After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku:
\nThree dot oh dot one
\nBug fixes to make you smile
\nUpdate your WordPress
This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make it one of the best and most stable releases we’ve had.
\nDownload 3.0.1 or update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area.
\nNote: If you downloaded 3.0.1 in the first 20 minutes of release (before 2200 UTC), you’ll want to reinstall it, which you can do right from your Updates screen. Our bad.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/wordpress-3-0-1/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:7:"summary";s:338:"After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku: Three dot oh dot one Bug fixes to make you smile Update your WordPress This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:951:"After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku:
\nThree dot oh dot one
\nBug fixes to make you smile
\nUpdate your WordPress
This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make it one of the best and most stable releases we’ve had.
\nDownload 3.0.1 or update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area.
\nNote: If you downloaded 3.0.1 in the first 20 minutes of release (before 2200 UTC), you’ll want to reinstall it, which you can do right from your Updates screen. Our bad.
\n";}i:1;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:42:"PHP 4 and MySQL 4 End of Life Announcement";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/eol-for-php4-and-mysql4/";s:8:"comments";s:67:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/eol-for-php4-and-mysql4/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:01:46 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:8:"category";s:27:"HostingMySQLPHPrequirements";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://wordpress.org/news/?p=1447";s:11:"description";s:348:"Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occasionally are able to reevaluate some of the [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:3021:"Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occasionally are able to reevaluate some of the requirements for running WordPress. Now is one of those times. You probably guessed it from the title — we’re finally ready to announce the end of support for PHP 4 and MySQL 4!
\nFirst up, the announcement that developers really care about. WordPress 3.1, due in late 2010, will be the last version of WordPress to support PHP 4.
\nFor WordPress 3.2, due in the first half of 2011, we will be raising the minimum required PHP version to 5.2. Why 5.2? Because that’s what the vast majority of WordPress users are using, and it offers substantial improvements over earlier PHP 5 releases. It is also the minimum PHP version that the Drupal and Joomla projects will be supporting in their next versions, both due out this year.
\nThe numbers are now, finally, strongly in favor of this move. Only around 11 percent of WordPress installs are running on a PHP version below 5.2. Many of them are on hosts who support PHP 5.2 — users merely need to change a setting in their hosting control panel to activate it. We believe that percentage will only go down over the rest of the year as hosting providers realize that to support the newest versions of WordPress (or Drupal, or Joomla), they’re going to have to pull the trigger.
\nIn less exciting news, we are also going to be dropping support for MySQL 4 after WordPress 3.1. Fewer than 6 percent of WordPress users are running MySQL 4. The new required MySQL version for WordPress 3.2 will be 5.0.15.
\nWordPress users will not be able to upgrade to WordPress 3.2 if their hosting environment does not meet these requirements (the built-in updater will prevent it). In order to determine which versions your host provides, we’ve created the Health Check plugin. You can download it manually, or use this handy plugin installation tool I whipped up. Right now, Health Check will only tell you if you’re ready for WordPress 3.2. In a future release it will provide all sorts of useful information about your server and your WordPress install, so hang on to it!
\nIn summary: WordPress 3.1, due in late 2010, will be the last version of WordPress to support PHP 4 and MySQL 4. WordPress 3.2, due in the first half of 2011, will require PHP 5.2 or higher, and MySQL 5.0.15 or higher. Install the Health Check plugin to see if you’re ready!
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:63:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/eol-for-php4-and-mysql4/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:7:"summary";s:348:"Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occasionally are able to reevaluate some of the [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:3021:"Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occasionally are able to reevaluate some of the requirements for running WordPress. Now is one of those times. You probably guessed it from the title — we’re finally ready to announce the end of support for PHP 4 and MySQL 4!
\nFirst up, the announcement that developers really care about. WordPress 3.1, due in late 2010, will be the last version of WordPress to support PHP 4.
\nFor WordPress 3.2, due in the first half of 2011, we will be raising the minimum required PHP version to 5.2. Why 5.2? Because that’s what the vast majority of WordPress users are using, and it offers substantial improvements over earlier PHP 5 releases. It is also the minimum PHP version that the Drupal and Joomla projects will be supporting in their next versions, both due out this year.
\nThe numbers are now, finally, strongly in favor of this move. Only around 11 percent of WordPress installs are running on a PHP version below 5.2. Many of them are on hosts who support PHP 5.2 — users merely need to change a setting in their hosting control panel to activate it. We believe that percentage will only go down over the rest of the year as hosting providers realize that to support the newest versions of WordPress (or Drupal, or Joomla), they’re going to have to pull the trigger.
\nIn less exciting news, we are also going to be dropping support for MySQL 4 after WordPress 3.1. Fewer than 6 percent of WordPress users are running MySQL 4. The new required MySQL version for WordPress 3.2 will be 5.0.15.
\nWordPress users will not be able to upgrade to WordPress 3.2 if their hosting environment does not meet these requirements (the built-in updater will prevent it). In order to determine which versions your host provides, we’ve created the Health Check plugin. You can download it manually, or use this handy plugin installation tool I whipped up. Right now, Health Check will only tell you if you’re ready for WordPress 3.2. In a future release it will provide all sorts of useful information about your server and your WordPress install, so hang on to it!
\nIn summary: WordPress 3.1, due in late 2010, will be the last version of WordPress to support PHP 4 and MySQL 4. WordPress 3.2, due in the first half of 2011, will require PHP 5.2 or higher, and MySQL 5.0.15 or higher. Install the Health Check plugin to see if you’re ready!
\n";}i:2;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:41:"100 Million Plugin Downloads and Counting";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/100-million/";s:8:"comments";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/100-million/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:48:34 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Andrew Nacin";}s:8:"category";s:20:"CommunityDevelopment";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1429";s:11:"description";s:364:"WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads. The WordPress community’s growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we’re taking the next two months to concentrate on improving WordPress.org. A major [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2319:"WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads.
\nThe WordPress community’s growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we’re taking the next two months to concentrate on improving WordPress.org. A major part of that will be improving the infrastructure of the plugins directory. More than 10,000 plugins are in the directory, every one of them GPL compatible and free as in both beer and speech. Here’s what we have in mind:
\nWe want to provide developers the tools they need to build the best possible plugins. We’re going to provide better integration with the forums so you can support your users. We’ll make more statistics available to you so you can analyze your user base, and over time we hope to make it easier for you to manage, build, and release localized plugins.
\nWe want to improve how the core software works with your plugin and the plugin directory. We’re going to focus on ensuring seamless upgrades by making the best possible determinations about compatibility, and offer continual improvements to the plugin installer. And we also want to give you a better developer tool set like SVN notifications and improvements to the bug tracker.
\nWe’re also going to experiment with other great ideas to help the community help plugin authors. We want it to be easy for you to offer comments to plugin authors and the community, including user reviews and better feedback. We may experiment with an adoption process for abandoned plugins as a way to revitalize hidden gems in the directory. I’m not sure there is a better way to show how extendable WordPress is and how awesome this community is at the same time.
\nAs Matt said in the 3.0 release announcement, our goal isn’t to make everything perfect all at once. But we think incremental improvements can provide us with a great base for 3.1 and beyond, and for the tens of millions of users, and hundreds of millions of plugin downloads to come.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:51:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/100-million/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:7:"summary";s:364:"WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads. The WordPress community’s growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we’re taking the next two months to concentrate on improving WordPress.org. A major [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:2319:"WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads.
\nThe WordPress community’s growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we’re taking the next two months to concentrate on improving WordPress.org. A major part of that will be improving the infrastructure of the plugins directory. More than 10,000 plugins are in the directory, every one of them GPL compatible and free as in both beer and speech. Here’s what we have in mind:
\nWe want to provide developers the tools they need to build the best possible plugins. We’re going to provide better integration with the forums so you can support your users. We’ll make more statistics available to you so you can analyze your user base, and over time we hope to make it easier for you to manage, build, and release localized plugins.
\nWe want to improve how the core software works with your plugin and the plugin directory. We’re going to focus on ensuring seamless upgrades by making the best possible determinations about compatibility, and offer continual improvements to the plugin installer. And we also want to give you a better developer tool set like SVN notifications and improvements to the bug tracker.
\nWe’re also going to experiment with other great ideas to help the community help plugin authors. We want it to be easy for you to offer comments to plugin authors and the community, including user reviews and better feedback. We may experiment with an adoption process for abandoned plugins as a way to revitalize hidden gems in the directory. I’m not sure there is a better way to show how extendable WordPress is and how awesome this community is at the same time.
\nAs Matt said in the 3.0 release announcement, our goal isn’t to make everything perfect all at once. But we think incremental improvements can provide us with a great base for 3.1 and beyond, and for the tens of millions of users, and hundreds of millions of plugin downloads to come.
\n";}i:3;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Summer of WordCamp";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/summer-of-wordcamp/";s:8:"comments";s:62:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/summer-of-wordcamp/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:19:45 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Jane Wells";}s:8:"category";s:17:"CommunityWordCamp";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1418";s:11:"description";s:355:"It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own experience and knowledge, and break bread (or [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:5678:"It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own experience and knowledge, and break bread (or raise a toast) with new friends and collaborators. Here are the WordCamps scheduled for this summer, along with what I know about them.
\nJuly 3: WordCamp Germany – Berlin, Germany. I love it that they’re using BuddyPress for their event site. They have multiple tracks, and what looks to be a nice variety of sessions. It’s only a few days away, so if you’re thinking of going, get your tickets now!
\nJuly 10: WordCamp Boulder – Boulder, Colorado, USA. This was WordCamp Denver last year, but the organizers have decided to mix it up and go back and forth between Denver and Boulder, which also has a thriving tech community. This year the venue is the Boulder Theater (so pretty!), and there will sessions for bloggers and devs alike, plus a Genius Bar to help people get their WordPress sites all fixed up. The speaker lineup looks good, and I hear they’re pumping up the wifi this year. I’ll be there, likely hunched over a notebook with Lisa Sabin-Wilson (author of WordPress for Dummies and BuddyPress for Dummies) to talk about the WordPress User Handbook project, and/or hunched over a sketchbook with Kevin Conboy (designed the new lighter “on” state for admin menus in WordPress 3.0) to work out a new default WordCamp.org theme (using BuddyPress). You can still get tickets!
\nJuly 17–18: WordCamp UK- Manchester, England, UK. The roving WordCamp UK will be in Manchester this year, and is probably the closest to BarCamp style of all the WordCamps, using a wiki to plan some speakers/sessions and organizing the rest ad-hoc on the first day of the event. I’ll be attending this one as well, and am looking forward to seeing WordPress lead developer Peter Westwood again. I’m also looking forward to meeting some core contributors for the first time in person, like Simon Wheatley and John O’Nolan. Mike Little, co-founder of WordPress, is on the organizing team of WordCamp UK. Tickets on sale now!
\nJuly 24: WordCamp Nigeria – Lagos, Nigeria. Their site seems to have a virus, so no link from here, but if you’re in Nigeria and interested in attending/getting involved, a quick Google search will get you to the organizers.
\nAugust 7: WordCamp Houston – Houston, TX, USA. Houston, Texas, birthplace of WordPress! Fittingly, Matt Mullenweg will be there to give the keynote. WordCamp Houston is running three tracks — Business, Blogger and Developer — in recognition of the fact that people who are interested in using WordPress for their business may not actually be bloggers or developers themselves. This used to get labeled as a “CMS” track at previous WordCamps (including NYC 2009), but with WordPress 3.0 supporting CMS functionality out of the box, “Business” is a much more appropriate label. Who wants to bet on if there will be BBQ for lunch?
\nAugust 7 : WordCamp Iowa – Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Another placeholder page. Happening, not happening? I’ve emailed the organizer and will update this post once I know more.
\nAugust 7–8: WordCamp New Zealand – Auckland, New Zealand. They haven’t announced this year’s speakers or topics, but they’ve been running polls to get community input into the program. Of note: in 2011 WordCamp New Zealand will be shifting seasons and will be in February instead, when the weather is nicer.
\nAugust 20–22: WordCamp Savannah – Savannah, Georgia, USA. Disclaimer: I am completely biased about Savannah, since I’m one of the organizers. This will be the first WordCamp in Savannah, and it’s being held at the Savannah College of Art and Design River Club, an awesome venue that used to be a cotton warehouse or something like that. Since Savannah doesn’t really have a cohesive WordPress community yet (though a fair number of people from Savannah attended WordCamp Atlanta earlier this year), this WordCamp is aimed squarely at building a local community. We’ll have a local meet-and-greet, regular sessions with visiting speakers (lots of core contributors coming to this one, plus Matt), and on Sunday it will be combination unconference/genius bar/collaborative workspace. Oh, and a potluck! We’ll also be running a pre-WordCamp workshop for people who have never used WordPress but want to get started, so that they’ll be able to follow the presentations and conversations littered with WordPress-specific vocabulary over the weekend. Ticket sales just opened, so get your tickets now.
\nFor a schedule of all upcoming WordCamps, visit wordcamp.org. The autumn schedule is already packed! If you don’t see WordCamp in your area and are interested in organizing one, get more information and let us know.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:58:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/summer-of-wordcamp/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:7:"summary";s:355:"It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own experience and knowledge, and break bread (or [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:5678:"It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own experience and knowledge, and break bread (or raise a toast) with new friends and collaborators. Here are the WordCamps scheduled for this summer, along with what I know about them.
\nJuly 3: WordCamp Germany – Berlin, Germany. I love it that they’re using BuddyPress for their event site. They have multiple tracks, and what looks to be a nice variety of sessions. It’s only a few days away, so if you’re thinking of going, get your tickets now!
\nJuly 10: WordCamp Boulder – Boulder, Colorado, USA. This was WordCamp Denver last year, but the organizers have decided to mix it up and go back and forth between Denver and Boulder, which also has a thriving tech community. This year the venue is the Boulder Theater (so pretty!), and there will sessions for bloggers and devs alike, plus a Genius Bar to help people get their WordPress sites all fixed up. The speaker lineup looks good, and I hear they’re pumping up the wifi this year. I’ll be there, likely hunched over a notebook with Lisa Sabin-Wilson (author of WordPress for Dummies and BuddyPress for Dummies) to talk about the WordPress User Handbook project, and/or hunched over a sketchbook with Kevin Conboy (designed the new lighter “on” state for admin menus in WordPress 3.0) to work out a new default WordCamp.org theme (using BuddyPress). You can still get tickets!
\nJuly 17–18: WordCamp UK- Manchester, England, UK. The roving WordCamp UK will be in Manchester this year, and is probably the closest to BarCamp style of all the WordCamps, using a wiki to plan some speakers/sessions and organizing the rest ad-hoc on the first day of the event. I’ll be attending this one as well, and am looking forward to seeing WordPress lead developer Peter Westwood again. I’m also looking forward to meeting some core contributors for the first time in person, like Simon Wheatley and John O’Nolan. Mike Little, co-founder of WordPress, is on the organizing team of WordCamp UK. Tickets on sale now!
\nJuly 24: WordCamp Nigeria – Lagos, Nigeria. Their site seems to have a virus, so no link from here, but if you’re in Nigeria and interested in attending/getting involved, a quick Google search will get you to the organizers.
\nAugust 7: WordCamp Houston – Houston, TX, USA. Houston, Texas, birthplace of WordPress! Fittingly, Matt Mullenweg will be there to give the keynote. WordCamp Houston is running three tracks — Business, Blogger and Developer — in recognition of the fact that people who are interested in using WordPress for their business may not actually be bloggers or developers themselves. This used to get labeled as a “CMS” track at previous WordCamps (including NYC 2009), but with WordPress 3.0 supporting CMS functionality out of the box, “Business” is a much more appropriate label. Who wants to bet on if there will be BBQ for lunch?
\nAugust 7 : WordCamp Iowa – Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Another placeholder page. Happening, not happening? I’ve emailed the organizer and will update this post once I know more.
\nAugust 7–8: WordCamp New Zealand – Auckland, New Zealand. They haven’t announced this year’s speakers or topics, but they’ve been running polls to get community input into the program. Of note: in 2011 WordCamp New Zealand will be shifting seasons and will be in February instead, when the weather is nicer.
\nAugust 20–22: WordCamp Savannah – Savannah, Georgia, USA. Disclaimer: I am completely biased about Savannah, since I’m one of the organizers. This will be the first WordCamp in Savannah, and it’s being held at the Savannah College of Art and Design River Club, an awesome venue that used to be a cotton warehouse or something like that. Since Savannah doesn’t really have a cohesive WordPress community yet (though a fair number of people from Savannah attended WordCamp Atlanta earlier this year), this WordCamp is aimed squarely at building a local community. We’ll have a local meet-and-greet, regular sessions with visiting speakers (lots of core contributors coming to this one, plus Matt), and on Sunday it will be combination unconference/genius bar/collaborative workspace. Oh, and a potluck! We’ll also be running a pre-WordCamp workshop for people who have never used WordPress but want to get started, so that they’ll be able to follow the presentations and conversations littered with WordPress-specific vocabulary over the weekend. Ticket sales just opened, so get your tickets now.
\nFor a schedule of all upcoming WordCamps, visit wordcamp.org. The autumn schedule is already packed! If you don’t see WordCamp in your area and are interested in organizing one, get more information and let us know.
\n";}i:4;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:26:"WordPress 3.0 "Thelonious"";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/thelonious/";s:8:"comments";s:54:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/thelonious/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:26:36 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1380";s:11:"description";s:341:"Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:38078:"Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies. (Twenty Ten theme shows all of that off.) Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. As a user, you will love the new lighter interface, the contextual help on every screen, the 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click, and blah blah blah just watch the video. (In HD, if you can, so you can catch the Easter eggs.)
If you’d like to embed the WordPress 3.0 video tour in your blog, copy and paste this code for the high quality version:
\n<embed src="http://v.wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/video/flvplayer.swf?ver=1.21" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" wmode="transparent" seamlesstabbing="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" overstretch="true" flashvars="guid=BQtfIEY1&width=640&height=360&locksize=no&dynamicseek=false&qc_publisherId=p-18-mFEk4J448M" title="Introducing WordPress 3.0 "Thelonious""></embed>\n
For a more comprehensive look at everything that has improved in 3.0 check out 3.0′s Codex page or the long list of issues in Trac. (We’re trying to keep these announcement posts shorter.) Whew! That’s a lot packed into one release. I can’t think of a better way to kick off the 3.X cycle we’ll be in for the next two and a half years.
\nNormally this is where I’d say we’re about to start work on 3.1, but we’re actually not. We’re going to take a release cycle off to focus on all of the things around WordPress. The growth of the community has been breathtaking, including over 10.3 million downloads of version 2.9, but so much of our effort has been focused on the core software it hasn’t left much time for anything else. Over the next three months we’re going to split into ninja/pirate teams focused on different areas of the around-WordPress experience, including the showcase, Codex, forums, profiles, update and compatibility APIs, theme directory, plugin directory, mailing lists, core plugins, wordcamp.org… the possibilities are endless. The goal of the teams isn’t going to be to make things perfect all at once, just better than they are today. We think this investment of time will give us a much stronger infrastructure to grow WordPress.org for the many tens of millions of users that will join us during the 3.X release cycle.
\nI’m proud to acknowledge the contributions of the following 218 people to the 3.0 release cycle. These are the folks that make WordPress what it is, whose collaboration and hard work enable us to build something greater than the sum of our parts. In alphabetical order, of course.
\nCommitters: azaozz (Andrew Ozz) (prof), dd32 (Dion Hulse) (prof), donncha (Donncha O Caoimh) (prof), iammattthomas (Matt Thomas) (prof), josephscott (Joseph Scott) (prof), markjaquith (Mark Jaquith) (prof), matt (Matt Mullenweg) (prof), nacin (Andrew Nacin) (prof), nbachiyski (??????? ????????) (prof), ryan (Ryan Boren) (prof), westi (Peter Westwood) (prof), and wpmuguru (Ron Rennick) (prof). Contributors: aaroncampbell (Aaron Campbell) (prof), akerem (prof), alexkingorg (Alex King) (prof), amattie (prof), ampt (Luke Gallagher) (prof), andrea_r (prof), andreasnrb (Andreas Nurbo) (prof), anilo4ever (Angelo Verona) (prof), apeatling (Andy Peatling) (prof), apokalyptik (Demitrious Kelly) (prof), arena (André Renaut) (prof), barry (Barry Abrahamson) (prof), batmoo (Mohammad Jangda) (prof), beaulebens (Beau Lebens) (prof), belg4mit (prof), bigdawggi (Matthew G. Richmond) (prof), blepoxp (Glenn Ansley) (prof), brentes (Brent Shepherd) (prof), briancolinger (Brian Colinger) (prof), bumbu (prof), caesarsgrunt (Caesar Schinas) (prof), camiloclc (prof), CAMWebDesign (prof), carbolineum (prof), caspie (prof), catiakitahara (Cátia Kitahara) (prof), CharlesClarkson (Charles Clarkson) (prof), chdorner (Christof Dorner) (prof), chrisbliss18 (Chris Jean) (prof), chrisscott (Chris Scott) (prof), cnorris23 (Brandon Allen) (prof), coffee2code (Scott Reilly) (prof), computerwiz908 (prof), cyberhobo (Dylan Kuhn) (prof), dancole (Dan Cole) (prof), Daniel Koskinen , deepak.seth (Deepak Seth), demetris (???????? ???????) (prof), Denis-de-Bernardy (prof), dimadin (Milan Dini?) (prof), dndrnkrd (Dan Drinkard) (prof), docwhat (prof), dougwrites (\n href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dougwrites">prof), dphiffer (Dan Phiffer) (prof), dragoonis (prof), dremeda (Dre Armeda) (prof), dtoj , dougal (Dougal Campbell) (prof), duck_ (Jon Cave) (prof), dxjones (David Jones) (prof), eddieringle (Eddie Ringle) (prof), edward mindreantre (Edward Hevlund), eoinomurchu (prof), empireoflight/Ben Dunkle (prof), ericmann (Eric Mann) (prof), etiger13 (Eddie Monge Jr.) (prof), filosofo (Austin Matzko) (prof), firebird75 (prof), frankieroberto (Frankie Roberto) (prof), Frumph (Philip M. Hofer) (prof), garyc40 (Gary Cao) (prof), gautam2011 (prof), Gary Ross (Gazzer) , GDragoN (Milan Petrovic) (prof), greenshady (Justin Tadlock) (prof), GIGALinux (Dennis Morhardt) (prof), hakre (prof), husky (prof), iandstewart (Ian Stewart) (prof), ipstenu (Mika Epstein) (prof), jacobsantos (Jacob Santos) (prof), jamescollins (James Collins) (prof), jane (Jane Wells) (prof), jbsil (Jesse Silverstein) (prof), jdub (Jeff Waugh) (prof), jeffikus (Jeffrey Pearce) (prof), jeffstieler (Jeff Stieler) (prof), jeremyclarke (Jeremy Clarke) (prof), jfarthing84 (Jeff Farthing) (prof), Jick (James Dimick) (prof), jmstacey (Jon Stacey) (prof), jobjorn (Jobjörn Folkesson) (prof), johanee (Johan Eenfeldt) (prof), johnbillion (John Blackbourn) (prof), johnjamesjacoby/jjj (John James Jacoby) (prof), johnjosephbachir (John Joseph Bachir) (prof), johnl1479 (John Luetke) (prof), johnonolan (John O’Nolan) (prof), JohnPBloch/wmrom (John Bloch) (prof), joostdevalk/yoast (Joost de Valk) (prof), jorbin (Aaron Jorbin) (prof), joshtime (prof), jshreve (prof), junsuijin (prof), kallewangstedt (Karl Wångstedt) (prof), keighl (Kyle Truscott) (prof), kevinB (Kevin Behrens) (prof), koopersmith (Daryl Koopersmith) (prof), kpdesign (Kim Parsell)
\n (prof), ktdreyer (Ken Dreyer) (prof), kurtmckee (Kurt McKee) (prof), laceous (prof), lancewillett (Lance Willett) (prof), lloydbudd (Lloyd Budd) (prof), lriggle (prof), markauk (prof), markmcwilliams (Mark McWilliams) (prof), markoheijnen (Marko Heijnen) (prof), markup (Sasha Mukhin) (prof), mattsains (prof), matveb (Matias Ventura) (prof), mdawaffe (Michael Adams) (prof) , mentel_br (prof), messenlehner (Brian Messenlehner) (prof), miau_jp (prof), Michael (Michael Heilemann) (prof), MichaelH (prof), mikeschinkel (Mike Schinkel) (prof), Miloslav Be?o , minusfive (prof), miqrogroove (Robert Chapin) (prof), misterbisson (Casey Bisson) (prof), mitchoyoshitaka (mitcho (Michael ?? Erlewine)) (prof), MMN-o (prof), momo360modena (Amaury Balmer) (prof), morganestes (Morgan Estes) (prof), mrmist (David McFarlane) (prof), mtdewvirus (Nick Momrik) (prof), nadavvin (prof), Nao (Naoko McCracken) (prof), nathanrice (Nathan Rice) (prof), neoxx (Bernhard Riedl) (prof), niallkennedy (Niall Kennedy) (prof), ninjaWR (Ryan Murphy) (prof), noel (Noël Jackson) (prof), nomulous (Fletcher Tomalty) (prof), ocean90 (Dominik Schilling) (prof), Otto42 (Samuel Wood) (prof), pedger (prof), PeteMall (prof), pampfelimetten (prof), pnettle (prof), PotterSys (Juan) (prof), prettyboymp (Michael Pretty) (prof), ptahdunbar (Ptah Dunbar) (prof), ramiy (prof), RanYanivHartstein (Ran Yaniv Hartstein) (prof), reaperhulk (Paul Kehrer) (prof), reko (prof), remi (Rémi Prévost) (prof), rlerdorf (Rasmus Lerdorf) (prof) , rmccue (Ryan McCue) (prof), rooodini (prof), rovo89 (prof), ruslany (\n"http://profiles.wordpress.org/ruslany">prof), sc0ttkclark (Scott Kingsley Clark) (prof), scottbasgaard (Scott Basgaard) (prof), ScottMac (prof), scribu (prof), SergeyBiryukov (?????? ???????) (prof), ShaneF (prof), sillybean (Stephanie Leary) (prof), Simek (Bartosz Kaszubowski) (prof), simonwheatley (Simon Wheatley) (prof), simosx (????? ??????????) (prof), sirzooro (Daniel Fru?y?ski) (prof), sivel (Matt Martz) (prof), skeltoac (Andy Skelton) (prof), snumb130 (Luke Howell) (prof), solarissmoke (Samir Shah) (prof), sorich87 (prof), ssandison (prof), stencil (prof), stephdau (Stephane Daury) (prof), tai (prof), TECannon (Tracy Cannon) (prof), technosailor (Aaron Brazell) (prof), tenpura (prof), thales.tede , TheDeadMedic (prof), thee17 (Charles E. Frees-Melvin) (prof), thetoine (Antoine Girard) (prof), tinkerpriest (c.bavota) (prof), TobiasBg (Tobias Bäthge) (prof), tomtomp (prof), tychay (Terry Chay) (prof), typeomedia (prof), uglyrobot (Aaron Edwards) (prof), UnderWordPressure (prof), usermrpapa (prof), Utkarsh (Utkarsh Kukreti) (prof), validben (Benoit Gilloz ) (prof), Viper007Bond (Alex Mills) (prof), vladimir_kolesnikov (Vladimir Kolesnikov) (prof), willmot (Tom Willmot) (prof), wahgnube (prof), waltervos (Walter Vos) (prof), wds-chris (Christopher Cochran) (prof), williamsba1 (Brad Williams) (prof), wnorris (Will Norris) (prof), xibe (Xavier Borderie) (prof), yoavf (Yoav Farhi) (prof), zeo (Safirul Alredha) (prof), znarfor (François Hodierne) (prof), and zoranzaric (Zoran Zaric) (prof).
If you’ve made it this far, check out my 2010 State of the Word speech at WordCamp San Francisco, it’s jam-packed with information on the growth of WordPress, 3.0, what we’re planning for the future, and the philosophy of WordPress.
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If you’d like to embed the WordPress 3.0 video tour in your blog, copy and paste this code for the high quality version:
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For a more comprehensive look at everything that has improved in 3.0 check out 3.0′s Codex page or the long list of issues in Trac. (We’re trying to keep these announcement posts shorter.) Whew! That’s a lot packed into one release. I can’t think of a better way to kick off the 3.X cycle we’ll be in for the next two and a half years.
\nNormally this is where I’d say we’re about to start work on 3.1, but we’re actually not. We’re going to take a release cycle off to focus on all of the things around WordPress. The growth of the community has been breathtaking, including over 10.3 million downloads of version 2.9, but so much of our effort has been focused on the core software it hasn’t left much time for anything else. Over the next three months we’re going to split into ninja/pirate teams focused on different areas of the around-WordPress experience, including the showcase, Codex, forums, profiles, update and compatibility APIs, theme directory, plugin directory, mailing lists, core plugins, wordcamp.org… the possibilities are endless. The goal of the teams isn’t going to be to make things perfect all at once, just better than they are today. We think this investment of time will give us a much stronger infrastructure to grow WordPress.org for the many tens of millions of users that will join us during the 3.X release cycle.
\nI’m proud to acknowledge the contributions of the following 218 people to the 3.0 release cycle. These are the folks that make WordPress what it is, whose collaboration and hard work enable us to build something greater than the sum of our parts. In alphabetical order, of course.
\nCommitters: azaozz (Andrew Ozz) (prof), dd32 (Dion Hulse) (prof), donncha (Donncha O Caoimh) (prof), iammattthomas (Matt Thomas) (prof), josephscott (Joseph Scott) (prof), markjaquith (Mark Jaquith) (prof), matt (Matt Mullenweg) (prof), nacin (Andrew Nacin) (prof), nbachiyski (??????? ????????) (prof), ryan (Ryan Boren) (prof), westi (Peter Westwood) (prof), and wpmuguru (Ron Rennick) (prof). Contributors: aaroncampbell (Aaron Campbell) (prof), akerem (prof), alexkingorg (Alex King) (prof), amattie (prof), ampt (Luke Gallagher) (prof), andrea_r (prof), andreasnrb (Andreas Nurbo) (prof), anilo4ever (Angelo Verona) (prof), apeatling (Andy Peatling) (prof), apokalyptik (Demitrious Kelly) (prof), arena (André Renaut) (prof), barry (Barry Abrahamson) (prof), batmoo (Mohammad Jangda) (prof), beaulebens (Beau Lebens) (prof), belg4mit (prof), bigdawggi (Matthew G. Richmond) (prof), blepoxp (Glenn Ansley) (prof), brentes (Brent Shepherd) (prof), briancolinger (Brian Colinger) (prof), bumbu (prof), caesarsgrunt (Caesar Schinas) (prof), camiloclc (prof), CAMWebDesign (prof), carbolineum (prof), caspie (prof), catiakitahara (Cátia Kitahara) (prof), CharlesClarkson (Charles Clarkson) (prof), chdorner (Christof Dorner) (prof), chrisbliss18 (Chris Jean) (prof), chrisscott (Chris Scott) (prof), cnorris23 (Brandon Allen) (prof), coffee2code (Scott Reilly) (prof), computerwiz908 (prof), cyberhobo (Dylan Kuhn) (prof), dancole (Dan Cole) (prof), Daniel Koskinen , deepak.seth (Deepak Seth), demetris (???????? ???????) (prof), Denis-de-Bernardy (prof), dimadin (Milan Dini?) (prof), dndrnkrd (Dan Drinkard) (prof), docwhat (prof), dougwrites (\n href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dougwrites">prof), dphiffer (Dan Phiffer) (prof), dragoonis (prof), dremeda (Dre Armeda) (prof), dtoj , dougal (Dougal Campbell) (prof), duck_ (Jon Cave) (prof), dxjones (David Jones) (prof), eddieringle (Eddie Ringle) (prof), edward mindreantre (Edward Hevlund), eoinomurchu (prof), empireoflight/Ben Dunkle (prof), ericmann (Eric Mann) (prof), etiger13 (Eddie Monge Jr.) (prof), filosofo (Austin Matzko) (prof), firebird75 (prof), frankieroberto (Frankie Roberto) (prof), Frumph (Philip M. Hofer) (prof), garyc40 (Gary Cao) (prof), gautam2011 (prof), Gary Ross (Gazzer) , GDragoN (Milan Petrovic) (prof), greenshady (Justin Tadlock) (prof), GIGALinux (Dennis Morhardt) (prof), hakre (prof), husky (prof), iandstewart (Ian Stewart) (prof), ipstenu (Mika Epstein) (prof), jacobsantos (Jacob Santos) (prof), jamescollins (James Collins) (prof), jane (Jane Wells) (prof), jbsil (Jesse Silverstein) (prof), jdub (Jeff Waugh) (prof), jeffikus (Jeffrey Pearce) (prof), jeffstieler (Jeff Stieler) (prof), jeremyclarke (Jeremy Clarke) (prof), jfarthing84 (Jeff Farthing) (prof), Jick (James Dimick) (prof), jmstacey (Jon Stacey) (prof), jobjorn (Jobjörn Folkesson) (prof), johanee (Johan Eenfeldt) (prof), johnbillion (John Blackbourn) (prof), johnjamesjacoby/jjj (John James Jacoby) (prof), johnjosephbachir (John Joseph Bachir) (prof), johnl1479 (John Luetke) (prof), johnonolan (John O’Nolan) (prof), JohnPBloch/wmrom (John Bloch) (prof), joostdevalk/yoast (Joost de Valk) (prof), jorbin (Aaron Jorbin) (prof), joshtime (prof), jshreve (prof), junsuijin (prof), kallewangstedt (Karl Wångstedt) (prof), keighl (Kyle Truscott) (prof), kevinB (Kevin Behrens) (prof), koopersmith (Daryl Koopersmith) (prof), kpdesign (Kim Parsell)
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If you’ve made it this far, check out my 2010 State of the Word speech at WordCamp San Francisco, it’s jam-packed with information on the growth of WordPress, 3.0, what we’re planning for the future, and the philosophy of WordPress.
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\n\nLast call; final bugs
\nItch, scratch, contort; calmly wait
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That’s right. What will hopefully be the final release candidate, RC3, is now available for download and testing.
\nPlugin developers: test your plugins!
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\n\nLast call; final bugs
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\nPlugin developers: test your plugins!
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\n\nNow is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
For some reason that has stuck with me all these years. Today I’m going to rephrase and re-purpose that line:
\n\nNow is the time for great theme developers to come to the aid of their community.
The theme directory has been chugging along for more than a year now. During that time we’ve tinkered with the review process and some of the management tools, but haven’t really opened it up as much as we’d like. It’s time to rip off the band-aid and take some action; to that end, we’re looking for community members to help with the process of reviewing themes for the directory.
\nRight now this is a bit like a New Year’s resolution to exercise every day: it’s what we need to do, but we’re still figuring out exactly how it will all work. That’s part of the community involvement as well — we expect that those who pitch in will also help shape the process.
\nWhat’s involved in reviewing themes for the directory? There are some obvious things, such as being familiar with PHP and WordPress theme code (and the theme development checklist), with an eye for security issues. You would also need to have the ability to set up a separate install of the latest version of WordPress for testing theme submissions.
\nHopefully a few talented theme developers are reading this right now and saying to themselves, “I’d love to help! How do I get started?” Just join the new theme reviewers mailing list and we’ll get you up to speed on this new opportunity to come to the aid of your community.
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\n\nNow is the time for great theme developers to come to the aid of their community.
The theme directory has been chugging along for more than a year now. During that time we’ve tinkered with the review process and some of the management tools, but haven’t really opened it up as much as we’d like. It’s time to rip off the band-aid and take some action; to that end, we’re looking for community members to help with the process of reviewing themes for the directory.
\nRight now this is a bit like a New Year’s resolution to exercise every day: it’s what we need to do, but we’re still figuring out exactly how it will all work. That’s part of the community involvement as well — we expect that those who pitch in will also help shape the process.
\nWhat’s involved in reviewing themes for the directory? There are some obvious things, such as being familiar with PHP and WordPress theme code (and the theme development checklist), with an eye for security issues. You would also need to have the ability to set up a separate install of the latest version of WordPress for testing theme submissions.
\nHopefully a few talented theme developers are reading this right now and saying to themselves, “I’d love to help! How do I get started?” Just join the new theme reviewers mailing list and we’ll get you up to speed on this new opportunity to come to the aid of your community.
\n";}i:7;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:31:"WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/05/wordpress-3-0-release-candidate/";s:8:"comments";s:75:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/05/wordpress-3-0-release-candidate/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 28 May 2010 02:35:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Jane Wells";}s:8:"category";s:11:"Development";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1358";s:11:"description";s:345:"As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1993:"As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using WordPress with a wide variety of configurations and hosting setups, it’s entirely possible that we’ve missed something. So! For the brave of heart, please download the RC and test it out (but not on your live site unless you’re extra adventurous). Some things to know:
\nIf you are testing the RC and come across a bug, you can:
\nWe hope you enjoy playing with the 3.0 RC as much as we’ve enjoyed making it for you. Enjoy!
\n\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:71:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/05/wordpress-3-0-release-candidate/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:7:"summary";s:345:"As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:1993:"As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using WordPress with a wide variety of configurations and hosting setups, it’s entirely possible that we’ve missed something. So! For the brave of heart, please download the RC and test it out (but not on your live site unless you’re extra adventurous). Some things to know:
\nIf you are testing the RC and come across a bug, you can:
\nWe hope you enjoy playing with the 3.0 RC as much as we’ve enjoyed making it for you. Enjoy!
\n\n";}i:8;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:11:"Lucky Seven";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/05/lucky-seven/";s:8:"comments";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/news/2010/05/lucky-seven/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 27 May 2010 23:04:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";}s:8:"category";s:11:"Development";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1354";s:11:"description";s:311:"Has it really been seven years since the first release of WordPress? It seems like just yesterday we were fresh to the world, a new entrant to a market everyone said was already saturated. (As a side note, if the common perception is that a market is finished and that everything interesting has been done [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1896:"Has it really been seven years since the first release of WordPress? It seems like just yesterday we were fresh to the world, a new entrant to a market everyone said was already saturated. (As a side note, if the common perception is that a market is finished and that everything interesting has been done already, it’s probably a really good time to enter it.)
\nThe growth over the past year has blown me away. Since our last birthday we’ve doubled theme downloads to over 10 million, and doubled plugin downloads to 60 million. Most importantly, we continued to grow the development community to 1,528 people active on Trac and 13 committers, both numbers the highest in the history of WordPress.
\nThat’s 1,528 people pouring their hearts and souls into GPL software we all own, we all build on, we can use as we please, we can all make better. We’ve evolved from a simple script to a web platform.
\nWe’re on the cusp of version 3.0, with a release candidate coming out any minute now.
\nIf you’d like to celebrate WordPress’s birthday with us — tell a friend! Help them upgrade their blog or find the perfect theme. Talk about how WordPress is built by and for a community. Drop in to help test 3.0, including all the plugins you use. Write something to take advantage of the new 3.0 features, or teach your friends how to. If you buy any themes or plugins, make sure they’re GPL or compatible just like WordPress. We’ve got a long road ahead of us, it’s important that we not forget that Open Source got us this far, and is the only way we’re going to get to the next level. The whole of what we can build together is far greater than the sum of our parts. Spread the good word.
Has it really been seven years since the first release of WordPress? It seems like just yesterday we were fresh to the world, a new entrant to a market everyone said was already saturated. (As a side note, if the common perception is that a market is finished and that everything interesting has been done already, it’s probably a really good time to enter it.)
\nThe growth over the past year has blown me away. Since our last birthday we’ve doubled theme downloads to over 10 million, and doubled plugin downloads to 60 million. Most importantly, we continued to grow the development community to 1,528 people active on Trac and 13 committers, both numbers the highest in the history of WordPress.
\nThat’s 1,528 people pouring their hearts and souls into GPL software we all own, we all build on, we can use as we please, we can all make better. We’ve evolved from a simple script to a web platform.
\nWe’re on the cusp of version 3.0, with a release candidate coming out any minute now.
\nIf you’d like to celebrate WordPress’s birthday with us — tell a friend! Help them upgrade their blog or find the perfect theme. Talk about how WordPress is built by and for a community. Drop in to help test 3.0, including all the plugins you use. Write something to take advantage of the new 3.0 features, or teach your friends how to. If you buy any themes or plugins, make sure they’re GPL or compatible just like WordPress. We’ve got a long road ahead of us, it’s important that we not forget that Open Source got us this far, and is the only way we’re going to get to the next level. The whole of what we can build together is far greater than the sum of our parts. Spread the good word.
Following the successful post-WordCamp San Francisco code sprint, we are now ready to release the second beta of WordPress 3.0.
\nThings to test:
Already have a test install that you want to switch over to the beta? Try the beta tester plugin.
\nTesters, don’t forget to use the wp-testers mailing list to discuss bugs you encounter.
\nWe hope you like it! And if you don’t, well, check back when the release candidate is ready.
Download the WordPress 3.0 Beta 2 now!
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\nThings to test:
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\nTesters, don’t forget to use the wp-testers mailing list to discuss bugs you encounter.
\nWe hope you like it! And if you don’t, well, check back when the release candidate is ready.
Download the WordPress 3.0 Beta 2 now!
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Bombax is a nicely crafted theme with 5 different color schemes and configurable options such as right or left or holy grail or no sidebar, magazine style or traditional style, custom header, and custom background.
\n
Lukoo is a simple and stylish theme based around the color green.
\n
Modernist is a beautifully built yet transparent theme. It was designed with a focus on optimal typography in order to better showcase your content.
\n
Twist of Ten is a simple clean CMS style theme.
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Us and Them is a modern, clean, blog-style, 960 – 1200 px grid-based, smooth WordPress theme and features some cool jQuery plugins just out of the box as some neat tool-tips and accordions.
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Bombax is a nicely crafted theme with 5 different color schemes and configurable options such as right or left or holy grail or no sidebar, magazine style or traditional style, custom header, and custom background.
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Lukoo is a simple and stylish theme based around the color green.
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Twist of Ten is a simple clean CMS style theme.
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\nTweet";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:61:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress and the Fatal Memory Error";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8508";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/29/wordpress-and-the-fatal-memory-error/";s:11:"description";s:3108:"Remember the old days when your computer would crash because you were running too many applications simultaneously? Well, you might be surprised to know that WordPress can fall victim to the very same thing.
\nYou see, your server may be packed with 4 GB of RAM, but that doesn’t mean that all 4 GB have been allocated to PHP on your account. In fact, most decent hosting providers only allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account. Now, most WordPress installations with a good amount of plugins will run fine under 32 MB, but there’s always a chance that one more plugin or one seemingly innocent admin panel task (like exporting or importing posts) may put you over the edge, and you’ll see either a blank screen or the infamous error which starts off something like “Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted.”
\nIf you see a blank screen, refer to WordPress and the White Screen of Death before continuing.
\nUpdate: Thanks to Big Dave Zatz for reminding me that if you see this error either suddenly (no specific task was done to cause the error) or frequently, try deactivating all plugins to rule-out a plugin-specific issue and try switching themes to rule-out a theme-specific issue.
\nIf you see the infamous fatal memory error, there are three things that you can do before asking your hosting provider for assistance. Which method you use depends entirely on your server configuration. If one method doesn’t work, try the next. Keep in mind that most hosting providers closely monitor memory overrides and don’t take too kindly to frequent use.
\n1. If you’re using WordPress 2.9.2 or lower, try adding define(''WP_MEMORY_LIMIT'', ''256M''); to your wp-config.php file. If you’re using WordPress 3.0 or higher, WordPress automatically does this for a variety of tasks, so there’s really no reason to try it in this case.
2. If you can edit or override the system php.ini file, increase the memory limit. For example, memory_limit = 256M
3. If you cannot edit or override the system php.ini file, add php_value memory_limit 256M to your .htaccess file.
If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to temporarily increase PHP’s memory allocation on your account. Keep in mind that most decent hosting providers allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account, and most decent hosting providers allow users to temporarily increase the memory allocation. If your hosting provider won’t accommodate you, perhaps it’s time to find a new hosting provider.
\nAs always, if you need further assistance, the volunteers in the WordPress Support Forums will be more than happy to help you.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:00:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:3108:"Remember the old days when your computer would crash because you were running too many applications simultaneously? Well, you might be surprised to know that WordPress can fall victim to the very same thing.
\nYou see, your server may be packed with 4 GB of RAM, but that doesn’t mean that all 4 GB have been allocated to PHP on your account. In fact, most decent hosting providers only allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account. Now, most WordPress installations with a good amount of plugins will run fine under 32 MB, but there’s always a chance that one more plugin or one seemingly innocent admin panel task (like exporting or importing posts) may put you over the edge, and you’ll see either a blank screen or the infamous error which starts off something like “Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted.”
\nIf you see a blank screen, refer to WordPress and the White Screen of Death before continuing.
\nUpdate: Thanks to Big Dave Zatz for reminding me that if you see this error either suddenly (no specific task was done to cause the error) or frequently, try deactivating all plugins to rule-out a plugin-specific issue and try switching themes to rule-out a theme-specific issue.
\nIf you see the infamous fatal memory error, there are three things that you can do before asking your hosting provider for assistance. Which method you use depends entirely on your server configuration. If one method doesn’t work, try the next. Keep in mind that most hosting providers closely monitor memory overrides and don’t take too kindly to frequent use.
\n1. If you’re using WordPress 2.9.2 or lower, try adding define(''WP_MEMORY_LIMIT'', ''256M''); to your wp-config.php file. If you’re using WordPress 3.0 or higher, WordPress automatically does this for a variety of tasks, so there’s really no reason to try it in this case.
2. If you can edit or override the system php.ini file, increase the memory limit. For example, memory_limit = 256M
3. If you cannot edit or override the system php.ini file, add php_value memory_limit 256M to your .htaccess file.
If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to temporarily increase PHP’s memory allocation on your account. Keep in mind that most decent hosting providers allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account, and most decent hosting providers allow users to temporarily increase the memory allocation. If your hosting provider won’t accommodate you, perhaps it’s time to find a new hosting provider.
\nAs always, if you need further assistance, the volunteers in the WordPress Support Forums will be more than happy to help you.
\nTweet";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/28";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8505";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/28/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0828-2/";s:11:"description";s:2350:"Custom sidebars allows you to create your own widgetized areas and custom sidebars, and select what sidebars to use for each post or page.
\nLBAK User Tracking is a fully featured, page by page tracking plugin for your blog.
\nSimple SEO lets you optimize your web site or blog by changing the title and menu output for any page or post.
\nTerm Management Tools allows you to merge terms and change the category hierarchy more easily.
\nUserAgent Theme Switcher lets you change the theme to be displayed according to the detected browser.
\nThe AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious, and well over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites.
\nBackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress blog database and files.
\neShop is an accessible shopping cart plugin for WordPress, packed with various features.
\nUser Avatar provides a thumbnail area in Your Profile, for users to upload and crop new images in an overlay to be saved and stored to their profile.
\nWPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm mobile devices.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:00:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2350:"Custom sidebars allows you to create your own widgetized areas and custom sidebars, and select what sidebars to use for each post or page.
\nLBAK User Tracking is a fully featured, page by page tracking plugin for your blog.
\nSimple SEO lets you optimize your web site or blog by changing the title and menu output for any page or post.
\nTerm Management Tools allows you to merge terms and change the category hierarchy more easily.
\nUserAgent Theme Switcher lets you change the theme to be displayed according to the detected browser.
\nThe AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious, and well over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites.
\nBackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress blog database and files.
\neShop is an accessible shopping cart plugin for WordPress, packed with various features.
\nUser Avatar provides a thumbnail area in Your Profile, for users to upload and crop new images in an overlay to be saved and stored to their profile.
\nWPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm mobile devices.
\nTweet";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:79:"Weblog Tools Collection: Should You Remove Post Dates from Your WordPress Blog?";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8477";s:4:"link";s:107:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/27/should-you-remove-post-dates-from-your-wordpress-blog/";s:11:"description";s:7610:"You may be wondering why anyone would want to do this. Think about it, you probably have hundreds of articles that you wrote years ago and when those same articles appear on Google search engine results, the dates appear next to the description. You might think that this is great, users searching the web should be able to see when an article originally published, but research shows that users discriminate against older content just because it is old. An article that may be valuable despite its age would be subject to a user completely ignoring it and would click on the newer article, just because it was newer.
\n
As you can see in the image above, the search results page lists the post date for the article followed by the description.
\nDo not confuse the intent here, if you are running a news site or writing about topics whose value is short lived then the adequate thing to do is to continue using dates. However if your traffic from search engines is suffering from users who refuse to visit an old article (and your topics are timeless) then you might want to consider removing the post date from your articles.
\nGoogle is smart about locating dates on posts so you have to be aware of all the dates present on your WordPress site. Based on discussions on the web it appears that Google uses the post date when listed on a page and when the post date is missing, Google uses dates in comments and even within the post itself. So removing dates will take some cunning.
\nIn order to remove the post date from the posts on your WordPress site you will have to remove the post date from your theme’s template file. In terms of indexing the post date, it appears that Google uses the post date from the single post and not the archive, so for the sake of users and simplicity we are only going to remove the post date from the “single.php” template file.
\nWARNING! Before proceeding with the modification of any template files, please make sure that you back up your files.
\nRemove date from single posts
\n1. Open the single.php file located in the theme directory in WordPress (usually server//wordpress/wp-content/themes/your theme name).
\n2. Locate the following line of code and remove it (or comment it out) from the template;
\n<?php the_time(); ?>
\n\n
Note: The code used by the theme developer may vary from theme to theme and location so make sure you look for the <?php the_time within the single.php template to be sure.
\n3. Save the changes and refresh your website to see the modification. If the changes don’t appear right away make sure to clear the cache if you are using a plugin like WP-Supercache.
\nRemove date from comments
\nIn order to make sure that Google cannot find a date on your blog post we will also need to remove the dates associated with comments. This can be a bit frustrating for users who want to follow a comment thread so it is entirely up to you.
\n1. Open the comments.php file located in the theme directory in WordPress (usually server//wordpress/wp-content/themes/your theme name).
\n2. Locate the following line of code and remove it (or comment it out) from the template;
\n<?php comment_date() ?>
\nNote: The code used by the theme developer may vary from theme to theme and location so make sure you look for the <?php the_time within the comments.php template to be sure.
\n3. Save the changes and refresh your website to see the modification. If the changes don’t appear right away make sure to clear the cache if you are using a plugin like WP-Supercache.
\nWhen removing these PHP functions make sure that you take into account the formatting of your posts and comments to ensure that the removal of this element doesn’t interfere with your theme’s design or break the code.
\nAfter these changes are made you will need to wait a couple of hours or days in order for Google’s index to reflect those changes. The variance in time is due to your site’s crawl rate so if your site is very popular and is crawled frequently you may see the update in hours. If your site still appears in the search results with the date, make sure you visit the page and search for the date, remember even dates within the content (originally published on [date]) will be used by Google to stamp a date on the site.
\nOther solutions for the removal of comments and post dates
\nIf you use a commenting system like Disqus or IntenseDebate that is based on JavaScript then there is no concern for the removal of the date from the comments template. If you are using an older version of WordPress or you feel a bit adventurous you could download the Date Exclusion SEO Plugin from the WordPress plugin directory, just keep in mind that the plugin hasn’t been updated in over 500 days and it’s officially compatible up to 2.71.
\nI’ve mentioned some of the Pro’s related to removal of post and comment dates on your blog:
\nOf course, as with anything as radical as this there can be some repercussions:
\nIf the content on your blog is timeless and you could increase the amount of traffic coming to your blog from search engines, would you remove the post and comment dates?
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:24:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"gperera";}s:7:"summary";s:7610:"You may be wondering why anyone would want to do this. Think about it, you probably have hundreds of articles that you wrote years ago and when those same articles appear on Google search engine results, the dates appear next to the description. You might think that this is great, users searching the web should be able to see when an article originally published, but research shows that users discriminate against older content just because it is old. An article that may be valuable despite its age would be subject to a user completely ignoring it and would click on the newer article, just because it was newer.
\n
As you can see in the image above, the search results page lists the post date for the article followed by the description.
\nDo not confuse the intent here, if you are running a news site or writing about topics whose value is short lived then the adequate thing to do is to continue using dates. However if your traffic from search engines is suffering from users who refuse to visit an old article (and your topics are timeless) then you might want to consider removing the post date from your articles.
\nGoogle is smart about locating dates on posts so you have to be aware of all the dates present on your WordPress site. Based on discussions on the web it appears that Google uses the post date when listed on a page and when the post date is missing, Google uses dates in comments and even within the post itself. So removing dates will take some cunning.
\nIn order to remove the post date from the posts on your WordPress site you will have to remove the post date from your theme’s template file. In terms of indexing the post date, it appears that Google uses the post date from the single post and not the archive, so for the sake of users and simplicity we are only going to remove the post date from the “single.php” template file.
\nWARNING! Before proceeding with the modification of any template files, please make sure that you back up your files.
\nRemove date from single posts
\n1. Open the single.php file located in the theme directory in WordPress (usually server//wordpress/wp-content/themes/your theme name).
\n2. Locate the following line of code and remove it (or comment it out) from the template;
\n<?php the_time(); ?>
\n\n
Note: The code used by the theme developer may vary from theme to theme and location so make sure you look for the <?php the_time within the single.php template to be sure.
\n3. Save the changes and refresh your website to see the modification. If the changes don’t appear right away make sure to clear the cache if you are using a plugin like WP-Supercache.
\nRemove date from comments
\nIn order to make sure that Google cannot find a date on your blog post we will also need to remove the dates associated with comments. This can be a bit frustrating for users who want to follow a comment thread so it is entirely up to you.
\n1. Open the comments.php file located in the theme directory in WordPress (usually server//wordpress/wp-content/themes/your theme name).
\n2. Locate the following line of code and remove it (or comment it out) from the template;
\n<?php comment_date() ?>
\nNote: The code used by the theme developer may vary from theme to theme and location so make sure you look for the <?php the_time within the comments.php template to be sure.
\n3. Save the changes and refresh your website to see the modification. If the changes don’t appear right away make sure to clear the cache if you are using a plugin like WP-Supercache.
\nWhen removing these PHP functions make sure that you take into account the formatting of your posts and comments to ensure that the removal of this element doesn’t interfere with your theme’s design or break the code.
\nAfter these changes are made you will need to wait a couple of hours or days in order for Google’s index to reflect those changes. The variance in time is due to your site’s crawl rate so if your site is very popular and is crawled frequently you may see the update in hours. If your site still appears in the search results with the date, make sure you visit the page and search for the date, remember even dates within the content (originally published on [date]) will be used by Google to stamp a date on the site.
\nOther solutions for the removal of comments and post dates
\nIf you use a commenting system like Disqus or IntenseDebate that is based on JavaScript then there is no concern for the removal of the date from the comments template. If you are using an older version of WordPress or you feel a bit adventurous you could download the Date Exclusion SEO Plugin from the WordPress plugin directory, just keep in mind that the plugin hasn’t been updated in over 500 days and it’s officially compatible up to 2.71.
\nI’ve mentioned some of the Pro’s related to removal of post and comment dates on your blog:
\nOf course, as with anything as radical as this there can be some repercussions:
\nIf the content on your blog is timeless and you could increase the amount of traffic coming to your blog from search engines, would you remove the post and comment dates?
\nTweet";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:57:"Weblog Tools Collection: Choose Your Panels for SXSW 2011";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8498";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/27/choose-your-panels-for-sxsw-2011/";s:11:"description";s:1710:"The SXSW staff wants to hear your feedback on the proposed panels for SXSW 2011. Your votes on the proposed panels will account for 30% of the final vote, so start voting today!
\nCurrently, there are ten WordPress-related panel proposals awaiting your feedback:
\nAre you planning to attend SXSW 2011? Which panel proposals captured your interest?
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:00:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1710:"The SXSW staff wants to hear your feedback on the proposed panels for SXSW 2011. Your votes on the proposed panels will account for 30% of the final vote, so start voting today!
\nCurrently, there are ten WordPress-related panel proposals awaiting your feedback:
\nAre you planning to attend SXSW 2011? Which panel proposals captured your interest?
\nTweet";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Alex King: Vote for these SxSWi WordPress Panels";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://alexking.org/?p=4626";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://alexking.org/blog/2010/08/26/sxswi-wordpress-panels";s:11:"description";s:1394:"It’s that time of year to promote your SxSW panels. I’m slated for two WordPress panels I’d like you to consider voting for.
\nBoth of these have great groups of panelists/moderators and I think they’d be great events at SxSWi for WordPress developers, consultants and users.
\nThanks for your consideration.
\nIt’s that time of year to promote your SxSW panels. I’m slated for two WordPress panels I’d like you to consider voting for.
\nBoth of these have great groups of panelists/moderators and I think they’d be great events at SxSWi for WordPress developers, consultants and users.
\nThanks for your consideration.
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Albizia is a dark theme with 5 different color schemes and configurable options such as right or left or holy grail or no sidebar, magazine style or traditional style, custom header, and custom background.
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Columbus comes with a very clean and elegant design and some really great premium-like features.
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Modern Wood features a beautiful dark layout with a wooden background and some amazing CSS3 features.
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Third Style is based on the theme Twenty Ten, comes with 11 new header backgrounds, and supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the footer).
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TL Tweets is a free WordPress theme, designed to be used as an archive for your tweets, while automatically creating new posts from your Twitter feed.
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Webmagazine is a WordPress magazine theme built on the Twenty Ten default WordPress theme.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2616:"
Albizia is a dark theme with 5 different color schemes and configurable options such as right or left or holy grail or no sidebar, magazine style or traditional style, custom header, and custom background.
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Columbus comes with a very clean and elegant design and some really great premium-like features.
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Modern Wood features a beautiful dark layout with a wooden background and some amazing CSS3 features.
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Third Style is based on the theme Twenty Ten, comes with 11 new header backgrounds, and supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the footer).
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TL Tweets is a free WordPress theme, designed to be used as an archive for your tweets, while automatically creating new posts from your Twitter feed.
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Webmagazine is a WordPress magazine theme built on the Twenty Ten default WordPress theme.
\nTweet";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"WP Blackberry: WordPress for BlackBerry 1.4.1 Released";s:4:"guid";s:38:"http://blackberry.wordpress.org/?p=360";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://blackberry.wordpress.org/2010/08/25/release-1-4-1/";s:11:"description";s:3297:"WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.1 has been released to BlackBerry App World.
\nDepending on your region or country, you might not see the latest version in the BlackBerry App World, but on your device you should now already see the latest version 1.4.1.
\nIt was a bug squashing release, including:
\nThe app now supports the following languages:
\nEnglish
\nItalian
\nFinnish [Thanks Apuasi]
\nFrench [Thanks Yann Nave]
\nIndonesian [Thanks Kate of Pixel Insert]
\nGerman [Thanks Frank Wessel]
\nPortuguese (Portugal) [Thanks José Fontainhas]
\nJapanese [Thanks Nao]
\nSpanish [Thanks danivloven]
\nColombian Spanish [Thanks Blanca Mancilla]
\nPolish [Thanks waclawjacek]
Interested in translating the app ? Visit translate.wordpress.org/projects.
\nHave questions or feedback that would enhance the app ? Please visit the WordPress for BlackBerry forums.
\n
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:55:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Danilo";}s:7:"summary";s:3297:"WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.1 has been released to BlackBerry App World.
\nDepending on your region or country, you might not see the latest version in the BlackBerry App World, but on your device you should now already see the latest version 1.4.1.
\nIt was a bug squashing release, including:
\nThe app now supports the following languages:
\nEnglish
\nItalian
\nFinnish [Thanks Apuasi]
\nFrench [Thanks Yann Nave]
\nIndonesian [Thanks Kate of Pixel Insert]
\nGerman [Thanks Frank Wessel]
\nPortuguese (Portugal) [Thanks José Fontainhas]
\nJapanese [Thanks Nao]
\nSpanish [Thanks danivloven]
\nColombian Spanish [Thanks Blanca Mancilla]
\nPolish [Thanks waclawjacek]
Interested in translating the app ? Visit translate.wordpress.org/projects.
\nHave questions or feedback that would enhance the app ? Please visit the WordPress for BlackBerry forums.
\n ";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Support Forum All-stars";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8465";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/25/wordpress-support-forum-all-stars/";s:11:"description";s:11720:"WordPress is a powerful blogging platform with a large community volunteering its time to provide support to users in the WordPress Support Forums.
\nLast week, the WordPress Support Forums mailing list presented nominations for the top active support forum volunteers. These volunteers were nominated for being active on the support forums within the last month and for helping multiple users almost every day on their own free time. The nominees were then organized by the number of topics they have been involved in since joining the forums to find this year’s top fifteen.
\nIf you stopped by the WordPress Support Forums this year, you were probably helped by one of these fifteen volunteers, or you at least got the chance to see them in action.
\nWithout further delay, here are the top fifteen active WordPress Support Forum volunteers:
\nMel “esmi” Pedley: Professional web developer since 2001 with a special interest in CSS, web accessibility and, more recently, all things WordPress. Spent a number of years in a previous life running IT support in the public sector. Old habits die hard. [forum profile]
\nSamuel “samboll” Bollinger: I am a landscape architect by trade and am an avid golfer and camper. I originally started using WordPress back in the 1.5.x series for a business site. I became active in the forums when version 2.0 came out. Can’t remember exactly when I became a mod, but just came to forums one day and saw I was…thought that was a weird way to do it at the time, but years later and I’m still here. I use and support WordPress because of the community and transparency of all levels of the WordPress hierarchy. [forum profile]
\nChris “Chris_K” Kasten (fka HandySolo): I’m Director of Technical Operations by day, an independent consultant by night and experienced in a wide range of technologies. I got involved with WordPress support back in 2005 when I had some questions, found the forum and realized I could answer others’ questions while waiting on my own answers. Volunteered to help clean up mangled forum posts shortly afterward and have been a mod ever since. [forum profile]
\nJames “MacManX” Huff: When I started using WordPress six years ago, I had no clue what a “server” was, I though PHP was pronounced ffp, and I think I killed my blog eight times during the first hour. I would never have made it as far as I did without the WordPress Support Forums. Now, I’m happy to donate my time to help others, just like the forum volunteers from years ago helped me. [forum profile]
\nOtto: I live in Memphis, TN, and make beer in my spare time. I’ve been doing this sort of thing for about 5 years, and recently got hired by Matt as his “Tech Ninja”. So I’m actually paid to help people out now. [forum profile]
\nMichael “alchymyth” Stolze: I am a senior scientist, with interests in logic and computing since the early days of “fortran” and “assembler”. I began using WordPress and visiting the support forum while I was remodeling a website for a friend; and now I am part-time building web sites and WordPress themes. My life’s motto: “I am here to help.” [forum profile]
\nJames “Rev. Voodoo” Yeo: I’ve tried to make my own website since 1993 when I got my first email account in university. I’ve hand coded, and I’ve tried just about every package out there. WordPress finally made it fun! [forum profile]
\nmercime: My first WP site was a WPMU 1.2.1 install in 2007 to consolidate all blogs I set up with Greymatter (CGI) in 2002 and self-hosted Blogger sites set up in 2003 under one admin for a church. I believe in the power of giving and giving back. Even though I am neither a coder or programmer, I go to the WP/BP forums and try to help others out where I can. For it is in giving that we receive … more than we even hope for. [forum profile]
\nClayton “ClaytonJames” James: My involvement with WordPress started after a year-long trial of installing, evaluating and then discarding more than a dozen other blogging and content management systems that just didn’t live up to my expectations. After only a month with WordPress I knew I had found the right solution. Being involved with support in the forums has taught me almost as much about myself as it has about WordPress. It’s a pleasure belonging to a support community that’s always so willing to share its collective patience and knowledge with others. [forum profile]
\nMark “t31os” Duncan: In my spare time I write hacks, plugins or provide support in the forums for WordPress (it’s great fun – generally) and it’s also nice sharing back what I know about code with the community, there’s also the satisfying feeling you get when you’ve helped someone troubleshoot a problem, create a custom hack or add some special functionality to their site (I think we all know that feeling). [forum profile]
\nRoy: I used to have an html website, but in April/May 2007 I switched to WordPress. Being unfamiliar with CSS, PHP, XHTML, etc. (and still!) I frequently used the forums to clear things up. After a while I could answer other user’s more basic questions myself and this is still the case. I just check every once in a while if there are questions that I can answer, because I think it would be a shame if a new user with a simple question would get stuck early in his/her WordPress experience on something (relatively) simple. Also I check the forums frequently because it is usually the first place to learn about large or small hacks, hiccups in the software, etc. [forum profile]
\nMika A. Epstein: I work for “the man” at a large, multi-national bank, but I help with WordPress because the Communist/Socialist in me thinks that if we make the code better, we help make the world better. WordPress has caused me to master all sorts of bizarre talents I never would have thought possible. It’s even helped me to be better at my “real job” because of the coding ideas I’ve come across in the WP community. No one thinks better sideways than the WordPress Devs! [forum profile]
\nMark “songdogtech” Ratledge: I got involved helping out in the WordPress.org forums after I found lots of help there myself. I’ve been developing WordPress sites for individuals and non-profits for a few years now. As well as working in IT and being a technology journalist, I’ve been a carpenter, mechanic and have taught university-level English and literature. [forum profile]
\nmrmist: I got into WordPress a few years ago after switching when MoveableType were having something of an identity crisis. Since then I have been getting more involved with the community, picking up bits of knowledge here and there. These days I am mostly active around the forums and Codex, and I try my best to submit simple patches to the code base. [forum profile]
\nAndrea “andrea_r” Rennick: I became a user of WordPress MU a good three years ago – when it was in pre-beta stage. I was just your typical mom at home, teaching my kids, and I wanted to create a community for other homeschoolers to have blogs all in one location, so we could find & support each other. It took me a month just to get everything running. I was spending so much time in the MU support forum finding answers, eventually I was helping others. [forum profile] (Note: Andrea was highly active in the WordPress MU Support Forums before they were closed a month ago.)
\nNo support forum would be complete without moderators. The following moderators are currently active in the forums and deserve an extra round of applause. Not only are they tasked with keeping the forums organized and free of spam, but most of them are volunteers as well.
\nMichael “mdawaffe” Adams, Les “LesBessant” Bessant, Sheri “designsimply” Bigelow, Michael “miklb” Bishop, Samuel “samboll” Bollinger, Brian “briancolinger” Colinger, Mark “t31os” Duncan, James “MacManX” Huff, Chris “Chris_K” Kasten, mrmist, Andrew “nacin” Nacin, Otto, Mel “esmi” Pedley, Andrea “andrea_r” Rennick, and Peter “westi” Westwood.
\nObviously, this is just a small sampling of the volunteers providing help on the support forums. If you ever helped someone on the WordPress Support Forums, give yourself a pat on the back, and keep up the amazing work. You’re a part of something that makes WordPress one of the greatest open source blogging platforms.
\nIf you have ever been helped by one of the volunteers on the WordPress Support Forums, let them know how much you appreciated their help.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:31 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:11720:"WordPress is a powerful blogging platform with a large community volunteering its time to provide support to users in the WordPress Support Forums.
\nLast week, the WordPress Support Forums mailing list presented nominations for the top active support forum volunteers. These volunteers were nominated for being active on the support forums within the last month and for helping multiple users almost every day on their own free time. The nominees were then organized by the number of topics they have been involved in since joining the forums to find this year’s top fifteen.
\nIf you stopped by the WordPress Support Forums this year, you were probably helped by one of these fifteen volunteers, or you at least got the chance to see them in action.
\nWithout further delay, here are the top fifteen active WordPress Support Forum volunteers:
\nMel “esmi” Pedley: Professional web developer since 2001 with a special interest in CSS, web accessibility and, more recently, all things WordPress. Spent a number of years in a previous life running IT support in the public sector. Old habits die hard. [forum profile]
\nSamuel “samboll” Bollinger: I am a landscape architect by trade and am an avid golfer and camper. I originally started using WordPress back in the 1.5.x series for a business site. I became active in the forums when version 2.0 came out. Can’t remember exactly when I became a mod, but just came to forums one day and saw I was…thought that was a weird way to do it at the time, but years later and I’m still here. I use and support WordPress because of the community and transparency of all levels of the WordPress hierarchy. [forum profile]
\nChris “Chris_K” Kasten (fka HandySolo): I’m Director of Technical Operations by day, an independent consultant by night and experienced in a wide range of technologies. I got involved with WordPress support back in 2005 when I had some questions, found the forum and realized I could answer others’ questions while waiting on my own answers. Volunteered to help clean up mangled forum posts shortly afterward and have been a mod ever since. [forum profile]
\nJames “MacManX” Huff: When I started using WordPress six years ago, I had no clue what a “server” was, I though PHP was pronounced ffp, and I think I killed my blog eight times during the first hour. I would never have made it as far as I did without the WordPress Support Forums. Now, I’m happy to donate my time to help others, just like the forum volunteers from years ago helped me. [forum profile]
\nOtto: I live in Memphis, TN, and make beer in my spare time. I’ve been doing this sort of thing for about 5 years, and recently got hired by Matt as his “Tech Ninja”. So I’m actually paid to help people out now. [forum profile]
\nMichael “alchymyth” Stolze: I am a senior scientist, with interests in logic and computing since the early days of “fortran” and “assembler”. I began using WordPress and visiting the support forum while I was remodeling a website for a friend; and now I am part-time building web sites and WordPress themes. My life’s motto: “I am here to help.” [forum profile]
\nJames “Rev. Voodoo” Yeo: I’ve tried to make my own website since 1993 when I got my first email account in university. I’ve hand coded, and I’ve tried just about every package out there. WordPress finally made it fun! [forum profile]
\nmercime: My first WP site was a WPMU 1.2.1 install in 2007 to consolidate all blogs I set up with Greymatter (CGI) in 2002 and self-hosted Blogger sites set up in 2003 under one admin for a church. I believe in the power of giving and giving back. Even though I am neither a coder or programmer, I go to the WP/BP forums and try to help others out where I can. For it is in giving that we receive … more than we even hope for. [forum profile]
\nClayton “ClaytonJames” James: My involvement with WordPress started after a year-long trial of installing, evaluating and then discarding more than a dozen other blogging and content management systems that just didn’t live up to my expectations. After only a month with WordPress I knew I had found the right solution. Being involved with support in the forums has taught me almost as much about myself as it has about WordPress. It’s a pleasure belonging to a support community that’s always so willing to share its collective patience and knowledge with others. [forum profile]
\nMark “t31os” Duncan: In my spare time I write hacks, plugins or provide support in the forums for WordPress (it’s great fun – generally) and it’s also nice sharing back what I know about code with the community, there’s also the satisfying feeling you get when you’ve helped someone troubleshoot a problem, create a custom hack or add some special functionality to their site (I think we all know that feeling). [forum profile]
\nRoy: I used to have an html website, but in April/May 2007 I switched to WordPress. Being unfamiliar with CSS, PHP, XHTML, etc. (and still!) I frequently used the forums to clear things up. After a while I could answer other user’s more basic questions myself and this is still the case. I just check every once in a while if there are questions that I can answer, because I think it would be a shame if a new user with a simple question would get stuck early in his/her WordPress experience on something (relatively) simple. Also I check the forums frequently because it is usually the first place to learn about large or small hacks, hiccups in the software, etc. [forum profile]
\nMika A. Epstein: I work for “the man” at a large, multi-national bank, but I help with WordPress because the Communist/Socialist in me thinks that if we make the code better, we help make the world better. WordPress has caused me to master all sorts of bizarre talents I never would have thought possible. It’s even helped me to be better at my “real job” because of the coding ideas I’ve come across in the WP community. No one thinks better sideways than the WordPress Devs! [forum profile]
\nMark “songdogtech” Ratledge: I got involved helping out in the WordPress.org forums after I found lots of help there myself. I’ve been developing WordPress sites for individuals and non-profits for a few years now. As well as working in IT and being a technology journalist, I’ve been a carpenter, mechanic and have taught university-level English and literature. [forum profile]
\nmrmist: I got into WordPress a few years ago after switching when MoveableType were having something of an identity crisis. Since then I have been getting more involved with the community, picking up bits of knowledge here and there. These days I am mostly active around the forums and Codex, and I try my best to submit simple patches to the code base. [forum profile]
\nAndrea “andrea_r” Rennick: I became a user of WordPress MU a good three years ago – when it was in pre-beta stage. I was just your typical mom at home, teaching my kids, and I wanted to create a community for other homeschoolers to have blogs all in one location, so we could find & support each other. It took me a month just to get everything running. I was spending so much time in the MU support forum finding answers, eventually I was helping others. [forum profile] (Note: Andrea was highly active in the WordPress MU Support Forums before they were closed a month ago.)
\nNo support forum would be complete without moderators. The following moderators are currently active in the forums and deserve an extra round of applause. Not only are they tasked with keeping the forums organized and free of spam, but most of them are volunteers as well.
\nMichael “mdawaffe” Adams, Les “LesBessant” Bessant, Sheri “designsimply” Bigelow, Michael “miklb” Bishop, Samuel “samboll” Bollinger, Brian “briancolinger” Colinger, Mark “t31os” Duncan, James “MacManX” Huff, Chris “Chris_K” Kasten, mrmist, Andrew “nacin” Nacin, Otto, Mel “esmi” Pedley, Andrea “andrea_r” Rennick, and Peter “westi” Westwood.
\nObviously, this is just a small sampling of the volunteers providing help on the support forums. If you ever helped someone on the WordPress Support Forums, give yourself a pat on the back, and keep up the amazing work. You’re a part of something that makes WordPress one of the greatest open source blogging platforms.
\nIf you have ever been helped by one of the volunteers on the WordPress Support Forums, let them know how much you appreciated their help.
\nTweet";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"WordPress Podcast: First One Blog, Next an Empire";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://wp-community.org/?p=701";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpresspodcast/~3/rM6M3RFYYKc/";s:11:"description";s:1974:"Collis Ta’eed is a veteran blogger and co-founded the Envato network of educational sites and marketplaces covering niches like freelancing and web app’s and much much more. Collis’ network of sites reaches hundreds of thousands of readers monthly, his marketplaces are responsible for enormous amounts of income for developers the world over and his tutorial sites are the hallmark how-to repository for much of the web community.
Collis joined us today to share with us the mechanics of growing initial traffic to your blog, differentiating yourself in the market and monetizing your blog. Listen in to learn more about how to go from freelancer to business owner.
In the news:
Plugin picks of the week:
Collis Ta’eed is a veteran blogger and co-founded the Envato network of educational sites and marketplaces covering niches like freelancing and web app’s and much much more. Collis’ network of sites reaches hundreds of thousands of readers monthly, his marketplaces are responsible for enormous amounts of income for developers the world over and his tutorial sites are the hallmark how-to repository for much of the web community.
Collis joined us today to share with us the mechanics of growing initial traffic to your blog, differentiating yourself in the market and monetizing your blog. Listen in to learn more about how to go from freelancer to business owner.
In the news:
Plugin picks of the week:
The 300,000 Biggest Websites, Visualized With Their Icons: Gizmodo had an interesting post today about a chart/image that contains the favicons of the 300,000 most trafficked websites on the Interwebs. I thought the interactive version was interesting and found Weblog Tools Collection completely hidden right under the lower left corner of the Blogger icon. The traffic data came from Alexa and it was put together by Nmap.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:41:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:639:"The 300,000 Biggest Websites, Visualized With Their Icons: Gizmodo had an interesting post today about a chart/image that contains the favicons of the 300,000 most trafficked websites on the Interwebs. I thought the interactive version was interesting and found Weblog Tools Collection completely hidden right under the lower left corner of the Blogger icon. The traffic data came from Alexa and it was put together by Nmap.
\nTweet";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Matt: Sync Privacy";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=35509";s:4:"link";s:34:"http://ma.tt/2010/08/sync-privacy/";s:11:"description";s:664:"Sync took a different tack, and started off with “what if we didn’t want the data? What if even having that data was a failure state?” That led us to cryptography. Sync uses strong crypto to encode your data before it is uploaded. The secret phrase is the key to this encryption, and we never send that anywhere to keep your data secure. This really means that Mozilla can’t see your data, giving you full control. (Which is great, because we really don’t want it!)
via Mike Connor » Sync in Firefox 4 Beta.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:58:51 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:664:"Sync took a different tack, and started off with “what if we didn’t want the data? What if even having that data was a failure state?” That led us to cryptography. Sync uses strong crypto to encode your data before it is uploaded. The secret phrase is the key to this encryption, and we never send that anywhere to keep your data secure. This really means that Mozilla can’t see your data, giving you full control. (Which is great, because we really don’t want it!)
via Mike Connor » Sync in Firefox 4 Beta.
";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Matt: Happiness Team in Lisbon";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=35346";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://ma.tt/2010/08/happiness-team-in-lisbon/";s:11:"description";s:38058:"Exploring Lisbon and Estoril with Automattic’s Happiness team, who had been having a meetup there.
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";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:45:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:38058:"Exploring Lisbon and Estoril with Automattic’s Happiness team, who had been having a meetup there.
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Donncha: WIP: the Super Cache admin page";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495961";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://ocaoimh.ie/wip-super-cache-admin-page/";s:11:"description";s:1334:"
A small update, I’m slowly working through the WP Super Cache admin page in an effort to make it better. You can in fact download the development version if you want to follow along.
\nWhat you see above is my first pass. An effort to make the first options section match the look and feel of the standard Settings pages in WordPress. It’s all likely to be mixed around and moved about before the next release, so please, dig in and lend a hand!
\nRelated Posts
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:20:33 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Donncha";}s:7:"summary";s:1334:"
A small update, I’m slowly working through the WP Super Cache admin page in an effort to make it better. You can in fact download the development version if you want to follow along.
\nWhat you see above is my first pass. An effort to make the first options section match the look and feel of the standard Settings pages in WordPress. It’s all likely to be mixed around and moved about before the next release, so please, dig in and lend a hand!
\nRelated Posts
";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:85:"WP Android: WordPress for Android 1.3.4: Wonky Bugs Fixed & New Comment Feature Added";s:4:"guid";s:35:"http://android.wordpress.org/?p=295";s:4:"link";s:111:"http://android.wordpress.org/2010/08/24/wordpress-for-android-1-3-4-wonky-bugs-fixed-new-comment-feature-added/";s:11:"description";s:3838:"Huzzah! Today we’ve released a new spiffed-up WordPress for Android app, which not only runs better but also has a cool new comment notification feature. And as we toast our latest work, we must also give all of you a huge thanks — your feedback has been critical to helping us improve the app.
\n*update August 25th* – Turns out that the post view fix wasn’t working so well on non Froyo devices. We found the fix for that and released version 1.3.5 this morning.
\nFirst, let’s look at the handy new comment changes:
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Now, when you get a new comment, you’ll see the actual text of the comment in the Android notification bar. Also, when you select the comment notification to moderate the comment, it will now be there instantly in the Comments view instead of requiring you to refresh.
And here are the bugs fixed in WordPress for Android 1.3.4:
\nSo that’s about it. If you ever notice anything wonky in the app, feel free to submit a bug report to the WordPress for Android Trac, available here: android.trac.wordpress.org. Thank you and enjoy!
\n
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:46:24 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Isaac";}s:7:"summary";s:3838:"Huzzah! Today we’ve released a new spiffed-up WordPress for Android app, which not only runs better but also has a cool new comment notification feature. And as we toast our latest work, we must also give all of you a huge thanks — your feedback has been critical to helping us improve the app.
\n*update August 25th* – Turns out that the post view fix wasn’t working so well on non Froyo devices. We found the fix for that and released version 1.3.5 this morning.
\nFirst, let’s look at the handy new comment changes:
\nNow, when you get a new comment, you’ll see the actual text of the comment in the Android notification bar. Also, when you select the comment notification to moderate the comment, it will now be there instantly in the Comments view instead of requiring you to refresh.
And here are the bugs fixed in WordPress for Android 1.3.4:
\nSo that’s about it. If you ever notice anything wonky in the app, feel free to submit a bug report to the WordPress for Android Trac, available here: android.trac.wordpress.org. Thank you and enjoy!
\n ";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/24";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8462";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/24/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0824-2/";s:11:"description";s:1665:"Back List adds Whitelist and Blacklist options for Trackbacks and Pingbacks as well as the option to auto-accept Trackbacks from your own blog.
\nIP Ban returns ‘Page Not Found’ 404 error message for IP’s visiting your blog specified in the IP Ban option on the Discussion Options page.
\nPress This Reloaded provides the Press This bookmarklet with all the functionality of the regular Add New Post screen.
\nWP SimpleWeather allows you to quickly and easily display the current weather at any location you enter using the Yahoo! Weather API.
\nAkismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.
\nDukaPress can be used to build online shops quickly and easily. It is built to be both simple and elegant yet powerful and scalable.
\nJob Manager allows you to manage job lists and job applications on your WordPress site.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:00:24 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1665:"Back List adds Whitelist and Blacklist options for Trackbacks and Pingbacks as well as the option to auto-accept Trackbacks from your own blog.
\nIP Ban returns ‘Page Not Found’ 404 error message for IP’s visiting your blog specified in the IP Ban option on the Discussion Options page.
\nPress This Reloaded provides the Press This bookmarklet with all the functionality of the regular Add New Post screen.
\nWP SimpleWeather allows you to quickly and easily display the current weather at any location you enter using the Yahoo! Weather API.
\nAkismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.
\nDukaPress can be used to build online shops quickly and easily. It is built to be both simple and elegant yet powerful and scalable.
\nJob Manager allows you to manage job lists and job applications on your WordPress site.
\nTweet";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Gravatar: Thunderbird Extension Lets You Add Gravatars";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://blog.gravatar.com/?p=247";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://blog.gravatar.com/2010/08/24/thunderbird-extension/";s:11:"description";s:2618:"By downloading the “Display Contact Photo” extension from Thunderbird, you can now view Gravatars, creating a personalized touch to all your email messages:
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How to Install
\nTo set this up, first follow the download and installation directions found on the extension page above.
\nThen, to specifically enable Gravatars, follow these steps:
\n1. Go to Tools > Add-ons > Extensions. Click “Options.”
\n2. Open the “Remote photos” tab and click “enable Gravatars.”
\n3. Go to the “General Settings” tab and in the “Choose a default photo” drop-down menu, select “Gravatar.” Click “OK.”
\n4. You’re all set. Enjoy!
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";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:41:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Joy Victory";}s:7:"summary";s:2618:"By downloading the “Display Contact Photo” extension from Thunderbird, you can now view Gravatars, creating a personalized touch to all your email messages:
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How to Install
\nTo set this up, first follow the download and installation directions found on the extension page above.
\nThen, to specifically enable Gravatars, follow these steps:
\n1. Go to Tools > Add-ons > Extensions. Click “Options.”
\n2. Open the “Remote photos” tab and click “enable Gravatars.”
\n3. Go to the “General Settings” tab and in the “Choose a default photo” drop-down menu, select “Gravatar.” Click “OK.”
\n4. You’re all set. Enjoy!
\n ";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: Regarding Plugin and Theme Digests";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8457";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/23/regarding-plugin-and-theme-digests/";s:11:"description";s:2464:"You’ve just spent countless hours on your latest and greatest WordPress plugin and theme, and you want the world to know about it. Well, we want to help! I’m sure that you’ve all noticed the plugin and theme digests published here every other day, and it’s not too difficult to be a part of them. Sure, we all recommend that you submit your work of art to the official plugin and theme directories, but it normally takes a few days for these directories to be updated. Why not announce it here as soon as you’re done? We’ve made it easy to do just that.
\nIf you want to share your latest and greatest WordPress plugin and theme with us, stop by the New WordPress Plugins and New WordPress Themes forums and simply post a new topic via the form at the bottom of the page, or email submissions (at) wltc (dot) net with either “[New/Updated Plugin Submission] plugin name” or “[New/Updated Theme Submission] theme name” in the subject.
\nBefore submitting, your plugin or theme must be available for free, licensed under the GPL, and free of sponsored links and advertisements. With all submissions, please include the name of the plugin or theme, the license, a link to a product info page (this could be a blog post, page, WordPress plugin/theme directory listing, etc), and a screenshot (if available). We hate having to turn down plugins and themes simply because they provide nothing more than a direct download link to a third-party file sharing/storage service, but we feel that our readers deserve a bit more than that.
\nFor the benefit of our readers, all plugins and themes are confirmed to work with the latest version of WordPress and certified to be free of sponsored links and advertisements, viruses, and other common exploits before being accepted as part of the next digest.
\nWe encourage you to share your latest and greatest plugins and themes with us, and we appreciate your cooperation!
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:00:38 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2464:"You’ve just spent countless hours on your latest and greatest WordPress plugin and theme, and you want the world to know about it. Well, we want to help! I’m sure that you’ve all noticed the plugin and theme digests published here every other day, and it’s not too difficult to be a part of them. Sure, we all recommend that you submit your work of art to the official plugin and theme directories, but it normally takes a few days for these directories to be updated. Why not announce it here as soon as you’re done? We’ve made it easy to do just that.
\nIf you want to share your latest and greatest WordPress plugin and theme with us, stop by the New WordPress Plugins and New WordPress Themes forums and simply post a new topic via the form at the bottom of the page, or email submissions (at) wltc (dot) net with either “[New/Updated Plugin Submission] plugin name” or “[New/Updated Theme Submission] theme name” in the subject.
\nBefore submitting, your plugin or theme must be available for free, licensed under the GPL, and free of sponsored links and advertisements. With all submissions, please include the name of the plugin or theme, the license, a link to a product info page (this could be a blog post, page, WordPress plugin/theme directory listing, etc), and a screenshot (if available). We hate having to turn down plugins and themes simply because they provide nothing more than a direct download link to a third-party file sharing/storage service, but we feel that our readers deserve a bit more than that.
\nFor the benefit of our readers, all plugins and themes are confirmed to work with the latest version of WordPress and certified to be free of sponsored links and advertisements, viruses, and other common exploits before being accepted as part of the next digest.
\nWe encourage you to share your latest and greatest plugins and themes with us, and we appreciate your cooperation!
\nTweet";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Matt: Leo Loves Blogging";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=35344";s:4:"link";s:40:"http://ma.tt/2010/08/leo-loves-blogging/";s:11:"description";s:159:"Buzz Kill, where Leo Laporte describes the re-ignition of his love affair with blogging over micro-blogging.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:02:28 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:159:"Buzz Kill, where Leo Laporte describes the re-ignition of his love affair with blogging over micro-blogging.
";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 08/22";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8446";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/22/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0822-3/";s:11:"description";s:2664:"
BT Extended is a spruced newspaper style theme, with a clean sleek white look built on Thematic framework & grid system.
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DocOut Black will improve your search engine results by giving your web pages a search engine friendly document outline.
\n
Leather is a unique and texture rich design with featured images and a simple options page.
\n
Matala is the theme from ma.tt circa 2008.
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Mazeld is the theme from photomatt.net circa 2005.
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StoneHenge is a beautifully crafted two column WordPress 3 ready theme.
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The Twin is a free WordPress theme with a tattoo style illustration and customizable background.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:00:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2664:"
BT Extended is a spruced newspaper style theme, with a clean sleek white look built on Thematic framework & grid system.
\n
DocOut Black will improve your search engine results by giving your web pages a search engine friendly document outline.
\n
Leather is a unique and texture rich design with featured images and a simple options page.
\n
Matala is the theme from ma.tt circa 2008.
\n
Mazeld is the theme from photomatt.net circa 2005.
\n
StoneHenge is a beautifully crafted two column WordPress 3 ready theme.
\n
The Twin is a free WordPress theme with a tattoo style illustration and customizable background.
\nTweet";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Matt: Ma.tt Themes Released";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=35329";s:4:"link";s:32:"http://ma.tt/2010/08/new-themes/";s:11:"description";s:983:"As I announced today at WordCamp Savannah, I’m releasing two of my old designs as themes for any WordPress blog. (See slides here.) If you’re one of the thousands of people who’ve asked me how I do my galleries here on this site, now you can look at the actual code in the Matala theme. (The talavera-looking design by Nicolò Volpato.) The second theme, Mazeld, is actually the last from-scratch original design I did here on Ma.tt (then photomatt.net) and is built as a 2010 child theme. Both themes are listed in the WordPress.org theme directory and available for download. This is just the first iteration, so expect some updates within the next few months as we iterate on the code and functionality.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:52:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:983:"As I announced today at WordCamp Savannah, I’m releasing two of my old designs as themes for any WordPress blog. (See slides here.) If you’re one of the thousands of people who’ve asked me how I do my galleries here on this site, now you can look at the actual code in the Matala theme. (The talavera-looking design by Nicolò Volpato.) The second theme, Mazeld, is actually the last from-scratch original design I did here on Ma.tt (then photomatt.net) and is built as a 2010 child theme. Both themes are listed in the WordPress.org theme directory and available for download. This is just the first iteration, so expect some updates within the next few months as we iterate on the code and functionality.
";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"Weblog Tools Collection: Vote for Blog Action Day 2010?s Topic";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8439";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/21/vote-for-blog-action-day-2010s-topic/";s:11:"description";s:2809:"October 15th is less than two months away and Change.org wants you to vote on this year’s Blog Action Day topic. Currently, the selection includes the following topics, but they will continue to take suggestions until the poll closes.
\n\nWater: The UN recently declared water to be a human right, but millions around the world still lack even the most basic access, causing widespread disease and the possibility of military conflict over access to clean water.
\nHuman Trafficking: From prostitution to forced labor, more than 27 million people are modern-day slaves, making human trafficking one of the most overlooked man-made tragedies in the world.
\nWomen: The most discriminated against group in the world isn’t a minority: it’s women. From inequality in schooling to reduced economic opportunities, women face a disproportionate degree of adversity all over the world.
\nSustainable Food: Industrial agriculture has overtaken the world’s food supply – creating obesity in the developed world and spreading genetically modified crops and oftentimes undercutting local farmers in the developing world.
\nHunger: While many of us may take healthy, nutritious food for granted, more than 1 billion people around the world see it as an unattainable luxury.
\nOceans: Overfishing and pollution have decimated untold species of fish and other ocean life over the past few decades, and recent oil spills have shown how vulnerable aquatic life is to man-made disasters.
Last year, over 31,000 posts were made from across the globe on the topic of climate change, so vote for your favorite topic and plan to make yourself a part of this monumental event.
\nI was thrilled by the concept of a day for worldwide blog-powered reflection when the first Blog Action Day was announced in 2007, and I participated with Save the Environment for Free. Unfortunately, I missed the last two, but I’m already thinking of some great posts for all of the potential topics. Have you participated in any past Blog Action Days, and are you planning to participate in this year’s Blog Action Day?
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:00:08 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2809:"October 15th is less than two months away and Change.org wants you to vote on this year’s Blog Action Day topic. Currently, the selection includes the following topics, but they will continue to take suggestions until the poll closes.
\n\nWater: The UN recently declared water to be a human right, but millions around the world still lack even the most basic access, causing widespread disease and the possibility of military conflict over access to clean water.
\nHuman Trafficking: From prostitution to forced labor, more than 27 million people are modern-day slaves, making human trafficking one of the most overlooked man-made tragedies in the world.
\nWomen: The most discriminated against group in the world isn’t a minority: it’s women. From inequality in schooling to reduced economic opportunities, women face a disproportionate degree of adversity all over the world.
\nSustainable Food: Industrial agriculture has overtaken the world’s food supply – creating obesity in the developed world and spreading genetically modified crops and oftentimes undercutting local farmers in the developing world.
\nHunger: While many of us may take healthy, nutritious food for granted, more than 1 billion people around the world see it as an unattainable luxury.
\nOceans: Overfishing and pollution have decimated untold species of fish and other ocean life over the past few decades, and recent oil spills have shown how vulnerable aquatic life is to man-made disasters.
Last year, over 31,000 posts were made from across the globe on the topic of climate change, so vote for your favorite topic and plan to make yourself a part of this monumental event.
\nI was thrilled by the concept of a day for worldwide blog-powered reflection when the first Blog Action Day was announced in 2007, and I participated with Save the Environment for Free. Unfortunately, I missed the last two, but I’m already thinking of some great posts for all of the potential topics. Have you participated in any past Blog Action Days, and are you planning to participate in this year’s Blog Action Day?
\nTweet";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/20";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8436";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/20/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0820-2/";s:11:"description";s:3083:"Active Extra Fields allows you to validate custom fields and post taxonomies.
\nWordPress Post Tabs is a plugin for WordPress that will help you add as many tabs to your WordPress post or Page. So, say if you want to write some review, you can create various sections of the review post and display them in a tab view, i.e. separate tab for each section.
\nWorld Flags allows you to add country flags anywhere in your WordPress blog using simple shortcodes and/or widgets, or show visitor country flag and info based on their IP address.
\nWP Word Count is a plugin for WordPress that gives you word count statistics for your blog’s posts and pages. In addition to overall stats, WP Word Count also gives figures and details for the largest posts and pages of your blog as well as breakdowns for each of your blog’s authors.
\nyPHPlista integrates PHPlist, the famous open-source, free and powerful mailing list software, with WordPress smoothly.
\nGoogle Analytics for WordPress is the most complete Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. Of course, you could just copy the tracking code into your theme and be done with it, but then you’d miss a whole lot of features that this plugin has to offer you.
\nSEO Ultimate gives you control over title tags, noindex/nofollow, meta tags, rich snippets, slugs, canonical tags, autolinks, 404 errors, rich snippets, and much more.
\nSI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam adds CAPTCHA anti-spam methods to WordPress on the comment form, registration form, login, or all.
\nWP SlimStat is a simple but powerful real-time web analytics plugin for WordPress. It doesn’t require any subscription to external statistic services: all metrics are kept on your local server, private and accessible to your eyes only.
\nWP-Stats-Dashboard displays your blog’s stats graph plus your blog traffic, social engagement and social influence directly in your dashboard. See how you’re ranking on Alexa, check out your Technorati authority, monitor your ranking across multiple sites and much more.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:05:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:3083:"Active Extra Fields allows you to validate custom fields and post taxonomies.
\nWordPress Post Tabs is a plugin for WordPress that will help you add as many tabs to your WordPress post or Page. So, say if you want to write some review, you can create various sections of the review post and display them in a tab view, i.e. separate tab for each section.
\nWorld Flags allows you to add country flags anywhere in your WordPress blog using simple shortcodes and/or widgets, or show visitor country flag and info based on their IP address.
\nWP Word Count is a plugin for WordPress that gives you word count statistics for your blog’s posts and pages. In addition to overall stats, WP Word Count also gives figures and details for the largest posts and pages of your blog as well as breakdowns for each of your blog’s authors.
\nyPHPlista integrates PHPlist, the famous open-source, free and powerful mailing list software, with WordPress smoothly.
\nGoogle Analytics for WordPress is the most complete Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. Of course, you could just copy the tracking code into your theme and be done with it, but then you’d miss a whole lot of features that this plugin has to offer you.
\nSEO Ultimate gives you control over title tags, noindex/nofollow, meta tags, rich snippets, slugs, canonical tags, autolinks, 404 errors, rich snippets, and much more.
\nSI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam adds CAPTCHA anti-spam methods to WordPress on the comment form, registration form, login, or all.
\nWP SlimStat is a simple but powerful real-time web analytics plugin for WordPress. It doesn’t require any subscription to external statistic services: all metrics are kept on your local server, private and accessible to your eyes only.
\nWP-Stats-Dashboard displays your blog’s stats graph plus your blog traffic, social engagement and social influence directly in your dashboard. See how you’re ranking on Alexa, check out your Technorati authority, monitor your ranking across multiple sites and much more.
\nTweet";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Weblog Tools Collection: Common WordPress Multisite Problems and Solutions";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8430";s:4:"link";s:103:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/19/common-wordpress-multisite-problems-and-solutions/";s:11:"description";s:7034:"When WordPress 3 launched on June 17th of 2010, the ability to run a multisite network from a single installation quickly became one of the most talked about features. Formerly known as WordPress MU, this entirely separate WordPress project was simultaneously upgraded and merged with the main WordPress branch. Many were expecting WordPress Multisite to carry with it the usual WordPress simplicity, but there’s quite a bit more to do after WordPress’ famous 5-minute installation when creating a multisite network, and the complexities of the network system have led to some confusion and questions along the way.
\nAndrea Rennick became a user of WordPress MU about three years ago, when it was still in a pre-beta stage. She was just your typical stay at home mom and teacher, and she wanted to create a community where other homeschoolers could have their own blogs all in one location, so they could find and support one another. It took her about a month just to get everything running, and she was spending so much time on the WordPress MU Support Forum finding answers, that she eventually began helping others. Soon after, she launched WPMU Tutorials as a resource for anyone to learn about WordPress MU and now WordPress Multisite.
\nNow, Andrea is a prominent volunteer moderator on the WordPress Support Forums and is co-authoring the WordPress All-in-One Desk Reference.
\nWe are very fortunate that Andrea has agreed to share with us her solutions to some of the most common WordPress Multisite problems. To avoid any interpretation issues, the rest is entirely in her own words.
\n“My subdomain sites don’t work, what did I do wrong?”
\nSubdomain sites are managed on the server through the use of wildcards. This means that the server itself needs to have them set up in Apache, and will send any request for any subdomain, straight through to the WordPress network. Then WordPress will look it up on the database and serve the right content. You also need to have a wildcard subdomain record in your DNS records. It looks like this:
\nin A * yourdomain.com.
“My subfolder sites don’t work / have no styles / are not in folders on the server. What’s going on?”
\nSubfolder sites work on the same principle as pretty permalinks do. The URL is rewritten to give the appearance that it is in a folder on the server. So, mod_rewrite has to be working on the server, and actually reading the .htaccess file. It’s the .htaccess file that does the heavy lifting of “making” the subfolder site in this case.
\nFor either kind:
\nThe blogs themselves are virtual. They do not exist on the server. I’ve answered a few threads about the blogs.dir folder that needs to be made on the server when you enable multisite. This folder does not hold the actual blogs. The only use it has is for media uploads from each site. If there is nothing in the folders under the blogs.dir directory, that has no relation to if the site itself shows up or not.
For more information, please see this article.
\n“There’s a /blog/ in my main blog. Why is it there and how do I remove it?”
\nYes, this is done intentionally so any permalink off the main site does not interfere with any site name in a subfolder setup. You will not see this in a subdomain install.
\nYou can remove it by editing the main site details under Super Admin -> Sites and editing the main site.
\nI actually like to use this to my advantage, and set up a home page for the whole network on the main site, and then use the /blog/ to be the “main” blog on the network.
\n“Help! my uploaded images don’t work! Also, they are going in one location but my blogs says they are somewhere else, why?”
\nThis is how it is supposed to work. Images are physically located under the blogs.dir folder, in numbered folders from that correlating to each site’s blog-id#. these locations are then rewritten via the .htaccess file and served up to the “new” location. If it’s not working, then either something is missing from the .htaccess file, or the file just isn’t being read by mod_rewrite.
\n“Do I need a special theme? Why can’t I edit themes? How can I make changes?”
\nMost any theme for WordPress will work just fine when you are running a network. Super Admins are the only ones who can edit themes, and this is for security reasons. Also, themes are shared. If you set up a network with 10 sites and they all use TwentyTen, only one copy of TwentyTen is in use. This is why each site has its own admin area with their own widgets to manage.
\nYou can give your users an option similar to wordpress.com’s css upgrade through any of these plugins.
\nAs I touched on in the previous question, the main site’s theme is what controls the main page on the network. Getting familiar with the template hierarchy and using a static home page or the home.php template with various plugins to pull network-wide content will give many Super Admins exactly what they are looking for.
\n“How do I aggregate or gather all the posts from across all the sites onto the main page of my domain?”
\nYou use the best plugin for this, of course. Sitewide Tags.
\nThis needs to go in the mu-plugins folder, and will run all the time. It puts new options on the Super Admin -> Options page, and you can set it to send all new posts to the main site in the network. When new posts are made, they will be copied over to the main blog, and will retain the originating site’s permalink, so there will be no duplicate content. The only thing it will not pull is comments and post thumbnails.
\nI’d like to thank Andrea Rennick for generously providing her solutions to these common problems both here and on the WordPress Support Forums. If you need any help beyond what was mentioned above, please feel free to ask in the Multisite section of the WordPress Support Forums where Andrea and the rest of the talented support forum volunteers are on-hand to help you at most hours of the day.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:00:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:7034:"When WordPress 3 launched on June 17th of 2010, the ability to run a multisite network from a single installation quickly became one of the most talked about features. Formerly known as WordPress MU, this entirely separate WordPress project was simultaneously upgraded and merged with the main WordPress branch. Many were expecting WordPress Multisite to carry with it the usual WordPress simplicity, but there’s quite a bit more to do after WordPress’ famous 5-minute installation when creating a multisite network, and the complexities of the network system have led to some confusion and questions along the way.
\nAndrea Rennick became a user of WordPress MU about three years ago, when it was still in a pre-beta stage. She was just your typical stay at home mom and teacher, and she wanted to create a community where other homeschoolers could have their own blogs all in one location, so they could find and support one another. It took her about a month just to get everything running, and she was spending so much time on the WordPress MU Support Forum finding answers, that she eventually began helping others. Soon after, she launched WPMU Tutorials as a resource for anyone to learn about WordPress MU and now WordPress Multisite.
\nNow, Andrea is a prominent volunteer moderator on the WordPress Support Forums and is co-authoring the WordPress All-in-One Desk Reference.
\nWe are very fortunate that Andrea has agreed to share with us her solutions to some of the most common WordPress Multisite problems. To avoid any interpretation issues, the rest is entirely in her own words.
\n“My subdomain sites don’t work, what did I do wrong?”
\nSubdomain sites are managed on the server through the use of wildcards. This means that the server itself needs to have them set up in Apache, and will send any request for any subdomain, straight through to the WordPress network. Then WordPress will look it up on the database and serve the right content. You also need to have a wildcard subdomain record in your DNS records. It looks like this:
\nin A * yourdomain.com.
“My subfolder sites don’t work / have no styles / are not in folders on the server. What’s going on?”
\nSubfolder sites work on the same principle as pretty permalinks do. The URL is rewritten to give the appearance that it is in a folder on the server. So, mod_rewrite has to be working on the server, and actually reading the .htaccess file. It’s the .htaccess file that does the heavy lifting of “making” the subfolder site in this case.
\nFor either kind:
\nThe blogs themselves are virtual. They do not exist on the server. I’ve answered a few threads about the blogs.dir folder that needs to be made on the server when you enable multisite. This folder does not hold the actual blogs. The only use it has is for media uploads from each site. If there is nothing in the folders under the blogs.dir directory, that has no relation to if the site itself shows up or not.
For more information, please see this article.
\n“There’s a /blog/ in my main blog. Why is it there and how do I remove it?”
\nYes, this is done intentionally so any permalink off the main site does not interfere with any site name in a subfolder setup. You will not see this in a subdomain install.
\nYou can remove it by editing the main site details under Super Admin -> Sites and editing the main site.
\nI actually like to use this to my advantage, and set up a home page for the whole network on the main site, and then use the /blog/ to be the “main” blog on the network.
\n“Help! my uploaded images don’t work! Also, they are going in one location but my blogs says they are somewhere else, why?”
\nThis is how it is supposed to work. Images are physically located under the blogs.dir folder, in numbered folders from that correlating to each site’s blog-id#. these locations are then rewritten via the .htaccess file and served up to the “new” location. If it’s not working, then either something is missing from the .htaccess file, or the file just isn’t being read by mod_rewrite.
\n“Do I need a special theme? Why can’t I edit themes? How can I make changes?”
\nMost any theme for WordPress will work just fine when you are running a network. Super Admins are the only ones who can edit themes, and this is for security reasons. Also, themes are shared. If you set up a network with 10 sites and they all use TwentyTen, only one copy of TwentyTen is in use. This is why each site has its own admin area with their own widgets to manage.
\nYou can give your users an option similar to wordpress.com’s css upgrade through any of these plugins.
\nAs I touched on in the previous question, the main site’s theme is what controls the main page on the network. Getting familiar with the template hierarchy and using a static home page or the home.php template with various plugins to pull network-wide content will give many Super Admins exactly what they are looking for.
\n“How do I aggregate or gather all the posts from across all the sites onto the main page of my domain?”
\nYou use the best plugin for this, of course. Sitewide Tags.
\nThis needs to go in the mu-plugins folder, and will run all the time. It puts new options on the Super Admin -> Options page, and you can set it to send all new posts to the main site in the network. When new posts are made, they will be copied over to the main blog, and will retain the originating site’s permalink, so there will be no duplicate content. The only thing it will not pull is comments and post thumbnails.
\nI’d like to thank Andrea Rennick for generously providing her solutions to these common problems both here and on the WordPress Support Forums. If you need any help beyond what was mentioned above, please feel free to ask in the Multisite section of the WordPress Support Forums where Andrea and the rest of the talented support forum volunteers are on-hand to help you at most hours of the day.
\nTweet";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:86:"Weblog Tools Collection: Drive Traffic to Old Content with “Tweet Old Post” Plugin";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8411";s:4:"link";s:109:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/18/drive-traffic-to-old-content-with-tweet-old-post-plugin/";s:11:"description";s:8246:"How long ago did you create your Twitter account? Hold on to that number…how long ago did you launch your blog? Something tells me that you’ve probably been running your blog much longer than you’ve had a Twitter account…am I right? If so this can only mean one thing, unless you’ve been actively tweeting older posts from your blog, your Twitter followers have no idea about the treasure trove of (older) content that is sitting on your site. Sure you are getting a ton of search engine traffic, but hasn’t traffic from social media also proven to be extremely lucrative as well? Why let that potential traffic go to waste?
\nThis is where the Tweet Old Post plugin comes in. The Tweet Old Post plugin does one thing and it does it well, it allows you to automatically tweet about old posts using a specified Twitter account and it provides you with a set of options to make sure that tweet is right.
\nBefore you go and install this free plugin make sure you read this in depth review to help you decide whether this plugin is the right tool for you.
\nRequirements
\nYou can download and install the Tweet Old Post plugin from the Plugins directory in WordPress within your WordPress installation or you can download the plugin directly from the WordPress by following this link.
\nTo install from your WordPress installation simply click on Plugins in the Admin menu, Add New, and search for Tweet Old Post. When the plugin appears in the search results list, click on the Install button to download and install the plugin.
\nOnce you’ve successfully installed and activated the plugin, follow the instructions below.
\n
1. Go to Settings in the Admin page and click on Tweet Old Posts.
\nThe plugin is fairly easy to configure all you need to do is enter the Twitter user name and password you wish to automatically tweet to. However if you wish to harness the power of this plugin you will need to delve in the additional options that are available.
\n
2. Set the following options.
\nAs you can see from the screenshot above there are quite a bit of options that are available which allow you to customize how the tweets are delivered and when. We will go over each of these options in detail so that you understand each of the settings.
\na. Twitter User Name and Twitter Password - As I mentioned before, you can simply enter your Twitter user name and password and start tweeting automatically right away. If you run into any issues with this plugin, most of them can be resolved by double checking that you entered the correct user name and password.
\nb. Tweet Prefix – If set, each tweet that is automatically generated will be prefixed with the information you enter in this box. Keep in mind the character limits and the fact that it will be used for every single tweet that is automatically generated.
\nc. Add post data to tweet – If set to Yes, the tweet will include additional information from the post, i.e. content. I would probably leave this set to No.
\nd. Fetch URL from Custom field – If checked the URL that will be used when tweeting will be from the custom field otherwise the plugin will use the shortened URL.
\ne. Use URL shortener and URL Shortener Service – If you decide to use a URL shortener service you can specify which one to use from the list of available services.
\nf. Default #hash tags for your tweets – Using this option you can specify a set of hash tags to be used with your tweets. Again, keep in mind that these tweets will be automated and the content tweeted will be random so make sure you use a hash tag that will apply to all of the content.
\ng. Time intervals & Eligible Post Age
\nh. Categories to Omit from Tweets – If you’ve done a really good job of categorizing your posts you will find this option a lifesaver, specifically if you use specific hash tags for certain categories.
\n3. Once you are satisfied with the settings you will have two options; you can update the plugin settings or you can Tweet Now to make sure everything is working correctly.
\n
The screenshot above is an example of a Tweet from an old post appearing on Twitter when the Tweet Now button was used.
\nAs you can see by now, this plugin has a lot of options to offer and a lot of potential to drive traffic to all of those old posts on your blog. However there are some shortcomings that may make you reconsider.
\nDespite these shortcomings, this plugin makes should be on the top of everyone’s essential WordPress plugins list. It will help you promote older content and recycle more current content to new Twitter followers. I hope the developer is listening…If the features discussed above are added, I think that this would be a killer plugin, something I’d be willing to pay for.
\nWhat do you think? Are there other plugins with similar functions already out there? Please use the comments form below.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:23:39 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"gperera";}s:7:"summary";s:8246:"How long ago did you create your Twitter account? Hold on to that number…how long ago did you launch your blog? Something tells me that you’ve probably been running your blog much longer than you’ve had a Twitter account…am I right? If so this can only mean one thing, unless you’ve been actively tweeting older posts from your blog, your Twitter followers have no idea about the treasure trove of (older) content that is sitting on your site. Sure you are getting a ton of search engine traffic, but hasn’t traffic from social media also proven to be extremely lucrative as well? Why let that potential traffic go to waste?
\nThis is where the Tweet Old Post plugin comes in. The Tweet Old Post plugin does one thing and it does it well, it allows you to automatically tweet about old posts using a specified Twitter account and it provides you with a set of options to make sure that tweet is right.
\nBefore you go and install this free plugin make sure you read this in depth review to help you decide whether this plugin is the right tool for you.
\nRequirements
\nYou can download and install the Tweet Old Post plugin from the Plugins directory in WordPress within your WordPress installation or you can download the plugin directly from the WordPress by following this link.
\nTo install from your WordPress installation simply click on Plugins in the Admin menu, Add New, and search for Tweet Old Post. When the plugin appears in the search results list, click on the Install button to download and install the plugin.
\nOnce you’ve successfully installed and activated the plugin, follow the instructions below.
\n
1. Go to Settings in the Admin page and click on Tweet Old Posts.
\nThe plugin is fairly easy to configure all you need to do is enter the Twitter user name and password you wish to automatically tweet to. However if you wish to harness the power of this plugin you will need to delve in the additional options that are available.
\n
2. Set the following options.
\nAs you can see from the screenshot above there are quite a bit of options that are available which allow you to customize how the tweets are delivered and when. We will go over each of these options in detail so that you understand each of the settings.
\na. Twitter User Name and Twitter Password - As I mentioned before, you can simply enter your Twitter user name and password and start tweeting automatically right away. If you run into any issues with this plugin, most of them can be resolved by double checking that you entered the correct user name and password.
\nb. Tweet Prefix – If set, each tweet that is automatically generated will be prefixed with the information you enter in this box. Keep in mind the character limits and the fact that it will be used for every single tweet that is automatically generated.
\nc. Add post data to tweet – If set to Yes, the tweet will include additional information from the post, i.e. content. I would probably leave this set to No.
\nd. Fetch URL from Custom field – If checked the URL that will be used when tweeting will be from the custom field otherwise the plugin will use the shortened URL.
\ne. Use URL shortener and URL Shortener Service – If you decide to use a URL shortener service you can specify which one to use from the list of available services.
\nf. Default #hash tags for your tweets – Using this option you can specify a set of hash tags to be used with your tweets. Again, keep in mind that these tweets will be automated and the content tweeted will be random so make sure you use a hash tag that will apply to all of the content.
\ng. Time intervals & Eligible Post Age
\nh. Categories to Omit from Tweets – If you’ve done a really good job of categorizing your posts you will find this option a lifesaver, specifically if you use specific hash tags for certain categories.
\n3. Once you are satisfied with the settings you will have two options; you can update the plugin settings or you can Tweet Now to make sure everything is working correctly.
\n
The screenshot above is an example of a Tweet from an old post appearing on Twitter when the Tweet Now button was used.
\nAs you can see by now, this plugin has a lot of options to offer and a lot of potential to drive traffic to all of those old posts on your blog. However there are some shortcomings that may make you reconsider.
\nDespite these shortcomings, this plugin makes should be on the top of everyone’s essential WordPress plugins list. It will help you promote older content and recycle more current content to new Twitter followers. I hope the developer is listening…If the features discussed above are added, I think that this would be a killer plugin, something I’d be willing to pay for.
\nWhat do you think? Are there other plugins with similar functions already out there? Please use the comments form below.
\nTweet";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Dougal Campbell: My Portfolio Site: dougal.us";s:4:"guid";s:34:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=20134";s:4:"link";s:124:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2010/08/18/my-portfolio-site-dougal-us?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss";s:11:"description";s:2541:"
If you looked closely at the business card image in my previous post, you might have noticed that the URL on the card isn’t for this blog. I set up a separate portfolio site using the dougal.us domain that I’ve been sitting on for quite some time. I am currently using the SimpleFolio theme, found from Smashing Magazine, and created portfolio highlight posts for several projects I’ve been involved in. I’m still not sure if I’m going to stay with that theme, but it’s likely to stick around for at least a little while, until I have time to decide what I might want to do differently. The “logo” is temporary — I haven’t settled on an identity, yet — so that’s likely to change, as well.
\nThis site will continue to host most of my WordPress-related posts, plugin information, and occasional personal posts, while the other site will cover other web site projects that I work on, speaking gigs, general web development topics, and tech news. There will be some overlap from time-to-time (in particular with information about WordPress projects, conferences, and presentations), but I’ll try to keep it minimal, mainly pointing from one site to the other, as appropriate.
\n\n\nRelated posts:
If you looked closely at the business card image in my previous post, you might have noticed that the URL on the card isn’t for this blog. I set up a separate portfolio site using the dougal.us domain that I’ve been sitting on for quite some time. I am currently using the SimpleFolio theme, found from Smashing Magazine, and created portfolio highlight posts for several projects I’ve been involved in. I’m still not sure if I’m going to stay with that theme, but it’s likely to stick around for at least a little while, until I have time to decide what I might want to do differently. The “logo” is temporary — I haven’t settled on an identity, yet — so that’s likely to change, as well.
\nThis site will continue to host most of my WordPress-related posts, plugin information, and occasional personal posts, while the other site will cover other web site projects that I work on, speaking gigs, general web development topics, and tech news. There will be some overlap from time-to-time (in particular with information about WordPress projects, conferences, and presentations), but I’ll try to keep it minimal, mainly pointing from one site to the other, as appropriate.
\n\n\nRelated posts:
Glossy Stylo is a colorful theme with nice transparency effects, 2-column layout, and a widget-ready sidebar.
\n
JustCSS is an HTML5 theme with custom colours using CSS3, based on Toolbox.
\n
Portfolio Theme uses custom post types for portfolio pages, takes advantage of the new menu navigation, and includes a ton of neat features.
\n
Summ is a theme in blue and white, with widgets supported, and no plugins required.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:00:10 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1623:"
Glossy Stylo is a colorful theme with nice transparency effects, 2-column layout, and a widget-ready sidebar.
\n
JustCSS is an HTML5 theme with custom colours using CSS3, based on Toolbox.
\n
Portfolio Theme uses custom post types for portfolio pages, takes advantage of the new menu navigation, and includes a ton of neat features.
\n
Summ is a theme in blue and white, with widgets supported, and no plugins required.
\nTweet";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"WordPress Podcast: Matt Mullenweg interview – Part II";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://wp-community.org/?p=694";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpresspodcast/~3/M3SYu7yF-Gk/";s:11:"description";s:1091:"In this second part of our interview with Matt (you have listened to the first part, right?), we discuss VaultPress; Automattic’s new backup system. Matt explains the features, pricing. Going from that we discussed hosting and their uptimes.
Then the discussion shifted to the community, and how that’s built. We discussed how to get core commit access, and how Matt’s multiple roles within the community could collide. We got talking about how WordPress got where it came, how good product development is also good marketing, WordCamps around the world, how giving support helps you make better products etc. etc. etc. Best quote: Matt & Automattic are happy plumbers of the web 
If you’re into WordPress, just listen to it live here, or download it to your iPod.
In this second part of our interview with Matt (you have listened to the first part, right?), we discuss VaultPress; Automattic’s new backup system. Matt explains the features, pricing. Going from that we discussed hosting and their uptimes.
Then the discussion shifted to the community, and how that’s built. We discussed how to get core commit access, and how Matt’s multiple roles within the community could collide. We got talking about how WordPress got where it came, how good product development is also good marketing, WordCamps around the world, how giving support helps you make better products etc. etc. etc. Best quote: Matt & Automattic are happy plumbers of the web
If you’re into WordPress, just listen to it live here, or download it to your iPod.
Nothing can be more unsettling than an obvious problem with absolutely no error or diagnostic message, and that’s exactly what the infamous white screen of death is. Imagine that you were changing a setting on your blog, installing or upgrading a plugin, upgrading to the latest version of WordPress, or simply returning to your blog at the start of a new day, and you see nothing but white.
\nUnfortunately, the white screen of death became all too well-known in the WordPress community when a few incompatible plugins began to cause the issue after users upgraded to WordPress 3. Today, most white screens of death are either caused by plugins or themes (theme functions can sometimes interfere with core WordPress functions). If you want to immediately attempt to find the culprit, you can enable debug mode, but even that can produce nothing more than a blank screen, so why not attack the problem head on?
\nWe’ll start with your plugins. If you have access to your admin panel, try deactivating all plugins. If you don’t have access to your admin panel, try manually resetting your plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.
\nIf your blog showed no signs of improvement after deactivating your plugins, then it’s time to move on to your currently active theme. If you have access to your admin panel, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher). If you don’t have access to your admin panel, access your server via FTP or SFTP, navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and rename the directory of your currently active theme, which will force the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to activate. This will hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue.
\nThough plugins and themes are the most common cause of the white screen of death, there are a few rare causes as well. If the above troubleshooting steps failed to resolve the issue, please contact the WordPress Support Forums.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:00:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2569:"Nothing can be more unsettling than an obvious problem with absolutely no error or diagnostic message, and that’s exactly what the infamous white screen of death is. Imagine that you were changing a setting on your blog, installing or upgrading a plugin, upgrading to the latest version of WordPress, or simply returning to your blog at the start of a new day, and you see nothing but white.
\nUnfortunately, the white screen of death became all too well-known in the WordPress community when a few incompatible plugins began to cause the issue after users upgraded to WordPress 3. Today, most white screens of death are either caused by plugins or themes (theme functions can sometimes interfere with core WordPress functions). If you want to immediately attempt to find the culprit, you can enable debug mode, but even that can produce nothing more than a blank screen, so why not attack the problem head on?
\nWe’ll start with your plugins. If you have access to your admin panel, try deactivating all plugins. If you don’t have access to your admin panel, try manually resetting your plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.
\nIf your blog showed no signs of improvement after deactivating your plugins, then it’s time to move on to your currently active theme. If you have access to your admin panel, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher). If you don’t have access to your admin panel, access your server via FTP or SFTP, navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and rename the directory of your currently active theme, which will force the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to activate. This will hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue.
\nThough plugins and themes are the most common cause of the white screen of death, there are a few rare causes as well. If the above troubleshooting steps failed to resolve the issue, please contact the WordPress Support Forums.
\nTweet";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Joseph: Bluehost Sponsoring WordCamp Utah 2010 Lunch";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://josephscott.org/?p=2753";s:4:"link";s:85:"http://josephscott.org/archives/2010/08/bluehost-sponsoring-wordcamp-utah-2010-lunch/";s:11:"description";s:1864:"As noted on the WCUT blog, Bluehost is sponsoring the lunch for WordCamp Utah 2010. James over at Bluehost was great, he wanted to make sure they played a big role in making this a successful event, and covering lunch definitely counts. Having great sponsors (check out the folks in the sidebar at http://2010.utah.wordcamp.org/) make this process so much easier.
\nCatering for lunch is from The SugarHouse BBQ Company, which makes me hungry just thinking about it. The lunch plans are based on the current estimates for the number of people attending, but we can adjust that if we need to, I’d be happy to order more food :-) .
\nIf you are still on the fence on attending check out the schedule for the day, along with brief bio’s for each speaker. The cost for the whole day is only $20, which includes lunch and t-shirt. You can register here.
\nI’m looking forward to seeing you there.
\n\n\nRelated posts:
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:11:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Joseph Scott";}s:7:"summary";s:1864:"As noted on the WCUT blog, Bluehost is sponsoring the lunch for WordCamp Utah 2010. James over at Bluehost was great, he wanted to make sure they played a big role in making this a successful event, and covering lunch definitely counts. Having great sponsors (check out the folks in the sidebar at http://2010.utah.wordcamp.org/) make this process so much easier.
\nCatering for lunch is from The SugarHouse BBQ Company, which makes me hungry just thinking about it. The lunch plans are based on the current estimates for the number of people attending, but we can adjust that if we need to, I’d be happy to order more food :-) .
\nIf you are still on the fence on attending check out the schedule for the day, along with brief bio’s for each speaker. The cost for the whole day is only $20, which includes lunch and t-shirt. You can register here.
\nI’m looking forward to seeing you there.
\n\n\nRelated posts:
";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Matt: Adobe & Typekit";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=35327";s:4:"link";s:35:"http://ma.tt/2010/08/adobe-typekit/";s:11:"description";s:165:"Adobe partners with Typekit to bring legendary typefaces to the web — pretty killer.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:04:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:165:"Adobe partners with Typekit to bring legendary typefaces to the web — pretty killer.
";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/16";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8397";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/16/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0816-3/";s:11:"description";s:2653:"Custom Post Permalinks will set up custom post type permalinks for non-hierarchical permalinks which have the flexibility of blog post permalinks.
\nDev Corner Badge places a highly visible marker in the upper corner of every post/page to denote a development site.
\nFavicon Rotator is a free plugin for WordPress that makes it incredibly simple to add a favicon to your site. Favicon Rotator uses WordPress’ own media management features to upload and add a favicon to your site so there is nothing new to learn.
\nTrigger Warning allows you to wrap content in quicktags to hide it. Readers can choose to read the trigger content by clicking on the “Show” button.
\nWP Tweet Button implements Twitter’s own Tweet Button on your blog or site. The tweet button can be positioned as you please and can be styled to your delight in the settings page.
\nFast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics.
\nSimple Twitter Connect is a series of plugins that lets you add any sort of Twitter functionality you like to a WordPress blog.
\nTwitter Goodies will show your twitter tweets under Sidebar Area (Widget) and Post and/or Pages.
\nTwitter Tools integrates your WordPress blog with your Twitter account allowing you to send new blog posts to Twitter as a tweet and vice versa.
\nWPBook enables you to pull recent blog posts from your blog in to Facebook, and allow Facebook users to enter comments. Their comments show up on your blog whether accessed directly or through Facebook, and regular blog comments will show up in Facebook as well.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:59 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2653:"Custom Post Permalinks will set up custom post type permalinks for non-hierarchical permalinks which have the flexibility of blog post permalinks.
\nDev Corner Badge places a highly visible marker in the upper corner of every post/page to denote a development site.
\nFavicon Rotator is a free plugin for WordPress that makes it incredibly simple to add a favicon to your site. Favicon Rotator uses WordPress’ own media management features to upload and add a favicon to your site so there is nothing new to learn.
\nTrigger Warning allows you to wrap content in quicktags to hide it. Readers can choose to read the trigger content by clicking on the “Show” button.
\nWP Tweet Button implements Twitter’s own Tweet Button on your blog or site. The tweet button can be positioned as you please and can be styled to your delight in the settings page.
\nFast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics.
\nSimple Twitter Connect is a series of plugins that lets you add any sort of Twitter functionality you like to a WordPress blog.
\nTwitter Goodies will show your twitter tweets under Sidebar Area (Widget) and Post and/or Pages.
\nTwitter Tools integrates your WordPress blog with your Twitter account allowing you to send new blog posts to Twitter as a tweet and vice versa.
\nWPBook enables you to pull recent blog posts from your blog in to Facebook, and allow Facebook users to enter comments. Their comments show up on your blog whether accessed directly or through Facebook, and regular blog comments will show up in Facebook as well.
\nTweet";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Alex King: Twitter Tools 2.4 (OAuth Support)";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://alexking.org/?p=4611";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://alexking.org/blog/2010/08/15/twitter-tools-2-4";s:11:"description";s:1735:"Version 2.4 of my Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress is now available. Twitter Tools creates a full two-way integration between your WordPress site and Twitter. You can send your posts to Twitter, archive your tweets and create posts from them, and more.
\nThis version has the following changes and is a must upgrade due to Twitter’s authentication changes:
\nThe download and links to other resources are now available on the Crowd Favorite website.
\nIf you have any trouble with this, please contact the WordPress HelpCenter (303-395-1346) or you can try the WP Support Forums.
\nEnjoy!
\nVersion 2.4 of my Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress is now available. Twitter Tools creates a full two-way integration between your WordPress site and Twitter. You can send your posts to Twitter, archive your tweets and create posts from them, and more.
\nThis version has the following changes and is a must upgrade due to Twitter’s authentication changes:
\nThe download and links to other resources are now available on the Crowd Favorite website.
\nIf you have any trouble with this, please contact the WordPress HelpCenter (303-395-1346) or you can try the WP Support Forums.
\nEnjoy!
\nWordCamp Houston at the Museum of Natural Science, after-party at Caroline Collective, after-after-party at Christine Tremoulet’s studio, after-after-after-party at Spanish Flowers.
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";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:15:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:21295:"WordCamp Houston at the Museum of Natural Science, after-party at Caroline Collective, after-after-party at Christine Tremoulet’s studio, after-after-after-party at Spanish Flowers.
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";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:57:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:175:"Matt Thomas (Automattic’s creative director) talks about air filtration in his home with plants.
";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:61:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress and the new Twitter Button";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8393";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/15/wordpress-and-the-new-twitter-button/";s:11:"description";s:1786:"I’m sure you’ve all heard about the new Twitter button, which finally provides an official way to share links to Twitter and display the number times each link has been shared, but how do you go about adding it to WordPress?
\nIf you love messing with your theme, you can use the official Twitter button generator to generate just a few lines of HTML code that can be inserted into your theme templates, but why not use a plugin to simplify the whole process? I highly recommend Simple Twitter Connect. This plugin, or rather series of plugins, will provide a simple yet customizable way to automatically add the new Twitter button to your posts and pages. You’ll also enjoy a wealth of additional features, including the ability to automatically tweet your posts while publishing, display a list of followers, use your Twitter credentials to login to the admin panel, and allow readers to post comments with their Twitter credentials.
\nPerhaps Simple Twitter Connect is a little bit more than what you need. In that case, try WP Tweet Button for a simple Twitter button only experience.
\nIf you’re a WordPress.com user, simply visit the Appearance/Extras section of your admin panel and select “Show a Twitter ‘Tweet Button’ on my posts.”
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:00:41 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1786:"I’m sure you’ve all heard about the new Twitter button, which finally provides an official way to share links to Twitter and display the number times each link has been shared, but how do you go about adding it to WordPress?
\nIf you love messing with your theme, you can use the official Twitter button generator to generate just a few lines of HTML code that can be inserted into your theme templates, but why not use a plugin to simplify the whole process? I highly recommend Simple Twitter Connect. This plugin, or rather series of plugins, will provide a simple yet customizable way to automatically add the new Twitter button to your posts and pages. You’ll also enjoy a wealth of additional features, including the ability to automatically tweet your posts while publishing, display a list of followers, use your Twitter credentials to login to the admin panel, and allow readers to post comments with their Twitter credentials.
\nPerhaps Simple Twitter Connect is a little bit more than what you need. In that case, try WP Tweet Button for a simple Twitter button only experience.
\nIf you’re a WordPress.com user, simply visit the Appearance/Extras section of your admin panel and select “Show a Twitter ‘Tweet Button’ on my posts.”
\nTweet";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress and Forums";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8384";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/14/wordpress-and-forums/";s:11:"description";s:3570:"
There are a myriad of reasons why people create websites and put them online. Some do it for fame and profit; others do it for passion and service.
\nNo matter the reason you put your work and effort into an online endeavor there can come a time in the life of some websites that the comment system becomes inconvenient for discussions.
\nNow WordPress has done a lot to make it easier to follow along with discussions on a site based on that system. The threaded comments option allows replies to be underneath the original comment that prompted the reply. Even before it became an option in WordPress plugin developers were making it happen.
\nSo when you want to take those discussions to their own piece of your website and create a forum what should you do?
\nWell there are quite a few options out there for forums and discussion boards. Some have been made to integrate directly with WordPress at all levels and some of the stand alone boards can be integrated into your site as well using other options.
\nOne of the more popular pieces of forum software for WordPress users is bbPress – which comes from the creators of WordPress. bbPress is made to integrate with your WordPress database, share the same cookies and registration process. Makes sense that the developers of WordPress would give you these types of options for their own forum software.
\nWhat about other forum software like phpPBB, Invision Power Board, vBulletin, and others listed here at WikiPedia.
\nHow do you go about integrating those forums with WordPress when they are not necessarily made to do it. Integration is important at some level because you want to get people from your website to your forums and vice versa.
\nI have just started using phpBB3 on my site and am using the RSS Feed widget on my sidebar to show the latest threads on the board.
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How are you doing it?
\nI am looking forward to hearing what methods and plugins you use to make this happen. Is there other forum software out there besides bbPress that has been built to integrate well with WordPress? In your experience do some of the forum programs have special features to make integration with WordPress easier? With the experience of this community I know there are many things I am not thinking of that you all know about.
\nLet us know in the comments.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:41:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Richard Hay";}s:7:"summary";s:3570:"
There are a myriad of reasons why people create websites and put them online. Some do it for fame and profit; others do it for passion and service.
\nNo matter the reason you put your work and effort into an online endeavor there can come a time in the life of some websites that the comment system becomes inconvenient for discussions.
\nNow WordPress has done a lot to make it easier to follow along with discussions on a site based on that system. The threaded comments option allows replies to be underneath the original comment that prompted the reply. Even before it became an option in WordPress plugin developers were making it happen.
\nSo when you want to take those discussions to their own piece of your website and create a forum what should you do?
\nWell there are quite a few options out there for forums and discussion boards. Some have been made to integrate directly with WordPress at all levels and some of the stand alone boards can be integrated into your site as well using other options.
\nOne of the more popular pieces of forum software for WordPress users is bbPress – which comes from the creators of WordPress. bbPress is made to integrate with your WordPress database, share the same cookies and registration process. Makes sense that the developers of WordPress would give you these types of options for their own forum software.
\nWhat about other forum software like phpPBB, Invision Power Board, vBulletin, and others listed here at WikiPedia.
\nHow do you go about integrating those forums with WordPress when they are not necessarily made to do it. Integration is important at some level because you want to get people from your website to your forums and vice versa.
\nI have just started using phpBB3 on my site and am using the RSS Feed widget on my sidebar to show the latest threads on the board.
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How are you doing it?
\nI am looking forward to hearing what methods and plugins you use to make this happen. Is there other forum software out there besides bbPress that has been built to integrate well with WordPress? In your experience do some of the forum programs have special features to make integration with WordPress easier? With the experience of this community I know there are many things I am not thinking of that you all know about.
\nLet us know in the comments.
\nTweet";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 08/14";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8372";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/14/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0814-3/";s:11:"description";s:2343:"
DocOut will create a great search engine friendly document outline for the Twenty Ten WordPress Theme.
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The Graphene theme is a stylish, neat, and tight WordPress theme built for WordPress 3.0. It supports many (if not all) of the new features introduced in WordPress 3.0 as well as a host of other features introduced in earlier versions of WordPress.
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Imbalance is a very user-friendly, modern-minimalist, jQuery powered theme which looks really well under any browser and OS.
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iPhonsta is an exclusive free premium WordPress theme made for iPhone but it also looks great under other mobile phones and gadgets.
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Paragrams is free premium WordPress theme made using grid design techniques. It is very lightweight and almost no images are used.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:00:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:2343:"
DocOut will create a great search engine friendly document outline for the Twenty Ten WordPress Theme.
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The Graphene theme is a stylish, neat, and tight WordPress theme built for WordPress 3.0. It supports many (if not all) of the new features introduced in WordPress 3.0 as well as a host of other features introduced in earlier versions of WordPress.
\n
Imbalance is a very user-friendly, modern-minimalist, jQuery powered theme which looks really well under any browser and OS.
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iPhonsta is an exclusive free premium WordPress theme made for iPhone but it also looks great under other mobile phones and gadgets.
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Paragrams is free premium WordPress theme made using grid design techniques. It is very lightweight and almost no images are used.
\nTweet";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Alex King: Twitter Tools OAuth Update";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://alexking.org/?p=4607";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://alexking.org/blog/2010/08/13/twitter-tools-oauth-update";s:11:"description";s:745:"Quick update: I still hate the user experience I’m stuck with implementing, but we’ve got it working. I expect to push out an update to the plugin Sunday that will replace the current authentication with OAuth.
\nAssuming all goes well, this version will merely be a stopgap. I plan to replace it with a new version that has a much less convoluted user experience in the future – hopefully the near future. Until then, this will at least be functional for everyone.
\nQuick update: I still hate the user experience I’m stuck with implementing, but we’ve got it working. I expect to push out an update to the plugin Sunday that will replace the current authentication with OAuth.
\nAssuming all goes well, this version will merely be a stopgap. I plan to replace it with a new version that has a much less convoluted user experience in the future – hopefully the near future. Until then, this will at least be functional for everyone.
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The WordPress.com theme team has quickly phased out Cutline across all blogs, replacing it with the visually similar Coraline. According to the theme team, Coraline is “an improved version of [Cutline]. It has a similar visual design, and adds many new features.”
\nThe forced change has not been taken well by many WordPress.com users, particularly those who purchased the custom CSS upgrade specifically to modify Cutline. Numerous users have cited that although Coraline is functionally superior and visually similar to Cutline, it is simply not Cutline, a theme they deliberately chose for their blogs. Some have even referred to Coraline as visually inferior to Cutline.
\nSo far, the change has been marred by three issues:
\nOne thing is for sure, Cutline won’t be coming back. According to a recent post by Matt Mullenweg, PressRow will be the next theme on the chopping block. Mr. Mullenweg states that the widget loss bug has been corrected, and one can only hope that the notification will improve and that traditional support will be available this time around.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:3014:"The WordPress.com theme team has quickly phased out Cutline across all blogs, replacing it with the visually similar Coraline. According to the theme team, Coraline is “an improved version of [Cutline]. It has a similar visual design, and adds many new features.”
\nThe forced change has not been taken well by many WordPress.com users, particularly those who purchased the custom CSS upgrade specifically to modify Cutline. Numerous users have cited that although Coraline is functionally superior and visually similar to Cutline, it is simply not Cutline, a theme they deliberately chose for their blogs. Some have even referred to Coraline as visually inferior to Cutline.
\nSo far, the change has been marred by three issues:
\nOne thing is for sure, Cutline won’t be coming back. According to a recent post by Matt Mullenweg, PressRow will be the next theme on the chopping block. Mr. Mullenweg states that the widget loss bug has been corrected, and one can only hope that the notification will improve and that traditional support will be available this time around.
\nTweet";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/12";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=8360";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/08/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0812/";s:11:"description";s:3115:"Extended Text provides a text widget which can be hidden by adding page ids to the widget.
\nMyPress allows you to customize your WordPress admin area and login screen with your logos and your color scheme. MyPress also gives you the opportunity of making your own unique administration area without touching code and without having previous knowledge in CSS or HTML.
\nShushThatNoise allows you to hide unwanted comments without deleting them. Edit the comment and wrap the offending text in [shush][/shush]. Readers can choose to read the hidden comment by clicking on the “Show” link.
\nSimple Music allows you to easily play any MP3 as a sidebar widget on your blog.
\nWP Socializer is an advanced and powerful plugin for adding social bookmarking links, retweet buttons, Google buzz buttons, Digg buttons, Addthis buttons, Facebook buttons with inbuilt setup.
\nAll in One Webmaster has options to add Google, Bing, Alexa, Blog Catalog, Yahoo’s Webmaster and Analytics code (meat tags).
\nFourSquare Integration for WordPress allows you to view your last checkins either as a list or on Google Maps on Pages and Posts.
\nQuery Multiple Taxonomies allows you to filter posts through multiple custom taxonomies.
\nTwitter Goodies will show your twitter tweets under Sidebar Area (Widget), Post and/or Pages.
\nWP Archive-Sitemap Generator generates a simple `Archives/Sitemap` based on your blogs posts and pages.
\nWP Google-buzz automatically displays a Google Buzz button for every post.
\nYOURLS: WordPress to Twitter is the bridge between YOURLS, Twitter and your blog: when you publish a post or a page, it will use your own YOURLS install, either hosted on the same webserver, or another server, to create a short URL for your post and send it to your Twitter account. The plugin also works with public popular services such as TinyURL, tr.im, is.gd or bit.ly.
\nTweet";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:00:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:3115:"Extended Text provides a text widget which can be hidden by adding page ids to the widget.
\nMyPress allows you to customize your WordPress admin area and login screen with your logos and your color scheme. MyPress also gives you the opportunity of making your own unique administration area without touching code and without having previous knowledge in CSS or HTML.
\nShushThatNoise allows you to hide unwanted comments without deleting them. Edit the comment and wrap the offending text in [shush][/shush]. Readers can choose to read the hidden comment by clicking on the “Show” link.
\nSimple Music allows you to easily play any MP3 as a sidebar widget on your blog.
\nWP Socializer is an advanced and powerful plugin for adding social bookmarking links, retweet buttons, Google buzz buttons, Digg buttons, Addthis buttons, Facebook buttons with inbuilt setup.
\nAll in One Webmaster has options to add Google, Bing, Alexa, Blog Catalog, Yahoo’s Webmaster and Analytics code (meat tags).
\nFourSquare Integration for WordPress allows you to view your last checkins either as a list or on Google Maps on Pages and Posts.
\nQuery Multiple Taxonomies allows you to filter posts through multiple custom taxonomies.
\nTwitter Goodies will show your twitter tweets under Sidebar Area (Widget), Post and/or Pages.
\nWP Archive-Sitemap Generator generates a simple `Archives/Sitemap` based on your blogs posts and pages.
\nWP Google-buzz automatically displays a Google Buzz button for every post.
\nYOURLS: WordPress to Twitter is the bridge between YOURLS, Twitter and your blog: when you publish a post or a page, it will use your own YOURLS install, either hosted on the same webserver, or another server, to create a short URL for your post and send it to your Twitter account. The plugin also works with public popular services such as TinyURL, tr.im, is.gd or bit.ly.
\nTweet";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"Matt: WordPress Podcast Interview";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=35228";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://ma.tt/2010/08/wordpress-podcast-interview/";s:11:"description";s:208:"I was on the WordPress Podcast a few weeks ago and they just posted the first segment. Always fun talking to Joost and Frederick!
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:20:47 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:208:"I was on the WordPress Podcast a few weeks ago and they just posted the first segment. Always fun talking to Joost and Frederick!
";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Publisher Blog: TED Joins WordPress.com VIP";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/?p=1003";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/08/11/ted-joins-wordpress-com-vip/";s:11:"description";s:2532:"Great to have the official TED blog now part of the WordPress.com VIP program:
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The TED Blog was previously running on MovableType.
\nContent wise, the TEDTalks videos are fascinating and insightful, and they are very popular and easy to share with the over 12M bloggers on WordPress.com .
\n[ Visit TED Blog ]
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";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:05:07 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Raanan Bar-Cohen";}s:7:"summary";s:2532:"Great to have the official TED blog now part of the WordPress.com VIP program:
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The TED Blog was previously running on MovableType.
\nContent wise, the TEDTalks videos are fascinating and insightful, and they are very popular and easy to share with the over 12M bloggers on WordPress.com .
\n[ Visit TED Blog ]
\n ";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:31:"Alex King: Carrington Build Q&A";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://alexking.org/?p=4547";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://alexking.org/blog/2010/08/11/carrington-build-qa";s:11:"description";s:15425:"I’ve been collecting questions for the last few days for an O’Grady-style Q&A on Carrington Build.
\nIf you really care about what you’re putting out there, you’ll be making lots of revisions, tightening things up and adjusting things that were created before new features and additions influenced how other features work, etc. And if you do it all right, it looks effortless.
I’ve been collecting questions for the last few days for an O’Grady-style Q&A on Carrington Build.
\nIf you really care about what you’re putting out there, you’ll be making lots of revisions, tightening things up and adjusting things that were created before new features and additions influenced how other features work, etc. And if you do it all right, it looks effortless.
The biggest after-effect of the Thesis license violation episode seems to be raising people’s awareness of alternatives that are both fully GPL and have better functionally too. One theme that seems to be picking up a ton of new users is Genesis. We helped Laughing Squid and Paul Stamatiou make the switch, but Chris Brogan joined the party completely independently. (All formerly in the Thesis showcase. Scobleizer switched a while back.) I’m excited about this because I think Genesis is a better theme, particularly for its advanced support of WordPress functionality like child themes. (Child themes are the only way you should build your site on top of a framework.)
\nEven though Thesis has done the bare minimum not to be sued for its license violation and the code it copy/pasted from WordPress, lots of folks including myself still have a bad taste in their mouths from the episode, since there was no apology or contrition shown (like a donation to the WordPress Foundation, which would be a drop in the bucket compared to the millions Thesis made while breaking the GPL). But I think it’s best to focus on the positive.
\nThere is a linkbait from a Thesis affiliate going around asking if I favor certain commercial themes — absolutely yes! Is that a controversial question? Themes WordPress lists on its commercial page go above and beyond bare compliance with the GPL and are full members of the community, sometimes even becoming active in core development like WooThemes has done. As a business, I would feel a lot more comfortable building my online presence on a real enterprise like Woo, StudioPress, iThemes, and many more rather than a one-man-against-the-world operation, regardless of how good its marketing is, or how many affiliates it has.
\nFor Automattic’s part, our theme team has been taking the opportunity to update our blogs stuck on Cutline and Pressrow, which were abandoned by Chris years ago and don’t support any of WordPress’s new features. The first iteration of this is Coraline which is aesthetically is similar to Cutline but under the hood is way better, with multiple layout and sidebar options, color schemes, custom background, per-post custom headers, gallery and asides support, and a few other bonuses. (Unfortunately, the switch had a bug that broke widgets for some sites, but that’s being fixed. We’ll avoid that when switching Pressrow.) A lot of this was kicked off before DIYThemes dodged litigation, but it’s important to continue because we’re building better themes for users who honestly shouldn’t worry about this stuff, they should just have theme that’s current, flexible, functional, and beautiful.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:52:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:3510:"The biggest after-effect of the Thesis license violation episode seems to be raising people’s awareness of alternatives that are both fully GPL and have better functionally too. One theme that seems to be picking up a ton of new users is Genesis. We helped Laughing Squid and Paul Stamatiou make the switch, but Chris Brogan joined the party completely independently. (All formerly in the Thesis showcase. Scobleizer switched a while back.) I’m excited about this because I think Genesis is a better theme, particularly for its advanced support of WordPress functionality like child themes. (Child themes are the only way you should build your site on top of a framework.)
\nEven though Thesis has done the bare minimum not to be sued for its license violation and the code it copy/pasted from WordPress, lots of folks including myself still have a bad taste in their mouths from the episode, since there was no apology or contrition shown (like a donation to the WordPress Foundation, which would be a drop in the bucket compared to the millions Thesis made while breaking the GPL). But I think it’s best to focus on the positive.
\nThere is a linkbait from a Thesis affiliate going around asking if I favor certain commercial themes — absolutely yes! Is that a controversial question? Themes WordPress lists on its commercial page go above and beyond bare compliance with the GPL and are full members of the community, sometimes even becoming active in core development like WooThemes has done. As a business, I would feel a lot more comfortable building my online presence on a real enterprise like Woo, StudioPress, iThemes, and many more rather than a one-man-against-the-world operation, regardless of how good its marketing is, or how many affiliates it has.
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(38, 1, '2009-05-21 10:56:45', '2009-05-21 14:56:45', '[caption id="attachment_15" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="NSU CommunityFest"][/caption]\r\n\r\nOn February 14th, 2009, many TALK International students were able to participate as volunteers at the Nova Southeastern University Community Festival.\r\n\r\nNSU CommunityFest is an annual festival that celebrates and connects NSU students, employees, and their families in a carnival-like atmosphere around Gold Circle Lake.\r\n\r\nThe event was initiated and developed in 2004 by Michelle Manley, an NSU student who wanted to bring the university community together and build school spirit. While this is a student-initiated event, NSU CommunityFest is an event that involves the collaboration of NSU students, staff, and community businesses and organizations.\r\n\r\nThe day consisted of live entertainment, food and drinks, large scale games, activity booths, paddle boats on the lake, and much more. Best of all, our TALK students got the chance to interact with the NSU family and enjoy the multicultural exchange.\r\n[/caption]\r\n\r\n[/caption]\r\n\r\nTALK International has opened its NEW language school on the beautiful campus of prestigious Regis College in Boston, Massachusetts (www.regiscollege.edu). This is our 2nd campus program in the USA and represents the conclusion of almost 3 years of planning.\r\n\r\nTALK International Senior Management Team visited this campus on January 29th and was pleased to see, meet & chat with all the wonderful Regis Staff Members.\r\n\r\nTALK International looks forward to a great future with Regis College.\r\n\r\nAbout Regis College\r\n[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhether it''s sightseeing that grabs your interest, or just the thought of a relaxing ride, a bicycle is just the thing you need to top off your visit to South Beach. While in the Miami Beach Bicycle Center check out the excellent selection and name brand products such as Trek, Cannondale, Raleigh, Shimano, Oakley, Profile, Polar heart rate monitors, Nike, Kryptonite, Mavic, Campagnolos, and many more.\r\n\r\nDirections, Hours & Other Information\r\nAddress: 601 5th Street, Miami Beach\r\nPhone: 305-674-0150\r\nWeb: www.bikemiamibeach.com\r\nCost without Go Miami Card:\r\nAdult $25.68, Child $25.68\r\n\r\nHours:\r\nMonday?Saturday, 10:00 am?7:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am?5:00 pm\r\nClosed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year''s Day.\r\nAll holidays are subject to change without notice.\r\n\r\nDirections:\r\nTake local bus #123 (South Beach Local).\r\nFrom Miami Int''l Airport: 836 East to I-395 to Macarthur Causeway. Macarthur Causeway leads directly into 5th Street in South Beach. Continue heading east. Store is on NW corner of 5th Street and Washington Avenue.\r\nFrom Ft. Lauderdale Int''l Airport: I-95 South to I-395 East. I-395 becomes Macarthur Causeway. Proceed as above.', 'Miami Beach 1-Day Bicycle Rental', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '24-revision-4', '', '', '2009-05-21 10:58:52', '2009-05-21 14:58:52', '', 24, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=40', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(46, 1, '2009-05-22 16:24:22', '2009-05-22 20:24:22', 'See South Beach''s gorgeous sites as the locals do ? on a bicycle! Popular destinations such as Ocean Drive, Lincoln Road, Venetian Causeway, Downtown Miami, Key Biscayne, and Coconut Grove are just a short bicycle ride away.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_25" align="alignright" width="193" caption="Bycicle Rental"][/caption]\r\n\r\nWhether it''s sightseeing that grabs your interest, or just the thought of a relaxing ride, a bicycle is just the thing you need to top off your visit to South Beach. While in the Miami Beach Bicycle Center check out the excellent selection and name brand products such as Trek, Cannondale, Raleigh, Shimano, Oakley, Profile, Polar heart rate monitors, Nike, Kryptonite, Mavic, Campagnolos, and many more.\r\n\r\nDirections, Hours & Other Information\r\nAddress: 601 5th Street, Miami Beach\r\nPhone: 305-674-0150\r\nWeb: www.bikemiamibeach.com\r\nCost without Go Miami Card:\r\nAdult $25.68, Child $25.68\r\n\r\nHours:\r\nMonday?Saturday, 10:00 am?7:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am?5:00 pm\r\nClosed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year''s Day.\r\nAll holidays are subject to change without notice.\r\n\r\nDirections:\r\nTake local bus #123 (South Beach Local).\r\nFrom Miami Int''l Airport: 836 East to I-395 to Macarthur Causeway. Macarthur Causeway leads directly into 5th Street in South Beach. Continue heading east. Store is on NW corner of 5th Street and Washington Avenue.\r\nFrom Ft. Lauderdale Int''l Airport: I-95 South to I-395 East. I-395 becomes Macarthur Causeway. Proceed as above.', 'Miami Beach 1-Day Bicycle Rental', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '24-revision-5', '', '', '2009-05-22 16:24:22', '2009-05-22 20:24:22', '', 24, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=46', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(49, 1, '2009-06-16 14:34:27', '2009-06-16 18:34:27', '[caption id="attachment_6" align="aligncenter" width="255" caption="St Patrick's Day"][/caption]\r\n\r\nGreen theme on a green day!!! That is how Talk International commemorated the Irish Celebration? Games, fun, surprises and more?. Check it out on Flickr', 'Celebrating the Saint Patrick?s Day', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3-revision-6', '', '', '2009-06-16 14:34:27', '2009-06-16 18:34:27', '', 3, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=49', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(50, 1, '2009-07-06 16:13:11', '2009-07-06 20:13:11', 'In June TALK International started the summer off with a bang with the Summer Kick-Off Party. In the usual TALK International style, students participated in fun games and activities. Classes competed in such categories as: Summer Fun Maze, the Flamingo Ring Toss, and a Balloon Relay.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_83" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="Summer Kick-off Party"]
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See summer kick-off video!', 'Summer Kick-Off Party!!!', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'summer-kick-off-party', '', '', '2009-11-13 18:13:58', '2009-11-13 22:13:58', '', 0, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=50', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(53, 1, '2009-05-26 10:41:58', '2009-05-26 14:41:58', 'On Friday, February 13th TALK International offered a fun-filled Valentine?s Party, full of games and surprises, including the selection of the Sweetest Hearts of our School. Students were able to interact with their groups and work as teams on the different contests.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_22" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="Celebrating Valentine's Day"][/caption]', 'Valentine?s Day Party!!!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '21-revision-4', '', '', '2009-05-26 10:41:58', '2009-05-26 14:41:58', '', 21, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=53', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(61, 1, '2009-07-06 16:32:34', '2009-07-06 20:32:34', '[caption id="attachment_57" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Father''s day"][/caption]Fathers also deserve their own special day. TALK International honored fathers by sponsoring a Father’s Day Breakfast. Each father was presented with a certificate of appreciation recognizing the great contribution each one gives in his own special way.\r\n\r\nAll students were invited to participate. Check out some of the photos of these proud fathers!\r\n\r\n', 'Father’s Day Breakfast', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '54-revision-3', '', '', '2009-07-06 16:32:34', '2009-07-06 20:32:34', '', 54, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=61', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(62, 1, '2009-07-06 16:35:11', '2009-07-06 20:35:11', '[caption id="attachment_60" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Father''s day"][/caption]Fathers also deserve their own special day. TALK International honored fathers by sponsoring a Father’s Day Breakfast. Each father was presented with a certificate of appreciation recognizing the great contribution each one gives in his own special way.\r\n\r\nAll students were invited to participate. Check out some of the photos of these proud fathers!\r\n\r\n', 'Father’s Day Breakfast', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '54-revision-4', '', '', '2009-07-06 16:35:11', '2009-07-06 20:35:11', '', 54, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=62', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(131, 1, '2009-07-07 09:48:44', '2009-07-07 13:48:44', 'In June 2009, TALK hosted the first of its summer groups in the Boston area, on the beautiful campus of Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. This first group comprised of Japanese seniors who wanted to experience life in America on a college campus. They wanted to live on the college campus, stay in the dorms, eat at the cafeteria and of course learn English and see Boston.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_101" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Shopping at famed Fanueil Hall"]
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(151, 1, '2009-10-08 11:34:08', '2009-10-08 15:34:08', 'It''s Hallo-scream! \r\n
\r\nHalloween
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- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard
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It''s Hallo-scream!
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“On Hallowe''en the thing\nyou must do\nis pretend that nothing\ncan frighten you.\nAn'' if somethin'' scares you\nand you want to run\nJus'' let on like\nit''s Hallowe''en fun.”\n\n
\n- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard\n
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Halloween is an excuse to dress up and we’re going all out this year at TALK. We have planned a trip to Orlando for Halloween Horror nights at Universal Studies (Oct. 23rd) and a party (Oct. 30th) with pumpkin carving and costume contests. Stay tuned for pictures!
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It''s Hallo-scream!
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“On Hallowe''en the thing\r\nyou must do\r\nis pretend that nothing\r\ncan frighten you.\r\nAn'' if somethin'' scares you\r\nand you want to run\r\nJus'' let on like\r\nit''s Hallowe''en fun.”\r\n\r\n
\r\n- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard\r\n
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- Halloween
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On Hallowe''en the thing\r\nyou must do\r\nis pretend that nothing\r\ncan frighten you.\r\nAn'' if somethin'' scares you\r\nand you want to run\r\nJus'' let on like\r\nit''s Hallowe''en fun.\r\n- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard\r\n\r\nHalloween is a perfect example of the American "melting pot". It is a mixture of beliefs, rituals and traditions, both religious and pagan, which come from all cultures in the USA.\r\n\r\nOn October 31st we celebrate Halloween or Hallowe''en, a shortened version of All Hallows’ Even. This holiday marks the evening before All Hallows Day or All Saints Day. When the Romans conquered the Celts in 43AD, they incorporated many of their festivals into their own celebrations, including Halloween. Nowadays, we celebrate with elaborate costumes, haunted houses, carved pumpkins and trick-or-treating (children go door-to-door asking for goodies and threaten to play tricks on those who refuse).\r\n\r\nHalloween is an excuse to dress up and we’re going all out this year at TALK. We have planned a trip to Orlando for Halloween Horror nights at Universal Studies (Oct. 23rd) and a party (Oct. 30th) with pumpkin carving and costume contests. Stay tuned for pictures!', 'Halloween 2009', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '151-revision-12', '', '', '2009-10-13 11:45:20', '2009-10-13 15:45:20', '', 151, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=166', 0, 'revision', '', 0), (167, 1, '2009-10-13 11:45:43', '2009-10-13 15:45:43', 'It''s Hallo-scream! \r\n\r\n
On Hallowe''en the thing\r\nyou must do\r\nis pretend that nothing\r\ncan frighten you.\r\nAn'' if somethin'' scares you\r\nand you want to run\r\nJus'' let on like\r\nit''s Hallowe''en fun.\r\n\r\n
- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard
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- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard
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- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard
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\n\nOn Hallowe''en the thing\nyou must do\nis pretend that nothing\ncan frighten you.\nAn'' if somethin'' scares you\nand you want to run\nJus'' let on like\nit''s Hallowe''en fun.\n\n
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- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard
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(174, 1, '2009-08-17 11:04:35', '2009-08-17 15:04:35', ' Haulover Park and Marina is one of the most popular launching points for deep-sea fishing in South Florida. Located on the infamous Collins Avenue of Miami Beach, the marina is right next to tennis courts, a golf course, restaurant, and tons of green space. \r\n\r\nA popular tourist attraction at the marina, The Kelley Fleet, was created in 1957 by Capt. George Kelley. His goal was to give the public a safe, low-cost way to enjoy deep-sea fishing. Elizabeth Bercaw and her students from TALK in Aventura enjoyed a day in the sun while touring Kelley’s Fleet. After learning about various fish found in Florida waters, students grilled Red Snapper at Haulover Beach. Check out the photos below!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Students] prepare the fish for grilling! \r\n[/caption]\n\n"My name is Asami Suzuki and I''m from Japan. I moved to the U.S. in 2006 to study English at TALK International. I had planned on staying for a year; however, one year was not enough. TALK not only taught me how to speak English, but also the importance of meeting friends from all over the world and learning about each of their cultures. So, I decided to stay longer.\n\nAfter studying at TALK, I went to Johnson & Wales University in North Miami, where I graduated with an Associate''s Degree in Business Administration. I also have a Bachelor''s Degree in Business form Japan, so I learned a lot about the differences between Japanese and American business. I''m grateful for this experience because I''ve learned so much at both TALK and Johnson & Wales that I never would''ve experienced in Japan.\n\nI''ve recently returned to TALK to become a part of their staff. Now, I am the new Marketing Assistant for our Asian division. Most of the staff hasn''t changed since I was a student and I feel very comfortable here. I am extremely excited about meeting new students and learning about their cultures. Therefore, I''m very happy I''ve come back to this great school! "', 'Welcome to our newest marketing team member: Asami', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '108-autosave', '', '', '2009-11-13 17:46:57', '2009-11-13 21:46:57', '', 108, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=175', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(177, 1, '2009-08-17 10:53:38', '2009-08-17 14:53:38', 'In June 2009, TALK hosted the first of its summer groups in the Boston area, on the beautiful campus of Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. This first group comprised of Japanese seniors who wanted to experience life in America on a college campus. They wanted to live on the college campus, stay in the dorms, eat at the cafeteria and of course learn English and see Boston.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_101" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Shopping at famed Fanueil Hall"][/caption] \r\n\r\nThe successful implementation of the program would not have been possible without the active participation and involvement of Regis College, their wonderful staff and the stewardship of the group leader Michael. Living on the campus was comfortable and filled with activities and opportunities for members of the group to practice English and enjoy the American culture. The location of the college close to the subway system made transportation to activities and places of interest easy.\r\n\r\nThe group program included activities and trips that were used to add content and relevance to the academic program. Trips included using the subway and going to museums, prestigious academic institutes and universities, bustling shopping areas, exciting sporting venues and historical sites around Boston.\r\n\r\n“Boston was an excellent choice as a destination for this group. The rich history and culture of Boston presented us with many interesting options for trips and activities. Also, the utilization of the substantial resources and facilities at the college allowed made everything convenient and allowed us to really enjoy ourselves.” said Massey Pakdaman, Academic Director.\r\n\r\nAs always, saying goodbye was difficult and the farewell ceremony was a tearful occasion. “I (am) 78 years (old) and I have (one of the) best time of my life”. said Yoko Nakamura, a member of the group. “I look forward to (my) next trip - Fort Lauderdale”.\r\n\r\nThank you Yoko and all the other members of your group, we will miss you and we look forward to seeing you again.\r\n\r\nCheck out some of the photos!', 'First Summer Group Program', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '90-revision-14', '', '', '2009-08-17 10:53:38', '2009-08-17 14:53:38', '', 90, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=177', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(178, 1, '2009-11-13 17:49:03', '2009-11-13 21:49:03', 'In June 2009, TALK hosted the first of its summer groups in the Boston area, on the beautiful campus of Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. This first group comprised of Japanese seniors who wanted to experience life in America on a college campus. They wanted to live on the college campus, stay in the dorms, eat at the cafeteria and of course learn English and see Boston.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_101" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Shopping at famed Fanueil Hall"][/caption] \r\n\r\nThe successful implementation of the program would not have been possible without the active participation and involvement of Regis College, their wonderful staff and the stewardship of the group leader Michael. Living on the campus was comfortable and filled with activities and opportunities for members of the group to practice English and enjoy the American culture. The location of the college close to the subway system made transportation to activities and places of interest easy.\r\n\r\nThe group program included activities and trips that were used to add content and relevance to the academic program. Trips included using the subway and going to museums, prestigious academic institutes and universities, bustling shopping areas, exciting sporting venues and historical sites around Boston.\r\n\r\n"Boston was an excellent choice as a destination for this group. The rich history and culture of Boston presented us with many interesting options for trips and activities. Also, the utilization of the substantial resources and facilities at the college allowed made everything convenient and allowed us to really enjoy ourselves."? said Massey Pakdaman, Academic Director.\r\n\r\nAs always, saying goodbye was difficult and the farewell ceremony was a tearful occasion. "I (am) 78 years (old) and I have (one of the) best time of my life"?. said Yoko Nakamura, a member of the group. "I look forward to (my) next trip - Fort Lauderdale"\r\n\r\nThank you Yoko and all the other members of your group, we will miss you and we look forward to seeing you again.\r\n\r\nCheck out some of the photos!', 'First Summer Group Program', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '90-revision-15', '', '', '2009-11-13 17:49:03', '2009-11-13 21:49:03', '', 90, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=178', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(179, 1, '2009-07-06 16:55:10', '2009-07-06 20:55:10', '[caption id="attachment_60" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Father's day"][/caption]\r\n\r\nFathers also deserve their own special day. TALK International honored fathers by sponsoring a Father’s Day Breakfast. Each father was presented with a certificate of appreciation recognizing the great contribution each one gives in his own special way.\r\n\r\nAll students were invited to participate.\r\n\r\nCheck out some of the photos of these proud fathers!', 'Father’s Day Breakfast', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '54-revision-8', '', '', '2009-07-06 16:55:10', '2009-07-06 20:55:10', '', 54, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=179', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(180, 1, '2009-07-06 18:14:59', '2009-07-06 22:14:59', 'In June TALK International started the summer off with a bang with the Summer Kick-Off Party. In the usual TALK International style, students participated in fun games and activities. Classes competed in such categories as: Summer Fun Maze, the Flamingo Ring Toss, and a Balloon Relay.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_83" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="Summer Kick-off Party"][/caption]\r\n\r\nThe highlight of the party surely was the Fashion Show and Contest. Working in teams, students were given a roll of paper towels, tape, and ribbon and just 15 minutes to “design” a glamorous outfit for the competition. The creativity of the students shows in these photos! Competitors then presented their creations by “strutting down the catwalk” for the panel of judges (comprised of all students celebrating June birthdays). Contestants were judged for their creativity and presentation. We may not have found America’s next top model, but we certainly discovered a lot of hidden talents!\r\n\r\nCheck out some of the photos!\r\nSee summer kick-off video!', 'Summer Kick-Off Party!!!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '50-revision-16', '', '', '2009-07-06 18:14:59', '2009-07-06 22:14:59', '', 50, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=180', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(181, 1, '2009-07-06 16:14:05', '2009-07-06 20:14:05', 'On Friday, February 13th TALK International offered a fun-filled Valentine?s Party, full of games and surprises, including the selection of the Sweetest Hearts of our School. Students were able to interact with their groups and work as teams on the different contests.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_22" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="Celebrating Valentine's Day"][/caption]', 'Valentine''s Day Party!!!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '21-revision-5', '', '', '2009-07-06 16:14:05', '2009-07-06 20:14:05', '', 21, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=181', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(182, 1, '2009-11-13 18:23:43', '2009-11-13 22:23:43', 'Thanksgiving is the perfect time to indulge in tons of turkey, watch football and spend time with family and friends. \r\n\r\n
Thanksgiving dates back to the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans in the fall of 1621. However, this "first Thanksgiving" was just a gathering, not a holiday. In fact, it wasn''t a holiday until Pres. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day in 1863. We''ve been giving thanks on the fourth Thursday of November ever since. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for pictures of how we do Thanksgiving at TALK!\r\n', 'Happy Turkey Day!', 0, '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'happy-turkey-day', '', '', '2010-06-02 16:15:50', '2010-06-02 21:15:50', '', 0, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=182', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(184, 1, '2009-11-13 18:18:13', '2009-11-13 22:18:13', 'Thanksgiving is the perfect time to indulge in tons of turkey, watch football and spend time with family and friends. \n\nThanksgiving dates back to the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans in the fall of 1621. However, this "first Thanksgiving" was just a gathering, not a holiday. In fact, it wasn’t a holiday until Pres. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day in 1863. We’ve been giving thanks on the fourth Thursday of November ever since. \n\nStay tuned for pictures of how we do Thanksgiving at TALK!\n', 'Happy Turkey Day!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '182-revision', '', '', '2009-11-13 18:18:13', '2009-11-13 22:18:13', '', 182, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=184', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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Here, TALK students can enjoy all the benefits of life on an American college campus with full access to such campus facilities as the Regis College Library, the Fine Arts Center with its art galleries and spectacular Eleanor Welch Casey Theatre and take advantage of on-campus accommodations. Students can dine in the Main Dinning Room, exercise and train in the Regis Cardiovascular Fitness Center and the Weight Fitness Center and attend intramural sporting events.\r\n\r\nOur staff and teachers will welcome you and make you feel right at home while helping you to achieve your personal language study goals. TALK teachers share a common vision: a program of academic excellence and full cultural and social integration. Join us in Boston; you''ll see exactly what we?re talking about.\r\n[/caption]\r\n\r\nTALK International School of Languages in the picturesque Boston suburb of Weston, Mass., is situated on the beautiful campus of Regis College. Culture, history and beauty abound. 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Hey TALK Grad!\r\n\r\nWhen TALK students graduate, it''s always bittersweet. Take a look at what some students said about their time with us.\r\n\r\n?\r\n\r\nHyo Jeon Lee\r\nPlace of Birth: South Korea\r\n"[This was] my first time living in the U.S. First, I went to Indiana, where my cousin''s husband lives... [Then], I went to Florida to stay with my [other] cousin. In Davie, I not only studied English, but I also visited many places such as: Disney World, Miami Beach, and the Bahamas. Now it''s time for me to graduate from the program and go back home to South Korea. It was very nice to meet everyone and I hope we keep in touch."\r\n\r\nAlexandre Campetelli\r\nPlace of Birth: Brazil\r\n"I never imagined living outside of Brazil. I only dreamed about it. [Now] I see that dreams are possible. Everything has changed. I [started] a new life and I am very happy with my decision to study at TALK."', 'It is Time to Say ''Goodbye!'' to Hyo Jeon Lee and Alexandre Campetelli', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '207-revision-7', '', '', '2010-02-25 12:22:45', '2010-02-25 17:22:45', '', 207, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=216', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) evaluates your ability to use and understand English in an academic setting. It is the most widely accepted English proficiency test in the USA and is recognized by most universities and colleges in the USA.
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Course Objective
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Admission Requirements
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Please refer to the TOEFL iBT Preparation Course flyer for specific course details including price, times and dates.
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(253, 1, '2010-05-19 13:56:38', '2010-05-19 18:56:38', '[caption id="attachment_249" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Fine Arts Center - Regis College"][/caption] Welcome to TALK International''s new location on the prestigious campus of Regis College! Regis, founded in 1927, is located in beautiful Weston, MA, an upscale, affluent suburb of Boston. Study on the 132-acre wooded Regis campus and explore the nearby vibrant professional, educational and cultural life of Boston, known as the "the Athens of the Americas" with more than 100 colleges and universities and 250,000 students. There is frequent shuttle service from Regis to the closest train station.\r\n\r\nTALK students come from all over the world. The mixture of languages and cultures creates a fascinating international atmosphere. Our "English Only" policy means that everyone uses English exclusively. The American students and staff from Regis are always delighted to welcome and get to know our international students. Making new friends from America is part of the experience. TALK students will also have the opportunity to observe college classes in order to understand how the American way of teaching differs from that in their country.\r\n\r\nAt TALK we really want our students to have fun! We organize a schedule of daily activities, which guarantees that the students will never be bored and are immersed in learning English, all day, every day. International food festivals, boat tours, shopping trips, museums, concerts, theatre, sporting events, guided tours of historic New England and visits to the famous campuses of Harvard and MIT are organized for TALK students so that they will experience a complete cultural immersion into the history and customs of the United States. Many of the activities are free and others are offered at special budget rates.\r\n\r\nTalk International''s intensive English program is located in Regis College''s main building and classes are taught in spacious state-of-the art classrooms. International students live at Domitilla Hall, which includes a main lounge for socializing with flat screen TV, couches and tables. Each floor has its own kitchen and study lounges, and there is also a laundry facility on the ground floor. Residents enjoy the comforts of living with the safety of a staffed security desk, new card access entry, and a warm atmosphere of a welcoming and close-knit community of students.\r\n\r\nTALK students are given privileges to use all the Regis College facilities on campus, including tennis courts, competitive- length swimming pool, gymnasium, Jacuzzi, bookstore, drugstore, fine arts center, 24/7 cafeteria, library, post office and computer labs. Campus police provide security 24/7.\r\n\r\nSo come to TALK International at Regis and begin your experience of a lifetime!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'TALK International at Regis College in Boston, MA.', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '239-revision-13', '', '', '2010-05-19 13:56:38', '2010-05-19 18:56:38', '', 239, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=253', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(255, 1, '2010-05-19 13:58:01', '2010-05-19 18:58:01', '[caption id="attachment_249" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Fine Arts Center - Regis College"][/caption] Welcome to TALK International''s new location on the prestigious campus of Regis College! Regis, founded in 1927, is located in beautiful Weston, MA, an upscale, affluent suburb of Boston. Study on the 132-acre wooded Regis campus and explore the nearby vibrant professional, educational and cultural life of Boston, known as the "the Athens of the Americas" with more than 100 colleges and universities and 250,000 students. There is frequent shuttle service from Regis to the closest train station.
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(261, 1, '2009-11-23 13:42:02', '2009-11-23 18:42:02', 'Thanksgiving is the perfect time to indulge in tons of turkey, watch football and spend time with family and friends. \r\n\r\nThanksgiving dates back to the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans in the fall of 1621. However, this "first Thanksgiving" was just a gathering, not a holiday. In fact, it wasn''t a holiday until Pres. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day in 1863. We?ve been giving thanks on the fourth Thursday of November ever since. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for pictures of how we do Thanksgiving at TALK!\r\n', 'Happy Turkey Day!', 0, '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '182-revision-5', '', '', '2009-11-23 13:42:02', '2009-11-23 18:42:02', '', 182, 'http://talk.edu/blogs/english-courses/?p=261', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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Admission Requirements:
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