O:9:"magpierss":17:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Matt: Happy New Year! and Dubai Meetup";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=9819";s:4:"link";s:38:"http://ma.tt/2008/12/happy-new-year-2/";s:11:"description";s:656:"<p>I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy, safe, and prosperous new year. 2009 looks like it&#8217;s going to be a heckuva year. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> Here&#8217;s a quick video clip of <a href="http://www.grandmasterflash.com/">Grandmaster Flash</a> from the NYE party last night at <a href="http://www.timeoutdubai.com/bars/reviews/2808-the-apartment-lounge-a-club">The Apartment</a>:</p>
<p></p>
<p>Also a reminder that <a href="http://www.fouad.fm/2008/12/31/first-ever-wordpress-meetup-in-duabi/">tomorrow will be the first ever Dubai WordPress meetup</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:17:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:656:"<p>I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy, safe, and prosperous new year. 2009 looks like it&#8217;s going to be a heckuva year. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> Here&#8217;s a quick video clip of <a href="http://www.grandmasterflash.com/">Grandmaster Flash</a> from the NYE party last night at <a href="http://www.timeoutdubai.com/bars/reviews/2808-the-apartment-lounge-a-club">The Apartment</a>:</p>
<p></p>
<p>Also a reminder that <a href="http://www.fouad.fm/2008/12/31/first-ever-wordpress-meetup-in-duabi/">tomorrow will be the first ever Dubai WordPress meetup</a>.</p>";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/31";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4889";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/31/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1231/";s:11:"description";s:2631:"<p><a href="http://www.hellbiscuit.com/?p=86"><strong>Gumball Special</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://themes.hellbiscuit.com/"><img title="gumball" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/gumball.png" border="0" alt="gumball" width="148" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, gravatar ready, magazine style theme with custom image fields.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dinpattern.com/pages/simply-ornate.php"><strong>Simply Ornate</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="simplyornate" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/simplyornate.jpg" border="0" alt="simplyornate" width="164" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, blue and black theme with support for Flickr, tabbed sidebar. The theme displays four posts on the homepage.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=11"><strong>Christmas Light</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="ChristmasLight" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/christmaslight.png" border="0" alt="ChristmasLight" width="187" height="114" /></p>
<p>Template consists of two columns, fixed width layout, supports widgets, comments, is static in size. In the pattern dominated by red and blue color.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theenglishguy.co.uk/shocking-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Shocking</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="shocking-screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/shockingscreenshot.png" border="0" alt="shocking-screenshot" width="135" height="114" /></p>
<p>Theme consists of two columns, supports widgets and gravatars, comments, fixed width.</p>
<p><a href="http://paulicio.us/2008/11/05/viewport-a-free-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Viewport</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://labs.paulicio.us/viewport/"><img title="Viewport" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/viewport.png" border="0" alt="Viewport" width="97" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Viewport, a free Wordpress theme created by <a href="http://paulicio.us/">Paul Bennett</a> is focused around a clean and simple, content based layout. The aim is to grab the user’s attention and draw them straight into the content. On the single post page the content is laid out clearly in full, with post controls and a widget-enabled sidebar. The theme also allows the blog owner to change the background image and color, and the image of the ‘Where Next?’ page.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.clearskys.net/themes/redirectr-theme/"><strong>Redirectr</strong></a></p>
<p>redirectr is a WordPress theme with a difference. It produces no output at all. redirectr is designed as a simple method of redirecting the traffic from an existing (old) blog to a new blog or site.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:50:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2631:"<p><a href="http://www.hellbiscuit.com/?p=86"><strong>Gumball Special</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://themes.hellbiscuit.com/"><img title="gumball" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/gumball.png" border="0" alt="gumball" width="148" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, gravatar ready, magazine style theme with custom image fields.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dinpattern.com/pages/simply-ornate.php"><strong>Simply Ornate</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="simplyornate" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/simplyornate.jpg" border="0" alt="simplyornate" width="164" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, blue and black theme with support for Flickr, tabbed sidebar. The theme displays four posts on the homepage.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=11"><strong>Christmas Light</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="ChristmasLight" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/christmaslight.png" border="0" alt="ChristmasLight" width="187" height="114" /></p>
<p>Template consists of two columns, fixed width layout, supports widgets, comments, is static in size. In the pattern dominated by red and blue color.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theenglishguy.co.uk/shocking-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Shocking</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="shocking-screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/shockingscreenshot.png" border="0" alt="shocking-screenshot" width="135" height="114" /></p>
<p>Theme consists of two columns, supports widgets and gravatars, comments, fixed width.</p>
<p><a href="http://paulicio.us/2008/11/05/viewport-a-free-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Viewport</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://labs.paulicio.us/viewport/"><img title="Viewport" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/viewport.png" border="0" alt="Viewport" width="97" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Viewport, a free Wordpress theme created by <a href="http://paulicio.us/">Paul Bennett</a> is focused around a clean and simple, content based layout. The aim is to grab the user’s attention and draw them straight into the content. On the single post page the content is laid out clearly in full, with post controls and a widget-enabled sidebar. The theme also allows the blog owner to change the background image and color, and the image of the ‘Where Next?’ page.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.clearskys.net/themes/redirectr-theme/"><strong>Redirectr</strong></a></p>
<p>redirectr is a WordPress theme with a difference. It produces no output at all. redirectr is designed as a simple method of redirecting the traffic from an existing (old) blog to a new blog or site.</p>";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress News for 12/31";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4764";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/31/wordpress-news-for-1231/";s:11:"description";s:1189:"<p><a href="http://symbianworld.org/1086-wordmobi-wordpress-client-for-s60/">Wordmobi: Wordpress Client for S60</a>.: Wordmobi is a WordPress client for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S60_platform">Symbian S60</a> series of devices. You do need to download and install Python on your device for this client to work.</p>
<p><a href="http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/30-excellent-wordpress-video-tutorials/">30 Excellent WordPress video Tutorials</a> lists a lot of good videos including videos for administration of WordPress, getting started, theme development and WordPress tools.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.drinkbrainjuice.com/blogo">Blogo</a> is a blog editor for the Mac and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/27/blogo/">Mashable has a nice review</a> for the application. <em>The new release also adds comment moderation for Wordpress 2.7 or higher, improved Safari integration, and offline editing. </em>I personally never got into desktop applications for blogging but I happen to find some sort of creative solace in the WordPress admin interface. <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:14:57 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1189:"<p><a href="http://symbianworld.org/1086-wordmobi-wordpress-client-for-s60/">Wordmobi: Wordpress Client for S60</a>.: Wordmobi is a WordPress client for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S60_platform">Symbian S60</a> series of devices. You do need to download and install Python on your device for this client to work.</p>
<p><a href="http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/30-excellent-wordpress-video-tutorials/">30 Excellent WordPress video Tutorials</a> lists a lot of good videos including videos for administration of WordPress, getting started, theme development and WordPress tools.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.drinkbrainjuice.com/blogo">Blogo</a> is a blog editor for the Mac and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/27/blogo/">Mashable has a nice review</a> for the application. <em>The new release also adds comment moderation for Wordpress 2.7 or higher, improved Safari integration, and offline editing. </em>I personally never got into desktop applications for blogging but I happen to find some sort of creative solace in the WordPress admin interface. <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Mark Jaquith: What would you pay for a book on “Advanced WordPress” ?";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=238";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/what-would-you-pay-for-a-book-on-advanced-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:2409:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>This post is for people who work with WordPress: themers, WordPress coders and consultants, and anyone who wants to do things more advanced than installing plugins with WordPress. If you&#8217;re not in this market, be on your way, this poll doesn&#8217;t apply to you!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re still here&#8230; I&#8217;ve been considering writing a book on &#8220;Advanced WordPress.&#8221; The market in mind is all of the themers, coders, consultants, and intrepid blog tweakers who may know a bit of PHP (or a lot), and want to go beyond the basics with WordPress. There are a lot of books that cover WordPress basics, but not a lot aimed at more advanced uses of WordPress. A sample of the topics covered would be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Plugins</li>
<li>Hooks</li>
<li>Advanced WordPress administration and automation</li>
<li>Themes</li>
<li>Advanced theme tricks</li>
</ul>
<p>It would be part reference, part walkthrough.</p>
<p>If this book were available, and you are in the market described above, how much (if anything) would you be willing to pay for such a book?</p>
 <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1234366/">View Poll</a>
<p>Thanks for your participation!</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=238&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:35:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:7:"summary";s:2409:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>This post is for people who work with WordPress: themers, WordPress coders and consultants, and anyone who wants to do things more advanced than installing plugins with WordPress. If you&#8217;re not in this market, be on your way, this poll doesn&#8217;t apply to you!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re still here&#8230; I&#8217;ve been considering writing a book on &#8220;Advanced WordPress.&#8221; The market in mind is all of the themers, coders, consultants, and intrepid blog tweakers who may know a bit of PHP (or a lot), and want to go beyond the basics with WordPress. There are a lot of books that cover WordPress basics, but not a lot aimed at more advanced uses of WordPress. A sample of the topics covered would be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Plugins</li>
<li>Hooks</li>
<li>Advanced WordPress administration and automation</li>
<li>Themes</li>
<li>Advanced theme tricks</li>
</ul>
<p>It would be part reference, part walkthrough.</p>
<p>If this book were available, and you are in the market described above, how much (if anything) would you be willing to pay for such a book?</p>
 <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1234366/">View Poll</a>
<p>Thanks for your participation!</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/238/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=238&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/30";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4879";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/30/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1230/";s:11:"description";s:2834:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://pluginscatalog.com/plugins/profiler.html">Profiler</a></p>
<p>Profiler is a plugin for generating and displaying profiles for the registered users on a WordPress site. It is intended to be a “set it and forget it” plugin. You do not have to have any programming knowledge to use this plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://trackthis.yotify.com/">TrackThis</a></p>
<p>A plugin by <a href="http://Yotify.com">Yotify.com</a>, a personal web scouting service enabling users to track anything on the Internet and enlist their friends to help.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dandyid-services/">DandyID</a></p>
<p>DandyID is a free service that enables you to easily connect all of your online identities.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.michael-baker.com/simple_shortcodes.html">Simple Shortcodes</a></p>
<p>Simple Shortcodes provides an easy to use mechanism for creating and using custom shortcodes.</p>
<p><a href="http://adriancallaghan.co.uk/clikstats/">clikStats</a></p>
<p>clikStats is a wordpress plugin that automatically logs the number of clicks within a post.</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewjaswa.com/bird-feeder">Bird Feeder</a></p>
<p>Tweets your about your posts when they are published.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magpierss-simplified/">MagpieRSS Simplified</a></p>
<p>MagpieRSS is already integrated with WordPress, this plugin will allow you to implement it easily within your theme.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/old-post-promoter/">Old Post Promoter</a></p>
<p>Old Post Promoter random selects an old post for promotion onto the front page and into the RSS feed in either 1st or 2nd position. There are a variety of timing options and a no old post promotion category blacklist.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/blog-copyright/">Blog Copyright</a></p>
<p>Blog Copyright injects a copyright notice into the footer of your blog. I maintains the original year while adding a range to the current year. There are a variety of other options.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/2008/12/30/gd-star-rating-108/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.janek-niefeldt.de/blog/mycustomwidget/">My Custom Widgets</a></p>
<p>Plugin to create your own custom widgets</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weinschenker.name/plugin-feed-reading-blogroll/">Feed Reading Blogroll</a></p>
<p>The plugin checks and displays for all your blogroll-bookmarks with a separate saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occurred at the bookmark site.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:27:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2834:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://pluginscatalog.com/plugins/profiler.html">Profiler</a></p>
<p>Profiler is a plugin for generating and displaying profiles for the registered users on a WordPress site. It is intended to be a “set it and forget it” plugin. You do not have to have any programming knowledge to use this plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://trackthis.yotify.com/">TrackThis</a></p>
<p>A plugin by <a href="http://Yotify.com">Yotify.com</a>, a personal web scouting service enabling users to track anything on the Internet and enlist their friends to help.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dandyid-services/">DandyID</a></p>
<p>DandyID is a free service that enables you to easily connect all of your online identities.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.michael-baker.com/simple_shortcodes.html">Simple Shortcodes</a></p>
<p>Simple Shortcodes provides an easy to use mechanism for creating and using custom shortcodes.</p>
<p><a href="http://adriancallaghan.co.uk/clikstats/">clikStats</a></p>
<p>clikStats is a wordpress plugin that automatically logs the number of clicks within a post.</p>
<p><a href="http://andrewjaswa.com/bird-feeder">Bird Feeder</a></p>
<p>Tweets your about your posts when they are published.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magpierss-simplified/">MagpieRSS Simplified</a></p>
<p>MagpieRSS is already integrated with WordPress, this plugin will allow you to implement it easily within your theme.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/old-post-promoter/">Old Post Promoter</a></p>
<p>Old Post Promoter random selects an old post for promotion onto the front page and into the RSS feed in either 1st or 2nd position. There are a variety of timing options and a no old post promotion category blacklist.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/blog-copyright/">Blog Copyright</a></p>
<p>Blog Copyright injects a copyright notice into the footer of your blog. I maintains the original year while adding a range to the current year. There are a variety of other options.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/2008/12/30/gd-star-rating-108/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.janek-niefeldt.de/blog/mycustomwidget/">My Custom Widgets</a></p>
<p>Plugin to create your own custom widgets</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weinschenker.name/plugin-feed-reading-blogroll/">Feed Reading Blogroll</a></p>
<p>The plugin checks and displays for all your blogroll-bookmarks with a separate saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occurred at the bookmark site.</p>";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:120:"WordPress Podcast: Episode 49: WordPress 2.7 released, Oxite, Blog World Expo and New Media Expo to merge, Pownce closes";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://wp-community.org/?p=309";s:4:"link";s:132:"http://wp-community.org/2008/12/30/episode-49-wordpress-27-released-oxite-blog-world-expo-and-new-media-expo-to-merge-pownce-closes/";s:11:"description";s:718:"One of our former co-hosts, David Peralty, joins us as a special guest for this episode as we discuss:

WordPress 2.7 was released
Microsoft enters the Open Source blogware world with Oxite
New Media Expo merges with Blog World Expo
WordPress Theme Repository purged of hundreds of themes
Six Apart shuts down Pownce
Dates announced for WordCamp San Francisco 2009, WordCamp [...]<p>Published at: <a href="http://wp-community.org">The WordPress Community</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wp-community.org/2008/12/30/episode-49-wordpress-27-released-oxite-blog-world-expo-and-new-media-expo-to-merge-pownce-closes/">Episode 49: WordPress 2.7 released, Oxite, Blog World Expo and New Media Expo to merge, Pownce closes</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:15:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:37:"Charles Stricklin and Jonathan Bailey";}s:7:"summary";s:718:"One of our former co-hosts, David Peralty, joins us as a special guest for this episode as we discuss:

WordPress 2.7 was released
Microsoft enters the Open Source blogware world with Oxite
New Media Expo merges with Blog World Expo
WordPress Theme Repository purged of hundreds of themes
Six Apart shuts down Pownce
Dates announced for WordCamp San Francisco 2009, WordCamp [...]<p>Published at: <a href="http://wp-community.org">The WordPress Community</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wp-community.org/2008/12/30/episode-49-wordpress-27-released-oxite-blog-world-expo-and-new-media-expo-to-merge-pownce-closes/">Episode 49: WordPress 2.7 released, Oxite, Blog World Expo and New Media Expo to merge, Pownce closes</a></p>";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: Top 10 WordPress Plugin Developers";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4875";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/28/top-10-wordpress-plugin-developers/";s:11:"description";s:422:"<p><a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/12/28/top-10-wordpress-plugin-developers/">Top 10 WordPress Plugin Developers</a> takes a look at the top plugin authors ranked by the number of downloads from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Also includes a few other statistics. You can check out the more exhaustive <a href="http://w-shadow.com/files/top-1000-plugin-authors.html">Top 1000 list</a>. What&#8217;s your rank?</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:55:25 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:422:"<p><a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/12/28/top-10-wordpress-plugin-developers/">Top 10 WordPress Plugin Developers</a> takes a look at the top plugin authors ranked by the number of downloads from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Also includes a few other statistics. You can check out the more exhaustive <a href="http://w-shadow.com/files/top-1000-plugin-authors.html">Top 1000 list</a>. What&#8217;s your rank?</p>";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Weblog Tools Collection: Best Of WLTC Part 2";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4871";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/28/best-of-wltc-part-2/";s:11:"description";s:6129:"<p>This is part two in the best of WeblogToolsCollection.com series (<a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/27/best-of-wltc-part-1/">view part one here</a>). The following links are posts which were published during 2008. These posts range from special news articles, guides, tutorials, reviews, opinion pieces and more. We look forward to continue bringing you the best WordPress information from across the web and wish you and yours a very safe, happy new year.</p>
<h2>July:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/12/how-many-queries-are-too-many/">How many Queries are too many?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/14/evolution-of-wordpress-b2cafelog-to-wordpress-10/">Evolution of WordPress: B2/Cafelog to WordPress 1.0</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/18/new-wordpress-theme-directory/">NEW WordPress Theme Directory</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/22/wordpress-iphone-app-now-available/">WordPress iPhone App Now Available</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/22/how-to-get-featured-in-our-daily-releases/">How to get featured in our Daily Releases</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/31/features-plannwordpress-27/">Features Planned for WordPress 2.7</a></p>
<h2>August:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/08/wordpress-27-plugin-uninstall-methods/">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Uninstall Methods</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/09/if-then-else/">If, Then, Else</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/15/wp-plugin-where-did-they-go-from-here-updated/">WP Plugin: &#8220;Where did they go from here&#8221; Updated</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/16/what-does-the-blurb-on-top-of-plugins-link-mean/">What Does the Blurb on Top of Plugins Link Mean?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/18/be-kind-educate/">Be Kind, Educate</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/20/safest-way-to-include-plugin-code-in-themes/">Safest Way to Include Plugin Code in Themes</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/24/stop-blaming-the-wordpress-team/">Stop Blaming The WordPress Team</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/27/tackle-plugin-compatibility-issues-while-using-popular-libraries/">Tackle Plugin Compatibility Issues While Using Popular Libraries</a></p>
<h2>September:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/02/first-look-at-wordpress-27/">First Look At WordPress 2.7</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/07/the-road-to-automation/">The Road To Automation</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/21/wordpress-weekly-is-back/">WordPress Weekly Is Back</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/23/comment-spam-with-more-kung-fu/">Comment Spam with more Kung Fu?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/29/wltc-reader-survey-results/">WLTC Reader Survey Results</a></p>
<h2>October:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/01/revolution-theme-going-open-source/">Revolution Theme Going Open Source</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/04/ian-stewart-on-child-themes-part-1/">Ian Stewart On Child Themes - Part 1</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/05/ian-stewart-on-child-themes-part-2/">Ian Stewart On Child Themes - Part 2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/08/where-is-that-settings-page/">Where Is That Settings Page?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/20/tutorial-creating-custom-write-panels-in-wordpress/">Tutorial: Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/26/moderate-comments-from-your-desktop/">Moderate Comments From Your Desktop</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/31/scary-wordpress-moments/">Scary WordPress Moments</a></p>
<h2>November:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/04/are-your-theme%e2%80%99s-comments-wordpress-27-compatible/">Are your theme&#8217;s comments WordPress 2.7 compatible?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/05/were-not-done-voting-yet/">We&#8217;re Not Done Voting Yet</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/09/this-time-its-personal/">This time, it&#8217;s personal</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/19/why-27-is-not-30/">Why 2.7 Is Not 3.0</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/27/giving-thanks/">Giving Thanks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/30/drupal-59-to-wordpress-26/">Drupal 5.9 To WordPress 2.6</a></p>
<h2>December:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/01/another-wordpress-milestone/">Another WordPress Milestone</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/03/enhanced-wordpress-theme-generator/">Enhanced WordPress Theme Generator</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/a-long-look-back/">A Long Look Back</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/easycomment-firefox-extension/">easyComment Firefox Extension</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/19/mastering-your-wordpress-27-theme-admin-area/">Mastering Your WordPress 2.7 Theme &amp; Admin Area</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/19/2hr-interview-with-matt-mullenweg/">2hr Interview With Matt Mullenweg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/24/wordpress-forum-user-guide/">WordPress Forum User Guide</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:11:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:6129:"<p>This is part two in the best of WeblogToolsCollection.com series (<a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/27/best-of-wltc-part-1/">view part one here</a>). The following links are posts which were published during 2008. These posts range from special news articles, guides, tutorials, reviews, opinion pieces and more. We look forward to continue bringing you the best WordPress information from across the web and wish you and yours a very safe, happy new year.</p>
<h2>July:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/12/how-many-queries-are-too-many/">How many Queries are too many?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/14/evolution-of-wordpress-b2cafelog-to-wordpress-10/">Evolution of WordPress: B2/Cafelog to WordPress 1.0</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/18/new-wordpress-theme-directory/">NEW WordPress Theme Directory</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/22/wordpress-iphone-app-now-available/">WordPress iPhone App Now Available</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/22/how-to-get-featured-in-our-daily-releases/">How to get featured in our Daily Releases</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/31/features-plannwordpress-27/">Features Planned for WordPress 2.7</a></p>
<h2>August:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/08/wordpress-27-plugin-uninstall-methods/">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Uninstall Methods</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/09/if-then-else/">If, Then, Else</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/15/wp-plugin-where-did-they-go-from-here-updated/">WP Plugin: &#8220;Where did they go from here&#8221; Updated</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/16/what-does-the-blurb-on-top-of-plugins-link-mean/">What Does the Blurb on Top of Plugins Link Mean?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/18/be-kind-educate/">Be Kind, Educate</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/20/safest-way-to-include-plugin-code-in-themes/">Safest Way to Include Plugin Code in Themes</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/24/stop-blaming-the-wordpress-team/">Stop Blaming The WordPress Team</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/27/tackle-plugin-compatibility-issues-while-using-popular-libraries/">Tackle Plugin Compatibility Issues While Using Popular Libraries</a></p>
<h2>September:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/02/first-look-at-wordpress-27/">First Look At WordPress 2.7</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/07/the-road-to-automation/">The Road To Automation</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/21/wordpress-weekly-is-back/">WordPress Weekly Is Back</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/23/comment-spam-with-more-kung-fu/">Comment Spam with more Kung Fu?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/09/29/wltc-reader-survey-results/">WLTC Reader Survey Results</a></p>
<h2>October:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/01/revolution-theme-going-open-source/">Revolution Theme Going Open Source</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/04/ian-stewart-on-child-themes-part-1/">Ian Stewart On Child Themes - Part 1</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/05/ian-stewart-on-child-themes-part-2/">Ian Stewart On Child Themes - Part 2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/08/where-is-that-settings-page/">Where Is That Settings Page?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/20/tutorial-creating-custom-write-panels-in-wordpress/">Tutorial: Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/26/moderate-comments-from-your-desktop/">Moderate Comments From Your Desktop</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/10/31/scary-wordpress-moments/">Scary WordPress Moments</a></p>
<h2>November:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/04/are-your-theme%e2%80%99s-comments-wordpress-27-compatible/">Are your theme&#8217;s comments WordPress 2.7 compatible?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/05/were-not-done-voting-yet/">We&#8217;re Not Done Voting Yet</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/09/this-time-its-personal/">This time, it&#8217;s personal</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/19/why-27-is-not-30/">Why 2.7 Is Not 3.0</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/27/giving-thanks/">Giving Thanks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/11/30/drupal-59-to-wordpress-26/">Drupal 5.9 To WordPress 2.6</a></p>
<h2>December:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/01/another-wordpress-milestone/">Another WordPress Milestone</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/03/enhanced-wordpress-theme-generator/">Enhanced WordPress Theme Generator</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/a-long-look-back/">A Long Look Back</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/easycomment-firefox-extension/">easyComment Firefox Extension</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/19/mastering-your-wordpress-27-theme-admin-area/">Mastering Your WordPress 2.7 Theme &amp; Admin Area</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/19/2hr-interview-with-matt-mullenweg/">2hr Interview With Matt Mullenweg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/24/wordpress-forum-user-guide/">WordPress Forum User Guide</a></p>";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases 12/28";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4865";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/28/wordpress-theme-releases-1228/";s:11:"description";s:2915:"<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/wpthemes/connections-reloaded/"><strong>Connections Reloaded</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demoblog.ajaydsouza.net/index.php?wptheme=Connections+Reloaded"><img title="connections-reloaded" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/connectionsreloaded.png" border="0" alt="connections-reloaded" width="156" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width theme derived from the <a href="http://vanillamist.com/blog/?page_id=81">Connections</a> theme by <a href="http://www.patriciamuller.com">Patricia Müller</a>. The theme is gravatar ready, tag ready, widget ready (with custom widgets), with support for custom header images, threaded and paged comments (introduced in WordPress 2.7) and SEO titles. Includes page templates for links, archives, pages with comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/24/christmas-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Christmas</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.instantshift.com/wpthemes/"><img title="Christmas" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/christmas.jpg" border="0" alt="Christmas" width="129" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>The theme has a 2-column-based fixed width layout and, is based on Christmas and holidays and has some fresh appealing funky icons. The PSD source file of the logo image has also been included with the package.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.clickfire.com/biruality-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Biruality</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="biruality-wordpress-theme-screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/birualitywordpressthemescreenshot.png" border="0" alt="biruality-wordpress-theme-screenshot" width="117" height="114" /></p>
<p>Biruality is a simple, 2-column layout with rounded corners. The theme is clean, fast and blue (biru means blue in Indonesian).</p>
<p><a href="http://i-exist.co.cc/theme/"><strong>Pellucid Dashed</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="pellucid" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/pellucid.jpg" border="0" alt="pellucid" width="179" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, widget ready theme</p>
<p><a href="http://theblogosaurus.com/?page_id=5"><strong>Blogosaurus</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="blogo_theme" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/blogo-theme.gif" border="0" alt="blogo_theme" width="200" height="93" /></p>
<p>The Blogosaurus is a free three column WordPress theme. It features vibrant colors and a secure content area.</p>
<p><a href="http://publisher-heaven.com/2008/12/05/going-pro-simple-mind-20.html"><strong>Going Pro - Simple Mind</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="Going Pro - Simple Mind" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/goingprosimplemind.jpg" border="0" alt="Going Pro - Simple Mind" width="87" height="114" /></p>
<p>Widget ready, two column theme with support for threaded comments / paginated comments. Available in two colors.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:12:24 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2915:"<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/wpthemes/connections-reloaded/"><strong>Connections Reloaded</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demoblog.ajaydsouza.net/index.php?wptheme=Connections+Reloaded"><img title="connections-reloaded" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/connectionsreloaded.png" border="0" alt="connections-reloaded" width="156" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width theme derived from the <a href="http://vanillamist.com/blog/?page_id=81">Connections</a> theme by <a href="http://www.patriciamuller.com">Patricia Müller</a>. The theme is gravatar ready, tag ready, widget ready (with custom widgets), with support for custom header images, threaded and paged comments (introduced in WordPress 2.7) and SEO titles. Includes page templates for links, archives, pages with comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/24/christmas-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Christmas</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.instantshift.com/wpthemes/"><img title="Christmas" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/christmas.jpg" border="0" alt="Christmas" width="129" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>The theme has a 2-column-based fixed width layout and, is based on Christmas and holidays and has some fresh appealing funky icons. The PSD source file of the logo image has also been included with the package.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.clickfire.com/biruality-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Biruality</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="biruality-wordpress-theme-screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/birualitywordpressthemescreenshot.png" border="0" alt="biruality-wordpress-theme-screenshot" width="117" height="114" /></p>
<p>Biruality is a simple, 2-column layout with rounded corners. The theme is clean, fast and blue (biru means blue in Indonesian).</p>
<p><a href="http://i-exist.co.cc/theme/"><strong>Pellucid Dashed</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="pellucid" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/pellucid.jpg" border="0" alt="pellucid" width="179" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, widget ready theme</p>
<p><a href="http://theblogosaurus.com/?page_id=5"><strong>Blogosaurus</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="blogo_theme" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/blogo-theme.gif" border="0" alt="blogo_theme" width="200" height="93" /></p>
<p>The Blogosaurus is a free three column WordPress theme. It features vibrant colors and a secure content area.</p>
<p><a href="http://publisher-heaven.com/2008/12/05/going-pro-simple-mind-20.html"><strong>Going Pro - Simple Mind</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="Going Pro - Simple Mind" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/goingprosimplemind.jpg" border="0" alt="Going Pro - Simple Mind" width="87" height="114" /></p>
<p>Widget ready, two column theme with support for threaded comments / paginated comments. Available in two colors.</p>";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Weblog Tools Collection: Best Of WLTC Part 1";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4856";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/27/best-of-wltc-part-1/";s:11:"description";s:11887:"<p>As most of us know, WordPress development happens at a record pace and trying to keep up with everything is a daunting task. However, the team here at WLTC does a great job filtering all of the WordPress related content on the web to bring the best to you. During the course of a year, this content adds up. Some of it being news posts, how-to guides, reviews, breaking news, etc. So, since it&#8217;s near the end of the year, I thought I would take a trip through the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/narchives/">WLTC Archive</a> and revisit come classic posts from 2008.</p>
<p>This series is broken up into two parts. The first part covers the months of <strong>January-June</strong> while part two takes care of <strong>July-December</strong>. When you browse through the links, let us know which one was your favorite or perhaps, which one has been the most helpful to you.</p>
<h2>January:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/">Install WordPress Locally 1 Of 2</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/">Install WordPress Locally - Part 2 Of 2</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/07/uninstall-is-there-such-a-thing/">Uninstall - Is There Such A Thing?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/09/wordpress-plugin-uninstall-tool/">WordPress Plugin Uninstall Tool</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/12/uninstalling-conundrum-part-2/">Uninstalling Conundrum Part 2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/12/what-makes-a-wordpress-theme-premium/">What Makes a WordPress Theme Premium?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/14/suggestions-for-plugin-standards/">Suggestions For Plugin Standards</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/16/configuring-wp-permalinks/">Configuring WP Permalinks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/18/plugin-authors-organize-bug-reports-and-feature-requests-using-the-wordpress-plugin-repository/">Plugin Authors: Organize Bug Reports and Feature Requests Using the WordPress Plugin Repository</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/24/mobile-phone-optimized-wordpress/">Mobile Phone optimized WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/26/wptex-wordpress-to-pdf-ebook-with-latex/">WPTeX: WordPress to pdf ebook with LaTeX</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/29/what-is-wordcamp/">What Is WordCamp?</a></p>
<h2>February:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/02/trackbacks-still-useful/">Trackbacks: Still Useful?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/06/wordpress-as-a-contact-manager/">WordPress as a Contact Manager</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/09/adding-your-plugin-to-wp-extend-plugins-with-a-mac/">Adding Your Plugin to WP Extend Plugins With a Mac</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/11/wordpress-lingo/">WordPress Lingo</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/12/modsecurity-wordpress-admin-and-method-not-implemented/">ModSecurity, WordPress Admin and &#8220;Method Not Implemented&#8221;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/14/wordpress-25-demo-site/">WordPress 2.5 Demo Site</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/14/wp-plugin-embedify/">WP Plugin: Embedify</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/23/printer-friendly-codex/">Printer Friendly Codex</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/24/new-twist-on-premium-wordpress-themes/">New Twist on Premium WordPress Themes</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/25/reformatting-wordpress/">Reformatting WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/29/interview-with-wpthemerkit/">Interview With WPThemerKit</a></p>
<h2>March:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/03/gravatars-and-wordpress-25/">Gravatars and WordPress 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/04/add-wp-search-engines-to-ff/">Add WP Search Engines To FF</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/05/wordpress-theme-forecast/">WordPress Theme Forecast</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/06/who-comments-on-blogs-and-why/">Who Comments on Blogs, and Why?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/08/managing-trackbacks-and-pingbacks-in-your-wordpress-theme/">Managing Trackbacks and Pingbacks in Your WordPress Theme</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/09/prepare-for-wp-25/">Prepare For WP 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/16/colorful-future-for-wp-25-admin/">Colorful Future For WP 2.5 Admin</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/19/where-you-download-a-theme-matters/">Where You Download a Theme Matters</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/23/23-to-25-database-changes/">2.3 to 2.5 Database Changes</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/26/10-plugins-to-combat-comment-spam/">10 Plugins To Combat Comment Spam</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/29/wordpress-25-released/">WordPress 2.5 Released</a></p>
<h2>April:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/01/faq-on-wordpress-25/">FAQ on WordPress 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/02/wordpress-25-upgrade-guides/">WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide(s)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/04/ultimate-guide-to-the-wordpress-loop/">Ultimate Guide to the WordPress Loop</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/07/in-case-you-missed-it/">In Case You Missed It</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/08/vulnerable-wordpress-blogs-not-being-indexed/">Vulnerable WordPress Blogs Not Being Indexed</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/09/faq-on-wordpress-25-version-2/">FAQ On WordPress 2.5 Version 2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/10/kubrick-header-generator/">Kubrick Header Generator</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/13/define-your-own-wordpress-loop-using-wp_query/">Define Your Own WordPress Loop Using WP_Query</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/13/how-to-only-retrieve-posts-with-custom-fields/">How to Only Retrieve Posts With Custom Fields</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/14/absolute-comments-plugin-video-review/">Absolute Comments - Plugin Video Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/18/yoo-guh-ler-blogging-profiles/">Yoo Guh Ler - Blogging Profiles</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/19/paging-and-custom-wordpress-loops/">Paging and Custom WordPress Loops</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/20/baltic-amber-admin-colour-schemes-for-wordpress-25/">Baltic Amber Admin Themes for WordPress 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/21/organize-series-plugin-video-review/">Organize Series - Plugin Video Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/25/batch-category-editor/">Batch Category Editor</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/27/what-happened-to-podpress/">What Happened To PodPress?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/27/woopra-and-wordpress-unofficial-coolness-guide/">Woopra and WordPress: Unofficial Coolness Guide</a></p>
<h2>May:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/03/create-your-own-admin-color-scheme/">Create Your Own Admin Color Scheme</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/04/error-management-for-wordpress-plugins/">Error Management for WordPress Plugins</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/06/a-unique-monotone/">A Unique Monotone</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/11/theme-designers-and-printcss/">Theme Designers And Print.CSS</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/11/15-websites-andor-services-i%e2%80%99d-actually-pay-for/">15 Websites and,or Services I&#8217;d Actually Pay For</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/12/chronological-order-of-comments-on-a-post/">Chronological Order of Comments on a Post</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/14/automattic-turns-21/">Automattic Turns 21</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/17/how-to-avoid-duplicate-posts/">How To: Avoid Duplicate Posts</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/19/24-ways-to-contribute-to-wordpress/">24 Ways To Contribute To WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/24/dashboard-widget-manager-video-review/">Dashboard Widget Manager - Video Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/29/removing-widthheight-from-the-image-uploader/">Removing Width/Height from the Image Uploader</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/30/ajax-edit-comments-part-deux/">Ajax Edit Comments Part Deux</a></p>
<h2>June:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/04/b10gg3r-ar3-dang3r0u/">b10Gg3r$ aR3 DaNg3r0u$</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/04/30-people-to-follow-on-twitter/">31 People To Follow On Twitter</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/07/plugin-deactivation-issues-solved-with-actions-and-filters/">Plugin Deactivation Issues Solved With Actions and Filters</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/08/comment-remix-video-plugin-review/">Comment Remix - Video Plugin Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/11/hiding-advertisements-for-single-posts/">Hiding Advertisements For Single Posts</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/14/the-ownership-of-comments/">The Ownership Of Comments</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/17/all-in-one-seo-lives-on/">All In One SEO Lives On</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/17/what-is-the-simplest-wordpress-blog-youve-seen/">What is the simplest WordPress blog you&#8217;ve seen?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/19/how-to-offsets-and-paging/">How to: Offsets and Paging</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/23/comment-license-made-easy/">Comment License Made Easy</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/25/how-much-would-you-pay/">How Much Would You Pay?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/29/3-under-rated-plugins/">3 Under Rated Plugins</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/30/what-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-26/">What You Need To Know About WordPress 2.6</a></p>
<p><strong>Part 2 will be published on Sunday, December 28th.</strong></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:13:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:11887:"<p>As most of us know, WordPress development happens at a record pace and trying to keep up with everything is a daunting task. However, the team here at WLTC does a great job filtering all of the WordPress related content on the web to bring the best to you. During the course of a year, this content adds up. Some of it being news posts, how-to guides, reviews, breaking news, etc. So, since it&#8217;s near the end of the year, I thought I would take a trip through the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/narchives/">WLTC Archive</a> and revisit come classic posts from 2008.</p>
<p>This series is broken up into two parts. The first part covers the months of <strong>January-June</strong> while part two takes care of <strong>July-December</strong>. When you browse through the links, let us know which one was your favorite or perhaps, which one has been the most helpful to you.</p>
<h2>January:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/">Install WordPress Locally 1 Of 2</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/">Install WordPress Locally - Part 2 Of 2</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/07/uninstall-is-there-such-a-thing/">Uninstall - Is There Such A Thing?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/09/wordpress-plugin-uninstall-tool/">WordPress Plugin Uninstall Tool</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/12/uninstalling-conundrum-part-2/">Uninstalling Conundrum Part 2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/12/what-makes-a-wordpress-theme-premium/">What Makes a WordPress Theme Premium?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/14/suggestions-for-plugin-standards/">Suggestions For Plugin Standards</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/16/configuring-wp-permalinks/">Configuring WP Permalinks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/18/plugin-authors-organize-bug-reports-and-feature-requests-using-the-wordpress-plugin-repository/">Plugin Authors: Organize Bug Reports and Feature Requests Using the WordPress Plugin Repository</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/24/mobile-phone-optimized-wordpress/">Mobile Phone optimized WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/26/wptex-wordpress-to-pdf-ebook-with-latex/">WPTeX: WordPress to pdf ebook with LaTeX</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/29/what-is-wordcamp/">What Is WordCamp?</a></p>
<h2>February:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/02/trackbacks-still-useful/">Trackbacks: Still Useful?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/06/wordpress-as-a-contact-manager/">WordPress as a Contact Manager</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/09/adding-your-plugin-to-wp-extend-plugins-with-a-mac/">Adding Your Plugin to WP Extend Plugins With a Mac</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/11/wordpress-lingo/">WordPress Lingo</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/12/modsecurity-wordpress-admin-and-method-not-implemented/">ModSecurity, WordPress Admin and &#8220;Method Not Implemented&#8221;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/14/wordpress-25-demo-site/">WordPress 2.5 Demo Site</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/14/wp-plugin-embedify/">WP Plugin: Embedify</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/23/printer-friendly-codex/">Printer Friendly Codex</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/24/new-twist-on-premium-wordpress-themes/">New Twist on Premium WordPress Themes</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/25/reformatting-wordpress/">Reformatting WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/29/interview-with-wpthemerkit/">Interview With WPThemerKit</a></p>
<h2>March:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/03/gravatars-and-wordpress-25/">Gravatars and WordPress 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/04/add-wp-search-engines-to-ff/">Add WP Search Engines To FF</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/05/wordpress-theme-forecast/">WordPress Theme Forecast</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/06/who-comments-on-blogs-and-why/">Who Comments on Blogs, and Why?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/08/managing-trackbacks-and-pingbacks-in-your-wordpress-theme/">Managing Trackbacks and Pingbacks in Your WordPress Theme</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/09/prepare-for-wp-25/">Prepare For WP 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/16/colorful-future-for-wp-25-admin/">Colorful Future For WP 2.5 Admin</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/19/where-you-download-a-theme-matters/">Where You Download a Theme Matters</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/23/23-to-25-database-changes/">2.3 to 2.5 Database Changes</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/26/10-plugins-to-combat-comment-spam/">10 Plugins To Combat Comment Spam</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/03/29/wordpress-25-released/">WordPress 2.5 Released</a></p>
<h2>April:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/01/faq-on-wordpress-25/">FAQ on WordPress 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/02/wordpress-25-upgrade-guides/">WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide(s)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/04/ultimate-guide-to-the-wordpress-loop/">Ultimate Guide to the WordPress Loop</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/07/in-case-you-missed-it/">In Case You Missed It</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/08/vulnerable-wordpress-blogs-not-being-indexed/">Vulnerable WordPress Blogs Not Being Indexed</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/09/faq-on-wordpress-25-version-2/">FAQ On WordPress 2.5 Version 2</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/10/kubrick-header-generator/">Kubrick Header Generator</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/13/define-your-own-wordpress-loop-using-wp_query/">Define Your Own WordPress Loop Using WP_Query</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/13/how-to-only-retrieve-posts-with-custom-fields/">How to Only Retrieve Posts With Custom Fields</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/14/absolute-comments-plugin-video-review/">Absolute Comments - Plugin Video Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/18/yoo-guh-ler-blogging-profiles/">Yoo Guh Ler - Blogging Profiles</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/19/paging-and-custom-wordpress-loops/">Paging and Custom WordPress Loops</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/20/baltic-amber-admin-colour-schemes-for-wordpress-25/">Baltic Amber Admin Themes for WordPress 2.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/21/organize-series-plugin-video-review/">Organize Series - Plugin Video Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/25/batch-category-editor/">Batch Category Editor</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/27/what-happened-to-podpress/">What Happened To PodPress?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/27/woopra-and-wordpress-unofficial-coolness-guide/">Woopra and WordPress: Unofficial Coolness Guide</a></p>
<h2>May:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/03/create-your-own-admin-color-scheme/">Create Your Own Admin Color Scheme</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/04/error-management-for-wordpress-plugins/">Error Management for WordPress Plugins</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/06/a-unique-monotone/">A Unique Monotone</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/11/theme-designers-and-printcss/">Theme Designers And Print.CSS</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/11/15-websites-andor-services-i%e2%80%99d-actually-pay-for/">15 Websites and,or Services I&#8217;d Actually Pay For</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/12/chronological-order-of-comments-on-a-post/">Chronological Order of Comments on a Post</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/14/automattic-turns-21/">Automattic Turns 21</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/17/how-to-avoid-duplicate-posts/">How To: Avoid Duplicate Posts</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/19/24-ways-to-contribute-to-wordpress/">24 Ways To Contribute To WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/24/dashboard-widget-manager-video-review/">Dashboard Widget Manager - Video Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/29/removing-widthheight-from-the-image-uploader/">Removing Width/Height from the Image Uploader</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/05/30/ajax-edit-comments-part-deux/">Ajax Edit Comments Part Deux</a></p>
<h2>June:</h2>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/04/b10gg3r-ar3-dang3r0u/">b10Gg3r$ aR3 DaNg3r0u$</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/04/30-people-to-follow-on-twitter/">31 People To Follow On Twitter</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/07/plugin-deactivation-issues-solved-with-actions-and-filters/">Plugin Deactivation Issues Solved With Actions and Filters</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/08/comment-remix-video-plugin-review/">Comment Remix - Video Plugin Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/11/hiding-advertisements-for-single-posts/">Hiding Advertisements For Single Posts</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/14/the-ownership-of-comments/">The Ownership Of Comments</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/17/all-in-one-seo-lives-on/">All In One SEO Lives On</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/17/what-is-the-simplest-wordpress-blog-youve-seen/">What is the simplest WordPress blog you&#8217;ve seen?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/19/how-to-offsets-and-paging/">How to: Offsets and Paging</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/23/comment-license-made-easy/">Comment License Made Easy</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/25/how-much-would-you-pay/">How Much Would You Pay?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/29/3-under-rated-plugins/">3 Under Rated Plugins</a></p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/06/30/what-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-26/">What You Need To Know About WordPress 2.6</a></p>
<p><strong>Part 2 will be published on Sunday, December 28th.</strong></p>";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:67:"Lorelle on WP: WordPress.com Bloggers Get New Support and Help Site";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3494";s:4:"link";s:92:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/wordpresscom-bloggers-get-new-support-and-help-site/";s:11:"description";s:8391:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpressdotcom/" title="WordPressdotcom news and tips"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/wordpressdotcomnews.gif" alt="WordPress.com News" align="right" /></a><a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" title="WordPress.com free blogs" rel="tag">WordPress.com</a> bloggers now have a new resource for help: the <a href="http://support.wordpress.com/" title="help pages">WordPress Help Pages</a>. </p>
<p><a title="New Resources, Holiday Hours" href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/support-updates-new-resources-holiday-hours/">Heather of the WordPress.com Support Team announced</a> the new WordPress.com support. It features a knowledge-based style with overviews features and tasks.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve covered a lot of tips and techniques for using WordPress.com, and here are some highlights, including a lot of features and things you can do with your WordPress.com blog not included in the new help pages:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog?" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/what-do-i-do-with-my-new-wordpresscom-blog/">What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog?</a></li>
<li><a title="What Can You Do With wordpress.com" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/what-can-you-do-with-wordpresscom/">What Can You Do With WordPress.com</a></li>
<li><a title="Playing with WordPress.com New Sidebar Widgets" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/10/playing-with-wordpresscom-new-sidebar-widgets/">Playing with WordPress.com New Sidebar Widgets</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Top Blogs of the Day" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/23/wordpresscom-top-blogs-of-the-day/">WordPress.com Top Blogs of the Day</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Custom CSS - All The Styles for the Sandbox Theme" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/wordpresscom-custom-css-all-the-styles-for-the-sandbox-theme/">WordPress.com Custom CSS - All The Styles for the Sandbox Theme</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Resources for Beginners (and video, too)" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/wordpresscom-resources-for-beginners-and-video-too/">WordPress.com Resources for Beginners (and video, too)</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com, Please Stop Using Snap Preview" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/wordpresscom-please-stop-using-snap-preview/">WordPress.com, Please Stop Using Snap Preview</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Blog Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/wordpresscom-blog-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling</a></li>
<li><a title="Decorating Your WordPress.com Blog" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/wordpresscom-blog-bling-decorating-your-wordpresscom-blog/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Decorating Your WordPress.com Blog</a></li>
<li><a title="Lines and Smilies" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/wordpresscom-blog-bling-lines-and-smilies/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Lines and Smilies</a></li>
<li><a title="Fun Font Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/wordpresscom-blog-bling-fun-font-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Fun Font Bling</a></li>
<li><a title="Blockquotes and Quotes" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/02/wordpresscom-blog-bling-blockquotes-and-quotes/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Blockquotes and Quotes</a></li>
<li><a title="Blogroll and Sidebar Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/wordpresscom-blog-bling-blogroll-and-sidebar-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Blogroll and Sidebar Bling</a></li>
<li><a title="Signatures and Writing Code" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/wordpresscom-blog-bling-signatures-and-writing-code/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Signatures and Writing Code</a></li>
<li><a title="Adding Video and Podcasting Bling to Your WordPress.com Blogs" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/adding-video-and-podcasting-bling-to-your-wordpresscom-blogs/">Adding Video and Podcasting Bling to Your WordPress.com Blogs</a></li>
<li><a title="Show Off Your Blog Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/wordpress-blog-bling-show-off-your-blog-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Show Off Your Blog Bling</a></li>
</ul>
<p>For more WordPress News, see the latest edition of my <a title="Articles on WordPress News on the Blog Herald" rel="tag" href="http://www.blogherald.com/tag/wordpress-news/">Blog Herald WordPress News</a>: <a title="WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-awesome-wordpresscom-5-million-plugins-updated-and-wordcamp-news/">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News</a>.</p>
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Posted in WordPress News, Wordpressdotcom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3494&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:54:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"Lorelle VanFossen";}s:7:"summary";s:8391:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpressdotcom/" title="WordPressdotcom news and tips"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/wordpressdotcomnews.gif" alt="WordPress.com News" align="right" /></a><a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" title="WordPress.com free blogs" rel="tag">WordPress.com</a> bloggers now have a new resource for help: the <a href="http://support.wordpress.com/" title="help pages">WordPress Help Pages</a>. </p>
<p><a title="New Resources, Holiday Hours" href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/support-updates-new-resources-holiday-hours/">Heather of the WordPress.com Support Team announced</a> the new WordPress.com support. It features a knowledge-based style with overviews features and tasks.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve covered a lot of tips and techniques for using WordPress.com, and here are some highlights, including a lot of features and things you can do with your WordPress.com blog not included in the new help pages:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog?" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/what-do-i-do-with-my-new-wordpresscom-blog/">What Do I Do With My New WordPress.com Blog?</a></li>
<li><a title="What Can You Do With wordpress.com" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/22/what-can-you-do-with-wordpresscom/">What Can You Do With WordPress.com</a></li>
<li><a title="Playing with WordPress.com New Sidebar Widgets" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/03/10/playing-with-wordpresscom-new-sidebar-widgets/">Playing with WordPress.com New Sidebar Widgets</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Top Blogs of the Day" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/23/wordpresscom-top-blogs-of-the-day/">WordPress.com Top Blogs of the Day</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Custom CSS - All The Styles for the Sandbox Theme" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/wordpresscom-custom-css-all-the-styles-for-the-sandbox-theme/">WordPress.com Custom CSS - All The Styles for the Sandbox Theme</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Resources for Beginners (and video, too)" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/wordpresscom-resources-for-beginners-and-video-too/">WordPress.com Resources for Beginners (and video, too)</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com, Please Stop Using Snap Preview" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/wordpresscom-please-stop-using-snap-preview/">WordPress.com, Please Stop Using Snap Preview</a></li>
<li><a title="WordPress.com Blog Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/wordpresscom-blog-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling</a></li>
<li><a title="Decorating Your WordPress.com Blog" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/wordpresscom-blog-bling-decorating-your-wordpresscom-blog/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Decorating Your WordPress.com Blog</a></li>
<li><a title="Lines and Smilies" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/wordpresscom-blog-bling-lines-and-smilies/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Lines and Smilies</a></li>
<li><a title="Fun Font Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/wordpresscom-blog-bling-fun-font-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Fun Font Bling</a></li>
<li><a title="Blockquotes and Quotes" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/02/wordpresscom-blog-bling-blockquotes-and-quotes/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Blockquotes and Quotes</a></li>
<li><a title="Blogroll and Sidebar Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/wordpresscom-blog-bling-blogroll-and-sidebar-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Blogroll and Sidebar Bling</a></li>
<li><a title="Signatures and Writing Code" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/wordpresscom-blog-bling-signatures-and-writing-code/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Signatures and Writing Code</a></li>
<li><a title="Adding Video and Podcasting Bling to Your WordPress.com Blogs" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/adding-video-and-podcasting-bling-to-your-wordpresscom-blogs/">Adding Video and Podcasting Bling to Your WordPress.com Blogs</a></li>
<li><a title="Show Off Your Blog Bling" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/wordpress-blog-bling-show-off-your-blog-bling/">WordPress.com Blog Bling: Show Off Your Blog Bling</a></li>
</ul>
<p>For more WordPress News, see the latest edition of my <a title="Articles on WordPress News on the Blog Herald" rel="tag" href="http://www.blogherald.com/tag/wordpress-news/">Blog Herald WordPress News</a>: <a title="WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News" href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-awesome-wordpresscom-5-million-plugins-updated-and-wordcamp-news/">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News</a>.</p>
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Posted in WordPress News, Wordpressdotcom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3494/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3494&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/27";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4854";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/27/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1227/";s:11:"description";s:4252:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://techcube.net/cubepoints/">CubePoints</a></p>
<p>CubePoints is a point management system designed for Wordpress blogs.</p>
<p><a href="http://nerdlife.net/custom-taxonomies/">Custom Taxonomies</a></p>
<p>Custom Taxonomies provides a full administrative interface for creating and using taxonomies beyond the standard Tags and Categories.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.codepolice.net/2008/12/08/generate-expiring-urls-for-amazon-s3-via-a-wordpress-plugin/">Amazon S3 Expiring URL Generator</a></p>
<p>Generate a Amazon S3 expiring URL based on your key and secret. Prevents hotlinking to your media.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-trackbacks-pingbacks-by-entry/">Recent Trackbacks / Pingbacks by Entry Widget</a></p>
<p>Display recent trackbacks and/or pingbacks list simply on sidebar sort by entry.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitturls.com/wordpress/">Top Twitter Links by Twitturls</a></p>
<p>Widget that displays currently popular links from Twitter.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-comments-by-entry/">Recent Comments by Entry Widget</a></p>
<p>Display recent comments list simply on sidebar sort by entry.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/2008/12/24/gd-star-rating-107/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jaschaephraim.com/wordpress/">Page Management Dropdown</a></p>
<p>Easily list your individual pages in the new 2.7 &#8220;Pages&#8221; menu! Ideal for using WordPress as a CMS, Page Management Dropdown expands the new Pages administration menu by adding a link to edit each of your individual pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://kerrywebster.com/design/branded-admin-for-wordpress-27-released/">Branded Admin</a></p>
<p>Allows you to change the header and footer of the administration area of your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://mickdakota.com/wordpress-fortune-plugin">Fortunate</a></p>
<p>This plugin provides fortune cookies (random quotes) on your pages. The fortunes are retrieved via the net and use no local storage. Settings allow the quotes to be displayed in the header, footer, content area or as a widget. Additional options let you configure what types of fortune cookies to use.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pross.org.uk/category/plugins/">Folding Stats Plus</a></p>
<p>This plugin is intended to show the current Folding@Home statistics for a given account. It includes a sidebar widget and an admin dashboard widget.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/open-browser-window-plugin/">Open Browser Window</a></p>
<p>Open Browser Window opens a new browser window with the URL of the page that you specified using JavaScript. Opening a page in a new window using JavaScript is a preferred method over using <code>target="_blank"</code> due to XHTML compliance issues.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mollom/">Mollom</a></p>
<p>A plugin that brings the power of <a href="http://www.mollom.com">Mollom</a> to Wordpress and makes your website spamfree!</p>
<p><a href="http://eric.biven.us/2008/12/03/recently-popular-wordpress-plugin/">Recently Popular</a></p>
<p>Displays the most popular posts based on history from now to X amount of time in the past.</p>
<p><a href="http://piepalace.ca/blog/projects/elsewhere">Elsewhere</a></p>
<p>Show your comments on other blogs.</p>
<p><a href="http://davidebenini.it/wordpress-plugins/plugins-list/">Plugins List</a></p>
<p>This plugins allows you to insert a list of the Wordpress plugins you are using into any post/page.</p>
<p><a href="http://techblissonline.com/platinum-seo-pack/">Platinum SEO Pack</a></p>
<p>Platinum SEO Plugin offers Complete onsite SEO solution for your Wordpress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://munashiku.slightofmind.net/wordpress-plugins/tango-smileys-extended">Tango Smileys Extended</a></p>
<p>Tango Smileys Extended (TSE) is designed to replace the standard WordPress smileys and extend the number of available smileys from 18 to 202.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:41:25 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:4252:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://techcube.net/cubepoints/">CubePoints</a></p>
<p>CubePoints is a point management system designed for Wordpress blogs.</p>
<p><a href="http://nerdlife.net/custom-taxonomies/">Custom Taxonomies</a></p>
<p>Custom Taxonomies provides a full administrative interface for creating and using taxonomies beyond the standard Tags and Categories.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.codepolice.net/2008/12/08/generate-expiring-urls-for-amazon-s3-via-a-wordpress-plugin/">Amazon S3 Expiring URL Generator</a></p>
<p>Generate a Amazon S3 expiring URL based on your key and secret. Prevents hotlinking to your media.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-trackbacks-pingbacks-by-entry/">Recent Trackbacks / Pingbacks by Entry Widget</a></p>
<p>Display recent trackbacks and/or pingbacks list simply on sidebar sort by entry.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitturls.com/wordpress/">Top Twitter Links by Twitturls</a></p>
<p>Widget that displays currently popular links from Twitter.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recent-comments-by-entry/">Recent Comments by Entry Widget</a></p>
<p>Display recent comments list simply on sidebar sort by entry.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/2008/12/24/gd-star-rating-107/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jaschaephraim.com/wordpress/">Page Management Dropdown</a></p>
<p>Easily list your individual pages in the new 2.7 &#8220;Pages&#8221; menu! Ideal for using WordPress as a CMS, Page Management Dropdown expands the new Pages administration menu by adding a link to edit each of your individual pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://kerrywebster.com/design/branded-admin-for-wordpress-27-released/">Branded Admin</a></p>
<p>Allows you to change the header and footer of the administration area of your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://mickdakota.com/wordpress-fortune-plugin">Fortunate</a></p>
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<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of <a href="http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/" title="Weblog Tools Collection" rel="tag">Weblog Tools Collection</a> and their weekly WordPress Plugins and Themes reports, so I&#8217;m eager for this year of non-stop weekly WordPress Plugins. </p>
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<p>If you are submitting your Plugin to the Weblog Tools Collection for review, follow their guidelines and <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/a-love-letter-to-wordpress-plugin-authors/" title="A Love Letter to WordPress Plugin Authors">my strong recommendations</a> to make the process painless for everyone, especially the readers and those who want your WordPress Plugin.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of <a href="http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/" title="Weblog Tools Collection" rel="tag">Weblog Tools Collection</a> and their weekly WordPress Plugins and Themes reports, so I&#8217;m eager for this year of non-stop weekly WordPress Plugins. </p>
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Posted in WordPress News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3488&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:36:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"Lorelle VanFossen";}s:7:"summary";s:5523:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="WordPress News"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png" alt="WordPress News" align="right" /></a>Have you given much thought to WordPress 2.8? Well, the WordPress development team is and they need your help and input. </p>
<p>With <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-available-now/" title="WordPress 2.7 Available Now">WordPress 2.7</a> released, work is ongoing for WordPress 2.8 and WordPress wants your feedback. In &#8220;<a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/prioritizing-features-for-wordpress-28/" title="Prioritizing Features for WordPress 2.8">Prioritizing Features for WordPress 2.8</a>,&#8221; Jane Wells invites people to take a <a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/s/6FC3E15CDE20B5B5/" title="Cast your votes">poll on what are the top priorities</a> WordPress developers should be putting their energy into.</p>
<p>Currently, they are focused on WordPress Widget management, automatic Theme updates and installs, and performance improvements. The poll features the most popular features requests from the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas" title="Ideas forum">Ideas forum</a> and more that the WordPress developers want to work on. Vote by noon on December 31 to have your say in what you want to see in WordPress 2.8. </p>
<p>For more WordPress News, see the latest edition of my <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="Articles on WordPress News on the Blog Herald" rel="tag">Blog Herald WordPress News</a>: <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-awesome-wordpresscom-5-million-plugins-updated-and-wordcamp-news/" title="WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News</a>. </p>
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Posted in WordPress News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3488/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3488&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/26";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4852";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/26/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1226/";s:11:"description";s:2013:"<p><a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=1"><strong>Inter Milan</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="InterMilan" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/intermilan.jpg" border="0" alt="InterMilan" width="147" height="114" /></p>
<p>A new free football theme for WordPress. Milan Internatzionale Wordpress Theme. Template consists of three columns, supports widgets, comments. The original design for all Inter fans.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.bytesforall.com/?p=63"><strong>Atahualpa 3</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="atahualpa3screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/atahualpa3screenshot.png" border="0" alt="atahualpa3screenshot" width="155" height="114" /></p>
<p>Fluid, fixed or hybrid width. 1, 2 or 3 columns. Rotating header images, favicons, jQuery effects and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/miscellany"><strong>Miscellany</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://the-cloisters.net/themedemos/?SelectedTheme=Miscellany"><img title="Miscellany" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/miscellany.png" border="0" alt="Miscellany" width="111" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a 3 Column, widget-ready fixed width theme featuring an extended footer (non-widgetized), author info page, gravatars and highlighted author comments in the comments section along with Custom Archives, Sitemap and full width No Sidebars page templates. Fully compatible up to Wordpress 2.7.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=6"><strong>Green Light</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="GreenLight" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/greenlight.png" border="0" alt="GreenLight" width="164" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width, widget ready in the pattern dominated by green. Also check out <a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=9">Blue Sea</a> by the same author.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Are you a theme author? <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">Read how to submit your theme</a> for our release posts.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:45:57 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2013:"<p><a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=1"><strong>Inter Milan</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="InterMilan" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/intermilan.jpg" border="0" alt="InterMilan" width="147" height="114" /></p>
<p>A new free football theme for WordPress. Milan Internatzionale Wordpress Theme. Template consists of three columns, supports widgets, comments. The original design for all Inter fans.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.bytesforall.com/?p=63"><strong>Atahualpa 3</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="atahualpa3screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/atahualpa3screenshot.png" border="0" alt="atahualpa3screenshot" width="155" height="114" /></p>
<p>Fluid, fixed or hybrid width. 1, 2 or 3 columns. Rotating header images, favicons, jQuery effects and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/miscellany"><strong>Miscellany</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://the-cloisters.net/themedemos/?SelectedTheme=Miscellany"><img title="Miscellany" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/miscellany.png" border="0" alt="Miscellany" width="111" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a 3 Column, widget-ready fixed width theme featuring an extended footer (non-widgetized), author info page, gravatars and highlighted author comments in the comments section along with Custom Archives, Sitemap and full width No Sidebars page templates. Fully compatible up to Wordpress 2.7.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=6"><strong>Green Light</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="GreenLight" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/greenlight.png" border="0" alt="GreenLight" width="164" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width, widget ready in the pattern dominated by green. Also check out <a href="http://en.wpthemes.org.ua/?p=9">Blue Sea</a> by the same author.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Are you a theme author? <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">Read how to submit your theme</a> for our release posts.</p>";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:81:"Weblog Tools Collection: Merry Christmas, It’s Plugin Review time again at WLTC";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4844";s:4:"link";s:106:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/25/merry-christmas-its-plugin-review-time-again-at-wltc/";s:11:"description";s:2673:"<p>Let me take this opportunity of wishing all the readers of Weblog Tools Collection a merry merry Christmas and happy holidays!</p>
<p>Our long time readers would remember two months in 2007 when we reviewed <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/category/apad/">one WordPress plugin a day</a>.</p>
<p>The last 18 months has seen a lot of changes in the world of WordPress. We&#8217;ve had several version updates including few really major upgrades since then as well as the introduction of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress Plugin Repository</a>.</p>
<p>With several <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/category/wordpress-plugins/">new plugins being released everyday</a> and several more updated regularly, we&#8217;ve decided it&#8217;s time once again for a plugin review.</p>
<p>However, this time instead of a daily review, we&#8217;ll be focusing on the reviewing a plugin a week. So, every Sunday, from next year, starting 4th of January, we will pick a plugin to feature.</p>
<h4>So, how do we pick?</h4>
<p>Just like we did the last time; through recommendations and requests. Are you a plugin author or user? If so, then write in and tell us.</p>
<p>You can send in an email to <strong>submissions@wltc.net</strong> with the subject line <strong>APAD: <em>Plugin Name</em></strong>.</p>
<h4>What do you need to tell us?</h4>
<p>The following details are mandatory.</p>
<ul>
<li>Plugin Name</li>
<li>URL of the plugin page and location to download the file</li>
<li>URL of the page on <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress Plugin Repository</a> if your plugin is available there.</li>
<li>Detailed description of the plugin (this is the most important of the list)</li>
</ul>
<p>You may optionally add the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Detailed feature list</li>
<li>Implementation instructions</li>
<li>Demo of the plugin</li>
<li>Future plans</li>
<li>Any other detail that will assist our review</li>
</ul>
<h4>What do you get in return?</h4>
<p>Your plugin receiving a focused review is a sure shot way to drive tonnes of traffic to your website. It will also improve usage of your plugin.</p>
<p>More importantly, we will be asking our readers to suggest improvements and request features. This will work as a major brain storming session, where you can cater to features as demanded by the users.</p>
<p>We will checkout the various plugins and select one of them for review. Again, there isn’t any hard or fast rule on selecting this and choice will be made more on the basis of how your plugin appeals to us. So, make sure your email is highlights everything you want us to know.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:28:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2673:"<p>Let me take this opportunity of wishing all the readers of Weblog Tools Collection a merry merry Christmas and happy holidays!</p>
<p>Our long time readers would remember two months in 2007 when we reviewed <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/category/apad/">one WordPress plugin a day</a>.</p>
<p>The last 18 months has seen a lot of changes in the world of WordPress. We&#8217;ve had several version updates including few really major upgrades since then as well as the introduction of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress Plugin Repository</a>.</p>
<p>With several <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/category/wordpress-plugins/">new plugins being released everyday</a> and several more updated regularly, we&#8217;ve decided it&#8217;s time once again for a plugin review.</p>
<p>However, this time instead of a daily review, we&#8217;ll be focusing on the reviewing a plugin a week. So, every Sunday, from next year, starting 4th of January, we will pick a plugin to feature.</p>
<h4>So, how do we pick?</h4>
<p>Just like we did the last time; through recommendations and requests. Are you a plugin author or user? If so, then write in and tell us.</p>
<p>You can send in an email to <strong>submissions@wltc.net</strong> with the subject line <strong>APAD: <em>Plugin Name</em></strong>.</p>
<h4>What do you need to tell us?</h4>
<p>The following details are mandatory.</p>
<ul>
<li>Plugin Name</li>
<li>URL of the plugin page and location to download the file</li>
<li>URL of the page on <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress Plugin Repository</a> if your plugin is available there.</li>
<li>Detailed description of the plugin (this is the most important of the list)</li>
</ul>
<p>You may optionally add the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Detailed feature list</li>
<li>Implementation instructions</li>
<li>Demo of the plugin</li>
<li>Future plans</li>
<li>Any other detail that will assist our review</li>
</ul>
<h4>What do you get in return?</h4>
<p>Your plugin receiving a focused review is a sure shot way to drive tonnes of traffic to your website. It will also improve usage of your plugin.</p>
<p>More importantly, we will be asking our readers to suggest improvements and request features. This will work as a major brain storming session, where you can cater to features as demanded by the users.</p>
<p>We will checkout the various plugins and select one of them for review. Again, there isn’t any hard or fast rule on selecting this and choice will be made more on the basis of how your plugin appeals to us. So, make sure your email is highlights everything you want us to know.</p>";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordCamp Columbus Is On!";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4842";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/25/wordcamp-columbus-is-on/";s:11:"description";s:2458:"<p>Thankfully, WordCamp Columbus is being held in Ohio rather than any of the other states that have a city named Columbus. In all honesty, I didn&#8217;t know this event was going to be in Ohio until I checked out their advertising graphics. If you are going to host a WordCamp event, please be sure to include city and state on the About page so that people know exactly where the event will take place. Or you&#8217;ll end up clueless like me.</p>
<p><center><a href="http://www.wordcampcolumbus.com" title="Meet me @ WordCampColumbus, May 16, 2009"><img src="http://www.wordcampcolumbus.com/badges/wordcamp-468x60.gif" alt="I'll be @WordCampColumbus, May 16, 2009" /></a></center></p>
<p>With that said, I&#8217;m happy to see that a date has been nailed down for WordCamp Columbus, that being <strong>May 16th, 2009</strong>. I hope the event lasts during the entire weekend and not just on a Friday. The event looks to be taking place at <strong>Columbus State Community College</strong>. Unfortunately, due to WordCamp Mid-Atlantic occurring during the same weekend, Matt will only be doing a keynote session at the Mid Atlantic event. However, organizers for WordCamp Columbus are working with <a href="http://www.technosailor.com">Aaron Brazell</a>, one of the people behind WordCamp Mid Atlantic to video stream his session to WordCamp Columbus. </p>
<p>As it stands, their are two employees from Automattic who are tentatively scheduled to appear. <a href="http://jcksn.com/" target="_blank">Noel Jackson</a> who is the author of the Monotone theme will be discussing color manipulation and art direction in themes with PHP. <a href="http://mtdewvirus.com/" target="_blank">Nick Momrik</a> on the other hand will be outlining 10 things you didn&#8217;t know you could do on WordPress.com</p>
<p>Registration for WordCamp Columbus is not yet open but within the next week or so, we could see a registration page open up. The organizers would like for as many people as possible to register early to encourage sponsors to latch onto the event. As the event gets closer, the organizers may implement an entrance fee of <strong>$20.00</strong> which isn&#8217;t bad at all.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty stoked that a WordCamp event is happening in my own backyard. I know I&#8217;ll be attending the event, what about you? Be sure to bookmark the <a href="http://wordcampcolumbus.com/" target="_blank">WordCamp Columbus website</a> for further updates.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:41:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:2458:"<p>Thankfully, WordCamp Columbus is being held in Ohio rather than any of the other states that have a city named Columbus. In all honesty, I didn&#8217;t know this event was going to be in Ohio until I checked out their advertising graphics. If you are going to host a WordCamp event, please be sure to include city and state on the About page so that people know exactly where the event will take place. Or you&#8217;ll end up clueless like me.</p>
<p><center><a href="http://www.wordcampcolumbus.com" title="Meet me @ WordCampColumbus, May 16, 2009"><img src="http://www.wordcampcolumbus.com/badges/wordcamp-468x60.gif" alt="I'll be @WordCampColumbus, May 16, 2009" /></a></center></p>
<p>With that said, I&#8217;m happy to see that a date has been nailed down for WordCamp Columbus, that being <strong>May 16th, 2009</strong>. I hope the event lasts during the entire weekend and not just on a Friday. The event looks to be taking place at <strong>Columbus State Community College</strong>. Unfortunately, due to WordCamp Mid-Atlantic occurring during the same weekend, Matt will only be doing a keynote session at the Mid Atlantic event. However, organizers for WordCamp Columbus are working with <a href="http://www.technosailor.com">Aaron Brazell</a>, one of the people behind WordCamp Mid Atlantic to video stream his session to WordCamp Columbus. </p>
<p>As it stands, their are two employees from Automattic who are tentatively scheduled to appear. <a href="http://jcksn.com/" target="_blank">Noel Jackson</a> who is the author of the Monotone theme will be discussing color manipulation and art direction in themes with PHP. <a href="http://mtdewvirus.com/" target="_blank">Nick Momrik</a> on the other hand will be outlining 10 things you didn&#8217;t know you could do on WordPress.com</p>
<p>Registration for WordCamp Columbus is not yet open but within the next week or so, we could see a registration page open up. The organizers would like for as many people as possible to register early to encourage sponsors to latch onto the event. As the event gets closer, the organizers may implement an entrance fee of <strong>$20.00</strong> which isn&#8217;t bad at all.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty stoked that a WordCamp event is happening in my own backyard. I know I&#8217;ll be attending the event, what about you? Be sure to bookmark the <a href="http://wordcampcolumbus.com/" target="_blank">WordCamp Columbus website</a> for further updates.</p>";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/24";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4840";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/24/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1224/";s:11:"description";s:3480:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.wpsos.com/wp-plugins/wp-downloads/">WordPress Download Counter</a></p>
<p>A counter that you can add in your sidebar to show off the number of official WordPress downloads</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ixme.net/products/media-library-gallery/">Media Library Gallery</a></p>
<p>Automatically creates a gallery with every images posts have in attachment.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/a-slideshow/">(a) Slideshow</a></p>
<p>This is plugin based on <a href="http://slideshow.hohli.com">(a)Slideshow jQuery Plugin</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sapo-open-id/">Sapo OpenID Header</a></p>
<p>This plugins had the needed code to the header of your blog, to detect your OpenID account at <a href="http://openid.sapo.pt">http://openid.sapo.pt</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/explore-pages/">Explore pages</a></p>
<p>Explorer-like plugin for walking through the pages</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/kavychker/">Kavychker</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s normal typography plugin for WordPress</p>
<p><a href="http://www.southplattewebdesign.com/getMyTweets">Get My Tweets</a></p>
<p>Simple plugin to return a user defined number of tweets from Twitter.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://blog.dasinfomedia.com/?p=3">Sliding Posts</a></p>
<p>A plugin for wordpress which shows latest 10 posts with carousel sliding effect which is SEO friendly. User can set the height, width, and the time duration of the slide show. Post will be shown with the link by clicking on it user can view particular post.</p>
<p><a href="http://manga-press.silent-shadow.net/">Manga+Press</a></p>
<p>Manga+Press is a webcomic managment system for Wordpress. Manga+Press uses WordPress&#8217; posts, pages and categories to help you keep track of your comic posts. Manga+Press also includes its own custom template tags to help make creating themes easier.</p>
<p><a href="http://sivel.net/2008/02/shadowbox-js/">Shadowbox JS</a></p>
<p>A JavaScript media viewer similar to Lightbox and Thickbox. Supports all types of media, not just images.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.commentluv.com/download/ajax-commentluv-installation/">CommentLuv</a></p>
<p>Appends a titled link using AJAX to the authors last blog post on their comment giving back some luv to the people that join your discussion.</p>
<p><a href="http://herselfswebtools.com/2008/06/wordpress-security-plugin-block-scrapers-hackers-and-more.html">TTC WordPress Security Tool</a></p>
<p>This plugin blocks scrapers, cross-site scripting attempts, and other ill behaved bots.</p>
<p><a href="http://herselfswebtools.com/2008/06/wordpress-plugin-to-prevent-bot-registrations.html">TTC User Registration Bot Detector</a></p>
<p>This plugin blocks and logs most bot user registrations.</p>
<p><a href="http://pods.uproot.us/">Pods</a></p>
<p>Pods is a CMS (Content Management System) plugin for Wordpress.</p>
<p><a href="http://sgowtham.net/blog/2008/12/06/wordpress-plugin-to-keep-track-of-visitors/">wp-visitors</a></p>
<p>wp-visitors keeps track of information about every visitor (page load).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.martinish.com/blog/2008/12/wp-columnize/">WP Columnize</a></p>
<p>Allows you to easily create multiple columns within your posts in a newspaper/magazine-style layout. It&#8217;s easily controlled by two CSS classes and two custom quicktags which are created automatically upon plugin installation.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:15:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3480:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.wpsos.com/wp-plugins/wp-downloads/">WordPress Download Counter</a></p>
<p>A counter that you can add in your sidebar to show off the number of official WordPress downloads</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ixme.net/products/media-library-gallery/">Media Library Gallery</a></p>
<p>Automatically creates a gallery with every images posts have in attachment.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/a-slideshow/">(a) Slideshow</a></p>
<p>This is plugin based on <a href="http://slideshow.hohli.com">(a)Slideshow jQuery Plugin</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sapo-open-id/">Sapo OpenID Header</a></p>
<p>This plugins had the needed code to the header of your blog, to detect your OpenID account at <a href="http://openid.sapo.pt">http://openid.sapo.pt</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/explore-pages/">Explore pages</a></p>
<p>Explorer-like plugin for walking through the pages</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/kavychker/">Kavychker</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s normal typography plugin for WordPress</p>
<p><a href="http://www.southplattewebdesign.com/getMyTweets">Get My Tweets</a></p>
<p>Simple plugin to return a user defined number of tweets from Twitter.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://blog.dasinfomedia.com/?p=3">Sliding Posts</a></p>
<p>A plugin for wordpress which shows latest 10 posts with carousel sliding effect which is SEO friendly. User can set the height, width, and the time duration of the slide show. Post will be shown with the link by clicking on it user can view particular post.</p>
<p><a href="http://manga-press.silent-shadow.net/">Manga+Press</a></p>
<p>Manga+Press is a webcomic managment system for Wordpress. Manga+Press uses WordPress&#8217; posts, pages and categories to help you keep track of your comic posts. Manga+Press also includes its own custom template tags to help make creating themes easier.</p>
<p><a href="http://sivel.net/2008/02/shadowbox-js/">Shadowbox JS</a></p>
<p>A JavaScript media viewer similar to Lightbox and Thickbox. Supports all types of media, not just images.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.commentluv.com/download/ajax-commentluv-installation/">CommentLuv</a></p>
<p>Appends a titled link using AJAX to the authors last blog post on their comment giving back some luv to the people that join your discussion.</p>
<p><a href="http://herselfswebtools.com/2008/06/wordpress-security-plugin-block-scrapers-hackers-and-more.html">TTC WordPress Security Tool</a></p>
<p>This plugin blocks scrapers, cross-site scripting attempts, and other ill behaved bots.</p>
<p><a href="http://herselfswebtools.com/2008/06/wordpress-plugin-to-prevent-bot-registrations.html">TTC User Registration Bot Detector</a></p>
<p>This plugin blocks and logs most bot user registrations.</p>
<p><a href="http://pods.uproot.us/">Pods</a></p>
<p>Pods is a CMS (Content Management System) plugin for Wordpress.</p>
<p><a href="http://sgowtham.net/blog/2008/12/06/wordpress-plugin-to-keep-track-of-visitors/">wp-visitors</a></p>
<p>wp-visitors keeps track of information about every visitor (page load).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.martinish.com/blog/2008/12/wp-columnize/">WP Columnize</a></p>
<p>Allows you to easily create multiple columns within your posts in a newspaper/magazine-style layout. It&#8217;s easily controlled by two CSS classes and two custom quicktags which are created automatically upon plugin installation.</p>";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:51:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Forum User Guide";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4837";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/24/wordpress-forum-user-guide/";s:11:"description";s:5688:"<p>A recent discussion has popped up on the <a href="http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-testers/2008-December/010841.html">WordPress Testers mailing list</a> revolving around using the list as an area to receive support. Over the past few weeks, users have been publishing support questions which in many aspects, would be better served in the WordPress.org support forums. The problem with that is, the testers list is maintained and operated by people who have a knowledgeable background with the WordPress software, there are less users, and receiving answers is typically a speedier process.</p>
<p>With this in mind, I&#8217;ve decided to whip up a guide on how to maximize the use of the WordPress.org forum. It&#8217;s not exactly as cut and dry as you would think. This list of steps was comprised mostly by Michael E. Hancock with additional tips provided by Otto and myself.</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> A new user may want to read the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664?replies=6" target="_blank">Forum Rules</a></p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> Report inappropriate posts/threads by adding the &#8216;<strong>modlook</strong>&#8216; tag to that thread</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> Link to Codex article by using the wiki code of two beginning and ending brackets.  [[<strong>Template Hierarchy</strong>]] will create a link to that article in Codex.</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> Try to place your question in the correct Forum&#8211;if it is related to Plugins use the <strong>Plugins and Hacks Forum</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>5.</strong> If needing to put a large code example in your thread, paste the code in a <a href="http://pastebin.com/" target="_blank">pastebin</a> and put the link to that code in the thread.</p>
<p><strong>6.</strong> Click on <strong>View Your Profile</strong> to see all your threads. Note: Currently the Threads Started feature is broken.</p>
<p><strong>7.</strong> You can initiate a forum topic from a particular plugin at the WordPress Extend Plugins site. At the bottom of each plugin page there is a &#8220;<strong>Write a new topic</strong>&#8221; link that displays a form to enter the topic and automatically creates a tag related to that specific plugin and automatically selects the <strong>Plugins and Hacks</strong> Forum.</p>
<p><strong>8.</strong> A new topic is started by first selecting(entering)the particular Forum (e.g. Installation) and at the bottom of the screen, the New Topic form is displayed.</p>
<p><strong>9.</strong> Use the Version box when starting a new topic.  If the Version isn&#8217;t listed, select <strong>Other</strong> and then type the Version in the box.</p>
<p><strong>10.</strong> A tip from LesBessant - You can hide the tag cloud in Firefox by adding the file usercontent.css to the &#8230;\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxx.default\chrome folder.  Put this in the file:</p>
<p>.frontpageheatmap, #hottags {<br />
 display: none;<br />
 }</p>
<p><strong>11.</strong> Use the <a href="http://wordpress.org/report-bugs/" target="_blank">Report a Site Bug link</a> at the bottom of the screen to report bugs with the forum software.</p>
<p><strong>12.</strong> When creating a new topic, make the topic be descriptive and brief. &#8220;<strong>Help me now</strong>&#8221; is a poor topic.</p>
<p><strong>13.</strong> If asking a question about a plugin or theme provide a link to download the plugin/theme.</p>
<p><strong>14.</strong> Use meaningful tags.  Using the same tags as the topic isn&#8217;t very useful, but using keywords from the topic is good.</p>
<p><strong>15.</strong> Make use of the search before starting a new topic. Also a Google search such as &#8220;<strong>wordpress plugin cforms</strong>&#8221; will return a good list of info about the Cforms plugin.</p>
<p>Here is a tip provided by Otto42 - <strong>DON&#8217;T BUMP</strong>. Bumping makes your threads have a reply, which makes them not show up on the &#8220;<strong>threads without replies</strong>&#8221; list any more. Meaning that bumping actually decreases the chances of you getting any help.</p>
<p>Here is a tip from me to you. If you end up resolving your problem, be sure to edit the post and mark it as resolved. I&#8217;ve forgotten to do this step several times but the good news is, you can always go back to those posts via your user profile and edit them.</p>
<h2>Conclusion:</h2>
<p>As has been discussed on the Testers mailing list, there are many things that can be done to improve the forum experience that are out of the control of end users. For example, an improved search. Based on what I&#8217;ve heard, the search for the Codex as well as the Forum and Plugin Repository has a good shot at being implemented before the release of WordPress 2.8. While on the subject of search, I think it would be nice if the forum search provided a set of Advanced options so that I could search the forum in all threads that have been marked as resolved. </p>
<p>While BBPress is decent forum software (for now as Sam continues to work on version 1.0) I wonder if it&#8217;s the software of choice that meets the needs of the WordPress.org support forum. There is no private messaging, distinct thread/post filtering, etc. Not that every feature found within PHPBB3 or other forum software needs to be integrated into BBPress but I feel there is quite a bit missing at this point to provide a sound experience on the forum.</p>
<p>With that said, I ask you, the community how we and the powers that be can improve the WordPress.org forum. I ask that you do not take this opportunity to vent your frustrations with particular users but instead, provide feedback and ideas on how to improve the system.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:15:35 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:5688:"<p>A recent discussion has popped up on the <a href="http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-testers/2008-December/010841.html">WordPress Testers mailing list</a> revolving around using the list as an area to receive support. Over the past few weeks, users have been publishing support questions which in many aspects, would be better served in the WordPress.org support forums. The problem with that is, the testers list is maintained and operated by people who have a knowledgeable background with the WordPress software, there are less users, and receiving answers is typically a speedier process.</p>
<p>With this in mind, I&#8217;ve decided to whip up a guide on how to maximize the use of the WordPress.org forum. It&#8217;s not exactly as cut and dry as you would think. This list of steps was comprised mostly by Michael E. Hancock with additional tips provided by Otto and myself.</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> A new user may want to read the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664?replies=6" target="_blank">Forum Rules</a></p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> Report inappropriate posts/threads by adding the &#8216;<strong>modlook</strong>&#8216; tag to that thread</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> Link to Codex article by using the wiki code of two beginning and ending brackets.  [[<strong>Template Hierarchy</strong>]] will create a link to that article in Codex.</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> Try to place your question in the correct Forum&#8211;if it is related to Plugins use the <strong>Plugins and Hacks Forum</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>5.</strong> If needing to put a large code example in your thread, paste the code in a <a href="http://pastebin.com/" target="_blank">pastebin</a> and put the link to that code in the thread.</p>
<p><strong>6.</strong> Click on <strong>View Your Profile</strong> to see all your threads. Note: Currently the Threads Started feature is broken.</p>
<p><strong>7.</strong> You can initiate a forum topic from a particular plugin at the WordPress Extend Plugins site. At the bottom of each plugin page there is a &#8220;<strong>Write a new topic</strong>&#8221; link that displays a form to enter the topic and automatically creates a tag related to that specific plugin and automatically selects the <strong>Plugins and Hacks</strong> Forum.</p>
<p><strong>8.</strong> A new topic is started by first selecting(entering)the particular Forum (e.g. Installation) and at the bottom of the screen, the New Topic form is displayed.</p>
<p><strong>9.</strong> Use the Version box when starting a new topic.  If the Version isn&#8217;t listed, select <strong>Other</strong> and then type the Version in the box.</p>
<p><strong>10.</strong> A tip from LesBessant - You can hide the tag cloud in Firefox by adding the file usercontent.css to the &#8230;\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxx.default\chrome folder.  Put this in the file:</p>
<p>.frontpageheatmap, #hottags {<br />
 display: none;<br />
 }</p>
<p><strong>11.</strong> Use the <a href="http://wordpress.org/report-bugs/" target="_blank">Report a Site Bug link</a> at the bottom of the screen to report bugs with the forum software.</p>
<p><strong>12.</strong> When creating a new topic, make the topic be descriptive and brief. &#8220;<strong>Help me now</strong>&#8221; is a poor topic.</p>
<p><strong>13.</strong> If asking a question about a plugin or theme provide a link to download the plugin/theme.</p>
<p><strong>14.</strong> Use meaningful tags.  Using the same tags as the topic isn&#8217;t very useful, but using keywords from the topic is good.</p>
<p><strong>15.</strong> Make use of the search before starting a new topic. Also a Google search such as &#8220;<strong>wordpress plugin cforms</strong>&#8221; will return a good list of info about the Cforms plugin.</p>
<p>Here is a tip provided by Otto42 - <strong>DON&#8217;T BUMP</strong>. Bumping makes your threads have a reply, which makes them not show up on the &#8220;<strong>threads without replies</strong>&#8221; list any more. Meaning that bumping actually decreases the chances of you getting any help.</p>
<p>Here is a tip from me to you. If you end up resolving your problem, be sure to edit the post and mark it as resolved. I&#8217;ve forgotten to do this step several times but the good news is, you can always go back to those posts via your user profile and edit them.</p>
<h2>Conclusion:</h2>
<p>As has been discussed on the Testers mailing list, there are many things that can be done to improve the forum experience that are out of the control of end users. For example, an improved search. Based on what I&#8217;ve heard, the search for the Codex as well as the Forum and Plugin Repository has a good shot at being implemented before the release of WordPress 2.8. While on the subject of search, I think it would be nice if the forum search provided a set of Advanced options so that I could search the forum in all threads that have been marked as resolved. </p>
<p>While BBPress is decent forum software (for now as Sam continues to work on version 1.0) I wonder if it&#8217;s the software of choice that meets the needs of the WordPress.org support forum. There is no private messaging, distinct thread/post filtering, etc. Not that every feature found within PHPBB3 or other forum software needs to be integrated into BBPress but I feel there is quite a bit missing at this point to provide a sound experience on the forum.</p>
<p>With that said, I ask you, the community how we and the powers that be can improve the WordPress.org forum. I ask that you do not take this opportunity to vent your frustrations with particular users but instead, provide feedback and ideas on how to improve the system.</p>";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Dev Blog: Prioritizing Features for WordPress 2.8";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=491";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/prioritizing-features-for-wordpress-28/";s:11:"description";s:2976:"<p>Everyone knows by now that WordPress 2.7 is packed with new features. Now that it&#8217;s available (almost <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/">600,000 downloads</a> as I write this!), it&#8217;s time to start working on 2.8. There were dozens of things that got tabled during 2.7 due to time constraints, and there are a lot of high-rated features in the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas">Ideas forum</a>, so there are a lot of potential features under consideration.</p>
<p>Right now, the lead developers are thinking the top priorities for 2.8 will be widget management, theme browser/installer and performance upgrades. The rest of the development time will be taken up with bug tickets and additional features/enhancements from a prioritized list. To that end, we&#8217;ve posted <a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/s/6FC3E15CDE20B5B5/">a new survey</a> for you to help us prioritize features for 2.8. The list pulls from the developers&#8217; &#8220;2.7 leftovers&#8221; list as well as the most popular features from the Ideas forum. Just rank each feature and tell us your top pick (up to three). You also have the option of adding comments or additional suggestions, but this is not mandatory. For your response to count, you must rank all of the features in the list. The survey has only one page.  </p>
<p>Note that media features are not included in this list as we will be posting a separate survey for media-specific features soon. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/s/6FC3E15CDE20B5B5/">Cast your votes</a> any time this week, but as always the sooner the better. This survey will close at noon on December 31, 2008 UTC.</p>
<p>In the new year, we will be reviving scheduled IRC developer chats, where the lead developers will discuss the week&#8217;s progress on feature development, providing opportunities for people to ask questions or make suggestions. These will be held early in the day on Wednesdays (U.S. Wednesday), and the specific time will be posted here on the development blog once it&#8217;s been finalized. </p>
<p>As a related aside, we spent a significant amount of time during 2.7 development sifting through Trac tickets that really shouldn&#8217;t have been there. Feature ideas and requests do not belong in Trac, they belong in the Ideas forum. Please reserve Trac for reporting bugs and things that need fixing (typos, code enhancements, etc.). If you are asking for a new UI, a new feature, or a new approach to coding something, that&#8217;s not an enhancement, it&#8217;s a new feature. New features will be entered into Trac by developers once it has been determined that the feature should be included in core. To help speed up development, moving forward we will close Trac tickets that are actually feature requests, with the comment that they should be posted in the Ideas forum instead. Please help the developers maximize their time by following this guideline. </p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:17:58 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Jane Wells";}s:7:"summary";s:2976:"<p>Everyone knows by now that WordPress 2.7 is packed with new features. Now that it&#8217;s available (almost <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/">600,000 downloads</a> as I write this!), it&#8217;s time to start working on 2.8. There were dozens of things that got tabled during 2.7 due to time constraints, and there are a lot of high-rated features in the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas">Ideas forum</a>, so there are a lot of potential features under consideration.</p>
<p>Right now, the lead developers are thinking the top priorities for 2.8 will be widget management, theme browser/installer and performance upgrades. The rest of the development time will be taken up with bug tickets and additional features/enhancements from a prioritized list. To that end, we&#8217;ve posted <a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/s/6FC3E15CDE20B5B5/">a new survey</a> for you to help us prioritize features for 2.8. The list pulls from the developers&#8217; &#8220;2.7 leftovers&#8221; list as well as the most popular features from the Ideas forum. Just rank each feature and tell us your top pick (up to three). You also have the option of adding comments or additional suggestions, but this is not mandatory. For your response to count, you must rank all of the features in the list. The survey has only one page.  </p>
<p>Note that media features are not included in this list as we will be posting a separate survey for media-specific features soon. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/s/6FC3E15CDE20B5B5/">Cast your votes</a> any time this week, but as always the sooner the better. This survey will close at noon on December 31, 2008 UTC.</p>
<p>In the new year, we will be reviving scheduled IRC developer chats, where the lead developers will discuss the week&#8217;s progress on feature development, providing opportunities for people to ask questions or make suggestions. These will be held early in the day on Wednesdays (U.S. Wednesday), and the specific time will be posted here on the development blog once it&#8217;s been finalized. </p>
<p>As a related aside, we spent a significant amount of time during 2.7 development sifting through Trac tickets that really shouldn&#8217;t have been there. Feature ideas and requests do not belong in Trac, they belong in the Ideas forum. Please reserve Trac for reporting bugs and things that need fixing (typos, code enhancements, etc.). If you are asking for a new UI, a new feature, or a new approach to coding something, that&#8217;s not an enhancement, it&#8217;s a new feature. New features will be entered into Trac by developers once it has been determined that the feature should be included in core. To help speed up development, moving forward we will close Trac tickets that are actually feature requests, with the comment that they should be posted in the Ideas forum instead. Please help the developers maximize their time by following this guideline. </p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/23";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4835";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/23/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1223/";s:11:"description";s:1639:"<p><a href="http://www.wpcontempo.com/free-wordpress-theme-teel/"><strong>Teel</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.wpcontempo.com/?wptheme=Teel"><img title="teel-screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/teelscreenshot.jpg" border="0" alt="teel-screenshot" width="165" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Teel theme is a clean, classy web 2.0 style WordPress theme. It features dynamic page navigation and a widgetized sidebar with fancy rollover effects and an overall clean appearance that will work perfect for blogs of all kinds.</p>
<p><a href="http://techysociety.com/download-technology-society-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Technology Society</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="Technology-Society" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/technologysociety.png" border="0" alt="Technology-Society" width="127" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, white and blue, tag, gravatar and widget ready theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://whatawookie.com/make-money-online-blue-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Make Money Online Blue</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.whatawookie.com/?preview_theme=Make%20Money%20Online%20Blue"><img title="makemoneyonlineblue" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/makemoneyonlineblue.gif" border="0" alt="makemoneyonlineblue" width="193" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Make Money Online Blue is a Clean and simple aqua blue theme with both the sidebar and footer widgetized.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And, if you are using the Journalized theme, you can download the <a href="http://zed1.com/journalized/archives/2008/12/20/xmas-skin-for-journalized-theme/">X’Mas skin for it</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:45:25 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1639:"<p><a href="http://www.wpcontempo.com/free-wordpress-theme-teel/"><strong>Teel</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.wpcontempo.com/?wptheme=Teel"><img title="teel-screenshot" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/teelscreenshot.jpg" border="0" alt="teel-screenshot" width="165" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Teel theme is a clean, classy web 2.0 style WordPress theme. It features dynamic page navigation and a widgetized sidebar with fancy rollover effects and an overall clean appearance that will work perfect for blogs of all kinds.</p>
<p><a href="http://techysociety.com/download-technology-society-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Technology Society</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="Technology-Society" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/technologysociety.png" border="0" alt="Technology-Society" width="127" height="114" /></p>
<p>Two column, white and blue, tag, gravatar and widget ready theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://whatawookie.com/make-money-online-blue-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Make Money Online Blue</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.whatawookie.com/?preview_theme=Make%20Money%20Online%20Blue"><img title="makemoneyonlineblue" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/makemoneyonlineblue.gif" border="0" alt="makemoneyonlineblue" width="193" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Make Money Online Blue is a Clean and simple aqua blue theme with both the sidebar and footer widgetized.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And, if you are using the Journalized theme, you can download the <a href="http://zed1.com/journalized/archives/2008/12/20/xmas-skin-for-journalized-theme/">X’Mas skin for it</a>.</p>";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Matt: Killing Silicon Valley";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=9817";s:4:"link";s:44:"http://ma.tt/2008/12/killing-silicon-valley/";s:11:"description";s:669:"<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122990472028925207.html">Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley</a>, an editorial from the Wall Street Journal. The main thing the article misses is that while the economics of startups are currently distorted doing a startup is still one of the best ways to change the world, for your work to have an impact far beyond the walls of a single company. I&#8217;ve seen some killer startups recently, my only hope is that they have enough runway to make it to the execution of their idea. <a href="http://www.entrepreneurship.gov/">Entrepreneurship.gov says</a> &#8220;Freedom is just another word for entrepreneurship.&#8221;</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:30:57 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:669:"<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122990472028925207.html">Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley</a>, an editorial from the Wall Street Journal. The main thing the article misses is that while the economics of startups are currently distorted doing a startup is still one of the best ways to change the world, for your work to have an impact far beyond the walls of a single company. I&#8217;ve seen some killer startups recently, my only hope is that they have enough runway to make it to the execution of their idea. <a href="http://www.entrepreneurship.gov/">Entrepreneurship.gov says</a> &#8220;Freedom is just another word for entrepreneurship.&#8221;</p>";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/22";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4830";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/22/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1222/";s:11:"description";s:3663:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://salamanteri.homelinux.net/wordpress/software/wordpress-plugins/phpinclude/">PHPInclude</a></p>
<p>Allows including any files php can access included and executed if it&#8217;s php. Include tag will be replaced with content or output of php code. Provides security measures to limit which posters have access to functionality. No bugs or flaws found.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.troidus.com/plugins/menu-maker/">Menu Maker</a></p>
<p>The Menu Maker plugin helps in creating a menu for your site. Usually this can be used for creating a navigation menu.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yakupgovler.com/?p=592">Advanced Blogroll</a></p>
<p>Advanced Blogroll Widget displays your bookmarks as you want. You can customize your blogroll.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy2hide/">Easy2hide</a></p>
<p>Put your words needed to hide , between&#8221;[cookie]&#8221; and &#8220;[/cookie]&#8221; for those who haven&#8217;t reply to any posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://mattwalters.net/projects/wordpress-filter/">WordPress Filter</a></p>
<p>WordPress Filter is a comprehensive post filtering &amp; template system.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-post-styling/">WP Post Styling</a></p>
<p>Allows you to define custom styles for any specific post or page on your WordPress site.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-pages/">List pages</a></p>
<p>Retrieve pages, and children, in a more sophisticated way and add the correct class to the parent li-element even if you&#8217;re visting a child-page.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/12/21/get-the-image-plugin-update-a-better-image-script-for-wordpress">Get the Image</a></p>
<p>The script looks for the custom fields Keys that you define. If that Key has a Value (should be an image URL), the image is displayed with your post. If there is no custom field used, the script looks for the first image attached to your post. If there is one, then it grabs that image and uses it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce">WordPress e-Commerce plugin</a></p>
<p>The WordPress e-Commerce plugin is a state-of-the-art e-Commerce platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards and usability. It is both free and priceless at the same time.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lastpostsimage/">LastPostsImage</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides a customizable image always showing the last posts of your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpmarketer.com/download/">WP-Marketer</a></p>
<p>Easy marketer link masking and more. With WP Marketer manage your in text and performance marketing programs without having to use multiple tools</p>
<p><a href="http://www.misternifty.com/easysms/">EasySMS</a></p>
<p>EasySMS provides an easy way for readers to subscribe to SMS updates and for admins to send SMS messages to groups.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-lastpostsimage.html">SensitiveTagCloud</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides a tagcloud that shows tags depending of the current context (e.g. Category, Author, Tag, Post) only.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/icanlocalize-comment-translator/">ICanLocalize Comment Translator</a></p>
<p>Manages human translated blogs and allows you to administrate, create contents and moderate comments in your native language.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/micro-anywhere/">Micro Anywhere</a></p>
<p>Micro Anywhere allows for easy insertion of microformatted contact information and event details through the WordPress WYSIWYG editor.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:59:58 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3663:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://salamanteri.homelinux.net/wordpress/software/wordpress-plugins/phpinclude/">PHPInclude</a></p>
<p>Allows including any files php can access included and executed if it&#8217;s php. Include tag will be replaced with content or output of php code. Provides security measures to limit which posters have access to functionality. No bugs or flaws found.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.troidus.com/plugins/menu-maker/">Menu Maker</a></p>
<p>The Menu Maker plugin helps in creating a menu for your site. Usually this can be used for creating a navigation menu.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yakupgovler.com/?p=592">Advanced Blogroll</a></p>
<p>Advanced Blogroll Widget displays your bookmarks as you want. You can customize your blogroll.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy2hide/">Easy2hide</a></p>
<p>Put your words needed to hide , between&#8221;[cookie]&#8221; and &#8220;[/cookie]&#8221; for those who haven&#8217;t reply to any posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://mattwalters.net/projects/wordpress-filter/">WordPress Filter</a></p>
<p>WordPress Filter is a comprehensive post filtering &amp; template system.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-post-styling/">WP Post Styling</a></p>
<p>Allows you to define custom styles for any specific post or page on your WordPress site.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-pages/">List pages</a></p>
<p>Retrieve pages, and children, in a more sophisticated way and add the correct class to the parent li-element even if you&#8217;re visting a child-page.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/12/21/get-the-image-plugin-update-a-better-image-script-for-wordpress">Get the Image</a></p>
<p>The script looks for the custom fields Keys that you define. If that Key has a Value (should be an image URL), the image is displayed with your post. If there is no custom field used, the script looks for the first image attached to your post. If there is one, then it grabs that image and uses it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce">WordPress e-Commerce plugin</a></p>
<p>The WordPress e-Commerce plugin is a state-of-the-art e-Commerce platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards and usability. It is both free and priceless at the same time.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lastpostsimage/">LastPostsImage</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides a customizable image always showing the last posts of your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpmarketer.com/download/">WP-Marketer</a></p>
<p>Easy marketer link masking and more. With WP Marketer manage your in text and performance marketing programs without having to use multiple tools</p>
<p><a href="http://www.misternifty.com/easysms/">EasySMS</a></p>
<p>EasySMS provides an easy way for readers to subscribe to SMS updates and for admins to send SMS messages to groups.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-lastpostsimage.html">SensitiveTagCloud</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides a tagcloud that shows tags depending of the current context (e.g. Category, Author, Tag, Post) only.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/icanlocalize-comment-translator/">ICanLocalize Comment Translator</a></p>
<p>Manages human translated blogs and allows you to administrate, create contents and moderate comments in your native language.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/micro-anywhere/">Micro Anywhere</a></p>
<p>Micro Anywhere allows for easy insertion of microformatted contact information and event details through the WordPress WYSIWYG editor.</p>";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/21";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4828";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/21/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1221-2/";s:11:"description";s:3785:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/blog-copyright/">Blog Copyright</a></p>
<p>Blog Copyright injects a copyright notice into the blog footer.</p>
<p><a href="http://jcksn.com/2008/12/wordpress-art-direction-plugin/">Art Direction Plugin</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to have global archive and single page per-post styles.</p>
<p><a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/12/20/admin-menu-editor-for-wordpress/">Admin Menu Editor</a></p>
<p>Manually edit the Dashboard menu. You can reorder the menus, show/hide specific items, change access rights, and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vimeo-quicktags/">Vimeo Quicktags</a></p>
<p>Enable administrator to embed vimeo video into blog. Options available are the same as provided by vimeo.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/picapp/">Picapp</a></p>
<p>The plugin makes it easier to insert free, quality photos into a blog post by integrating all these into your WordPress interface.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-avatars/">Author Avatars</a></p>
<p>This plugin provides a widget and a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Bforchhammer/Author_Avatars_ShortCode_Documentation">shortcode</a> which allow you to show avatars of blog users.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/open-picture-window-plugin/">Open Picture Window</a></p>
<p>Opens a new browser window containing the image specified using JavaScript. You have the option to choose the features as well as choose if you want it to be centered.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/add-to-feed/">Add to Feed</a></p>
<p>A simple feed enhancement plugin that allows you to add custom text or HTML to posts in your WordPress blog feed. You can add text before the content and/or after the content as well as a copyright message. Now, include a link to the current post as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.semiologic.com/software/publishing/external-links/">External Links</a></p>
<p>The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/autoclose/">Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks</a></p>
<p>Automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts. You can choose to keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks open on certain posts. You can now delete post revisions as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.studiograsshopper.ch/wordpress-plugins/serial-posts-plugin/">Serial Posts</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to assign a Serial name, using custom fields, to your posts and then automatically displays a list of other posts which have the same Serial name when viewing this post. You can create as many Serials as you need, therefore allowing you to create multiple groupings of posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lucabiagini.com/2008/11/wordpress-plugin-the-excerpt-re-reloaded/">Excerpt Re-reloaded</a></p>
<p>Create an excerpt choosing number of words, link text for the rest of the post, filter for allowed tags with autoclose. It works with WP 2.6+</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/old-post-promoter/">Old Post Promoter</a></p>
<p>The main feature is the ability to promote an old post to either the 1st or 2nd position.</p>
<p><a href="http://plugins.performancing.com/pmetrics-wordpress-plugin/">pMetrics</a></p>
<p>The pMetrics WordPress Plugin allows you to check blog stats directly from your WordPress Dashboard</p>
<p><a href="http://www.anieto2k.com/2008/12/20/jugando-con-el-api-de-comentarios-de-wordpress-27/">WordPress 2.7 Comments API</a></p>
<p>This isn’t a plugin, but a PHP5 Class for use new WordPress 2.7 Comments API. Page in Spanish.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:21:35 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3785:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/blog-copyright/">Blog Copyright</a></p>
<p>Blog Copyright injects a copyright notice into the blog footer.</p>
<p><a href="http://jcksn.com/2008/12/wordpress-art-direction-plugin/">Art Direction Plugin</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to have global archive and single page per-post styles.</p>
<p><a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/12/20/admin-menu-editor-for-wordpress/">Admin Menu Editor</a></p>
<p>Manually edit the Dashboard menu. You can reorder the menus, show/hide specific items, change access rights, and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vimeo-quicktags/">Vimeo Quicktags</a></p>
<p>Enable administrator to embed vimeo video into blog. Options available are the same as provided by vimeo.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/picapp/">Picapp</a></p>
<p>The plugin makes it easier to insert free, quality photos into a blog post by integrating all these into your WordPress interface.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-avatars/">Author Avatars</a></p>
<p>This plugin provides a widget and a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Bforchhammer/Author_Avatars_ShortCode_Documentation">shortcode</a> which allow you to show avatars of blog users.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/open-picture-window-plugin/">Open Picture Window</a></p>
<p>Opens a new browser window containing the image specified using JavaScript. You have the option to choose the features as well as choose if you want it to be centered.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/add-to-feed/">Add to Feed</a></p>
<p>A simple feed enhancement plugin that allows you to add custom text or HTML to posts in your WordPress blog feed. You can add text before the content and/or after the content as well as a copyright message. Now, include a link to the current post as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.semiologic.com/software/publishing/external-links/">External Links</a></p>
<p>The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/autoclose/">Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks</a></p>
<p>Automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts. You can choose to keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks open on certain posts. You can now delete post revisions as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.studiograsshopper.ch/wordpress-plugins/serial-posts-plugin/">Serial Posts</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to assign a Serial name, using custom fields, to your posts and then automatically displays a list of other posts which have the same Serial name when viewing this post. You can create as many Serials as you need, therefore allowing you to create multiple groupings of posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lucabiagini.com/2008/11/wordpress-plugin-the-excerpt-re-reloaded/">Excerpt Re-reloaded</a></p>
<p>Create an excerpt choosing number of words, link text for the rest of the post, filter for allowed tags with autoclose. It works with WP 2.6+</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogtrafficexchange.com/old-post-promoter/">Old Post Promoter</a></p>
<p>The main feature is the ability to promote an old post to either the 1st or 2nd position.</p>
<p><a href="http://plugins.performancing.com/pmetrics-wordpress-plugin/">pMetrics</a></p>
<p>The pMetrics WordPress Plugin allows you to check blog stats directly from your WordPress Dashboard</p>
<p><a href="http://www.anieto2k.com/2008/12/20/jugando-con-el-api-de-comentarios-de-wordpress-27/">WordPress 2.7 Comments API</a></p>
<p>This isn’t a plugin, but a PHP5 Class for use new WordPress 2.7 Comments API. Page in Spanish.</p>";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:25:"Matt: Friendster Switches";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=9779";s:4:"link";s:41:"http://ma.tt/2008/12/friendster-switches/";s:11:"description";s:464:"<p><a href="http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2008/12/18/friendster-relaunches-blogs-switches-wordpress-mu/">Friendster Relaunches Blogs, Switches to WordPress MU</a>. Basically Friendster has switched <em>millions</em> of blogs from Typepad to WordPress, presumably at least partly because Six Apart abandoned their Typepad platform for third parties <a href="http://toni.org/2006/10/30/le-monde-moves-to-wordpress/">starting in late 2006 with Le Monde</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:02:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:464:"<p><a href="http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2008/12/18/friendster-relaunches-blogs-switches-wordpress-mu/">Friendster Relaunches Blogs, Switches to WordPress MU</a>. Basically Friendster has switched <em>millions</em> of blogs from Typepad to WordPress, presumably at least partly because Six Apart abandoned their Typepad platform for third parties <a href="http://toni.org/2006/10/30/le-monde-moves-to-wordpress/">starting in late 2006 with Le Monde</a>.</p>";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt: Art Direction Plugin";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=9776";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/12/art-direction-plugin/";s:11:"description";s:349:"<p><a href="http://jcksn.com/2008/12/wordpress-art-direction-plugin/">WordPress “Art Direction” Plugin</a>, from Automattician Noel Jackson. Basically allows you to do what <a href="http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/a-new-day/">Jason Santa Maria does for his blog</a> without all the custom code and template hacking, just a simple plugin.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:58:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:349:"<p><a href="http://jcksn.com/2008/12/wordpress-art-direction-plugin/">WordPress “Art Direction” Plugin</a>, from Automattician Noel Jackson. Basically allows you to do what <a href="http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/a-new-day/">Jason Santa Maria does for his blog</a> without all the custom code and template hacking, just a simple plugin.</p>";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/20";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4821";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/20/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1220-2/";s:11:"description";s:2376:"<p><a href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2008/12/leviathan-wordpress-theme"><strong>Leviathan</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://themehybrid.com/demo/leviathan"><img title="leviathan-theme" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/leviathantheme.png" border="0" alt="leviathan-theme" width="100" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Leviathan is a child theme available under the <a href="http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid">Hybrid theme framework</a>. Two column, widget ready, gravatar ready with threaded comments support.</p>
<p><a href="http://webdemar.com/wordpress/wordpress-theme-decoder-09/"><strong>deCoder</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://webdemar.com/demo/?wptheme=deCoder"><img title="wordpress-theme-decoder" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wordpressthemedecoder.jpg" border="0" alt="wordpress-theme-decoder" width="114" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Fixed width, 2 columns, right sidebar, widget ready with threaded comments and avatars.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2008/12/17/free-wordpress-theme-wp-christmas/"><strong>WP-Christmas</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/go/4257demo"><img title="wp-christmas" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpchristmas.jpg" border="0" alt="wp-christmas" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Three columns, Widget ready, Adsense ready, Left and Right Sidebar, Fixed width theme</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2008/12/17/free-wordpress-theme-wp-dodson/"><strong>WP-Dodson</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/go/4258demo"><img title="wp-dodson" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpdodson.jpg" border="0" alt="wp-dodson" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two columns, Widget ready, Adsense ready, Right Sidebar, Fixed width theme</p>
<p><a href="http://templates.arcsin.se/emplode-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Emplode</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://templates.arcsin.se/wp-demo/emplode/"><img title="emplode" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/emplode.jpg" border="0" alt="emplode" width="200" height="100" /></a></p>
<p>A clean and simple two-column, fixed width theme supporting widgets.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Are you a theme author? Read how you can <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">submit your themes to us</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:33:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2376:"<p><a href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2008/12/leviathan-wordpress-theme"><strong>Leviathan</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://themehybrid.com/demo/leviathan"><img title="leviathan-theme" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/leviathantheme.png" border="0" alt="leviathan-theme" width="100" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Leviathan is a child theme available under the <a href="http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid">Hybrid theme framework</a>. Two column, widget ready, gravatar ready with threaded comments support.</p>
<p><a href="http://webdemar.com/wordpress/wordpress-theme-decoder-09/"><strong>deCoder</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://webdemar.com/demo/?wptheme=deCoder"><img title="wordpress-theme-decoder" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wordpressthemedecoder.jpg" border="0" alt="wordpress-theme-decoder" width="114" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Fixed width, 2 columns, right sidebar, widget ready with threaded comments and avatars.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2008/12/17/free-wordpress-theme-wp-christmas/"><strong>WP-Christmas</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/go/4257demo"><img title="wp-christmas" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpchristmas.jpg" border="0" alt="wp-christmas" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Three columns, Widget ready, Adsense ready, Left and Right Sidebar, Fixed width theme</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2008/12/17/free-wordpress-theme-wp-dodson/"><strong>WP-Dodson</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/go/4258demo"><img title="wp-dodson" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpdodson.jpg" border="0" alt="wp-dodson" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two columns, Widget ready, Adsense ready, Right Sidebar, Fixed width theme</p>
<p><a href="http://templates.arcsin.se/emplode-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Emplode</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://templates.arcsin.se/wp-demo/emplode/"><img title="emplode" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/emplode.jpg" border="0" alt="emplode" width="200" height="100" /></a></p>
<p>A clean and simple two-column, fixed width theme supporting widgets.</p>
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<p>Are you a theme author? Read how you can <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/">submit your themes to us</a>.</p>";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Gone Social - BuddyPress";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4809";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/20/wordpress-gone-social-buddypress/";s:11:"description";s:2882:"<p><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/10/newwwpweeklylogo.png" align="right" />First off, BuddyPress is looking real good these days. Secondly, I&#8217;d like to thank Andy Peatling, head honcho for the <a href="http://www.buddypress.org" target="_blank">BuddyPress project</a> for stopping by and lending us an hour of his time to explain exactly what BuddyPress is and does. On December 15th, 2008 Andy released the first <a href="http://buddypress.org/blog/2008/12/buddypress-10b1-components/" target="_blank">beta version of the project</a>. So what exactly is BuddyPress?</p>
<blockquote><p>
BuddyPress is essentially a set of WordPress MU specific plugins. Each plugin component adds a distinct feature to BuddyPress and only handles functionality for that specific component (for example, private messaging). BuddyPress also has a core plugin that all other plugins require, it contains shared functions and performs the basic modifications to the WordPress MU interface.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Tune into the show to hear Andy delve into the feature set of the project as well as taking questions from the audience. By the way, if you don&#8217;t have the ability to install WordPress MU and then BuddyPress, you can view and participate in a live demo by registering an account on <a href="http://testbp.org/" target="_blank">http://www.testbp.org</a></p>
<p><center><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/buddypress.png"><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/buddypress-300x180.png" alt="" title="BuddyPress Profile Page" width="300" height="180" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4810" /></a></center></p>
<p><strong>Announcements:</strong> This was our last show for 2008. Keith and I look forward to creating more great podcasts in 2009 and we both thank each and everyone of you who continue to support the show. Have a happy holiday and a merry new year.</p>
<p>Mark E. Will Be On The Show For January 2nd To Discuss His Comprehensive Security Plugin</p>
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Please join the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/wordpress-weekly">forum for WordPress Weekly</a> to discuss things you heard on the show, share tips and tricks, give feedback, or to let us know something you think would be great for the audience to know about.</p>
<h2>WPWeekly Meta:</h2>
<p><strong>Next Episode:</strong> Friday January 2nd, 2008 8P.M. EST</p>
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<p><strong>Length Of Episode:</strong> 55 Minutes</p>
<p><strong>Download The Show:</strong> <a href="http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-34224/TS-172384.mp3" target="_blank">WordPressWeeklyEpisode34.mp3</a></p>
<p><strong>Listen To Episode #34:</strong><br />
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:16:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:2882:"<p><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/10/newwwpweeklylogo.png" align="right" />First off, BuddyPress is looking real good these days. Secondly, I&#8217;d like to thank Andy Peatling, head honcho for the <a href="http://www.buddypress.org" target="_blank">BuddyPress project</a> for stopping by and lending us an hour of his time to explain exactly what BuddyPress is and does. On December 15th, 2008 Andy released the first <a href="http://buddypress.org/blog/2008/12/buddypress-10b1-components/" target="_blank">beta version of the project</a>. So what exactly is BuddyPress?</p>
<blockquote><p>
BuddyPress is essentially a set of WordPress MU specific plugins. Each plugin component adds a distinct feature to BuddyPress and only handles functionality for that specific component (for example, private messaging). BuddyPress also has a core plugin that all other plugins require, it contains shared functions and performs the basic modifications to the WordPress MU interface.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Tune into the show to hear Andy delve into the feature set of the project as well as taking questions from the audience. By the way, if you don&#8217;t have the ability to install WordPress MU and then BuddyPress, you can view and participate in a live demo by registering an account on <a href="http://testbp.org/" target="_blank">http://www.testbp.org</a></p>
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<p><strong>Announcements:</strong> This was our last show for 2008. Keith and I look forward to creating more great podcasts in 2009 and we both thank each and everyone of you who continue to support the show. Have a happy holiday and a merry new year.</p>
<p>Mark E. Will Be On The Show For January 2nd To Discuss His Comprehensive Security Plugin</p>
<p><strong>WordPress Weekly Forums:</strong><br />
Please join the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/wordpress-weekly">forum for WordPress Weekly</a> to discuss things you heard on the show, share tips and tricks, give feedback, or to let us know something you think would be great for the audience to know about.</p>
<h2>WPWeekly Meta:</h2>
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<p><strong>Length Of Episode:</strong> 55 Minutes</p>
<p><strong>Download The Show:</strong> <a href="http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-34224/TS-172384.mp3" target="_blank">WordPressWeeklyEpisode34.mp3</a></p>
<p><strong>Listen To Episode #34:</strong><br />
</p>";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Lorelle on WP: 500,000 WordPress 2.7 Downloads";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3463";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/500000-wordpress-27-downloads/";s:11:"description";s:7782:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="WordPress News"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png" alt="WordPress News" align="right" /></a>December 11, 2008, <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/" title="WordPress 2.7 Coltrane">WordPress 2.7 was announced and released</a> to the public, one of the hottest versions of WordPress ever.</p>
<p>Just 20 hours later, <a href="http://boren.nu/archives/2008/12/11/100000-in-20/" title="100,000 in 20">Ryan Boren announced that there have been 100,000 downloads</a> in those first few hours, spinning the <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads">WordPress Counter</a>. </p>
<p><del datetime="00">In the next few moments or so</del>, The <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads">WordPress Counter</a> rolled over 500,000 downloads of the new WordPress 2.7.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/wp27500final.png" alt="WordPress 2.7 passing 500,000 downloads" title="WordPress 2.7 passing 500,000 downloads" width="410" height="295" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3470" /></a></p>
<p>The WordPress Counter is restarted with every version release. </p>
<p>So let&#8217;s do a little math, with a reminder that I&#8217;m not good at math. </p>
<p>Using the handy date calculation tool from <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/" title="timeanddate.com">Timeanddate.com</a>, from and including Thursday, December 11, 2008, to and including Friday, December 19, 2008, nine days have passed. The tool told me this equals:</p>
<ul>
<li>777,600 seconds (0.643 downloads a second)</li>
<li>12,960 minutes (38.58 downloads per minute)</li>
<li>216 hours (2,314.81 downloads per hour)</li>
</ul>
<p>That&#8217;s some serious bandwidth action. Go <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="Download WordPress 2.7">download WordPress 2.7</a> now and let&#8217;s see how fast we can reach one million. By Monday? Wednesday? Anyone taking bets? <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>If it takes 0.64 seconds per download, how long before the WordPress 2.7 download counter will read one billion? Want to guess? Place more bets? </p>
<p>I announced this on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lorelleonwp/" title="Lorelle on WordPress Twitter">my Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.webmaster-source.com/" title="Webmaster Source">Matt Harzewski (redwall_hp)</a> admitted that while he had upgraded many WordPress blogs to 2.7 since its release, he had only downloaded one copy. </p>
<p>Have you been recycling your WordPress downloads? <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<h4>Related Articles</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-released/" title="WordPress 2.7 Released">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Released</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-on-the-blog-herald/" title="WordPress News on the Blog Herald">WordPress News on the Blog Herald</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/wordpress-27-upgrade-tips/" title="WordPress 2.7 Upgrade Tips">WordPress 2.7 Upgrade Tips</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-available-now/" title="WordPress 2.7 Available Now">WordPress 2.7 Available Now</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/countdown-to-wordpress-27/" title="Countdown to WordPress 2.7">Countdown to WordPress 2.7</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/wordpress-27-hits-wordpresscom-thursday-december-4-2008/" title="WordPress 2.7 Hits WordPress.com Thursday, Decembe 4, 2008">WordPress 2.7 Hits WordPress.com Thursday, December 4, 2008</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/wordpress-27-release-news-and-links/" title="WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links">WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/wordpress-27-news/" title="WordPress 2.7 News">WordPress 2.7 News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/warning-fake-wordpress-malicious-site/" title="Fake WordPress Malicious Site">Warning: Fake WordPress Malicious Site</a></li>
</ul>
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Posted in WordPress News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3463&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:57:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"Lorelle VanFossen";}s:7:"summary";s:7782:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="WordPress News"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png" alt="WordPress News" align="right" /></a>December 11, 2008, <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/" title="WordPress 2.7 Coltrane">WordPress 2.7 was announced and released</a> to the public, one of the hottest versions of WordPress ever.</p>
<p>Just 20 hours later, <a href="http://boren.nu/archives/2008/12/11/100000-in-20/" title="100,000 in 20">Ryan Boren announced that there have been 100,000 downloads</a> in those first few hours, spinning the <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads">WordPress Counter</a>. </p>
<p><del datetime="00">In the next few moments or so</del>, The <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads">WordPress Counter</a> rolled over 500,000 downloads of the new WordPress 2.7.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/wp27500final.png" alt="WordPress 2.7 passing 500,000 downloads" title="WordPress 2.7 passing 500,000 downloads" width="410" height="295" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3470" /></a></p>
<p>The WordPress Counter is restarted with every version release. </p>
<p>So let&#8217;s do a little math, with a reminder that I&#8217;m not good at math. </p>
<p>Using the handy date calculation tool from <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/" title="timeanddate.com">Timeanddate.com</a>, from and including Thursday, December 11, 2008, to and including Friday, December 19, 2008, nine days have passed. The tool told me this equals:</p>
<ul>
<li>777,600 seconds (0.643 downloads a second)</li>
<li>12,960 minutes (38.58 downloads per minute)</li>
<li>216 hours (2,314.81 downloads per hour)</li>
</ul>
<p>That&#8217;s some serious bandwidth action. Go <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="Download WordPress 2.7">download WordPress 2.7</a> now and let&#8217;s see how fast we can reach one million. By Monday? Wednesday? Anyone taking bets? <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>If it takes 0.64 seconds per download, how long before the WordPress 2.7 download counter will read one billion? Want to guess? Place more bets? </p>
<p>I announced this on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lorelleonwp/" title="Lorelle on WordPress Twitter">my Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.webmaster-source.com/" title="Webmaster Source">Matt Harzewski (redwall_hp)</a> admitted that while he had upgraded many WordPress blogs to 2.7 since its release, he had only downloaded one copy. </p>
<p>Have you been recycling your WordPress downloads? <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<h4>Related Articles</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-released/" title="WordPress 2.7 Released">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Released</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-on-the-blog-herald/" title="WordPress News on the Blog Herald">WordPress News on the Blog Herald</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/wordpress-27-upgrade-tips/" title="WordPress 2.7 Upgrade Tips">WordPress 2.7 Upgrade Tips</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-available-now/" title="WordPress 2.7 Available Now">WordPress 2.7 Available Now</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/countdown-to-wordpress-27/" title="Countdown to WordPress 2.7">Countdown to WordPress 2.7</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/wordpress-27-hits-wordpresscom-thursday-december-4-2008/" title="WordPress 2.7 Hits WordPress.com Thursday, Decembe 4, 2008">WordPress 2.7 Hits WordPress.com Thursday, December 4, 2008</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/wordpress-27-release-news-and-links/" title="WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links">WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/wordpress-27-news/" title="WordPress 2.7 News">WordPress 2.7 News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/warning-fake-wordpress-malicious-site/" title="Fake WordPress Malicious Site">Warning: Fake WordPress Malicious Site</a></li>
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Posted in WordPress News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3463/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3463&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: 2hr Interview With Matt Mullenweg";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4800";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/19/2hr-interview-with-matt-mullenweg/";s:11:"description";s:7115:"<p>On <strong>Thursday, December 18th</strong>, I had the honor of having a fireside chat so to speak with Matt Mullenweg. The chat lasted a little over two hours and then, Matt stayed around after the show for an additional two hours to field questions from anybody that asked them. There are a number of things that I have taken away with this chat with Matt and I&#8217;ll be listing those in an article in the following days but without a shadow of a doubt, Matt is a stand up guy. He answered all of my questions, even the tough ones which were submitted by the community. While there is room left to debate the GPL and what is or isn&#8217;t compliant, Matt answered the GPL questions to the best of his ability and in most cases, his answers are nothing more than his personal opinion since certain aspects of the GPL would be much clearer if there was a court case to stand by.</p>
<p>I really feel as though this two hour recording is the most important recording I&#8217;ve made yet and is the biggest contribution I have made so far, back to the community. If there was one podcast that you should listen to as it relates to WordPress, the GPL, Matt&#8217;s involvement with Automattic and the Project, this would be it. Special thanks to Matt Mullenweg for agreeing to come on the show to address all of the issues that were presented to him by me.</p>
<p>To get a sample of the information discussed in this episode, here are the list of questions that I asked Matt. After this list, he took questions from anyone that asked them either by those who called in or sent them in the chat.</p>
<p>Why were those themes removed from the repository and if you look back at the situation now, do you think you made a mistake by not making a public post about the removals?</p>
<p>Can you explain why the new guideline was added to the theme repository?</p>
<p>Why is it that so many people within the inner circle of the WordPress community believe you and Automattic don&#8217;t want anyone else profiting through or around WordPress?</p>
<p>In your opinion, do you think that premium themes have actually benefited the community by way of furthering the overall development of WordPress themes?</p>
<p>In a recent conversation, I saw you describe premium themes as propietary and how you felt that was a better word than premium. Why is that?</p>
<p>How many of these debates and the way things are done are a result of their not being a court case to go by?</p>
<p>Does it bother you at all to see countless debates on various WordPress theme author sites about the GPL and what is and not compliant with it?</p>
<p>Drupal and Joomla have decided the commercial stuff is okay but why not WordPress?</p>
<p>In November of 2007 hot off the heels of WordCamp Argentina, news came out about a possible theme marketplace where people sold themes through the marketplace and the theme author as well as Automattic each recieved a cut of the profits. Was that your way of trying to help premium theme authors and has their been any progress on the idea?</p>
<p>The Drupal community has debated this GPL/Premium/Theme issue for a while. And a solid understanding has come from it:</p>
<p>A theme is made up of several files - template files (ending in .php), CSS, images and JavaScript. The template files are considered a part of Drupal, which is licensed under the GPL, which means they are not restricted in their redistribution. You are free to share the .php files so others can benefit from them. However, the rest of the theme - images, CSS and JavaScript - is independent from Drupal and owned by us and licensed by you for one website per purchase. You may not publish or share these parts of the themes with anyone else. Please review our EULA for full details. (Taken from a Drupal Theme Developers page)</p>
<p>When the notion of making money by selling themes pops up at WordCamps, you are quick to explain the WordPress.com business model of selling services and building support/value around the prodcut but this model will not work for everyone. What is a premium theme author to do?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve spoken to a few premium theme authors and they tell me that because of the GPL, nothing stops someone from picking up Brian Gardners themes, changing the footer link and then undercutting his business by selling support at a cheaper price. Is that a valid argument?</p>
<p>Redistributing paid themes for free, which is ok under the GPL thus, rendering the business model of selling themes useless, as I understand it. Yet, that hasn&#8217;t happened and I wonder if that is because most end users are not aware of the GPL, all they see is the single-use multi-use licenses attached to themes</p>
<p>Is there a way where premium theme companies such as iThemes and you or Automattic can come to a compromise?</p>
<p>Lets say I have a template generator that outputs GPL themes, but has premium features. It could be used to create freebie themes which would be eligible to be in the repository, but since the generator outputs themes with a link back to my site which promotes the premium services, which in turn may be used for creating themes suitable for the repository, but again those themes have a link back to my site.</p>
<p>Is it true that the notion of Child themes which appears to be gaining momentum can be viewed as a loophole as far as the GPL is concerned considering these are themes which are purele CSS and Image based?</p>
<p>At what point do you stop accepting good themes that comply with the GPL because of a connection an author has with commercial themes. How far does it go.</p>
<p>If WP.org is about the community, why are decisions made unilaterally, rather than by the community?</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, do you get annoyed sometimes by people blaming or mentioning Automattic for the decisions or things that take place for WordPress.org? I mean, Automattic and the WordPress project are two separate things.</p>
<p>What is your role with automattic and what is your role with the wordpress.org project and is their ever a conflict of interest between the two?</p>
<p>In your opinion, how far does the GPL go? CSS, images, phpfiles,</p>
<p>Why have you not used the WordPress development blog to bring forth the issues of GPL and various other aspects of the project?</p>
<p>This whole show has pretty much been dedicated to themes but how does all of this effect plugins, the plugin repository and such?</ul>
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<p><strong>Listen To The Special Interview With Matt Mullenweg:</strong><br />
</p>
<p>Chat log from those who participated in the chatroom: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/specialinterviewchatlog.txt">Special Interview Chat Log</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:52:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:7115:"<p>On <strong>Thursday, December 18th</strong>, I had the honor of having a fireside chat so to speak with Matt Mullenweg. The chat lasted a little over two hours and then, Matt stayed around after the show for an additional two hours to field questions from anybody that asked them. There are a number of things that I have taken away with this chat with Matt and I&#8217;ll be listing those in an article in the following days but without a shadow of a doubt, Matt is a stand up guy. He answered all of my questions, even the tough ones which were submitted by the community. While there is room left to debate the GPL and what is or isn&#8217;t compliant, Matt answered the GPL questions to the best of his ability and in most cases, his answers are nothing more than his personal opinion since certain aspects of the GPL would be much clearer if there was a court case to stand by.</p>
<p>I really feel as though this two hour recording is the most important recording I&#8217;ve made yet and is the biggest contribution I have made so far, back to the community. If there was one podcast that you should listen to as it relates to WordPress, the GPL, Matt&#8217;s involvement with Automattic and the Project, this would be it. Special thanks to Matt Mullenweg for agreeing to come on the show to address all of the issues that were presented to him by me.</p>
<p>To get a sample of the information discussed in this episode, here are the list of questions that I asked Matt. After this list, he took questions from anyone that asked them either by those who called in or sent them in the chat.</p>
<p>Why were those themes removed from the repository and if you look back at the situation now, do you think you made a mistake by not making a public post about the removals?</p>
<p>Can you explain why the new guideline was added to the theme repository?</p>
<p>Why is it that so many people within the inner circle of the WordPress community believe you and Automattic don&#8217;t want anyone else profiting through or around WordPress?</p>
<p>In your opinion, do you think that premium themes have actually benefited the community by way of furthering the overall development of WordPress themes?</p>
<p>In a recent conversation, I saw you describe premium themes as propietary and how you felt that was a better word than premium. Why is that?</p>
<p>How many of these debates and the way things are done are a result of their not being a court case to go by?</p>
<p>Does it bother you at all to see countless debates on various WordPress theme author sites about the GPL and what is and not compliant with it?</p>
<p>Drupal and Joomla have decided the commercial stuff is okay but why not WordPress?</p>
<p>In November of 2007 hot off the heels of WordCamp Argentina, news came out about a possible theme marketplace where people sold themes through the marketplace and the theme author as well as Automattic each recieved a cut of the profits. Was that your way of trying to help premium theme authors and has their been any progress on the idea?</p>
<p>The Drupal community has debated this GPL/Premium/Theme issue for a while. And a solid understanding has come from it:</p>
<p>A theme is made up of several files - template files (ending in .php), CSS, images and JavaScript. The template files are considered a part of Drupal, which is licensed under the GPL, which means they are not restricted in their redistribution. You are free to share the .php files so others can benefit from them. However, the rest of the theme - images, CSS and JavaScript - is independent from Drupal and owned by us and licensed by you for one website per purchase. You may not publish or share these parts of the themes with anyone else. Please review our EULA for full details. (Taken from a Drupal Theme Developers page)</p>
<p>When the notion of making money by selling themes pops up at WordCamps, you are quick to explain the WordPress.com business model of selling services and building support/value around the prodcut but this model will not work for everyone. What is a premium theme author to do?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve spoken to a few premium theme authors and they tell me that because of the GPL, nothing stops someone from picking up Brian Gardners themes, changing the footer link and then undercutting his business by selling support at a cheaper price. Is that a valid argument?</p>
<p>Redistributing paid themes for free, which is ok under the GPL thus, rendering the business model of selling themes useless, as I understand it. Yet, that hasn&#8217;t happened and I wonder if that is because most end users are not aware of the GPL, all they see is the single-use multi-use licenses attached to themes</p>
<p>Is there a way where premium theme companies such as iThemes and you or Automattic can come to a compromise?</p>
<p>Lets say I have a template generator that outputs GPL themes, but has premium features. It could be used to create freebie themes which would be eligible to be in the repository, but since the generator outputs themes with a link back to my site which promotes the premium services, which in turn may be used for creating themes suitable for the repository, but again those themes have a link back to my site.</p>
<p>Is it true that the notion of Child themes which appears to be gaining momentum can be viewed as a loophole as far as the GPL is concerned considering these are themes which are purele CSS and Image based?</p>
<p>At what point do you stop accepting good themes that comply with the GPL because of a connection an author has with commercial themes. How far does it go.</p>
<p>If WP.org is about the community, why are decisions made unilaterally, rather than by the community?</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, do you get annoyed sometimes by people blaming or mentioning Automattic for the decisions or things that take place for WordPress.org? I mean, Automattic and the WordPress project are two separate things.</p>
<p>What is your role with automattic and what is your role with the wordpress.org project and is their ever a conflict of interest between the two?</p>
<p>In your opinion, how far does the GPL go? CSS, images, phpfiles,</p>
<p>Why have you not used the WordPress development blog to bring forth the issues of GPL and various other aspects of the project?</p>
<p>This whole show has pretty much been dedicated to themes but how does all of this effect plugins, the plugin repository and such?</ul>
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<p><strong>Length Of Episode:</strong> 2 Hours 11 Minutes</p>
<p><strong>Download The Show:</strong> <a href="http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-34224/TS-173505.mp3" target="_blank">InterviewWithMatt.mp3</a></p>
<p><strong>Listen To The Special Interview With Matt Mullenweg:</strong><br />
</p>
<p>Chat log from those who participated in the chatroom: <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/specialinterviewchatlog.txt">Special Interview Chat Log</a></p>";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:72:"Weblog Tools Collection: Mastering Your WordPress 2.7 Theme & Admin Area";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4777";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/19/mastering-your-wordpress-27-theme-admin-area/";s:11:"description";s:1177:"<p><a href="http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/mastering-your-wordpress-27-theme-admin-area-tips-and-tricks.html">Mastering Your WordPress 2.7 Theme &amp; Admin Area: Tips and Tricks</a>.: Noupe has a nice writeup on mastering WordPress 2.7 Admin and understanding how to use the new features of WordPress 2.7 in your theme. These include</p>
<ul>
<li>1.1. Enhancing Comment Display - Threading, Paging, etc.</li>
<li>1.2. Make this post sticky</li>
<li>1.3. Post Classes</li>
<li>1.4. wp page menu</li>
<li>1.5. Logout Link</li>
<li>2.1. Keyboard Shortcuts for browsing and moderating comments</li>
<li>2.2. Reply to and Edit comments from Admin Area</li>
<li>2.3. Edit comments from Admin Area</li>
<li>2.4. Allow plugin installations via web interface from Admin Area</li>
<li>2.5. Admin’s new Navigation Menu</li>
<li>2.6. Interesting Dashboard Modules: QuickPress &amp; Recent Drafts</li>
<li>2.7. Quick Edit Option in Admin area</li>
<li>2.8. Auto Close Comments And Trackbacks</li>
<li>2.9. Bulk Edit Posts</li>
</ul>
<p>I wish there were anchors or separate pages to link directly to each piece, but alas they are all lumped together. This is a nice read nonetheless.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:12:57 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1177:"<p><a href="http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/mastering-your-wordpress-27-theme-admin-area-tips-and-tricks.html">Mastering Your WordPress 2.7 Theme &amp; Admin Area: Tips and Tricks</a>.: Noupe has a nice writeup on mastering WordPress 2.7 Admin and understanding how to use the new features of WordPress 2.7 in your theme. These include</p>
<ul>
<li>1.1. Enhancing Comment Display - Threading, Paging, etc.</li>
<li>1.2. Make this post sticky</li>
<li>1.3. Post Classes</li>
<li>1.4. wp page menu</li>
<li>1.5. Logout Link</li>
<li>2.1. Keyboard Shortcuts for browsing and moderating comments</li>
<li>2.2. Reply to and Edit comments from Admin Area</li>
<li>2.3. Edit comments from Admin Area</li>
<li>2.4. Allow plugin installations via web interface from Admin Area</li>
<li>2.5. Admin’s new Navigation Menu</li>
<li>2.6. Interesting Dashboard Modules: QuickPress &amp; Recent Drafts</li>
<li>2.7. Quick Edit Option in Admin area</li>
<li>2.8. Auto Close Comments And Trackbacks</li>
<li>2.9. Bulk Edit Posts</li>
</ul>
<p>I wish there were anchors or separate pages to link directly to each piece, but alas they are all lumped together. This is a nice read nonetheless.</p>";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Lorelle on WP: WordPress News on the Blog Herald";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3450";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-on-the-blog-herald/";s:11:"description";s:27262:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="WordPress News"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png" alt="WordPress News" align="right" /></a>The past few weeks of the <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="Articles on WordPress News on the Blog Herald" rel="tag">Blog Herald&#8217;s WordPress News</a> reports that I do have been huge. Each one now takes many hours to produce, rounding up all the news from WordPress developers, Plugin and Theme developers, <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" title="WordPress.com free blogs" rel="tag">WordPress.com</a>, WordPress fan podcasts and blogs, and the WordPress Community.</p>
<p>WordPress 2.7 is the biggest WordPress version ever, and <a href="http://boren.nu/archives/2008/12/11/100000-in-20/" title="100,000 in 20">Ryan Boren announced that there have been</a> <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads">100,000 downloads</a> in the first 20 hours of release, with the WordPress counter reporting 469,208 a little over a week since the version was released. With those numbers, you can tell that there has been a lot to report on for WordPress recently. </p>
<p>To honor the end of 2008 and all the great WordPress news over the past year, and to celebrate another year of bringing you the WordPress news on the <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/" title="Blog Herald" rel="tag">Blog Herald</a> every week, here is a listing of this year&#8217;s WordPress News Wednesday Reports:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-awesome-wordpresscom-5-million-plugins-updated-and-wordcamp-news/" title="WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-released/" title="WordPress 2.7 Released">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Released</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/04/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-out-on-wordpresscom-wordpress-27-news-wordcamps-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-updated/" title="WordPress 2.7 Out on WordPress.com, WordPress 2.7 News, WordCamps, WordPress Plugins and Themes Updated">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Out on WordPress.com, WordPress 2.7 News, WordCamps, WordPress Plugins and Themes Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/27/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-new-login-wordcamp-australia-wordpress-265-security-update-buddypress-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.7 New Login, WordCamp Australia, WordPress 2.6.5 Security Update, BuddyPress, and More">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 New Login, WordCamp Australia, WordPress 2.6.5 Security Update, BuddyPress, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/21/wordpress-wednesday-news/" title="Beta 3 Released, WordCamp Australia, No WordPress 2.6.4, and More">Beta 3 Released, WordCamp Australia, No WordPress 2.6.4, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/14/wordpress-wednesday-news-27-delayed-sneak-peak-video-help-wordpress-iphone-wordcamps/" title="2.7 Delayed, Sneak Peak Video, Help WordPress iPhone, WordCamps">2.7 Delayed, Sneak Peak Video, Help WordPress iPhone, WordCamps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/06/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-beta-2-danger-wordpress-faker-and-more-wordcamps/" title="WordPress 2.7 Beta 2, Danger WordPress Faker, and More WordCamps">WordPress 2.7 Beta 2, Danger WordPress Faker, and More WordCamps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/29/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-soon-security-upgrade-podcamp-wordcamp-hawaii-polldaddy-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.7 Soon, Security Upgrade, PodCamp-WordCamp Hawaii, PollDaddy, and More">WordPress 2.7 Soon, Security Upgrade, PodCamp-WordCamp Hawaii, PollDaddy, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/15/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-freeze-wordpress-themes-news-wordcamp-bangkok/" title="WordPress 2.7 Freeze, WordPress Themes News, WordCamp Bangkok">WordPress 2.7 Freeze, WordPress Themes News, WordCamp Bangkok</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/09/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-news-wordpress-27-lester-chan-plugins-famous-super-cache-updated/" title="WordCamp News, WordPress 2.7, Lester Chan Plugins Famous, Super Cache Updated">WordCamp News, WordPress 2.7, Lester Chan Plugins Famous, Super Cache Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/09/17/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-final-features-wtc-plugin-contest-winners-wordcamps-surveys-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.7 Final Features, WTC Plugin Contest Winners, WordCamps, Surveys, and More">WordPress 2.7 Final Features, WTC Plugin Contest Winners, WordCamps, Surveys, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/09/11/wordpress-wednesday-news-4-wordcamps-wordpress-262-bad-themes-count-twitterers-threaded-comments-and-sticky-posts/" title="4 WordCamps, WordPress 2.6.2, Bad Themes, Count Twitterers, Threaded Comments, and Sticky Posts">4 WordCamps, WordPress 2.6.2, Bad Themes, Count Twitterers, Threaded Comments, and Sticky Posts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/09/05/wordpress-wednesday-news-world-wordcamps-wordpress-27-dangers-martha-stewart-wordpressmu-updated/" title="World WordCamps, WordPress 2.7 Dangers, Martha Stewart, WordPressMU Updated">World WordCamps, WordPress 2.7 Dangers, Martha Stewart, WordPressMU Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/27/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-south-africa-world-of-wordcamps-blaming-wordpress-and-crazyhorse-gallops/" title="WordCamp South Africa, World of WordCamps, Blaming WordPress, and Crazyhorse Gallops">WordCamp South Africa, World of WordCamps, Blaming WordPress, and Crazyhorse Gallops</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/21/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-2008-copy-and-paste-in-wordpress-iphone-count-your-comments-wordcamp-south-africa/" title="WordCamp 2008, Copy and Paste in WordPress iPhone, Count Your Comments, WordCamp South Africa">WordCamp 2008, Copy and Paste in WordPress iPhone, Count Your Comments, WordCamp South Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/13/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-2008-wordpress-rules-the-uk-and-wordpress-plugin-news/" title="WordCamp 2008, WordPress Rules the UK, and WordPress Plugin News">WordCamp 2008, WordPress Rules the UK, and WordPress Plugin News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/06/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-wordcamp-news-261-beta-released/" title="WordPress 2.7, WordCamp News, 2.6.1 Beta Released">WordPress 2.7, WordCamp News, 2.6.1 Beta Released</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/30/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-iphone-upgraded-wordcamp-san-francisco-registration-simon-dickson-rocked-the-uk-wordpress-theme-directory-and-201000-blogs-using-wordpress-26/" title="WordPress iPhone Upgraded, WordCamp San Francisco Registration, Simon Dickson Rocked the UK, WordPress Theme Directory, and 201,000 Blogs Using WordPress 2.6">WordPress iPhone Upgraded, WordCamp San Francisco Registration, Simon Dickson Rocked the UK, WordPress Theme Directory, and 201,000 Blogs Using WordPress 2.6</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/23/wordpress-wednesday-news-iphone-10-downing-street-wordcamp-uk-wordpress-26-rocks-wordpress-international-and-wordpress-themes-directory/" title="iPhone, 10 Downing Street, WordCamp UK, WordPress 2.6 Rocks, WordPress International, and WordPress Themes Directory">iPhone, 10 Downing Street, WordCamp UK, WordPress 2.6 Rocks, WordPress International, and WordPress Themes Directory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/17/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamps-in-africa-and-china-wordpress-26-wordpress-plugin-contest-ready-for-votes-wordcamp-uk-and-more-wordpress-news/" title="WordCamps in Africa and China, WordPress 2.6, WordPress Plugin Contest Ready for Votes, WordCamp UK, and More WordPress News">WordCamps in Africa and China, WordPress 2.6, WordPress Plugin Contest Ready for Votes, WordCamp UK, and More WordPress News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/04/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamps-in-australia-and-hawaii-security-check-plugin-google-gears-lots-of-plugin-news-and-tips-wordpress-26-news-and-if-not-wordpress-what/" title="WordCamps in Australia and Hawaii, Security Check Plugin, Google Gears, Lots of Plugin News and Tips, WordPress 2.6 News, and If Not WordPress, What?">WordCamps in Australia and Hawaii, Security Check Plugin, Google Gears, Lots of Plugin News and Tips, WordPress 2.6 News, and If Not WordPress, What?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/25/wordpress-wednesday-news-your-own-song-in-the-plugin-competition-wordpress-26-beta-and-first-looks-wordcamp-uk-new-location-batcache-naked-themes-and-more/" title="Your Own Song in the Plugin Competition, WordPress 2.6 Beta and First Looks, WordCamp UK New Location, Batcache, Naked Themes, and More">Your Own Song in the Plugin Competition, WordPress 2.6 Beta and First Looks, WordCamp UK New Location, Batcache, Naked Themes, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/19/wordpress-wednesday-new-planet-wordpress-canada-wordpress-plugins-contest-crazyhorse-buddypress-default-theme-blog-hacked-sitemaps-and-more/" title="Planet WordPress Canada, WordPress Plugins Contest, Crazyhorse, BuddyPress Default Theme, Blog Hacked, Sitemaps, and More">WordPress Wednesday New: Planet WordPress Canada, WordPress Plugins Contest, Crazyhorse, BuddyPress Default Theme, Blog Hacked, Sitemaps, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/11/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-blogs-hacked-plugin-competition-is-hot-buddypress-wordpress-sayings-and-lots-of-wordpress-plugin-news/" title="WordPress Blogs Hacked, Plugin Competition is Hot, BuddyPress, WordPress Sayings, and Lots of WordPress Plugin News">WordPress Blogs Hacked, Plugin Competition is Hot, BuddyPress, WordPress Sayings, and Lots of WordPress Plugin News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/05/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-at-50-wordpress-tweeters-tracking-wordpress-26-wordpresscom-stats-and-hot-wordpress-plugins/" title="WordPress at 50, WordPress Tweeters, Tracking WordPress 2.6, WordPress.com Stats, and Hot WordPress Plugins">WordPress at 50, WordPress Tweeters, Tracking WordPress 2.6, WordPress.com Stats, and Hot WordPress Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/28/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-5-years-old-wordcamps-international-wordpress-26-on-track-plugin-competition-is-hot-genko-updated/" title="WordPress 5 Years Old, WordCamps International, WordPress 2.6 On Track, Plugin Competition is Hot, Genko Updated">WordPress 5 Years Old, WordCamps International, WordPress 2.6 On Track, Plugin Competition is Hot, Genko Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/21/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamps-everywhere-apache-patch-for-securer-passwords-wordpress-plugin-contest-and-more-wordpress-news/" title="WordCamps Everywhere, Apache Patch for Securer Passwords, WordPress Plugin Contest, and More WordPress News">WordCamps Everywhere, Apache Patch for Securer Passwords, WordPress Plugin Contest, and More WordPress News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/14/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpressmu-updated-press-it-coming-back-wordcamp-milan-wordpress-keys-and-plugin-contest-news/" title="WordPressMU Updated, Press-It Coming Back, WordCamp Milan, WordPress Keys, and Plugin Contest News">WordPressMU Updated, Press-It Coming Back, WordCamp Milan, WordPress Keys, and Plugin Contest News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/07/wordpress-wednesday-news-which-bookmarklet-wordpress-251-mandatory-upgrade-wordpress-plugin-contest-wordcamp-2008-in-san-francisco-and-wordpress-mugs/" title="Which Bookmarklet, WordPress 2.5.1 Mandatory Upgrade, WordPress Plugin Contest, WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco, and WordPress Mugs">Which Bookmarklet, WordPress 2.5.1 Mandatory Upgrade, WordPress Plugin Contest, WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco, and WordPress Mugs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-251-released-wordpress-2008-in-august-plugins-contest-3-million-wordpresscom-responds-to-brail-court-ban-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.5.1 Released, WordPress 2008 in August, Plugins Contest, 3 Million, WordPress.com Responds to Brazil Court Ban, and More">WordPress 2.5.1 Released, WordPress 2008 in August, Plugins Contest, 3 Million, WordPress.com Responds to Brazil Court Ban, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/23/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamps-everywhere-webware-100-again-plugins-to-fix-wordpress-25-change-admin-colors-and-more/" title="WordCamps Everywhere, Webware 100 Again, Plugins to Fix WordPress 2.5, Change Admin Colors, and More">WordCamps Everywhere, Webware 100 Again, Plugins to Fix WordPress 2.5, Change Admin Colors, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-issues-wordcamps-everywhere-mullenweg-addresses-security-fears-coffee2code-finishes-14-days-of-plugins-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.5 Issues, WordCamps Everywhere, Mullenweg Addresses Security Fears, Coffee2Code Finishes 14 Days of Plugins, and More">WordPress 2.5 Issues, WordCamps Everywhere, Mullenweg Addresses Security Fears, Coffee2Code Finishes 14 Days of Plugins, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/09/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-security-issues-plugins-updated-wordpress-vs-wordpressmu-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.5, Security Issues, Plugins Updated, WordPress vs WordPressMU, and More">WordPress 2.5, Security Issues, Plugins Updated, WordPress vs WordPressMU, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/03/wordpress-wednesday-special-edition-wordpress-25/" title="WordPress 2.5">WordPress Wednesday Special Edition: WordPress 2.5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/26/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-due-any-day-beta-2-released-many-plugins-updated-wordcamp-dallas-this-weekend-wordcamp-uk-suggested-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.5 Due Any Day, Beta 2 Released, Many Plugins Updated, WordCamp Dallas This Weekend, WordCamp UK Suggested, and More">WordPress 2.5 Due Any Day, Beta 2 Released, Many Plugins Updated, WordCamp Dallas This Weekend, WordCamp UK Suggested, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/19/wordpress-wednesday-news-sneak-peeks-of-wordpress-25-beta-released-wordcamp-dallas-next-week-and-more-wordpress-news/" title="Sneak Peeks of WordPress 2.5, Beta Released, WordCamp Dallas Next Week, and More WordPress News">Sneak Peeks of WordPress 2.5, Beta Released, WordCamp Dallas Next Week, and More WordPress News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/12/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-due-march-17-administration-plugins-may-break-tons-of-plugins-updated-add-buttons-to-toolbar-wordpress-dallas-and-now-milan/" title="WordPress 2.5 Due March 17, Administration Plugins May Break, Tons of Plugins Updated, Add Buttons to Toolbar, WordPress Dallas and Now Milan!">WordPress 2.5 Due March 17, Administration Plugins May Break, Tons of Plugins Updated, Add Buttons to Toolbar, WordPress Dallas and Now Milan!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/05/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-next-week-wordpress-goes-social-cleaning-out-splogs-and-more-wordpress-news/" title="WordPress 2.5 Next Week, WordPress Goes Social, Cleaning Out Splogs, and More WordPress News">WordPress 2.5 Next Week, WordPress Goes Social, Cleaning Out Splogs, and More WordPress News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/27/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-in-two-weeks-new-hot-media-library-instant-upgrades-theme-designers-lack-inspiration-more-plugin-vulnerabilities-found/" title="WordPress 2.5 in Two Weeks, New Hot Media Library, Instant Upgrades, Theme Designers Lack Inspiration, More Plugin Vulnerabilities Found">WordPress 2.5 in Two Weeks, New Hot Media Library, Instant Upgrades, Theme Designers Lack Inspiration, More Plugin Vulnerabilities Found</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/20/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-news-colleges-and-schools-love-wordpressmu-viddler-meets-wordpress-theme-buyers-beware-columns-in-blog-posts-feeds-without-plugins/" title="WordPress 2.5 News, Colleges and Schools Love WordPressMU, Viddler Meets WordPress, Theme Buyers Beware, Columns in Blog Posts, Feeds Without Plugins">WordPress 2.5 News, Colleges and Schools Love WordPressMU, Viddler Meets WordPress, Theme Buyers Beware, Columns in Blog Posts, Feeds Without Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/14/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-live-reports-www-or-not-to-www-16000-post-migration-mt-does-wp-wp-does-kazakhstan-and-gets-mugged/" title="WordPress 2.5 Live Reports, WWW or Not to WWW, 16,000 Post Migration, MT Does WP, WP Does Kazakhstan, and Gets Mugged">WordPress 2.5 Live Reports, WWW or Not to WWW, 16,000 Post Migration, MT Does WP, WP Does Kazakhstan, and Gets Mugged</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/06/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-233-security-must-upgrade-plugins-vulnerable-automatic-upgrades-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.3.3 Security Must Upgrade, Plugins Vulnerable, Automatic Upgrades, and More">WordPress 2.3.3 Security Must Upgrade, Plugins Vulnerable, Automatic Upgrades, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/30/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-hamburg-success-automatic-upgrades-coming-5000-bounty-prologue-theme-and-wordpress-wins-again/" title="WordCamp Hamburg Success, Automatic Upgrades Coming, $5,000 Bounty, Prologue Theme, and WordPress Wins Again">WordCamp Hamburg Success, Automatic Upgrades Coming, $5,000 Bounty, Prologue Theme, and WordPress Wins Again</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/wordpress-wednesday-news-happy-birthday-wordpress-automattic-wins-and-gets-lots-of-money-security-concerns-over-plugins-and-core-wordcamp-hambug-and-hating-the-name-wordpresscom/" title="Happy Birthday WordPress, Automattic Wins and Gets Lots of Money, Security Concerns Over Plugins and Core, WordCamp Hamburg and Hating the Name WordPress.com">Happy Birthday WordPress, Automattic Wins and Gets Lots of Money, Security Concerns Over Plugins and Core, WordCamp Hamburg and Hating the Name WordPress.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/17/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-25-on-track-uninstalling-wordpress-plugins-premium-wordpress-themes-debated-permalinks-and-more-wordpress-news/" title="WordPress 2.5 On Track, Uninstalling WordPress Plugins, Premium WordPress Themes Debated, Permalinks, and More WordPress News">WordPress 2.5 On Track, Uninstalling WordPress Plugins, Premium WordPress Themes Debated, Permalinks, and More WordPress News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/09/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-24-is-25-release-delayed-security-release-issued-wordpress-groups-group-talking-to-plugin-authors-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.4 is 2.5, Release Delayed, Security Release Issued, WordPress Groups Group, Talking to Plugin Authors, and More">WordPress 2.4 is 2.5, Release Delayed, Security Release Issued, WordPress Groups Group, Talking to Plugin Authors, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/03/wordpress-wednesday-news-mandatory-wordpress-security-release-sneak-previews-of-wordpress-24-hoodies-vote-for-wordpress-moving-to-wordpress-custom-fields-and-more/" title="Mandatory WordPress Security Release, Sneak Previews of WordPress 2.4, Hoodies, Vote for WordPress, Moving to WordPress, Custom Fields, and More">Mandatory WordPress Security Release, Sneak Previews of WordPress 2.4, Hoodies, Vote for WordPress, Moving to WordPress, Custom Fields, and More</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;m not alone reporting on WordPress news and developments. The core sources and resources I depend upon that help me serve the WordPress Community are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a rel="tag" title="WordPress Planet" href="http://planet.wordpress.org/">WordPress Planet</a></li>
<li><a rel="tag" title="WordPress Development Blog" href="http://wordpress.org/development/">WordPress Development Blog</a></li>
<li><a rel="tag" title="WordPress.com Blog" href="http://wordpress.com/blog/">WordPress.com Blog</a></li>
<li><a rel="tag" title="Weblog Tools Collection" href="http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/">Weblog Tools Collection</a></li>
<li><a title="The WordPress Podcast" rel="tag" href="http://wp-community.org/">The WordPress Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="http://planetwordpress.planetozh.com/" title="Planet WordPress">Planet WordPress from Planet Ozh</a></li>
<li><a href="http://publisherblog.automattic.com/" title="WordPress Publisher Blog">WordPress Publisher Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.planetwp.ca/" title="Planet WordPress Canada">Planet WordPress Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordcamp.info/" title="The WordCamp Report">The WordCamp Report</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordcastpodcast.com/" title="WordCast">WordCast</a></li>
</ul>
<p>While it is tradition to thank all the &#8220;little people&#8221; who helped me get where I am today, I honestly owe it all to the entire WordPress Community.</p>
<p>I want to thank again the tons of people around the web whose blog content fills my feed reader every week with WordPress news, tips, guides, help, and general information. I read through hundreds of feeds and more hundreds of blog posts every week, learning what others are saying about WordPress and their WordPress blogging experience. Their perspective on WordPress, from every angle and opinion, helps me better understand how it works, and how I can better serve WordPress fans. </p>
<p>You are my heroes and heroines that make my life much easier. You are appreciated more than you could ever know. I&#8217;ve reserved a virtual hug for every one of you until we can meet in person. For those I&#8217;ve already met, you know that hug well. <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<h3>WordPress Tips on Twitter</h3>
<p>A few months ago, I started sharing all the articles and news information I&#8217;ve collected over the years or writing about and reporting on WordPress with my followers on Twitter. Each day I publish a random WordPress tip covering various versions, techniques, Theme design and development, Plugin writing and tips, and a variety of cool stuff about using WordPress.</p>
<p>What to join the fun, follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lorelleonwp" title="Follow Lorelleonwp on Twitter">lorelleonwp</a> on Twitter for your daily dose of WordPress.</p>
<p>To celebrate the end of a very successful year, I will be releasing ten WordPress tips on December 25 and January 1 throughout each of those days. </p>
<p>Thanks again to all and to all, hope your 2008 was as good or better than mine (not possible <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /> ), and that 2009 will be even more exciting with plenty of WordPress news, events, meetups, WordCamps, and in person hugs.</p>
<p>See you soon at a WordCamp Event!</p>
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Posted in WordPress News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3450&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:49:46 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"Lorelle VanFossen";}s:7:"summary";s:27262:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="WordPress News"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png" alt="WordPress News" align="right" /></a>The past few weeks of the <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="Articles on WordPress News on the Blog Herald" rel="tag">Blog Herald&#8217;s WordPress News</a> reports that I do have been huge. Each one now takes many hours to produce, rounding up all the news from WordPress developers, Plugin and Theme developers, <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" title="WordPress.com free blogs" rel="tag">WordPress.com</a>, WordPress fan podcasts and blogs, and the WordPress Community.</p>
<p>WordPress 2.7 is the biggest WordPress version ever, and <a href="http://boren.nu/archives/2008/12/11/100000-in-20/" title="100,000 in 20">Ryan Boren announced that there have been</a> <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/counter/" title="100,000 downloads">100,000 downloads</a> in the first 20 hours of release, with the WordPress counter reporting 469,208 a little over a week since the version was released. With those numbers, you can tell that there has been a lot to report on for WordPress recently. </p>
<p>To honor the end of 2008 and all the great WordPress news over the past year, and to celebrate another year of bringing you the WordPress news on the <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/" title="Blog Herald" rel="tag">Blog Herald</a> every week, here is a listing of this year&#8217;s WordPress News Wednesday Reports:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/18/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-awesome-wordpresscom-5-million-plugins-updated-and-wordcamp-news/" title="WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Awesome, WordPress.com 5 Million, Plugins Updated, and WordCamp News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-released/" title="WordPress 2.7 Released">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Released</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/04/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-out-on-wordpresscom-wordpress-27-news-wordcamps-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-updated/" title="WordPress 2.7 Out on WordPress.com, WordPress 2.7 News, WordCamps, WordPress Plugins and Themes Updated">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 Out on WordPress.com, WordPress 2.7 News, WordCamps, WordPress Plugins and Themes Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/27/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-new-login-wordcamp-australia-wordpress-265-security-update-buddypress-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.7 New Login, WordCamp Australia, WordPress 2.6.5 Security Update, BuddyPress, and More">WordPress News: WordPress 2.7 New Login, WordCamp Australia, WordPress 2.6.5 Security Update, BuddyPress, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/21/wordpress-wednesday-news/" title="Beta 3 Released, WordCamp Australia, No WordPress 2.6.4, and More">Beta 3 Released, WordCamp Australia, No WordPress 2.6.4, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/14/wordpress-wednesday-news-27-delayed-sneak-peak-video-help-wordpress-iphone-wordcamps/" title="2.7 Delayed, Sneak Peak Video, Help WordPress iPhone, WordCamps">2.7 Delayed, Sneak Peak Video, Help WordPress iPhone, WordCamps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/11/06/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-beta-2-danger-wordpress-faker-and-more-wordcamps/" title="WordPress 2.7 Beta 2, Danger WordPress Faker, and More WordCamps">WordPress 2.7 Beta 2, Danger WordPress Faker, and More WordCamps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/29/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-soon-security-upgrade-podcamp-wordcamp-hawaii-polldaddy-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.7 Soon, Security Upgrade, PodCamp-WordCamp Hawaii, PollDaddy, and More">WordPress 2.7 Soon, Security Upgrade, PodCamp-WordCamp Hawaii, PollDaddy, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/15/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-freeze-wordpress-themes-news-wordcamp-bangkok/" title="WordPress 2.7 Freeze, WordPress Themes News, WordCamp Bangkok">WordPress 2.7 Freeze, WordPress Themes News, WordCamp Bangkok</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/09/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-news-wordpress-27-lester-chan-plugins-famous-super-cache-updated/" title="WordCamp News, WordPress 2.7, Lester Chan Plugins Famous, Super Cache Updated">WordCamp News, WordPress 2.7, Lester Chan Plugins Famous, Super Cache Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/09/17/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-final-features-wtc-plugin-contest-winners-wordcamps-surveys-and-more/" title="WordPress 2.7 Final Features, WTC Plugin Contest Winners, WordCamps, Surveys, and More">WordPress 2.7 Final Features, WTC Plugin Contest Winners, WordCamps, Surveys, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/09/11/wordpress-wednesday-news-4-wordcamps-wordpress-262-bad-themes-count-twitterers-threaded-comments-and-sticky-posts/" title="4 WordCamps, WordPress 2.6.2, Bad Themes, Count Twitterers, Threaded Comments, and Sticky Posts">4 WordCamps, WordPress 2.6.2, Bad Themes, Count Twitterers, Threaded Comments, and Sticky Posts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/09/05/wordpress-wednesday-news-world-wordcamps-wordpress-27-dangers-martha-stewart-wordpressmu-updated/" title="World WordCamps, WordPress 2.7 Dangers, Martha Stewart, WordPressMU Updated">World WordCamps, WordPress 2.7 Dangers, Martha Stewart, WordPressMU Updated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/27/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-south-africa-world-of-wordcamps-blaming-wordpress-and-crazyhorse-gallops/" title="WordCamp South Africa, World of WordCamps, Blaming WordPress, and Crazyhorse Gallops">WordCamp South Africa, World of WordCamps, Blaming WordPress, and Crazyhorse Gallops</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/21/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-2008-copy-and-paste-in-wordpress-iphone-count-your-comments-wordcamp-south-africa/" title="WordCamp 2008, Copy and Paste in WordPress iPhone, Count Your Comments, WordCamp South Africa">WordCamp 2008, Copy and Paste in WordPress iPhone, Count Your Comments, WordCamp South Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/13/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamp-2008-wordpress-rules-the-uk-and-wordpress-plugin-news/" title="WordCamp 2008, WordPress Rules the UK, and WordPress Plugin News">WordCamp 2008, WordPress Rules the UK, and WordPress Plugin News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/06/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-27-wordcamp-news-261-beta-released/" title="WordPress 2.7, WordCamp News, 2.6.1 Beta Released">WordPress 2.7, WordCamp News, 2.6.1 Beta Released</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/30/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordpress-iphone-upgraded-wordcamp-san-francisco-registration-simon-dickson-rocked-the-uk-wordpress-theme-directory-and-201000-blogs-using-wordpress-26/" title="WordPress iPhone Upgraded, WordCamp San Francisco Registration, Simon Dickson Rocked the UK, WordPress Theme Directory, and 201,000 Blogs Using WordPress 2.6">WordPress iPhone Upgraded, WordCamp San Francisco Registration, Simon Dickson Rocked the UK, WordPress Theme Directory, and 201,000 Blogs Using WordPress 2.6</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/23/wordpress-wednesday-news-iphone-10-downing-street-wordcamp-uk-wordpress-26-rocks-wordpress-international-and-wordpress-themes-directory/" title="iPhone, 10 Downing Street, WordCamp UK, WordPress 2.6 Rocks, WordPress International, and WordPress Themes Directory">iPhone, 10 Downing Street, WordCamp UK, WordPress 2.6 Rocks, WordPress International, and WordPress Themes Directory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/17/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamps-in-africa-and-china-wordpress-26-wordpress-plugin-contest-ready-for-votes-wordcamp-uk-and-more-wordpress-news/" title="WordCamps in Africa and China, WordPress 2.6, WordPress Plugin Contest Ready for Votes, WordCamp UK, and More WordPress News">WordCamps in Africa and China, WordPress 2.6, WordPress Plugin Contest Ready for Votes, WordCamp UK, and More WordPress News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/04/wordpress-wednesday-news-wordcamps-in-australia-and-hawaii-security-check-plugin-google-gears-lots-of-plugin-news-and-tips-wordpress-26-news-and-if-not-wordpress-what/" title="WordCamps in Australia and Hawaii, Security Check Plugin, Google Gears, Lots of Plugin News and Tips, WordPress 2.6 News, and If Not WordPress, What?">WordCamps in Australia and Hawaii, Security Check Plugin, Google Gears, Lots of Plugin News and Tips, WordPress 2.6 News, and If Not WordPress, What?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/25/wordpress-wednesday-news-your-own-song-in-the-plugin-competition-wordpress-26-beta-and-first-looks-wordcamp-uk-new-location-batcache-naked-themes-and-more/" title="Your Own Song in the Plugin Competition, WordPress 2.6 Beta and First Looks, WordCamp UK New Location, Batcache, Naked Themes, and More">Your Own Song in the Plugin Competition, WordPress 2.6 Beta and First Looks, WordCamp UK New Location, Batcache, Naked Themes, and More</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/19/wordpress-wednesday-new-planet-wordpress-canada-wordpress-plugins-contest-crazyhorse-buddypress-default-theme-blog-hacked-sitemaps-and-more/" title="Planet WordPress Canada, WordPress Plugins Contest, Crazyhorse, BuddyPress Default Theme, Blog Hacked, Sitemaps, and More">WordPress Wednesday New: Planet WordPress Canada, WordPress Plugins Contest, Crazyhorse, BuddyPress Default Theme, Blog Hacked, Sitemaps, and More</a></li>
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</ul>
<p>I&#8217;m not alone reporting on WordPress news and developments. The core sources and resources I depend upon that help me serve the WordPress Community are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a rel="tag" title="WordPress Planet" href="http://planet.wordpress.org/">WordPress Planet</a></li>
<li><a rel="tag" title="WordPress Development Blog" href="http://wordpress.org/development/">WordPress Development Blog</a></li>
<li><a rel="tag" title="WordPress.com Blog" href="http://wordpress.com/blog/">WordPress.com Blog</a></li>
<li><a rel="tag" title="Weblog Tools Collection" href="http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/">Weblog Tools Collection</a></li>
<li><a title="The WordPress Podcast" rel="tag" href="http://wp-community.org/">The WordPress Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="http://planetwordpress.planetozh.com/" title="Planet WordPress">Planet WordPress from Planet Ozh</a></li>
<li><a href="http://publisherblog.automattic.com/" title="WordPress Publisher Blog">WordPress Publisher Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.planetwp.ca/" title="Planet WordPress Canada">Planet WordPress Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordcamp.info/" title="The WordCamp Report">The WordCamp Report</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordcastpodcast.com/" title="WordCast">WordCast</a></li>
</ul>
<p>While it is tradition to thank all the &#8220;little people&#8221; who helped me get where I am today, I honestly owe it all to the entire WordPress Community.</p>
<p>I want to thank again the tons of people around the web whose blog content fills my feed reader every week with WordPress news, tips, guides, help, and general information. I read through hundreds of feeds and more hundreds of blog posts every week, learning what others are saying about WordPress and their WordPress blogging experience. Their perspective on WordPress, from every angle and opinion, helps me better understand how it works, and how I can better serve WordPress fans. </p>
<p>You are my heroes and heroines that make my life much easier. You are appreciated more than you could ever know. I&#8217;ve reserved a virtual hug for every one of you until we can meet in person. For those I&#8217;ve already met, you know that hug well. <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<h3>WordPress Tips on Twitter</h3>
<p>A few months ago, I started sharing all the articles and news information I&#8217;ve collected over the years or writing about and reporting on WordPress with my followers on Twitter. Each day I publish a random WordPress tip covering various versions, techniques, Theme design and development, Plugin writing and tips, and a variety of cool stuff about using WordPress.</p>
<p>What to join the fun, follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lorelleonwp" title="Follow Lorelleonwp on Twitter">lorelleonwp</a> on Twitter for your daily dose of WordPress.</p>
<p>To celebrate the end of a very successful year, I will be releasing ten WordPress tips on December 25 and January 1 throughout each of those days. </p>
<p>Thanks again to all and to all, hope your 2008 was as good or better than mine (not possible <img src="http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /> ), and that 2009 will be even more exciting with plenty of WordPress news, events, meetups, WordCamps, and in person hugs.</p>
<p>See you soon at a WordCamp Event!</p>
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Posted in WordPress News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3450/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3450&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Gravatar: TinyPic & Gravatars";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://blog.gravatar.com/?p=120";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/12/18/tinypic-gravatars/";s:11:"description";s:2182:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Michael C. writes in to let us know that TinyPic users now get their <a href="http://tinypic.com/mike">Gravatar for their profile image</a>.  Thanks TinyPic, we think <a href="http://blog.tinypic.com/2008/12/17/gravatars-are-grrrrreat/">you&#8217;re pretty grrrrreat yourselves</a>!</p>
<p>As a side note I think it&#8217;s really telling that a service which hosts images and videos for people to easily link to decided to use Gravatar for their profiles.  TinyPic has the infrastructure in place to do this.  They already have uploading, caching servers, and a CDN figured out.  They might even have croppers and image effects floating around.  But 2 things are important here.  The first is that profile images still aren&#8217;t the at core of what they want to provide to people.  Second, and more importantly, is that enabling Gravatar support is good for their users &#8212; It&#8217;s easy, its simple, and it gives them value far beyond that individual profile page.</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=120&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:30:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"apokalyptik";}s:7:"summary";s:2182:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Michael C. writes in to let us know that TinyPic users now get their <a href="http://tinypic.com/mike">Gravatar for their profile image</a>.  Thanks TinyPic, we think <a href="http://blog.tinypic.com/2008/12/17/gravatars-are-grrrrreat/">you&#8217;re pretty grrrrreat yourselves</a>!</p>
<p>As a side note I think it&#8217;s really telling that a service which hosts images and videos for people to easily link to decided to use Gravatar for their profiles.  TinyPic has the infrastructure in place to do this.  They already have uploading, caching servers, and a CDN figured out.  They might even have croppers and image effects floating around.  But 2 things are important here.  The first is that profile images still aren&#8217;t the at core of what they want to provide to people.  Second, and more importantly, is that enabling Gravatar support is good for their users &#8212; It&#8217;s easy, its simple, and it gives them value far beyond that individual profile page.</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/120/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=120&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/18";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4794";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/18/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1218/";s:11:"description";s:5100:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.ekhoury.com/2008/12/14/autosuggest-searches-for-wordpress-released/">WP AutoSuggest</a></p>
<p>Search on my blog by typing in a keyword rather than waiting for the results page to load.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.postrank.com/publishers/wordpress">PostRank</a></p>
<p>This plugin adds the PostRank Top Posts Widget &amp; Analytics to your blog. PostRank measures the engagement with each story by analyzing the types and frequency of social media interactions. The more interesting or relevant the story is, the more active your readers will be in sharing it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ibegin.com/labs/wp-lifestream/">WP Lifestream</a></p>
<p>Lifestream displays your social feeds and photos much like you would see it on many of the social networking sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpresscom-video-server/">WordPress Video Solution Framework</a></p>
<p>Video solutions framework, including player, transcoder and administration interface utilities as wpmu plugin. It powers wordpress.com video solution.</p>
<p><a href="http://fliptoad.wordpress.com/projects/wp2blosxom/">wp2blosxom</a></p>
<p>Exports all your posts to a zip file containing a <a href="http://blosxom.ookee.com/blog/">blosxom</a> style directory hierarchy of posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sliding-latest-post/">Sliding Post - Slides latest posts with Carousel effect</a></p>
<p>A plugin for WordPress which shows latest 10 posts with carousel sliding effect which is SEO friendly. User can set the height, width, and the time duration of the slide show.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/paginator/">Paginator</a></p>
<p>Adds the &#8220;paginator3000&#8243; paging navigation to your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mailfrom/">wp-mailfrom</a></p>
<p>Allows you to configure the default email address and name used on email sent by WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.4-14.org.uk/wordpress-plugins/quick-admin-links">Quick Admin Links</a></p>
<p>Widget to add useful admin links on every page, allowing you to add new posts/pages, edit existing posts/pages, go to the admin, or log out.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stuffbysarah.net/wordpress-plugins/remove-update-reminder/">Hide Update Reminder</a></p>
<p>Hides the Update Reminder in the Admin for all non Admin users.</p>
<p><a href="http://aleembawany.com/projects/wordpress/google-custom-search-plugin/">Google Custom Search Plugin</a></p>
<p>Google Custom Search plugin for WordPress replaces the default search engine with Google&#8217;s Custom Search for websites.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://kimili.com/journal/kimili-flash-embed-20-preview-the-wordpress-edition">Kimili Flash Embed</a></p>
<p>The Kimili Flash Embed is a plugin for popular open source blogging systems that allows you to easily place Flash movies on your site.</p>
<p><a href="http://thedeadone.net/download/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin/">TDO Mini Forms</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to add highly customizable forms to your website that allows non-registered users and/or subscribers (or any flavor between) to submit posts. The posts can be kept in &#8220;draft&#8221; until an admin can publish them (also configurable). It can optionally use Akismet to check if submissions are spam.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/headmeta/">HeadMeta</a></p>
<p>HeadMeta is a simple plugin to help with SEO and other purposes that require customized &#8216;meta&#8217; and &#8216;link&#8217; tags in the header of your theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-category-excluder/">Advanced Category Excluder</a></p>
<p>ACE can override your search results, your RSS feed listing, your category listing, your recent post, and recent post widgets and also your entry page, or even hide whole categories of posts from web crawlers if you want to.</p>
<p><a href="http://ehogan.itis5am.com:8080/blibahblubah/">Blibahblubah</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows the blog owner to customize the tag cloud so that any reader mousing over the tag cloud will see the words in the tag cloud flicker with a customizable effect. This is just a fancy bell and whistle to add to your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fepe55.com.ar/blog/facebook-posted-items/">Facebook Posted Items</a></p>
<p>This plugin fetches posted items from Facebook and displays them in an unordered list with proper links and comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-tags/">Simple Tags</a></p>
<p>This is the perfect tool to manage perfectly your WP 2.3, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 tags.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.matrixagents.org/statpress-reloaded/">StatPress Reloaded</a></p>
<p>This plugin shows you real time statistics about your blog. It collects information about visitors, spiders, search keywords, feeds, browsers, OS etc.</p>
<p><a href="http://ehogan.itis5am.com:8080/popupper">Popupper</a></p>
<p>Popupper is a plugin that enables a blogger to add popups of images and text into their posts.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:01:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:5100:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.ekhoury.com/2008/12/14/autosuggest-searches-for-wordpress-released/">WP AutoSuggest</a></p>
<p>Search on my blog by typing in a keyword rather than waiting for the results page to load.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.postrank.com/publishers/wordpress">PostRank</a></p>
<p>This plugin adds the PostRank Top Posts Widget &amp; Analytics to your blog. PostRank measures the engagement with each story by analyzing the types and frequency of social media interactions. The more interesting or relevant the story is, the more active your readers will be in sharing it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ibegin.com/labs/wp-lifestream/">WP Lifestream</a></p>
<p>Lifestream displays your social feeds and photos much like you would see it on many of the social networking sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpresscom-video-server/">WordPress Video Solution Framework</a></p>
<p>Video solutions framework, including player, transcoder and administration interface utilities as wpmu plugin. It powers wordpress.com video solution.</p>
<p><a href="http://fliptoad.wordpress.com/projects/wp2blosxom/">wp2blosxom</a></p>
<p>Exports all your posts to a zip file containing a <a href="http://blosxom.ookee.com/blog/">blosxom</a> style directory hierarchy of posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sliding-latest-post/">Sliding Post - Slides latest posts with Carousel effect</a></p>
<p>A plugin for WordPress which shows latest 10 posts with carousel sliding effect which is SEO friendly. User can set the height, width, and the time duration of the slide show.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/paginator/">Paginator</a></p>
<p>Adds the &#8220;paginator3000&#8243; paging navigation to your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mailfrom/">wp-mailfrom</a></p>
<p>Allows you to configure the default email address and name used on email sent by WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.4-14.org.uk/wordpress-plugins/quick-admin-links">Quick Admin Links</a></p>
<p>Widget to add useful admin links on every page, allowing you to add new posts/pages, edit existing posts/pages, go to the admin, or log out.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stuffbysarah.net/wordpress-plugins/remove-update-reminder/">Hide Update Reminder</a></p>
<p>Hides the Update Reminder in the Admin for all non Admin users.</p>
<p><a href="http://aleembawany.com/projects/wordpress/google-custom-search-plugin/">Google Custom Search Plugin</a></p>
<p>Google Custom Search plugin for WordPress replaces the default search engine with Google&#8217;s Custom Search for websites.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://kimili.com/journal/kimili-flash-embed-20-preview-the-wordpress-edition">Kimili Flash Embed</a></p>
<p>The Kimili Flash Embed is a plugin for popular open source blogging systems that allows you to easily place Flash movies on your site.</p>
<p><a href="http://thedeadone.net/download/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin/">TDO Mini Forms</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to add highly customizable forms to your website that allows non-registered users and/or subscribers (or any flavor between) to submit posts. The posts can be kept in &#8220;draft&#8221; until an admin can publish them (also configurable). It can optionally use Akismet to check if submissions are spam.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/headmeta/">HeadMeta</a></p>
<p>HeadMeta is a simple plugin to help with SEO and other purposes that require customized &#8216;meta&#8217; and &#8216;link&#8217; tags in the header of your theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-category-excluder/">Advanced Category Excluder</a></p>
<p>ACE can override your search results, your RSS feed listing, your category listing, your recent post, and recent post widgets and also your entry page, or even hide whole categories of posts from web crawlers if you want to.</p>
<p><a href="http://ehogan.itis5am.com:8080/blibahblubah/">Blibahblubah</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows the blog owner to customize the tag cloud so that any reader mousing over the tag cloud will see the words in the tag cloud flicker with a customizable effect. This is just a fancy bell and whistle to add to your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fepe55.com.ar/blog/facebook-posted-items/">Facebook Posted Items</a></p>
<p>This plugin fetches posted items from Facebook and displays them in an unordered list with proper links and comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-tags/">Simple Tags</a></p>
<p>This is the perfect tool to manage perfectly your WP 2.3, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 tags.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.matrixagents.org/statpress-reloaded/">StatPress Reloaded</a></p>
<p>This plugin shows you real time statistics about your blog. It collects information about visitors, spiders, search keywords, feeds, browsers, OS etc.</p>
<p><a href="http://ehogan.itis5am.com:8080/popupper">Popupper</a></p>
<p>Popupper is a plugin that enables a blogger to add popups of images and text into their posts.</p>";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Weblog Tools Collection: Matt, The GPL And More";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4791";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/17/matt-the-gpl-and-more/";s:11:"description";s:991:"<p>If you are a premium theme developer or have an interest in WordPress themes, you may have heard that over 200 themes were removed from the WordPress.org theme repository. The reasons behind the removals have yet to be made public and there is more afoot than just the removal of themes. Over the course of the past few days, debates and discussions have been taking place on numerous blogs regarding WordPress, the GPL, themes and much more. Matt has agreed to appear on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/wpweekly" target="_blank">WordPress Weekly</a> on <strong>Thursday at 1 P.M. EST</strong> to set the record straight so to speak. My goal for this special episode of the show is to get an explanation as to what happened with the theme repository, the new guidelines, Matt&#8217;s stance on the GPL, the entire issue of premium themes, what will happen with plugins and a whole lot more. This episode is really important to me as I try to clear up as much of the muddy waters as I can.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:38:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:991:"<p>If you are a premium theme developer or have an interest in WordPress themes, you may have heard that over 200 themes were removed from the WordPress.org theme repository. The reasons behind the removals have yet to be made public and there is more afoot than just the removal of themes. Over the course of the past few days, debates and discussions have been taking place on numerous blogs regarding WordPress, the GPL, themes and much more. Matt has agreed to appear on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/wpweekly" target="_blank">WordPress Weekly</a> on <strong>Thursday at 1 P.M. EST</strong> to set the record straight so to speak. My goal for this special episode of the show is to get an explanation as to what happened with the theme repository, the new guidelines, Matt&#8217;s stance on the GPL, the entire issue of premium themes, what will happen with plugins and a whole lot more. This episode is really important to me as I try to clear up as much of the muddy waters as I can.</p>";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/17";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4787";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/17/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1217/";s:11:"description";s:2331:"<p><a href="http://developdaly.com/introducing-the-wp-fullsite-wordpress-theme/406/"><strong>WP Full Site</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://developdaly.com/wpfullsite/"><img title="WPFullSite" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpfullsite.png" border="0" alt="WPFullSite" width="154" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>WP Full site is a two column theme built for small businesses that want a website that enables them to use a Content Management System (CMS), have the option of a blog, and focuses on the necessities that all small business websites need.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timecafethemes.com/wordpress/timecafe-premium-free-v-20/"><strong>TimeCafe Premium Free</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.timecafethemes.com/demo/free-themes/2/"><img title="TimeCafe" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/timecafe.jpg" border="0" alt="TimeCafe" width="169" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>It is a blue magazine style template with theme options menu, front page featured content slider, built in newsletter, custom typography, dropdown many, advertisement ready and much more! Theme is ready for WordPress 2.7! Enable threaded (nested) comments from your WordPress – Settings – Discussion menu and you’ll have different colors for comments up to 5 levels deep of replies.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2008/12/16/free-wordpress-theme-wp-meditation/"><strong>WP-Meditation</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/go/4253demo"><img title="WP-Meditation" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpmeditation.jpg" border="0" alt="WP-Meditation" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>2 Column, fixed width, widget ready WordPress Theme</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/354.php"><strong>Blue Christmas</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?=christmas"><img title="xmas" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/xmas.jpg" border="0" alt="xmas" width="175" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>A fun and bluish, fixed width, two columns, gravatar ready, widget ready Christmas theme.</p>
<p>Also, check out the other themes by Blogtuine.com, viz. <a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/353.php">Prolog</a>, <a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/356.php">Ext JS</a> and <a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/355.php">JS03</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:52:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2331:"<p><a href="http://developdaly.com/introducing-the-wp-fullsite-wordpress-theme/406/"><strong>WP Full Site</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://developdaly.com/wpfullsite/"><img title="WPFullSite" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpfullsite.png" border="0" alt="WPFullSite" width="154" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>WP Full site is a two column theme built for small businesses that want a website that enables them to use a Content Management System (CMS), have the option of a blog, and focuses on the necessities that all small business websites need.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timecafethemes.com/wordpress/timecafe-premium-free-v-20/"><strong>TimeCafe Premium Free</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.timecafethemes.com/demo/free-themes/2/"><img title="TimeCafe" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/timecafe.jpg" border="0" alt="TimeCafe" width="169" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>It is a blue magazine style template with theme options menu, front page featured content slider, built in newsletter, custom typography, dropdown many, advertisement ready and much more! Theme is ready for WordPress 2.7! Enable threaded (nested) comments from your WordPress – Settings – Discussion menu and you’ll have different colors for comments up to 5 levels deep of replies.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2008/12/16/free-wordpress-theme-wp-meditation/"><strong>WP-Meditation</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/go/4253demo"><img title="WP-Meditation" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wpmeditation.jpg" border="0" alt="WP-Meditation" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>2 Column, fixed width, widget ready WordPress Theme</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/354.php"><strong>Blue Christmas</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?=christmas"><img title="xmas" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/xmas.jpg" border="0" alt="xmas" width="175" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>A fun and bluish, fixed width, two columns, gravatar ready, widget ready Christmas theme.</p>
<p>Also, check out the other themes by Blogtuine.com, viz. <a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/353.php">Prolog</a>, <a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/356.php">Ext JS</a> and <a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/355.php">JS03</a>.</p>";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"Matt: WordPress Interface History";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=9771";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://ma.tt/2008/12/wordpress-interface-history/";s:11:"description";s:357:"<p><a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/12/a-journey-through-five-years-of-wordpress-interface/">A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress Interface</a>. Take a look at <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wordpress-23-post.jpg">what the WordPress interface looked like at the beginning of 2008</a>. How far we&#8217;ve come!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:23:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:357:"<p><a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/12/a-journey-through-five-years-of-wordpress-interface/">A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress Interface</a>. Take a look at <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wordpress-23-post.jpg">what the WordPress interface looked like at the beginning of 2008</a>. How far we&#8217;ve come!</p>";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Gravatar: Mindtouch Deki Wiki supports Gravatar";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://blog.gravatar.com/?p=117";s:4:"link";s:74:"http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/12/17/mindtouch-deki-wiki-supports-gravatar/";s:11:"description";s:1656:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Sarah C. writes in to let us know that <a href="http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/2008/08/29/extension-of-the-week-gravatar/">Mindtouch Deki supports Gravatars via an extension</a>.  Gravatars help give a sense of community, as well as a sense of ownership to all kinds of sites.  A wiki is a great place for both, as shown in their <a href="http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/DekiCon/Sample_3%3a_Gravatars%2c_The_Sequel">examples</a>.  Awesome work, guys!</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=117&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:24:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"apokalyptik";}s:7:"summary";s:1656:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Sarah C. writes in to let us know that <a href="http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/2008/08/29/extension-of-the-week-gravatar/">Mindtouch Deki supports Gravatars via an extension</a>.  Gravatars help give a sense of community, as well as a sense of ownership to all kinds of sites.  A wiki is a great place for both, as shown in their <a href="http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/DekiCon/Sample_3%3a_Gravatars%2c_The_Sequel">examples</a>.  Awesome work, guys!</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/117/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=117&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Weblog Tools Collection: easyComment Firefox Extension";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4779";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/easycomment-firefox-extension/";s:11:"description";s:902:"<p><a href="http://blog.bf-itservice.de/82/easycomment-firefox-extension#attachment_85">easyComment Firefox Extension</a>: &#8220;<em>easyComment enables you to One-Click Comment on Wordpress Blogs which makes it an perfect tool for people who comment on a lot of different Weblogs and who don’t want to sign up on every single one. You’ll have to define your Personal Data once in the Preferences Dialog and every time you click the easyComment Button on the bottom Status Bar in your Firefox window, it searches the comment form on the current page and fills it with your data saving you a huge chunk of type-in work</em>.&#8221; from the author&#8217;s post. Hat tip to <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/productivity-tools/easy-comment-makes-it-easier-to-comment-on-blogs-firefox-extension.html">Keith</a>, found via the <a href="http://midout.com/">Weblog Tools Collection Crew LifeStream</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:15:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:902:"<p><a href="http://blog.bf-itservice.de/82/easycomment-firefox-extension#attachment_85">easyComment Firefox Extension</a>: &#8220;<em>easyComment enables you to One-Click Comment on Wordpress Blogs which makes it an perfect tool for people who comment on a lot of different Weblogs and who don’t want to sign up on every single one. You’ll have to define your Personal Data once in the Preferences Dialog and every time you click the easyComment Button on the bottom Status Bar in your Firefox window, it searches the comment form on the current page and fills it with your data saving you a huge chunk of type-in work</em>.&#8221; from the author&#8217;s post. Hat tip to <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/productivity-tools/easy-comment-makes-it-easier-to-comment-on-blogs-firefox-extension.html">Keith</a>, found via the <a href="http://midout.com/">Weblog Tools Collection Crew LifeStream</a></p>";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/16";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4775";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1216/";s:11:"description";s:3551:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/wp-twitip-id-plugin-add-a-twitter-field-to-your-comment-form-easily/">WP-Twitip-ID</a></p>
<p>This plugin takes the pain out of adding another field to your comment form for users to enter their twitter username to be displayed as a link to follow them via their twitter page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.codehooligans.com/2008/12/14/media-tags-plugin/">Media Tags</a></p>
<p>With this plugin you can now add tags to your media attachments. You can tag Word document, PDF documents basically anything you upload via the standard WordPress Media upload tool.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.atthakorn.com/project/crosspress">CrossPress</a></p>
<p>Automatically, cross-posting to associated site/blog to enabling the post-via-email option with PIN code e.g. multiply.com, livejournal.com, blogspot.</p>
<p><a href="http://hackadelic.com/solutions/wordpress/sliding-notes">Hackadelic Sliding Notes</a></p>
<p>Ajax sliders for content fragments. Fancy replacement for foot- and other notes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/googlemapper-2/">GoogleMapper</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows a WordPress Site Admin to enter locations of stores etc into the db. The user can then search for the closest location.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fepe55.com.ar/blog/facebook-posted-items/">Facebook Posted Items</a></p>
<p>This plugin fetches posted items from Facebook and displays them in an unordered list with proper links and comments.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-sensitivetagcloud.html">Sensitive Tag Cloud</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides a configurable tag cloud that shows tags depending of the current context only.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-relatedposts.html">RelatedPosts</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides multiple options to show the via tags related posts of a post. It contains a sidebar widget that is only visible when viewing a single post and displays a list of posts that are related with the current post via the tags.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpseo.org/">wpSEO</a></p>
<p>The wpSEO plugin helps you to optimize your blog for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) purposes by eliminating issues with duplicate content and specifying meta tags and page titles for the different pages of your blog. You can also specify your meta tags and page titles manually.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/2008/12/15/gd-star-rating-106/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thechetan.com/smoothscrolllinks/">Smooth Scrolling Links</a></p>
<p>This plug in uses the JavaScript provided by <a href="http://www.kryogenix.org/">Stuart Langridge</a> called Smooth scroll, which effectively adds a special effect to your “self” links. Self links means the links which are targeting to the same page with various locations like top, bottom or specific in page links.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/moodlight/">Moodlight</a></p>
<p>Moodlight allows your visitors to add their mood on posts via comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://suche.pytalhost.de/2008/12/13/wordpress-plugin-simple-google-sitemap-v10/">Simple Google Sitemap</a></p>
<p>Creates an XML Sitemap, containing Homepage, Articles and Pages</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:11:47 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3551:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/wp-twitip-id-plugin-add-a-twitter-field-to-your-comment-form-easily/">WP-Twitip-ID</a></p>
<p>This plugin takes the pain out of adding another field to your comment form for users to enter their twitter username to be displayed as a link to follow them via their twitter page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.codehooligans.com/2008/12/14/media-tags-plugin/">Media Tags</a></p>
<p>With this plugin you can now add tags to your media attachments. You can tag Word document, PDF documents basically anything you upload via the standard WordPress Media upload tool.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.atthakorn.com/project/crosspress">CrossPress</a></p>
<p>Automatically, cross-posting to associated site/blog to enabling the post-via-email option with PIN code e.g. multiply.com, livejournal.com, blogspot.</p>
<p><a href="http://hackadelic.com/solutions/wordpress/sliding-notes">Hackadelic Sliding Notes</a></p>
<p>Ajax sliders for content fragments. Fancy replacement for foot- and other notes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/googlemapper-2/">GoogleMapper</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows a WordPress Site Admin to enter locations of stores etc into the db. The user can then search for the closest location.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fepe55.com.ar/blog/facebook-posted-items/">Facebook Posted Items</a></p>
<p>This plugin fetches posted items from Facebook and displays them in an unordered list with proper links and comments.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-sensitivetagcloud.html">Sensitive Tag Cloud</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides a configurable tag cloud that shows tags depending of the current context only.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-relatedposts.html">RelatedPosts</a></p>
<p>This WordPress plugin provides multiple options to show the via tags related posts of a post. It contains a sidebar widget that is only visible when viewing a single post and displays a list of posts that are related with the current post via the tags.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpseo.org/">wpSEO</a></p>
<p>The wpSEO plugin helps you to optimize your blog for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) purposes by eliminating issues with duplicate content and specifying meta tags and page titles for the different pages of your blog. You can also specify your meta tags and page titles manually.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/2008/12/15/gd-star-rating-106/">GD Star Rating</a></p>
<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, has a widgets build in and shortcode support.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thechetan.com/smoothscrolllinks/">Smooth Scrolling Links</a></p>
<p>This plug in uses the JavaScript provided by <a href="http://www.kryogenix.org/">Stuart Langridge</a> called Smooth scroll, which effectively adds a special effect to your “self” links. Self links means the links which are targeting to the same page with various locations like top, bottom or specific in page links.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/moodlight/">Moodlight</a></p>
<p>Moodlight allows your visitors to add their mood on posts via comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://suche.pytalhost.de/2008/12/13/wordpress-plugin-simple-google-sitemap-v10/">Simple Google Sitemap</a></p>
<p>Creates an XML Sitemap, containing Homepage, Articles and Pages</p>";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Weblog Tools Collection: A Long Look Back";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4771";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/16/a-long-look-back/";s:11:"description";s:1007:"<p>Ozh, a WordPress community superstar in his own right has <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/12/a-journey-through-five-years-of-wordpress-interface/" target="_blank">compiled an awesome post</a> highlighting the WordPress interface from version <strong>0.7.1</strong> which was released in May of 2003 all the way up to <strong>WordPress 2.7</strong>. Along with pictures, Ozh gives us a bit of background information for each version. If you&#8217;re like me and didn&#8217;t start using WordPress until around 2.2/2.3, this post should serve as an excellent reminder on how far WordPress has come. I can&#8217;t help but wonder, how many of you will get that nostalgic feeling when viewing those screenshots.</p>
<p><em>Hat tip goes to <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/16/wordpress-interface-from-071-to-27/" target="_blank">The BlogHerald</a>.</em> </p>
<p><strong>While you&#8217;re here, drop us a comment and let us know what was the first version of WordPress you used?</strong></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:00:52 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1007:"<p>Ozh, a WordPress community superstar in his own right has <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/12/a-journey-through-five-years-of-wordpress-interface/" target="_blank">compiled an awesome post</a> highlighting the WordPress interface from version <strong>0.7.1</strong> which was released in May of 2003 all the way up to <strong>WordPress 2.7</strong>. Along with pictures, Ozh gives us a bit of background information for each version. If you&#8217;re like me and didn&#8217;t start using WordPress until around 2.2/2.3, this post should serve as an excellent reminder on how far WordPress has come. I can&#8217;t help but wonder, how many of you will get that nostalgic feeling when viewing those screenshots.</p>
<p><em>Hat tip goes to <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/16/wordpress-interface-from-071-to-27/" target="_blank">The BlogHerald</a>.</em> </p>
<p><strong>While you&#8217;re here, drop us a comment and let us know what was the first version of WordPress you used?</strong></p>";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Lorelle on WP: WordPress 2.7 Upgrade Tips";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=3351";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/wordpress-27-upgrade-tips/";s:11:"description";s:26588:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/" title="WordPress News"><img src="http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png" alt="WordPress News" align="right" /></a><a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/" title="WordPress 2.7 Coltrane">WordPress 2.7 has been released</a>, and in addition to the information I provided in &#8220;<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-available-now/" title="WordPress 2.7 Available Now">WordPress 2.7 Available Now</a>,&#8221; here are some tips to help you make the transition to WordPress 2.7.</p>
<p>Reports on the WordPress Support Forum and around the web are that WordPress 2.7 is the easiest upgrade ever. There are only a few reports of problems, which deal with Plugins that have now become integrated features in WordPress 2.7 and Plugins and Themes with customized comment areas. I&#8217;ve listed the most common support questions and their answers below, along with all the help you need to make this transition to WordPress 2.7 easy and pain free.</p>
<h4>Check Your Web Host for Compatibility</h4>
<p>Prior to upgrading, review <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Update_Host_Compatibility" title="Web Hosts that the Core Update Feature is Compatible With">WordPress 2.7 Core Update Host Compatibility</a> to ensure that your WordPress blog will upgrade in compliance with the new features and demands of WordPress 2.7. <a href="http://wordpress.org/hosting/" title="Find a Web Host">Find a Web Host</a> is a list of web hosts WordPress recommends.</p>
<p>Some issues reported during testing were server issues. WordPress 2.7 now supports PHP5 and it is important that web hosts upgrade to current versions of PHP and MySQL for many reasons, including feature improvements and security vulnerabilities, to protect you as well as themselves. The WordPress development team has worked closely with web host providers around the world to ensure that WordPress will work, and we all benefit from those discussions, including non-WordPress users. </p>
<p>If your web host is not on the compatibility or recommendation list, contact them directly to determine if they are supporting the new version of WordPress. If not, consider <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress" title="Moving WordPress">moving to another web host</a> that will continue to support your blog and WordPress development.</p>
<h4>Upgrading from an Older Version of WordPress</h4>
<p>To upgrade from an older version of WordPress, I recommend a step-by-step process. If you are upgrading from WordPress 2.3 to WordPress 2.7, a big transition, go through the following documents on the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/" rel="tag" title="WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users">WordPress Codex</a>, the online manual for WordPress Users, and upgrade your WordPress blog for the transitions from 2.3 to 2.5, 2.5 to 2.6, and 2.6 to 2.7 to ensure you have made all changes necessary to your WordPress Theme. In general, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7</a> should cover everything, but those upgrading from very old versions will want to check everything to ensure a successful upgrade.<br />
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Or check with your WordPress Theme author for an updated version of the Theme.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes">Migrating Plugins and Themes</a> (parent document)</li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.3" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.3">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.5" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.5">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.6" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.6">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.6</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you are using the <em>Auto Upgrade WordPress Plugin</em> or something similar, a <em>sticky post WordPress Plugin</em>, or the <em>Admin Drop Down Menus WordPress Plugin</em>, deactivate them now. These features are now built into WordPress and no longer require these Plugins.</p>
<h4>How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.7</h4>
<p>If you are using one of the beta or release candidate versions of WordPress 2.7, run the upgrade feature. If you are using an older version of WordPress:</p>
<ol>
<li>Check the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Update_Host_Compatibility" title="Web Hosts that the Core Update Feature is Compatible With">WordPress 2.7 Core Update Host Compatibility</a> guide.</li>
<li>Check for updates to your WordPress Theme and Plugins.</li>
<li>Follow the guide for <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes">Migrating Plugins and Themes</a> for the version you are upgrading from. Check the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirmed to be compatible with WordPress 2.7">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Compatibility</a> and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirm compatibility of some WordPress themes">WordPress 2.7 Theme Compatibility</a> lists to ensure your Theme and Plugin will work with WordPress 2.7.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="WordPress 2.7 is now available!">Download WordPress 2.7</a> and follow the instructions for <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress" title="Installing WordPress">installing WordPress</a> (new installations) or <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress" title="Upgrading WordPress">upgrading WordPress</a>. If you need more specific help with your upgrade, especially using the new auto-upgrade feature, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended" title="extended upgrade instructions">the extended upgrade instructions</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h4>I&#8217;m Worried About Upgrading to WordPress 2.7</h4>
<p>Many are worried about upgrading to WordPress 2.7. Here are some of the worries, and some answers.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>It&#8217;s Painful to Upgrade:</strong> WordPress 2.7 now features auto-upgrade, so this could be the last &#8220;painful&#8221; upgrade you do, though upgrades are not very painful, really. Now, WordPress will alert you when there is a new version or upgrade available and walk you through the process. The same applies to WordPress Themes and Plugins, making life much less painful.</li>
<li><strong>My WordPress Theme Will Break:</strong> There is very little that will impact WordPress Themes in this new version, outside of WordPress Plugins that interact with WordPress Themes, especially with comments. WordPress Themes will be even better protected in future versions with the Parent/Child Theme feature (your changes are protected during upgrades) and easy auto-updating of Themes. If your Theme features customization to the comments area, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7</a> and <a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/11/01/making-your-themes-comments-compatible-with-wordpress-27-and-earlier-versions" title="Making your theme’s comments compatible with WordPress 2.7 and earlier versions">Justin Tadlock&#8217;s &#8220;Making your theme’s comments compatible with WordPress 2.7 and earlier versions&#8221;</a>.</li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;ll Only Have to Upgrade Again and Again:</strong> Trust me, future upgrades are going to be easier than ever. Don&#8217;t let this old whine of &#8220;WordPress updates too often&#8221; fool you. You are smarter than that. EVERY computer program, online and off, has regular updates. My computer nags at me daily to update something. WordPress only updates when they have to due to a security vulnerability discovered or threatened, or when they have great new features that you will benefit from. With the auto-upgrade feature, this process will be simple and painless. Upgrade now.</li>
<li><strong>I Won&#8217;t Be Able to Use My Favorite WordPress Plugins:</strong> If your favorite WordPress Plugins work with the Administration Panels or blog comments, the odds are that it won&#8217;t work or will need to be upgraded in WordPress 2.7. Check for upgrades to all your favorite WordPress Plugins and the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirmed to be compatible with WordPress 2.7">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Compatibility</a> list. If you are upgrading from a pre-WordPress 2.7 beta release, use the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress" title="Upgrading WordPress">Upgrading WordPress</a> instructions and deactivate all Plugins before installing, then activate them one by one to test them. If you can&#8217;t live without a certain WordPress Plugin, consider donating to their cause or encouraging their continued support of their Plugin. Or search for a new replacement.</li>
<li><strong>I Want to Wait Until All the Bugs are Fixed:</strong> <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="WordPress 2.7 is now available!">WordPress 2.7</a> has undergone extensive development and testing. It is currently in use on <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/countdown-to-wordpress-27/" title="Countdown to WordPress 2.7">almost 5 million WordPress.com blogs</a> and has been for a couple of months, though the new interface wasn&#8217;t activated. With past versions, waiting was a good recommendation. Now, with the recent <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/" title="WordPress 2.6.5">WordPress 2.6.5</a> security update, it is highly recommended that you take that one step further and upgrade to 2.7 now to ensure you have the latest and most secure version. Having had some of my blogs, and those of my clients and fellow bloggers, hacked because we didn&#8217;t upgrade, we know the pain. Upgrade now.</li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;m Not Technically Inclined:</strong> One of the most exciting features of WordPress 2.7 is the auto-upgrade feature. Once you get past a little initial code on this upgrade, depending upon which version you are upgrading from, <em>no technical inclination required</em>. WordPress, WordPress Themes, and WordPress Plugins all now feature automatic upgrades, making your life easier and less technical.</li>
<li><strong>I Just Don&#8217;t Want to Upgrade:</strong> Okay, so there are some people who like making their life harder and want to stay with an older version of WordPress for whatever reasons. <a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/11/try-wordpress-27-with-plugins/" title="Quick Online Tips recently featured Plugins">Quick Online Tips featured WordPress Plugins</a> for those who wish to stay with WordPress 2.6, offering much of the functionality of WordPress 2.7. Be sure and upgrade to the latest version, <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/" title="WordPress 2.6.5">WordPress 2.6.5</a>, to maintain a secure version and protect your site from hackers and vulnerabilities. You will have to upgrade soon to maintain a secure version of WordPress, but this will delay the inevitable.</li>
</ol>
<h4>How to Get Help with WordPress 2.7 Issues</h4>
<p>Some of the most common problems reported on the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> for WordPress 2.7 are related to the following:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Admin Drop Down Menu WordPress Plugin:</strong> The popular Admin Drop Down Menu WordPress Plugin is no longer required for WordPress 2.7. <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224079?replies=5" title="Help! Left sidebar not appearing on the wp-admin dashboard">Deactivate the Plugin</a> if you are having trouble seeing the Dashboard or other Panels on the WordPress Administration Panels.</li>
<li><strong>Internet Explorer Makes the Interface Look Strange:</strong> <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/27-gets-here-in-two-days/" title="WordPress 2.7 Gets Here in Two Days">WordPress developers and designers have been fighting</a> with Internet Explorer browser design issues and they recommend that you use the most recent browsers available, specifically FireFox 3, Google Chrome, and Safari 3.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Auto Upgrade Plugin:</strong> If you are using one of the automatic upgrade WordPress Plugins, deactivate it before installing the new version of WordPress.</li>
<li><strong>Sticky Posts:</strong> If you have been using a sticky post WordPress Plugin, deactivate it. Sticky posts are now integrated into WordPress 2.7 and available on the specific post&#8217;s Edit panel. Check the box next to &#8220;Stick post to the front page&#8221; option.</li>
<li><strong>Inability to Access WordPress Plugins After Upgrade:</strong> WordPress Plugin access is now found on the WordPress Dashboard Panel. If you are having trouble accessing them, link to them directly with <code>http://example.com/wp-admin/plugins.php</code> with your domain name.</li>
<li><strong>A Plugin is Not Working:</strong> The Plugins are now accessed via the Dashboard. If you are having trouble finding your WordPress Plugins in 2.7, enter the address directly:<br />
<code>http:&#47;&#47;example.com/wp-admin/plugins.php</code>.<br />
If you have installed WordPress 2.7 correctly, there is now an <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7#Uninstall_Plugin_API" title="2.2.1 Uninstall Plugin API">Uninstall Plugin API</a> which allows useres to uninstall WordPress Plugins completely, not just deactivate them.<br />
Also check the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirmed to be compatible with WordPress 2.7">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Compatibility</a> list to ensure the Plugin will work with WordPress 2.7 and contact the Plugin author directly if you are having problems.</li>
<li><strong>My Theme is Borked/Broken:</strong> If you are having trouble with your WordPress Theme after following the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes">Migrating Plugins and Themes</a> and checking the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirm compatibility of some WordPress themes">WordPress 2.7 Theme Compatibility</a> list, then contact the Theme designer or check out the <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/wordpress-27-release-news-and-links/" title="WordPress 2.7 Theme News in WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links">WordPress 2.7 Theme News section in WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links</a>.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you are still having trouble, turn to the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/" title="WordPress Codex">WordPress Codex</a> first. It&#8217;s the online manual for WordPress users. </p>
<p>Second, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/first-step-to-wordpress-help-search-first/" title="Search First">search first</a>, through the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> and your favorite search engine to see if others are having the same problem. Try different keywords and search terms as people often use non-standard terms to describe their problem.</p>
<p>Turn to the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> next to leave a request for help. Follow these guidelines to get the fastest and most appropriate help:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>BE SPECIFIC AND CLEAR:</strong> &#8220;WordPress 2.7 is broken&#8221; is not helpful. What is broken? Is it a Plugin, Theme, login, specific panel, what is broken? If you are not giving a clear title and helpful information in your help request, you will not a helpful answer in return.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Support Volunteers and Staff are not Mind Readers:</strong> Again, be clear. Be specific. Don&#8217;t expect us to understand what you are talking about. Give us all the pertinent information you can and you may get a specific and helpful answer.</li>
<li><strong>Make Your Request in the Right Place:</strong> If you put a request for help with a WordPress Theme design issue in the Installation section of the Support Forums, the odds are that those who hang out there can&#8217;t help you. Put your request for help in the right place:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/2" title="Installation">Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/3" title="How-To and Troubleshooting">How-To and Troubleshooting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/5" title="Themes and Templates">Themes and Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/10" title="Plugins and Hacks">Plugins and Hacks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/13" title="WP-Advanced">WP-Advanced</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/11" title="Your WordPress">Your WordPress</a> (Brag area)</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/7" title="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/4" title="Requests and Feedback">Requests and Feedback</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/12" title="Alpha/Beta">Alpha/Beta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.com/forums/" title="WordPress.com Forums">WordPress.com Forums</a> for WordPress.com only issues</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Direct Your Help Request to the Right People:</strong>
<ul>
<li>If you are having a general problem with WordPress, then use the WordPress Support Forums.</li>
<li>If you are having trouble or a question about a WordPress Plugin, contact the Plugin author.</li>
<li>If you are having trouble with a WordPress Theme, check with the Theme author for assistance.</li>
<li>If you are having trouble with your web host or server, contact your web host.</li>
<li>If you are having a general web design issue, please search the web and visit CSS and web design forums and groups for advice and help.</li>
<li>Keep the WordPress Support Forums specifically for WordPress-related topics.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Be Kind and Play Nice:</strong> The <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> is not a place for egos or rudeness. The majority of those helping you are volunteers, giving freely of their time and WordPress expertise. Treat them kindly and you will get the support you need and the Support Forum will be a nice playground for everyone.</li>
<li><strong>Be Patient:</strong> If your question is a general one, they it might get a fast response. If it is the same question asked many times, it may get no response, so search first to ensure you are not being redundant. If it is a sophisticated coding question that requires a specialist, be patient. They might not be online in the forum at the moment. It might take a day or two for a response. Don&#8217;t bump the post (make another comment) or leave another request unless several days have passed. Consider searching the web and finding someone with the expertise you need to help you.</li>
</ol>
<p>Here are more tips and guides to finding help with WordPress:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/first-step-to-wordpress-help-search-first/" title="Search First">First Step to WordPress Help: Search First</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/19/looking-for-wordpress-support-and-help-ask-the-right-questions/" title="Ask the Right Questions">Looking for WordPress Support and Help: Ask the Right Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/28/a-guide-to-the-wordpress-codex-the-online-manual-for-wordpress-users/" title="A Guide to the WordPress Codex, The Online Manual for WordPress Users">A Guide to the WordPress Codex, The Online Manual for WordPress Users</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_WordPress_Help" title="Finding WordPress Help">Finding WordPress Help</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_More_Help" title="Getting More Help With WordPress">Getting More Help With WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_the_Support_Forums" title="Using the WordPress Support Forums">Using the WordPress Support Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress" title="Getting Started with WordPress">Getting Started with WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start" title="New To WordPress - Where to Start">New To WordPress - Where to Start</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/30/wordpress-help-in-your-language/" title="WordPress Help in Your Language">WordPress Help in Your Language</a></li>
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<h4>More Information on WordPress 2.7</h4>
<p>Honestly, it is worth it. Don&#8217;t wait. WordPress 2.7 is the most secure and user-friendly version available. <strong>Upgrade to <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="WordPress 2.7 is now available!">WordPress 2.7</a> now.</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-available-now/" title="WordPress 2.7 Available Now">WordPress 2.7 Available Now</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/countdown-to-wordpress-27/" title="Countdown to WordPress 2.7">Countdown to WordPress 2.7</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/wordpress-27-hits-wordpresscom-thursday-december-4-2008/" title="WordPress 2.7 Hits WordPress.com Thursday, December 4, 2008">WordPress 2.7 Hits WordPress.com Thursday, December 4, 2008</a></li>
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<p>Reports on the WordPress Support Forum and around the web are that WordPress 2.7 is the easiest upgrade ever. There are only a few reports of problems, which deal with Plugins that have now become integrated features in WordPress 2.7 and Plugins and Themes with customized comment areas. I&#8217;ve listed the most common support questions and their answers below, along with all the help you need to make this transition to WordPress 2.7 easy and pain free.</p>
<h4>Check Your Web Host for Compatibility</h4>
<p>Prior to upgrading, review <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Update_Host_Compatibility" title="Web Hosts that the Core Update Feature is Compatible With">WordPress 2.7 Core Update Host Compatibility</a> to ensure that your WordPress blog will upgrade in compliance with the new features and demands of WordPress 2.7. <a href="http://wordpress.org/hosting/" title="Find a Web Host">Find a Web Host</a> is a list of web hosts WordPress recommends.</p>
<p>Some issues reported during testing were server issues. WordPress 2.7 now supports PHP5 and it is important that web hosts upgrade to current versions of PHP and MySQL for many reasons, including feature improvements and security vulnerabilities, to protect you as well as themselves. The WordPress development team has worked closely with web host providers around the world to ensure that WordPress will work, and we all benefit from those discussions, including non-WordPress users. </p>
<p>If your web host is not on the compatibility or recommendation list, contact them directly to determine if they are supporting the new version of WordPress. If not, consider <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress" title="Moving WordPress">moving to another web host</a> that will continue to support your blog and WordPress development.</p>
<h4>Upgrading from an Older Version of WordPress</h4>
<p>To upgrade from an older version of WordPress, I recommend a step-by-step process. If you are upgrading from WordPress 2.3 to WordPress 2.7, a big transition, go through the following documents on the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/" rel="tag" title="WordPress Codex - online manual for WordPress Users">WordPress Codex</a>, the online manual for WordPress Users, and upgrade your WordPress blog for the transitions from 2.3 to 2.5, 2.5 to 2.6, and 2.6 to 2.7 to ensure you have made all changes necessary to your WordPress Theme. In general, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7</a> should cover everything, but those upgrading from very old versions will want to check everything to ensure a successful upgrade.<br />
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Or check with your WordPress Theme author for an updated version of the Theme.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes">Migrating Plugins and Themes</a> (parent document)</li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.3" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.3">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.5" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.5">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.6" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.6">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.6</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you are using the <em>Auto Upgrade WordPress Plugin</em> or something similar, a <em>sticky post WordPress Plugin</em>, or the <em>Admin Drop Down Menus WordPress Plugin</em>, deactivate them now. These features are now built into WordPress and no longer require these Plugins.</p>
<h4>How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.7</h4>
<p>If you are using one of the beta or release candidate versions of WordPress 2.7, run the upgrade feature. If you are using an older version of WordPress:</p>
<ol>
<li>Check the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Update_Host_Compatibility" title="Web Hosts that the Core Update Feature is Compatible With">WordPress 2.7 Core Update Host Compatibility</a> guide.</li>
<li>Check for updates to your WordPress Theme and Plugins.</li>
<li>Follow the guide for <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes">Migrating Plugins and Themes</a> for the version you are upgrading from. Check the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirmed to be compatible with WordPress 2.7">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Compatibility</a> and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirm compatibility of some WordPress themes">WordPress 2.7 Theme Compatibility</a> lists to ensure your Theme and Plugin will work with WordPress 2.7.</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="WordPress 2.7 is now available!">Download WordPress 2.7</a> and follow the instructions for <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress" title="Installing WordPress">installing WordPress</a> (new installations) or <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress" title="Upgrading WordPress">upgrading WordPress</a>. If you need more specific help with your upgrade, especially using the new auto-upgrade feature, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended" title="extended upgrade instructions">the extended upgrade instructions</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h4>I&#8217;m Worried About Upgrading to WordPress 2.7</h4>
<p>Many are worried about upgrading to WordPress 2.7. Here are some of the worries, and some answers.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>It&#8217;s Painful to Upgrade:</strong> WordPress 2.7 now features auto-upgrade, so this could be the last &#8220;painful&#8221; upgrade you do, though upgrades are not very painful, really. Now, WordPress will alert you when there is a new version or upgrade available and walk you through the process. The same applies to WordPress Themes and Plugins, making life much less painful.</li>
<li><strong>My WordPress Theme Will Break:</strong> There is very little that will impact WordPress Themes in this new version, outside of WordPress Plugins that interact with WordPress Themes, especially with comments. WordPress Themes will be even better protected in future versions with the Parent/Child Theme feature (your changes are protected during upgrades) and easy auto-updating of Themes. If your Theme features customization to the comments area, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7">Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7</a> and <a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/11/01/making-your-themes-comments-compatible-with-wordpress-27-and-earlier-versions" title="Making your theme’s comments compatible with WordPress 2.7 and earlier versions">Justin Tadlock&#8217;s &#8220;Making your theme’s comments compatible with WordPress 2.7 and earlier versions&#8221;</a>.</li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;ll Only Have to Upgrade Again and Again:</strong> Trust me, future upgrades are going to be easier than ever. Don&#8217;t let this old whine of &#8220;WordPress updates too often&#8221; fool you. You are smarter than that. EVERY computer program, online and off, has regular updates. My computer nags at me daily to update something. WordPress only updates when they have to due to a security vulnerability discovered or threatened, or when they have great new features that you will benefit from. With the auto-upgrade feature, this process will be simple and painless. Upgrade now.</li>
<li><strong>I Won&#8217;t Be Able to Use My Favorite WordPress Plugins:</strong> If your favorite WordPress Plugins work with the Administration Panels or blog comments, the odds are that it won&#8217;t work or will need to be upgraded in WordPress 2.7. Check for upgrades to all your favorite WordPress Plugins and the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirmed to be compatible with WordPress 2.7">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Compatibility</a> list. If you are upgrading from a pre-WordPress 2.7 beta release, use the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress" title="Upgrading WordPress">Upgrading WordPress</a> instructions and deactivate all Plugins before installing, then activate them one by one to test them. If you can&#8217;t live without a certain WordPress Plugin, consider donating to their cause or encouraging their continued support of their Plugin. Or search for a new replacement.</li>
<li><strong>I Want to Wait Until All the Bugs are Fixed:</strong> <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="WordPress 2.7 is now available!">WordPress 2.7</a> has undergone extensive development and testing. It is currently in use on <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/countdown-to-wordpress-27/" title="Countdown to WordPress 2.7">almost 5 million WordPress.com blogs</a> and has been for a couple of months, though the new interface wasn&#8217;t activated. With past versions, waiting was a good recommendation. Now, with the recent <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/" title="WordPress 2.6.5">WordPress 2.6.5</a> security update, it is highly recommended that you take that one step further and upgrade to 2.7 now to ensure you have the latest and most secure version. Having had some of my blogs, and those of my clients and fellow bloggers, hacked because we didn&#8217;t upgrade, we know the pain. Upgrade now.</li>
<li><strong>I&#8217;m Not Technically Inclined:</strong> One of the most exciting features of WordPress 2.7 is the auto-upgrade feature. Once you get past a little initial code on this upgrade, depending upon which version you are upgrading from, <em>no technical inclination required</em>. WordPress, WordPress Themes, and WordPress Plugins all now feature automatic upgrades, making your life easier and less technical.</li>
<li><strong>I Just Don&#8217;t Want to Upgrade:</strong> Okay, so there are some people who like making their life harder and want to stay with an older version of WordPress for whatever reasons. <a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/11/try-wordpress-27-with-plugins/" title="Quick Online Tips recently featured Plugins">Quick Online Tips featured WordPress Plugins</a> for those who wish to stay with WordPress 2.6, offering much of the functionality of WordPress 2.7. Be sure and upgrade to the latest version, <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/" title="WordPress 2.6.5">WordPress 2.6.5</a>, to maintain a secure version and protect your site from hackers and vulnerabilities. You will have to upgrade soon to maintain a secure version of WordPress, but this will delay the inevitable.</li>
</ol>
<h4>How to Get Help with WordPress 2.7 Issues</h4>
<p>Some of the most common problems reported on the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> for WordPress 2.7 are related to the following:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Admin Drop Down Menu WordPress Plugin:</strong> The popular Admin Drop Down Menu WordPress Plugin is no longer required for WordPress 2.7. <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224079?replies=5" title="Help! Left sidebar not appearing on the wp-admin dashboard">Deactivate the Plugin</a> if you are having trouble seeing the Dashboard or other Panels on the WordPress Administration Panels.</li>
<li><strong>Internet Explorer Makes the Interface Look Strange:</strong> <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/27-gets-here-in-two-days/" title="WordPress 2.7 Gets Here in Two Days">WordPress developers and designers have been fighting</a> with Internet Explorer browser design issues and they recommend that you use the most recent browsers available, specifically FireFox 3, Google Chrome, and Safari 3.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Auto Upgrade Plugin:</strong> If you are using one of the automatic upgrade WordPress Plugins, deactivate it before installing the new version of WordPress.</li>
<li><strong>Sticky Posts:</strong> If you have been using a sticky post WordPress Plugin, deactivate it. Sticky posts are now integrated into WordPress 2.7 and available on the specific post&#8217;s Edit panel. Check the box next to &#8220;Stick post to the front page&#8221; option.</li>
<li><strong>Inability to Access WordPress Plugins After Upgrade:</strong> WordPress Plugin access is now found on the WordPress Dashboard Panel. If you are having trouble accessing them, link to them directly with <code>http://example.com/wp-admin/plugins.php</code> with your domain name.</li>
<li><strong>A Plugin is Not Working:</strong> The Plugins are now accessed via the Dashboard. If you are having trouble finding your WordPress Plugins in 2.7, enter the address directly:<br />
<code>http:&#47;&#47;example.com/wp-admin/plugins.php</code>.<br />
If you have installed WordPress 2.7 correctly, there is now an <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7#Uninstall_Plugin_API" title="2.2.1 Uninstall Plugin API">Uninstall Plugin API</a> which allows useres to uninstall WordPress Plugins completely, not just deactivate them.<br />
Also check the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirmed to be compatible with WordPress 2.7">WordPress 2.7 Plugin Compatibility</a> list to ensure the Plugin will work with WordPress 2.7 and contact the Plugin author directly if you are having problems.</li>
<li><strong>My Theme is Borked/Broken:</strong> If you are having trouble with your WordPress Theme after following the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes" title="Migrating Plugins and Themes">Migrating Plugins and Themes</a> and checking the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.7" title="confirm compatibility of some WordPress themes">WordPress 2.7 Theme Compatibility</a> list, then contact the Theme designer or check out the <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/wordpress-27-release-news-and-links/" title="WordPress 2.7 Theme News in WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links">WordPress 2.7 Theme News section in WordPress 2.7 Release News and Links</a>.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you are still having trouble, turn to the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/" title="WordPress Codex">WordPress Codex</a> first. It&#8217;s the online manual for WordPress users. </p>
<p>Second, <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/first-step-to-wordpress-help-search-first/" title="Search First">search first</a>, through the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> and your favorite search engine to see if others are having the same problem. Try different keywords and search terms as people often use non-standard terms to describe their problem.</p>
<p>Turn to the <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> next to leave a request for help. Follow these guidelines to get the fastest and most appropriate help:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>BE SPECIFIC AND CLEAR:</strong> &#8220;WordPress 2.7 is broken&#8221; is not helpful. What is broken? Is it a Plugin, Theme, login, specific panel, what is broken? If you are not giving a clear title and helpful information in your help request, you will not a helpful answer in return.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Support Volunteers and Staff are not Mind Readers:</strong> Again, be clear. Be specific. Don&#8217;t expect us to understand what you are talking about. Give us all the pertinent information you can and you may get a specific and helpful answer.</li>
<li><strong>Make Your Request in the Right Place:</strong> If you put a request for help with a WordPress Theme design issue in the Installation section of the Support Forums, the odds are that those who hang out there can&#8217;t help you. Put your request for help in the right place:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/2" title="Installation">Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/3" title="How-To and Troubleshooting">How-To and Troubleshooting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/5" title="Themes and Templates">Themes and Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/10" title="Plugins and Hacks">Plugins and Hacks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/13" title="WP-Advanced">WP-Advanced</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/11" title="Your WordPress">Your WordPress</a> (Brag area)</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/7" title="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/4" title="Requests and Feedback">Requests and Feedback</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/12" title="Alpha/Beta">Alpha/Beta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.com/forums/" title="WordPress.com Forums">WordPress.com Forums</a> for WordPress.com only issues</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Direct Your Help Request to the Right People:</strong>
<ul>
<li>If you are having a general problem with WordPress, then use the WordPress Support Forums.</li>
<li>If you are having trouble or a question about a WordPress Plugin, contact the Plugin author.</li>
<li>If you are having trouble with a WordPress Theme, check with the Theme author for assistance.</li>
<li>If you are having trouble with your web host or server, contact your web host.</li>
<li>If you are having a general web design issue, please search the web and visit CSS and web design forums and groups for advice and help.</li>
<li>Keep the WordPress Support Forums specifically for WordPress-related topics.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Be Kind and Play Nice:</strong> The <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/support" title="WordPress Support Forums" rel="tag">WordPress Support Forums</a> is not a place for egos or rudeness. The majority of those helping you are volunteers, giving freely of their time and WordPress expertise. Treat them kindly and you will get the support you need and the Support Forum will be a nice playground for everyone.</li>
<li><strong>Be Patient:</strong> If your question is a general one, they it might get a fast response. If it is the same question asked many times, it may get no response, so search first to ensure you are not being redundant. If it is a sophisticated coding question that requires a specialist, be patient. They might not be online in the forum at the moment. It might take a day or two for a response. Don&#8217;t bump the post (make another comment) or leave another request unless several days have passed. Consider searching the web and finding someone with the expertise you need to help you.</li>
</ol>
<p>Here are more tips and guides to finding help with WordPress:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/first-step-to-wordpress-help-search-first/" title="Search First">First Step to WordPress Help: Search First</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/19/looking-for-wordpress-support-and-help-ask-the-right-questions/" title="Ask the Right Questions">Looking for WordPress Support and Help: Ask the Right Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/28/a-guide-to-the-wordpress-codex-the-online-manual-for-wordpress-users/" title="A Guide to the WordPress Codex, The Online Manual for WordPress Users">A Guide to the WordPress Codex, The Online Manual for WordPress Users</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_WordPress_Help" title="Finding WordPress Help">Finding WordPress Help</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_More_Help" title="Getting More Help With WordPress">Getting More Help With WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_the_Support_Forums" title="Using the WordPress Support Forums">Using the WordPress Support Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress" title="Getting Started with WordPress">Getting Started with WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start" title="New To WordPress - Where to Start">New To WordPress - Where to Start</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/30/wordpress-help-in-your-language/" title="WordPress Help in Your Language">WordPress Help in Your Language</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>More Information on WordPress 2.7</h4>
<p>Honestly, it is worth it. Don&#8217;t wait. WordPress 2.7 is the most secure and user-friendly version available. <strong>Upgrade to <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" title="WordPress 2.7 is now available!">WordPress 2.7</a> now.</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/wordpress-27-available-now/" title="WordPress 2.7 Available Now">WordPress 2.7 Available Now</a></li>
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Posted in WordPress News, WordPress Tips&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/3351/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=3351&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Gravatar: EditGrid enables Gravatar support";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://blog.gravatar.com/?p=111";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/12/15/editgrid-enables-gravatar-support/";s:11:"description";s:1717:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Thomas C. wrote in to let us know that <a href="http://www.editgrid.com/">EditGrid</a> has gravatar support.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m always really excited to watch where Gravatar expands beyond the blog commenting space.  EditGrid seems to have seen the upsides of using Gravatar for profiles.  They don&#8217;t have to worry about writing and maintaining a cropper, file storage, serving infrastructure, backups, etc. All they have to worry about is their core business: making a killer web based spreadsheet application.</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=111&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:51:46 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"apokalyptik";}s:7:"summary";s:1717:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Thomas C. wrote in to let us know that <a href="http://www.editgrid.com/">EditGrid</a> has gravatar support.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m always really excited to watch where Gravatar expands beyond the blog commenting space.  EditGrid seems to have seen the upsides of using Gravatar for profiles.  They don&#8217;t have to worry about writing and maintaining a cropper, file storage, serving infrastructure, backups, etc. All they have to worry about is their core business: making a killer web based spreadsheet application.</p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/gravatar.wordpress.com/111/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.gravatar.com&blog=1886259&post=111&subd=gravatar&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/15";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4769";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1215/";s:11:"description";s:1659:"<p><a href="http://www.wpcontempo.com/download-new-africa-wordpress-theme-free/"><strong>New Africa</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.wpcontempo.com/?wptheme=WP Africa"><img title="africa-wordpress-theme" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/africawordpresstheme.jpg" border="0" alt="africa-wordpress-theme" width="200" height="91" /></a></p>
<p>A Web 2.0 style WordPress theme featuring six widgetized sidebars for easy control over all the visual elements. Plenty of room to add and display all your favorite widgets.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/351.php"><strong>Alex Color</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?theme=Alex Color 1.1"><img title="alex_color" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/alex-color.jpg" border="0" alt="alex_color" width="185" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width, dark theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/352.php"><strong>Pixeled</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?theme=pixeled"><img title="pixeled" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/pixeled.jpg" border="0" alt="pixeled" width="180" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>It features a standard 2-3 column layout and sports the following goodies: dropdown top menu for categories; customizable FeedBurner field on top right (optional - requires FeedBurner ID); widgets all around (6 positions); footer navigation and a sweet, transparent look. It’s also an Adsense ready WordPress theme - the divisions are all made to fit standard ad formats. The welcome message on top right can also be customized through the admin panel - no need to mess into the code.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:45:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1659:"<p><a href="http://www.wpcontempo.com/download-new-africa-wordpress-theme-free/"><strong>New Africa</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.wpcontempo.com/?wptheme=WP Africa"><img title="africa-wordpress-theme" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/africawordpresstheme.jpg" border="0" alt="africa-wordpress-theme" width="200" height="91" /></a></p>
<p>A Web 2.0 style WordPress theme featuring six widgetized sidebars for easy control over all the visual elements. Plenty of room to add and display all your favorite widgets.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/351.php"><strong>Alex Color</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?theme=Alex Color 1.1"><img title="alex_color" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/alex-color.jpg" border="0" alt="alex_color" width="185" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width, dark theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/352.php"><strong>Pixeled</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?theme=pixeled"><img title="pixeled" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/pixeled.jpg" border="0" alt="pixeled" width="180" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>It features a standard 2-3 column layout and sports the following goodies: dropdown top menu for categories; customizable FeedBurner field on top right (optional - requires FeedBurner ID); widgets all around (6 positions); footer navigation and a sweet, transparent look. It’s also an Adsense ready WordPress theme - the divisions are all made to fit standard ad formats. The welcome message on top right can also be customized through the admin panel - no need to mess into the code.</p>";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/14";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4762";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/14/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1214/";s:11:"description";s:3493:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://rocksun.cn/flash-zoom/">Flash Zoom</a></p>
<p>If you have a video blog that had many videos in the home page, you must controls the size to fit the styles of homepage. And in the single page, the video will looks too small. The zoom flash plugin will zoom the size of flash without change the source of flash.</p>
<p><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/12/12/javascript-logic-wordpress-plugin">JavaScript Logic</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to control when JavaScript gets loaded on your blog using WordPress conditional tags. It also lets you to easily pick from WP&#8217;s built-in JavaScript and a few scripts included with the plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://brut.bukve.net/?p=368">Drop-in Slideshow</a></p>
<p>Plays full-frame slideshow of random images from a folder. Works as a WordPress drop-in and will play images from WordPress upload folder, auto-navigating to a post or page related to current image.</p>
<p><a href="http://yoast.com/wp-complete-hcards/">Complete hCards</a></p>
<p>This plugin turns the hcards that wordpress 2.7 makes out of the comments by default now, into full hcards including email addresses when you&#8217;re logged in as an admin or editor, so you can save those people to your address book if you use a microformat plugin in your browser.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://anwanore.com/projects/mytwitter">MyTwitter</a></p>
<p>MyTwitter allows users to display their <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> status updates (tweets) on their WordPress site and update their status through the Settings page for MyTwitter. Includes customization options including avatar display, number of tweets to display, formatting options, and stylesheets. It can be called as a widget or a function.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webmaster-source.com/gocodes-redirection-plugin-wordpress/">GoCodes</a></p>
<p>GoCodes let’s you create shortcut URLs to anywhere on the internet, right from your WordPress Admin.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.23systems.net/plugins/facelift-image-replacement-flir/">Facelift Image Replacement</a></p>
<p>Facelift Image Replacement (or FLIR, pronounced fleer) is an image replacement script that dynamically generates image representations of text on your web page in fonts that otherwise might not be visible to your visitors. The generated image will be automatically inserted into your web page via JavaScript and visible to all modern browsers. Any element with text can be replaced: from headers (h1, h2) to span elements and everything in between!</p>
<p><a href="http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/">Fluency Admin</a></p>
<p>Featuring the familiar &#8220;fluency look&#8221;, it has been rebuilt from the ground up to be compatible with WordPress 2.7 and beyond. The main feature, besides the overall style, is the revamped menu, with fly out menus, and custom hotkeys that can be used to navigate the menus, eliminating the need to &#8220;click to expand&#8221; menus.</p>
<p><a href="http://aciddrop.com/2008/12/11/php-speedy-wp-05-now-works-with-wordpress-27/">PHP Speedy</a></p>
<p>It significantly speeds up the loading time of your WordPress blog by combining all CSS and JavaScript into single files.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lester Chan has updated his WordPress plugins and added a new plugin to the list. Check out the <a href="http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/2008/12/11/lester-chan-wordpress-plugins-december-2008-update/">release post</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:25:58 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3493:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://rocksun.cn/flash-zoom/">Flash Zoom</a></p>
<p>If you have a video blog that had many videos in the home page, you must controls the size to fit the styles of homepage. And in the single page, the video will looks too small. The zoom flash plugin will zoom the size of flash without change the source of flash.</p>
<p><a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/12/12/javascript-logic-wordpress-plugin">JavaScript Logic</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to control when JavaScript gets loaded on your blog using WordPress conditional tags. It also lets you to easily pick from WP&#8217;s built-in JavaScript and a few scripts included with the plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://brut.bukve.net/?p=368">Drop-in Slideshow</a></p>
<p>Plays full-frame slideshow of random images from a folder. Works as a WordPress drop-in and will play images from WordPress upload folder, auto-navigating to a post or page related to current image.</p>
<p><a href="http://yoast.com/wp-complete-hcards/">Complete hCards</a></p>
<p>This plugin turns the hcards that wordpress 2.7 makes out of the comments by default now, into full hcards including email addresses when you&#8217;re logged in as an admin or editor, so you can save those people to your address book if you use a microformat plugin in your browser.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://anwanore.com/projects/mytwitter">MyTwitter</a></p>
<p>MyTwitter allows users to display their <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> status updates (tweets) on their WordPress site and update their status through the Settings page for MyTwitter. Includes customization options including avatar display, number of tweets to display, formatting options, and stylesheets. It can be called as a widget or a function.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webmaster-source.com/gocodes-redirection-plugin-wordpress/">GoCodes</a></p>
<p>GoCodes let’s you create shortcut URLs to anywhere on the internet, right from your WordPress Admin.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.23systems.net/plugins/facelift-image-replacement-flir/">Facelift Image Replacement</a></p>
<p>Facelift Image Replacement (or FLIR, pronounced fleer) is an image replacement script that dynamically generates image representations of text on your web page in fonts that otherwise might not be visible to your visitors. The generated image will be automatically inserted into your web page via JavaScript and visible to all modern browsers. Any element with text can be replaced: from headers (h1, h2) to span elements and everything in between!</p>
<p><a href="http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/">Fluency Admin</a></p>
<p>Featuring the familiar &#8220;fluency look&#8221;, it has been rebuilt from the ground up to be compatible with WordPress 2.7 and beyond. The main feature, besides the overall style, is the revamped menu, with fly out menus, and custom hotkeys that can be used to navigate the menus, eliminating the need to &#8220;click to expand&#8221; menus.</p>
<p><a href="http://aciddrop.com/2008/12/11/php-speedy-wp-05-now-works-with-wordpress-27/">PHP Speedy</a></p>
<p>It significantly speeds up the loading time of your WordPress blog by combining all CSS and JavaScript into single files.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lester Chan has updated his WordPress plugins and added a new plugin to the list. Check out the <a href="http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/2008/12/11/lester-chan-wordpress-plugins-december-2008-update/">release post</a>.</p>";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"bbPress: bbPress 1.0-alpha-4 released";s:4:"guid";s:25:"http://bbpress.org/?p=131";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://bbpress.org/blog/2008/12/bbpress-10-alpha-4-released/";s:11:"description";s:346:"<p>Hot on the heels of 1.0-alpha-3 comes 1.0-alpha-4.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to say that there are significant differences between the two releases, but this is basically a bug fix release, and more specifically a release to fix one major bug!</p>
<p>Download from the <a href="http://bbpress.org/download/">download page</a> is now available.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:31:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sam Bauers";}s:7:"summary";s:346:"<p>Hot on the heels of 1.0-alpha-3 comes 1.0-alpha-4.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to say that there are significant differences between the two releases, but this is basically a bug fix release, and more specifically a release to fix one major bug!</p>
<p>Download from the <a href="http://bbpress.org/download/">download page</a> is now available.</p>";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Weblog Tools Collection: WPWeekly In The Doghouse";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4743";s:4:"link";s:78:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/13/wpweekly-in-the-doghouse/";s:11:"description";s:1828:"<p><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/10/newwwpweeklylogo.png" align="right" />Episode 33 Kenn Bell of <a href="http://thedogfiles.com/" target="_blank">TheDogFiles.com</a> as well as <a href="http://thedogfiles.com/" target="_blank">Jason Schuller</a> who is one half of the Revolution 2 project. This was a great combination of guests as Kenn initially created the design for TheDogFiles site while Jason applied his code ninja skills to make the design a reality. Here are a couple of bullet points of discussion from this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Brief discussion of WordPress 2.7</li>
<li>Why WordPress was chosen as the publishing platform of choice</li>
<li>The design and implementation of TheDogFiles website</li>
<li>The Revolution 2 project</li>
</ul>
<p>Last but not least, since Jason is a prominent theme designer in the WordPress community, I took the opportunity to have a small discussion with him regarding the removal of 200 themes from the WordPress repository. We did talk a little bit about the GPL and we also discussed the Revolution 2 business model. </p>
<p><strong>Announcements:</strong> <strong>Andy Peatling</strong> of the <a href="http://buddypress.org/" target="_blank">BuddyPress project</a> will be our special guest on <strong>December 19th</strong>.</a>.  </p>
<h2>WPWeekly Meta:</h2>
<p><strong>Next Episode:</strong> Friday December 19th, 2008</p>
<p><strong>Subscribe To WPWeekly Via Itunes: </strong><a href="itpc://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss34224.xml" target="_blank">Click here to subscribe</a></p>
<p><strong>Length Of Episode:</strong> 1 Hour 1 Minute</p>
<p><strong>Download The Show:</strong> <a href="http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-34224/TS-170470.mp3" target="_blank">WordPressWeeklyEpisode33.mp3</a></p>
<p><strong>Listen To Episode #33:</strong><br />
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:39:52 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1828:"<p><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/10/newwwpweeklylogo.png" align="right" />Episode 33 Kenn Bell of <a href="http://thedogfiles.com/" target="_blank">TheDogFiles.com</a> as well as <a href="http://thedogfiles.com/" target="_blank">Jason Schuller</a> who is one half of the Revolution 2 project. This was a great combination of guests as Kenn initially created the design for TheDogFiles site while Jason applied his code ninja skills to make the design a reality. Here are a couple of bullet points of discussion from this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Brief discussion of WordPress 2.7</li>
<li>Why WordPress was chosen as the publishing platform of choice</li>
<li>The design and implementation of TheDogFiles website</li>
<li>The Revolution 2 project</li>
</ul>
<p>Last but not least, since Jason is a prominent theme designer in the WordPress community, I took the opportunity to have a small discussion with him regarding the removal of 200 themes from the WordPress repository. We did talk a little bit about the GPL and we also discussed the Revolution 2 business model. </p>
<p><strong>Announcements:</strong> <strong>Andy Peatling</strong> of the <a href="http://buddypress.org/" target="_blank">BuddyPress project</a> will be our special guest on <strong>December 19th</strong>.</a>.  </p>
<h2>WPWeekly Meta:</h2>
<p><strong>Next Episode:</strong> Friday December 19th, 2008</p>
<p><strong>Subscribe To WPWeekly Via Itunes: </strong><a href="itpc://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss34224.xml" target="_blank">Click here to subscribe</a></p>
<p><strong>Length Of Episode:</strong> 1 Hour 1 Minute</p>
<p><strong>Download The Show:</strong> <a href="http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-34224/TS-170470.mp3" target="_blank">WordPressWeeklyEpisode33.mp3</a></p>
<p><strong>Listen To Episode #33:</strong><br />
</p>";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Weblog Tools Collection: Wordpress Notifier for Mac OSX";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4752";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/13/wordpress-notifier-for-mac-osx/";s:11:"description";s:740:"<div id="attachment_4755" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/sc2.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4755" title="Mac OS X Status Bar integeration" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/sc2-300x184.png" alt="" width="300" height="184" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mac OS X Status Bar integeration</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.wpnotifier.com/">Wordpress Notifier for Mac OSX</a>.: This is a freeware tool <strong>that sits in your Mac OS X status bar and displays the current unapproved comment count</strong> on your WordPress blog. WordPress notifier works with WordPress 2.7 and above and works for blogs on WordPress.com. The screenshots look pretty cool!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:20:10 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:740:"<div id="attachment_4755" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/sc2.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4755" title="Mac OS X Status Bar integeration" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/sc2-300x184.png" alt="" width="300" height="184" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mac OS X Status Bar integeration</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.wpnotifier.com/">Wordpress Notifier for Mac OSX</a>.: This is a freeware tool <strong>that sits in your Mac OS X status bar and displays the current unapproved comment count</strong> on your WordPress blog. WordPress notifier works with WordPress 2.7 and above and works for blogs on WordPress.com. The screenshots look pretty cool!</p>";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/13";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=4750";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/12/13/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1213-2/";s:11:"description";s:2015:"<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/348.php"><strong>Freshcitrus</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?theme=freshcitrus"><img title="freshcitrus" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/freshcitrus.png" border="0" alt="freshcitrus" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column fixed with theme</p>
<p><a href="http://sesam.hu/WordPress/template/"><strong>Make it Worn</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sesam.hu/WordPress/"><img title="MakeItWorn" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/makeitworn.jpg" border="0" alt="MakeItWorn" width="185" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Make It Worn is a template created from the materials provided by <a href="http://subdued.net">Bart-Jan Verhoef</a> as a tutorial on how to create websites with a worn look. This was implemented as a three-column WP theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpcontempo.com/wp-presstige-free-premium-wordpress-theme/"><strong>WP Presstige</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.wpcontempo.com/?wptheme=WP-Presstige"><img title="wp-presstige" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wppresstige.jpg" border="0" alt="wp-presstige" width="191" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>A Web 2.0 style WordPress theme featuring 6 widgetized sidebars. Easily customizable and ad ready. Comes with PSD to make your own custom header.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/2008/12/12/graphii-template/"><strong>Graphii</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/templates/demos/graphii/"><img title="graphii" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/graphii.png" border="0" alt="graphii" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready, gravatar ready theme</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/350.php"><strong>FTLThemes</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="FTLThemes" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/ftlthemes.jpg" border="0" alt="FTLThemes" width="200" height="108" /></p>
<p>Fixed width, two column, widget ready and gravatar ready theme</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:35:21 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2015:"<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/348.php"><strong>Freshcitrus</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://topthemewp.com/?theme=freshcitrus"><img title="freshcitrus" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/freshcitrus.png" border="0" alt="freshcitrus" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Two column fixed with theme</p>
<p><a href="http://sesam.hu/WordPress/template/"><strong>Make it Worn</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sesam.hu/WordPress/"><img title="MakeItWorn" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/makeitworn.jpg" border="0" alt="MakeItWorn" width="185" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Make It Worn is a template created from the materials provided by <a href="http://subdued.net">Bart-Jan Verhoef</a> as a tutorial on how to create websites with a worn look. This was implemented as a three-column WP theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpcontempo.com/wp-presstige-free-premium-wordpress-theme/"><strong>WP Presstige</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.wpcontempo.com/?wptheme=WP-Presstige"><img title="wp-presstige" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/wppresstige.jpg" border="0" alt="wp-presstige" width="191" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>A Web 2.0 style WordPress theme featuring 6 widgetized sidebars. Easily customizable and ad ready. Comes with PSD to make your own custom header.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/2008/12/12/graphii-template/"><strong>Graphii</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/templates/demos/graphii/"><img title="graphii" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/graphii.png" border="0" alt="graphii" width="152" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready, gravatar ready theme</p>
<p><a href="http://blogtuine.com/post/350.php"><strong>FTLThemes</strong></a></p>
<p><img title="FTLThemes" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/12/ftlthemes.jpg" border="0" alt="FTLThemes" width="200" height="108" /></p>
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