p>
<h3>Become involved with the development community</h3>
<p>Join <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers">the wp-hackers mailing list</a>. Participate when you have something useful to say, or an interesting question/problem to pose to other WP developers. Dive in at <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">the WP support forums</a>. Find someone with an interesting problem, and solve it for them. If it&#8217;s a notable issue, write a blog post about how to solve the issue. Which brings me to the next task&#8230;</p>
<h3>Blog about WordPress</h3>
<p><strong>I&#8217;m doing this right now!</strong> Not only is it deliciously &#8220;meta,&#8221; it can raise your profile and help you connect with other WordPress developers and users. Write about a problem you solved, or a challenge you&#8217;d like to see addressed by WordPress core or a WordPress plugin. And don&#8217;t forget to blog about the plugins you write&#8230;</p>
<h3>Write a bunch of useful plugins</h3>
<p>This is probably the best thing you can do to get noticed by clients. Write a useful plugin and you&#8217;ll be getting business leads for years to come. You don&#8217;t have to write a really big, complicated plugin. Write something that will make using WordPress easier, more fun, more efficient, and people will remember you. It might be good to have one more ambitious plugin to serve as an example of your skills, but certainly don&#8217;t shy away from brevity. Some of the favorite things I&#8217;ve written are between 1 and 50 lines of code. Users don&#8217;t care about how big a plugin is. They just want it to serve a need. Go ahead and scratch their itch. Hint: monitor Google or Twitter for people saying &#8220;I want a WordPress plugin&#8230;&#8221; to get an idea of the sorts of needs that are currently unfulfilled.</p>
<h3>Contribute to WordPress core</h3>
<p>Contributing to the WordPress core software helps you in two ways. First, it provides continuing education. WordPress is constantly evolving, and you need to stay sharp! This is a great way to learn about (and influence) the direction of the WordPress codebase. Second, it raises your profile in the WordPress community (both the developer and user communities). Be sure to blog about your WordPress core contributions. <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/">Trac</a> is a great place to start. Maintain a calm demeanor, and don&#8217;t get too big for your britches. Don&#8217;t be the person who comes in and embarrasses themselves by closing a ticket as &#8220;WONTFIX&#8221; that was opened by a seasoned developer! Watch how other tickets evolve and you&#8217;ll figure out how it works.</p>
<h3>Stay in contact with more seasoned developers</h3>
<p>A lot of us are busy, but we try to make time to mentor people. We&#8217;re all well-served by a vibrant development marketplace. Don&#8217;t be afraid to contact a more experienced developer for advice. The worst that will happen is that you&#8217;ll get ignored &#8212; apologies to anyone who is in my e-mail limbo&#8230; resend it if it&#8217;s been more than a few weeks!</p>
<p>And as you get more experienced:</p>
<h3>Speak at WordCamps and other events</h3>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve gained enough kudos in the WP community, you&#8217;ll likely be asked to talk at a WordCamp event. And if you haven&#8217;t, and you think you could bring something special to the event, go ahead and ask if they need any more speakers! This will raise your profile further, introduce you to really cool people, and provide you with a bunch of business leads. BarCamps, social media gatherings, and other such events are also worth attending. The point isn&#8217;t to get up there and give a business pitch. In fact, your life might be in danger if you pull that stunt at a BarCamp. The point is to impart knowledge, connect with people, while letting your skills expose themselves naturally. And pitch away when you&#8217;re chatting up potential leads between sessions.</p>
<h3>Charge according to your skill set and experience</h3>
<p>Several years ago, I had the quasi-embarrassing surprise of being given a voluntary 75% per-hour raise by a client. I think they were afraid that my skills had outpaced my rate, and that I was going to get wooed away by a new client at a higher rate. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of charging too little. In fact, publish higher rates than you actually think you&#8217;re worth, and allow people to haggle you down (a little). And every time you get booked up and have to turn away business, raise your rate. If you&#8217;re in that much demand, you&#8217;re not charging enough.</p>
<h3>Find a niche</h3>
<p>But not WordPress security. That&#8217;s mine. <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>A WordPress development niche is a niche within a niche. And that means you can charge more for your more specialized skills. Examples: migrating data to WordPress. Feed kung-fu. Re-implementing a design from another system. Custom write-panel plugins. Sidebar widgets.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=310&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Alex King: WordPress Mobile Edition 3.0.5";s:4:"guid";s:64:"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/06/06/wordpress-mobile-edition-305";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/06/06/wordpress-mobile-edition-305";s:11:"description";s:1328:"<p>I&#8217;ve released a new version of my WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. This enables a customized mobile interface for your <a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="external">WordPress</a> powered site for visitors on mobile devices.</p>
<p>This version has a couple of changes:</p>
<ol>
<li>Added support for the Palm Pre (and other Palm webOS devices).</li>
<li>Added the Palm Pre as a touch device.</li>
<li>Fixed a CSS bug that was referencing a non-existent image.</li>
</ol>
<p>This includes a <a href="http://carringtontheme.com/2009/06/carrington-mobile-102carrington-mobile-102/">new version of Carrington Mobile</a> as well, which includes updated README files and version 2.3 of the core Carrington framework.</p>
<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>
<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href="http://wphelpcenter.com">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" rel="external">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=WordPress+Mobile+Edition+3.0.5&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F06%2Fwordpress-mobile-edition-305">ShareThis</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:56:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Alex";}s:7:"summary";s:1328:"<p>I&#8217;ve released a new version of my WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. This enables a customized mobile interface for your <a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="external">WordPress</a> powered site for visitors on mobile devices.</p>
<p>This version has a couple of changes:</p>
<ol>
<li>Added support for the Palm Pre (and other Palm webOS devices).</li>
<li>Added the Palm Pre as a touch device.</li>
<li>Fixed a CSS bug that was referencing a non-existent image.</li>
</ol>
<p>This includes a <a href="http://carringtontheme.com/2009/06/carrington-mobile-102carrington-mobile-102/">new version of Carrington Mobile</a> as well, which includes updated README files and version 2.3 of the core Carrington framework.</p>
<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>
<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href="http://wphelpcenter.com">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" rel="external">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=WordPress+Mobile+Edition+3.0.5&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F06%2Fwordpress-mobile-edition-305">ShareThis</a></p>";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:102:"Weblog Tools Collection: Resources To Get You Kick Started With WordPress Plugin And Theme Development";s:4:"guid";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/";s:11:"description";s:3031:"<p>There are many times when you have a urge to develop plugins or themes for WordPress, however many times people do not eventually convert ideas into&#160; useful plugins or beautiful themes.</p>
<p>If you have an idea to create a plugin or theme, here are some resources that will help you get kick started with it, the resources are not exhaustive, however they will definitely come in handy to convert ideas into WordPress plugins or themes.</p>
<h3>Handy Resources For Plugin Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin" target="_blank">WordPress Codex – Writing A Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] (this is where I started out with and still prefer to refer to)</li>
<li><a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/wp-tutorial-your-first-wp-plugin/" target="_blank">Your First WordPress Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie] – Mark Jaquith</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-wordpress/index.html" target="_blank">Develop a WordPress Plugin With Eclipse PDT</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – IBM</li>
<li><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/a-crash-course-in-wordpress-plugin-development/" target="_blank">A Crash Course in WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] - Nettuts+</li>
<li><a href="http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/writing-wordpress-plugins.html" target="_blank">Speedup WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Know How and ++] – Ask Apache</li>
</ul>
<h3>Handy Resources For Theme Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development" target="_blank">WordPress Codex – Theme Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++]</li>
<li><a href="http://css-tricks.com/designing-for-wordpress-complete-series-downloads/" target="_blank">Designing for WordPress</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – CSS Tricks</li>
<li><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/27/wordpress-theme-development-frameworks/" target="_blank">WordPress Theme Development Frameworks</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – Smashing Magazine</li>
<li><a href="http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/" target="_blank">How To Create WordPress Theme From Scratch</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – ThemeTation</li>
<li><a href="http://wptoy.com/resources/wordpress-theme-development-check-list-pdf-version/" target="_blank">WordPress Theme Development Check List</a> (<a href="http://wptoy.com/download/1" target="_blank">Download PDF</a>) [Level: Newbie and ++] – WP Toy</li>
</ul>
<p>Are you a plugin or theme developer or a newbie? Do add to the list by pointing out resources you have used to help you get kick started with plugin or theme development for WordPress.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/">Resources To Get You Kick Started With WordPress Plugin And Theme Development</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:26:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:3031:"<p>There are many times when you have a urge to develop plugins or themes for WordPress, however many times people do not eventually convert ideas into&#160; useful plugins or beautiful themes.</p>
<p>If you have an idea to create a plugin or theme, here are some resources that will help you get kick started with it, the resources are not exhaustive, however they will definitely come in handy to convert ideas into WordPress plugins or themes.</p>
<h3>Handy Resources For Plugin Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin" target="_blank">WordPress Codex – Writing A Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] (this is where I started out with and still prefer to refer to)</li>
<li><a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/wp-tutorial-your-first-wp-plugin/" target="_blank">Your First WordPress Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie] – Mark Jaquith</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-wordpress/index.html" target="_blank">Develop a WordPress Plugin With Eclipse PDT</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – IBM</li>
<li><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/a-crash-course-in-wordpress-plugin-development/" target="_blank">A Crash Course in WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] - Nettuts+</li>
<li><a href="http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/writing-wordpress-plugins.html" target="_blank">Speedup WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Know How and ++] – Ask Apache</li>
</ul>
<h3>Handy Resources For Theme Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development" target="_blank">WordPress Codex – Theme Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++]</li>
<li><a href="http://css-tricks.com/designing-for-wordpress-complete-series-downloads/" target="_blank">Designing for WordPress</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – CSS Tricks</li>
<li><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/27/wordpress-theme-development-frameworks/" target="_blank">WordPress Theme Development Frameworks</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – Smashing Magazine</li>
<li><a href="http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/" target="_blank">How To Create WordPress Theme From Scratch</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – ThemeTation</li>
<li><a href="http://wptoy.com/resources/wordpress-theme-development-check-list-pdf-version/" target="_blank">WordPress Theme Development Check List</a> (<a href="http://wptoy.com/download/1" target="_blank">Download PDF</a>) [Level: Newbie and ++] – WP Toy</li>
</ul>
<p>Are you a plugin or theme developer or a newbie? Do add to the list by pointing out resources you have used to help you get kick started with plugin or theme development for WordPress.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/">Resources To Get You Kick Started With WordPress Plugin And Theme Development</a></p>";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"WP iPhone: OS 3.0 beta available for testing";s:4:"guid";s:34:"http://iphone.wordpress.org/?p=385";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/06/05/os-3-0-beta-available-for-testing/";s:11:"description";s:1843:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Hi all!</p>
<p>John Bickerstaff here.  Among other things, one of the iPhone developers for WordPress.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce that the WordPress iPhone App (OS 3.0) beta is available for testing.  At this point, an XCode dev environment is necessary to compile and run the beta.</p>
<p>We&#8217;d love your feedback and (of course) appreciate hearing about any issues you find.</p>
<p>Please use <a href="http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk">SVN version 330 from Trunk</a> as the version for testing.</p>
<p>Of course, for all things iPhone Dev, see <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/">http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/</a></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=385&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:15:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"John Bickerstaff";}s:7:"summary";s:1843:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Hi all!</p>
<p>John Bickerstaff here.  Among other things, one of the iPhone developers for WordPress.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce that the WordPress iPhone App (OS 3.0) beta is available for testing.  At this point, an XCode dev environment is necessary to compile and run the beta.</p>
<p>We&#8217;d love your feedback and (of course) appreciate hearing about any issues you find.</p>
<p>Please use <a href="http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk">SVN version 330 from Trunk</a> as the version for testing.</p>
<p>Of course, for all things iPhone Dev, see <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/">http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/</a></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=385&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Lloyd: WordPress.com Still Blocked in China";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1881";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://foolswisdom.com/wordpresscom-still-blocked-in-china/";s:11:"description";s:5361:"<p>I&#8217;ve seen some reports lately that &#8220;WordPress is blocked in China&#8221;, including some <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/04/great-firewall-china/">Mashable</a> articles. To clarify, it&#8217;s <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> that is blocked, not all sites that run self-hosted <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>.</p>
<p>Mashable&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/china-blocks-twitter-and-almost-everything-else/">China Blocks Twitter (And Almost Everything Else)</a>&#8221; seems to suggest that the block relates to the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre on June 4th. That may be the case for the other major web publishing and social networking sites, but WordPress.com has spent much of the time since the beginning of 2006 blocked by the Chinese government.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s an incredibly frustrating, sad situation.</p>
<p>In &#8220;<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igVn4hcj6ZNWlawSvzLvgEMkZmkQ">Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China</a>&#8221; my boss <a href="http://ma.tt/">Matt Mullenweg</a> shares:</p>
<blockquote><p>After some discussions, Mullenweg realised the site would be allowed back online if he agreed to block certain words or topics and give up information to the Chinese communist government about users.</p>
<p>&#8220;I started thinking about the DNA of the company,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That sort of company is not one I would wake up every day and feel passionate about working in.&#8221;</p>
<p>The site remains blocked, although Mullenweg, unable to suppress a giggle, points out that the official Chinese line insists it is freely available.</p></blockquote>
<p>There was a break in the blocking around the time of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but that ended with the games. That was the longest time I know of when people could consistently access WordPress.com from across China.</p>
<p>Part of the Chinese government&#8217;s approach seems to be to sometimes allow western hotels access and other specific points &#8212; likely to deceive Westerners and cause confusion.</p>
<p>There does not seem to be a reliable way to automate detection of WordPress.com being blocked, regardless of what tools might promise. I&#8217;m not surprised that <a href="http://greatfirewallofchina.org/">http://greatfirewallofchina.org/</a> gave up. This is the message on the site&#8217;s homepage:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Because of the ever stricter measures of censorship China imposes on the Internet, the team of www.greatfirewallofchina.org at present can no longer vouch for the reliability of its test tool. We have therefore decided to take the test tool offline.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.herdict.org/">Herdict</a> &lt;<a href="http://www.herdict.org/">http://www.herdict.org/</a>&gt;, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University,  seems to be a novel, survey based approach to find out which locations are blocking or censoring web sites.</p>
<p>The tool of choice to let people dodge surveillance is <a href="http://www.torproject.org/">Tor</a> &lt;<a href="http://www.torproject.org/">http://www.torproject.org/</a>&gt;. Please consider your own safety and technology expertise before using any such tools. <a href="http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html">Reporters without borders</a> &lt;<a href="http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html">http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html</a>&gt; seems like an excellent resource if you are considering reporting from a dangerous place.</p>
<p><strong>Monday, June 8th</strong><strong> Update </strong></p>
<p>A reliable source in China shares that Twitter is back. The same source also shares:</p>
<blockquote><p>Specific blockages do appear to coincide with major events, like those in Tibet last year and the recent anniversary, but are also part of general and ever-changing blanket censorship.</p>
<p>The Twitter blockage is really the only new story of the last week (apart from 5 second delay foreign television news blackouts) but the news media wanted to turn it into a larger story, including the Wordpress angle.</p>
<p>Wordpress has been blocked for years now.  Youtube has been blocked for the last 3 months. Twitter went done last week.</p>
<p>While the dates for the last two occurred at the same time as sensitive periods or events, I think both are more about controlling new forms of communication and networking than the particular events. Censorship in China is generally a one-way street with periods of activity ramping up around specific times. I think of it in the same way tax auditors get busy around tax season and government ministries around budget time. The difference being once a site is blocked by thePublic Security Bureau (PSB) here in China, it is very difficult to get it unblocked; given the public security connection in an already opaque closed-door administrative system. A good analogy is trying to get someone off a no-fly list in a bureaucratic security system that lacks transparency.</p>
<p>Domestic blogging sites are heavily controlled and censored (though in an ad hoc way). Chinese video sharing sites are coming under increasing regulation and many believe it was only a matter of time before Twitter, as the newest uncontrolled networking site, was shut down.</p></blockquote>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:43:58 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Lloyd";}s:7:"summary";s:5361:"<p>I&#8217;ve seen some reports lately that &#8220;WordPress is blocked in China&#8221;, including some <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/04/great-firewall-china/">Mashable</a> articles. To clarify, it&#8217;s <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> that is blocked, not all sites that run self-hosted <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>.</p>
<p>Mashable&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/china-blocks-twitter-and-almost-everything-else/">China Blocks Twitter (And Almost Everything Else)</a>&#8221; seems to suggest that the block relates to the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre on June 4th. That may be the case for the other major web publishing and social networking sites, but WordPress.com has spent much of the time since the beginning of 2006 blocked by the Chinese government.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s an incredibly frustrating, sad situation.</p>
<p>In &#8220;<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igVn4hcj6ZNWlawSvzLvgEMkZmkQ">Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China</a>&#8221; my boss <a href="http://ma.tt/">Matt Mullenweg</a> shares:</p>
<blockquote><p>After some discussions, Mullenweg realised the site would be allowed back online if he agreed to block certain words or topics and give up information to the Chinese communist government about users.</p>
<p>&#8220;I started thinking about the DNA of the company,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That sort of company is not one I would wake up every day and feel passionate about working in.&#8221;</p>
<p>The site remains blocked, although Mullenweg, unable to suppress a giggle, points out that the official Chinese line insists it is freely available.</p></blockquote>
<p>There was a break in the blocking around the time of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but that ended with the games. That was the longest time I know of when people could consistently access WordPress.com from across China.</p>
<p>Part of the Chinese government&#8217;s approach seems to be to sometimes allow western hotels access and other specific points &#8212; likely to deceive Westerners and cause confusion.</p>
<p>There does not seem to be a reliable way to automate detection of WordPress.com being blocked, regardless of what tools might promise. I&#8217;m not surprised that <a href="http://greatfirewallofchina.org/">http://greatfirewallofchina.org/</a> gave up. This is the message on the site&#8217;s homepage:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Because of the ever stricter measures of censorship China imposes on the Internet, the team of www.greatfirewallofchina.org at present can no longer vouch for the reliability of its test tool. We have therefore decided to take the test tool offline.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.herdict.org/">Herdict</a> &lt;<a href="http://www.herdict.org/">http://www.herdict.org/</a>&gt;, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University,  seems to be a novel, survey based approach to find out which locations are blocking or censoring web sites.</p>
<p>The tool of choice to let people dodge surveillance is <a href="http://www.torproject.org/">Tor</a> &lt;<a href="http://www.torproject.org/">http://www.torproject.org/</a>&gt;. Please consider your own safety and technology expertise before using any such tools. <a href="http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html">Reporters without borders</a> &lt;<a href="http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html">http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html</a>&gt; seems like an excellent resource if you are considering reporting from a dangerous place.</p>
<p><strong>Monday, June 8th</strong><strong> Update </strong></p>
<p>A reliable source in China shares that Twitter is back. The same source also shares:</p>
<blockquote><p>Specific blockages do appear to coincide with major events, like those in Tibet last year and the recent anniversary, but are also part of general and ever-changing blanket censorship.</p>
<p>The Twitter blockage is really the only new story of the last week (apart from 5 second delay foreign television news blackouts) but the news media wanted to turn it into a larger story, including the Wordpress angle.</p>
<p>Wordpress has been blocked for years now.  Youtube has been blocked for the last 3 months. Twitter went done last week.</p>
<p>While the dates for the last two occurred at the same time as sensitive periods or events, I think both are more about controlling new forms of communication and networking than the particular events. Censorship in China is generally a one-way street with periods of activity ramping up around specific times. I think of it in the same way tax auditors get busy around tax season and government ministries around budget time. The difference being once a site is blocked by thePublic Security Bureau (PSB) here in China, it is very difficult to get it unblocked; given the public security connection in an already opaque closed-door administrative system. A good analogy is trying to get someone off a no-fly list in a bureaucratic security system that lacks transparency.</p>
<p>Domestic blogging sites are heavily controlled and censored (though in an ad hoc way). Chinese video sharing sites are coming under increasing regulation and many believe it was only a matter of time before Twitter, as the newest uncontrolled networking site, was shut down.</p></blockquote>";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases by 06/06";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6019";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-theme-releases-by-0606/";s:11:"description";s:2696:"<h4><a href="http://izandi.net/2009/05/wpblue-3-column-adsense-wordpress-themes/">WPBlue 3 Column Adsense</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://izandi.net/Free_WordPress_Themes/WPBlue/"><img title="wpBlue" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpblue.jpg" alt="wpBlue" width="200" height="194" /></a></p>
<p>WPBlue is 3 column adsense WordPress themes with blue color and fast loading. Gravatar and widget ready.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.techiesouls.com/2009/05/27/wp-soul-free-wordpress-theme-by-techiesouls/">WP Soul</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.techiesouls.com/wpsoul/"><img title="WP Soul" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpsoul.jpg" alt="WP Soul" width="200" height="177" /></a></p>
<p>WP Soul is a free 2 column Wordpress Theme looks simple and elegant from the front end and offering vast Admin options at the back end. With wide variety of tune able Theme options in the admin menu you don’t need to edit .php files manually to do basic theme adjustments.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.magpress.com/wordpress-themes/vertico.html">Vertico</a></h4>
<p><img title="Vertico" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/vertico.png" alt="Vertico" width="200" height="118" /></p>
<p>Vertico is a 2 columns fixed width magazine style WordPress theme. This theme comes with highly customized features such as the vertical listing of recent posts, categorized tabbers and many more to make your Wordpress blog stand out from others.</p>
<h4><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/black-hat">Black Hat</a></h4>
<p><img title="Black Hat" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blackhat.jpg" alt="Black Hat" width="200" height="140" /></p>
<p>Black Hat is a dark minimalist theme based on Adrian Diaconescu&#8217;s Corporate Sandbox, which is of course based on the Sandbox framework. It is has been built specifically with WordPress 2.7 in mind, but is also backwards compatible for version 2.6.</p>
<h4><a href="http://wp.paragraphe.org/2009/05/15/nebula-dark-wp-theme/">Nebula Dark</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.paragraphe.org/nebula-dark/"><img title="Nebula Dark" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/nebuladark.png" alt="Nebula Dark" width="200" height="101" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, widget ready theme, with a well designed 404 page, with SIFR for headings.</p>
<p>Are you a theme author? <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">Submit your theme</a> to us.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-theme-releases-by-0606/">WordPress Theme Releases by 06/06</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:14:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:2696:"<h4><a href="http://izandi.net/2009/05/wpblue-3-column-adsense-wordpress-themes/">WPBlue 3 Column Adsense</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://izandi.net/Free_WordPress_Themes/WPBlue/"><img title="wpBlue" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpblue.jpg" alt="wpBlue" width="200" height="194" /></a></p>
<p>WPBlue is 3 column adsense WordPress themes with blue color and fast loading. Gravatar and widget ready.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.techiesouls.com/2009/05/27/wp-soul-free-wordpress-theme-by-techiesouls/">WP Soul</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.techiesouls.com/wpsoul/"><img title="WP Soul" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpsoul.jpg" alt="WP Soul" width="200" height="177" /></a></p>
<p>WP Soul is a free 2 column Wordpress Theme looks simple and elegant from the front end and offering vast Admin options at the back end. With wide variety of tune able Theme options in the admin menu you don’t need to edit .php files manually to do basic theme adjustments.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.magpress.com/wordpress-themes/vertico.html">Vertico</a></h4>
<p><img title="Vertico" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/vertico.png" alt="Vertico" width="200" height="118" /></p>
<p>Vertico is a 2 columns fixed width magazine style WordPress theme. This theme comes with highly customized features such as the vertical listing of recent posts, categorized tabbers and many more to make your Wordpress blog stand out from others.</p>
<h4><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/black-hat">Black Hat</a></h4>
<p><img title="Black Hat" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blackhat.jpg" alt="Black Hat" width="200" height="140" /></p>
<p>Black Hat is a dark minimalist theme based on Adrian Diaconescu&#8217;s Corporate Sandbox, which is of course based on the Sandbox framework. It is has been built specifically with WordPress 2.7 in mind, but is also backwards compatible for version 2.6.</p>
<h4><a href="http://wp.paragraphe.org/2009/05/15/nebula-dark-wp-theme/">Nebula Dark</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.paragraphe.org/nebula-dark/"><img title="Nebula Dark" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/nebuladark.png" alt="Nebula Dark" width="200" height="101" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, widget ready theme, with a well designed 404 page, with SIFR for headings.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-theme-releases-by-0606/">WordPress Theme Releases by 06/06</a></p>";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"BuddyPress: BuddyPress 1.0.1 Released";s:4:"guid";s:28:"http://buddypress.org/?p=438";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-101-released/";s:11:"description";s:747:"<p><a href="http://buddypress.org/download">BuddyPress 1.0.1</a> is now available. The easiest way to upgrade is through the plugin browser on your WordPress MU installation, you should see a notification for the latest version. If you would like to upgrade manually you can <a href="http://buddypress.org/download">download the latest</a> then simply overwrite your existing files. Please make sure you backup first.</p>
<p>This point release fixes a number of security issues in the 1.0 version so it is a <strong>critical upgrade</strong> for everyone currently running BuddyPress. There is also a number of other bug fixes so please <a href="http://buddypress.org/about/release-history">review the release history</a> for more information.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:33:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Andy Peatling";}s:7:"summary";s:747:"<p><a href="http://buddypress.org/download">BuddyPress 1.0.1</a> is now available. The easiest way to upgrade is through the plugin browser on your WordPress MU installation, you should see a notification for the latest version. If you would like to upgrade manually you can <a href="http://buddypress.org/download">download the latest</a> then simply overwrite your existing files. Please make sure you backup first.</p>
<p>This point release fixes a number of security issues in the 1.0 version so it is a <strong>critical upgrade</strong> for everyone currently running BuddyPress. There is also a number of other bug fixes so please <a href="http://buddypress.org/about/release-history">review the release history</a> for more information.</p>";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:72:"Weblog Tools Collection: Publish Blog Posts In WordPress From Yahoo Mail";s:4:"guid";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/";s:11:"description";s:5933:"<p>Posting content to blogs has been becoming easier and easier everyday, with apps for iPhone, Nokia S60 and the soon to be introduced Blackberry app for WordPress, users can quickly post content to their blogs.</p>
<p>Yahoo Mail has introduced a new <a href="http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/06/new-apps-in-yahoo-mail/" target="_blank">set of applications</a> for their webmail service, and one of them is a WordPress application which will allow you to post content to either your WordPress.com or WordPress.org account from within Yahoo Mail, the interesting thing about this application is that you can drag and drop emails on the application to create new blog posts.</p>
<p>Here is a quick walkthrough on how you can publish posts to your WordPress blog using Yahoo Mail.</p>
<h3>Enable WordPress Application</h3>
<p>The first thing you will need to do is enable the WordPress application in Yahoo Mail, to do that click on the Add link next to the Applications menu item in the sidebar, enable WordPress in the application gallery, this should create a new entry in the sidebar.</p>
<p><img title="enable_wordpress_application" border="0" alt="enable_wordpress_application" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/enable-wordpress-application.png" width="366" height="61" /> </p>
<p>Yahoo applications will not be enabled by default for all users, you will need to go to this <a href="http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/applications" target="_blank">application signup URL</a> and enter your email address to enable them, also this feature is only available for US users right now.</p>
<h3>Setup Blog Settings</h3>
<p>Once you have added the application to Yahoo Mail, you will need to setup the blog settings, to do that click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, you will be shown a screen where you will need to enter the details for your blog.</p>
<p><img title="blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress" border="0" alt="blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blog-settings-yahoo-wordpress.png" width="281" height="234" /> </p>
<p>Once you have entered the details click on save settings to save the information. You should see a confirmation message telling you that the blog has been added successfully.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_settings_saved" border="0" alt="wordpress_settings_saved" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-settings-saved.png" width="255" height="86" /> </p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The application claims that it supports both WordPress.com and WordPress.org accounts, however I was not able to save settings for the latter.</p>
</p>
</p>
<h3>Writing and Publishing Blog Posts From Yahoo Mail</h3>
<p>Writing blog posts is quite similar to how you do it from your admin dashboard, to write a blog post, click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should launch the editor using which you can write blog posts.</p>
<p><img title="yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor" border="0" alt="yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/yahoo-mail-wordpress-editor.png" width="293" height="221" /> </p>
<p>Just write the blog posts as you would regularly do and publish it to your blog, you can also insert images into your blog posts, however there is no support for categories, you can only specify tags for now.</p>
<p>Another interesting feature in the application is the ability to drag and drop emails to the application to create posts out of them, pretty simple and easy and quite handy when you want to quickly post photos etc directly to your blog.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_drag_email_to_post" border="0" alt="wordpress_drag_email_to_post" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-drag-email-to-post.png" width="255" height="114" /> </p>
<p>To create a post from a email, just drag the email and drop it on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should open up the post editor, however it will be prefilled with information from the email that you dragged on the application.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail" border="0" alt="wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-post-editor-yahoo-mail.png" width="238" height="240" />&#160;&#160; </p>
<p>Once you have made the edits, you can publish the post to your blog, here is a screenshot of the published post.</p>
<p align="center"><img title="post_published" border="0" alt="post_published" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/post-published.png" width="240" height="82" /><img title="published_blog_post" border="0" alt="published_blog_post" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/published-blog-post.png" width="212" height="122" /> </p>
</p>
</p>
</p>
<h3>Hits and Misses in the WordPress Application for Yahoo Mail</h3>
<p>The WordPress application for Yahoo Mail is definitely a nice application, the best part about it is that you can now quickly create posts from your emails without having to put in much effort, the editor is pretty decent too and will allow you to properly format content and add images and media to your posts, overall a really good addition.</p>
<p>However things could be a bit better with certain things, like the ability to support WordPress.org blogs would be great, in addition to that Categories is the sore missing point from the editor.</p>
<p>Also it would be great if users could add multiple blogs to the application, at present only one blog is supported.</p>
<p>What do you think about this application? Do you think it will be helpful to you? Do let me know your thoughts about it.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/">Publish Blog Posts In WordPress From Yahoo Mail</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:41:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:5933:"<p>Posting content to blogs has been becoming easier and easier everyday, with apps for iPhone, Nokia S60 and the soon to be introduced Blackberry app for WordPress, users can quickly post content to their blogs.</p>
<p>Yahoo Mail has introduced a new <a href="http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/06/new-apps-in-yahoo-mail/" target="_blank">set of applications</a> for their webmail service, and one of them is a WordPress application which will allow you to post content to either your WordPress.com or WordPress.org account from within Yahoo Mail, the interesting thing about this application is that you can drag and drop emails on the application to create new blog posts.</p>
<p>Here is a quick walkthrough on how you can publish posts to your WordPress blog using Yahoo Mail.</p>
<h3>Enable WordPress Application</h3>
<p>The first thing you will need to do is enable the WordPress application in Yahoo Mail, to do that click on the Add link next to the Applications menu item in the sidebar, enable WordPress in the application gallery, this should create a new entry in the sidebar.</p>
<p><img title="enable_wordpress_application" border="0" alt="enable_wordpress_application" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/enable-wordpress-application.png" width="366" height="61" /> </p>
<p>Yahoo applications will not be enabled by default for all users, you will need to go to this <a href="http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/applications" target="_blank">application signup URL</a> and enter your email address to enable them, also this feature is only available for US users right now.</p>
<h3>Setup Blog Settings</h3>
<p>Once you have added the application to Yahoo Mail, you will need to setup the blog settings, to do that click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, you will be shown a screen where you will need to enter the details for your blog.</p>
<p><img title="blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress" border="0" alt="blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blog-settings-yahoo-wordpress.png" width="281" height="234" /> </p>
<p>Once you have entered the details click on save settings to save the information. You should see a confirmation message telling you that the blog has been added successfully.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_settings_saved" border="0" alt="wordpress_settings_saved" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-settings-saved.png" width="255" height="86" /> </p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The application claims that it supports both WordPress.com and WordPress.org accounts, however I was not able to save settings for the latter.</p>
</p>
</p>
<h3>Writing and Publishing Blog Posts From Yahoo Mail</h3>
<p>Writing blog posts is quite similar to how you do it from your admin dashboard, to write a blog post, click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should launch the editor using which you can write blog posts.</p>
<p><img title="yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor" border="0" alt="yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/yahoo-mail-wordpress-editor.png" width="293" height="221" /> </p>
<p>Just write the blog posts as you would regularly do and publish it to your blog, you can also insert images into your blog posts, however there is no support for categories, you can only specify tags for now.</p>
<p>Another interesting feature in the application is the ability to drag and drop emails to the application to create posts out of them, pretty simple and easy and quite handy when you want to quickly post photos etc directly to your blog.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_drag_email_to_post" border="0" alt="wordpress_drag_email_to_post" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-drag-email-to-post.png" width="255" height="114" /> </p>
<p>To create a post from a email, just drag the email and drop it on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should open up the post editor, however it will be prefilled with information from the email that you dragged on the application.</p>
<p><img title="wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail" border="0" alt="wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-post-editor-yahoo-mail.png" width="238" height="240" />&#160;&#160; </p>
<p>Once you have made the edits, you can publish the post to your blog, here is a screenshot of the published post.</p>
<p align="center"><img title="post_published" border="0" alt="post_published" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/post-published.png" width="240" height="82" /><img title="published_blog_post" border="0" alt="published_blog_post" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/published-blog-post.png" width="212" height="122" /> </p>
</p>
</p>
</p>
<h3>Hits and Misses in the WordPress Application for Yahoo Mail</h3>
<p>The WordPress application for Yahoo Mail is definitely a nice application, the best part about it is that you can now quickly create posts from your emails without having to put in much effort, the editor is pretty decent too and will allow you to properly format content and add images and media to your posts, overall a really good addition.</p>
<p>However things could be a bit better with certain things, like the ability to support WordPress.org blogs would be great, in addition to that Categories is the sore missing point from the editor.</p>
<p>Also it would be great if users could add multiple blogs to the application, at present only one blog is supported.</p>
<p>What do you think about this application? Do you think it will be helpful to you? Do let me know your thoughts about it.</p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/">Publish Blog Posts In WordPress From Yahoo Mail</a></p>";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:63:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker";s:4:"guid";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/";s:4:"link";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/";s:11:"description";s:2888:"<p>The biggest headache users face before upgrading to a newer version of WordPress, is whether or not all their plugins will work with the new WordPress version.</p>
<p>I have seen lot of people delaying upgrading to a newer version because of this reason, the WordPress Codex does <a href="http://wordpress.org/search/plugin+compatibility">maintain a list of plugins</a> that are compatible with different versions of WordPress, <a href="http://plugincheck.bravenewcode.com/">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a> is a informational service which indexes plugins and provides compatibility checks. </p>
<p> <span id="more-5998"></span>
<p>This tool does provide with a way to check whether a plugin follows different things to determine compatibility, however use it only for informational purposes rather than using it as a tool to base your decision on upgrading WordPress, the WordPress codex for plugin compatibility document is definitely the best way to go.</p>
<p><img title="plugin_compatibility_checker" border="0" alt="plugin_compatibility_checker" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-compatibility-checker.png" width="428" height="170" /> </p>
<p>The plugin compatibility checker currently indexes more than 7500 plugins, out of which 5040 plugins are fully compatible with <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/">WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>
<p>There are several criteria&#8217;s used while determining if a plugin is compatible or not, some of which include minimum and maximum WordPress versions, whether the plugin is using hardcoded values of wp-content, whether the plugin is compatible with PHP4, whether it is directly connecting to the database without making use of the DB object provided by WordPress among other things.</p>
<p><img title="plugin_not_compatible_reason" border="0" alt="plugin_not_compatible_reason" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-not-compatible-reason.png" width="349" height="96" /> </p>
<p>If you are a plugin developer, you can use this tool to see if there are any problems with the plugin.</p>
<p><strike>This tool will definitely come in handy whenever you want to make a decision to upgrade to a newer version of WordPress</strike>. The compatibility results provided by this tool may not be exactly accurate, it should only be used for informational purposes, the plugin compatibility list provided by WordPress Codex is the best way to determine if a plugin will work with WordPress 2.8 or not. Thanks <a href="http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/">Alex</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:21:53 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:2888:"<p>The biggest headache users face before upgrading to a newer version of WordPress, is whether or not all their plugins will work with the new WordPress version.</p>
<p>I have seen lot of people delaying upgrading to a newer version because of this reason, the WordPress Codex does <a href="http://wordpress.org/search/plugin+compatibility">maintain a list of plugins</a> that are compatible with different versions of WordPress, <a href="http://plugincheck.bravenewcode.com/">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a> is a informational service which indexes plugins and provides compatibility checks. </p>
<p> <span id="more-5998"></span>
<p>This tool does provide with a way to check whether a plugin follows different things to determine compatibility, however use it only for informational purposes rather than using it as a tool to base your decision on upgrading WordPress, the WordPress codex for plugin compatibility document is definitely the best way to go.</p>
<p><img title="plugin_compatibility_checker" border="0" alt="plugin_compatibility_checker" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-compatibility-checker.png" width="428" height="170" /> </p>
<p>The plugin compatibility checker currently indexes more than 7500 plugins, out of which 5040 plugins are fully compatible with <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/">WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>
<p>There are several criteria&#8217;s used while determining if a plugin is compatible or not, some of which include minimum and maximum WordPress versions, whether the plugin is using hardcoded values of wp-content, whether the plugin is compatible with PHP4, whether it is directly connecting to the database without making use of the DB object provided by WordPress among other things.</p>
<p><img title="plugin_not_compatible_reason" border="0" alt="plugin_not_compatible_reason" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-not-compatible-reason.png" width="349" height="96" /> </p>
<p>If you are a plugin developer, you can use this tool to see if there are any problems with the plugin.</p>
<p><strike>This tool will definitely come in handy whenever you want to make a decision to upgrade to a newer version of WordPress</strike>. The compatibility results provided by this tool may not be exactly accurate, it should only be used for informational purposes, the plugin compatibility list provided by WordPress Codex is the best way to determine if a plugin will work with WordPress 2.8 or not. Thanks <a href="http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/">Alex</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a></p>";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:70:"Weblog Tools Collection: Five Blogroll Plugins for your WordPress Site";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/";s:11:"description";s:4225:"<p>I am certainly finding these “Five” series of posts very educational.&#160; There has been such great discussions around each one and I am learning a lot from all of the experience of the visitors here at the site.&#160; I appreciate your willingness to speak up about what your likes and dislikes.&#160; There is nothing like a spirited conversation and sharing of information to get the brain juices flowing.</p>
<p>So our “Five” for this post is blogroll related plugins for your website.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/feed-reading-blogroll/">Feed Reading Blogroll</a> – This plugin uses Googles index of feeds to grab the latest post date and title and display it on your blogroll.&#160; There are several configuration options and it can organize the presentation of the blogroll links in order of the freshness of the latest post.&#160; You will need a free Google API key to use this plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll.png"><img title="feedreadingblogroll" border="0" alt="feedreadingblogroll" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll-thumb.png" width="88" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/nofollow-blogroll-seo/">Nofollow Blogroll SEO</a> – This simple plugin puts rel="nofollow" on non-homepage Blogroll Links. It allows you to share links with your favorite sites but not take a hit in your SEO for having sitewide links. This is a fairly new plugin in the development cycle but due to its simplicity is not likely to require a lot of development down the road.</p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/better-blogroll/">Better Blogroll</a> – Collecting a lot of links in your blogroll to the point they take up an entire sidebar?&#160; Well this plugin is the solution to that problem.&#160; It allows you to specify a specific number of blogroll links to display in your sidebar and then it randomly fills that from your entire collection of blogroll links.&#160; So it keeps things fresh and shares the link love! This has several other features that just give added benefits to the plugin such as image links, displaying the links category and setting links to no follow. This is one of the more popular ones with almost 9,400 downloads to date.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen.png"><img title="betterblogrollscreen" border="0" alt="betterblogrollscreen" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen-thumb.png" width="232" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-blogroll/">Advanced Blogroll</a> – This plugin allows you to display your blogroll links by category; order them by name, link ID or randomly; display with text links only, graphics only or both; select how many links to show and also opt to add the no follow attribute to the links.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen.png"><img title="advblogrollscreen" border="0" alt="advblogrollscreen" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen-thumb.png" width="118" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/google-reader-blogroll-widget/">Google Reader Blogroll Widget</a> – This one lets you grab your Google Reader subscription and display it in your sidebar as a blogroll – you can even use the custom Google color schemes in your sidebar display for it.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll.png"><img title="googlereaderblogroll" border="0" alt="googlereaderblogroll" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll-thumb.png" width="244" height="219" /></a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I look forward to seeing what you use for blogrolls in the comments. Thanks and stay safe out there on the net!</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-WordPress-site/">Five Blogroll Plugins for your WordPress Site</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:47:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"WindowsObserver";}s:7:"summary";s:4225:"<p>I am certainly finding these “Five” series of posts very educational.&#160; There has been such great discussions around each one and I am learning a lot from all of the experience of the visitors here at the site.&#160; I appreciate your willingness to speak up about what your likes and dislikes.&#160; There is nothing like a spirited conversation and sharing of information to get the brain juices flowing.</p>
<p>So our “Five” for this post is blogroll related plugins for your website.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/feed-reading-blogroll/">Feed Reading Blogroll</a> – This plugin uses Googles index of feeds to grab the latest post date and title and display it on your blogroll.&#160; There are several configuration options and it can organize the presentation of the blogroll links in order of the freshness of the latest post.&#160; You will need a free Google API key to use this plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll.png"><img title="feedreadingblogroll" border="0" alt="feedreadingblogroll" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll-thumb.png" width="88" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/nofollow-blogroll-seo/">Nofollow Blogroll SEO</a> – This simple plugin puts rel="nofollow" on non-homepage Blogroll Links. It allows you to share links with your favorite sites but not take a hit in your SEO for having sitewide links. This is a fairly new plugin in the development cycle but due to its simplicity is not likely to require a lot of development down the road.</p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/better-blogroll/">Better Blogroll</a> – Collecting a lot of links in your blogroll to the point they take up an entire sidebar?&#160; Well this plugin is the solution to that problem.&#160; It allows you to specify a specific number of blogroll links to display in your sidebar and then it randomly fills that from your entire collection of blogroll links.&#160; So it keeps things fresh and shares the link love! This has several other features that just give added benefits to the plugin such as image links, displaying the links category and setting links to no follow. This is one of the more popular ones with almost 9,400 downloads to date.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen.png"><img title="betterblogrollscreen" border="0" alt="betterblogrollscreen" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen-thumb.png" width="232" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-blogroll/">Advanced Blogroll</a> – This plugin allows you to display your blogroll links by category; order them by name, link ID or randomly; display with text links only, graphics only or both; select how many links to show and also opt to add the no follow attribute to the links.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen.png"><img title="advblogrollscreen" border="0" alt="advblogrollscreen" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen-thumb.png" width="118" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/google-reader-blogroll-widget/">Google Reader Blogroll Widget</a> – This one lets you grab your Google Reader subscription and display it in your sidebar as a blogroll – you can even use the custom Google color schemes in your sidebar display for it.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll.png"><img title="googlereaderblogroll" border="0" alt="googlereaderblogroll" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll-thumb.png" width="244" height="219" /></a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I look forward to seeing what you use for blogrolls in the comments. Thanks and stay safe out there on the net!</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-WordPress-site/">Five Blogroll Plugins for your WordPress Site</a></p>";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Donncha: WordPress MU Catchup: big merge, wpmudev goes gpl and MU support";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89494956";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-merge-gpl-and-support/";s:11:"description";s:5076:"<p>Exciting times in the world of <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv">WordPress</a> and <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv">WordPress MU</a>. Last weekend&#8217;s announcement by Matt that WordPress MU would merge into WordPress caused a flurry of activity and questions on twitter and on blogs, most notably with speculation that <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ibG9naGVyYWxkLmNvbS8yMDA5LzA2LzAyL3dvcmRwcmVzcy1hbmQtd29yZHByZXNzbXUtbWVyZ2VkLXdob2Ev">WordPress.org would run on MU</a> and by jeffr0 who <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cHRhdmVybi5jb20vdG8tbWVyZ2Utb3Itbm90LXRvLW1lcmdl">asked me on IRC</a> what was happening.</p>
<p>Basically, the thin layer of code that allows WordPress MU to host multiple WordPress blogs will be merged into WordPress. I expect the WordPress MU project itself will come to an end because it won&#8217;t be needed any more (which saddens me), but on the other hand many more people will be working on that very same MU code which means more features and more bugfixes and faster too. It also means no more marathon code merging sessions. I certainly won&#8217;t miss that.</p>
<p>Meanwhile in the real world, there&#8217;s more merging to be done. <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8wNi9zdW1tYXJ5LW9mLXdvcmRwcmVzcy1kZXYtaXJjLW1lZXR1cC1mb3ItMjAwOTA2MDMv">WordPress 2.8 is expected next Wednesday</a> and it has introduced fancy new stuff I haven&#8217;t finished fixing yet in WordPress MU. Expect an MU 2.8 beta sometime next week I hope.</p>
<p>In what I first thought was fabulous news, James Farmer has <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dwbXUub3JnL3dwbXUtZGV2LXByZW1pdW0tcmVsYXVuY2hlZC8=">announced</a> that <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3ByZW1pdW0ud3BtdWRldi5vcmcv">WPMU DEV Premium</a> has been relaunched. The site offered premium support for WordPress MU for a very long time. It also sold proprietary plugins which I&#8217;ve never agreed with (because of the conflict with WordPress) but now all plugins are GPL licensed.<br />
Then I found out that you need to signup and pay a subscription fee to download them. I&#8217;m conflicted about it, because if I&#8217;m honest, while they&#8217;re sticking to the letter of the GPL, the spirit may be lacking.<br />
So, should you signup there for a month, download all their plugins and upload them to WordPress.org? It&#8217;s tempting isn&#8217;t it? But no, you shouldn&#8217;t. This is real income for James, Andrew and company. If their plugins are uploaded elsewhere will they be updated? Will you signup for another month and grab them all again and upload each and every one to separate Subversion repositories? Will you provide support when things go wrong? I didn&#8217;t think so.<br />
If it really bothers you that GPLed plugins are not available &#8220;free as in beer&#8221; then write your own and support it. It&#8217;s not something to be done lightly.</p>
<blockquote><p>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.</p></blockquote>
<p> (<a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbnUub3JnL2xpY2Vuc2VzL29sZC1saWNlbnNlcy9ncGwtMi4wLmh0bWw=">GNU GPL v2.0</a>)</p>
<p>Of course, WPMU DEV aren&#8217;t the only MU support people in town. Check out Ron &#038; Andrea&#8217;s <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211c3VwcG9ydC5uZXQv">musupport.net</a> and of course I recommend the <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2F1dG9tYXR0aWMuY29tL3NlcnZpY2VzL3N1cHBvcnQtbmV0d29yay8=">Automattic Support Network</a> where you&#8217;ll find me and the rest of Automattic.</p>
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<p>Basically, the thin layer of code that allows WordPress MU to host multiple WordPress blogs will be merged into WordPress. I expect the WordPress MU project itself will come to an end because it won&#8217;t be needed any more (which saddens me), but on the other hand many more people will be working on that very same MU code which means more features and more bugfixes and faster too. It also means no more marathon code merging sessions. I certainly won&#8217;t miss that.</p>
<p>Meanwhile in the real world, there&#8217;s more merging to be done. <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8wNi9zdW1tYXJ5LW9mLXdvcmRwcmVzcy1kZXYtaXJjLW1lZXR1cC1mb3ItMjAwOTA2MDMv">WordPress 2.8 is expected next Wednesday</a> and it has introduced fancy new stuff I haven&#8217;t finished fixing yet in WordPress MU. Expect an MU 2.8 beta sometime next week I hope.</p>
<p>In what I first thought was fabulous news, James Farmer has <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dwbXUub3JnL3dwbXUtZGV2LXByZW1pdW0tcmVsYXVuY2hlZC8=">announced</a> that <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3ByZW1pdW0ud3BtdWRldi5vcmcv">WPMU DEV Premium</a> has been relaunched. The site offered premium support for WordPress MU for a very long time. It also sold proprietary plugins which I&#8217;ve never agreed with (because of the conflict with WordPress) but now all plugins are GPL licensed.<br />
Then I found out that you need to signup and pay a subscription fee to download them. I&#8217;m conflicted about it, because if I&#8217;m honest, while they&#8217;re sticking to the letter of the GPL, the spirit may be lacking.<br />
So, should you signup there for a month, download all their plugins and upload them to WordPress.org? It&#8217;s tempting isn&#8217;t it? But no, you shouldn&#8217;t. This is real income for James, Andrew and company. If their plugins are uploaded elsewhere will they be updated? Will you signup for another month and grab them all again and upload each and every one to separate Subversion repositories? Will you provide support when things go wrong? I didn&#8217;t think so.<br />
If it really bothers you that GPLed plugins are not available &#8220;free as in beer&#8221; then write your own and support it. It&#8217;s not something to be done lightly.</p>
<blockquote><p>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.</p></blockquote>
<p> (<a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbnUub3JnL2xpY2Vuc2VzL29sZC1saWNlbnNlcy9ncGwtMi4wLmh0bWw=">GNU GPL v2.0</a>)</p>
<p>Of course, WPMU DEV aren&#8217;t the only MU support people in town. Check out Ron &#038; Andrea&#8217;s <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211c3VwcG9ydC5uZXQv">musupport.net</a> and of course I recommend the <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2F1dG9tYXR0aWMuY29tL3NlcnZpY2VzL3N1cHBvcnQtbmV0d29yay8=">Automattic Support Network</a> where you&#8217;ll find me and the rest of Automattic.</p>
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<p>However this is only a target date and may not end up as being the release date in the end, however it would be good to see it released soon, considering the good number of features it has.</p>
<p>If you haven’t yet gotten a chance to take a look or test out WordPress 2.8, take a look at the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/">Hands-on Review of WordPress 2.8</a> we did earlier today.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/">WordPress 2.8 May Be Released On June 10th</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:13:38 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1008:"<p>The release date for WordPress 2.8 has almost been confirmed, according to the latest blog post on the <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/summary-of-wordpress-dev-irc-meetup-for-20090603/">WordPress development blog</a>, the target date for releasing WordPress 2.8 is June 10th.</p>
<p>However this is only a target date and may not end up as being the release date in the end, however it would be good to see it released soon, considering the good number of features it has.</p>
<p>If you haven’t yet gotten a chance to take a look or test out WordPress 2.8, take a look at the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/">Hands-on Review of WordPress 2.8</a> we did earlier today.</p>
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<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/">WordPress 2.8 May Be Released On June 10th</a></p>";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Dev Blog: Summary of #wordpress-dev IRC meetup for 20090603";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=778";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/summary-of-wordpress-dev-irc-meetup-for-20090603/";s:11:"description";s:847:"<ul>
<li>Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of<br />
WordPress 2.8.  Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not<br />
blockers will be postponed to another release.</li>
<li>WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater.  This is raised from the current requirement of 4.0.</li>
<li>Checks will be added to the automatic upgrader that will prevent upgrading to 2.9 if  MySQL &lt; 4.1.2 is being used.  The upgrader will also issue a notice that suggests asking the host to upgrade MySQL to meet the minimum requirement.</li>
<li>In order to promote migration to PHP 5, the upgrader will suggest that those running<br />
PHP 4 switch to PHP 5. A link to a Codex page describing how to switch for various hosts should be provided.</li>
<li>The new weekly IRC meetup time will be every Wednesday at 9pm UTC.</li>
</ul>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:30:51 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Ryan Boren";}s:7:"summary";s:847:"<ul>
<li>Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of<br />
WordPress 2.8.  Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not<br />
blockers will be postponed to another release.</li>
<li>WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater.  This is raised from the current requirement of 4.0.</li>
<li>Checks will be added to the automatic upgrader that will prevent upgrading to 2.9 if  MySQL &lt; 4.1.2 is being used.  The upgrader will also issue a notice that suggests asking the host to upgrade MySQL to meet the minimum requirement.</li>
<li>In order to promote migration to PHP 5, the upgrader will suggest that those running<br />
PHP 4 switch to PHP 5. A link to a Codex page describing how to switch for various hosts should be provided.</li>
<li>The new weekly IRC meetup time will be every Wednesday at 9pm UTC.</li>
</ul>";}}s:7:"channel";a:5:{s:5:"title";s:16:"WordPress Planet";s:4:"link";s:28:"http://planet.wordpress.org/";s:8:"language";s:2:"en";s:11:"description";s:47:"WordPress Planet - http://planet.wordpress.org/";s:7:"tagline";s:47:"WordPress Planet - http://planet.wordpress.org/";}s:9:"textinput";a:0:{}s:5:"image";a:0:{}s:9:"feed_type";s:3:"RSS";s:12:"feed_version";s:3:"2.0";s:5:"stack";a:0:{}s:9:"inchannel";b:0;s:6:"initem";b:0;s:9:"incontent";b:0;s:11:"intextinput";b:0;s:7:"inimage";b:0;s:13:"current_field";s:0:"";s:17:"current_namespace";b:0;s:19:"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS";a:6:{i:0;s:7:"content";i:1;s:7:"summary";i:2;s:4:"info";i:3;s:5:"title";i:4;s:7:"tagline";i:5;s:9:"copyright";}}