O:9:"MagpieRSS":18:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"WPCandy: WPCandy will be attending WordCamp Seattle this weekend";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16980";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/5JddyBHRqY4/wpcandy-will-be-attending-wordcamp-seattle-2011";s:11:"description";s:1917:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16980"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15873" title="WordCamp Seattle 2011 logo (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/wordcampseattle-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="181" /></a></p><p>I&#8217;m happy to say that WPCandy will be attending <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/" title="WordCamp Seattle">WordCamp Seattle</a> this coming weekend. The big event is Saturday, and we&#8217;ll be there the whole time handing out WPCandy shirts, liveblogging, and hopefully absorbing some of the excess intelligence in the room.</p><p>Will you be attending this weekend? If so, be sure to let us know so we can say hi and get you a shirt (at least until we run out!). And hey, if you won&#8217;t be there this weekend, head after the jump and let us know what you&#8217;re most interested in seeing from us during the event. We have some ideas, but then again you folks always have great thoughts too!</p><p>Big <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/wpcandy.com/thanks/the-theme-foundry" title="WPCandy thanks The Theme Foundry!">thanks to The Theme Foundry</a> for powering WPCandy to attend WordCamp Seattle this year. And if you haven&#8217;t considered it before, remember that you too can <a href="http://wpcandy.com/is/powered" title="WPCandy is powered by the community">power WPCandy</a>.</p><p><span id="more-16980"></span></p><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4912071/">What do you want to see WPCandy doing at WordCamp Seattle this weekend?</a><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</a></span><br /> </p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16980">WPCandy will be attending WordCamp Seattle this weekend</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:25:34 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:1917:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16980"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15873" title="WordCamp Seattle 2011 logo (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/wordcampseattle-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="181" /></a></p><p>I&#8217;m happy to say that WPCandy will be attending <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/" title="WordCamp Seattle">WordCamp Seattle</a> this coming weekend. The big event is Saturday, and we&#8217;ll be there the whole time handing out WPCandy shirts, liveblogging, and hopefully absorbing some of the excess intelligence in the room.</p><p>Will you be attending this weekend? If so, be sure to let us know so we can say hi and get you a shirt (at least until we run out!). And hey, if you won&#8217;t be there this weekend, head after the jump and let us know what you&#8217;re most interested in seeing from us during the event. We have some ideas, but then again you folks always have great thoughts too!</p><p>Big <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/wpcandy.com/thanks/the-theme-foundry" title="WPCandy thanks The Theme Foundry!">thanks to The Theme Foundry</a> for powering WPCandy to attend WordCamp Seattle this year. And if you haven&#8217;t considered it before, remember that you too can <a href="http://wpcandy.com/is/powered" title="WPCandy is powered by the community">power WPCandy</a>.</p><p><span id="more-16980"></span></p><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4912071/">What do you want to see WPCandy doing at WordCamp Seattle this weekend?</a><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</a></span><br /> </p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16980">WPCandy will be attending WordCamp Seattle this weekend</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 4/13";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9883";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/_Nm_MZNDbww/";s:11:"description";s:1521:"<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://blog.no-panic.at/projects/foursquare-latest-checkins-wordpress-widget-plugin/"><strong>Foursquare Latest Checkins</strong></a> allows you to show your recent Foursquare checkins and the venue icon as a Widget in your blog’s sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/static-html-output-plugin/"><strong>WP Static HTML Output</strong></a> produces a static HTML version of your WordPress install, incredibly useful for anyone who would like the publishing power of WordPress but whose webhost doesn&#8217;t allow dynamic PHP driven sites &#8211; such as MobileMe.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-to-any/"><strong>AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button</strong></a> helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious, and well over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cart66-lite/"><strong>Cart66 Lite</strong></a> is a simple to use yet powerful eCommerce plugin for WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-check/"><strong>Theme-Check</strong></a> allows you to run checks on the current theme before uploading to WordPress. This plugin uses the same API and is kept more or less in sync with the WordPress.org uploader tool.</p>
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<p><a href="http://blog.no-panic.at/projects/foursquare-latest-checkins-wordpress-widget-plugin/"><strong>Foursquare Latest Checkins</strong></a> allows you to show your recent Foursquare checkins and the venue icon as a Widget in your blog’s sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/static-html-output-plugin/"><strong>WP Static HTML Output</strong></a> produces a static HTML version of your WordPress install, incredibly useful for anyone who would like the publishing power of WordPress but whose webhost doesn&#8217;t allow dynamic PHP driven sites &#8211; such as MobileMe.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-to-any/"><strong>AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button</strong></a> helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious, and well over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cart66-lite/"><strong>Cart66 Lite</strong></a> is a simple to use yet powerful eCommerce plugin for WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-check/"><strong>Theme-Check</strong></a> allows you to run checks on the current theme before uploading to WordPress. This plugin uses the same API and is kept more or less in sync with the WordPress.org uploader tool.</p>
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We&#8217;re into our <a title="Third day of Theme Madness voting" href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-3-voting">third day of voting</a>, with just a few hours left in the second day. But today we&#8217;re talking about Day 1 winners.</p><p>We have the results of eight games, eight winners, and one <em>very</em> close call. We&#8217;ll dig in just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-16942"></span></p><h3>How we scored the games</h3><p>Just to recap, each game was run on three fronts. First, we counted up the polls for each game. Secondly, we counted up votes on Twitter. Finally, we counted up comments generated (if they were) on the competitor&#8217;s blogs. Top score won.</p><h3>Results of WooThemes vs. Themeopoly</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16947" title="WooThemes vs. Themeopoly" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/woothemesvsthemeopoly.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. WooThemes: 336 points</span></li><li><span>16. Themeopoly: 46 points</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16946" title="The Winner is WooThemes" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-woothemes.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>WooThemes now goes on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of Theme Team vs. AppThemes</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16949" title="AppThemes vs. Theme Team" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/appthemesvsthemeteam.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>9. AppThemes: 110</span></li><li><span>8. Theme Team: 51</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16950" title="The Winner is AppThemes" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-appthemes.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>AppThemes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18, against WooThemes.</p><h3>Results of ThemeForest vs. BioThemes</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16952" title="BioThemes vs. ThemeForest" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/biothemesvsthemeforest.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. ThemeForest: 324</span></li><li><span>16. BioThemes: 48</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16953" title="ThemeForest is the winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-themeforest.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>ThemeForest now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of Gabfire Themes vs. RichWP</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16954" title="Gabfire Theme vs RichWP" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/gabfirevsrichwp.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>8. Gabfire Themes: 82</span></li><li><span>9. RichWP: 79</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16955" title="The Winner is Gabfire Themes" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-gabfire.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>Gabfire Themes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18, up against ThemeForest.</p><h3>Results of StudioPress vs. Themebaker</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16965" title="StudioPress vs. Themebaker" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/studiopressvsthemebaker.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. StudioPress: 156</span></li><li><span>16. Themebaker: 37</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16966" title="StudioPress is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-studiopress.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>StudioPress now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of FlexiThemes vs. PremiumPress</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16957" title="FlexiThemes vs. PremiumPress" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/flexithemesvspremiumpress.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>8. FlexiThemes: 51</span></li><li><span>9. PremiumPress: 85</span></li></ul><p><img title="PremiumPress is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-premiumpress.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>PremiumPress now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18 against StudioPress.</p><h3>Results of Obox Themes vs. Signature Theme</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16961" title="Signature vs. Obox" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/signaturevsobox.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. Obox Themes: 135</span></li><li><span>16. Signature Theme: 37</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16962" title="Obox is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-obox.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>Obox Themes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of BandThemer vs. UpThemes</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16967" title="UpThemes vs. BandThemer" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/upthemesvsbandthemer.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>8. BandThemer: 33</span></li><li><span>9. UpThemes: 97</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16968" title="UpThemes is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-upthemes.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>UpThemes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18, against Obox Themes.</p><h3>What do you think of the results so far?</h3><p>We&#8217;re beginning to see results show up on the big <a title="Theme Madness Bracket" href="http://wpcandy.com/theme-madness">Theme Madness Bracket</a>. How do you think the results are shaking out? Are you surprised by any of the results so far? How are your own personal brackets going?</p><h3>Updated Theme Madness 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16942">Winners: First group of Round 1 Theme Madness winners</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:16:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:11820:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16942"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16943" title="Theme Madness Round 1 Day 1 Winners" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround1day1winners-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>The <a title="WPCandy Theme Madness" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/theme-madness-2011">Theme Madness</a> tournament has been roaring along really well so far. We&#8217;re into our <a title="Third day of Theme Madness voting" href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-3-voting">third day of voting</a>, with just a few hours left in the second day. But today we&#8217;re talking about Day 1 winners.</p><p>We have the results of eight games, eight winners, and one <em>very</em> close call. We&#8217;ll dig in just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-16942"></span></p><h3>How we scored the games</h3><p>Just to recap, each game was run on three fronts. First, we counted up the polls for each game. Secondly, we counted up votes on Twitter. Finally, we counted up comments generated (if they were) on the competitor&#8217;s blogs. Top score won.</p><h3>Results of WooThemes vs. Themeopoly</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16947" title="WooThemes vs. Themeopoly" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/woothemesvsthemeopoly.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. WooThemes: 336 points</span></li><li><span>16. Themeopoly: 46 points</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16946" title="The Winner is WooThemes" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-woothemes.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>WooThemes now goes on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of Theme Team vs. AppThemes</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16949" title="AppThemes vs. Theme Team" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/appthemesvsthemeteam.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>9. AppThemes: 110</span></li><li><span>8. Theme Team: 51</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16950" title="The Winner is AppThemes" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-appthemes.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>AppThemes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18, against WooThemes.</p><h3>Results of ThemeForest vs. BioThemes</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16952" title="BioThemes vs. ThemeForest" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/biothemesvsthemeforest.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. ThemeForest: 324</span></li><li><span>16. BioThemes: 48</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16953" title="ThemeForest is the winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-themeforest.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>ThemeForest now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of Gabfire Themes vs. RichWP</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16954" title="Gabfire Theme vs RichWP" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/gabfirevsrichwp.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>8. Gabfire Themes: 82</span></li><li><span>9. RichWP: 79</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16955" title="The Winner is Gabfire Themes" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-gabfire.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>Gabfire Themes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18, up against ThemeForest.</p><h3>Results of StudioPress vs. Themebaker</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16965" title="StudioPress vs. Themebaker" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/studiopressvsthemebaker.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. StudioPress: 156</span></li><li><span>16. Themebaker: 37</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16966" title="StudioPress is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-studiopress.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>StudioPress now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of FlexiThemes vs. PremiumPress</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16957" title="FlexiThemes vs. PremiumPress" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/flexithemesvspremiumpress.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>8. FlexiThemes: 51</span></li><li><span>9. PremiumPress: 85</span></li></ul><p><img title="PremiumPress is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-premiumpress.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>PremiumPress now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18 against StudioPress.</p><h3>Results of Obox Themes vs. Signature Theme</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16961" title="Signature vs. Obox" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/signaturevsobox.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>1. Obox Themes: 135</span></li><li><span>16. Signature Theme: 37</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16962" title="Obox is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-obox.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>Obox Themes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18.</p><h3>Results of BandThemer vs. UpThemes</h3><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16967" title="UpThemes vs. BandThemer" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/upthemesvsbandthemer.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><ul><li><span>8. BandThemer: 33</span></li><li><span>9. UpThemes: 97</span></li></ul><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16968" title="UpThemes is the Winner" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/winner-upthemes.png" alt="" width="600" height="90" /></p><p>UpThemes now moves on to Round 2, where they will be in another match next week on April 18, against Obox Themes.</p><h3>What do you think of the results so far?</h3><p>We&#8217;re beginning to see results show up on the big <a title="Theme Madness Bracket" href="http://wpcandy.com/theme-madness">Theme Madness Bracket</a>. How do you think the results are shaking out? Are you surprised by any of the results so far? How are your own personal brackets going?</p><h3>Updated Theme Madness 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16942">Winners: First group of Round 1 Theme Madness winners</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"WPCandy: Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 3";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16931";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/lDzlxOtXTBc/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-3-voting";s:11:"description";s:15297:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16931"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16934" title="wpthememadnessvotingday3-teaser" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpthememadnessvotingday3-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>This week we will be running through Round 1 of Theme Madness, with eight games happening each day. Today’s games will be:</p><ul><li><a title="Themify WordPress themes" href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a title="Bizz Themes WordPress themes" href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></li><li><a title="Mojo Themes WordPress themes" href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a title="Theme Junkie WordPress themes" href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></li><li><a title="WPBundle WordPress themes" href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a title="Catalyst Theme for WordPress" href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></li><li><a title="KreativeThemes WordPress themes" href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a title="Dessign" href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></li><li><a title="Elegant Themes WordPress themes" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a title="Theme Trust WordPress themes" href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></li><li><a title="Templatic WordPress themes" href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a title="ChimeraThemes WordPress themes" href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></li><li><a title="Headway Themes WordPress themes" href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a title="Aloha Themes WordPress themes" href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></li><li><a title="Press75 WordPress themes" href="http://www.press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a title="Themes by Bavotasan" href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></li></ul><p>All of the polls and instructions can be found just after the jump, so be sure to click through to have your voice heard. Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 12th (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>. Good luck to everyone playing!</p><p><span id="more-16931"></span></p><h3>Themify vs. Bizz Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908286"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908286"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908286/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online surveys</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="Themify on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themify">@Themify</a> or <a title="Bizz Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bizzthemes">@BizzThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Themify or Bizz Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Mojo Themes vs. ThemeJunkie</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908293"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908293"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908293/">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="Mojo Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mojo_themes">@Mojo_Themes</a> or <a title="ThemeJunkie" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themejunkie">@ThemeJunkie</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Mojo Themes or ThemeJunkie start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>WPBundle vs. Catalyst Theme</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908298"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908298"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908298/">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="WPBundle on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/wpbundle">@WPBundle</a> or <a title="Catalyst Theme" href="http://twitter.com/#!/catalysttheme">@CatalystTheme</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either WPBundle or Catalyst Theme start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>KreativeThemes vs. Dessign</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908302"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908302"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908302/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Dessign on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/dessignnet">@dessignnet</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either KreativeThemes or Dessign start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Elegant Themes vs. Theme Trust</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908307"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908307"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908307/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Elegant Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/elegantthemes">@ElegantThemes</a> or <a title="Theme Trust on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themetrust">@ThemeTrust</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Elegant Themes or Theme Trust start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Templatic vs. ChimeraThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908314"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908314"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908314/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">Market Research</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="Templatic on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/templatic">@Templatic</a> or <a title="Chimera Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/chimerathemes">@ChimeraThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Templatic or ChimeraThemes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Headway Themes vs. Aloha Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908315"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908315"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908315/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Headway Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/headwaythemes">@HeadwayThemes</a> or <a title="Aloha Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/alohathemes">@AlohaThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Headway Themes or Aloha Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Press75 vs. Themes by Bavotasan</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908320"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908320"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908320/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Press75 on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/press75">@Press75</a> or <a title="Bavotasan on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bavotasan">@Bavotasan</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Press75 or Themes by Bavotasan 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16931">Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 3</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:44:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:15297:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16931"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16934" title="wpthememadnessvotingday3-teaser" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpthememadnessvotingday3-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>This week we will be running through Round 1 of Theme Madness, with eight games happening each day. Today’s games will be:</p><ul><li><a title="Themify WordPress themes" href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a title="Bizz Themes WordPress themes" href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></li><li><a title="Mojo Themes WordPress themes" href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a title="Theme Junkie WordPress themes" href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></li><li><a title="WPBundle WordPress themes" href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a title="Catalyst Theme for WordPress" href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></li><li><a title="KreativeThemes WordPress themes" href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a title="Dessign" href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></li><li><a title="Elegant Themes WordPress themes" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a title="Theme Trust WordPress themes" href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></li><li><a title="Templatic WordPress themes" href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a title="ChimeraThemes WordPress themes" href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></li><li><a title="Headway Themes WordPress themes" href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a title="Aloha Themes WordPress themes" href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></li><li><a title="Press75 WordPress themes" href="http://www.press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a title="Themes by Bavotasan" href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></li></ul><p>All of the polls and instructions can be found just after the jump, so be sure to click through to have your voice heard. Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 12th (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>. Good luck to everyone playing!</p><p><span id="more-16931"></span></p><h3>Themify vs. Bizz Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908286"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908286"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908286/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online surveys</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="Themify on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themify">@Themify</a> or <a title="Bizz Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bizzthemes">@BizzThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Themify or Bizz Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Mojo Themes vs. ThemeJunkie</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908293"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908293"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908293/">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="Mojo Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mojo_themes">@Mojo_Themes</a> or <a title="ThemeJunkie" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themejunkie">@ThemeJunkie</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Mojo Themes or ThemeJunkie start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>WPBundle vs. Catalyst Theme</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908298"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908298"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908298/">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="WPBundle on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/wpbundle">@WPBundle</a> or <a title="Catalyst Theme" href="http://twitter.com/#!/catalysttheme">@CatalystTheme</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either WPBundle or Catalyst Theme start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>KreativeThemes vs. Dessign</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908302"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908302"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908302/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Dessign on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/dessignnet">@dessignnet</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either KreativeThemes or Dessign start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Elegant Themes vs. Theme Trust</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908307"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908307"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908307/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Elegant Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/elegantthemes">@ElegantThemes</a> or <a title="Theme Trust on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/themetrust">@ThemeTrust</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Elegant Themes or Theme Trust start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Templatic vs. ChimeraThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908314"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908314"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908314/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">Market Research</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="Templatic on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/templatic">@Templatic</a> or <a title="Chimera Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/chimerathemes">@ChimeraThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Templatic or ChimeraThemes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Headway Themes vs. Aloha Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908315"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908315"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908315/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Headway Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/headwaythemes">@HeadwayThemes</a> or <a title="Aloha Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/alohathemes">@AlohaThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Headway Themes or Aloha Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Press75 vs. Themes by Bavotasan</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4908320"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4908320"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4908320/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Press75 on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/press75">@Press75</a> or <a title="Bavotasan on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bavotasan">@Bavotasan</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Press75 or Themes by Bavotasan 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16931">Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 3</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:71:"WPCandy: The WPCandy Show, episode 1: “One is the loneliest number”";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16893";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/4yJa0f2YGtk/ep-001";s:11:"description";s:6439:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16893"><img src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpcandyshowep1-teaser.jpg" alt="" title="WPCandy Show episode 1 (teaser)" width="600" height="282" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16917" /></a></p><p>I&#8217;m excited to present the first episode of a new production here at WPCandy: The WPCandy Show. We love creating blog posts about WordPress, <a href="http://wpcandy.com/podcasts">podcasts about WordPress</a>, and now, finally, we can create videos about WordPress.</p><p>The WPCandy Show, our first video podcast, will bring you the week&#8217;s biggest WordPress news in a quick video format. We&#8217;ll soon have the show available in other subscription formats such as iTunes and YouTube as well.</p><p>The video is embedded just after the jump, as well as the show notes. If you have a minute, take a look and let us know what you think!</p><p><span id="more-16893"></span></p><div id="the-show-player"> </div><h3>Show Notes</h3><p>This week on the show a number of news topics were mentioned:</p><ul><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-all-in-one-for-dummies-now-available-on-amazon">WordPress All in One for Dummies is available on Amazon.</a></li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/theme-madness-2011">Theme Madness is underway.</a></li><li><a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/">WordCamp Seattle</a> is this upcoming weekend, and WPCandy will be there.</li><li>Joshua Strebel <a href="http://wpcandy.com/thinks/is-tumblr-the-new-wordpress">contributed an editorial</a> last week that was commented on quite a bit. It also put us on Hacker News for a while, bringing us a new traffic record!</li></ul><p>A number of WordPress videos were also mentioned during the show:</p><ul><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/allure-themes-pre-launch-preview">The pre-launch webinar for Allure Themes</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/adii-pienaar-interviewed-discusses-the-success-of-woothemes">A video interview with Adii Pienaar</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/mixergy-interview-with-collis-taeed-of-envato">Collis Ta&#8217;eed of Envato was interviewed on Mixergy</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/jason-schuller-interviewed-about-web-design">Jason Schuller was interviewed on Freelance Jam</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/the-making-of-an-obox-theme">We also have the time-lapsed creation of an Obox theme</a>.</li></ul><h3 id="copy-hide-trigger">Show Episode Transcript</h3><div id="copy-hide"> Welcome to The WPCandy Show, your weekly source of WordPress community news. This is episode #1, and I&#8217;m your host Ryan Imel.</p><p>On today&#8217;s show we have a new WordCamp coming up, an update on Theme Madness, and a new record for WPCandy. Let&#8217;s get to it.</p><p>Big news this week, WordPress All in One for Dummies is now available. This is another WordPress book authored by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, the author of WordPress for Dummies, though this time she is joined by Cory Miller of iThemes, Kevin Palmer of Convertiv, Andrea Rennick of WPeBooks, and Michael Torbert of All in One SEO Pack. The book is currently available through Amazon, but will hit brick and mortar retailers on the 19th.</p><p>WPCandy&#8217;s own Theme Madness tournament is underway this month. For those who don&#8217;t know, Theme Madness is our game to determine the best WordPress theme vendor out there. Or at least, to determine which one can rally the most support. We are working through a bracket with 64 teams, and are currently wrapping up Round 1. Be sure to visit the WPCandy blog to see who wins the hand made WPCandy trophy.</p><p>WordCamp Seattle is happening this weekend, on Saturday. There are three tracks, a User Track, a Theming Track, and a Development Track. The special guest will be Alex King of Crowd Favorite, who will be interviewed at the end of the day by Nick Ohrn about his WordPress business success. Well, the other special guests will be the WPCandy crew, who will be there and liveblogging the whole thing, so you won&#8217;t miss any of the good stuff.</p><p>Big thanks to The Theme Foundry who powered us to attend WordCamp Seattle this year. Of course, The Theme Foundry isn&#8217;t the only one who can power WPCandy. Believe it or not, anyone can. See, at WPCandy we don&#8217;t take advertisers. Instead, we use a system where the community itself powers us. You can power a post, a day of content, a trip to a WordCamp, or simple a $5 monthly subscription. Every little bit helps us do what we do, and keep our content ad free. Head over to wpcandy.com/is/powered if you&#8217;re interested in helping us out.</p><p>We&#8217;ll be right back after this ad &#8212; no, I&#8217;m kidding. We don&#8217;t have those, remember?</p><p>Page.ly cofounder Joshua Strebel contributed an editorial to WPCandy last week, talking about how he has heard Tumblr described as having some of the strengths that WordPress has, and what that could mean. Be sure to read his editorial, and the 70 or so odd comments that follow. His editorial landed on Hacker News for a bit over the weekend, bringing in almost 8,000 uniques for us, a new daily traffic record. Thanks everyone, it&#8217;s exciting to see the site growing this way.</p><p>There were a number of interesting videos added to the site this week.</p><ul><li>The pre-launch webinar for Allure Themes was posted &#8212; Allure Themes will be WordPress themes for the ladies. And for me.</li><li>A video interview with Adii Pienaar of WooThemes</li><li>Collis Ta&#8217;eed of Envato was interviewed on Mixergy, and we have that posted</li><li>Jason Shuller of Press75 and Theme Garden was interview about web design on Freelance Jam.</li><li>And we have the time-lapsed video, the making of an Obox theme, as well.</li></ul><p>All of those videos can be found at wpcandy.com/watches.</p><p>That&#8217;s it for this week. Don&#8217;t forget to follow WPCandy on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, and if you&#8217;re feeling bold, power WPCandy so we can keep doing what we love. Have a good one, we&#8217;ll see you next week.</p></div><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16893">The WPCandy Show, episode 1: "One is the loneliest number"</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:41:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:6439:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16893"><img src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpcandyshowep1-teaser.jpg" alt="" title="WPCandy Show episode 1 (teaser)" width="600" height="282" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16917" /></a></p><p>I&#8217;m excited to present the first episode of a new production here at WPCandy: The WPCandy Show. We love creating blog posts about WordPress, <a href="http://wpcandy.com/podcasts">podcasts about WordPress</a>, and now, finally, we can create videos about WordPress.</p><p>The WPCandy Show, our first video podcast, will bring you the week&#8217;s biggest WordPress news in a quick video format. We&#8217;ll soon have the show available in other subscription formats such as iTunes and YouTube as well.</p><p>The video is embedded just after the jump, as well as the show notes. If you have a minute, take a look and let us know what you think!</p><p><span id="more-16893"></span></p><div id="the-show-player"> </div><h3>Show Notes</h3><p>This week on the show a number of news topics were mentioned:</p><ul><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-all-in-one-for-dummies-now-available-on-amazon">WordPress All in One for Dummies is available on Amazon.</a></li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/theme-madness-2011">Theme Madness is underway.</a></li><li><a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/">WordCamp Seattle</a> is this upcoming weekend, and WPCandy will be there.</li><li>Joshua Strebel <a href="http://wpcandy.com/thinks/is-tumblr-the-new-wordpress">contributed an editorial</a> last week that was commented on quite a bit. It also put us on Hacker News for a while, bringing us a new traffic record!</li></ul><p>A number of WordPress videos were also mentioned during the show:</p><ul><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/allure-themes-pre-launch-preview">The pre-launch webinar for Allure Themes</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/adii-pienaar-interviewed-discusses-the-success-of-woothemes">A video interview with Adii Pienaar</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/mixergy-interview-with-collis-taeed-of-envato">Collis Ta&#8217;eed of Envato was interviewed on Mixergy</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/jason-schuller-interviewed-about-web-design">Jason Schuller was interviewed on Freelance Jam</a>.</li><li><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/the-making-of-an-obox-theme">We also have the time-lapsed creation of an Obox theme</a>.</li></ul><h3 id="copy-hide-trigger">Show Episode Transcript</h3><div id="copy-hide"> Welcome to The WPCandy Show, your weekly source of WordPress community news. This is episode #1, and I&#8217;m your host Ryan Imel.</p><p>On today&#8217;s show we have a new WordCamp coming up, an update on Theme Madness, and a new record for WPCandy. Let&#8217;s get to it.</p><p>Big news this week, WordPress All in One for Dummies is now available. This is another WordPress book authored by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, the author of WordPress for Dummies, though this time she is joined by Cory Miller of iThemes, Kevin Palmer of Convertiv, Andrea Rennick of WPeBooks, and Michael Torbert of All in One SEO Pack. The book is currently available through Amazon, but will hit brick and mortar retailers on the 19th.</p><p>WPCandy&#8217;s own Theme Madness tournament is underway this month. For those who don&#8217;t know, Theme Madness is our game to determine the best WordPress theme vendor out there. Or at least, to determine which one can rally the most support. We are working through a bracket with 64 teams, and are currently wrapping up Round 1. Be sure to visit the WPCandy blog to see who wins the hand made WPCandy trophy.</p><p>WordCamp Seattle is happening this weekend, on Saturday. There are three tracks, a User Track, a Theming Track, and a Development Track. The special guest will be Alex King of Crowd Favorite, who will be interviewed at the end of the day by Nick Ohrn about his WordPress business success. Well, the other special guests will be the WPCandy crew, who will be there and liveblogging the whole thing, so you won&#8217;t miss any of the good stuff.</p><p>Big thanks to The Theme Foundry who powered us to attend WordCamp Seattle this year. Of course, The Theme Foundry isn&#8217;t the only one who can power WPCandy. Believe it or not, anyone can. See, at WPCandy we don&#8217;t take advertisers. Instead, we use a system where the community itself powers us. You can power a post, a day of content, a trip to a WordCamp, or simple a $5 monthly subscription. Every little bit helps us do what we do, and keep our content ad free. Head over to wpcandy.com/is/powered if you&#8217;re interested in helping us out.</p><p>We&#8217;ll be right back after this ad &#8212; no, I&#8217;m kidding. We don&#8217;t have those, remember?</p><p>Page.ly cofounder Joshua Strebel contributed an editorial to WPCandy last week, talking about how he has heard Tumblr described as having some of the strengths that WordPress has, and what that could mean. Be sure to read his editorial, and the 70 or so odd comments that follow. His editorial landed on Hacker News for a bit over the weekend, bringing in almost 8,000 uniques for us, a new daily traffic record. Thanks everyone, it&#8217;s exciting to see the site growing this way.</p><p>There were a number of interesting videos added to the site this week.</p><ul><li>The pre-launch webinar for Allure Themes was posted &#8212; Allure Themes will be WordPress themes for the ladies. And for me.</li><li>A video interview with Adii Pienaar of WooThemes</li><li>Collis Ta&#8217;eed of Envato was interviewed on Mixergy, and we have that posted</li><li>Jason Shuller of Press75 and Theme Garden was interview about web design on Freelance Jam.</li><li>And we have the time-lapsed video, the making of an Obox theme, as well.</li></ul><p>All of those videos can be found at wpcandy.com/watches.</p><p>That&#8217;s it for this week. Don&#8217;t forget to follow WPCandy on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, and if you&#8217;re feeling bold, power WPCandy so we can keep doing what we love. Have a good one, we&#8217;ll see you next week.</p></div><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16893">The WPCandy Show, episode 1: "One is the loneliest number"</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:56:"WPCandy: Matt Mullenweg interviewed by Bloomberg at SxSW";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16913";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/UotpJ_b9vw8/matt-mullenweg-interviewed-by-bloomberg-at-sxsw";s:11:"description";s:687:"<p></p><p>Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic, was interviewed on Bloomberg while at SxSW a couple of weeks ago. In the interview, they talk about Matt&#8217;s background, the early days of WordPress, how Automattic came to be what it is today, and a bit about the competition.</p><p>One highlight for me was, &#8220;We&#8217;re at 12% of the web. I want that to be 20, 30, 40%.&#8221;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16913">Matt Mullenweg interviewed by Bloomberg at SxSW</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:38:01 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";}s:7:"summary";s:687:"<p></p><p>Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic, was interviewed on Bloomberg while at SxSW a couple of weeks ago. In the interview, they talk about Matt&#8217;s background, the early days of WordPress, how Automattic came to be what it is today, and a bit about the competition.</p><p>One highlight for me was, &#8220;We&#8217;re at 12% of the web. I want that to be 20, 30, 40%.&#8221;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16913">Matt Mullenweg interviewed by Bloomberg at SxSW</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"WPTavern: WordPress And Its Cloudy Future";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=5246";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/Z7CZdg2--1E/wordpress-and-its-cloudy-future";s:11:"description";s:543:"<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/forum/general-wordpress/2219-where-does-wordpress-go-here.html">Join in the conversation</a> and tell us where you think WordPress as a platform should go. </p>


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</ol></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~4/Z7CZdg2--1E" height="1" width="1" />";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"WPCandy: WordPress loving PHP developers are in high demand";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16885";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/sUBxTYaCnJ0/wordpress-php-developer-jobs";s:11:"description";s:2124:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16885"><img src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/PHPjobs.png" alt="WordPress jobs for php developers" width="600" height="250" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16889" /></a><br /> Do you love WordPress? Are you awesome with PHP? If so, there are job openings for you. Page.ly, Themify, Obox and Automattic are all looking for experienced PHP developers.</p><p>Themify is a commercial WordPress theme shop. They are looking for both a freelance (remote okay) PHP developer and a frontend (Toronto based) developer. Find all the information you need on <a href="http://themify.me/blog/hiring-fulltime-designer-freelance-developer">their blog post</a>.</p><p>Page.ly is a managed WordPress hosting provider. They are looking for a primarily PHP, but also jack-of-all-trades, developer. The position is full time, and you can work remote. Learn more on their <a href="http://page.ly/about/careers/">careers page</a>.</p><p>Obox is a commercial WordPress theme shop. They are looking for a full time PHP developer. You can work remotely, but they ask that you have at least some work-time overlap with GMT+2 timezone (Cape Town), which is 6 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Learn more on their <a href="http://www.obox-design.com/view_item.cfm/title/were-is-hiring">blog post</a>.</p><p>Automattic, the parent company to WordPress.com, always seems to be hiring. Currently they&#8217;re seeking folks fit for positions from Code Wrangler to Happiness Officer. Many of the positions ask for at least some proficiency in PHP. Check out all of their openings on the <a href="http://automattic.com/jobs/">jobs page</a>.</p><p>It seems PHP, and WordPress knowledge in general, is a skill in high demand. Do you know of other well known WordPress companies hiring? Share with us in the comments.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16885">WordPress loving PHP developers are in high demand</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:53:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";}s:7:"summary";s:2124:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16885"><img src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/PHPjobs.png" alt="WordPress jobs for php developers" width="600" height="250" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16889" /></a><br /> Do you love WordPress? Are you awesome with PHP? If so, there are job openings for you. Page.ly, Themify, Obox and Automattic are all looking for experienced PHP developers.</p><p>Themify is a commercial WordPress theme shop. They are looking for both a freelance (remote okay) PHP developer and a frontend (Toronto based) developer. Find all the information you need on <a href="http://themify.me/blog/hiring-fulltime-designer-freelance-developer">their blog post</a>.</p><p>Page.ly is a managed WordPress hosting provider. They are looking for a primarily PHP, but also jack-of-all-trades, developer. The position is full time, and you can work remote. Learn more on their <a href="http://page.ly/about/careers/">careers page</a>.</p><p>Obox is a commercial WordPress theme shop. They are looking for a full time PHP developer. You can work remotely, but they ask that you have at least some work-time overlap with GMT+2 timezone (Cape Town), which is 6 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Learn more on their <a href="http://www.obox-design.com/view_item.cfm/title/were-is-hiring">blog post</a>.</p><p>Automattic, the parent company to WordPress.com, always seems to be hiring. Currently they&#8217;re seeking folks fit for positions from Code Wrangler to Happiness Officer. Many of the positions ask for at least some proficiency in PHP. Check out all of their openings on the <a href="http://automattic.com/jobs/">jobs page</a>.</p><p>It seems PHP, and WordPress knowledge in general, is a skill in high demand. Do you know of other well known WordPress companies hiring? Share with us in the comments.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16885">WordPress loving PHP developers are in high demand</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:71:"Weblog Tools Collection: Bloomberg Venture’s Matt Mullenweg Interview";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9879";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/zAti6Hz_GAk/";s:11:"description";s:695:"<p>If you&#8217;re curious about the history of <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>, the infrastructure of <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a>, and the future of WordPress, don&#8217;t miss <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/68075030/">this fascinating interview</a> with WordPress founder <a href="http://ma.tt/">Matt Mullenweg</a>.</p>
<p>You can see all four parts of the interview <a href="http://wordpress.tv/2011/03/28/bloomberg-mullenweg/">combined at WordPress.tv</a> or embedded below.</p>
<p></p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/zAti6Hz_GAk" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:00:38 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:695:"<p>If you&#8217;re curious about the history of <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>, the infrastructure of <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a>, and the future of WordPress, don&#8217;t miss <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/68075030/">this fascinating interview</a> with WordPress founder <a href="http://ma.tt/">Matt Mullenweg</a>.</p>
<p>You can see all four parts of the interview <a href="http://wordpress.tv/2011/03/28/bloomberg-mullenweg/">combined at WordPress.tv</a> or embedded below.</p>
<p></p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/zAti6Hz_GAk" height="1" width="1" />";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Matt: Meaning of VaultPress";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=37961";s:4:"link";s:43:"http://ma.tt/2011/04/meaning-of-vaultpress/";s:11:"description";s:147:"<p>Douglas Van Bossuyt says <a href="http://www.douglasvanbossuyt.com/2011/02/06/what-vaultpress-means-to-me/">What VaultPress means to me</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:46:34 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:147:"<p>Douglas Van Bossuyt says <a href="http://www.douglasvanbossuyt.com/2011/02/06/what-vaultpress-means-to-me/">What VaultPress means to me</a>.</p>";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"WPCandy: Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 2";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16870";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/2OWAbcFM1ng/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-2-voting";s:11:"description";s:15329:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16870"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16871" title="Theme Madness Round 1 Day 2 voting" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround1day2-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>This week we will be running through Round 1 of <a title="WPCandy Theme Madness 2011" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/theme-madness-2011">Theme Madness</a>, with eight games happening each day. Today’s games will be:</p><ul><li><a title="Graph Paper Press" href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a title="Panda Themes" href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></li><li><a title="Theme Garden" href="http://www.themegarden.com/">Theme Garden</a> vs. <a title="BlogOhBlog" href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></li><li><a title="ThemeJam" href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a title="Startbox" href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></li><li><a title="Organic Themes" href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a title="Storefront Themes" href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></li><li><a title="Theme Hybrid" href="http://themehybrid.com/">Theme Hybrid</a> vs. <a title="Xtreme Theme" href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></li><li><a title="Pro Theme Design" href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a title="Themes Kingdom" href="http://www.themeskingdom.com/en/page/home/23">Themes Kingdom</a></li><li><a title="Solostream" href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a title="ThemeShift" href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></li><li><a title="Crowd Favorite" href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a title="Working Wireframes" href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></li></ul><p>All of the polls and instructions can be found just after the jump, so be sure to click through to have your voice heard. Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 13th (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>. Good luck to everyone playing!</p><p><span id="more-16870"></span></p><h3>Graph Paper Press vs. Panda Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893015"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893015"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893015/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Graph Paper Press on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/graphpaperpress">@GraphPaperPress</a> or <a title="Panda Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/pandathemes">@PandaThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Graph Paper Press or Panda Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Theme Garden vs. BlogOhBlog</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893055"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893055"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893055/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Theme Garden on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themegarden">@ThemeGarden</a> or <a title="BlogOhBlog on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/blogohblog">@BlogOhBlog</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Theme Garden or BlogOhBlog start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>ThemeJam vs. Startbox</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893043"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893043"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893043/">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="ThemeJam on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themejam">@ThemeJam</a> or <a title="Startbox on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/wpstartbox">@WPStartbox</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either ThemeJam or Startbox start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Organic Themes vs. Storefront Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893047"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893047"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893047/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Organic Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/organicthemes">@OrganicThemes</a> or <a title="Storefront Theme on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/storefronttheme">@StorefrontTheme</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Organic Themes or Storefront Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Theme Hybrid vs. Xtreme Theme</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893037"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893037"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893037/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Justin Tadlock (Theme Hybrid) on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/justintadlock">@JustinTadlock</a> or <a title="Xtreme Theme on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/xtremetheme">@XtremeTheme</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Theme Hybrid or Xtreme Theme start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Pro Theme Design vs. Themes Kingdom</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893065"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893065"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893065/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Pro Theme Design on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/prothemedesign">@ProThemeDesign</a> or <a title="Themes Kingdom on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themeskingdom">@ThemesKingdom</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Pro Theme Design or Themes Kingdom start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Solostream vs. ThemeShift</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893023"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893023"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893023/">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="Solostream on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/solostream">@Solostream</a> or <a title="ThemeShift on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themeshift">@ThemeShift</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Solostream or ThemeShift start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Crowd Favorite vs. Working Wireframes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893062"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893062"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893062/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Crowd Favorite on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/crowdfavorite">@CrowdFavorite</a> or <a title="Working Wireframes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/wwireframes">@WWireframes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Crowd Favorite or Working Wireframes 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16870">Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 2</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:04:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:15329:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16870"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16871" title="Theme Madness Round 1 Day 2 voting" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround1day2-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>This week we will be running through Round 1 of <a title="WPCandy Theme Madness 2011" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/theme-madness-2011">Theme Madness</a>, with eight games happening each day. Today’s games will be:</p><ul><li><a title="Graph Paper Press" href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a title="Panda Themes" href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></li><li><a title="Theme Garden" href="http://www.themegarden.com/">Theme Garden</a> vs. <a title="BlogOhBlog" href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></li><li><a title="ThemeJam" href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a title="Startbox" href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></li><li><a title="Organic Themes" href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a title="Storefront Themes" href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></li><li><a title="Theme Hybrid" href="http://themehybrid.com/">Theme Hybrid</a> vs. <a title="Xtreme Theme" href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></li><li><a title="Pro Theme Design" href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a title="Themes Kingdom" href="http://www.themeskingdom.com/en/page/home/23">Themes Kingdom</a></li><li><a title="Solostream" href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a title="ThemeShift" href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></li><li><a title="Crowd Favorite" href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a title="Working Wireframes" href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></li></ul><p>All of the polls and instructions can be found just after the jump, so be sure to click through to have your voice heard. Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 13th (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>. Good luck to everyone playing!</p><p><span id="more-16870"></span></p><h3>Graph Paper Press vs. Panda Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893015"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893015"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893015/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Graph Paper Press on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/graphpaperpress">@GraphPaperPress</a> or <a title="Panda Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/pandathemes">@PandaThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Graph Paper Press or Panda Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Theme Garden vs. BlogOhBlog</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893055"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893055"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893055/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Theme Garden on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themegarden">@ThemeGarden</a> or <a title="BlogOhBlog on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/blogohblog">@BlogOhBlog</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Theme Garden or BlogOhBlog start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>ThemeJam vs. Startbox</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893043"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893043"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893043/">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="ThemeJam on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themejam">@ThemeJam</a> or <a title="Startbox on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/wpstartbox">@WPStartbox</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either ThemeJam or Startbox start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Organic Themes vs. Storefront Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893047"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893047"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893047/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Organic Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/organicthemes">@OrganicThemes</a> or <a title="Storefront Theme on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/storefronttheme">@StorefrontTheme</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Organic Themes or Storefront Themes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Theme Hybrid vs. Xtreme Theme</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893037"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893037"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893037/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Justin Tadlock (Theme Hybrid) on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/justintadlock">@JustinTadlock</a> or <a title="Xtreme Theme on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/xtremetheme">@XtremeTheme</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Theme Hybrid or Xtreme Theme start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Pro Theme Design vs. Themes Kingdom</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893065"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893065"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893065/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</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="Pro Theme Design on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/prothemedesign">@ProThemeDesign</a> or <a title="Themes Kingdom on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themeskingdom">@ThemesKingdom</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Pro Theme Design or Themes Kingdom start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Solostream vs. ThemeShift</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893023"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893023"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893023/">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="Solostream on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/solostream">@Solostream</a> or <a title="ThemeShift on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themeshift">@ThemeShift</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Solostream or ThemeShift start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Crowd Favorite vs. Working Wireframes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4893062"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4893062"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4893062/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</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="Crowd Favorite on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/crowdfavorite">@CrowdFavorite</a> or <a title="Working Wireframes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/wwireframes">@WWireframes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Crowd Favorite or Working Wireframes 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16870">Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 2</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Publisher Blog: Jay-Z’s Life + Times Magazine on WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/?p=1388";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2011/04/11/jay-zs-life-times-magazine-on-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:2326:"<p>Is there anything<strong> Jay-Z</strong> can&#8217;t do? His new lifestyle magazine, <a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/">Life + Times magazine</a> has just launched, running on <a href="http://www.wordpress.org">WordPress</a>, and it&#8217;s very slick. HOVA!</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1389 aligncenter" title="Life + Times (20110411)" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/life-times-20110411.jpg?w=487&h=669" alt="" width="487" height="669" /></a></p>
<p>[Visit <a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/">Life + Times</a>]</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=1388&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:32:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sara Rosso";}s:7:"summary";s:2326:"<p>Is there anything<strong> Jay-Z</strong> can&#8217;t do? His new lifestyle magazine, <a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/">Life + Times magazine</a> has just launched, running on <a href="http://www.wordpress.org">WordPress</a>, and it&#8217;s very slick. HOVA!</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1389 aligncenter" title="Life + Times (20110411)" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/life-times-20110411.jpg?w=487&h=669" alt="" width="487" height="669" /></a></p>
<p>[Visit <a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/">Life + Times</a>]</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1388/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=1388&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:36:"WPCandy: The making of an Obox Theme";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16844";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/dE3pahDwE3Y/the-making-of-an-obox-theme";s:11:"description";s:671:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/the-making-of-an-obox-theme"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p>Josh Hemsley was asked if he could give a behind-the-scenes look when designing an upcoming theme for Obox Design, which they have named <em>WrdPrss</em>. In the words of David Perel, <q>take a look at the video and look forward to the awesome coming your way soon!</q></p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16844">The making of an Obox Theme</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:56:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Mark McWilliams";}s:7:"summary";s:671:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/watches/the-making-of-an-obox-theme"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p>Josh Hemsley was asked if he could give a behind-the-scenes look when designing an upcoming theme for Obox Design, which they have named <em>WrdPrss</em>. In the words of David Perel, <q>take a look at the video and look forward to the awesome coming your way soon!</q></p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16844">The making of an Obox Theme</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Matt: Bloomberg TV Interview";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=37956";s:4:"link";s:44:"http://ma.tt/2011/04/bloomberg-tv-interview/";s:11:"description";s:246:"<p>At SxSW last month I was interviewed by <a href="https://twitter.com/crisvalerio">Cris Valerio</a> from <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/68075030/">Bloomberg TV</a>. The interview aired recently and you check it out below:</p>
<p></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:22:28 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:246:"<p>At SxSW last month I was interviewed by <a href="https://twitter.com/crisvalerio">Cris Valerio</a> from <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/68075030/">Bloomberg TV</a>. The interview aired recently and you check it out below:</p>
<p></p>";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 4/11";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9873";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/H1OLVz-8RMI/";s:11:"description";s:913:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9874" title="ribbons" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ribbons.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/ribbons-wordpress-theme.html"><strong>Ribbons</strong></a> is a very clean and modern free WordPress theme that comes with a ribbon focused design that gives it a cool &#8220;3d&#8221; effect and it includes a built-in jQuery Cycle slider.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9875" title="springfloral" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/springfloral.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
<p><a href="http://emptynestthemes.emptynestheritage.com/?p=746"><strong>Spring Floral</strong></a> is a green-based theme with a left sidebar.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/H1OLVz-8RMI" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:00:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:913:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9874" title="ribbons" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ribbons.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/ribbons-wordpress-theme.html"><strong>Ribbons</strong></a> is a very clean and modern free WordPress theme that comes with a ribbon focused design that gives it a cool &#8220;3d&#8221; effect and it includes a built-in jQuery Cycle slider.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9875" title="springfloral" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/springfloral.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
<p><a href="http://emptynestthemes.emptynestheritage.com/?p=746"><strong>Spring Floral</strong></a> is a green-based theme with a left sidebar.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/H1OLVz-8RMI" height="1" width="1" />";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:62:"WPCandy: Best of the Rest: WordPress News for April 11th, 2011";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16825";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/dgfeJZrkbJE/2011-4-11-best-of-the-rest";s:11:"description";s:4772:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16825"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16826" title="Best of the Rest, chocolate box (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/bestoftherest-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>Believe it or not, the WordPress community is a pretty big one. While we try our best to cover all of the <a title="WordPress News" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports">WordPress news</a> we can—and I would argue we do a pretty good job—we can&#8217;t always cover everything that happens each week. We&#8217;re only human, of course.</p><p>To remedy the news we miss, I&#8217;m happy to introduce a new recurring post on WPCandy called &#8220;Best of the Rest&#8221;. In these posts we&#8217;ll run through the news we couldn&#8217;t quite get to the week before.</p><p><span id="more-16825"></span></p><h3>Jason Schuller launches Customyze.me for theme customizations</h3><p><a href="http://www.customyze.me/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16830" title="Customyze.me logo" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-6.05.06-AM.png" alt="" width="371" height="85" /></a></p><p>Jason Schuller, of Press75 and Theme Garden fame, launched <a title="Customyze.me" href="http://www.customyze.me/">Customyze.me</a> using his latest theme launch. Anyone can use this new site to request theme customizations.</p><h3>Achievements for BuddyPress 2.0.7 is now available</h3><p>Paul Gibbs has released the latest version of his BuddyPress Achievements plugin. You can read the release notes <a title="Achievements for BuddyPress update notes" href="http://achievementsapp.com/2011/04/03/achievements-for-buddypress-2-0-7-available/">on his blog</a>.</p><h3>New PollDaddy personalized URLs</h3><p><a href="http://blog.polldaddy.com/2011/03/25/new-feature-personalized-survey-permalinks/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5812" title="Polldaddy" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2010/10/polldaddy-logo.png" alt="" width="600" height="100" /></a></p><p>In addition to the PollDaddy domain mapping, they&#8217;ve introduced a method for c<a title="Custom PollDaddy urls" href="http://blog.polldaddy.com/2011/03/25/new-feature-personalized-survey-permalinks/">ustomizing the standard PollDaddy poll URLs</a>.</p><h3>Free Headway Leafs are now available in the Plugin Directory</h3><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/news/free-leafs-in-plugin-directory/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16831" title="Free Headway Leafs in the Plugin Directory" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/headwayleaf-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="104" /></a></p><p>The folks at Headway Themes have <a title="Headway Themes free Leafs added to the Plugin Directory" href="http://headwaythemes.com/news/free-leafs-in-plugin-directory/">added all of their free Leafs</a> to the WordPress Plugin Directory.</p><h3>New Social Karma plugin adds icons as links next to your links</h3><p>Mark Bloomfeld has released a <a title="Social Karma WordPress plugin" href="http://mark.bloomfield.co.za/?p=364  ">new WordPress plugin</a> that, using shortcodes, adds social links next to whatever you&#8217;re linking up in your content.</p><h3>New Roots theme framework brings all the wonderful buzzwords</h3><p><a href="http://www.rootstheme.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16833" title="Roots theme buzzword glory" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-6.35.04-AM.png" alt="" width="486" height="109" /></a></p><p>Ben Word&#8217;s new <a title="Roost WordPress theme framework" href="http://www.rootstheme.com/">Roots theme framework</a> incorporates HTML5 Boilerplate, Starkers, and Boilerplate CSS. It&#8217;s free, and development is being managed on Github.</p><h3>New Atlas theme framework looking for beta testers</h3><p><a href="http://cranesandskyhooks.com/articles/become-an-atlas-beta-tester/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16834" title="Atlas theme framework" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-6.39.45-AM.png" alt="" width="542" height="81" /></a></p><p>Donal MacArthur&#8217;s development business Cranes &amp; Skyhooks has been working on a new theme framework called Atlas. He is looking for beta testers to test it out, so if you&#8217;re interested you should <a title="Beta testing Atlas WordPress theme" href="http://cranesandskyhooks.com/articles/become-an-atlas-beta-tester/">get in touch</a> with him.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16825">Best of the Rest: WordPress News for April 11th, 2011</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:46:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:4772:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16825"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16826" title="Best of the Rest, chocolate box (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/bestoftherest-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>Believe it or not, the WordPress community is a pretty big one. While we try our best to cover all of the <a title="WordPress News" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports">WordPress news</a> we can—and I would argue we do a pretty good job—we can&#8217;t always cover everything that happens each week. We&#8217;re only human, of course.</p><p>To remedy the news we miss, I&#8217;m happy to introduce a new recurring post on WPCandy called &#8220;Best of the Rest&#8221;. In these posts we&#8217;ll run through the news we couldn&#8217;t quite get to the week before.</p><p><span id="more-16825"></span></p><h3>Jason Schuller launches Customyze.me for theme customizations</h3><p><a href="http://www.customyze.me/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16830" title="Customyze.me logo" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-6.05.06-AM.png" alt="" width="371" height="85" /></a></p><p>Jason Schuller, of Press75 and Theme Garden fame, launched <a title="Customyze.me" href="http://www.customyze.me/">Customyze.me</a> using his latest theme launch. Anyone can use this new site to request theme customizations.</p><h3>Achievements for BuddyPress 2.0.7 is now available</h3><p>Paul Gibbs has released the latest version of his BuddyPress Achievements plugin. You can read the release notes <a title="Achievements for BuddyPress update notes" href="http://achievementsapp.com/2011/04/03/achievements-for-buddypress-2-0-7-available/">on his blog</a>.</p><h3>New PollDaddy personalized URLs</h3><p><a href="http://blog.polldaddy.com/2011/03/25/new-feature-personalized-survey-permalinks/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5812" title="Polldaddy" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2010/10/polldaddy-logo.png" alt="" width="600" height="100" /></a></p><p>In addition to the PollDaddy domain mapping, they&#8217;ve introduced a method for c<a title="Custom PollDaddy urls" href="http://blog.polldaddy.com/2011/03/25/new-feature-personalized-survey-permalinks/">ustomizing the standard PollDaddy poll URLs</a>.</p><h3>Free Headway Leafs are now available in the Plugin Directory</h3><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/news/free-leafs-in-plugin-directory/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16831" title="Free Headway Leafs in the Plugin Directory" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/headwayleaf-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="104" /></a></p><p>The folks at Headway Themes have <a title="Headway Themes free Leafs added to the Plugin Directory" href="http://headwaythemes.com/news/free-leafs-in-plugin-directory/">added all of their free Leafs</a> to the WordPress Plugin Directory.</p><h3>New Social Karma plugin adds icons as links next to your links</h3><p>Mark Bloomfeld has released a <a title="Social Karma WordPress plugin" href="http://mark.bloomfield.co.za/?p=364  ">new WordPress plugin</a> that, using shortcodes, adds social links next to whatever you&#8217;re linking up in your content.</p><h3>New Roots theme framework brings all the wonderful buzzwords</h3><p><a href="http://www.rootstheme.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16833" title="Roots theme buzzword glory" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-6.35.04-AM.png" alt="" width="486" height="109" /></a></p><p>Ben Word&#8217;s new <a title="Roost WordPress theme framework" href="http://www.rootstheme.com/">Roots theme framework</a> incorporates HTML5 Boilerplate, Starkers, and Boilerplate CSS. It&#8217;s free, and development is being managed on Github.</p><h3>New Atlas theme framework looking for beta testers</h3><p><a href="http://cranesandskyhooks.com/articles/become-an-atlas-beta-tester/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16834" title="Atlas theme framework" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-6.39.45-AM.png" alt="" width="542" height="81" /></a></p><p>Donal MacArthur&#8217;s development business Cranes &amp; Skyhooks has been working on a new theme framework called Atlas. He is looking for beta testers to test it out, so if you&#8217;re interested you should <a title="Beta testing Atlas WordPress theme" href="http://cranesandskyhooks.com/articles/become-an-atlas-beta-tester/">get in touch</a> with him.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16825">Best of the Rest: WordPress News for April 11th, 2011</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:87:"WPCandy: Jason Schuller interviewed about web design on the Freelance Jam video podcast";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16816";s:4:"link";s:97:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/ICcY4uzi4No/jason-schuller-interviewed-about-web-design";s:11:"description";s:846:"<p></p><p>Jason Schuller, of <a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> and <a href="http://www.themegarden.com/">Theme Garden</a>, was <a href="http://freelancejam.com/3-web-design-process-with-jason-schuller/">interviewed</a> on the <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/the-freelancejam-podcast" title="Recently launched Freelance Jam">recently launched Freelance Jam</a> video podcast. They discussed the design process behind Schuller&#8217;s themes, where he gets his ideas, and how he translates them to the screen.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16816">Jason Schuller interviewed about web design on the Freelance Jam video podcast</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:05:35 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:846:"<p></p><p>Jason Schuller, of <a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> and <a href="http://www.themegarden.com/">Theme Garden</a>, was <a href="http://freelancejam.com/3-web-design-process-with-jason-schuller/">interviewed</a> on the <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/the-freelancejam-podcast" title="Recently launched Freelance Jam">recently launched Freelance Jam</a> video podcast. They discussed the design process behind Schuller&#8217;s themes, where he gets his ideas, and how he translates them to the screen.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16816">Jason Schuller interviewed about web design on the Freelance Jam video podcast</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"WPCandy: Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 1";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16735";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/V7JrV2Rsp7E/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting";s:11:"description";s:14958:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16735"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16786" title="WPCandy Theme Madness voting, round 1 day 1" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround1day1-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>This week we will be running through Round 1 of Theme Madness, with eight games happening each day. Today&#8217;s games will be:</p><ul><li><span><a title="WooThemes" href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a title="Themeopoly" href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></span></li><li><span><a title="Theme Team" href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a title="AppThemes" href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></span></li><li><span><a title="ThemeForest" href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a title="BioThemes" href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></span></li><li><span><a title="Gabfire Themes" href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a title="RichWP" href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></span></li><li><span><a title="StudioPress" href="http://studiopress.com">StudioPress</a> vs. <a title="Themebaker" href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></span></li><li><span><a title="FlexiThemes" href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a title="PremiumPress" href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></span></li><li><span><a title="Obox Themes" href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a title="Signature Theme" href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></span></li><li><span><a title="BandThemer" href="http://bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a title="UpThemes" href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></span></li></ul><p>All of the polls and instructions can be found just after the jump, so be sure to click through to have your voice heard. Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 12th (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>. Good luck to everyone playing!</p><p><span id="more-16735"></span></p><h3>WooThemes vs. Themeopoly</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4872663"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4872663"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4872663/">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><span><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="WooThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/woothemes">@WooThemes</a> or <a title="Themeopoly" href="http://twitter.com/themeopoly">@Themeopoly</a>.</span></li><li><span><strong>The home game:</strong> If either WooThemes or Themeopoly start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</span></li></ul><h3>Theme Team vs. AppThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4872713"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4872713"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4872713/">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="Theme Team on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themeteam">@ThemeTeam</a> or <a title="AppThemes" href="http://twitter.com/appthemes">@AppThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Theme Team or AppThemes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>ThemeForest vs. BioThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4872718"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4872718"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4872718/">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="ThemeForest and Envato Web Design on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/envatowebdesign">@envatowebdesign</a> or <a title="BioThemes" href="http://twitter.com/biothemes">@BioThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either ThemeForest or BioThemes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Gabfire Themes vs. RichWP</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884211"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884211"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884211/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online surveys</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="Gabfire Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/gabfirethemes">@GabfireThemes</a> or <a title="RichWP on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/richwp">@RichWP</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Gabfire Themes or RichWP start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>StudioPress vs. Themebaker</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884218"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884218"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884218/">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="StudioPress on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/studiopress">@StudioPress</a> or <a title="Themebaker on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themebaker">@Themebaker</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either StudioPress or Themebaker start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>FlexiThemes vs. PremiumPress</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884231"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884231"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884231/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online surveys</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="FlexiThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/flexithemes">@FlexiThemes</a> or <a title="Mark Fail / PremiumPress on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/markfail/">@MarkFail</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either FlexiThemes or PremiumPress start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Obox Themes vs. Signature Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884233"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884233"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884233/">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="Obox on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/obox">@Obox</a> or Signature Theme.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Obox Themes or Signature Theme start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>BandThemer vs. UpThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884234"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884234"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884234/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">Market Research</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="BandThemer on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/bandthemer">@BandThemer</a> or <a title="UpThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/upthemes">@UpThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either BandThemer or UpThemes 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16735">Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 1</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:06:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:14958:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16735"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16786" title="WPCandy Theme Madness voting, round 1 day 1" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/thememadnessround1day1-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>This week we will be running through Round 1 of Theme Madness, with eight games happening each day. Today&#8217;s games will be:</p><ul><li><span><a title="WooThemes" href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a title="Themeopoly" href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></span></li><li><span><a title="Theme Team" href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a title="AppThemes" href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></span></li><li><span><a title="ThemeForest" href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a title="BioThemes" href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></span></li><li><span><a title="Gabfire Themes" href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a title="RichWP" href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></span></li><li><span><a title="StudioPress" href="http://studiopress.com">StudioPress</a> vs. <a title="Themebaker" href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></span></li><li><span><a title="FlexiThemes" href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a title="PremiumPress" href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></span></li><li><span><a title="Obox Themes" href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a title="Signature Theme" href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></span></li><li><span><a title="BandThemer" href="http://bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a title="UpThemes" href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></span></li></ul><p>All of the polls and instructions can be found just after the jump, so be sure to click through to have your voice heard. Voting will take place for the next 48 hours, and close at midnight on the 12th (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>. Good luck to everyone playing!</p><p><span id="more-16735"></span></p><h3>WooThemes vs. Themeopoly</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4872663"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4872663"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4872663/">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><span><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="WooThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/woothemes">@WooThemes</a> or <a title="Themeopoly" href="http://twitter.com/themeopoly">@Themeopoly</a>.</span></li><li><span><strong>The home game:</strong> If either WooThemes or Themeopoly start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</span></li></ul><h3>Theme Team vs. AppThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4872713"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4872713"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4872713/">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="Theme Team on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themeteam">@ThemeTeam</a> or <a title="AppThemes" href="http://twitter.com/appthemes">@AppThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Theme Team or AppThemes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>ThemeForest vs. BioThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4872718"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4872718"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4872718/">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="ThemeForest and Envato Web Design on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/envatowebdesign">@envatowebdesign</a> or <a title="BioThemes" href="http://twitter.com/biothemes">@BioThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either ThemeForest or BioThemes start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Gabfire Themes vs. RichWP</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884211"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884211"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884211/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online surveys</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="Gabfire Themes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/gabfirethemes">@GabfireThemes</a> or <a title="RichWP on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/richwp">@RichWP</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Gabfire Themes or RichWP start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>StudioPress vs. Themebaker</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884218"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884218"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884218/">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="StudioPress on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/studiopress">@StudioPress</a> or <a title="Themebaker on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/themebaker">@Themebaker</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either StudioPress or Themebaker start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>FlexiThemes vs. PremiumPress</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884231"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884231"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884231/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online surveys</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="FlexiThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/flexithemes">@FlexiThemes</a> or <a title="Mark Fail / PremiumPress on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/markfail/">@MarkFail</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either FlexiThemes or PremiumPress start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>Obox Themes vs. Signature Themes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884233"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884233"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884233/">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="Obox on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/obox">@Obox</a> or Signature Theme.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either Obox Themes or Signature Theme start up a post on their blog, your comment there will count as a vote as well.</li></ul><h3>BandThemer vs. UpThemes</h3><p><a name="pd_a_4884234"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container4884234"></div><p><br /> <br /> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4884234/">View This Poll</a><br /><br /><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">Market Research</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="BandThemer on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/bandthemer">@BandThemer</a> or <a title="UpThemes on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/upthemes">@UpThemes</a>.</li><li><strong>The home game:</strong> If either BandThemer or UpThemes 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"><a href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-round-1-day-1-voting">April 11</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://themeopoly.com/">Themeopoly</a></p><p><a href="http://gothemeteam.com/">Theme Team</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://biothemes.com/">BioThemes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://richwp.com/">RichWP</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themebaker.com/">Themebaker</a></p><p><a href="http://flexithemes.com/">FlexiThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://signaturetheme.com/">Signature Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bandthemer.com/">BandThemer</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">April 12</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/">Graph Paper Press</a> vs. <a href="http://pandathemes.com/">Panda Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.organicthemes.com/">Organic Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://storefrontthemes.com/">Storefront Themes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.solostream.com/">Solostream</a> vs. <a href="http://themeshift.com/">ThemeShift</a></p><p><a href="http://themegarden.com/">ThemeGarden</a> vs. <a href="http://www.blogohblog.com/">BlogOhBlog</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://themehybrid.com/">ThemeHybrid</a> vs. <a href="http://xtreme-theme.com/">Xtreme Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://crowdfavorite.com/">Crowd Favorite</a> vs. <a href="http://workingwireframes.com/">Working Wireframes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://themejam.com/">ThemeJam</a> vs. <a href="http://wpstartbox.com/">Startbox</a></p><p><a href="http://prothemedesign.com/">Pro Theme Design</a> vs. <a href="http://themeskingdom.com/">Themes Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">April 13</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://themify.me/">Themify</a> vs. <a href="http://bizzthemes.com/">Bizz Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://themetrust.com/">Theme Trust</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.mojo-themes.com/">Mojo Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-junkie.com/">Theme Junkie</a></p><p><a href="http://templatic.com/">Templatic</a> vs. <a href="http://www.chimerathemes.com/">ChimeraThemes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.wpbundle.com/">WPBundle</a> vs. <a href="http://catalysttheme.com/">Catalyst Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://headwaythemes.com/">Headway Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://alohathemes.com/">Aloha Themes</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/">KreativeThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.dessign.net/">Dessign</a></p><p><a href="http://press75.com/">Press75</a> vs. <a href="http://themes.bavotasan.com/">Themes by Bavotasan</a></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">April 14</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.dev4press.com/">Dev4Press</a> vs. <a href="http://www.indonez.com/">Indonez</a></p><p><a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.themewarrior.com/">ThemeWarrior</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/">WPZoom</a> vs. <a href="http://www.vivathemes.com/">Viva Themes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pagelines.com/">Pagelines</a> vs.<a href="http://wonderthemes.com/"> Wonder Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://gorillathemes.com/">Gorilla Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://wpshower.com/">WPShower</a></p><p><a href="http://diythemes.com/">DIYThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.theme-force.com/">ThemeForce</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://tokokoo.com/">Tokokoo</a> vs. <a href="http://standardtheme.com/">Standard Theme</a></p><p><a href="http://thethemefoundry.com/">Theme Foundry</a> vs. <a href="http://themefuse.com/">ThemeFuse</a></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">April 18</td><td class="column-2"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/">WooThemes</a> vs. <a href="http://www.appthemes.com/">AppThemes</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> vs. <a href="http://www.gabfire.com/">Gabfire Themes</a></td><td class="column-4"><a href="http://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a> vs. <a href="http://premiumpress.com/">PremiumPress</a></td><td class="column-5"><a href="http://oboxthemes.com/">Obox Themes</a> vs. <a href="http://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16735">Vote here: Theme Madness 2011, Round 1 Day 1</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. 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</ol></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~4/0JMkRfX7Y0w" height="1" width="1" />";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"WPCandy: WordPress Community Links: Big stack of Dummies edition";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16753";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/zqWaMYFTm9s/big-stack-of-dummies-edition";s:11:"description";s:7429:"<p><img class="size-full wp-image-16754 alignnone" title="Stack of Dummies books (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/stackofdummies-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="273" /></p><p>It&#8217;s time yet again, my friends, for this week&#8217;s edition of WordPress Community Links. Each week we gather together all the best reading material the WordPress community has produced and present it here for you in a clean, straightforward list. If it isn&#8217;t quite news material, but is still interesting, it will show up here.</p><p>This week we have advice from industry leaders, tutorials for beginning bloggers and Multisite developers, and hopefully an editorial or two that will be a worthy over-coffee read. All the good stuff is just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-16753"></span>First up we have interesting blog posts:</p><ul><li><span>Lisa Sabin-Wilson&#8217;s latest Dummies book <a title="WordPress All in One for Dummies on Amazon" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-all-in-one-for-dummies-now-available-on-amazon">was released</a> on Amazon this week, and she shared a bit of a <a title="Retrospective on WordPress All in One for Dummies book" href="http://lisasabin-wilson.com/wordpress-all-in-one-book-released">retrospective</a> on the book&#8217;s creation on her blog.</span></li><li><span>Adii Pienaar wrote a bit about how he sees success in the <a title="Adii Pienaar's editorial" href="http://adii.me/2011/04/great-success-in-the-minor-victories/">small victories at WooThemes</a>. </span></li><li><span>Alex Denning <a title="Paid WordPress plugin discussion" href="http://wpshout.com/premium-wordpress-plugins-discussed/">started a discussion</a> about paid WordPress plugins at WPShout.</span></li><li><span>Siobhan Ambrose at WPMU.org <a title="WordPress brand naming editorial" href="http://wpmu.org/is-wordpress-the-new-watergate-why-we-should-all-get-an-imagination/">thinks</a> everyone should get a bit more creative with their product names.</span></li><li><span>Andrew Nacin posted <a title="Andrew Nacin's local WordPress community thoughts" href="http://andrewnacin.com/2011/04/09/help-the-wordpress-dc-community/  ">a few ideas</a> for how companies could contribute to the local D.C. WordPress community. His ideas and suggestions would be worthwhile in just about every local WordPress community.</span></li><li><span>Adam Warner <a title="Brianna Karp interview" href="http://wpprobusiness.com/1784/brianna-karp-published-author-and-blogger/">interviewed</a> WordPress user Brianna Karp on his blog.</span></li><li><span>This one didn&#8217;t happen this week, but a couple weeks ago and we missed it. Otto wrote up an editorial talking about the process of <a title="Otto's editorial" href="http://ottopress.com/2011/scanning-for-malicious-code-is-pointless/  ">scanning for malicious code</a> in WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Alec is an experienced developer who has worked with a number of content management systems in depth. In an editorial this week he <a title="Developer's thoughts on content management systems" href="http://foliovision.com/2011/04/02/drupal-vs-joomla-mambo-vs-wordpress">shared his thoughts</a> on all of them, including WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Pete Mall <a title="Pete Mall's post about plugin UI" href="http://developersmind.com/2011/04/05/wordpress-tabbed-metaboxes/  ">blogged</a> about updating the UI on one of his plugins to fall in line with the default WordPress UI.</span></li></ul><p>Next up are tutorials to feed your WordPress powered brain:</p><ul><li><span>WPBeginner has a tutorial up showing how to show off your <a title="Showing off popular posts in WordPress" href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/display-popular-posts-by-day-week-month-and-all-time-in-wordpress/">most popular posts</a> in WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Kevin Muldoon posted about <a title="How to add navigation menus in WordPress" href="http://www.wpmods.com/how-to-add-navigation-menu-to-wordpress-theme">how to add navigation menus</a> to your WordPress site. He also showed how to retrieve <a title="How to retrieve comments across a multisite network" href="http://www.wpmods.com/get-comments-across-mult-site-network">comments across a multisite network</a> this week too.</span></li><li><span>While we&#8217;re on multisite tutorials, WPEngineer shows <a title="How to retrieve a site's ID" href="http://wpengineer.com/2188/view-blog-id-in-wordpress-multisite/">how to retrieve the blog id</a> of sites in a multisite network.</span></li><li><span>WPMU.org has a collection of <a title="Tips for speeding up your WordPress site" href="http://wpmu.org/speeding-up-your-wordpress-website-11-ways-to-improve-your-load-time/">tips for speeding up</a> your WordPress website.</span></li><li><span>Oli Dale has put together a tutorial showing how to take advantage of <a title="Using multiple=">multiple post thumbnail sizes</a> in WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Jeff Starr has a post up showing <a title="How to emulate Tumblr with WordPress post formats" href="http://digwp.com/2011/04/tumblr-links-post-formats/">how to emulate Tumblr</a> with the new WordPress post formats.</span></li><li><span>WinkPress has published an in depth tutorial series showing <a title="How to create a product review site with WordPress" href="http://winkpress.com/review-site/tutorial/  ">how to create a product review site</a> with WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Michael Martin talks about <a title="Using the Twitter API within WordPress" href="http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/how-to-use-the-twitter-api-in-wordpress/">using the Twitter API within WordPress</a>, a simple and efficient script that grabs the tweets, then displays them from Twitter.</span></li></ul><p>Finally, we have a few resources that you might want to bookmark:</p><ul><li><span>The organizers of WordCamp Melbourne <a title="WordCamp Melbourne survey results" href="http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/2011/04/08/wordcamp-melbourne-2011-feedback-survey-results/  ">shared their survey results</a> on their blog. If you&#8217;re participating in a WordCamp somewhere, these results might be interesting to you.</span></li><li><span>Brad Vincent assembled a list of <a title="Alternatives to Akismet" href="http://themergency.com/free-akismet-alternatives/  ">alternatives to Akismet</a> (hat tip <a title="Jeff Chandler found that link" href="http://www.wptavern.com/6-alternatives-to-akismet">Jeff</a> for finding that one).</span></li><li><span>JT Pratt has posted a collection of <a title="100 things you should know about WordPress" href="http://www.jtpratt.com/100-things-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress/  ">100 things</a> you should know about WordPress. That&#8217;s probably a good place to start if you aren&#8217;t sure what you don&#8217;t know yet.</span></li></ul><p>And that does it for links this week. If you&#8217;ve found others, be sure to drop them in the comments below. Or, if you have a link you think should be in next week&#8217;s roundup, feel free to <a title="Contact WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/here">contact us</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16753">WordPress Community Links: Big stack of Dummies edition</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:03:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:7429:"<p><img class="size-full wp-image-16754 alignnone" title="Stack of Dummies books (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/stackofdummies-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="273" /></p><p>It&#8217;s time yet again, my friends, for this week&#8217;s edition of WordPress Community Links. Each week we gather together all the best reading material the WordPress community has produced and present it here for you in a clean, straightforward list. If it isn&#8217;t quite news material, but is still interesting, it will show up here.</p><p>This week we have advice from industry leaders, tutorials for beginning bloggers and Multisite developers, and hopefully an editorial or two that will be a worthy over-coffee read. All the good stuff is just after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-16753"></span>First up we have interesting blog posts:</p><ul><li><span>Lisa Sabin-Wilson&#8217;s latest Dummies book <a title="WordPress All in One for Dummies on Amazon" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-all-in-one-for-dummies-now-available-on-amazon">was released</a> on Amazon this week, and she shared a bit of a <a title="Retrospective on WordPress All in One for Dummies book" href="http://lisasabin-wilson.com/wordpress-all-in-one-book-released">retrospective</a> on the book&#8217;s creation on her blog.</span></li><li><span>Adii Pienaar wrote a bit about how he sees success in the <a title="Adii Pienaar's editorial" href="http://adii.me/2011/04/great-success-in-the-minor-victories/">small victories at WooThemes</a>. </span></li><li><span>Alex Denning <a title="Paid WordPress plugin discussion" href="http://wpshout.com/premium-wordpress-plugins-discussed/">started a discussion</a> about paid WordPress plugins at WPShout.</span></li><li><span>Siobhan Ambrose at WPMU.org <a title="WordPress brand naming editorial" href="http://wpmu.org/is-wordpress-the-new-watergate-why-we-should-all-get-an-imagination/">thinks</a> everyone should get a bit more creative with their product names.</span></li><li><span>Andrew Nacin posted <a title="Andrew Nacin's local WordPress community thoughts" href="http://andrewnacin.com/2011/04/09/help-the-wordpress-dc-community/  ">a few ideas</a> for how companies could contribute to the local D.C. WordPress community. His ideas and suggestions would be worthwhile in just about every local WordPress community.</span></li><li><span>Adam Warner <a title="Brianna Karp interview" href="http://wpprobusiness.com/1784/brianna-karp-published-author-and-blogger/">interviewed</a> WordPress user Brianna Karp on his blog.</span></li><li><span>This one didn&#8217;t happen this week, but a couple weeks ago and we missed it. Otto wrote up an editorial talking about the process of <a title="Otto's editorial" href="http://ottopress.com/2011/scanning-for-malicious-code-is-pointless/  ">scanning for malicious code</a> in WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Alec is an experienced developer who has worked with a number of content management systems in depth. In an editorial this week he <a title="Developer's thoughts on content management systems" href="http://foliovision.com/2011/04/02/drupal-vs-joomla-mambo-vs-wordpress">shared his thoughts</a> on all of them, including WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Pete Mall <a title="Pete Mall's post about plugin UI" href="http://developersmind.com/2011/04/05/wordpress-tabbed-metaboxes/  ">blogged</a> about updating the UI on one of his plugins to fall in line with the default WordPress UI.</span></li></ul><p>Next up are tutorials to feed your WordPress powered brain:</p><ul><li><span>WPBeginner has a tutorial up showing how to show off your <a title="Showing off popular posts in WordPress" href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/display-popular-posts-by-day-week-month-and-all-time-in-wordpress/">most popular posts</a> in WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Kevin Muldoon posted about <a title="How to add navigation menus in WordPress" href="http://www.wpmods.com/how-to-add-navigation-menu-to-wordpress-theme">how to add navigation menus</a> to your WordPress site. He also showed how to retrieve <a title="How to retrieve comments across a multisite network" href="http://www.wpmods.com/get-comments-across-mult-site-network">comments across a multisite network</a> this week too.</span></li><li><span>While we&#8217;re on multisite tutorials, WPEngineer shows <a title="How to retrieve a site's ID" href="http://wpengineer.com/2188/view-blog-id-in-wordpress-multisite/">how to retrieve the blog id</a> of sites in a multisite network.</span></li><li><span>WPMU.org has a collection of <a title="Tips for speeding up your WordPress site" href="http://wpmu.org/speeding-up-your-wordpress-website-11-ways-to-improve-your-load-time/">tips for speeding up</a> your WordPress website.</span></li><li><span>Oli Dale has put together a tutorial showing how to take advantage of <a title="Using multiple=">multiple post thumbnail sizes</a> in WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Jeff Starr has a post up showing <a title="How to emulate Tumblr with WordPress post formats" href="http://digwp.com/2011/04/tumblr-links-post-formats/">how to emulate Tumblr</a> with the new WordPress post formats.</span></li><li><span>WinkPress has published an in depth tutorial series showing <a title="How to create a product review site with WordPress" href="http://winkpress.com/review-site/tutorial/  ">how to create a product review site</a> with WordPress.</span></li><li><span>Michael Martin talks about <a title="Using the Twitter API within WordPress" href="http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/how-to-use-the-twitter-api-in-wordpress/">using the Twitter API within WordPress</a>, a simple and efficient script that grabs the tweets, then displays them from Twitter.</span></li></ul><p>Finally, we have a few resources that you might want to bookmark:</p><ul><li><span>The organizers of WordCamp Melbourne <a title="WordCamp Melbourne survey results" href="http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/2011/04/08/wordcamp-melbourne-2011-feedback-survey-results/  ">shared their survey results</a> on their blog. If you&#8217;re participating in a WordCamp somewhere, these results might be interesting to you.</span></li><li><span>Brad Vincent assembled a list of <a title="Alternatives to Akismet" href="http://themergency.com/free-akismet-alternatives/  ">alternatives to Akismet</a> (hat tip <a title="Jeff Chandler found that link" href="http://www.wptavern.com/6-alternatives-to-akismet">Jeff</a> for finding that one).</span></li><li><span>JT Pratt has posted a collection of <a title="100 things you should know about WordPress" href="http://www.jtpratt.com/100-things-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress/  ">100 things</a> you should know about WordPress. That&#8217;s probably a good place to start if you aren&#8217;t sure what you don&#8217;t know yet.</span></li></ul><p>And that does it for links this week. If you&#8217;ve found others, be sure to drop them in the comments below. Or, if you have a link you think should be in next week&#8217;s roundup, feel free to <a title="Contact WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/is/here">contact us</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16753">WordPress Community Links: Big stack of Dummies edition</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:69:"WPCandy: Adii Pienaar interviewed, discusses the success of WooThemes";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16756";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/Pehtp7CWtUM/adii-pienaar-interviewed-discusses-the-success-of-woothemes";s:11:"description";s:724:"<p></p><p>Adii Pienaar is a co-founder of WooThemes and well known member of the WordPress community. In this particular interview he discusses WooThemes&#8217; current growth, their plans for the future, and how his other projects are faring.</p><p>Adii is being interviewed by Charl Norman of the great <a href="http://www.bandwidthblog.com/2011/04/07/adii-woothemes-premium-wordpress-themes/">Bandwidth Blog</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16756">Adii Pienaar interviewed, discusses the success of WooThemes</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:36:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:724:"<p></p><p>Adii Pienaar is a co-founder of WooThemes and well known member of the WordPress community. In this particular interview he discusses WooThemes&#8217; current growth, their plans for the future, and how his other projects are faring.</p><p>Adii is being interviewed by Charl Norman of the great <a href="http://www.bandwidthblog.com/2011/04/07/adii-woothemes-premium-wordpress-themes/">Bandwidth Blog</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16756">Adii Pienaar interviewed, discusses the success of WooThemes</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 4/9";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9871";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/fmuoQkBB-QY/";s:11:"description";s:1525:"<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://tinsology.net/plugins/amazon-tools/"><strong>Amazon Tools</strong></a> allows you to integrate your WordPress blog with Amazon Web Services.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-redirect-to-post-or-page/"><strong>Category Redirect to Post or Page</strong></a> allows you to easily redirect category links to a specific page, post, or even an outside url.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner/"><strong>Exploit Scanner</strong></a> searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/health-check/"><strong>Health Check</strong></a> will perform a number of checks on your WordPress install to detect common configuration errors and known issues.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-widget/"><strong>jQuery Vertical Accordion Menu</strong></a> creates vertical accordion menus from any WordPress custom menu.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ivinco.com/software/wordpress-sphinx-search/"><strong>WordPress Sphinx Search</strong></a> allows to use Sphinx Search Server power to enable ultra-fast and feature-rich search on WordPress-based websites.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/fmuoQkBB-QY" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:00:27 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1525:"<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://tinsology.net/plugins/amazon-tools/"><strong>Amazon Tools</strong></a> allows you to integrate your WordPress blog with Amazon Web Services.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-redirect-to-post-or-page/"><strong>Category Redirect to Post or Page</strong></a> allows you to easily redirect category links to a specific page, post, or even an outside url.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner/"><strong>Exploit Scanner</strong></a> searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/health-check/"><strong>Health Check</strong></a> will perform a number of checks on your WordPress install to detect common configuration errors and known issues.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designchemical.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-plugin-jquery-vertical-accordion-menu-widget/"><strong>jQuery Vertical Accordion Menu</strong></a> creates vertical accordion menus from any WordPress custom menu.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ivinco.com/software/wordpress-sphinx-search/"><strong>WordPress Sphinx Search</strong></a> allows to use Sphinx Search Server power to enable ultra-fast and feature-rich search on WordPress-based websites.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/fmuoQkBB-QY" height="1" width="1" />";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:63:"WPTavern: Using Chrome And WordPress To Publish Saved Bookmarks";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=5241";s:4:"link";s:115:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/oCARKWuyMHU/using-chrome-and-wordpress-to-publish-saved-bookmarks";s:11:"description";s:551:"<p>Here is a <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/forum/resources/2210-free-google-chrome-extension-wordpress-have-your-own.html">cool little extension</a> for Google Chrome that uses the WordPress API to publish saved bookmarks as posts instead of using the Del.icio.us service. It requires WordPress 3.0 and only takes about a minute to setup. Another nice touch is that it uses the Link post format if your theme supports it.</p>


<p>No related posts.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~4/oCARKWuyMHU" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:30:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Jeffro";}s:7:"summary";s:551:"<p>Here is a <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/forum/resources/2210-free-google-chrome-extension-wordpress-have-your-own.html">cool little extension</a> for Google Chrome that uses the WordPress API to publish saved bookmarks as posts instead of using the Del.icio.us service. It requires WordPress 3.0 and only takes about a minute to setup. Another nice touch is that it uses the Link post format if your theme supports it.</p>


<p>No related posts.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~4/oCARKWuyMHU" height="1" width="1" />";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:61:"WPCandy: Inspired Magazine is giving away 26 WordPress themes";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16727";s:4:"link";s:106:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/k2ZYYPsGtcg/inspired-magazine-is-giving-away-26-wordpress-themes";s:11:"description";s:1457:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16727"><img class="size-full wp-image-16729 alignnone" title="Inspired Magazine logo (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/inspiredmagazinelogo-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="220" /></a></p><p>Inspired Magazine has put together a pretty big WordPress theme giveaway: they&#8217;re looking to offload 26 WordPress themes from some very high quality theme shops. I won&#8217;t list them all, but I did see Organic Themes, Press75, Themify, Obox, and StudioPress in there, among many others.</p><p>To throw your hat in the ring, they&#8217;re asking you to tweet out a message and <a title="Inspired Magazine WordPress theme giveaway" href="http://www.inspiredm.com/biggest-wordpress-giveaway/">comment on their post</a> with the theme you&#8217;d most like in your armory. <em>Easy peasy</em>. The contest does end this coming Monday, the 11th, so don&#8217;t dawdle.</p><p>Okay, so they&#8217;re not exactly breaking the mold as far as internet contests go, but it&#8217;s a small price to pay for a free WordPress theme, right?<em> </em>Let us know if you win, so we can enjoy it vicariously through you!</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16727">Inspired Magazine is giving away 26 WordPress themes</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:38:47 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:1457:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16727"><img class="size-full wp-image-16729 alignnone" title="Inspired Magazine logo (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/inspiredmagazinelogo-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="220" /></a></p><p>Inspired Magazine has put together a pretty big WordPress theme giveaway: they&#8217;re looking to offload 26 WordPress themes from some very high quality theme shops. I won&#8217;t list them all, but I did see Organic Themes, Press75, Themify, Obox, and StudioPress in there, among many others.</p><p>To throw your hat in the ring, they&#8217;re asking you to tweet out a message and <a title="Inspired Magazine WordPress theme giveaway" href="http://www.inspiredm.com/biggest-wordpress-giveaway/">comment on their post</a> with the theme you&#8217;d most like in your armory. <em>Easy peasy</em>. The contest does end this coming Monday, the 11th, so don&#8217;t dawdle.</p><p>Okay, so they&#8217;re not exactly breaking the mold as far as internet contests go, but it&#8217;s a small price to pay for a free WordPress theme, right?<em> </em>Let us know if you win, so we can enjoy it vicariously through you!</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16727">Inspired Magazine is giving away 26 WordPress themes</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:87:"WPCandy: WPBundle unbundles, offers new pricing structure, and separates from WooThemes";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16721";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/7vZRwqD2kGc/wpbundle-unbundles-offers-new-pricing-structure";s:11:"description";s:2715:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16721"><img class="size-full wp-image-16723 alignnone" title="WPBundle pricing news (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpbundlebundle-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="270" /></a></p><p>WPBundle <a title="WPBundle pricing structure announcement" href="http://www.wpbundle.com/2011/new-wpbundle-pricing/">announced</a> this week that they would be making individual theme purchases available, where previously only their 10 theme bundle could be purchased. Individual themes are available for $50 each, though the bundle of all themes is still around for just $200, down from the previous $250 price tag. Mini-bundles were also teased, though no details are available yet regarding just what these will include.</p><p>The team stresses that individual theme sales include support, updates, child themes, and access to their icon set, same as the previous bundle did. Liam McKay described the reasons for the decision on their blog:</p><blockquote><p>From the start of the project we’ve had a lot of people requesting individual theme sales. We’ve never been against the idea, but there was a few reasons why we didn’t feel right doing this, one of which was our name! It felt strange moving away from bundles, because of that, but we understand the demand and need for cheaper options.</p></blockquote><p>The announcement also included the news that WPBundle is no longer partnering with WooThemes.</p><p><span id="more-16721"></span></p><p>McKay says there are no hard feelings over the split, but that with the new direction WPBundle is headed WooThemes &#8220;didn&#8217;t want to be part of the new direction as they have to focus their attention on their own products.&#8221; WPBundle will now use their own sales and support system, which they are in the process of implementing now.</p><p>Also, have a read through our past WPBundle coverage: WPBundle is one of the first WordPress shops that we were able to watch pretty much from <a title="WPCandy coverage of WPBundle" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/wpbundle">when they began</a>.</p><p>While we&#8217;re on this topic, what is your stance on theme pricing? Do you prefer buying in bulk via a bundle or a membership, or buying individual themes? If you were calling the shots, what would you say? Where&#8217;s the sweet spot between profitability and user friendliness?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16721">WPBundle unbundles, offers new pricing structure, and separates from WooThemes</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:50:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:2715:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16721"><img class="size-full wp-image-16723 alignnone" title="WPBundle pricing news (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpbundlebundle-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="270" /></a></p><p>WPBundle <a title="WPBundle pricing structure announcement" href="http://www.wpbundle.com/2011/new-wpbundle-pricing/">announced</a> this week that they would be making individual theme purchases available, where previously only their 10 theme bundle could be purchased. Individual themes are available for $50 each, though the bundle of all themes is still around for just $200, down from the previous $250 price tag. Mini-bundles were also teased, though no details are available yet regarding just what these will include.</p><p>The team stresses that individual theme sales include support, updates, child themes, and access to their icon set, same as the previous bundle did. Liam McKay described the reasons for the decision on their blog:</p><blockquote><p>From the start of the project we’ve had a lot of people requesting individual theme sales. We’ve never been against the idea, but there was a few reasons why we didn’t feel right doing this, one of which was our name! It felt strange moving away from bundles, because of that, but we understand the demand and need for cheaper options.</p></blockquote><p>The announcement also included the news that WPBundle is no longer partnering with WooThemes.</p><p><span id="more-16721"></span></p><p>McKay says there are no hard feelings over the split, but that with the new direction WPBundle is headed WooThemes &#8220;didn&#8217;t want to be part of the new direction as they have to focus their attention on their own products.&#8221; WPBundle will now use their own sales and support system, which they are in the process of implementing now.</p><p>Also, have a read through our past WPBundle coverage: WPBundle is one of the first WordPress shops that we were able to watch pretty much from <a title="WPCandy coverage of WPBundle" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/wpbundle">when they began</a>.</p><p>While we&#8217;re on this topic, what is your stance on theme pricing? Do you prefer buying in bulk via a bundle or a membership, or buying individual themes? If you were calling the shots, what would you say? Where&#8217;s the sweet spot between profitability and user friendliness?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16721">WPBundle unbundles, offers new pricing structure, and separates from WooThemes</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:65:"WPCandy: WordPress All in One for Dummies now available on Amazon";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16713";s:4:"link";s:110:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/L_kPMvniorQ/wordpress-all-in-one-for-dummies-now-available-on-amazon";s:11:"description";s:1845:"<p><img class="size-full wp-image-11280 alignnone" title="WordPress All-in-One for Dummies" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/wpallinone-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="198" /></p><p>Who&#8217;s a dummy? Are you a dummy? Okay, are you a dummy compared to the smart folks who joined forces to write <em>WordPress All in One for Dummies</em>? Insulted or not, if you wanted to you could now pick the book up from Amazon since <a title="WordPress All in One for Dummies on Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-All-One-Dummies-Sabin-Wilson/dp/0470877014/">it&#8217;s available there this week</a>.</p><p>We&#8217;ve mentioned it <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-all-in-one-now-available-for-pre-order-on-amazon">once</a> or twice before, but it&#8217;s worth repeating. Lisa Sabin-Wilson, the author of <em>WordPress for Dummies</em>, recruited four other prominent WordPress community members to join her in writing this new book: Cory Miller (of <a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a>), Kevin Palmer (of <a href="http://www.convertiv.com/">Convertiv</a>), Andrea Rennick (of <a href="http://wpebooks.com/">WPeBooks</a>) and Michael Torbert (of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/">All in One SEO Pack</a>). Each author tackled a section devoted to their own area of specialty, and while I haven&#8217;t read it yet I&#8217;m anticipating quite a bit.</p><p>Have you snatched up a copy and dug into <em>All in One</em> yet? If so, share your thoughts on it in the comments.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16713">WordPress All in One for Dummies now available on Amazon</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:03:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:1845:"<p><img class="size-full wp-image-11280 alignnone" title="WordPress All-in-One for Dummies" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/01/wpallinone-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="198" /></p><p>Who&#8217;s a dummy? Are you a dummy? Okay, are you a dummy compared to the smart folks who joined forces to write <em>WordPress All in One for Dummies</em>? Insulted or not, if you wanted to you could now pick the book up from Amazon since <a title="WordPress All in One for Dummies on Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/WordPress-All-One-Dummies-Sabin-Wilson/dp/0470877014/">it&#8217;s available there this week</a>.</p><p>We&#8217;ve mentioned it <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-all-in-one-now-available-for-pre-order-on-amazon">once</a> or twice before, but it&#8217;s worth repeating. Lisa Sabin-Wilson, the author of <em>WordPress for Dummies</em>, recruited four other prominent WordPress community members to join her in writing this new book: Cory Miller (of <a href="http://ithemes.com/">iThemes</a>), Kevin Palmer (of <a href="http://www.convertiv.com/">Convertiv</a>), Andrea Rennick (of <a href="http://wpebooks.com/">WPeBooks</a>) and Michael Torbert (of the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/">All in One SEO Pack</a>). Each author tackled a section devoted to their own area of specialty, and while I haven&#8217;t read it yet I&#8217;m anticipating quite a bit.</p><p>Have you snatched up a copy and dug into <em>All in One</em> yet? If so, share your thoughts on it in the comments.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16713">WordPress All in One for Dummies now available on Amazon</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Publisher Blog: AARP Blog on WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/?p=1361";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2011/04/08/aarp-blog-on-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:2659:"<p>The AARP has launched their blog on <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com/hosting">WordPress.com VIP</a>.</p>
<p>To recall the sentiment of Beth Carpenter&#8217;s post &#8220;<a href="http://blog.aarp.org/2011/01/25/boomers-on-facebook-twitter-yep-sure-are/">Baby Boomers on Twitter? Yep, sure are</a>&#8220;, to that we say, <strong>Baby Boomers on WordPress? Yep, sure are.</strong></p>
<p>Welcome!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.aarp.org/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1362" title="Picture 2" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/picture-2.png?w=640&h=364" alt="" width="640" height="364" /></a></p>
<p>[Visit the <a href="http://blog.aarp.org/">official AARP blog</a>]</p>
<p><em>Ready to become a <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com/">VIP Services Client</a>? Some of the <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com/clients">world’s biggest brands rely on WordPress.com VIP Services.</a></em></p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=1361&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:30:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sara Rosso";}s:7:"summary";s:2659:"<p>The AARP has launched their blog on <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com/hosting">WordPress.com VIP</a>.</p>
<p>To recall the sentiment of Beth Carpenter&#8217;s post &#8220;<a href="http://blog.aarp.org/2011/01/25/boomers-on-facebook-twitter-yep-sure-are/">Baby Boomers on Twitter? Yep, sure are</a>&#8220;, to that we say, <strong>Baby Boomers on WordPress? Yep, sure are.</strong></p>
<p>Welcome!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.aarp.org/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1362" title="Picture 2" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/picture-2.png?w=640&h=364" alt="" width="640" height="364" /></a></p>
<p>[Visit the <a href="http://blog.aarp.org/">official AARP blog</a>]</p>
<p><em>Ready to become a <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com/">VIP Services Client</a>? Some of the <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com/clients">world’s biggest brands rely on WordPress.com VIP Services.</a></em></p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1361/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=1361&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:80:"WPCandy: WPBeginner’s Coupons site could save you money on WordPress purchases";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16637";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/Ff3UYjy8dss/wpbeginner-coupons-could-save-you-money";s:11:"description";s:2403:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16637"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16638" title="WPBeginner coupon site (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpbeginnercoupons-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="226" /></a></p><p>WPBeginner has added a new site to their network this week with their new <a title="WPBeginner Coupons" href="http://coupons.wpbeginner.com/">WordPress coupon sharing blog</a>. The new site collects coupons for various WordPress theme, plugin, and other products that folks might want to save some money on. The launch post on WPBeginner explains the thought process behind the new blog:</p><blockquote><p>The idea behind <a href="http://coupons.wpbeginner.com/">WPBeginner coupons</a> is to keep our community updated with exclusive deals that may be going on around the web. Let’s face it, we are all way too busy to keep track with every single useful discount deal. I know when I miss a deal, I say to myself “dang-it, I wish someone told me about this deal before”. But sadly, there is no coupon site within the WordPress industry that can do that. Plus, keeping track of these deals is no one-man job. Therefore, our editorial staff will keep our eyes and ears out to keep you posted on cool deals.</p></blockquote><p>WPBeginner is also welcoming any owners of WordPress products to get in touch with them about sharing a discounts on their new site. Inidividual coupons can also be submitted by anyone browsing using their submission form.</p><p>The launch brings WPBeginner&#8217;s network to three sites strong (this, their blog, and their WordPress sites gallery).</p><p><span id="more-16637"></span></p><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16706" title="WPBeginner Top Rated Coupons" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-08-at-11.01.26-AM.png" alt="" width="303" height="322" /></p><p>Are you excited to see a WordPress version of <a title="RetailMeNot" href="http://www.retailmenot.com/">RetailMeNot</a> hit the <em>interwebs</em>? Will you be using it and submitting discounts you come across?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16637">WPBeginner's Coupons site could save you money on WordPress purchases</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:19:49 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:2403:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16637"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16638" title="WPBeginner coupon site (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpbeginnercoupons-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="226" /></a></p><p>WPBeginner has added a new site to their network this week with their new <a title="WPBeginner Coupons" href="http://coupons.wpbeginner.com/">WordPress coupon sharing blog</a>. The new site collects coupons for various WordPress theme, plugin, and other products that folks might want to save some money on. The launch post on WPBeginner explains the thought process behind the new blog:</p><blockquote><p>The idea behind <a href="http://coupons.wpbeginner.com/">WPBeginner coupons</a> is to keep our community updated with exclusive deals that may be going on around the web. Let’s face it, we are all way too busy to keep track with every single useful discount deal. I know when I miss a deal, I say to myself “dang-it, I wish someone told me about this deal before”. But sadly, there is no coupon site within the WordPress industry that can do that. Plus, keeping track of these deals is no one-man job. Therefore, our editorial staff will keep our eyes and ears out to keep you posted on cool deals.</p></blockquote><p>WPBeginner is also welcoming any owners of WordPress products to get in touch with them about sharing a discounts on their new site. Inidividual coupons can also be submitted by anyone browsing using their submission form.</p><p>The launch brings WPBeginner&#8217;s network to three sites strong (this, their blog, and their WordPress sites gallery).</p><p><span id="more-16637"></span></p><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16706" title="WPBeginner Top Rated Coupons" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-08-at-11.01.26-AM.png" alt="" width="303" height="322" /></p><p>Are you excited to see a WordPress version of <a title="RetailMeNot" href="http://www.retailmenot.com/">RetailMeNot</a> hit the <em>interwebs</em>? Will you be using it and submitting discounts you come across?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16637">WPBeginner's Coupons site could save you money on WordPress purchases</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"WPCandy: Is Tumblr the new WordPress?";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16692";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/lf4jlAGZcC0/is-tumblr-the-new-wordpress";s:11:"description";s:3024:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16692"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16699" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/tumblrwplogo-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="220" /></a></p><p><em>Today&#8217;s editorial has been contributed by Joshua Strebel, co-founder of Page.ly, the </em><a title="WordPress Hosting" href="http://page.ly"><em>Managed WordPress Hosting</em></a><em> company.</em></p><p>Yes, this post title is filled will juicy controversy. Intentionally so. However consider it from the following point of view.</p><p>In the rare cases someones cancels their service at <a title="WordPress Hosting" href="http://page.ly">Page.ly</a> we ask them to share with us a reason why. The following is real feedback from a recent corporate customer that is part of the <a href="http://www.viacom.com/ourbrands/Pages/default.aspx">Viacom</a> media conglomerate.</p><blockquote><p>…[We] just want a blog we can easily theme and post to, not [run] a site primary off it. WordPress is over-complicated over-kill for this, Tumblr works fine and is much easier to deal with…</p></blockquote><p>Wow.</p><p><span id="more-16692"></span></p><blockquote class="jump"><p>…Tumblr seems to have captured a segment of the market that wants and desires simplicity.</p></blockquote><p>Remember when WordPress was criticized for being &#8220;just a simple blogging platform&#8221;? Many smart and well intentioned people have worked tirelessly moving WordPress in the direction of a full fledged content management system. I was among those asking for it [more CMS features] years ago. However, was basic blogging ease and simplicity a sacrifice that had to be made? During <a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/news/matt-mullenweg-future-wordpress">Matt Mullenweg&#8217;s SXSW interview</a> that I attended he mentioned how Tumblr did a great job at simplicity and also mentioned how WordPress is gaining more Tumblr like features (like post formats). StudioPress is following close behind with their recent theme release of <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/studiopress-releases-tapestry-its-first-child-theme-with-post-format-support">Tapestry</a> which is billed as a &#8220;Tumblr-like theme&#8221;.</p><p>Putting aside the flack Tumblr has gotten for their downtime issues of late, they seem to have captured a segment of the market that wants and desires simplicity. WordPress, for all it&#8217;s amazing innovation these past few years striving to become the top <em>dawg</em> in the CMS space, may have alienated the users that were happy with a simplified blogging experience.</p><p>Is it time for <em>WordPress Lite</em>? What do you think, can WordPress serve two masters: simple blogging and enterprise-level content management?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16692">Is Tumblr the new WordPress?</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:48:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Joshua Strebel";}s:7:"summary";s:3024:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16692"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16699" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/tumblrwplogo-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="220" /></a></p><p><em>Today&#8217;s editorial has been contributed by Joshua Strebel, co-founder of Page.ly, the </em><a title="WordPress Hosting" href="http://page.ly"><em>Managed WordPress Hosting</em></a><em> company.</em></p><p>Yes, this post title is filled will juicy controversy. Intentionally so. However consider it from the following point of view.</p><p>In the rare cases someones cancels their service at <a title="WordPress Hosting" href="http://page.ly">Page.ly</a> we ask them to share with us a reason why. The following is real feedback from a recent corporate customer that is part of the <a href="http://www.viacom.com/ourbrands/Pages/default.aspx">Viacom</a> media conglomerate.</p><blockquote><p>…[We] just want a blog we can easily theme and post to, not [run] a site primary off it. WordPress is over-complicated over-kill for this, Tumblr works fine and is much easier to deal with…</p></blockquote><p>Wow.</p><p><span id="more-16692"></span></p><blockquote class="jump"><p>…Tumblr seems to have captured a segment of the market that wants and desires simplicity.</p></blockquote><p>Remember when WordPress was criticized for being &#8220;just a simple blogging platform&#8221;? Many smart and well intentioned people have worked tirelessly moving WordPress in the direction of a full fledged content management system. I was among those asking for it [more CMS features] years ago. However, was basic blogging ease and simplicity a sacrifice that had to be made? During <a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/news/matt-mullenweg-future-wordpress">Matt Mullenweg&#8217;s SXSW interview</a> that I attended he mentioned how Tumblr did a great job at simplicity and also mentioned how WordPress is gaining more Tumblr like features (like post formats). StudioPress is following close behind with their recent theme release of <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/studiopress-releases-tapestry-its-first-child-theme-with-post-format-support">Tapestry</a> which is billed as a &#8220;Tumblr-like theme&#8221;.</p><p>Putting aside the flack Tumblr has gotten for their downtime issues of late, they seem to have captured a segment of the market that wants and desires simplicity. WordPress, for all it&#8217;s amazing innovation these past few years striving to become the top <em>dawg</em> in the CMS space, may have alienated the users that were happy with a simplified blogging experience.</p><p>Is it time for <em>WordPress Lite</em>? What do you think, can WordPress serve two masters: simple blogging and enterprise-level content management?</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16692">Is Tumblr the new WordPress?</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"Weblog Tools Collection: Plugin Reviews, Inspections, and Audits";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9866";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/UGfnMcwzvNc/";s:11:"description";s:1226:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> celebrity <a href="http://yoast.com/">Joost de Valk</a> has just launched <a href="http://yoast.com/wordpress-plugin-review/">an interesting service</a> where he provides plugin reviews and inspections for free. This is certainly an interesting prospect for newcomers wondering, &#8220;is this plugin right for me?&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://markjaquith.com/">Mark Jaquith</a> has been offering a similar service through <a href="http://coveredwebservices.com/">Covered Web Services</a>, including a full security audit, for quite some time. Sure, it&#8217;s for a fee, but how can you pass up something like this from a core WordPress developer?</p>
<p>Since the idea of plugin reviews seem to be gaining popularity, would you be interested in seeing us review a few plugins submitted by you, our kind and ever-present readers? Please let us know in the poll below!</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/UGfnMcwzvNc" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:00:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1226:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> celebrity <a href="http://yoast.com/">Joost de Valk</a> has just launched <a href="http://yoast.com/wordpress-plugin-review/">an interesting service</a> where he provides plugin reviews and inspections for free. This is certainly an interesting prospect for newcomers wondering, &#8220;is this plugin right for me?&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://markjaquith.com/">Mark Jaquith</a> has been offering a similar service through <a href="http://coveredwebservices.com/">Covered Web Services</a>, including a full security audit, for quite some time. Sure, it&#8217;s for a fee, but how can you pass up something like this from a core WordPress developer?</p>
<p>Since the idea of plugin reviews seem to be gaining popularity, would you be interested in seeing us review a few plugins submitted by you, our kind and ever-present readers? Please let us know in the poll below!</p>
<p><br />
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	<a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/4868738/">Would like to see us review plugins?</a><span><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">survey software</a></span><br />
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<p>We&#8217;d love to do even more. If you know of a blog, forum or social network that needs some help filtering spam, please let them know we&#8217;re here to help!</p>
<p>To celebrate the milestone, we&#8217;ve built a minisite with a guide to some of the different kinds of spam we filter. Check it out here: <a title="25 Billion Minisite" href="http://akismet.com/25billion">25 billion minisite</a>.</p>
<p>And, of course, we have some stats! We&#8217;ve dug through the 25 billion spams (well, some of the more recent ones) and found the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Spammers are busiest on Friday at 20:00 GMT.</li>
<li>Spammers are least active on Sundays at 14:00 GMT. (Do spammers go to church?!)</li>
<li>A blog comment is 8% more likely to be spam on a Saturday morning than it is on a Tuesday evening.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>And the winner is&#8230;</strong><br />
So what, you&#8217;ll be asking, was the 25 billionth spam? Here it is, a little bit of not-so-innocent flattery:</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-592 alignleft" title="spam-winner" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/spam-winner.png?w=552" alt="" width="552" /></p>
<p>The lucky recipient was Harrisonburg&#8217;s Community News Network site <a title="Harrisonburg's Community News" href="http://hburgnews.com/">hburgnews.com</a>, to which we&#8217;re pleased to give a free lifetime subscription to Akismet!</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=559&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:31:52 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Pete";}s:7:"summary";s:3096:"<p>We reached a big milestone today: Akismet caught its 25 billionth piece of spam. We&#8217;re now detecting spam at a rate of around 40 million comments a day.</p>
<p>We&#8217;d love to do even more. If you know of a blog, forum or social network that needs some help filtering spam, please let them know we&#8217;re here to help!</p>
<p>To celebrate the milestone, we&#8217;ve built a minisite with a guide to some of the different kinds of spam we filter. Check it out here: <a title="25 Billion Minisite" href="http://akismet.com/25billion">25 billion minisite</a>.</p>
<p>And, of course, we have some stats! We&#8217;ve dug through the 25 billion spams (well, some of the more recent ones) and found the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Spammers are busiest on Friday at 20:00 GMT.</li>
<li>Spammers are least active on Sundays at 14:00 GMT. (Do spammers go to church?!)</li>
<li>A blog comment is 8% more likely to be spam on a Saturday morning than it is on a Tuesday evening.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>And the winner is&#8230;</strong><br />
So what, you&#8217;ll be asking, was the 25 billionth spam? Here it is, a little bit of not-so-innocent flattery:</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-592 alignleft" title="spam-winner" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/spam-winner.png?w=552" alt="" width="552" /></p>
<p>The lucky recipient was Harrisonburg&#8217;s Community News Network site <a title="Harrisonburg's Community News" href="http://hburgnews.com/">hburgnews.com</a>, to which we&#8217;re pleased to give a free lifetime subscription to Akismet!</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/559/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/559/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=559&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:67:"WPCandy: WordPress Workspaces: Brian Casel’s spacious home office";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16374";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/BbsGoMZtUzA/brian-casels-wordpress-workspace";s:11:"description";s:8134:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16374"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16380" title="Brian Casel's WordPress Workspace (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancaselworkspace-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>We all work with WordPress professionals every day. Not in the traditional way, of course: we use Twitter, Facebook, and blogs to work virtually with one another. And that works great. But have you ever wondered what someone’s office looked like, the desk where they spend the bulk of their lives working? I know I have.</p><p>This week Brian Casel, WordPress theme developer, will be showing us around his own <a title="WordPress Workspaces" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-workspaces">WordPress Workspace</a>.</p><h3>About Brian Casel</h3><p>Brian Casel is a web designer based in Norwalk, Connecticut.  He&#8217;s the creator of <a title="WP Bids WordPress theme" href="http://wpbids.com/">WP Bids</a>, a WordPress theme for creating project proposals, as well as the <a title="Clean Slate WordPress theme" href="http://cleanslatetheme.com/">Clean Slate WordPress CMS Theme</a>.  Most recently, Brian co-hosts <a title="Freelance Jam podcast" href="http://freelancejam.com/">Freelance Jam</a>, a live web show and podcast all about freelance business and web design.</p><p>You can connect with Brian on Twitter <a title="Brian Casel on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/casjam">@CasJam</a> and on his blog, <a title="Brian Casel's blog" href="http://briancasel.com/">briancasel.com</a>.</p><p>Now I’ll hand it off to Brian, so he can walk us through his <a title="WordPress Workspaces" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-workspaces">WordPress Workspace</a>.</p><p><span id="more-16374"></span></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16375" title="Brian Casel's office 01" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel01.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="803" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16669" title="Brian Casel's office (02)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/briancaseloffice-02.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="803" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16377" title="Brian Casel's office 03" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel03.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="448" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16378" title="Brian Casel's office 04" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel04.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="448" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16379" title="Brian Casel's office 05" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel05.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="448" /></p><p>The numbers in the above images correlate to this list:</p><ol><li>Print: Rolling Stone cover from June 1975. Stevie Wonder on the cover.</li><li>Print: The Big Lebowski. Designed by <a href="http://www.ibraheemyoussef.com/ibraheemshop/">Ibraheem Youssef</a>.</li><li>Fender American Stratocaster</li><li>Canon MX870 all-in-one</li><li>Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Beltran bobbleheads</li><li>Original artwork by Jeffrey Casel</li><li>Burton Custom X snowboard</li><li>Books</li><li>Trey, our 6-month old Lab mix</li><li>Drawers on wheels, Ikea</li><li>Desk with wood top, Ikea</li><li>Steelcase Cobi Chair</li><li>Mac Pro</li><li>2x Acer 23&#8221; Displays</li><li>Logitech web cam</li><li>Blue Yeti USB Mic</li><li>Altec Lansing Speakers + Sub Woofer</li><li>Apple Magic Trackpad</li><li>Logitech wireless mouse, Keyboard + mouse wrist rests, Staples</li><li>Pen + Pad</li></ol><h3>1. Print: Rolling Stone cover from June 1975, Stevie Wonder on the cover</h3><p>One of my all-time favorite artists as well as publications.  This is a nice inspiration to have on the wall.</p><h3>2. Print: The Big Lebowski, designed by Ibraheem Youssef</h3><p>My all time favorite flick.  Awesome poster, designed by <a href="http://www.ibraheemyoussef.com/ibraheemshop/">Ibraheem Youssef</a>.  It really ties the room the together.</p><h3>3. Fender American Stratocaster</h3><p>It sits nearby, lonely, reminiscing on years past when it was played daily.  Now it&#8217;s more of a monthly occurrence.  It&#8217;s nice to plug in and break away from the computer screen every now and then.</p><h3>4. Canon MX870 all-in-one</h3><p>It prints, scans, copies, faxes, and cooks me breakfast.</p><h3>5. Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Beltran bobbleheads</h3><p>Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Beltran.  I&#8217;m a New York sports fan.  These two got my back.</p><h3>6. Original artwork by Jeffrey Casel</h3><p>My brother, Jeff, is a talented artist and painter.  This is one of my favorite pieces of his.</p><h3>7. Burton Custom X snowboard</h3><p>Love to get out to the mountains when I can.  Most of the northeast mountains are a road trip away but hoping to hit the slopes in other parts again in the near future.</p><h3>8. Books</h3><p>Need to do something about the lack of space.  A few favorites can be found here: <a href="http://www.abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers">HTML5 For Web Designers</a>, <a href="http://www.abookapart.com/products/css3-for-web-designers">CSS3 For Web Designers</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Purple-Cow-Transform-Business-Remarkable/dp/159184021X">Purple Cow</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017922">Outliers</a>.</p><h3>9. Trey, our 6-month old Lab mix</h3><p>Working from the home office can get lonely sometimes.  This guy keeps me company and provokes the occasional wrestling match.  Named after one of my all-time favorite musicians and songwriters, Trey Anastasio.</p><h3>10. Drawers on wheels, Ikea</h3><p>Furniture piece from Ikea.  Sitting on top of it is one of the few remaining land-line phones around.  It&#8217;s nice when it stays quiet.</p><h3>11. Desk with wood top, Ikea</h3><p>Wood top desk from Ikea.</p><h3>12. Steelcase Cobi Chair</h3><p>Love it.  I tried the Aeron and Leap chairs for a year each before selling them off and settling on the Steelcase Cobi.  It&#8217;s lightweight and great on my back for long periods of working at the desk.</p><h3>13. Mac Pro</h3><p>2.8 GHz Quad-Core. 6 GB Ram.  She&#8217;s been good to me for nearly 3 years.</p><h3>14. 2x Acer 23&#8221; Displays</h3><p>I like the size and clarity.  Very affordable in comparison to the Apple display and others.  Had some issues with color accuracy, but mostly nitpicking.</p><h3>15. Logitech web cam</h3><p>Used for Skype calling and broadcasting Freelance Jam.  Has worked reliably for 3+ years.  Not the best in terms of video quality.</p><h3>16. Blue Yeti USB Mic</h3><p>Highly recommended if you&#8217;re doing any kind of podcasting or recording.  Drastically improves sound quality.  I use it for Freelance Jam and the occasional recording of guitar playing.</p><h3>17. Altec Lansing Speakers + Sub Woofer</h3><p>They do the job.</p><h3>18. Apple Magic Trackpad</h3><p>I swap this in when the mouse is wearing on the wrist.  Love using it &#8220;tap&#8221; mode.</p><h3>19. Logitech wireless mouse, Keyboard + mouse wrist rests, Staples</h3><p>High quality clicker.  Wrist wrests from Staples.  These help a lot for proper positioning.  I&#8217;ve been dealing with wrist and back issues over the years, and these are good things to have.</p><h3>20. Pen + Pad</h3><p>I&#8217;m addicted to Things for Mac, Google Calendar, GMail, Basecamp, and other apps, but this is by far the most useful GTD tool in the arsenal.</p><hr /><h3>That’s all folks!</h3><p>And that’s Brian Casel’s WordPress Workspace. Would you like to be included in our series? Just <a href="http://wpcandy.com/is/here">shoot us a note</a> and we’ll line you up to be next in our <a href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-workspaces">WordPress Workspaces series</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16374">WordPress Workspaces: Brian Casel's spacious home office</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:41:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:8134:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16374"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16380" title="Brian Casel's WordPress Workspace (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancaselworkspace-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="240" /></a></p><p>We all work with WordPress professionals every day. Not in the traditional way, of course: we use Twitter, Facebook, and blogs to work virtually with one another. And that works great. But have you ever wondered what someone’s office looked like, the desk where they spend the bulk of their lives working? I know I have.</p><p>This week Brian Casel, WordPress theme developer, will be showing us around his own <a title="WordPress Workspaces" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-workspaces">WordPress Workspace</a>.</p><h3>About Brian Casel</h3><p>Brian Casel is a web designer based in Norwalk, Connecticut.  He&#8217;s the creator of <a title="WP Bids WordPress theme" href="http://wpbids.com/">WP Bids</a>, a WordPress theme for creating project proposals, as well as the <a title="Clean Slate WordPress theme" href="http://cleanslatetheme.com/">Clean Slate WordPress CMS Theme</a>.  Most recently, Brian co-hosts <a title="Freelance Jam podcast" href="http://freelancejam.com/">Freelance Jam</a>, a live web show and podcast all about freelance business and web design.</p><p>You can connect with Brian on Twitter <a title="Brian Casel on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/casjam">@CasJam</a> and on his blog, <a title="Brian Casel's blog" href="http://briancasel.com/">briancasel.com</a>.</p><p>Now I’ll hand it off to Brian, so he can walk us through his <a title="WordPress Workspaces" href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-workspaces">WordPress Workspace</a>.</p><p><span id="more-16374"></span></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16375" title="Brian Casel's office 01" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel01.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="803" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16669" title="Brian Casel's office (02)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/briancaseloffice-02.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="803" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16377" title="Brian Casel's office 03" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel03.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="448" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16378" title="Brian Casel's office 04" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel04.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="448" /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16379" title="Brian Casel's office 05" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/briancasel05.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="448" /></p><p>The numbers in the above images correlate to this list:</p><ol><li>Print: Rolling Stone cover from June 1975. Stevie Wonder on the cover.</li><li>Print: The Big Lebowski. Designed by <a href="http://www.ibraheemyoussef.com/ibraheemshop/">Ibraheem Youssef</a>.</li><li>Fender American Stratocaster</li><li>Canon MX870 all-in-one</li><li>Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Beltran bobbleheads</li><li>Original artwork by Jeffrey Casel</li><li>Burton Custom X snowboard</li><li>Books</li><li>Trey, our 6-month old Lab mix</li><li>Drawers on wheels, Ikea</li><li>Desk with wood top, Ikea</li><li>Steelcase Cobi Chair</li><li>Mac Pro</li><li>2x Acer 23&#8221; Displays</li><li>Logitech web cam</li><li>Blue Yeti USB Mic</li><li>Altec Lansing Speakers + Sub Woofer</li><li>Apple Magic Trackpad</li><li>Logitech wireless mouse, Keyboard + mouse wrist rests, Staples</li><li>Pen + Pad</li></ol><h3>1. Print: Rolling Stone cover from June 1975, Stevie Wonder on the cover</h3><p>One of my all-time favorite artists as well as publications.  This is a nice inspiration to have on the wall.</p><h3>2. Print: The Big Lebowski, designed by Ibraheem Youssef</h3><p>My all time favorite flick.  Awesome poster, designed by <a href="http://www.ibraheemyoussef.com/ibraheemshop/">Ibraheem Youssef</a>.  It really ties the room the together.</p><h3>3. Fender American Stratocaster</h3><p>It sits nearby, lonely, reminiscing on years past when it was played daily.  Now it&#8217;s more of a monthly occurrence.  It&#8217;s nice to plug in and break away from the computer screen every now and then.</p><h3>4. Canon MX870 all-in-one</h3><p>It prints, scans, copies, faxes, and cooks me breakfast.</p><h3>5. Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Beltran bobbleheads</h3><p>Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Beltran.  I&#8217;m a New York sports fan.  These two got my back.</p><h3>6. Original artwork by Jeffrey Casel</h3><p>My brother, Jeff, is a talented artist and painter.  This is one of my favorite pieces of his.</p><h3>7. Burton Custom X snowboard</h3><p>Love to get out to the mountains when I can.  Most of the northeast mountains are a road trip away but hoping to hit the slopes in other parts again in the near future.</p><h3>8. Books</h3><p>Need to do something about the lack of space.  A few favorites can be found here: <a href="http://www.abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers">HTML5 For Web Designers</a>, <a href="http://www.abookapart.com/products/css3-for-web-designers">CSS3 For Web Designers</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Purple-Cow-Transform-Business-Remarkable/dp/159184021X">Purple Cow</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017922">Outliers</a>.</p><h3>9. Trey, our 6-month old Lab mix</h3><p>Working from the home office can get lonely sometimes.  This guy keeps me company and provokes the occasional wrestling match.  Named after one of my all-time favorite musicians and songwriters, Trey Anastasio.</p><h3>10. Drawers on wheels, Ikea</h3><p>Furniture piece from Ikea.  Sitting on top of it is one of the few remaining land-line phones around.  It&#8217;s nice when it stays quiet.</p><h3>11. Desk with wood top, Ikea</h3><p>Wood top desk from Ikea.</p><h3>12. Steelcase Cobi Chair</h3><p>Love it.  I tried the Aeron and Leap chairs for a year each before selling them off and settling on the Steelcase Cobi.  It&#8217;s lightweight and great on my back for long periods of working at the desk.</p><h3>13. Mac Pro</h3><p>2.8 GHz Quad-Core. 6 GB Ram.  She&#8217;s been good to me for nearly 3 years.</p><h3>14. 2x Acer 23&#8221; Displays</h3><p>I like the size and clarity.  Very affordable in comparison to the Apple display and others.  Had some issues with color accuracy, but mostly nitpicking.</p><h3>15. Logitech web cam</h3><p>Used for Skype calling and broadcasting Freelance Jam.  Has worked reliably for 3+ years.  Not the best in terms of video quality.</p><h3>16. Blue Yeti USB Mic</h3><p>Highly recommended if you&#8217;re doing any kind of podcasting or recording.  Drastically improves sound quality.  I use it for Freelance Jam and the occasional recording of guitar playing.</p><h3>17. Altec Lansing Speakers + Sub Woofer</h3><p>They do the job.</p><h3>18. Apple Magic Trackpad</h3><p>I swap this in when the mouse is wearing on the wrist.  Love using it &#8220;tap&#8221; mode.</p><h3>19. Logitech wireless mouse, Keyboard + mouse wrist rests, Staples</h3><p>High quality clicker.  Wrist wrests from Staples.  These help a lot for proper positioning.  I&#8217;ve been dealing with wrist and back issues over the years, and these are good things to have.</p><h3>20. Pen + Pad</h3><p>I&#8217;m addicted to Things for Mac, Google Calendar, GMail, Basecamp, and other apps, but this is by far the most useful GTD tool in the arsenal.</p><hr /><h3>That’s all folks!</h3><p>And that’s Brian Casel’s WordPress Workspace. Would you like to be included in our series? Just <a href="http://wpcandy.com/is/here">shoot us a note</a> and we’ll line you up to be next in our <a href="http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-workspaces">WordPress Workspaces series</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16374">WordPress Workspaces: Brian Casel's spacious home office</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:57:"WPCandy: WPCandy Podcast 18: I’m all teary eyed edition";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16655";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/1YFW3lCtjDE/episode-18";s:11:"description";s:2591:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16655"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16656" title="WPCandy Podcast 18 (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpcandypodcast18-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="195" /></a></p><p>It&#8217;s with great pleasure I present episode 18 of the WPCandy Podcast, the &#8220;I&#8217;m all teary eyed&#8221; edition. This week Brian and I were joined by special guest Otto, a prominent member of the WordPress community and Tech Ninja at Audrey Capital. You can follow Otto on Twitter at <a title="Otto on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/otto42">@otto42</a> and at his <a title="Ottopress" href="http://ottopress.com/">two</a> <a title="Ottodestruct" href="http://ottodestruct.com/">blogs</a>.</p><p>Jump straight into the podcast audio here:</p><p>This week we discussed:</p><ul><li><span>Theme Madness and why you should be playing along</span></li><li><span>Custom post types and custom taxonomies, including Otto&#8217;s take on each</span></li><li><span>bbPress, how cool it is, and what it represents</span></li><li><span>WooThemes&#8217; refocus on WordPress </span></li></ul><p>Brian&#8217;s pick was twofold: the <a href="http://wpebooks.com/replicator/">replicator plugin</a> and the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/snack-bar/">snack bar plugin</a>. My pick was Vanilla Forums and their various plugins for integrating with WordPress. Otto&#8217;s pick was <a href="http://onswipe.com/">OnSwipe</a> (see <a title="Onswipe coverage at WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/onswipe">our coverage of OnSwipe</a>).</p><p>Subscribe to the show <a title="WPCandy WordPress Podcast on iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wpcandy-wordpress-podcast/id388757170">on iTunes</a>, or <a title="The WPCandy WordPress Podcast RSS feed" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WPCandyPodcast">directly to the RSS feed</a>. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-16655"></span></p><p>If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so <a title="Download WPCandy WordPress podcast episode 018" href="http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/WPCandy-Podcast-018.mp3">here</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16655">WPCandy Podcast 18: I'm all teary eyed edition</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:24:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:2591:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16655"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16656" title="WPCandy Podcast 18 (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpcandypodcast18-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="195" /></a></p><p>It&#8217;s with great pleasure I present episode 18 of the WPCandy Podcast, the &#8220;I&#8217;m all teary eyed&#8221; edition. This week Brian and I were joined by special guest Otto, a prominent member of the WordPress community and Tech Ninja at Audrey Capital. You can follow Otto on Twitter at <a title="Otto on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/otto42">@otto42</a> and at his <a title="Ottopress" href="http://ottopress.com/">two</a> <a title="Ottodestruct" href="http://ottodestruct.com/">blogs</a>.</p><p>Jump straight into the podcast audio here:</p><p>This week we discussed:</p><ul><li><span>Theme Madness and why you should be playing along</span></li><li><span>Custom post types and custom taxonomies, including Otto&#8217;s take on each</span></li><li><span>bbPress, how cool it is, and what it represents</span></li><li><span>WooThemes&#8217; refocus on WordPress </span></li></ul><p>Brian&#8217;s pick was twofold: the <a href="http://wpebooks.com/replicator/">replicator plugin</a> and the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/snack-bar/">snack bar plugin</a>. My pick was Vanilla Forums and their various plugins for integrating with WordPress. Otto&#8217;s pick was <a href="http://onswipe.com/">OnSwipe</a> (see <a title="Onswipe coverage at WPCandy" href="http://wpcandy.com/covers/onswipe">our coverage of OnSwipe</a>).</p><p>Subscribe to the show <a title="WPCandy WordPress Podcast on iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wpcandy-wordpress-podcast/id388757170">on iTunes</a>, or <a title="The WPCandy WordPress Podcast RSS feed" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WPCandyPodcast">directly to the RSS feed</a>. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump.</p><p><span id="more-16655"></span></p><p>If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so <a title="Download WPCandy WordPress podcast episode 018" href="http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/WPCandy-Podcast-018.mp3">here</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16655">WPCandy Podcast 18: I'm all teary eyed edition</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Publisher Blog: Foursquare and 4sqDay Check In on WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/?p=1364";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2011/04/07/foursquare-4sqday-check-in-on-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:2576:"<p><strong>Foursquare</strong>&#8216;s staff blog is on <a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress</a> as well as the blog for the upcoming <strong>4sqday</strong>, Foursquare day, on 4/16!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.4sqday.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1365" title="Picture 8" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/picture-8.png?w=640&h=367" alt="" width="640" height="367" /></a></p>
<p><strong>[Visit the <a href="http://blog.4sqday.com/">4sqday site</a>]</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.foursquare.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1366" title="Picture 6" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/picture-6.png?w=640&h=406" alt="" width="640" height="406" /></a></p>
<p><strong>[Visit the <a href="http://blog.foursquare.com">Foursquare blog</a>]</strong></p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=1364&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:15:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Sara Rosso";}s:7:"summary";s:2576:"<p><strong>Foursquare</strong>&#8216;s staff blog is on <a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress</a> as well as the blog for the upcoming <strong>4sqday</strong>, Foursquare day, on 4/16!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.4sqday.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1365" title="Picture 8" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/picture-8.png?w=640&h=367" alt="" width="640" height="367" /></a></p>
<p><strong>[Visit the <a href="http://blog.4sqday.com/">4sqday site</a>]</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.foursquare.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1366" title="Picture 6" src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/picture-6.png?w=640&h=406" alt="" width="640" height="406" /></a></p>
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<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/1364/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=1364&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"WPCandy: Beginner’s Guide: Common sense WordPress SEO strategy";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16269";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/keFLJZiIs2A/wordpress-seo-strategy";s:11:"description";s:8194:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16269"><img class="size-full wp-image-16590 aligncenter" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/WordPress-SEO.png" alt="WordPress SEO tutorial" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>It seems there is an epic, never-ending battle out there in the interwebs between those that argue Search Engine Optimization Matters and those that preach that Content is King. Of course, as in most things, the truth is likely somewhere in the middle.</p><p>You don&#8217;t need to waste precious hours on complex SEO tactics that provide little benefit. You also don&#8217;t want to ignore it altogether.</p><p>Let&#8217;s take a bird&#8217;s eye view and walk through some common sense steps to conquering SEO for WordPress.</p><p><span id="more-16269"></span></p><h3>Get setup with an SEO plugin</h3><p>Install the <a href="http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/">WordPress SEO</a> plugin, because it will do most of your SEO grunt work.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16463" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/snippet"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16463" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/snippet.png" alt="WordPress SEO snippet" width="600" height="79" /></a><br /> Pay the most attention to your home page and post titles, and get familiar with the meta data preview in the post editor that really makes this plugin shine.</p><h3>Be structured</h3><p>Is your blog new? Think about <a href="http://yoast.com/site-structure-seo/">your site structure</a>. Make sure the flow of your site fits the path you want the visitor to take.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16464" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/structure"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16464" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/structure.png" alt="WordPress site structure" width="407" height="75" /></a></p><h3>Don&#8217;t weaken links</h3><p>Links are probably the most important thing you can get from other people. It&#8217;s great for someone to tweet your post, but it&#8217;s absolutely fantastic if they reblog it.</p><p>Make sure that they only have one way to get to that content. Don&#8217;t give users an opportunity to <a href="http://yoast.com/articles/duplicate-content/">waste valuable links</a> on duplicate content.</p><h3>Permalinks are important</h3><p>WordPress does an amazing job to make your permalinks pretty. Take advantage of it.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16465" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/permalinks"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16465" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/permalinks.png" alt="pretty permalinks" width="557" height="78" /></a><br /> <a href="http://tentblogger.com/post-slugs/">Short, memorable, relevant permalinks</a> are awesome.</p><p>Around here, we try to make our <a href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-set-up-urls-as-sentences-in-wordpress">permalinks as a sentence</a> to make them easier to remember.</p><h3>Write consistently</h3><p>If you don&#8217;t write consistently, noone will read consistently. If you are the place to read about WordPress news, then post <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports">WordPress news</a>, alot.</p><p>A stale blog isn&#8217;t the type of blog I&#8217;ll share.</p><p>Even if someone finds a one-off &#8220;evergreen&#8221; article in search, if it was a decent article, they&#8217;ll click to your homepage and look for more recent content.</p><p>Don&#8217;t disappoint them.</p><h3>Be yourself when you write</h3><p>You&#8217;re not the AP news, so don&#8217;t act like it. Be real. Be yourself.</p><p>Write like you&#8217;re talking to another human being, because you are. If you don&#8217;t talk to them, they won&#8217;t talk back to you.</p><h3>Write relevant content</h3><p>People don&#8217;t want to hear your personal stories all the time. Give them answers to problems. Offer them a product for what they searched for. Don&#8217;t waste their time.</p><h3>Create specific content</h3><p>If you want to be the number one source on the internet for a term, then make your content about that term.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16466" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/sadtopics"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16466" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/sadtopics.png" alt="sad topics" width="600" height="181" /></a><br /> Don&#8217;t write about WordPress one day and politics the next.</p><p>Be specific. And <a href="http://yoast.com/keyword-research-basis/">don&#8217;t be unrealistic</a>. You can probably start a blog and in time become the go-to source for something like Alabama politics or Auburn football banter, but you will almost certainly never rank for &#8220;sports&#8221; or &#8220;politics&#8221;.</p><h3>Be shareworthy</h3><p>If you follow the steps above for creating valuable content, people will want to share it.</p><p>Social is becoming more and more important to search. We all see what our Facebook friends are liking online. We&#8217;ve seen blog posts go crazy on Twitter. Tools like Google&#8217;s new +1 button will apply weight to what others in our network have already said is good content.</p><p>And the search engines are integrating these things into their results.</p><p>So if you&#8217;re writing great content, people will want to share that. When people share it, the search engines are listening.</p><p>So if for some reason you aren&#8217;t set up for social, do it. Check out <a href="http://jetpack.me">Jetpack</a> or <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-twitter-connect/">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-facebook-connect/">Facebook</a> Connect and give your readers ways to share your content.</p><h3>Great resources</h3><p>You&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;ve included some links so you can go and learn more from the real experts. My resources are blogs about the technical side of SEO and the emotional side. After all, as I&#8217;ve said, engaging your audience in a way that makes them want to share your content with others is extremely important.</p><p>Gone are the times where keyword stuffing and sub-standard tactics will get your content found.</p><p>I highly recommend Joost de Valk&#8217;s blog, <a href="http://yoast.com">Yoast.com</a>. It is my go-to source for learning the best practices of optimizing WordPress for search engines.</p><p>I also would guide you to <a href="http://socialtriggers.com">Social Triggers</a>, by Derek Halpern, where he focuses on &#8220;what makes people tick online.&#8221; It&#8217;s a great resource for diving into user psychology so that you can sell yourself and your products effectively.</p><p>Finally, I&#8217;d recommend you start following <a href="http://tentblogger.com">Tentblogger</a>, where John Saddington gives great tips to help you connect on a personal level with your audience. He also has interesting things to say about SEO, and he absolutely loves WordPress.</p><p>I&#8217;d love for you to share more resources in the comments, as these are simply <em>my resources</em>.</p><h3>Wrapping it up</h3><p>Yes. SEO is important. And it is not a one-click thing. I haven&#8217;t even touched on some important aspects like site speed, site maps, and plenty of other things in this article. But I have tried to give any beginner, and maybe some more advanced users, enough to stay busy for a while.</p><p>SEO takes planning your strategy, taking the extra step to get the most out of WordPress, and working extremely hard to create incredible content.</p><p>It can be tough, and time consuming. But it&#8217;s not rocket science.</p><p>So if your goal is to rank higher, and you don&#8217;t know why you&#8217;re not on the front page of Google for your desired topic, it&#8217;s time to get set up for better SEO and off your butt and writing great content.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16269">Beginner's Guide: Common sense WordPress SEO strategy</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:37:37 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";}s:7:"summary";s:8194:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16269"><img class="size-full wp-image-16590 aligncenter" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/WordPress-SEO.png" alt="WordPress SEO tutorial" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>It seems there is an epic, never-ending battle out there in the interwebs between those that argue Search Engine Optimization Matters and those that preach that Content is King. Of course, as in most things, the truth is likely somewhere in the middle.</p><p>You don&#8217;t need to waste precious hours on complex SEO tactics that provide little benefit. You also don&#8217;t want to ignore it altogether.</p><p>Let&#8217;s take a bird&#8217;s eye view and walk through some common sense steps to conquering SEO for WordPress.</p><p><span id="more-16269"></span></p><h3>Get setup with an SEO plugin</h3><p>Install the <a href="http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/">WordPress SEO</a> plugin, because it will do most of your SEO grunt work.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16463" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/snippet"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16463" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/snippet.png" alt="WordPress SEO snippet" width="600" height="79" /></a><br /> Pay the most attention to your home page and post titles, and get familiar with the meta data preview in the post editor that really makes this plugin shine.</p><h3>Be structured</h3><p>Is your blog new? Think about <a href="http://yoast.com/site-structure-seo/">your site structure</a>. Make sure the flow of your site fits the path you want the visitor to take.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16464" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/structure"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16464" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/structure.png" alt="WordPress site structure" width="407" height="75" /></a></p><h3>Don&#8217;t weaken links</h3><p>Links are probably the most important thing you can get from other people. It&#8217;s great for someone to tweet your post, but it&#8217;s absolutely fantastic if they reblog it.</p><p>Make sure that they only have one way to get to that content. Don&#8217;t give users an opportunity to <a href="http://yoast.com/articles/duplicate-content/">waste valuable links</a> on duplicate content.</p><h3>Permalinks are important</h3><p>WordPress does an amazing job to make your permalinks pretty. Take advantage of it.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16465" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/permalinks"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16465" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/permalinks.png" alt="pretty permalinks" width="557" height="78" /></a><br /> <a href="http://tentblogger.com/post-slugs/">Short, memorable, relevant permalinks</a> are awesome.</p><p>Around here, we try to make our <a href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-set-up-urls-as-sentences-in-wordpress">permalinks as a sentence</a> to make them easier to remember.</p><h3>Write consistently</h3><p>If you don&#8217;t write consistently, noone will read consistently. If you are the place to read about WordPress news, then post <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports">WordPress news</a>, alot.</p><p>A stale blog isn&#8217;t the type of blog I&#8217;ll share.</p><p>Even if someone finds a one-off &#8220;evergreen&#8221; article in search, if it was a decent article, they&#8217;ll click to your homepage and look for more recent content.</p><p>Don&#8217;t disappoint them.</p><h3>Be yourself when you write</h3><p>You&#8217;re not the AP news, so don&#8217;t act like it. Be real. Be yourself.</p><p>Write like you&#8217;re talking to another human being, because you are. If you don&#8217;t talk to them, they won&#8217;t talk back to you.</p><h3>Write relevant content</h3><p>People don&#8217;t want to hear your personal stories all the time. Give them answers to problems. Offer them a product for what they searched for. Don&#8217;t waste their time.</p><h3>Create specific content</h3><p>If you want to be the number one source on the internet for a term, then make your content about that term.<br /> <a rel="attachment wp-att-16466" href="http://wpcandy.com/teaches/wordpress-seo-strategy/attachment/sadtopics"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16466" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/03/sadtopics.png" alt="sad topics" width="600" height="181" /></a><br /> Don&#8217;t write about WordPress one day and politics the next.</p><p>Be specific. And <a href="http://yoast.com/keyword-research-basis/">don&#8217;t be unrealistic</a>. You can probably start a blog and in time become the go-to source for something like Alabama politics or Auburn football banter, but you will almost certainly never rank for &#8220;sports&#8221; or &#8220;politics&#8221;.</p><h3>Be shareworthy</h3><p>If you follow the steps above for creating valuable content, people will want to share it.</p><p>Social is becoming more and more important to search. We all see what our Facebook friends are liking online. We&#8217;ve seen blog posts go crazy on Twitter. Tools like Google&#8217;s new +1 button will apply weight to what others in our network have already said is good content.</p><p>And the search engines are integrating these things into their results.</p><p>So if you&#8217;re writing great content, people will want to share that. When people share it, the search engines are listening.</p><p>So if for some reason you aren&#8217;t set up for social, do it. Check out <a href="http://jetpack.me">Jetpack</a> or <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-twitter-connect/">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-facebook-connect/">Facebook</a> Connect and give your readers ways to share your content.</p><h3>Great resources</h3><p>You&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;ve included some links so you can go and learn more from the real experts. My resources are blogs about the technical side of SEO and the emotional side. After all, as I&#8217;ve said, engaging your audience in a way that makes them want to share your content with others is extremely important.</p><p>Gone are the times where keyword stuffing and sub-standard tactics will get your content found.</p><p>I highly recommend Joost de Valk&#8217;s blog, <a href="http://yoast.com">Yoast.com</a>. It is my go-to source for learning the best practices of optimizing WordPress for search engines.</p><p>I also would guide you to <a href="http://socialtriggers.com">Social Triggers</a>, by Derek Halpern, where he focuses on &#8220;what makes people tick online.&#8221; It&#8217;s a great resource for diving into user psychology so that you can sell yourself and your products effectively.</p><p>Finally, I&#8217;d recommend you start following <a href="http://tentblogger.com">Tentblogger</a>, where John Saddington gives great tips to help you connect on a personal level with your audience. He also has interesting things to say about SEO, and he absolutely loves WordPress.</p><p>I&#8217;d love for you to share more resources in the comments, as these are simply <em>my resources</em>.</p><h3>Wrapping it up</h3><p>Yes. SEO is important. And it is not a one-click thing. I haven&#8217;t even touched on some important aspects like site speed, site maps, and plenty of other things in this article. But I have tried to give any beginner, and maybe some more advanced users, enough to stay busy for a while.</p><p>SEO takes planning your strategy, taking the extra step to get the most out of WordPress, and working extremely hard to create incredible content.</p><p>It can be tough, and time consuming. But it&#8217;s not rocket science.</p><p>So if your goal is to rank higher, and you don&#8217;t know why you&#8217;re not on the front page of Google for your desired topic, it&#8217;s time to get set up for better SEO and off your butt and writing great content.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16269">Beginner's Guide: Common sense WordPress SEO strategy</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:66:"WPCandy: WPCandy Podcast recording live on the stream at 8:00pm ET";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16633";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/tKfDA3XkEjQ/wpcandy-podcast-live-on-2011-4-6";s:11:"description";s:1468:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16634" title="WPCandy Live at 8:00pm EST tonight" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpcandyliveateight.png" alt="" width="600" height="195" /></p><p>Tonight Brian and I will be recording episode 18 of the <a title="WPCandy Podcast" href="http://wpcandy.com/podcasts">WPCandy Podcast</a>, live on the <a title="WPCandy Stream" href="http://wpcandy.com/stream">WPCandy Stream</a>. We&#8217;ll be talking about recent WordPress news and events, as usual, and taking any topics or questions from the stream&#8217;s chat as they come. We will also be joined by <a title="Otto's website" href="http://ottopress.com/">Otto</a>, Tech Ninja at Audrey Capital and all around WordPress juggernaut. Feel free to join us as we will no doubt be picking his brain for a few minutes tonight.</p><p>You can join us on the stream at 8:00pm ET (that&#8217;s on April 6th, in case you&#8217;re coming to the post later), which is when we&#8217;ll start it up and record the podcast.</p><p>Feel free to toss your topics of choice into the comments below so we know what you’d like to discuss. We’ll see you at 8:00pm EST tonight!</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16633">WPCandy Podcast recording live on the stream at 8:00pm ET</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:26:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:1468:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16634" title="WPCandy Live at 8:00pm EST tonight" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/wpcandyliveateight.png" alt="" width="600" height="195" /></p><p>Tonight Brian and I will be recording episode 18 of the <a title="WPCandy Podcast" href="http://wpcandy.com/podcasts">WPCandy Podcast</a>, live on the <a title="WPCandy Stream" href="http://wpcandy.com/stream">WPCandy Stream</a>. We&#8217;ll be talking about recent WordPress news and events, as usual, and taking any topics or questions from the stream&#8217;s chat as they come. We will also be joined by <a title="Otto's website" href="http://ottopress.com/">Otto</a>, Tech Ninja at Audrey Capital and all around WordPress juggernaut. Feel free to join us as we will no doubt be picking his brain for a few minutes tonight.</p><p>You can join us on the stream at 8:00pm ET (that&#8217;s on April 6th, in case you&#8217;re coming to the post later), which is when we&#8217;ll start it up and record the podcast.</p><p>Feel free to toss your topics of choice into the comments below so we know what you’d like to discuss. We’ll see you at 8:00pm EST tonight!</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16633">WPCandy Podcast recording live on the stream at 8:00pm ET</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"WPCandy: WooThemes refocuses on WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16610";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/v-n8wXRLrDQ/woothemes-refocuses-on-wordpress";s:11:"description";s:2254:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16610"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16627" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/WooThemes-Refocuses.jpg" alt="WooThemes Refocuses" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>WooThemes announced on their blog that they are wrapping up their affair with non-WordPress themes. The Woo team has spent about a year developing themes for Expression Engine, Tumblr, Magento, and Drupal.</p><p>Support and documentation for the themes will remain available. EE, Drupal and Magento themes will still be for sale on ThemeForest, but by independent developers. Their Tumblr themes will be entirely discontinued and they &#8220;hope to release most of them / some of them on WP (powered by WooTumblog) in the near future.&#8221;</p><p>Adii said more about the decision and why they made it in the post:</p><blockquote><p>All-in-all, this decision is not as much about the other platforms that we were pushing before, but instead our renewed focus on the core of our business. Our motivation behind this decision is therefore a simple re-alignment to our greatest passion and to further re-inforce our roots.</p></blockquote><p>Their roots being WordPress, of course.</p><p>To me, it appears Woo is refocusing their method for integration and diversification rather than scaling back. Rather than being horizontally integrated across the theme industry, it appears they are moving toward more vertical integration within the WordPress platform. I say this largely due to the ever-pending <a href="http://www.woothemes.com/2011/01/the-overdue-woocommerce-update/">WooCommerce</a> add-on and the rumors of <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/woothemes-may-soon-launch-wordpress-hosting">WooHosting</a>.</p><p>So what do you think? Would you say it&#8217;s safe to put all your eggs in the WordPress basket? I guess it&#8217;s obvious we do. <img src="http://wpcandy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16610">WooThemes refocuses on WordPress </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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:34:10 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";}s:7:"summary";s:2254:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16610"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16627" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/WooThemes-Refocuses.jpg" alt="WooThemes Refocuses" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>WooThemes announced on their blog that they are wrapping up their affair with non-WordPress themes. The Woo team has spent about a year developing themes for Expression Engine, Tumblr, Magento, and Drupal.</p><p>Support and documentation for the themes will remain available. EE, Drupal and Magento themes will still be for sale on ThemeForest, but by independent developers. Their Tumblr themes will be entirely discontinued and they &#8220;hope to release most of them / some of them on WP (powered by WooTumblog) in the near future.&#8221;</p><p>Adii said more about the decision and why they made it in the post:</p><blockquote><p>All-in-all, this decision is not as much about the other platforms that we were pushing before, but instead our renewed focus on the core of our business. Our motivation behind this decision is therefore a simple re-alignment to our greatest passion and to further re-inforce our roots.</p></blockquote><p>Their roots being WordPress, of course.</p><p>To me, it appears Woo is refocusing their method for integration and diversification rather than scaling back. Rather than being horizontally integrated across the theme industry, it appears they are moving toward more vertical integration within the WordPress platform. I say this largely due to the ever-pending <a href="http://www.woothemes.com/2011/01/the-overdue-woocommerce-update/">WooCommerce</a> add-on and the rumors of <a href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/woothemes-may-soon-launch-wordpress-hosting">WooHosting</a>.</p><p>So what do you think? Would you say it&#8217;s safe to put all your eggs in the WordPress basket? I guess it&#8217;s obvious we do. <img src="http://wpcandy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16610">WooThemes refocuses on WordPress </a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Alex King: Speaking at WordCamp Seattle";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://alexking.org/?p=5709";s:4:"link";s:61:"http://alexking.org/blog/2011/04/06/speaking-wordcamp-seattle";s:11:"description";s:1389:"<p>I&#8217;m quite looking forward to returning to my hometown for <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/" rel="external">WordCamp Seattle</a> on April 16th. I am honored to have been asked to participate along with a <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/speakers/" rel="external">great list of speakers</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to be interviewed by <a href="http://plugin-developer.com/" rel="external">Nick Ohrn</a> and look forward to sharing my experiences with WordPress, creating <a href="http://crowdfavorite.com">Crowd Favorite</a> and running a business with a focus on an Open Source platform. If there is something in particular you&#8217;d like to hear about, <a href="http://alexking.org/contact">drop me a note</a>.</p>
<p>It looks like there are still a <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/registration/" rel="external">few tickets available</a>; go get one now if you&#8217;ve been waiting.</p>
<p>Having helped put on WordCamp Denver (2009) and WordCamp Boulder (2010) and attending a few others, I know how much work goes into planning and coordinating this type of event. Kudos to the organizers for doing a great job so far and thanks to the <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/sponsors/" rel="external">sponsors</a> &#8211; it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a great event!</p>
<img src="http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=5709&type=feed" alt="" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:05:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Alex";}s:7:"summary";s:1389:"<p>I&#8217;m quite looking forward to returning to my hometown for <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/" rel="external">WordCamp Seattle</a> on April 16th. I am honored to have been asked to participate along with a <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/speakers/" rel="external">great list of speakers</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to be interviewed by <a href="http://plugin-developer.com/" rel="external">Nick Ohrn</a> and look forward to sharing my experiences with WordPress, creating <a href="http://crowdfavorite.com">Crowd Favorite</a> and running a business with a focus on an Open Source platform. If there is something in particular you&#8217;d like to hear about, <a href="http://alexking.org/contact">drop me a note</a>.</p>
<p>It looks like there are still a <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/registration/" rel="external">few tickets available</a>; go get one now if you&#8217;ve been waiting.</p>
<p>Having helped put on WordCamp Denver (2009) and WordCamp Boulder (2010) and attending a few others, I know how much work goes into planning and coordinating this type of event. Kudos to the organizers for doing a great job so far and thanks to the <a href="http://wordcampseattle.org/sponsors/" rel="external">sponsors</a> &#8211; it looks like it&#8217;s going to be a great event!</p>
<img src="http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=5709&type=feed" alt="" />";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:76:"WPCandy: New Themify “buy 1 get 1 free” theme deal plus an iPad giveaway";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://wpcandy.com/?p=16612";s:4:"link";s:111:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wpcandy/~3/zvuf1DpCIDI/new-themify-buy-1-get-1-free-theme-deal-and-ipad-giveaway";s:11:"description";s:1838:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16612"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16616" title="Themify iPad giveaway (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/themifyipad-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="247" /></a></p><p>News out of Themify this week is that they have added a &#8220;buy 1 get 1 free theme&#8221; option to their pricing structure, so that any $39 theme purchase gets you (spoiler alert) another theme at no extra charge. That&#8217;s good news on its own, but Themify didn&#8217;t stop there. You contest lovers will really enjoy this: Themify is going to give away an iPad 2 to one lucky tweeter who shares this new information with the world. Just share their latest news with your friends on Twitter and be entered to win (full details <a href="http://themify.me/blog/ipad-giveaway-and-celebrating-buy-1-get-1-deal">on their blog</a>).</p><p>Based on the response so far (600 comments on their post, mentions on Twitter every few minutes) I think they&#8217;ve discovered a nice way to get the word out. On the other hand, this <em>could</em> all be an elaborate attempt to gain some additional love and fanfare before they go up against Bizz Themes in Round 1 of <a title="Theme Madness schedule" href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-rules">Theme Madness</a> next week. They are sneaky!</p><p>Are you a sucker for competitions like this? Do you jump in headfirst, or ignore the retweeting craziness?</p><p>And yes, I said <em>tweeter</em>. I&#8217;m not proud of it either.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16612">New Themify "buy 1 get 1 free" theme deal plus an iPad giveaway</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:47:33 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Ryan Imel";}s:7:"summary";s:1838:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16612"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16616" title="Themify iPad giveaway (teaser)" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2011/04/themifyipad-teaser.png" alt="" width="600" height="247" /></a></p><p>News out of Themify this week is that they have added a &#8220;buy 1 get 1 free theme&#8221; option to their pricing structure, so that any $39 theme purchase gets you (spoiler alert) another theme at no extra charge. That&#8217;s good news on its own, but Themify didn&#8217;t stop there. You contest lovers will really enjoy this: Themify is going to give away an iPad 2 to one lucky tweeter who shares this new information with the world. Just share their latest news with your friends on Twitter and be entered to win (full details <a href="http://themify.me/blog/ipad-giveaway-and-celebrating-buy-1-get-1-deal">on their blog</a>).</p><p>Based on the response so far (600 comments on their post, mentions on Twitter every few minutes) I think they&#8217;ve discovered a nice way to get the word out. On the other hand, this <em>could</em> all be an elaborate attempt to gain some additional love and fanfare before they go up against Bizz Themes in Round 1 of <a title="Theme Madness schedule" href="http://wpcandy.com/announces/theme-madness-2011-rules">Theme Madness</a> next week. They are sneaky!</p><p>Are you a sucker for competitions like this? Do you jump in headfirst, or ignore the retweeting craziness?</p><p>And yes, I said <em>tweeter</em>. I&#8217;m not proud of it either.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16612">New Themify "buy 1 get 1 free" theme deal plus an iPad giveaway</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 3.1.1 Released";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9864";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/GqNE1lx5ujY/";s:11:"description";s:1279:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> 3.1.1 <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/">has been released</a>. This maintenance and security release <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=3.1.1&group=resolution&order=priority">fixes 26 issues</a> with the following highlights:</p>
<ul>
<li>Performance improvements</li>
<li>Fixes for IIS6 support</li>
<li>Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks</li>
<li>Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues</li>
</ul>
<p>Regarding this release&#8217;s security fixes, &#8220;the first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader, the second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.&#8221;</p>
<p>For most of you, 3.1.1 should be available as an automatic update via your Dashboard. If that isn&#8217;t working for you, you can <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">download WordPress</a> and perform <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended">a manual update</a>.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/GqNE1lx5ujY" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:00:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1279:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> 3.1.1 <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/">has been released</a>. This maintenance and security release <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=3.1.1&group=resolution&order=priority">fixes 26 issues</a> with the following highlights:</p>
<ul>
<li>Performance improvements</li>
<li>Fixes for IIS6 support</li>
<li>Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks</li>
<li>Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues</li>
</ul>
<p>Regarding this release&#8217;s security fixes, &#8220;the first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader, the second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.&#8221;</p>
<p>For most of you, 3.1.1 should be available as an automatic update via your Dashboard. If that isn&#8217;t working for you, you can <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">download WordPress</a> and perform <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended">a manual update</a>.</p>
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There were nearly 30 fixes that went into the Maintenance and Security release, which included some performance improvements, fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO permalinks, and more. So what are you waiting for?</p><p>If you never updated to 3.1, then now is the perfect time to make the switch to 3.1.1.</p><p>Boren explains the security side of the release on the WordPress.org blog:</p><blockquote><p>Version 3.1.1 also addresses three security issues discovered by WordPress core developers Jon Cave and Peter Westwood, of our security team. The first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader. The second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.</p></blockquote><p>The release comes 6 weeks after <a title="Ladies and gents, WordPress 3.1 is now available" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-3-1-is-now-available">3.1 was first released</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16597">WordPress 3.1.1 has been released with maintenance and security upgrades</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:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:20:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Mark McWilliams";}s:7:"summary";s:1670:"<p><a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16597"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8572" src="http://wpcandy.com/files/2010/11/wordpresslogo-teaser.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="250" /></a></p><p>Ryan Boren announced today that <a title="WordPress 3.1.1 now available" href="http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/">WordPress 3.1.1 is now available</a> for all to go and update their sites. There were nearly 30 fixes that went into the Maintenance and Security release, which included some performance improvements, fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO permalinks, and more. So what are you waiting for?</p><p>If you never updated to 3.1, then now is the perfect time to make the switch to 3.1.1.</p><p>Boren explains the security side of the release on the WordPress.org blog:</p><blockquote><p>Version 3.1.1 also addresses three security issues discovered by WordPress core developers Jon Cave and Peter Westwood, of our security team. The first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader. The second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.</p></blockquote><p>The release comes 6 weeks after <a title="Ladies and gents, WordPress 3.1 is now available" href="http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-3-1-is-now-available">3.1 was first released</a>.</p><div class="tentblogger-rss-footer"><p>You just finished reading <a href="http://wpcandy.com/?p=16597">WordPress 3.1.1 has been released with maintenance and security upgrades</a> on <a href="http://wpcandy.com" title="WPCandy WordPress community news">WPCandy</a>. Please consider leaving a comment!</p><p></p></div>";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"WP iPhone: What’s next for WordPress for iOS";s:4:"guid";s:32:"http://ios.wordpress.org/?p=1004";s:4:"link";s:69:"http://ios.wordpress.org/2011/04/05/whats-next-for-wordpress-for-ios/";s:11:"description";s:3597:"<p><a href="http://ios.wordpress.org/2011/04/05/whats-next-for-wordpress-for-ios/home-icon-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1010"><img src="http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/home-icon1-e1302016469212.png?w=310&h=310" alt="" title="home-icon" width="310" height="310" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1010" /></a>Version 2.7.2 of the WordPress for iOS app just became <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpress/id335703880?mt=8">available on the App Store</a>. It fixes a number of lingering crashes and bugs. All in all 28 crash/bug reports were closed in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed crash when the password had a space, on comment moderation, plus 7 more.</li>
<li>Several bugfixes.</li>
<li>Use <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/blavatars/">blavatars</a> instead of favicons.</li>
<li>XML-RPC fix for self-hosted blogs. (<strong>Note:</strong> if you were unable to use 2.7.1, you should be able to use this version!)</li>
</ul>
<p>Check out the Trac milestone for <a href="http://ios.trac.wordpress.org/query?milestone=2.7.2&group=status&order=priority">the complete list</a>.</p>
<h3>What&#8217;s next?</h3>
<p>With the app being much more stable, it&#8217;s time to make up for lost ground. We have an agressive release schedule laid out for 2011, in which we&#8217;re hoping to add many of the things you&#8217;ve been asking about. We&#8217;re currently hard at work with <a href="http://ios.trac.wordpress.org/query?group=status&milestone=2.8">WordPress for iOS 2.8</a> &#8211; the next major release of WordPress for iOS.</p>
<p>The most important to-do in the 2.8 road map is <strong>Localization</strong>. WordPress for iOS will now become much more accessible for many users. 2.8 will also introduce a <strong>Stats view</strong> (finally!), a <strong>Quick Photo button</strong>, as well as a few more nifty improvements.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll never stop improving the app, wether it be fixing issues or enhancing functionality.</p>
<p><strong>So, what would you like to see next?</strong></p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ios.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=1004&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:57:46 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Isaac Keyet";}s:7:"summary";s:3597:"<p><a href="http://ios.wordpress.org/2011/04/05/whats-next-for-wordpress-for-ios/home-icon-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1010"><img src="http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/home-icon1-e1302016469212.png?w=310&h=310" alt="" title="home-icon" width="310" height="310" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1010" /></a>Version 2.7.2 of the WordPress for iOS app just became <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpress/id335703880?mt=8">available on the App Store</a>. It fixes a number of lingering crashes and bugs. All in all 28 crash/bug reports were closed in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed crash when the password had a space, on comment moderation, plus 7 more.</li>
<li>Several bugfixes.</li>
<li>Use <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/blavatars/">blavatars</a> instead of favicons.</li>
<li>XML-RPC fix for self-hosted blogs. (<strong>Note:</strong> if you were unable to use 2.7.1, you should be able to use this version!)</li>
</ul>
<p>Check out the Trac milestone for <a href="http://ios.trac.wordpress.org/query?milestone=2.7.2&group=status&order=priority">the complete list</a>.</p>
<h3>What&#8217;s next?</h3>
<p>With the app being much more stable, it&#8217;s time to make up for lost ground. We have an agressive release schedule laid out for 2011, in which we&#8217;re hoping to add many of the things you&#8217;ve been asking about. We&#8217;re currently hard at work with <a href="http://ios.trac.wordpress.org/query?group=status&milestone=2.8">WordPress for iOS 2.8</a> &#8211; the next major release of WordPress for iOS.</p>
<p>The most important to-do in the 2.8 road map is <strong>Localization</strong>. WordPress for iOS will now become much more accessible for many users. 2.8 will also introduce a <strong>Stats view</strong> (finally!), a <strong>Quick Photo button</strong>, as well as a few more nifty improvements.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll never stop improving the app, wether it be fixing issues or enhancing functionality.</p>
<p><strong>So, what would you like to see next?</strong></p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/1004/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ios.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=1004&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:25:"Dev Blog: WordPress 3.1.1";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://wordpress.org/news/?p=1762";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/";s:11:"description";s:1378:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">WordPress 3.1.1</a> is now available. This maintenance and security release fixes <a title="Bugs fixed in 3.1.1" href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=3.1.1&group=resolution&order=priority">almost thirty issues</a> in 3.1, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Some security hardening to media uploads</li>
<li>Performance improvements</li>
<li>Fixes for IIS6 support</li>
<li>Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks</li>
<li>Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues</li>
</ul>
<p>Version 3.1.1 also addresses three security issues discovered by WordPress core developers <a href="http://joncave.co.uk/">Jon Cave</a> and <a href="http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/">Peter Westwood</a>, of our security team. The first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader. The second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.</p>
<p>We suggest you update to 3.1.1 promptly. <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">Download 3.1.1</a> or update automatically from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site&#8217;s admin area.</p>
<p>Our release haiku:</p>
<p>Only the geeks know<br />
What half this stuff even means<br />
Don&#8217;t worry &#8212; update</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:10:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Ryan Boren";}s:7:"summary";s:1378:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">WordPress 3.1.1</a> is now available. This maintenance and security release fixes <a title="Bugs fixed in 3.1.1" href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=3.1.1&group=resolution&order=priority">almost thirty issues</a> in 3.1, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Some security hardening to media uploads</li>
<li>Performance improvements</li>
<li>Fixes for IIS6 support</li>
<li>Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks</li>
<li>Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues</li>
</ul>
<p>Version 3.1.1 also addresses three security issues discovered by WordPress core developers <a href="http://joncave.co.uk/">Jon Cave</a> and <a href="http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/">Peter Westwood</a>, of our security team. The first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader. The second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.</p>
<p>We suggest you update to 3.1.1 promptly. <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">Download 3.1.1</a> or update automatically from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site&#8217;s admin area.</p>
<p>Our release haiku:</p>
<p>Only the geeks know<br />
What half this stuff even means<br />
Don&#8217;t worry &#8212; update</p>";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:58:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 4/5";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=9858";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/pZpYyXa8G1w/";s:11:"description";s:1708:"<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.clipartillustration.com/wordpress-plugin-free-clip-art-illustration-search-from-clipartillustration-com/"><strong>Clip Art Illustration Search and Insert</strong></a> allows you to enter search terms for illustrations and images that you may wish to use in your posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/featured-posts-scroll/"><strong>Featured Posts Scroll</strong></a> will scroll a set of posts (either automatically or via user click) in any desired location within a template or a post.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-display-header/"><strong>WP Display Header</strong></a> lets you specify a header image for each post individually from your default headers and custom headers.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-save-custom-header/"><strong>WP Save Custom Header</strong></a> lets you save and reuse uploaded header images.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eshop/"><strong>eShop</strong></a> is an accessible Shopping Cart plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ie6-upgrade-option/"><strong>IE6 Upgrade Option</strong></a> displays a warning message, simply and politely informing the user that their browser is out of date while providing links to download newer, more optimal browser choices.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/proper-network-activation"><strong>Proper Network Activation</strong></a> is a small utility for MultiSite, which ensures that plugins are correctly activated accross your network.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/pZpYyXa8G1w" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:00:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"James Huff";}s:7:"summary";s:1708:"<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.clipartillustration.com/wordpress-plugin-free-clip-art-illustration-search-from-clipartillustration-com/"><strong>Clip Art Illustration Search and Insert</strong></a> allows you to enter search terms for illustrations and images that you may wish to use in your posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/featured-posts-scroll/"><strong>Featured Posts Scroll</strong></a> will scroll a set of posts (either automatically or via user click) in any desired location within a template or a post.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-display-header/"><strong>WP Display Header</strong></a> lets you specify a header image for each post individually from your default headers and custom headers.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-save-custom-header/"><strong>WP Save Custom Header</strong></a> lets you save and reuse uploaded header images.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eshop/"><strong>eShop</strong></a> is an accessible Shopping Cart plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ie6-upgrade-option/"><strong>IE6 Upgrade Option</strong></a> displays a warning message, simply and politely informing the user that their browser is out of date while providing links to download newer, more optimal browser choices.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/proper-network-activation"><strong>Proper Network Activation</strong></a> is a small utility for MultiSite, which ensures that plugins are correctly activated accross your network.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~4/pZpYyXa8G1w" height="1" width="1" />";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"WPTavern: Roots – WordPress Starter Theme";s:4:"guid";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=5238";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/5Vt8zilNq4Y/roots-wordpress-starter-theme";s:11:"description";s:1134:"<p><a href="http://www.rootstheme.com/">Roots</a> is a starter theme for WordPress based on HTML5 Boilerplate, Blueprint CSS or 960.gs and Starkers. One of the cool features of this starter theme is the implementation of CodeMirror into the HTML post editor which spruces things up. While not extensive, their gallery shows a couple of nice looking sites built on Roots. </p>


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<li><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/which-theme-framework-to-use" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Which Theme Framework To Use?">Which Theme Framework To Use?</a></li>
</ol></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~4/5Vt8zilNq4Y" height="1" width="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:45:27 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Jeffro";}s:7:"summary";s:1134:"<p><a href="http://www.rootstheme.com/">Roots</a> is a starter theme for WordPress based on HTML5 Boilerplate, Blueprint CSS or 960.gs and Starkers. One of the cool features of this starter theme is the implementation of CodeMirror into the HTML post editor which spruces things up. While not extensive, their gallery shows a couple of nice looking sites built on Roots. </p>


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<li><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/which-theme-framework-to-use" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Which Theme Framework To Use?">Which Theme Framework To Use?</a></li>
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