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<p>At <a href="http://crowdfavorite.com">Crowd Favorite</a> we build cool things for the web. You will join us to enjoy the privilege of working with great clients and a sharp and dedicated team on fun and challenging projects.</p>
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<p>The project manager position is a management role &#8211; but we have a very flat structure and a collaborative team atmosphere. You will be coordinating with clients to understand their project requirements and to provide ideas and suggestions as to how projects can be improved. At the same time you will coordinate our internal resources to produce top quality work on time. You&#8217;ll do all of this while managing expectations on both sides to keep things running smoothly. It&#8217;s a challenging role, but you&#8217;ll have the support of a talented and experienced team that can really deliver for you.</p>
<p>You should have the following core qualities and experience:</p>
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<li>The ability to &#8220;get things&#8221; quickly. This isn&#8217;t a place for the complacent. We enjoy the chance to play with new technology and are always taking on new challenges.</li>
<li>The desire to organize and manage and a willingness to juggle. Each project has its own unique path with challenges that arise throughout. The project manager has key responsibility throughout the project&#8217;s entire life cycle.</li>
<li>A general understanding of how web technologies work and interact. We build things from the ground up, we customize, we integrate. You&#8217;ll learn something new on each project, but there has to be a solid base to start from.</li>
<li>A willingness to make decisions, even if they end up being mistakes. Mistakes happen, it&#8217;s how we learn. The key is to make them with good intentions and to always make new ones.</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and an understanding of nuance.</li>
<li>High standards and a willingness to stand up and say so if you believe standards aren&#8217;t being met.</li>
<li>You do <em>not</em> need to have prior project management experience.</li>
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<p> This position is available immediately in our Denver office, and we are only considering local candidates<sup><a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1303977863426n" id="fn1303977863426" class="footnote">1</a></sup> at this time.</p>
<p>All of this sound good? I hope so, and I look forward to hearing from you.</p>
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<li id="fn1303977863426n">We are willing to consider candidates who wish to relocate to Denver. [<a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1303977863426">back</a>]</li>
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<p><strong>How did you get the idea to create a blog about 1000 Awesome things? Does your blog help you become a happier person?</strong></p>
<p>NEIL: Well, I was in a pretty rough place when I started the blog. My wife and I were growing further and further apart and my best friend was battling a major depression. When I flipped open the newspaper or turned on the TV it was about melting ice caps, terrible hurricanes, and the collapsing economy.</p>
<p>I started 1000 Awesome Things to try and find a way to cheer myself up. I wanted to find a place where bakery air, snow days, and popping bubble wrap were the most important things in the world.</p>
<p>Over the next couple of years my personal life got worse. <a href="http://1000awesomethings.com/2010/02/17/567-getting-to-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/">My wife told me she didn’t love me anymore</a>. <a href="http://1000awesomethings.com/2009/02/16/829-smiling-and-thinking-of-good-friends-who-are-gone/">My best Chris took his own life</a>. And in most ways I’m still the same guy – working the same office job in the suburbs, eating the same frozen burritos for dinner, and still needing to go to the gym more.</p>
<p>But in many ways I’ve become happier because I see awesome things everywhere. I hit a string of green lights on my way home from work and think awesome! I flip to the cold side of my pillow in the middle of the night and think awesome! And I think these little daily highs add up to longer term happiness.</p>
<p><strong>Why did you choose WordPress and what have you liked most about using it as a publishing service?</strong></p>
<p>NEIL: Ha ha, I think I literally Googled “how to start a blog” and clicked on the first link!</p>
<p>But my experience with WordPress since that first day has been absolutely incredible. The <a href="http://en.forums.wordpress.com/">forums</a> helped me figure out every issue I’ve got (and I’ve had issues!) and whenever I <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/">email support</a> they reply right away.</p>
<p>On a bigger note though, I really do think WordPress is changing the world by <strong>helping people from all places and spaces communicate their message to the world</strong>. Nothing could be more powerful than that.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1416" title="Pasricha Photo 1 - credit Gala Darling" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/pasricha-photo-1-credit-gala-darling.jpg?w=212&h=180" alt="" width="212" height="180" />How did you get a book deal, and when is your second book coming out?</strong></p>
<p>NEIL: Well let me tell you a crazy story! When I started writing <a href="http://1000awesomethings.com">1000 Awesome Things</a> back in June, 2008 nobody read it except for my mom. Although, the traffic did double when she forwarded it to my dad.</p>
<p>Then I got excited when I emailed it to friends and tens of people started coming each day. Then it become hundreds, then thousands, then millions… and then I got a phone call! And the voice at the other end of the line said “You just won the best blog in the world award!”</p>
<p>Obviously, I thought this was some sort of spammy joke. But I somehow ended up winning the Webby Award for Best Blog in 2009 and got flown to New York to walk a red carpet with Martha Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, and Sarah Silverman.</p>
<p>When I came home there were ten literary agents waiting for me in my inbox asking if I wanted to put together a book. It was a total <em>Julie and Julia </em> moment and it kind of hit me how powerful our little blogging community really is.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.1000awesomethings.com/book2"><em>The Book of (Even More) Awesome</em> comes out today</a>, April 28th!<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Anything else you&#8217;d like to share regarding WordPress?</strong></p>
<p>NEIL: Yes! To everyone out there with a WordPress blog: You are awesome! We may never meet, we may never talk, but I completely love, respect, and admire how much passion and energy goes into all of our sites.</p>
<p>Maybe nobody realizes how long we slave over posts, how excited we are when we check our Stats pages, or how fun it is to get a comment from someone we’ve never met. I’ve been feeling these buzzes for two years and they’ve never got old to me. I am so grateful, so proud, and so flattered to be part of this amazing community.</p>
<p>Let’s keep on blogging forever … and let’s always stay strong and stay AWESOME!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the chat and for those that check it out I really hope you like <a href="http://www.1000awesomethings.com/book2"><strong><em>The Book of (Even More) Awesome</em>. </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Thanks Neil!</strong></p>
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<p>The goal of the project is not to change the existing design, but to rather consolidate and simplify the existing CSS to allow for easy expansion and alteration in the future.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:78:"WPCandy: BackupBuddy sees big update to version 2.0, used on over 20,000 sites";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=18031";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:96:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/yr42Ng4x1CY/backupbuddy-sees-big-update-to-version-2-0";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2297:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=18031"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11719" title="BackupBuddy" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/backupbuddy-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p><a title="BackupBuddy from PluginBuddy" href="http://pluginbuddy.com/purchase/backupbuddy/  ">BackupBuddy</a> is plugin shop PluginBuddy&#8217;s commercial WordPress backup solution. Just this week it saw a <a title="BackupBuddy version 2.0 update" href="http://pluginbuddy.com/backupbuddy-2-0-now-available/">big 2.0 update</a>, after having been released just over a year ago on March 4, 2010. The update brings a number of significant updates to the plugin, including:</p><ul><li><span>Built-in help videos,</span></li><li><span>Support for Rackspace Cloud Storage,</span></li><li><span>management of remote Amazon S3, FTP, and Rackspace Cloud backups within the plugin,</span></li><li><span>manual backups will run in the background,</span></li><li><span>quick backups on post/page save, and </span></li><li><span>malware scanning.</span></li></ul><p>Along all the version release fun, PluginBuddy founder Cory Miller <a title="Cory Miller's tweet" href="http://twitter.com/#!/corymiller303/status/63021367964082176">shared on Twitter</a> that the BackupBuddy plugin is now active on over 20,000 WordPress sites. Assuming they don&#8217;t have a single user with <strong>a lot</strong> of blogs to back up, it seems BackupBuddy is doing well for them.</p><p><a title="Cory Miller's tweet" href="http://twitter.com/#!/corymiller303/status/63021367964082176"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18033" title="Cory Miller's tweet on BackupBuddy usage numbers" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-27-at-6.32.50-AM.png" alt="" width="539" height="176" /></a></p><p>Do you use BackupBuddy for your WordPress site&#8217;s backups? If not, what do you use and like? Just please don&#8217;t comment saying you don&#8217;t back your sites up.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=18031">BackupBuddy sees big update to version 2.0, used on over 20,000 sites</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:51:39 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:6;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:66:"WPCandy: WordCamp is descending on Raleigh, speaker lineup emerges";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=18010";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:85:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/YS7GEzdMEf8/wordcamp-raleigh-2011-is-coming";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2270:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=18010"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18011" title="WordCamp Raleigh 2011 (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wordcampraleigh-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="290" /></a></p><p>WordCamp is descending on Raleigh North Carolina again this year, with the main event taking place over the course of two days, May 21 and 22. This year&#8217;s speakers were highlighted in an <a title="WordCamp Raleigh announcement" href="http://wordcampraleigh.com/registration/check-out-the-great-lineup-of-speakers-for-wordcamp-raleigh/">announcement</a> posted by organizer Steve Mortiboy. There are 19 fantastic <a title="WordCamp Raleigh speakers" href="http://wordcampraleigh.com/speakers/">speakers</a> listed right now, including:</p><ul><li><span>Aaron Jorbin of Clearspring,</span></li><li><span>Douglas Hanna and John Ford of Automattic,<br /> </span></li><li><span>Chris Jean and Ronald Huereca of iThemes, and</span></li><li><span>Brad Williams of WebDevStudios<br /> </span></li></ul><p>The presentations will be spread over three tracks: one for users, one for <em>super</em> users, and another for developers. Right now there are <a title="WordCamp Raleigh presentation schedule" href="http://wordcampraleigh.com/schedule/">seven presentations scheduled</a> for each track and WordPress Core Developer Andrew Nacin will be the keynote speaker.</p><p>For those looking for more reasons to attend: what more could you want? <em>Candy</em>?</p><p>I&#8217;m also happy to say that WPCandy will very much be at WordCamp Raleigh, thanks to the generosity of the smart folks behind the recently released <a title="WordPress Group Deals plugin" href="http://groupdealsplugin.com/">Group Deals plugin</a> who are <a title="You too can power WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/powered">powering WPCandy to attend</a>. Who else will be attending WordCamp Raleigh this year, and what are you most looking forward to?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=18010">WordCamp is descending on Raleigh, speaker lineup emerges</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:04:17 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:7;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"WPCandy: Beginner’s Guide: How to utilize Google resources in WordPress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=13022";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:88:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/X3yoJC-B3nY/how-to-utilize-google-in-wordpress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:18202:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=13022"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18015" title="WordPress and Google products (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/wordpressgoogleapps-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="269" /></a></p><p>There are many ways to utilize the seemingly endless resources of Google in WordPress. The following list includes what I consider to be the most important Google tools, some others nearly every web developer uses, and hopefully even some that you don&#8217;t know about yet.</p><p>In this post we&#8217;ll be looking into 18 Google services and applications, including:</p><ul><li><span>Google Analytics</span></li><li><span>Goo.gl url shortener</span></li><li><span>Google Chrome/Developer Tools</span></li><li><span>Google Website Optimizer</span></li><li><span>Google Docs</span></li><li><span>Google Custom Search</span></li><li><span>Google Maps</span></li><li><span>Google Reader, and</span></li><li><span>Google Adsense/Adwords</span></li></ul><p><span id="more-13022"></span></p><h3>Google Analytics</h3><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17989" title="Google Analytics WordPress " src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/GoogleAnalyticsGraph.png" alt="Google Analytics WordPress " width="600" height="132" /></p><p>Nearly all website owners use Google Analytics. There are so many resources and cool things you can track with this invaluable tool. Track referrers, clicks, advertising, and a gillion other things. Track one website or a thousand. Target specific content, see where your visitors live, how long they&#8217;re on your site, and much, much more. Enough of me, check out these awesome tutorials for using Google Analytics.</p><ul><li><span><a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-install-google-analytics-in-wordpress/">Setup and basics</a> by WPBeginner</span></li><li><span><a href="http://blog.kissmetrics.com/50-resources-for-getting-the-most-out-of-google-analytics/">More tutorials</a> than you ever wanted by KISSmetrics </span></li><li><span>Definitive <a href="http://yoast.com/wordpress/google-analytics/">WordPress Analytics</a> plugin by Joost de Valk </span></li></ul><h3>Goo.gl url shortener</h3><p>Google couldn&#8217;t miss out on the shortlinks action, so they came up with their own provider, <a href="http://goo.gl">goo.gl</a>. Google <a href="http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-url-shortener-gets-website.html">claims it&#8217;s not</a> just another url shortener. Do you use it as your default shortener? If not, <a href="http://goo.gl/0m7v4">this article</a> by Kovshenin can help you get started with integrating it into WordPress, and you can also check out a <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=goo.gl">couple of plugins</a> that have popped up around it.</p><h3>Google Chrome / Developer Tools</h3><p>Google Chrome is now responsible for more than <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379105,00.asp">10% of all browser usage</a>, more than Safari and Opera combined. It has a great reputation for being extremely fast and very stable &#8212; like most Google stuff, I&#8217;d say. One of the only complaints I tend to see from web developers is that it doesn&#8217;t have all the fun extensions that Firefox has. But it is getting close.</p><p>Chrome comes with a built in pack of Developer Tools, that some say is better than Firefox&#8217;s Firebug. Chrome also has Firebug lite and a lot of other awesome extensions that are similar to Firefox&#8217;s offerings. I made the switch to using Chrome as my default browser a few months ago, and I now I think I have as much power in the Chrome Developer Tools and extensions as I had in Firefox.</p><h3>Google Website Optimizer</h3><p></p><p>Split-testing can be extremely valuable for your landing and sales pages. We even heard from <a href="http://wpcandy.com/interviewed/david-perel">Obox</a> how a small change in their sales page made a drastic difference in theme sales. <a href="https://www.google.com/analytics/siteopt/">Google Website Optimizer</a> helps you create experiments to see what works best for your site.</p><p>Website Optimizer is pretty advanced stuff (in my opinion at least). If you are looking for a simpler option, you may want to look at the <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/free-ab-testing-wordpress-plugin-by-max-foundry">MaxA/B</a> free WordPress plugin that lets you compare WordPress pages in a matter of minutes. But if you want to dive into all the details of multivariate split-testing, Google&#8217;s product is a great place to start.</p><h3>Google Libraries API</h3><p>Google keeps minified libraries of a lot of code frameworks. Using simple scripts, you can use these libraries with WordPress. Even if WordPress already loads a framework, like it does with jQuery, you can still register and use the Google version. There is some argument about how good of an idea this is, but many claim it&#8217;s faster than using the WordPress packaged version. It&#8217;s obviously a good idea for any library not already bundled in WordPress.</p><p>The Google Libraries API currently supports Chrome Frame, Dojo, Ext Core, jQuery, jQuery UI, MooTools, Prototype, script.aculo.us, SWFObject, Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI), and WebFont Loader. Learn more with the <a href="http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/libraries/devguide.html">developer guide</a>.</p><p>The easiest way to get started with integrating Google hosted libraries and WordPress is to <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/use-google-libraries/">use a plugin</a>, but you can also go the manual route, which can be fun. The basic idea would be the following (credit: <a href="http://www.w3-edge.com/weblog/2011/02/optimize-social-media-button-performance/">Frederick Townes</a>):</p><pre>
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</pre><p>This method is best to use in a custom extension or plugin, if anywhere. New themes will likely <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2011/03/01/topic-for-discussion-jquery/">not allow</a> registering jQuery this way.</p><h3>Google Font Directory</h3><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-14200" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/Google-Font-Directory.gif" alt="Google Font Directory" width="90" height="90" />The <a href="http://code.google.com/webfonts">Google font directory</a> is one of the most exciting new things to using non-standard fonts in our websites. The font directory does all the dirty work of implementing the CSS @font-face technique, including all of the <a href="http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/google-font-api-guide/">best practices</a> for making it cross-browser compatible.</p><p>The directory is entirely free to access, takes one line of code to implement, and you can use the fonts just like any other in your stylesheets. They started with just a few available fonts, but now there are dozens and more and more show up all the time.</p><p>This is my single favorite Google resource right now. You can implement the font directory multiple ways. For personal and client projects you could use <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/">a plugin</a> or just use a simple @import command at the top of your css file and then just use the font name in your stylesheet. It could look like this:</p><pre>
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</pre><h3>Google Checkout</h3><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-14204" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/googlecheckout.png" alt="google checkout" width="220" height="111" />Google checkout is a cart solution similar to PayPal. It may not be the most familiar checkout option to WordPress users, but it is at least a viable solution to work alongside PayPal and other third party options.</p><p>The biggest positive of Checkout is the deep integration with Google Adwords and Google Product Search. One drawback is that Google Checkout doesn&#8217;t play well outside of the United States and United Kingdom, and by not play well I mean <a href="http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134420">isn&#8217;t available</a>.</p><p>There are a <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lbak-google-checkout/">couple</a> of <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-google-checkout-shopping-cart/">plugins</a> worth considering that can help you integrate this shopping cart application into your WordPress site.</p><h3>Google Chart Tools</h3><p>I&#8217;ll be honest. I just discovered Google&#8217;s <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/charttools/">chart tools</a>. With these, you can pretty easily use Google Docs to <a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/easy-graphs-with-google-chart-tools/">create interactive charts</a> for use on your website. There is a lot of power and potential behind these tools, and the sky is pretty much the limit with what you can do. Assuming the sky is limited to charts, of course.</p><h3>Google Docs</h3><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-14412" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/googleDocs.png" alt="Google Docs" width="151" height="267" />Google Docs is a great way to bring office tasks to the web. It is easy to share documents, spreadsheets, presentations and even forms. One of my favorite features is the ability to live-edit a document with a public or private group.</p><p>Ryan did this with a spreadsheet to line up interviews for WordCamp Phoenix. He simply invited people to sign up for a time on the shared Google spreadsheet. Awesome, right?</p><p>You can also <a href="http://wn.com/How_to_embed_a_Google_Doc_into_Wordpress_Blog">embed Google Docs</a> right into your WordPress posts and pages. All in all, it&#8217;s a nice, online-friendly alternative to Microsoft Office.</p><h3>Google Custom Search</h3><p>Google&#8217;s <a href="http://www.google.com/cse/">custom search</a> feature lets you create just that, a custom search engine, and implement it on your own website. You can set up all sorts of features, such as making it just search your site, or a select number of sites, exclude certain results, and many other things. You can also connect your adsense account to the ads that display at the top of search results in the free version. The paid version includes the ability to remove the ads, and starts at $100 per year.</p><p>You get all of the power of Google in your own search engine. It&#8217;s really a nice alternative to WordPress search, which to be honest, could use a facelift.</p><h3>Google Maps</h3><p>There are a <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/google-maps">slew of Google Maps related plugins</a>, but <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/">MapPress</a> will allow you to do a basic, but thorough, integration of Google Maps into your WordPress site. Google Maps is an extremely powerful tool that almost everyone uses in everyday life, and thanks to other people&#8217;s efforts, we can also use Google Maps to assist us in our development projects.</p><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14195" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/WPCandyPoweredMap.jpg" alt="WPCandy Powered Map" width="552" height="299" /></p><h3>YouTube</h3><p><img class="size-full wp-image-14194 alignright" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/youtube-logo-2.jpg" alt="YouTube logo" width="150" height="106" />YouTube is good for a lot more than watching funny cats and bros getting tazed (although I do love those). It is a great platform to upload and share all types of videos. And because YouTube bears the burden of the heavy lifting, we can spend less of our own bandwidth serving up the video itself.</p><p>WordPress has made it easier than ever to <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds">embed</a> YouTube videos, so that now all you have to do is enter the url of the video on its own line and WordPress takes care of the rest. Of course, if you want more control, you may like <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tubepress/">TubePress</a> or <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/">Viper&#8217;s Video Quicktags</a>.</p><p>You can also take advantage of using your YouTube channel to expand your social profile and get visitors to your site.</p><h3>Gmail</h3><p>You may think I&#8217;m strange for including Gmail in a post about Google products and WordPress, but I&#8217;d venture to say a majority of WordPress developers use Gmail as their base account.</p><p>It&#8217;s really easy to have all of your emails consolidated to a single Gmail account. You can have your main account, forward emails from different domains to that account, and then use a ton of tools to organize and manage your emails. I have about half a dozen email accounts that all forward to my single Gmail account.</p><h3>Google Reader</h3><p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14229" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/googleReaderlogo-150x150.jpg" alt="google Reader logo" width="105" height="105" />Google Reader is really one of the only free web-based RSS feed tools available. It&#8217;s a pretty decent system, and it&#8217;s always nice to keep all the sites you like in one place. But, I personally recommend you still come and visit the real world every now and then <img src="http://wpcandy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" /> .</p><p>In WordPress, keep in mind that you can change your RSS settings to either show the full content or just excerpts. Personally, I get annoyed when I can only view the excerpts, and I actually tend to visit the real site even less than when the author shows me the full content in my Reader. I know right, the opposite of the intended effect. Something to think about for those of you that only allow excerpts in feed readers!</p><p>You may also be interested in <a href="http://thingelstad.com/using-google-reader-send-to-with-wordpress/">this post</a> by Jamie Thinglestad that shows how to easily add your WordPress site as a &#8220;send to&#8221; link in Google Reader so you can quickly and easily blog about posts in your feed.</p><h3>Google Adsense / Adwords</h3><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14523" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/Google-Keyword-Search.png" alt="Google Keyword Search" width="585" height="242" /></p><p>If you are going to use ads and don&#8217;t have a high-traffic site, Google Adsense is one of the simplest ways to do it. There are fifty bagillion tutorials online as to how to best target ads to fit your content, so check out some of those. You can also see some of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/google-adsense">plugins in WordPress</a> designed to make it easier for you to implement Adsense with WordPress.</p><p>Certainly one of the coolest things about Adwords, whether you use them for buying ads or not, is the <a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal">keyword search tool.</a> It&#8217;s simple to see how often specific words and phrases are searched for, both globally and locally.</p><h3>Feedburner</h3><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-17992" title="feedburner in wordpress" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/feedburner.png" alt="feedburner in wordpress" width="100" height="110" />Feedburner is a great tool that can redirect your WordPress feeds through their system so you can track your subscribers in many different ways. 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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:92:"WPCandy: Easy Content Types plugin for WordPress makes custom content a point and click away";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=18000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:120:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/O9cRzEd9wf8/pippin-williamson-releases-easy-content-types-plugin-for-wordpress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3227:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=18000"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18001" title="Easy Content Types plugin (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/easycontenttypes-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="213" /></a></p><p>Pippin Williamson (whose standing desk you may remember from a <a title="Pippin Williamson's WordPress Workspace" href="http://wpcandy.com/presents/pippin-williamsons-wordpress-workspace">recent WordPress Workspace feature</a>) has released a new plugin called <a title="Easy Content Types WordPress plugin" href="http://codecanyon.net/item/easy-custom-content-types-for-wordpress/234182">Easy Content Types</a>. If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to create custom post types and <a title="How to organize your content with custom WordPress taxonomies" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-organize-your-content-with-custom-taxonomies">taxonomies</a> for your site, but are a bit freaked out working with code (or just don&#8217;t want to) this plugin could be perfect for you. Williamson&#8217;s plugin provides a handful of settings pages that make the creation of post types, taxonomies, and meta boxes.</p><p>If you aren&#8217;t sure what any of that means, the easiest way to show you is to have a look at the demonstration video below.</p><p>The Easy Content Types plugin is a paid plugin, available <a title="Pippin's plugin on CodeCanyon" href="http://codecanyon.net/item/easy-custom-content-types-for-wordpress/234182">on CodeCanyon</a> for $20<sup>1</sup>. I know not everyone is crazy about paying for plugins, but for those among you there is hope here too: check out the giveaway of the plugin we&#8217;re running, just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-18000"></span></p><h3>Plugin giveaway</h3><p>We have <strong>two</strong> copies of Pippin&#8217;s Easy Content Types Plugin to give away. If you&#8217;d like a copy of the plugin, just leave a comment sharing what you&#8217;d like to use the plugin to do. What sort of content types, taxonomies, and meta boxes would you like to be able to create on the fly? We&#8217;ll pick the two most interesting comments in 24 hours and send the plugin their way.</p><p>And hey, if you have a way of adding these custom content types to your site that you like better, or other plugins that do something similar, let us know in the comments as well.</p><p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/pippin-williamson-releases-easy-content-types-plugin-for-wordpress"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p><sup>1</sup> <em>Sometimes folks are concerned about licensing when purchasing plugins. Rest assured, WPCandy <a title="WPCandy's editorial policy" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/careful">only covers GPL</a> compatible plugins and the plugin discussed above <a title="CodeCanyon licensing terms" href="http://codecanyon.net/wiki/support/legal-terms/licensing-terms/">is</a>.</em></p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=18000">Easy Content Types plugin for WordPress makes custom content a point and click away</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:20:06 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:9;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:54:"WPCandy: WordPress 3.1.2 security update now available";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17976";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:99:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/VZ8MQEXmYG0/wordpress-3-1-2-security-update-now-available";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1734:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17976"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8572" title="WordPress logo" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2010/11/wordpresslogo-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>It&#8217;s that time again: a new version of WordPress, now 3.1.2, is <a title="WordPress 3.1.2 security update available" href="http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-2/">now available as a security update</a>. It seems this fixes a vulnerability that would allow Contributor-level users to publish posts when they shouldn&#8217;t have been able to.</p><p>You can <a title="WordPress 3.1.2 download" href="http://wordpress.org/download/">download 3.1.2 manually</a>, or (much more likely) click that fancy update button in your Dashboard.</p><p>Interestingly, this issue was discovered by Andrew Nacin and Benjamin Balter. Nacin you may recognize as a member of the WordPress Core Commit team. Balter&#8217;s name first cropped up, at least <a title="Ben Balter profiled on WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/profiles/ben-balter">here on WPCandy</a>, just yesterday as a participant in <a title="WordPress and the GSoC 2011" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/google-announces-2011-summer-of-code-wordpress-student-projects">Google Summer of Code this year</a>. Someone give him extra credit.</p><p>Are you all updated? Do you use the Dashboard update, or do you still manually update the <em>old school</em> way?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17976">WordPress 3.1.2 security update now available</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:06:54 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:10;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:47:"WPCandy: Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 3";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17960";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:87:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/z8k3ir4a8XU/theme-madness-2011-round-3-voting";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:11617:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17960"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17962" title="Theme Madness Round 3 voting (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround3voting-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>We&#8217;ve wrapped up Round 2 of Theme Madness, and there were definitely a few surprises in the results. 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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:25:"Dev Blog: WordPress 3.1.2";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:33:"http://wordpress.org/news/?p=1801";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50:"http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-2/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:979:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">WordPress 3.1.2</a> is now available and is a security release for all previous WordPress versions.</p>
<p>This release addresses a vulnerability that allowed Contributor-level users to improperly publish posts.</p>
<p>The issue was discovered by a member of our security team, WordPress developer <a href="http://andrewnacin.com/">Andrew Nacin</a>, with <a href="http://ben.balter.com/">Benjamin Balter</a>.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:63:"WPCandy: yolink Search plugin wants to improve WordPress search";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17951";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:108:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/rM0NRQ4fIrs/yolink-search-plugin-wants-to-improve-wordpress-search";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2417:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17951"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17952" title="yolink WordPress plugin (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/yolinkplugin-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>WordPress’ built-in search isn’t fantastic; this isn’t news to anyone. But what <em>could be</em> news to some of you is the recent launch of the <a title="yolink Search for WordPress plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yolink-search/">yolink Search for WordPress plugin</a>, that hopes to improve the WordPress search experience by integrating their cloud-based search engine.</p><p>yolink itself is search technology from <a title="TigerLogic" href="http://tigerlogic.com/“">TigerLogic</a> that can be used in other applications via their API. yolink is a paid service, and using it for commercial purposes or for indexing more than 50 pages of content might require you take a look at their <a title="yolink" href="http://www.yolink.com/yolink/api/pricing.jsp">pricing structure</a>. If WPCandy wanted to use their search API, for instance, we would need to pay $100/month.</p><p>The new yolink Search for WordPress plugin has been developed and released in partnership with <a href="http://wpengine.com/">WPEngine</a> and is now available in its 1.0 version. Along with indexing content and providing improved search results, yolink will optionally add social sharing options to search content, as shown in their demo video just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-17951"></span></p><p>The best way to see what yolink does without trying it out is watching their demo video:</p><p></p><p>The plugin can be downloaded <a title="yolink Search plugin on the WordPress directory" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yolink-search/">from the WordPress.org plugin directory</a>, and an API key snagged <a title="yolink API key" href="http://www.yolink.com/yolink/developers/">from the yolink website</a>. If you&#8217;ve tried out this plugin, or another that claims to improve WordPress&#8217; default search, share your experience in the comments.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17951">yolink Search plugin wants to improve WordPress search</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:57:39 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:14;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:71:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress GSoC Students and Projects Announced";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9940";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/P1hiK8aWyhQ/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1216:"<p>The students and projects for <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress&#8217;s</a> portion of <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2011">Google Summer of Code 2011</a> have been <a href="http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/2011-gsoc-students-announced/">announced</a>. The students will be working with well-known community mentors on documentation revisions, file uploader enhancements, &#8220;Local Storage Drafts backup,&#8221; learn.wordpress.org (possibly similar to <a href="http://learn.wordpress.com/">learn.wordpress.com</a>), &#8220;enhanced emails,&#8221; threaded comment enhancements, &#8220;Extending WP Webservices,&#8221; additional language packs and enhancements to existing packs, UI improvements for <a href="http://android.wordpress.org/">the Android app</a>, &#8220;Full-throttle Trac Annihilation&#8221; (clearing as many trac tickets as possible), &#8220;WordPress Move,&#8221; and &#8220;Template Versioning.&#8221;</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:89:"WPCandy: MapQuest Map Builder plugin works to make adding custom maps to WordPress easier";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17928";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:134:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/4uzn3A7CtdQ/mapquest-map-builder-plugin-tries-to-make-adding-custom-maps-to-wordpress-easier";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2133:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17928"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17929" title="MapQuest WordPress plugin (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/mapquestplugin-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>Have you ever wanted to build out custom maps in WordPress? Using MapQuest? Then you&#8217;re in luck (and sort of a <em>freakishly ideal</em> person to be reading this post): MapQuest has released the <a title="MapQuest Map Builder beta plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mapquest-map-builder/">MapQuest Map Builder beta plugin</a> that smooths out the process of adding maps to WordPress posts and pages. It requires no signup or API key—just install it and go.</p><p>Within the builder map pointers are very flexible, with the icons, titles, and descriptions all fully customizable. Lines and shapes be also be drawn on maps, with color and size settings customizable as well.</p><p>The plugin was released earlier this year, but is still in its early stages. Project Lead Chip Diffendaffer said they are &#8220;aiming to create a quick and easy-to-use mapping plugin for creating elegant custom maps without worrying about setting up API keys or writing JavaScript.&#8221; You can download the plugin <a title="MapQuest Map Builder on the WordPress.org plugin directory" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mapquest-map-builder/">from the WordPress plugin directory</a>, and read more about it on <a title="MapQuest Builder plugin for WordPress" href="http://tools.mapquest.com/map-builder-for-wordpress/">MapQuest&#8217;s site</a>.</p><p>Diffendaffer said they are interested in the community&#8217;s thoughts, as well as any feature requests anyone here might have. Well, let him have it: share your thoughts in the comments below.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17928">MapQuest Map Builder plugin works to make adding custom maps to WordPress easier</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:49:35 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:17;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:77:"WPCandy: Montana State University offers class on advanced WordPress blogging";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17916";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:122:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/0U0A9SHk9KE/montana-state-university-offers-class-on-advanced-wordpress-blogging";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2747:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17916"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17918" title="WordPress and Montana State University (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wordpressmontanastateu-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="251" /></a></p><p>College students in Big Sky Country are in for a treat next month: a course <a title="News on Montana State University" href="http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9787">coming</a> to Montana State University will help WordPress users take the next step to become familiar with plugins, custom menus and search engine optimization in a class appropriately called &#8220;Advanced WordPress&#8221;.</p><p>The course will be taught by instructor Jake Cook as part of Montana State&#8217;s <a title="Montana State Extended University" href="http://btc.montana.edu/courses/aspx/professional.aspx">Extended University</a>. The course will be taught in two four hour sessions and cost $85.</p><p>The full course description is included just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-17916"></span></p><p>The full course description, from the <a title="Advanced WordPress course registration page" href="http://btc.montana.edu/courses/aspx/NCDescrip3.aspx?TheID=718">registration page</a>:</p><blockquote><p><strong>Course Description:</strong> Already up and running on WordPress but looking to get more out of your website? This class will show you how to further enrich your online presence using this powerful platform. Topics include leveraging plug-ins, search engine optimization tips, custom menus and templates, and getting specific functionality built into your website. <strong>Please Note: This is intended for experienced Word Press users who are already familiar with the platform.</strong> [sic]</p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;ll admit it&#8217;s not a good sign to see WordPress mispelled in the course description, but we&#8217;ll give them the benefit of the doubt. We have to start somewhere, right?</p><p>Have you heard about about WordPress being used in the classroom elsewhere? If so, <a title="Send WPCandy a heads up on a story" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/powered-by-you">let us know</a>; we&#8217;re looking to collect occurrences  like this.</p><p>Would you take a class on WordPress if it was taught at your local university? Or, perhaps a more appropriate question for our incredibly savvy readers: would you be <em>teach</em> the class?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17916">Montana State University offers class on advanced WordPress blogging</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:11:32 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:18;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:85:"WPCandy: Joost de Valk ditches the windmill pose for a new, stylish, superhero avatar";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17903";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/OAxj_g9e6To/joost-de-valk-ditches-the-windmill-pose";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1450:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17903"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17904" title="Joost de Valk new cartoon avatar (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/yoastnewavatar-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>Joost de Valk, WordPress plugin developer and the caretaker of Yoast.com, has decided to upgrade his infamous windmill&#8217;d avatar for an updated, taller, and (I would say) trimmer figure. Joost&#8217;s friend and artist <a title="Erwin Brouwer, artist" href="http://www.erwinbrouwer.nl/">Erwin Brouwer</a> has taken on the task of updating Joost&#8217;s image, and has begun the task with the first two images above (on the right).</p><p>Joost is looking for feedback on the new art, so drop them in the comments here or <a title="Yoast's improved character" href="http://yoast.com/yoast-improved-image/">head over to his blog</a> and let him know there. And am I the only who thinks with a few more <a title="WordPress Mascots" href="http://wpcandy.com/presents/the-wordpress-theme-mascot-throw-down">superhero mascots</a> we can put together a WordPress Justice League?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17903">Joost de Valk ditches the windmill pose for a new, stylish, superhero avatar</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:23:26 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:19;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50:"WPCandy: Winners: Results of Theme Madness Round 2";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17887";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:88:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/YpxXftyLy5M/theme-madness-2011-round-2-winners";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9056:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17887"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17888" title="Theme Madness Round 2 winners" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround2winners.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>We have the results of Theme Madness Round 2 in this post, and there are some real upsets here. 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Obox Themes: 101</li></ul><p><strong>Winner</strong>: Obox Themes, who will be competing again on <a title="WPCandy Theme Madness Bracket" href="http://wpcandy.com/theme-madness">April 26</a>.</p><h3>Results of Startbox vs. Pro Theme Design</h3><p>After totaling up poll votes, Twitter votes, and comments on their respective blogs, the numbers are:</p><ul><li>12. Startbox: 55</li><li>4. Pro Theme Design: 60</li></ul><p><strong>Winner</strong>: Pro Theme Design, who will be competing again on <a title="WPCandy Theme Madness Bracket" href="http://wpcandy.com/theme-madness">April 26</a>.</p><h3>Results of KreativeThemes vs. Press75</h3><p>After totaling up poll votes, Twitter votes, and comments on their respective blogs, the numbers are:</p><ul><li>6. KreativeThemes: 42</li><li>3. 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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:59:"WPCandy: How to create your own Powered By system like ours";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17551";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:94:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/xxukB29Uk4o/how-to-create-your-own-powered-by-system";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:8875:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17551"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17872" title="Create your own Powered by system (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/createyourownpoweredbysystem-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>Instead of taking advertisers at WPCandy, we use a <a title="WPCandy is powered by the community" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/powered">Powered By system</a>. 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By making these off-site links one step removed from WPCandy’s content itself, anyone can learn more about who powers WPCandy without being taken away to another site they don’t know about.</p><p>In this way, the Powered By system is quite different from an advertising or paid links system. No one who powers WPCandy does so strictly for backlinks and traffic. Let’s face it, if they sent WPCandy money for that purpose alone it wouldn’t be very wise. <em>Any</em> links to a supporter’s site is one step removed from any primary content page on WPCandy. No, the primary reasons that folks tend to power WPCandy are:</p><ol><li>They appreciate the site, and want to support us and our ad-free model.</li><li>They want to support the greater WordPress community, and raise their visibility within it.</li></ol><p>While the Powered By system isn’t designed to send traffic to supporter’s sites, it is designed to add to supporter’s reputations. Anyone who powers the site sees credit on posts, in thank you posts, and on podcasts. In fact, just about every time we create a new form of content on the site, we find a way to incorporate thanking those who power us. They are our VIP, our Hall of Fame.</p><p>Understanding why this system is great, as well as having an audience that is receptive to it, is key to implementing something like it. We’re lucky <a title="WPCandy Powered By system announcement" href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/the-wpcandy-powered-by-pla">it has been embraced</a>, so far, at WPCandy.</p><h3>Our donation model is powered by tools</h3><p>Our system is technically pretty low-fi. We use:</p><ul><li>PayPal to manage the payments and subscriptions.</li><li>A custom taxonomy to assign content credits.</li></ul><p>And that’s pretty much it.</p><p>We created PayPal buttons for our main powering page, using the option within PayPal to grab the direct email link. Then we dropped those in our pages.</p><p>The custom taxonomy is a bit more fun. In our case, we credit those who power WPCandy in posts, which you can see below each post:</p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17881" title="Powered By implementation example" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/poweredbyexample.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="69" /></p><p>The snippet below is what we use to create our custom taxonomy, complete with our sentence URL <code>wpcandy.com/thanks/whomever</code> in place:</p><pre>
function poweredby_init() {
  register_taxonomy(
    'poweredby',
    'post',
    array(
      'label' => __('Powered by'),
      'sort' => true,
      'hierarchical' => true,
      'args' => array('orderby' => 'term_order'),
      'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'thanks'),
    )
  );
}
add_action( 'init', 'poweredby_init' );
</pre><p>We add that to a plugin file, of course, so we can update our theme in the future without breaking any functionality like that.</p><p>Now, there is plenty more I’d like to do to improve the current system. I would like to revisit our payment flow and merge the various options together into one form using Gravity Form’s latest PayPal add-on. At this point though, until I make those improvements, this simple format does the job.</p><h3>Have fun with imagery</h3><p><img src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/wpcandy-supporters.png" alt="" title="WPCandy is powered by the community" width="600" height="139" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11752" /></p><p>Personally, I think the key with any system like this (read: a donation based system) is the way you package and promote it. Instead of simply adding a default PayPal donate button, void of personality, we created what I like to think is a branded, creative way to accomplish the same thing.</p><blockquote class="jump"><p>The point? Have fun with it. If you want others to have a good time on your site you need to have fun first.</p></blockquote><p>The branding, in our case, involved a few things. First I created images to associate with each power level, and had some fun doing it. A post is represented by a single mint (or $10), a day is a bucket (of paint, it seems), a week is a wheelbarrow, and a month is a truckload, presumably of mints. There’s also the monthly option, which powers the WPCandy mint factory $5 at a time.</p><p>The point? Have fun with it. If you want others to have a good time on your site you need to have fun first.</p><p>We also implemented a status bar in the sidebar that shows how much of WPCandy’s content is powered for the current month.</p><p><img src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/wpcandystatus70.png" alt="" title="wpcandystatus70" width="289" height="30" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12377" /></p><p>I’ve received a lot of compliments on the status bar, as well as questions as to how it works. I wish I had a complicated, highly technical answer for how it works. The reality is pretty straightforward: we use images like <code>status10.png</code>, <code>status20.png</code>, and so forth, and update the sidebar widget as needed. It’s not quite impressive, but it gets the job done.</p><h3>Powered best when regularly maintained</h3><p>By accepting far more individual, personal payments than we would on a traditional advertising system, we do interact with more people. Since it’s a community donation program, we feel it’s important to stay connected with those who donate on a slightly personal level. For everyone who donates, we try to:</p><ul><li>Email a thank you note directly to them.</li><li>Thank them in weekly posts on the site (been slacking in this regard lately).</li><li>Get to know them, follow them, and talk with them as often as we can.</li></ul><p>In a sense, we treat those who support the site this way as VIP members of our little community here.</p><p>Aside from that, the system pretty much runs itself. We try and mention it whenever it makes sense, but otherwise folks tend to know where to go if they want to share the love.</p><h3>What do you think? Could this system work on your site?</h3><p>I&#8217;m curious what other site owners and blog authors think about the system we&#8217;re using here. Do you think this could have legs, particularly when compared to more traditional advertising or affiliate programs?</p><p>Feel free to leave any further questions in the comments, I&#8217;ll do my best to answer them.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17551">How to create your own Powered By system like ours</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:40:59 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:21;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:74:"WPCandy: Google announces 2011 Summer of Code (WordPress) student projects";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17865";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:117:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/R4vF-4uAULQ/google-announces-2011-summer-of-code-wordpress-student-projects";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3264:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17865"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17677" title="Google logo (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/googlelogo-teaser1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="207" /></a></p><p>The <a title="Google Summer of Code" href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a> (or GSoC) is a yearly global initiative where Google provides a stipend to students for contributing to an open source software project over the course of a summer. Mentors from within the given software community will help the student developers work on the project they propose for GSoC, assuming they are accepted. WordPress is participating this year and the full list of accepted student projects has been published by Google.</p><p>WordPress will be hosting 12 student projects this year:</p><ul><li><span><strong>Document Revisions</strong> with Ben Balter</span></li><li><span><strong>File Uploader Upgrade</strong> with Jacob Gillespie</span></li><li><span><strong>Local Storage Drafts backup</strong> with Mihai Chereji</span></li><li><span><strong>Learn.WordPress.org</strong> with Stas Suscov</span></li><li><span><strong>Enhanced Emails with</strong> Wojtek Szutnik</span></li><li><span><strong>Threaded Comments</strong> with azram19</span></li><li><span><strong>Extending WP Webservices</strong> with Prasath Nadarajah<br /> </span></li><li><span><strong>Language Packs</strong> with Marko Novakovic<br /> </span></li><li><span><strong>Refresh Android app UI</strong> with Anirudh S<br /> </span></li><li><span><strong>Full-throttle Trac Annihilation</strong> with Jakub Tyrcha<br /> </span></li><li><span><strong>WordPress Move</strong> with Mert Yazicioglu<br /> </span></li><li><span><strong>Template Versioning</strong> with David Julia</span></li></ul><p><a title="Announcement on the WordPress dev blog" href="http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/2011-gsoc-students-announced/">According</a> to Jane Wells, the group blog for the various projects will be established in the next week and be announced when it&#8217;s ready. Until then, congrats are in order for the students and their projects that were chosen. And since we&#8217;re all here looking over the list of project, head below the jump and let us know which is your own personal favorite in our poll.</p><p><span id="more-17865"></span><a name="pd_a_4969954"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4969954"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4969954/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">Market Research</a></span><br /> </p><p>If you&#8217;d like to see other projects that were accepted, outside of the scope of the WordPress project, you can see the <a title="2011 Google Summer of Code participants" href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2011">full list from Google</a>. Which project are you most excited to see come together?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17865">Google announces 2011 Summer of Code (WordPress) student projects</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:19:18 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:22;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:84:"WPCandy: WordCamp Montreal is on the lookout for speakers, sponsors, and early birds";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17858";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:98:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/nK9N0AMzUhE/wordcamp-montreal-2011-is-on-the-lookout-for";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1946:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17858"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17859" title="WordCamp Montreal logo (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wordcampmontreallogo-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="536" height="217" /></a></p><p>From the world of non-US WordPress events, <a title="WordCamp Montreal" href="http://wcmtl.org/">WordCamp Montreal</a> is coming up in a few weeks on July 9 and 10. Their event site is pretty straightforward right now, with very basic callouts for <a title="Callout for WordCamp Montreal speakers" href="https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=en&hl=en&formkey=dDNlczVmWXNwZnVNdmlQbDZyUHRLcEE6MQ#gid=0">speakers</a> and <a title="Callout for WordCamp Montreal sponsors" href="https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=en&hl=en&formkey=dDNWMFc2Y2tCOVZsdV8xb05zSm9VU3c6MQ#gid=0">sponsors</a>. Early bird tickets are just $30 right now, but will jump up to $40 before long.</p><p>This will make the <a title="WordCamp: Developers in Vancouver" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordcamp-developers-2011-ramping-up-for-may-5-in-vancouver">second Canadian WordCamp</a> to take place yet this year.</p><p>Montreal also looks like yet another Canadian WordCamp that WPCandy won&#8217;t be able to make it to. This is unfortunate particularly because, according to the kind folks at Vanilla Forums that we met at WordCamp Miami, both WordPress and WPCandy are much loved in Montreal. Don&#8217;t worry, <em>non-US world</em>: we&#8217;ll be there as soon as we can be.</p><p>So make us jealous: who will be attending WordCamp Montreal this year, and just how awesome will it be?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17858">WordCamp Montreal is on the lookout for speakers, sponsors, and early birds</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:37:07 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:23;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/"><strong>WP-reCAPTCHA</strong></a> integrates reCAPTCHA anti-spam methods with WordPress including comment, registration, and email spam protection.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:40:"Dougal Campbell: New Theme (in progress)";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:34:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=45870";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:62:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2011/04/25/new-theme-for-dougal";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:7879:"<div class="featured-image align-right"><img width="150" height="112" src="http://maxcdn.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/theme_screencap-150x112.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="theme screencap" title="theme screencap" /></div><p>If you&#8217;ve visited this site before, you might notice that I&#8217;m running a new theme, which I&#8217;ve named <strong>Formattd</strong>. And if you <a href="http://twitter.com/dougal">follow me on Twitter</a>, you might have seen me hint about it in tweets and screen shots. Now, you&#8217;re looking at it. Well, technically, you&#8217;re looking at a child theme (named <strong>dougalizr</strong>) with extra bits specific to my site, but still. This is my first attempt to create a theme completely from scratch.</p><p>In the past, I&#8217;ve generally started with an existing theme, then just created a child theme to do subtle alterations specific to my site. But I got tired of wrestling with doing things the way that somebody else envisioned it, or having to work around extra layers of &#8220;framework&#8221; functionality in order to change something simple. I wanted my own theme that I would know inside and out. And let me tell you, I now have a new respect for theme authors. Building a theme is a <em>lot</em> of work, because there are a zillion little pieces and details to account for. If you are a developer, and you&#8217;ve never built a WordPress theme from scratch before, I highly recommend it as an exercise.</p><p>Let me start by saying that this new theme is not revolutionary. It&#8217;s not a &#8220;theme framework&#8221;. I haven&#8217;t put in any customizable options (yet, I might in the future). It&#8217;s not a &#8220;portfolio&#8221;, &#8220;news&#8221;, or &#8220;magazine&#8221; theme. It&#8217;s just a plain blogging theme. And at the time of this writing, it&#8217;s still not even complete (see the To Do section, below). But it has some features that I think are interesting and useful, and I finally got it far enough along that it was at the <a title="Eating your own dogfood" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food">dogfood</a> stage. So I&#8217;m launching it here to help expose the warts that still remain, and force me to deal with them.</p><h3>Features</h3><ul><li>All 10 <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats">post formats</a> accounted for.</li><li>You can have different format templates for archives views.</li><li>When using the ‘link’ post format, the first link in the post becomes the ‘post link’. This will be used as the link for the post title, instead of the regular post permalink.</li><li>Allows setting post format when posting via <acronym title="eXtensible Markup Language"><span class="caps">XML</span></acronym>-<acronym title="Remote Procedure Call"><span class="caps">RPC</span></acronym> (such as from the WordPress apps for iPhone or BlackBerry). Just start your post with ‘:aside:’, ‘:link:’, etc. Example: <em>:aside: It’s always fun until somebody loses an eye. But then it’s more fun, because you get to play with the eyeball.</em></li><li>If a mobile post starts out with just an image before any text (as when you post an image from WordPress for iOS), it will automatically set the post format to ‘image’.</li><li>Any mobile post that contains a <span class="shortcode">gallery</span> shortcode automatically gets the &#8216;gallery&#8217; post format.</li><li>&#8216;Chat&#8217; formatted posts can automatically bold speakers’ names, if you use a pattern like this (name, colon, text):<pre>Costello: Who’s on first?
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:65:"WPCandy: The next WordPress Melbourne meetup will be a Hack Night";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17714";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:110:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/Z55kJE1ygkc/the-next-wordpress-melbourne-meetup-will-be-a-hack-night";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2049:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17714"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17715" title="WordPress Melbourne words (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/melbournewords-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="195" /></a></p><p>Organizer Anthony Cole and the folks who attend the <a title="WordPress Melbourne meetup" href="http://wpmelbourne.wordpress.com">WordPress Melbourne</a> meetup will be holding a WordPress Hack Night at their May meeting. The focus will be on trading WordPress development questions and tips, and working on WordPress together. Cole described his hopes for Hack Night <a title="WordPress Melbourne meetup blog" href="http://wpmelbourne.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/may-wordpress-hack-night/">on the WordPress Melbourne meetup blog</a>:</p><blockquote><p>My personal goal is to actually contribute a patch to core by the end of the night and get at least two or three others having done the same. We’ll also be able to test WordPress 3.2 with your plugins and themes and debug any issues anyone who’s testing it is having.</p><p>The unique selling point of the WordPress hack night is the idea that you come to learn and share. You don’t need to sit in on the presentations – we’ll most likely pour those into the board room with a more intimate setting. If you’ve got a WordPress dev question, chances are someone can answer it.</p></blockquote><p>Melbourne&#8217;s May event won&#8217;t be the first-ever WordPress hacking session at a meetup, of course. Have you ever held or attended a WordPress meetup with the specific purpose of contributing code back to WordPress? I know I would be interested in participating, assuming enough developers at my own local WordPress meetup would enjoy it.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17714">The next WordPress Melbourne meetup will be a Hack Night</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:54:00 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:26;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:75:"WPCandy: bbPress plugin alpha on the way shortly, will be prime for testing";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17703";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:97:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/JbJSS1mMYY8/bbpress-plugin-alpha-on-the-way-for-testing";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3002:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17703"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12025" title="bbPress logo" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/bbpresslogo-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="220" /></a></p><p>Word from the bbPress end of the internet is that a public alpha of the in-development bbPress plugin will be available very soon. Just yesterday on their forum, bbPress lead developer John James Jacoby  said &#8220;Going to be cleaning up the trac tickets for the plugin over this weekend and uploading a 2.0-alpha-1 to the WordPress.org plugin repository in the next few days.&#8221;</p><p>Anyone else excited?</p><p>In full, Jacoby <a title="John James Jacoby on the bbPress forum" href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-plugin-updates/page/22#post-86702">said</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Going to be cleaning up the trac tickets for the plugin over this weekend and uploading a 2.0-alpha-1 to the WordPress.org plugin repository in the next few days. This should make downloading, installing, and updating the plugin easier for everyone now that it&#8217;s ready for more testing.</p><p>The original alphas won&#8217;t include Gautam and Nightgunner5&#8242;s converter, but I&#8217;ll spend some time with it before launch and see about fitting it into core.</p><p>Getting close!</p></blockquote><p>The reference to &#8220;Gautam and Nightgunner5&#8242;s converter&#8221; means that the bbPress standalone to bbPress plugin converter won&#8217;t be included in the soon-to-be-released alpha plugin.</p><p><span id="more-17703"></span></p><p>For those new to this project, bbPress is the name for a standalone forum software project <a title="The blogging beginnings of the bbPress project" href="http://bbpress.org/blog/2004/12/soft-launch/">that was started</a> in 2004 by Matt Mullenweg. <a title="WPCandy coverage of the bbPress project" href="http://wpcandy.com/on/bbpress">Recent bbPress activity</a> has been focused on creating a WordPress plugin version of bbPress to make integrating bbPress forums into WordPress sites easier. bbPress still runs the WordPress.org support forums, and is fully functional as a standalone forum solution.</p><p>If you&#8217;re excited for bbPress then you can be ready to help test right away by watching the <a title="WordPress.org plugin page for bbPress" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/">WordPress.org plugin page</a> for the download link. You can also follow development and, if you&#8217;re willing, offer a hand of support on the <a title="bbPress trac" href="http://trac.bbpress.org/">bbPress trac</a>.</p><p>If you&#8217;ve tested the current bbPress plugin share your thoughts in the comments.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17703">bbPress plugin alpha on the way shortly, will be prime for testing</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:26:52 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:27;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:77:"WPCandy: CouponWP launches to save everyone a few bucks on WordPress products";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17602";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:71:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/ZFQYFPvdSyY/couponwp-launches";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2067:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17602"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17603" title="CouponWP screenshot (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/couponwp-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>Steven Gliebe, the mind behind ThemeSorter (a way to <a title="How to find WordPress themes" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-find-wordpress-themes-quickly-and-easily">find WordPress themes</a>) and long time web developer, has launched a new site called <a title="CouponWP" href="http://couponwp.com/">CouponWP</a> that catalogues and organizes discounts and coupons for WordPress related products. Think <a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/">RetailMeNot</a>, but for WordPress only.</p><p>Gliebe shared his thoughts on the launch of CouponWP in the launch post:</p><blockquote><p>The idea for CouponWP was born out of a coupons/deals section on our other website, ThemeSorter. Over there, we focus on premium WordPress themes. We thought it’d be great to take that idea a step further and track coupons for WordPress plugins and hosting too. Surprisingly, our research did not turn up a site like CouponWP already in existence (at least not one that was up-to-date with <em>real</em>codes). And so here it is.</p></blockquote><p>CouponWP launched during the same span of time that <a title="WPBeginner's coupon site launch" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wpbeginner-coupons-could-save-you-money">WPBeginner&#8217;s coupon section</a> did. It looks like we can expect more WordPress discount sites like this in the future. Have you ever used a discount on a WordPress theme, plugin, or service? Perhaps more importantly, have you ever held off on purchasing something until a solid discount was available?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17602">CouponWP launches to save everyone a few bucks on WordPress products</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:39:50 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:28;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 4/23";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9931";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/Lo_yJlKMCeo/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1997:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9932" title="content" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/content.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="106" /></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.longren.org/wordpress/html5press/"><strong>HTML5Press</strong></a> is an HTLM5 and CSS3 theme with featured images, menu and widget support, and threaded comments.</p>
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<p><a href="http://wpshed.com/twenty-ten-child-theme-twentyten-allure/"><strong>TwentyTen Allure</strong></a> combines the latest WordPress technology available with a clear and eye catching design.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:62:"WPCandy: Shop smarter: 4 WordPress theme marketplaces compared";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17616";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:92:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/ENaq6ns5c70/wordpress-theme-marketplace-comparison";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:8859:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17616"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17626" title="Comparison of WordPress theme marketplaces (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpthememarketplaces-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>There are no shortage of places to <a title="How to find WordPress themes" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-find-wordpress-themes-quickly-and-easily">find WordPress themes</a>. Some prefer to make their own themes, some use only free themes, and still others—perhaps yourself—that purchase WordPress themes. Assuming you are purchasing themes online you have a number of places to look. Commercial theme shops are many and varied. There is also another type of commercial theme resource, typically referred to within the community as a <em>WordPress theme marketplace</em>.</p><p>After how well received our <a title="WordPress theme framework comparison" href="http://wpcandy.com/presents/wordpress-theme-framework-comparison">WordPress theme framework comparison</a> was, and how often theme marketplaces were brought up when we discussed <a title="How to find WordPress themes" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-find-wordpress-themes-quickly-and-easily">how to find WordPress themes</a>, there was just no way we couldn&#8217;t do a rundown of theme marketplaces as well. 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Dedicated theme marketplaces don&#8217;t offer any type of theme except for WordPress themes.</p><p>You might guess, then, that an <strong>assorted</strong> theme marketplace carries more than just one type of template. So while WordPress themes are included in all of the assorted theme marketplaces we list below, there are other kinds of themes and templates available there too.</p><h3>WordPress theme marketplace comparison table</h3><p>The following table is laid out in alphabetical order, as is the list below it.</p><table id="wp-table-reloaded-id-16-no-1" class="wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-16"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd"><th class="column-1"></th><th class="column-2"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/categories/wordpress/" title="Mojo Themes WordPress theme marketplace">Mojo Themes</a></th><th class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress" title="ThemeForest WordPress theme marketplace">ThemeForest</a></th><th class="column-4"><a href="http://www.themegarden.com/" title="ThemeGarden WordPress theme marketplace">ThemeGarden</a></th><th class="column-5"><a href="http://wonderthemes.com/" title="WonderThemes WordPress theme marketplace">WonderThemes</a></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="row-2 even"><td class="column-1">Marketplace Type</td><td class="column-2">Assorted</td><td class="column-3">Assorted</td><td class="column-4">Dedicated</td><td class="column-5">Dedicated</td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">Number of Themes</td><td class="column-2">100+</td><td class="column-3">900+</td><td class="column-4">60+</td><td class="column-5">Currently in beta</td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">Support Forum</td><td class="column-2">Yes</td><td class="column-3">Yes</td><td class="column-4">No</td><td class="column-5">Yes</td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">Established</td><td class="column-2">2010</td><td class="column-3">2008</td><td class="column-4">2010</td><td class="column-5">2011</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>About Mojo Themes</h3><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-17629" title="Mojo Themes logo" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-23-at-3.29.54-AM.png" alt="" width="310" height="88" /></p><p>Mojo Themes came new to the WordPress community in early 2010, launched by friends of WPCandy JR Farr and Brady Nord. Mojo Themes is a marketplace that offers templates for WordPress as well as Magento, Tumblr, email, Photoshop, and HTML/CSS.</p><p>Most recently, Mojo saw a <a title="Mojo Themes redesign" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/mojo-themes-sees-big-2011-redesign">redesign in celebration</a> of their first year anniversary.</p><p>Visit the <a title="Mojo Themes WordPress themes marketplace" href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/categories/wordpress/">Mojo Themes marketplace</a> for more. You can read more about <a title="WPCandy coverage of Mojo Themes" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/mojo-themes">our coverage of Mojo Themes</a> as well.</p><h3>About ThemeForest</h3><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-17630" title="ThemeForest logo" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-23-at-3.30.06-AM.png" alt="" width="239" height="57" /></p><p>ThemeForest is the oldest and, by far, the largest commercial theme marketplace online today. It boasts an impressive number of WordPress themes for sale, nearly one thousand at the time of this writing.</p><p>Visit the <a title="ThemeForest WordPress themes marketplace" href="http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress">ThemeForest marketplace</a> for more. You can read <a title="WPCandy coverage of ThemeForest" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/themeforest">our coverage of ThemeForest</a> as well, including <a title="WPCandy coverage of Envato" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/envato">Envato</a> its parent company. 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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:61:"Weblog Tools Collection: Do you Make a Living with WordPress?";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9926";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/7-t250JUNFU/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:672:"<p>Some <a href="http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/we-have-a-checkbox-in-profiles-where-people/">impressive stats</a> came out of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> camp recently. Apparently, almost 20,000 users of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">WordPress.org Support Forums</a> have checked &#8220;I make my living using WordPress&#8221; in their profile.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"WPTavern: Sponsor Me To WordCamp Columbus";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=5255";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/wa3_jlw8zRQ/sponsor-me-to-wordcamp-columbus";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2200:"<p><a href="http://wordcampcolumbus.com/">WordCamp Columbus Ohio</a> is right around the corner, <strong>June 17-18, 2011</strong> and I&#8217;d like to attend. However, my funds are pretty tight this year and I&#8217;d like to know if you would be able to help me out. There are three different ways you can sponsor my trip to this event.</p>
<p><strong>Video</strong> &#8211; This includes a minimum of two videos recorded from the event. Each video will begin with a splash screen showcasing your company as well as providing a link within the video post. &#8211; <strong>$150.00</strong></p>
<p><del datetime="2011-04-23T00:05:46+00:00"><strong>Audio</strong> &#8211; This includes a minimum of two recordings which could either be interviews or actual sessions from the event. Each audio recording will include a shot out to your company or business along with a link within the audio post. <strong>$150.00</strong></del> Purchased by <a href="http://podscms.org/">http://podscms.org/</a></p>
<p><del datetime="2011-04-23T00:05:46+00:00"><strong>Text </strong> &#8211; This includes a minimum of two posts which will include a banner as well as a text link. <strong>$100.00</strong></del> Purchased by <a href="http://podscms.org/">http://podscms.org/</a></p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in sponsoring me by any of these methods, please get in touch with me via email so we can square things away. I&#8217;ll update this post as sponsorships are purchased. </p>


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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:48:"WPTavern: The Two Sides To Speaking At WordCamps";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=5259";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:100:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/GkvbTT-77b8/the-two-sides-to-speaking-at-wordcamps";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1104:"<p>When you are asked to speak at a WordCamp, realize that you are one in hundreds of people they could have asked. It’s humbling and ego-inflating, but it is also a responsibility. You aren’t talking to people who have no clue what you are talking about. You will be facing people who probably know more than you, so your job will be to help them see it in a new way, to open their minds to the possibilities, to spark their enthusiasm, and tap into the passion. It’s a tough job, so if they come calling, don’t take it for granted. It’s a privilege.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/whats-involved-for-a-speaker-at-a-wordcamp-event/">What’s Involved for a Speaker at a WordCamp Event « Lorelle on WordPress</a>.</p>


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Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 24th (Eastern Standard Time).</p><p>If you need a reminder, the rules can be found <a title="How to win your Theme Madness 2011 Trophy" href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-rules">here</a>. 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href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">survey software</a></span><br /> </p><p>Remember, along with this poll you can also vote two other ways:</p><ul><li><strong>The away game:</strong> Tweet your vote using the <a title="#wpmadness hashtag on Twitter" href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23wpmadness">#wpmadness</a> hashtag and mention either <a title="KreativeThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/kreativethemes">@KreativeThemes</a> or <a title="Press75 on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/press75">@Press75</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either KreativeThemes or Press75 start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Standard Theme vs. ThemeFuse</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4954173"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4954173"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4954173/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">survey software</a></span><br /> </p><p>Remember, along with this poll you can also vote two other ways:</p><ul><li><strong>The away game:</strong> Tweet your vote using the <a title="#wpmadness hashtag on Twitter" href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23wpmadness">#wpmadness</a> hashtag and mention either <a title="Standard Theme on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/standardtheme">@StandardTheme</a> or <a title="ThemeFuse on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themefuse">@ThemeFuse</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Standard Theme or ThemeFuse start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Theme Madness 2011 Game Schedule</h3><table id="wp-table-reloaded-id-14-no-1" class="wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-14"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd"><th class="column-1"></th><th class="column-2">Bracket A</th><th class="column-3">Bracket B</th><th class="column-4">Bracket C</th><th class="column-5">Bracket D</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="row-2 even"><td class="column-1">April 26</td><td class="column-2">AppThemes vs. Graph Paper Press</p><p>Elegant Theme vs. iThemes</td><td class="column-3">ThemeForest vs. ThemeGarden</p><p>Mojo Themes vs. WPZoom</td><td class="column-4">StudioPress vs. Theme Hybrid</p><p>Catalyst Theme vs. DIYThemes</td><td class="column-5">Obox Themes vs. Pro Theme Design</p><p>Press75 vs. ThemeFuse</td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">May 2</td><td class="column-2">To be determined</td><td class="column-3">To be determined</td><td class="column-4">To be determined</td><td class="column-5">To be determined</td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">May 4</td><td class="column-2">To be determined</td><td class="column-3">To be determined</td><td class="column-4">To be determined</td><td class="column-5">To be determined</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a 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We have taken them to a number of <a title="WPCandy on WordCamp" href="http://wpcandy.com/on/wordcamp">WordCamps</a>, meetups in our various areas, and in a few special instances mailed them out to folks. While handing out all this free torso decoration I&#8217;ve noticed something odd, but not altogether surprising.</p><p>These people are all very attractive. But man, <em>they are even better looking wearing a WPCandy shirt</em>.</p><p>Have a look at our beautiful community just after the jump, and find out how you can snag a WPCandy shirt for yourself. If you have a shirt and would like to see yourself on this page as well, <a title="Send a picture to WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/here">send a photo our way</a>.</p><p><span id="more-15798"></span></p><div id="attachment_15799" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://dailybooth.com/digibomb/13910805"><img class="size-full wp-image-15799" title="Brendan Sera-Shriar of Vanilla Forums rocking the WPCandy shirt." src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/digibombshirt.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Brendan Sera-Shriar of Vanilla Forums rocking the WPCandy shirt.</p></div><div id="attachment_17561" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/abbiesanderson/status/53911898177028096"><img class="size-full wp-image-17561" title="Abbie Sanderson and her very own WPCandy shirt." src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/med_04012011130930-bnfu6rw6.jpg" alt="" width="370" height="495" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Abbie Sanderson and her very own WPCandy shirt. 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He's @ Nicholas_Weaver on Twitter.</p></div><div id="attachment_17554" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/jjonesftw/status/59273236701122560"><img class="size-large wp-image-17554" title="Justin Jones wearing the WPCandy shirt" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/qyghf-600x450.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Justin Jones, @jjonesftw on Twitter, a WPCandy/WordPress lover in Fort Wayne Indiana.</p></div><div id="attachment_17559" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/twogiraffes/status/59436294585065472"><img class="size-full wp-image-17559" title="Tony Gemayel's girlfriend wearing the WPCandy shirt" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/278497278.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="1064" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tony Gemayel's girlfriend wearing the WPCandy shirt. 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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:64:"WPCandy: Pro Theme Design’s new Elemental Designer Plugin demo";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17568";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:106:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/jAp9pWeoA5o/pro-theme-designs-new-elemental-designer-plugin-demo";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:975:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/pro-theme-designs-new-elemental-designer-plugin-demo"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p>This latest video, from the folks at <a title="Pro Theme Design" href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a>, shows off their Elemental Designer plugin that adds additional slick design controls to their Elemental <a title="Comparison of WordPress theme frameworks" href="http://wpcandy.com/presents/wordpress-theme-framework-comparison">WordPress theme framework</a>. What do you think of it, particularly how they are adding functionality to one of their theme&#8217;s via a plugin rather than a theme update?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17568">Pro Theme Design's new Elemental Designer Plugin demo</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:17:48 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"Ryan Imel";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:47;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:66:"WPCandy: Duster may become Twenty Eleven, Twenty Ten’s successor";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17459";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:85:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/C5RFvJfK-Oo/duster-may-become-twenty-eleven";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3419:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17459"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17543" title="Duster WordPress theme (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/dustertheme-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="250" /></a></p><p>Last year&#8217;s 3.0 release of WordPress brought with it a new default theme called <a title="Twenty Ten WordPress theme development blog" href="http://2010dev.wordpress.com/">Twenty Ten</a> (Rest in peace, <em>Kubrick</em>). Twenty Ten was designed to put on display key WordPress features, teach new beginning theme developers, and was named specifically to provide that extra push to developers to create Twenty Eleven while it was still <em>2011</em>.</p><p>Development on the next version of WordPress, version 3.2, is in full swing. With an update from project lead Matt Mullenweg just yesterday, 3.2 may bring with it a new default theme called, this time called Twenty Eleven. Mullenweg&#8217;s proposal is to improve and use <a title="Duster theme on WordPress.com" href="http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/duster/">Duster</a> as this new default theme. Duster, of course, is the theme that ThemeShaper adopted and adapted for <a title="ThemeShaper redesign and refocus, using Duster" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/themeshaper-refocuses-as-the-automattic-theme-team-blog">its redesign</a> back in February.</p><p>Mullenweg added the following to <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17198">his ticket</a> proposing Duster as the new basis for WordPress&#8217; default theme:</p><blockquote><p>It&#8217;s been a few years since we did this (#9015) but let&#8217;s track the effort for the TwentyEleven theme, hopefully making 3.2, here.</p><p>Main goals besides what we&#8217;ve already done in TwentyTen:</p><ul><li>To be different from TwentyTen, aesthetically.</li><li>Is a good showcase of WP&#8217;s headline features.</li><li>Clean, fast to load, and with best-practice markup.</li></ul><p>Some people will prefer the design of TwentyTen, which is still excellent, over TwentyEleven, but that&#8217;s okay. We&#8217;ll have something new next year.</p></blockquote><p>See the initial <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17669">changeset</a> for more info, and we&#8217;ll keep you posted on any updates we get. Assuming Duster becomes the next default, Twenty Eleven theme, what would you think? Is it a worthy successor to Twenty Ten?</p><p><span id="more-17459"></span></p><p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> This information is pulled from the <a title="WordPress Trac" href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/">WordPress Trac</a>, which is about as early in the stages of planning/development as you can get. Well, except the mind itself. But until we can perfect our mind reading techniques here at WPCandy, which would undoubtedly increase the provocativeness of our blog posts, we have to rely on Trac tickets for early WordPress project movements. All of this is to say: take what is reported here with a grain of salt, since it could end up not happening. And try to limit those terrible, terrible thoughts of yours.</em></p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17459">Duster may become Twenty Eleven, Twenty Ten's successor</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:38:45 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:15:"Mark McWilliams";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:48;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:72:"WPCandy: Mojo Themes sees big redesign, offering Anniversary Bundle deal";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=17516";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:88:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/VU72ojtw9-E/mojo-themes-sees-big-2011-redesign";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3578:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=17516"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17533" title="Mojo Themes redesign (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/mojothemesredesign-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>Mojo Themes, a <a title="WordPress theme marketplace comparison" href="http://wpcandy.com/presents/wordpress-theme-marketplace-comparison">theme marketplace</a> that hosts a number of WordPress themes, has launched a redesign of its marketplace in conjunction with its one year anniversary. <a title="Mojo Themes redesign by Brian Hoff" href="http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/2011/04/redesigning-the-mojo-themes-marketplace-experience/">Designed by Brian Hoff</a>, the new site is a good deal brighter than the last revision (comparison shot shown below after the jump).</p><p>Mojo&#8217;s J.R. 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