O:9:"MagpieRSS":19:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Matt: Free Software Usability";s:4:"guid";s:45:"http://ma.tt/2008/08/free-software-usability/";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://ma.tt/2008/08/free-software-usability/";s:11:"description";s:266:"<p><a href="http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability">Why Free Software is hard to use, and how to improve it</a>, by Matthew Paul Thomas. (The <a href="http://iammattthomas.com/">other</a> Matt Thomas who used to be involved with WordPress.)</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:02:41 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:266:"<p><a href="http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability">Why Free Software is hard to use, and how to improve it</a>, by Matthew Paul Thomas. (The <a href="http://iammattthomas.com/">other</a> Matt Thomas who used to be involved with WordPress.)</p>";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Matt: Interference Robustness?";s:4:"guid";s:45:"http://ma.tt/2008/08/interference-robustness/";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://ma.tt/2008/08/interference-robustness/";s:11:"description";s:165:"<p><a href="http://www.macinstruct.com/node/213">What is Interference Robustness?</a> In case you&#8217;ve ever wondered what that checkbox under Mac wifi means.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:19:08 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:165:"<p><a href="http://www.macinstruct.com/node/213">What is Interference Robustness?</a> In case you&#8217;ve ever wondered what that checkbox under Mac wifi means.</p>";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/01";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3839";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/08/01/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0801/";s:11:"description";s:2085:"<p><a href="http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/features/wp-log-deprecated-calls/"><strong>Log Deprecated Calls</strong></a></p>
<p>The plugin on this page, when activated, puts an entry in your PHP log any time a deprecated function is called, or a deprecated file is included. The entry is far more useful than the default WordPress log notice - this one tells you the name of the function, the exact file that called it, the line the call was on, and what new function, if any, you should use instead.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sattes-faction.de/picasaview/"><strong>PicasaView</strong></a></p>
<p>With picasaView you can easily view your picasaweb-albums in your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-plugin-core/"><strong>GD Plugin Core</strong></a></p>
<p>This is not actually plugin, but base class you can use to extend and create your own plugin. Along with the base class, you have a Wizard for creating plugins using base class.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mkyong.com/blog/digg-digg-wordpress-plugin/"><strong>Digg Digg</strong></a></p>
<p>Add Digg Button Into Wordpress Content with four prefix template</p>
<p><a href="http://wpimagerotator.com/"><strong>Header Image Rotator</strong></a></p>
<p>Displays a new header image in your blog based on different time variables.</p>
<p><a href="http://imidea.com/nofollow-links-page-wordpress-plugin/"><strong>Nofollow Links Page</strong></a></p>
<p>A simple plugin to create a special links page or blogroll page with embedded nofollow tag to prevent PageRank leak.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.avirtualhome.com/wordpress-plugins/avh-amazon/"><strong>AVH Amazon</strong></a></p>
<p>The AVH Amazon plugin give you the abillity to add multiple widgets which will display a random item from your Amazon wishlist, baby registry and/or wedding registry.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpg2.org/"><strong>WPG2</strong></a></p>
<p>WPG2 is a Wordpress Plug-in that embeds Gallery2 within Wordpress to share photos, videos and any other Gallery2 content seamlessly into the Wordpress Sidebar and Blog entries.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:51:38 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2085:"<p><a href="http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/features/wp-log-deprecated-calls/"><strong>Log Deprecated Calls</strong></a></p>
<p>The plugin on this page, when activated, puts an entry in your PHP log any time a deprecated function is called, or a deprecated file is included. The entry is far more useful than the default WordPress log notice - this one tells you the name of the function, the exact file that called it, the line the call was on, and what new function, if any, you should use instead.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sattes-faction.de/picasaview/"><strong>PicasaView</strong></a></p>
<p>With picasaView you can easily view your picasaweb-albums in your WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-plugin-core/"><strong>GD Plugin Core</strong></a></p>
<p>This is not actually plugin, but base class you can use to extend and create your own plugin. Along with the base class, you have a Wizard for creating plugins using base class.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mkyong.com/blog/digg-digg-wordpress-plugin/"><strong>Digg Digg</strong></a></p>
<p>Add Digg Button Into Wordpress Content with four prefix template</p>
<p><a href="http://wpimagerotator.com/"><strong>Header Image Rotator</strong></a></p>
<p>Displays a new header image in your blog based on different time variables.</p>
<p><a href="http://imidea.com/nofollow-links-page-wordpress-plugin/"><strong>Nofollow Links Page</strong></a></p>
<p>A simple plugin to create a special links page or blogroll page with embedded nofollow tag to prevent PageRank leak.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.avirtualhome.com/wordpress-plugins/avh-amazon/"><strong>AVH Amazon</strong></a></p>
<p>The AVH Amazon plugin give you the abillity to add multiple widgets which will display a random item from your Amazon wishlist, baby registry and/or wedding registry.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpg2.org/"><strong>WPG2</strong></a></p>
<p>WPG2 is a Wordpress Plug-in that embeds Gallery2 within Wordpress to share photos, videos and any other Gallery2 content seamlessly into the Wordpress Sidebar and Blog entries.</p>";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: Features Planned for WordPress 2.7";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3832";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/31/features-plannwordpress-27/";s:11:"description";s:5191:"<p>It has been only a couple of weeks since WordPress 2.6 has released and there is already talk about a much more feature rich version in the making. WordPress 2.7 has several exciting features <em>planned/proposed</em> as discussed in informal meetings on IRC and the feature votes being posted on the Codex. Though there are very few hints hint of a release date, I expect it to be released by the end of 2008.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a list of features that will be introduced into WordPress 2.7:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Comments API</strong> – This according to me is the most exciting feature, it will allow developers to create offline integration of comments management, where users could use desktop clients to manage comments (moderate, edit, reply, delete, spam, unspam).</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation</strong> – This feature will help users to quickly moderate comments using keyboard shortucts, so you can expect key combinations like Ctrl + S to spam a comment, Ctrl + A to approve and so on.</li>
<li><strong>Theme Update API</strong> – WordPress 2.5 and above have really made plugin management quite easy, you automatically receive notices when a new update to a plugin is available and can upgrade it without having to manually upload it to your FTP server. With this addition WordPress aims to bridge the gap between theme developers and the users for publishing updates to themes.</li>
<li><strong>One Click Plugin Installs</strong> – Installing a plugin will be much easier with One click plugin installs. A plugin with similar features called <a href="http://anirudhsanjeev.org/oneclick-plugin/" target="_blank">One Click Plugin</a> was the winner of the Plugin Competition last year.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress core updates</strong> – This is a feature many users have been waiting for, with core updates you can easily upgrade your WordPress versions. The <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-12-release.html" target="_blank">WordPress Automatic Upgrade</a> plugin performs the same task.</li>
<li><strong>Default Sitemaps</strong> – WordPress 2.7 will include a default sitemap creator, which will create Google XML sitemaps for your blog. <a href="http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/" target="_blank">Google Sitemaps Generator</a> plugin is the best option available right now for creating XML sitemaps.</li>
<li><strong>Admin Panel Comment Replies</strong> - This plugin will help administrators to reply to comments using the admin panel. There are several plugins which allow you to do so right now, including <a href="http://www.raproject.com/ajax-edit-comments/">WP AJax Edit Comments</a>, <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/better-comments-manager-just-got-better.html">Better Comments Manager</a> and <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/absolute-comments-manager-instant-reply/">Absolute Comments</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Comment Threading</strong> – This feature will allow users to reply to other commentators in a threaded manner, where replied comments will display below the actual comment, WordPress already has the ability to scale to accomodate threaded comments, without requiring database changes. <a href="http://meidell.dk/archives/2004/09/04/nested-comments/" target="_blank">Brian’s Threaded Comments</a> is a does the job of allowing users to reply to comments.</li>
<li><strong>Subscribe to Comments</strong> – The WordPress team is also planning to include a option to allow commentators to subscribe to follow up comments, but this is marked as a question, so it may not actully make it into WordPress 2.7. The <a href="http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/" target="_blank">Subscribe to Comments</a> plugin does the job to notify commentators on follow up comments.</li>
<li><strong>Widgets for Dashboard and Write Box</strong> – This feature will allow users to re-arrange the widgets on the dashboard and write page to suit their preferences.</li>
<li><strong>Batch Editing of Posts</strong> – This feature will allow users to batch edit their posts. Though there is not much information available about this right now, and I could not really find more from my research on the topic.</li>
</ul>
<p>With WordPress 2.7, we may see many popular plugins retire because of direct integration into WordPress core but we should have better functionality and easier management of daily blogging tasks from within the vanilla WordPress install.</p>
<p>There are several other interesting features, you can take a look at them by visiting <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7" target="_blank">WordPress codex</a>. Thanks to <a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/07/wordpress-27/" target="_blank">QuickOnlineTips</a> for drawing my attention to the new features.</p>
<p>What features are you looking the WordPress team to integrate? Do let me know. It would be great to hear what your expectations are.</p>
<p><strong>Dislaimer:</strong> WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin and Better Comments Manager plugin has been written by me.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:5191:"<p>It has been only a couple of weeks since WordPress 2.6 has released and there is already talk about a much more feature rich version in the making. WordPress 2.7 has several exciting features <em>planned/proposed</em> as discussed in informal meetings on IRC and the feature votes being posted on the Codex. Though there are very few hints hint of a release date, I expect it to be released by the end of 2008.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a list of features that will be introduced into WordPress 2.7:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Comments API</strong> – This according to me is the most exciting feature, it will allow developers to create offline integration of comments management, where users could use desktop clients to manage comments (moderate, edit, reply, delete, spam, unspam).</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation</strong> – This feature will help users to quickly moderate comments using keyboard shortucts, so you can expect key combinations like Ctrl + S to spam a comment, Ctrl + A to approve and so on.</li>
<li><strong>Theme Update API</strong> – WordPress 2.5 and above have really made plugin management quite easy, you automatically receive notices when a new update to a plugin is available and can upgrade it without having to manually upload it to your FTP server. With this addition WordPress aims to bridge the gap between theme developers and the users for publishing updates to themes.</li>
<li><strong>One Click Plugin Installs</strong> – Installing a plugin will be much easier with One click plugin installs. A plugin with similar features called <a href="http://anirudhsanjeev.org/oneclick-plugin/" target="_blank">One Click Plugin</a> was the winner of the Plugin Competition last year.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress core updates</strong> – This is a feature many users have been waiting for, with core updates you can easily upgrade your WordPress versions. The <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-12-release.html" target="_blank">WordPress Automatic Upgrade</a> plugin performs the same task.</li>
<li><strong>Default Sitemaps</strong> – WordPress 2.7 will include a default sitemap creator, which will create Google XML sitemaps for your blog. <a href="http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/" target="_blank">Google Sitemaps Generator</a> plugin is the best option available right now for creating XML sitemaps.</li>
<li><strong>Admin Panel Comment Replies</strong> - This plugin will help administrators to reply to comments using the admin panel. There are several plugins which allow you to do so right now, including <a href="http://www.raproject.com/ajax-edit-comments/">WP AJax Edit Comments</a>, <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/better-comments-manager-just-got-better.html">Better Comments Manager</a> and <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/absolute-comments-manager-instant-reply/">Absolute Comments</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Comment Threading</strong> – This feature will allow users to reply to other commentators in a threaded manner, where replied comments will display below the actual comment, WordPress already has the ability to scale to accomodate threaded comments, without requiring database changes. <a href="http://meidell.dk/archives/2004/09/04/nested-comments/" target="_blank">Brian’s Threaded Comments</a> is a does the job of allowing users to reply to comments.</li>
<li><strong>Subscribe to Comments</strong> – The WordPress team is also planning to include a option to allow commentators to subscribe to follow up comments, but this is marked as a question, so it may not actully make it into WordPress 2.7. The <a href="http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/" target="_blank">Subscribe to Comments</a> plugin does the job to notify commentators on follow up comments.</li>
<li><strong>Widgets for Dashboard and Write Box</strong> – This feature will allow users to re-arrange the widgets on the dashboard and write page to suit their preferences.</li>
<li><strong>Batch Editing of Posts</strong> – This feature will allow users to batch edit their posts. Though there is not much information available about this right now, and I could not really find more from my research on the topic.</li>
</ul>
<p>With WordPress 2.7, we may see many popular plugins retire because of direct integration into WordPress core but we should have better functionality and easier management of daily blogging tasks from within the vanilla WordPress install.</p>
<p>There are several other interesting features, you can take a look at them by visiting <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7" target="_blank">WordPress codex</a>. Thanks to <a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/07/wordpress-27/" target="_blank">QuickOnlineTips</a> for drawing my attention to the new features.</p>
<p>What features are you looking the WordPress team to integrate? Do let me know. It would be great to hear what your expectations are.</p>
<p><strong>Dislaimer:</strong> WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin and Better Comments Manager plugin has been written by me.</p>";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"Andrew: PodPress in WordPress 2.6";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://azaozz.wordpress.com/?p=43";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://azaozz.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/podpress-in-wordpress-26/";s:11:"description";s:2478:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Yesterday had a quick look at <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/">podPress,</a> the premier plugin for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting">podcasting.</a> It has a small incompatibility with the new Post Revisions feature introduced in WordPress 2.6.</p>
<p>PodPress seems to be in the middle of a large update. I&#8217;ve used the <a href="http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/podpress.experimental.zip">&#8220;experimental&#8221;</a> version (8.9) of the plugin and emailed the proposed fix to the authors, however for the more impatient here is the patch:</p>
<pre name="code" class="php">

function post_edit($post_id) {
	GLOBAL $post;
	if($this-&gt;justposted) {
		return;
	}
	$this-&gt;justposted = true;

	if ( isset($_POST[&#039;post_ID&#039;]) &amp;&amp; (int) $_POST[&#039;post_ID&#039;] )
		$post_id = (int) $_POST[&#039;post_ID&#039;];

	$this-&gt;settings_item_save($post_id, $_POST);
}
</pre>
<p>It goes in <code>podpress/podpress_admin_class.php,</code> around line 51. What it does is to make sure the custom post meta fields used by podPress are attached to the actual Post, not one of the revisions.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=azaozz.wordpress.com&blog=3380945&post=43&subd=azaozz&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:06:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Andrew Ozz";}s:7:"summary";s:2478:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Yesterday had a quick look at <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/">podPress,</a> the premier plugin for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting">podcasting.</a> It has a small incompatibility with the new Post Revisions feature introduced in WordPress 2.6.</p>
<p>PodPress seems to be in the middle of a large update. I&#8217;ve used the <a href="http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/podpress.experimental.zip">&#8220;experimental&#8221;</a> version (8.9) of the plugin and emailed the proposed fix to the authors, however for the more impatient here is the patch:</p>
<pre name="code" class="php">

function post_edit($post_id) {
	GLOBAL $post;
	if($this-&gt;justposted) {
		return;
	}
	$this-&gt;justposted = true;

	if ( isset($_POST[&#039;post_ID&#039;]) &amp;&amp; (int) $_POST[&#039;post_ID&#039;] )
		$post_id = (int) $_POST[&#039;post_ID&#039;];

	$this-&gt;settings_item_save($post_id, $_POST);
}
</pre>
<p>It goes in <code>podpress/podpress_admin_class.php,</code> around line 51. What it does is to make sure the custom post meta fields used by podPress are attached to the actual Post, not one of the revisions.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/azaozz.wordpress.com/43/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=azaozz.wordpress.com&blog=3380945&post=43&subd=azaozz&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 07/31";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3828";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/31/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0731/";s:11:"description";s:3673:"<p><a href="http://www.quakemedia.com/wordpress-themes/tremor"><strong>Tremor</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="189" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/tremorss1.png" alt="tremorss" height="125" /></p>
<p>This theme is a 3 column widget ready theme. It is XHTML Strict and a CSS 2.1 compliant and uses the author’s comment highlight hack.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.giselejaquenod.com.ar/blog/2008/07/31/new-free-wordpress-theme-birdies-blog/"><strong>Birdie&#8217;s Blog</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="125" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/birdie1.jpg" alt="birdie" height="125" /></p>
<p>Two column, brown WordPress theme with a birdie calling out!</p>
<p><a href="http://design.crushlabs.com/home/news/1-company-news/127-crush-magazine-wordpress-theme"><strong>Crush</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="134" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/crush1.png" alt="Crush" height="125" /></p>
<p>Crush is a simple three column theme with a single column sidebar and two columns for posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.supersatellite.com/projects/grayplicity/"><strong>Grayplicity</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="188" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/grayplicity1.png" alt="grayplicity" height="125" /></p>
<p>Grayplicity is the public release version of the theme being used for SuperSatellite.com. The default setup is a one column, full width (split ~70%/30% content/sidebar) layout. Has support for several plugins as listed on the theme page.</p>
<p><a href="http://easternwest.com/hellowest-wordpress-theme/"><strong>HelloWest</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="200" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/hellowest1.png" alt="hellowest" height="103" /></p>
<p>A dark, simple two column theme based on <a href="http://www.hellowiki.com">HelloWiki’s</a> latest theme release.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/bluesensation-wordpress-theme-released/"><strong>BlueSensation</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="163" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/bluesensation1.png" alt="bluesensation" height="125" /></p>
<p>Clean and minimalist theme with 2 columns, and ready to display 125&#215;125 ad blocks</p>
<p><a href="http://www.longren.org/wordpress/unwakeable/"><strong>Unwakeable</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="200" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/unwakeable1.jpg" alt="unwakeable" height="118" /></p>
<p>A two column theme based on of <a href="http://www.getk2.com/">K2</a> and <a href="http://openswitch.org/unsleepable">Unsleepable</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/1024px"><strong>1024px</strong></a></p>
<p>A light and extremely simple theme with 2 columns. It is based on Andreas&#8217; <a href="http://andreasviklund.com/templates/1024px/">1024px XHTML/CSS template</a>. Updated to support tags, category descriptions, gravatars and more. Validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict. Public domain.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogchemistry.com/2008/07/28/free-wordpress-theme-alibi/"><strong>Alibi</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="191" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wordpress-theme-alibi1.png" alt="wordpress-theme-alibi" height="125" /></p>
<p>Alibi is a 2 column fixed-width, free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.simplywp.net/2008/07/25/releasing-first-free-wp-theme-starlite-diva/"><strong>Starlite Diva</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="200" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/starlite-diva1.jpg" alt="starlite_diva" height="108" /></p>
<p>3 column, with pinkie violet colors, widget-ready sidebar. Tested on WordPress 2.5.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:35:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3673:"<p><a href="http://www.quakemedia.com/wordpress-themes/tremor"><strong>Tremor</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="189" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/tremorss1.png" alt="tremorss" height="125" /></p>
<p>This theme is a 3 column widget ready theme. It is XHTML Strict and a CSS 2.1 compliant and uses the author’s comment highlight hack.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.giselejaquenod.com.ar/blog/2008/07/31/new-free-wordpress-theme-birdies-blog/"><strong>Birdie&#8217;s Blog</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="125" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/birdie1.jpg" alt="birdie" height="125" /></p>
<p>Two column, brown WordPress theme with a birdie calling out!</p>
<p><a href="http://design.crushlabs.com/home/news/1-company-news/127-crush-magazine-wordpress-theme"><strong>Crush</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="134" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/crush1.png" alt="Crush" height="125" /></p>
<p>Crush is a simple three column theme with a single column sidebar and two columns for posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.supersatellite.com/projects/grayplicity/"><strong>Grayplicity</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="188" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/grayplicity1.png" alt="grayplicity" height="125" /></p>
<p>Grayplicity is the public release version of the theme being used for SuperSatellite.com. The default setup is a one column, full width (split ~70%/30% content/sidebar) layout. Has support for several plugins as listed on the theme page.</p>
<p><a href="http://easternwest.com/hellowest-wordpress-theme/"><strong>HelloWest</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="200" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/hellowest1.png" alt="hellowest" height="103" /></p>
<p>A dark, simple two column theme based on <a href="http://www.hellowiki.com">HelloWiki’s</a> latest theme release.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/bluesensation-wordpress-theme-released/"><strong>BlueSensation</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="163" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/bluesensation1.png" alt="bluesensation" height="125" /></p>
<p>Clean and minimalist theme with 2 columns, and ready to display 125&#215;125 ad blocks</p>
<p><a href="http://www.longren.org/wordpress/unwakeable/"><strong>Unwakeable</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="200" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/unwakeable1.jpg" alt="unwakeable" height="118" /></p>
<p>A two column theme based on of <a href="http://www.getk2.com/">K2</a> and <a href="http://openswitch.org/unsleepable">Unsleepable</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/1024px"><strong>1024px</strong></a></p>
<p>A light and extremely simple theme with 2 columns. It is based on Andreas&#8217; <a href="http://andreasviklund.com/templates/1024px/">1024px XHTML/CSS template</a>. Updated to support tags, category descriptions, gravatars and more. Validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict. Public domain.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogchemistry.com/2008/07/28/free-wordpress-theme-alibi/"><strong>Alibi</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="191" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wordpress-theme-alibi1.png" alt="wordpress-theme-alibi" height="125" /></p>
<p>Alibi is a 2 column fixed-width, free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.simplywp.net/2008/07/25/releasing-first-free-wp-theme-starlite-diva/"><strong>Starlite Diva</strong></a></p>
<p><img width="200" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/starlite-diva1.jpg" alt="starlite_diva" height="108" /></p>
<p>3 column, with pinkie violet colors, widget-ready sidebar. Tested on WordPress 2.5.</p>";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Alex King: 404s and WordPress Server Load";s:4:"guid";s:66:"http://alexking.org/blog/2008/07/31/404s-and-wordpress-server-load";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://alexking.org/blog/2008/07/31/404s-and-wordpress-server-load";s:11:"description";s:6422:"<p>A few months back <a href="http://crowdfavorite.com">we</a> launched a site redesign/redevelopment project for a client, and made a simple mistake that had some interesting ramifications. It&#8217;s worth posting here so others don&#8217;t make the same mistake.</p>
<h4>What Happened</h4>
<p>When redeveloping the site, we moved the <a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="external">WordPress</a> instance from the web root:</p>
<p>/public_html/wp-config.php<br />
/public_html/wp-includes/<br />
/public_html/&#8230;</p>
<p>to a subdirectory within the web root:</p>
<p>/public_html/wordpress/wp-config.php<br />
/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/<br />
/public_html/&#8230;</p>
<p>I consider this to be a best practice for WordPress powered sites, as it makes version upgrades a bit easier (among other things).<sup><a href="http://alexking.org/blog/feed?cat=16#fn1217490637389n" id="fn1217490637389" class="footnote">1</a></sup> Some plugins don&#8217;t work well with symlinked &#8220;plugins&#8221; directories, but those generally have easy fixes (use ABSPATH, not dirname() in your plugin).</p>
<p>These changes were made and thoroughly tested on our dev server with historical data. We then made the changes in a staging environment under a beta.example.com style domain name before pushing the changes live. In short, we were pretty careful and tested pretty well.</p>
<h4>The Result</h4>
<p>When we finally pushed everything live, the production server was brought to its knees. Yikes!</p>
<p>A little poking around, some bug reports, and very shortly thereafter we figured out the problem. We had failed to set up a rewrite rule to map content from:</p>
<p>/wp-content/uploads/</p>
<p>to: </p>
<p>/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/</p>
<p>where it was now located.</p>
<p>An omission like this wouldn&#8217;t have had much effect on server load in some site configurations, but one of the wonderful features of WordPress - its lovely permalinks - has a hidden caveat that can be exposed if someone makes a configuration mistake (like we did).</p>
<p>WordPress&#8217;s permalink system basically works like this:</p>
<ol>
<li>See if a file exists in the location that was requested; if the file exists, serve it. This is how images, media, non-WordPress files, etc. are served without conflicting with WordPress.</li>
<li>If no file is found at the location that was requested, then pass the URL to WordPress and see if WordPress can figure out what to show.</li>
</ol>
<p>It&#8217;s a really elegant system and works very well. However, it also means that 404 requests - http requests that result in a &#8220;file not found&#8221; message - have a much higher impact on the server than a traditional 404 request does. For every 404, the server instantiates WordPress, does some database work to try to see if it can figure out what to serve, etc.</p>
<p>When we didn&#8217;t set up proper redirects for the content in &#8220;uploads&#8221;, we basically increased the server load by a factor of 20. Instead of a single request going to WordPress and 20 requests serving static content by Apache, all 21 requests were being sent to WordPress.</p>
<p>The increased load on the server had some&#8230; adverse effects on performance. Yeah.</p>
<h4>Why We Missed It</h4>
<p>So this should be a pretty easy thing to catch, right? If the URLs to the images are broken, we&#8217;d all be seeing a bunch of broken images all over the place in our testing - right?</p>
<p>Not exactly, and for two different reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li>When we tested on the production server using the beta.example.com hostname, the content was still pointing to example.com and the live production server was dutifully serving the images. It wasn&#8217;t until we pushed the changes live that the images were no longer at the previous URLs.</li>
<li>Even when the images were no longer in the proper place, our browsers that we were testing in were showing the images properly. This was due to longer expires headers we had just implemented for media on the server in order to reduce overall server load. In casual testing, everything looked to us to be working properly.</li>
</ol>
<p>Once we tested in browsers that didn&#8217;t have the images cached, we immediately saw the problem.</p>
<h4>Easy Fix</h4>
<p>Luckily, this is a really easy problem to fix. A simple mod_rewrite rule (placed before the standard WordPress rewrite block) fixed everything right up:</p>
<div class="code"><code>RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/$1 [L,R=301]</code></div>
<p>(alternate code, improvements to syntax welcome)</p>
<p>With this in place, the old URLs were redirected to the new location and no longer were spinning up WordPress on every image request.</p>
<p>Hopefully this will be useful to people who might be doing something similar, or who have made the same mistake and are looking to recover from it. <img src="http://alexking.org/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<ol class="footnotes">
<li id="fn1217490637389n">Corey has a nice writeup on the <a href="http://coreygilmore.com/blog/2008/04/02/wordpress-upgrade-new-design/">file structure</a> he uses. [<a href="http://alexking.org/blog/feed?cat=16#fn1217490637389">back</a>]</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=06654962-d77d-102a-861d-00161729a8a2&amp;title=404s+and+WordPress+Server+Load&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2F31%2F404s-and-wordpress-server-load">ShareThis</a></p>
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<h4>What Happened</h4>
<p>When redeveloping the site, we moved the <a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="external">WordPress</a> instance from the web root:</p>
<p>/public_html/wp-config.php<br />
/public_html/wp-includes/<br />
/public_html/&#8230;</p>
<p>to a subdirectory within the web root:</p>
<p>/public_html/wordpress/wp-config.php<br />
/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/<br />
/public_html/&#8230;</p>
<p>I consider this to be a best practice for WordPress powered sites, as it makes version upgrades a bit easier (among other things).<sup><a href="http://alexking.org/blog/feed?cat=16#fn1217490637389n" id="fn1217490637389" class="footnote">1</a></sup> Some plugins don&#8217;t work well with symlinked &#8220;plugins&#8221; directories, but those generally have easy fixes (use ABSPATH, not dirname() in your plugin).</p>
<p>These changes were made and thoroughly tested on our dev server with historical data. We then made the changes in a staging environment under a beta.example.com style domain name before pushing the changes live. In short, we were pretty careful and tested pretty well.</p>
<h4>The Result</h4>
<p>When we finally pushed everything live, the production server was brought to its knees. Yikes!</p>
<p>A little poking around, some bug reports, and very shortly thereafter we figured out the problem. We had failed to set up a rewrite rule to map content from:</p>
<p>/wp-content/uploads/</p>
<p>to: </p>
<p>/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/</p>
<p>where it was now located.</p>
<p>An omission like this wouldn&#8217;t have had much effect on server load in some site configurations, but one of the wonderful features of WordPress - its lovely permalinks - has a hidden caveat that can be exposed if someone makes a configuration mistake (like we did).</p>
<p>WordPress&#8217;s permalink system basically works like this:</p>
<ol>
<li>See if a file exists in the location that was requested; if the file exists, serve it. This is how images, media, non-WordPress files, etc. are served without conflicting with WordPress.</li>
<li>If no file is found at the location that was requested, then pass the URL to WordPress and see if WordPress can figure out what to show.</li>
</ol>
<p>It&#8217;s a really elegant system and works very well. However, it also means that 404 requests - http requests that result in a &#8220;file not found&#8221; message - have a much higher impact on the server than a traditional 404 request does. For every 404, the server instantiates WordPress, does some database work to try to see if it can figure out what to serve, etc.</p>
<p>When we didn&#8217;t set up proper redirects for the content in &#8220;uploads&#8221;, we basically increased the server load by a factor of 20. Instead of a single request going to WordPress and 20 requests serving static content by Apache, all 21 requests were being sent to WordPress.</p>
<p>The increased load on the server had some&#8230; adverse effects on performance. Yeah.</p>
<h4>Why We Missed It</h4>
<p>So this should be a pretty easy thing to catch, right? If the URLs to the images are broken, we&#8217;d all be seeing a bunch of broken images all over the place in our testing - right?</p>
<p>Not exactly, and for two different reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li>When we tested on the production server using the beta.example.com hostname, the content was still pointing to example.com and the live production server was dutifully serving the images. It wasn&#8217;t until we pushed the changes live that the images were no longer at the previous URLs.</li>
<li>Even when the images were no longer in the proper place, our browsers that we were testing in were showing the images properly. This was due to longer expires headers we had just implemented for media on the server in order to reduce overall server load. In casual testing, everything looked to us to be working properly.</li>
</ol>
<p>Once we tested in browsers that didn&#8217;t have the images cached, we immediately saw the problem.</p>
<h4>Easy Fix</h4>
<p>Luckily, this is a really easy problem to fix. A simple mod_rewrite rule (placed before the standard WordPress rewrite block) fixed everything right up:</p>
<div class="code"><code>RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/$1 [L,R=301]</code></div>
<p>(alternate code, improvements to syntax welcome)</p>
<p>With this in place, the old URLs were redirected to the new location and no longer were spinning up WordPress on every image request.</p>
<p>Hopefully this will be useful to people who might be doing something similar, or who have made the same mistake and are looking to recover from it. <img src="http://alexking.org/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<ol class="footnotes">
<li id="fn1217490637389n">Corey has a nice writeup on the <a href="http://coreygilmore.com/blog/2008/04/02/wordpress-upgrade-new-design/">file structure</a> he uses. [<a href="http://alexking.org/blog/feed?cat=16#fn1217490637389">back</a>]</li>
</ol>
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<blockquote><p>Mullenweg publishes a graph on <a href="http://akismet.com/">Akismet.com</a> which shows comments being exceeded by daily spam peaks of more than 25m. Checking out the spam blocked counter on my blog is satisfying, showing that the spammers are going nowhere fast.</p>
<p>As an experiment, I turned off my spam protection to watch the spam-a-minute flow.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/31/spam.blogging.technology" target="_blank">Read the full article here.</a></p>
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<blockquote><p>Mullenweg publishes a graph on <a href="http://akismet.com/">Akismet.com</a> which shows comments being exceeded by daily spam peaks of more than 25m. Checking out the spam blocked counter on my blog is satisfying, showing that the spammers are going nowhere fast.</p>
<p>As an experiment, I turned off my spam protection to watch the spam-a-minute flow.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/31/spam.blogging.technology" target="_blank">Read the full article here.</a></p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/95/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/95/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/95/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/95/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/95/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/95/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=95&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:67:"Weblog Tools Collection: Firefly’s Chat-On-A-Webpage : Try it out";s:4:"guid";s:91:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/30/fireflys-chat-on-a-webpage-try-it-out/";s:4:"link";s:91:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/30/fireflys-chat-on-a-webpage-try-it-out/";s:11:"description";s:769:"<p><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/firefly-s-chat-on-a-webpage-goes-live">Firefly&#8217;s Chat-On-A-Webpage Goes Live</a>.: Found via GigaOm, Firefly is a cool little Javascript app that sits on tops of your blog or webpage and allows unfettered chatting and interaction ability for visitors. I have enabled it on WeblogToolsCollection for the time being for people to check it out. Enable at the bottom of the page (look for a small bar), click anywhere on the page and chat away! If you want to put it on your own blog, visit <a href="http://firef.ly/">firef.ly</a> WARNING: It is addictive in an &#8220;Ooo! Shiny!&#8221; sort of way. <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:25:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:769:"<p><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/firefly-s-chat-on-a-webpage-goes-live">Firefly&#8217;s Chat-On-A-Webpage Goes Live</a>.: Found via GigaOm, Firefly is a cool little Javascript app that sits on tops of your blog or webpage and allows unfettered chatting and interaction ability for visitors. I have enabled it on WeblogToolsCollection for the time being for people to check it out. Enable at the bottom of the page (look for a small bar), click anywhere on the page and chat away! If you want to put it on your own blog, visit <a href="http://firef.ly/">firef.ly</a> WARNING: It is addictive in an &#8220;Ooo! Shiny!&#8221; sort of way. <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Mark Jaquith: One-line plugin of the day";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=161";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/one-line-plugin-of-the-day/";s:11:"description";s:1923:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Opens the post timestamp editing fields without you having to click the &#8220;Edit&#8221; link every time.  Great for people who are always scheduling their posts.</p>
<p><code>add_action('admin_head',create_function('$a', "echo \"&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;<br />
\n&lt;!-<span>-</span>\naddLoadEvent(function(){jQuery('.edit-timestamp').click();});\n//-<span>-</span>&gt;\n<br />
&lt;/script&gt;\";"),50);</code></p>
<p>Note: one-line plugin wrapped to three lines to make up for CSS issues in this theme.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=161&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:47:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:7:"summary";s:1923:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Opens the post timestamp editing fields without you having to click the &#8220;Edit&#8221; link every time.  Great for people who are always scheduling their posts.</p>
<p><code>add_action('admin_head',create_function('$a', "echo \"&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;<br />
\n&lt;!-<span>-</span>\naddLoadEvent(function(){jQuery('.edit-timestamp').click();});\n//-<span>-</span>&gt;\n<br />
&lt;/script&gt;\";"),50);</code></p>
<p>Note: one-line plugin wrapped to three lines to make up for CSS issues in this theme.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/161/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=161&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress As A CMS Checklist";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3801";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/30/wordpress-as-a-cms-checklist/";s:11:"description";s:1829:"<p><strong>Thord Daniel Hedengren</strong> over at <strong>Devlounge</strong> has published an <a href="http://www.devlounge.net/publishing/things-to-consider-when-using-wordpress-as-a-cms" target="_blank">extensive checklist</a> based on his experience of things to consider when using WordPress as a CMS, especially when it will be used for a client. His post covers a number of different situations you should think about ahead of time before you step into your favorite code editor. According to Thord, there are three things you need to consider before committing to WordPress:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>1. Is the functionality needed covered by the WordPress core functions, and/or with the addition of (not too many) plugins?</strong> This is usually managing information pages (using Pages), and publishing news/press releases (using Posts). If I need to add a lot of custom stuff, including the custom fields, then perhaps it gets too complicated for the client.</p>
<p><strong>2. Is there a good translation of WordPress available, so that your client can get the backend in their own language?</strong> Why should my Swedish customers not have their CMS in Swedish? There is no reason, of course, and it is easy enough to install a language pack.</p>
<p><strong>3. Will my client be able to upgrade WordPress themselves, or do I need to make plans for this as well?</strong> This is true for most platforms out there, but nevertheless you’ll need to have an upgrade strategy.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve never dived into the realm of setting up WordPress for a client so this is all new to me. However, I know a lot of you install and configure WordPress for your own clients. With that in mind, I&#8217;d be interested in knowing your own checklist of things to consider before committing them to WordPress.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:13:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1829:"<p><strong>Thord Daniel Hedengren</strong> over at <strong>Devlounge</strong> has published an <a href="http://www.devlounge.net/publishing/things-to-consider-when-using-wordpress-as-a-cms" target="_blank">extensive checklist</a> based on his experience of things to consider when using WordPress as a CMS, especially when it will be used for a client. His post covers a number of different situations you should think about ahead of time before you step into your favorite code editor. According to Thord, there are three things you need to consider before committing to WordPress:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>1. Is the functionality needed covered by the WordPress core functions, and/or with the addition of (not too many) plugins?</strong> This is usually managing information pages (using Pages), and publishing news/press releases (using Posts). If I need to add a lot of custom stuff, including the custom fields, then perhaps it gets too complicated for the client.</p>
<p><strong>2. Is there a good translation of WordPress available, so that your client can get the backend in their own language?</strong> Why should my Swedish customers not have their CMS in Swedish? There is no reason, of course, and it is easy enough to install a language pack.</p>
<p><strong>3. Will my client be able to upgrade WordPress themselves, or do I need to make plans for this as well?</strong> This is true for most platforms out there, but nevertheless you’ll need to have an upgrade strategy.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve never dived into the realm of setting up WordPress for a client so this is all new to me. However, I know a lot of you install and configure WordPress for your own clients. With that in mind, I&#8217;d be interested in knowing your own checklist of things to consider before committing them to WordPress.</p>";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Matt: ALA Survey";s:4:"guid";s:32:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/ala-survey/";s:4:"link";s:32:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/ala-survey/";s:11:"description";s:101:"<p><a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/survey2008">The new A List Apart for survey is up</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:43:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:101:"<p><a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/survey2008">The new A List Apart for survey is up</a>.</p>";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/29";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3799";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/29/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0729/";s:11:"description";s:2610:"<p><a href="http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/page-breadcrumbs-for-wptitle/"><strong>Breadcrumb Titles For Pages</strong></a></p>
<p>This plugin modifies <code>wp_title()</code> (the function used to create the title of your website to output all parent Pages when viewing a Page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/allow-numeric-stubs/"><strong>Allow Numeric Stubs</strong></a></p>
<p>Starting with WordPress 2.5, there is a bug where you cannot have a child Page that’s stub is a number. For example this will not work: <code>/about/5/</code>. That URL conflicts with paged content feature where you can posts and Pages with multiple pages of content by adding <code>&lt;!--nextpage--&gt;</code> within your content.</p>
<p>This plugin allows you to have children Pages with numbers as stubs by giving up the ability to have paged Pages which isn’t a big deal as most people don’t use paged Pages anyway.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briandgoad.com/blog/downloads/p2pconverter/"><strong>p2pConverter</strong></a></p>
<p>Converts either a static Page into a Post, or a Post into a static Page! Just click on the Manage tab in the Admin interface, and click the Posts or Pages sub-tab.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briandgoad.com/blog/downloads/status-press-widget/"><strong>Status Press Widget</strong></a></p>
<p>Adds a Facebook Status Widget to display your Facebook status in your sidebar. Based on Status Press plugin (not required!) by Adam Walker Cleaveland &amp; C. Scott Andreas.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briandgoad.com/blog/downloads/customizable-search-widget/"><strong>Customizable Search Widget</strong></a></p>
<p>Adds a Customizable Search Widget to give you more control over how the search box looks on your sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://lcb.me.uk/losingit/2008/06/29/list-drafts-widget"><strong>List Drafts Widget</strong></a></p>
<p>List Drafts is a simple sidebar widget which outputs a list of the titles of all posts currently saved as drafts. Users can set the title of the widget, and add a label to be used for all untitled drafts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sillybean.net/code/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/"><strong>Post and Page Excerpt Widgets</strong></a></p>
<p>Creates widgets that display excerpts from posts or pages in the sidebar. You may use ‘more’ links and/or link the widget title to the post or page.</p>
<p>And, while on the topic of plugins, take a look at Clever Carrot&#8217;s <a href="http://www.clevercarrot.net/wordpress/10-wordpress-plugins-to-grow-great-sites/">10 WordPress Plugins to Grow Great Sites</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:23:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2610:"<p><a href="http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/page-breadcrumbs-for-wptitle/"><strong>Breadcrumb Titles For Pages</strong></a></p>
<p>This plugin modifies <code>wp_title()</code> (the function used to create the title of your website to output all parent Pages when viewing a Page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/allow-numeric-stubs/"><strong>Allow Numeric Stubs</strong></a></p>
<p>Starting with WordPress 2.5, there is a bug where you cannot have a child Page that’s stub is a number. For example this will not work: <code>/about/5/</code>. That URL conflicts with paged content feature where you can posts and Pages with multiple pages of content by adding <code>&lt;!--nextpage--&gt;</code> within your content.</p>
<p>This plugin allows you to have children Pages with numbers as stubs by giving up the ability to have paged Pages which isn’t a big deal as most people don’t use paged Pages anyway.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briandgoad.com/blog/downloads/p2pconverter/"><strong>p2pConverter</strong></a></p>
<p>Converts either a static Page into a Post, or a Post into a static Page! Just click on the Manage tab in the Admin interface, and click the Posts or Pages sub-tab.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briandgoad.com/blog/downloads/status-press-widget/"><strong>Status Press Widget</strong></a></p>
<p>Adds a Facebook Status Widget to display your Facebook status in your sidebar. Based on Status Press plugin (not required!) by Adam Walker Cleaveland &amp; C. Scott Andreas.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briandgoad.com/blog/downloads/customizable-search-widget/"><strong>Customizable Search Widget</strong></a></p>
<p>Adds a Customizable Search Widget to give you more control over how the search box looks on your sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://lcb.me.uk/losingit/2008/06/29/list-drafts-widget"><strong>List Drafts Widget</strong></a></p>
<p>List Drafts is a simple sidebar widget which outputs a list of the titles of all posts currently saved as drafts. Users can set the title of the widget, and add a label to be used for all untitled drafts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sillybean.net/code/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/"><strong>Post and Page Excerpt Widgets</strong></a></p>
<p>Creates widgets that display excerpts from posts or pages in the sidebar. You may use ‘more’ links and/or link the widget title to the post or page.</p>
<p>And, while on the topic of plugins, take a look at Clever Carrot&#8217;s <a href="http://www.clevercarrot.net/wordpress/10-wordpress-plugins-to-grow-great-sites/">10 WordPress Plugins to Grow Great Sites</a>.</p>";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:10:"Matt: Cuil";s:4:"guid";s:26:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/cuil/";s:4:"link";s:26:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/cuil/";s:11:"description";s:376:"<p><a href="http://www.cuil.com/">I like Cuil</a>. There&#8217;s just something very intuitive about the interface that fels comfortable to me, but I&#8217;m not sure how to articulate it. And it&#8217;s fast! Going to try it out as my default search engine for the next few days. Downside? Sometimes the images seem completely random, and I do see some spam in the index.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:26:29 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:376:"<p><a href="http://www.cuil.com/">I like Cuil</a>. There&#8217;s just something very intuitive about the interface that fels comfortable to me, but I&#8217;m not sure how to articulate it. And it&#8217;s fast! Going to try it out as my default search engine for the next few days. Downside? Sometimes the images seem completely random, and I do see some spam in the index.</p>";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/28";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3796";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/28/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0728/";s:11:"description";s:2377:"<p><strong><a href="http://www.thisrand.com/scripts/winex/">WineX</a></strong></p>
<p>WineX is a lightweight script that will import the listing contents of your CellarTracker wine cellar into your Wordpress website.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.infine.ru/support/wp_plugins/hidden-content.htm">Hidden Content</a></strong></p>
<p>Some blocks of the text can be shown/hidden for bots, logged-in users or all visitors (in posts, pages and comments) (<em>Page in Russian</em>)</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-star-rating/">GD Star Rating</a></strong></p>
<p>Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating system for pages and/or posts in your blog. Also includes the widget for displaying votes and rating statistics for all posts and pages with votes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-linkedin-badge/">GD LinkedIn Badge</a></strong></p>
<p>This widget displays badge with a link to a LinkedIn profile page. It can also display some additional custom information above the picture and link.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-pages-navigator/">GD Pages Navigator</a></strong></p>
<p>Standard display of pages in Wordpress can be a problem if you have a lot of pages with subpages causing the widget with list of pages to take a lot of space on the page.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.silverlight-travel.com/blog/wordpress-silverlight-plugin/">Silverlight Content</a></strong></p>
<p>Add Silverlight objects (XAP-files) to the post and manage default values. Like location, width, height and necessary Silverlight version.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.screenshine.net/blog/1474_wordpress-plugin-show-active-category">Show Active Category</a></strong></p>
<p>With Worpress it is only possible to show the active category when you browsing the category archive. But when you are on a single post page you have a possibility to show to which category other categories the current blogpost belongs to. This small plugin adds the CSS class &#8220;active_category&#8221; to all categories the active post belongs to. (<em>Page in German</em>)</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://082net.com/2006/756/wp-slimstat-ex-plugin-en/">WP-Slimstat-Ex</a></strong></p>
<p>Track your blog stats. Based on Mr. Coolmann&#8217;s <a href="http://www.duechiacchiere.it/wp-slimstat/" target="_blank">Wp-SlimStat</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:44:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2377:"<p><strong><a href="http://www.thisrand.com/scripts/winex/">WineX</a></strong></p>
<p>WineX is a lightweight script that will import the listing contents of your CellarTracker wine cellar into your Wordpress website.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.infine.ru/support/wp_plugins/hidden-content.htm">Hidden Content</a></strong></p>
<p>Some blocks of the text can be shown/hidden for bots, logged-in users or all visitors (in posts, pages and comments) (<em>Page in Russian</em>)</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-star-rating/">GD Star Rating</a></strong></p>
<p>Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating system for pages and/or posts in your blog. Also includes the widget for displaying votes and rating statistics for all posts and pages with votes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-linkedin-badge/">GD LinkedIn Badge</a></strong></p>
<p>This widget displays badge with a link to a LinkedIn profile page. It can also display some additional custom information above the picture and link.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.gdragon.info/plugins/gd-pages-navigator/">GD Pages Navigator</a></strong></p>
<p>Standard display of pages in Wordpress can be a problem if you have a lot of pages with subpages causing the widget with list of pages to take a lot of space on the page.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.silverlight-travel.com/blog/wordpress-silverlight-plugin/">Silverlight Content</a></strong></p>
<p>Add Silverlight objects (XAP-files) to the post and manage default values. Like location, width, height and necessary Silverlight version.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.screenshine.net/blog/1474_wordpress-plugin-show-active-category">Show Active Category</a></strong></p>
<p>With Worpress it is only possible to show the active category when you browsing the category archive. But when you are on a single post page you have a possibility to show to which category other categories the current blogpost belongs to. This small plugin adds the CSS class &#8220;active_category&#8221; to all categories the active post belongs to. (<em>Page in German</em>)</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://082net.com/2006/756/wp-slimstat-ex-plugin-en/">WP-Slimstat-Ex</a></strong></p>
<p>Track your blog stats. Based on Mr. Coolmann&#8217;s <a href="http://www.duechiacchiere.it/wp-slimstat/" target="_blank">Wp-SlimStat</a></p>";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:25:"Donncha: WordPress MU 2.6";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89493827";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/07/28/wordpress-mu-26/";s:11:"description";s:3003:"<p>Version 2.6 of <a href="http://mu.wordpress.org/">WordPress MU</a> is now out! WordPress MU is the multi blog version of the popular blogging software WordPress. It&#8217;s the engine behind <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> and many other blogging sites.</p>
<p>This version of WordPress MU is based on WordPress 2.6. There&#8217;s a long and interesting <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/">WordPress.org post</a> on the new features in 2.6 so get over there to read up on post revisions, &#8220;Press This!&#8221;, Gears, Theme Previews, and the long list of developers who helped make this release a reality.</p>
<p>Some of the new features in this release of MU:
<ol>
<li> Version number is 2.6 rather than 1.6 because it just makes sense to synchronise the major version numbers.</li>
<li> Signup page now has a nonce which should help in the fight against spammers, for a short while anyway.</li>
<li> Redirecting to the signup page for 404s and for unknown blogs is not enabled by default. Check out wp-config-sample.php for instructions.</li>
<li> &#8220;allowed_themes&#8221; filter, much like the plugins filtered added previously.</li>
<li> New functions: get_id_from_blogname(), is_main_blog().</li>
<li> get_blog_details() can now take a blogname as well as a blog_id.</li>
<li> Custom first posts didn&#8217;t always work. Now they do.</li>
<li> Blognames in the &#8220;Add blog&#8221; form in wpmu-blogs.php are now sanitized.</li>
<li> Added &#8220;pre_site_option_*&#8221; and &#8220;site_option_*&#8221; filters like the similar option filters.</li>
<li> Meta fields will be passed on signup again.</li>
<li> Added an &#8220;admin_header_navigation&#8221; filter so the top right navigation in the backend can be customised.</li>
<li> The signup page uses &#8220;blogname&#8221; instead of &#8220;blog_id&#8221; to avoid confusion with the global variable of the same name. Plugins will break if not updated!</li>
</ol>
<p>That last change is quite a major one. If you have any plugins that interact with the signup form they will need to be updated!</p>
<p>This release also addresses some security issues spotted by <a href="http://www.buayacorp.com/">Alexander Concha</a> and <a href="http://blogs.ua.es/jgaliana">Juan Galiana</a>. Thank you both for alerting us and for your patience while this release was prepared!</p>
<p><img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/?voyeur=1" /></p><p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2005/08/17/whats-this-wordpresscom-thing-anyway/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: What&#8217;s this WordPress.com thing anyway?">What&#8217;s this WordPress.com thing anyway?</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/01/26/wordpress-mu-132/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU 1.3.2">WordPress MU 1.3.2</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/02/05/wordpress-mu-133/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU 1.3.3">WordPress MU 1.3.3</a></li></ul></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:26:36 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Donncha";}s:7:"summary";s:3003:"<p>Version 2.6 of <a href="http://mu.wordpress.org/">WordPress MU</a> is now out! WordPress MU is the multi blog version of the popular blogging software WordPress. It&#8217;s the engine behind <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> and many other blogging sites.</p>
<p>This version of WordPress MU is based on WordPress 2.6. There&#8217;s a long and interesting <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/">WordPress.org post</a> on the new features in 2.6 so get over there to read up on post revisions, &#8220;Press This!&#8221;, Gears, Theme Previews, and the long list of developers who helped make this release a reality.</p>
<p>Some of the new features in this release of MU:
<ol>
<li> Version number is 2.6 rather than 1.6 because it just makes sense to synchronise the major version numbers.</li>
<li> Signup page now has a nonce which should help in the fight against spammers, for a short while anyway.</li>
<li> Redirecting to the signup page for 404s and for unknown blogs is not enabled by default. Check out wp-config-sample.php for instructions.</li>
<li> &#8220;allowed_themes&#8221; filter, much like the plugins filtered added previously.</li>
<li> New functions: get_id_from_blogname(), is_main_blog().</li>
<li> get_blog_details() can now take a blogname as well as a blog_id.</li>
<li> Custom first posts didn&#8217;t always work. Now they do.</li>
<li> Blognames in the &#8220;Add blog&#8221; form in wpmu-blogs.php are now sanitized.</li>
<li> Added &#8220;pre_site_option_*&#8221; and &#8220;site_option_*&#8221; filters like the similar option filters.</li>
<li> Meta fields will be passed on signup again.</li>
<li> Added an &#8220;admin_header_navigation&#8221; filter so the top right navigation in the backend can be customised.</li>
<li> The signup page uses &#8220;blogname&#8221; instead of &#8220;blog_id&#8221; to avoid confusion with the global variable of the same name. Plugins will break if not updated!</li>
</ol>
<p>That last change is quite a major one. If you have any plugins that interact with the signup form they will need to be updated!</p>
<p>This release also addresses some security issues spotted by <a href="http://www.buayacorp.com/">Alexander Concha</a> and <a href="http://blogs.ua.es/jgaliana">Juan Galiana</a>. Thank you both for alerting us and for your patience while this release was prepared!</p>
<p><img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/?voyeur=1" /></p><p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2005/08/17/whats-this-wordpresscom-thing-anyway/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: What&#8217;s this WordPress.com thing anyway?">What&#8217;s this WordPress.com thing anyway?</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/01/26/wordpress-mu-132/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU 1.3.2">WordPress MU 1.3.2</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/02/05/wordpress-mu-133/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU 1.3.3">WordPress MU 1.3.3</a></li></ul></p>";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Tips for 7/27";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3786";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/27/wordpress-tips-for-727/";s:11:"description";s:1821:"<p><a href="http://hackwordpress.com/wordpress-26-changes-how-wordpress-handles-images/">Image alignment within a WordPress post</a>: WordPress 2.5 introduced floating image alignment within text on a post. This feature does not work on certain themes. Thanks to <a href="http://www.theglitch.ws">Jason</a> for asking the question and to <a href="http://wprocks.com/">Sadish</a> for the solution. Final thought: it would also be nice if a few gallery formatting options were available through the default interface instead of having to modify the shortcode and/or introduce hacks.</p>
<p><a href="http://firewalker.kamusilmiah.com/wordpress-search-as-custom-google-search-without-additional-page-or-post/">WordPress Search as a custom Google Search without addition page or post</a>: Add a custom Google Search to your WordPress blog (and make search advertising dollars?) without too much of a hassle. Complete instructions and examples are included in the post.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/07/27/creation-of-a-flash-arcade-site-using-wordpress-step-2/">Create a Flash Arcade site using WordPress</a>: This set of instructions will help you convert a simple WordPress blog into a Flash arcade site. Pretty cool with detailed instructions on the transition.</p>
<p>Here is a tip which I stumbled upon accidentally, that is somewhat unrelated to WordPress. Visit a NYTimes page such as <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/technology/27proto.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss">a news item</a> and double click on a single word. You will need a free registration to view that page or have to be logged in if you are registered already. The javascript file that adds the functionality in question is copyrighted to Answers.com and I wonder if a WordPress plugin exists for the same.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:55:21 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1821:"<p><a href="http://hackwordpress.com/wordpress-26-changes-how-wordpress-handles-images/">Image alignment within a WordPress post</a>: WordPress 2.5 introduced floating image alignment within text on a post. This feature does not work on certain themes. Thanks to <a href="http://www.theglitch.ws">Jason</a> for asking the question and to <a href="http://wprocks.com/">Sadish</a> for the solution. Final thought: it would also be nice if a few gallery formatting options were available through the default interface instead of having to modify the shortcode and/or introduce hacks.</p>
<p><a href="http://firewalker.kamusilmiah.com/wordpress-search-as-custom-google-search-without-additional-page-or-post/">WordPress Search as a custom Google Search without addition page or post</a>: Add a custom Google Search to your WordPress blog (and make search advertising dollars?) without too much of a hassle. Complete instructions and examples are included in the post.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/07/27/creation-of-a-flash-arcade-site-using-wordpress-step-2/">Create a Flash Arcade site using WordPress</a>: This set of instructions will help you convert a simple WordPress blog into a Flash arcade site. Pretty cool with detailed instructions on the transition.</p>
<p>Here is a tip which I stumbled upon accidentally, that is somewhat unrelated to WordPress. Visit a NYTimes page such as <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/technology/27proto.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss">a news item</a> and double click on a single word. You will need a free registration to view that page or have to be logged in if you are registered already. The javascript file that adds the functionality in question is copyrighted to Answers.com and I wonder if a WordPress plugin exists for the same.</p>";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:64:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordCamp San Francisco 2008 Signup Open";s:4:"guid";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/27/wordcamp-san-francisco-2008-signup-open/";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/27/wordcamp-san-francisco-2008-signup-open/";s:11:"description";s:814:"</p>
<p>Matt has opened up the signup for the WordCamp San Francisco event which will be held on August 16th 2008.</p>
<p>The WordCamp SF ticket prizes has been reduced by $5, each ticket will only cost $20 for this event. The event is being hosted at a bigger venue this time around, so you can expect better and comfortable seating arrangements, one of things Matt has ensured us about.</p>
<p>Going by the success of past WordCamp&#8217;s, we believe this one will be even bigger and better. You can book your tickets for the WordCamp SF event by visiting <a href="http://2008.sf.wordcamp.org/signup/" target="_blank">this page</a>. Don’t forget to read more about <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/29/what-is-wordcamp/" target="_blank">what is WordCamp</a>, if you are new to it.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:08:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:814:"</p>
<p>Matt has opened up the signup for the WordCamp San Francisco event which will be held on August 16th 2008.</p>
<p>The WordCamp SF ticket prizes has been reduced by $5, each ticket will only cost $20 for this event. The event is being hosted at a bigger venue this time around, so you can expect better and comfortable seating arrangements, one of things Matt has ensured us about.</p>
<p>Going by the success of past WordCamp&#8217;s, we believe this one will be even bigger and better. You can book your tickets for the WordCamp SF event by visiting <a href="http://2008.sf.wordcamp.org/signup/" target="_blank">this page</a>. Don’t forget to read more about <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/29/what-is-wordcamp/" target="_blank">what is WordCamp</a>, if you are new to it.</p>";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Matt: Another one!";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/another-one/";s:4:"link";s:33:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/another-one/";s:11:"description";s:588:"<p><a href="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/p-640-480-5f0856fa-7afe-4b81-853d-f141ec95b8ed.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-364 alignright" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/p-640-480-5f0856fa-7afe-4b81-853d-f141ec95b8ed.jpeg" alt="WordPress Book" width="225" height="300" /></a> I just got another Japanese WordPress book in the mail. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> I can&#8217;t wait to visit there later in the year. P.S. I&#8217;m not sure who this is from, so if you&#8217;re the person who sent it email me.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:13:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:588:"<p><a href="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/p-640-480-5f0856fa-7afe-4b81-853d-f141ec95b8ed.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-364 alignright" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/p-640-480-5f0856fa-7afe-4b81-853d-f141ec95b8ed.jpeg" alt="WordPress Book" width="225" height="300" /></a> I just got another Japanese WordPress book in the mail. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> I can&#8217;t wait to visit there later in the year. P.S. I&#8217;m not sure who this is from, so if you&#8217;re the person who sent it email me.</p>";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Weblog Tools Collection: It’s time to cast your vote";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3764";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/26/its-time-to-cast-your-vote/";s:11:"description";s:5861:"<p>Listed here are the entries to the WordPress Plugin Competition 2.5.</p>
<p>Please help us choose the winners by visiting each of the plugins below and rating them on the linked page.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/22/adminimize/">Adminimize</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/anyvar/">AnyVar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/attachment-extender/">Attachment Extender</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/19/automatic-timezone/">Automatic Timezone</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/11/broken-links-remover/">Broken links Remover</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/click-tracking-plugin/">Click</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/06/comicpress-manager/">ComicPress Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/dk-obama-slideshow-plugin/">Dk Obama Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/11/dodo/">DoDo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/editor-extender/">Editor Extender</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/flaresmith/">Flaresmith</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/flickr-gallery/">Flickr Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/09/fun-with-in-context-comments/">Fun with in-context comments</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/24/great-real-estate/">Great Real Estate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/idealien-category-enhancements/">Idealien Category Enhancements</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/wordpress-image-browser-extender/">Image Browser Extender</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/invite-friends/">Invite friends</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/live-blogroll/">Live Blogroll</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/last-release-of-mailpress-ver-12/">MailPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/25/manageable/">Manageable</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/25/maxref-widgets/">Maxref Widgets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/media-in-response/">Media in response</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/08/multisitemanager-unleashed/">MultiSiteManager</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/25/nonce-please/">Nonce! Please</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/04/photojar-base/">PhotoJAR: Base</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/25/pics-picture-increment-cron-system/">Picture Increment Cron System</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/26/postgroups/">Post Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/24/post-tabs/">Post Tabs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/wpmu-plugin-repost/">Repost</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/11/role-scoper/">Role Scoper</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/22/seo-smart-links/">SEO Smart Links</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/12/sermon-management-plug-in-for-churches/">Sermon Management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/show-me-options/">Show Me Options</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/01/sidebars/">Sidebars</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/simple-flash-video-plugin-15-beta-2/">Simple Flash Video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/slideshare-plugin/">SlideShare Presentation List</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/snazzy-archives-2/">Snazzy Archives</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/paypal-api-subscriptions/">Paypal API Subscriptions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/tabbed-widgets-plugin/">Tabbed Widgets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/02/twptter-wordpress-microblogging/">tWPtter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/vent-add-events-to-your-blog/">Vent</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/wpmu-plugin-vote2publish/">Vote2Publish</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/wp125-easy-125x125-ad-management-for-wordpress/">WP125</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/05/30/wp-comment-remix/">WP Comment Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/29/wp-easy-uploader/">WP Easy Uploader</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/08/wp-sentry-private-posting-plugin/">WP Sentry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/06/wp-wall/">WP Wall</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/yank-widget/">Yank Widget</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/24/zdmultilang/">ZdMultiLang</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Remember to test the plugin properly before giving your vote.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:01:53 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:5861:"<p>Listed here are the entries to the WordPress Plugin Competition 2.5.</p>
<p>Please help us choose the winners by visiting each of the plugins below and rating them on the linked page.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/22/adminimize/">Adminimize</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/anyvar/">AnyVar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/attachment-extender/">Attachment Extender</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/19/automatic-timezone/">Automatic Timezone</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/11/broken-links-remover/">Broken links Remover</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/click-tracking-plugin/">Click</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/06/comicpress-manager/">ComicPress Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/dk-obama-slideshow-plugin/">Dk Obama Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/11/dodo/">DoDo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/editor-extender/">Editor Extender</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/flaresmith/">Flaresmith</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/flickr-gallery/">Flickr Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/09/fun-with-in-context-comments/">Fun with in-context comments</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/24/great-real-estate/">Great Real Estate</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/idealien-category-enhancements/">Idealien Category Enhancements</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/wordpress-image-browser-extender/">Image Browser Extender</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/invite-friends/">Invite friends</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/live-blogroll/">Live Blogroll</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/last-release-of-mailpress-ver-12/">MailPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/25/manageable/">Manageable</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/25/maxref-widgets/">Maxref Widgets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/09/media-in-response/">Media in response</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/08/multisitemanager-unleashed/">MultiSiteManager</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/25/nonce-please/">Nonce! Please</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/04/photojar-base/">PhotoJAR: Base</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/25/pics-picture-increment-cron-system/">Picture Increment Cron System</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/26/postgroups/">Post Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/24/post-tabs/">Post Tabs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/wpmu-plugin-repost/">Repost</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/11/role-scoper/">Role Scoper</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/22/seo-smart-links/">SEO Smart Links</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/06/12/sermon-management-plug-in-for-churches/">Sermon Management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/show-me-options/">Show Me Options</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/01/sidebars/">Sidebars</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/simple-flash-video-plugin-15-beta-2/">Simple Flash Video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/07/slideshare-plugin/">SlideShare Presentation List</a></li>
<li><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/10/snazzy-archives-2/">Snazzy Archives</a></li>
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<p>Remember to test the plugin properly before giving your vote.</p>";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:68:"Lorelle on WP: Liz Strauss is Breaking the Web and Pushing WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=2720";s:4:"link";s:94:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/liz-strauss-is-breaking-the-web-and-pushing-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:3077:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Liz Strauss">Liz Strauss of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers</a> is attempting to &#8220;break the web&#8221; today at noon CST from Chicago (GMT -6). As part of her <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/blog-to-show-showcase-your-blog-at-successful-blog-july-26-27/" title="Showcase your blog">Showcase Your Blog</a> series, she will be using the <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/working-ahead-future-posts-with-wordpress/" title="Future Posts in WordPress">future post feature in WordPress</a> to publish <em>a blog post a minute</em> showcasing more than 250 blogs.</p>
<p>Has anyone set up WordPress to do this before? Maybe some splogs or scrapers, but this is an exciting example of how a community project can use the WordPress future post feature, and push WordPress and the server to keep up with the server and database load. Liz is part of the b5media network, so this is a test of their setup as well.</p>
<p>Liz tells me that the blogs she is showcasing are excellent, some of the most exciting, beautiful, and social blogs around, so you are in for a treat as you watch her Blog Showcase churn out, minute by minute. I wonder what the traffic count is going to be on her blog&#8217;s front page. Luckily, she&#8217;s using <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" title="Woopra Web Analytics">Woopra</a> to track her traffic, stats, and visitors <em>live</em>. What fun!</p>
<p>Go <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Liz Strauss">check out the minute-by-minute Blog Showcase</a>! You can also follow the Twitter stream at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/b2show/" title="Twitter for Blog Showcase with Liz Strauss">b2show</a>.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2720&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:40:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"Lorelle VanFossen";}s:7:"summary";s:3077:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Liz Strauss">Liz Strauss of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers</a> is attempting to &#8220;break the web&#8221; today at noon CST from Chicago (GMT -6). As part of her <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/blog-to-show-showcase-your-blog-at-successful-blog-july-26-27/" title="Showcase your blog">Showcase Your Blog</a> series, she will be using the <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/working-ahead-future-posts-with-wordpress/" title="Future Posts in WordPress">future post feature in WordPress</a> to publish <em>a blog post a minute</em> showcasing more than 250 blogs.</p>
<p>Has anyone set up WordPress to do this before? Maybe some splogs or scrapers, but this is an exciting example of how a community project can use the WordPress future post feature, and push WordPress and the server to keep up with the server and database load. Liz is part of the b5media network, so this is a test of their setup as well.</p>
<p>Liz tells me that the blogs she is showcasing are excellent, some of the most exciting, beautiful, and social blogs around, so you are in for a treat as you watch her Blog Showcase churn out, minute by minute. I wonder what the traffic count is going to be on her blog&#8217;s front page. Luckily, she&#8217;s using <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" title="Woopra Web Analytics">Woopra</a> to track her traffic, stats, and visitors <em>live</em>. What fun!</p>
<p>Go <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Liz Strauss">check out the minute-by-minute Blog Showcase</a>! You can also follow the Twitter stream at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/b2show/" title="Twitter for Blog Showcase with Liz Strauss">b2show</a>.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2720/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2720&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Lorelle on WP: Liz Strauss is Going to Break the Web";s:4:"guid";s:36:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/?p=2723";s:4:"link";s:78:"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/liz-strauss-is-going-to-break-the-web/";s:11:"description";s:1862:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Liz Strauss">Liz Strauss of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers</a> just called me and said that as of noon CST from Chicago (GMT -6), she is going to break the web as part of her <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/blog-to-show-showcase-your-blog-at-successful-blog-july-26-27/" title="Showcase your blog">Showcase Your Blog</a> series. Stay tuned for more information on how she is going to use her WordPress blog in a way few have done before.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2723&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:56:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"Lorelle VanFossen";}s:7:"summary";s:1862:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p><a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" title="Liz Strauss">Liz Strauss of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers</a> just called me and said that as of noon CST from Chicago (GMT -6), she is going to break the web as part of her <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/1/blog-to-show-showcase-your-blog-at-successful-blog-july-26-27/" title="Showcase your blog">Showcase Your Blog</a> series. Stay tuned for more information on how she is going to use her WordPress blog in a way few have done before.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/2723/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=2723&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Matt: Beyond REST? XMPP";s:4:"guid";s:38:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/beyond-rest-xmpp/";s:4:"link";s:38:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/beyond-rest-xmpp/";s:11:"description";s:174:"<p><a href="http://laughingmeme.org/2008/07/23/beyond-rest-building-data-services-with-xmpp/">Beyond REST? Building data services with XMPP</a>. Pretty fascinating stuff.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:03:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:174:"<p><a href="http://laughingmeme.org/2008/07/23/beyond-rest-building-data-services-with-xmpp/">Beyond REST? Building data services with XMPP</a>. Pretty fascinating stuff.</p>";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Matt: Single Malt Scotch Episode";s:4:"guid";s:48:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/single-malt-scotch-episode/";s:4:"link";s:48:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/single-malt-scotch-episode/";s:11:"description";s:690:"<p></p>
<p><a href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/2008/07/25/the-single-malt-scotch-episode-episode-509/">The Single Malt Scotch Episode - Episode #509</a>. I was on Wine Library TV with the inimitable <a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/">Gary Vaynerchuk</a> talking not about wine, but scotch. Much trouble ensues. <a href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/2008/07/25/the-single-malt-scotch-episode-episode-509/">Check it out</a>! I ended up leaving my laptop at Gary&#8217;s store and had to go back to Jersey later that day. I took a few moments to browse around and discovered <a href="http://www.formaggiokitchen.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1994">an awesome cheese called Ombra</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:30:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:690:"<p></p>
<p><a href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/2008/07/25/the-single-malt-scotch-episode-episode-509/">The Single Malt Scotch Episode - Episode #509</a>. I was on Wine Library TV with the inimitable <a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/">Gary Vaynerchuk</a> talking not about wine, but scotch. Much trouble ensues. <a href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/2008/07/25/the-single-malt-scotch-episode-episode-509/">Check it out</a>! I ended up leaving my laptop at Gary&#8217;s store and had to go back to Jersey later that day. I took a few moments to browse around and discovered <a href="http://www.formaggiokitchen.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1994">an awesome cheese called Ombra</a>.</p>";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 07/25";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3783";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/25/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0725/";s:11:"description";s:2780:"<p><a href="http://www.jauhari.net/themes/vita"><strong>Vita</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="vita" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/vita.jpg" width="200" height="109" /></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready, fixed width, custom image header theme</p>
<p><a href="http://myblogit.net/2008/07/15/free-wordpress-theme-kitten-in-pink/"><strong>Kitten in Pink</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://knowledge.myblogit.net/index.php?preview_theme=Kitten%20in%20Pink"><img alt="KittenInPink" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/kitteninpink.jpg" width="188" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, pink, widget ready theme</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/wp-andreas01"><strong>WP-Andreas01</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="WP-Andreas01" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wp-andreas01.png" width="167" height="125" /></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready theme with support for tags, gravatars and including 12 additional header images.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/daleri-sweet"><strong>Daleri Sweet</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="DaleriSweet" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/dalerisweet.png" width="167" height="125" /></p>
<p>Fixed width, two / three column, widget ready blue WordPress theme</p>
<p><a href="http://3oneseven.com/24/secondary-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Secondary </strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://wp.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Secondary"><img alt="Secondary" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/secondary.jpg" width="200" height="100" /></a></p>
<p>Consists of a fluid two column outfit with news slider built into the frontpage: widgetized sidebar and footer columns with typical WordPress action like calendar, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled, native WP tag system, flickr is enabled in its own options panel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/quickpress/"><strong>QuickPress</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/wordpress/quickpress/"><img alt="QuickPress" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/quickpress.jpg" width="200" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>A 2/3-column, widget-ready, SEO-optimized, Ad-ready, WordPress 2.6 compatible wordpress theme which is useful for all types of bloggers.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wordpress.positivenoize.com/wordpress-themes/">TheGrunge</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.positivenoize.com/index.php?wptheme=TheGrunge"><img alt="TheGrunge" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/thegrunge.jpg" width="180" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>TheGrunge WordPress Theme is a widget and ad-ready WordPress 2.5 Grunge Theme re-developed by the PositiveNoize design team.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:55:37 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2780:"<p><a href="http://www.jauhari.net/themes/vita"><strong>Vita</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="vita" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/vita.jpg" width="200" height="109" /></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready, fixed width, custom image header theme</p>
<p><a href="http://myblogit.net/2008/07/15/free-wordpress-theme-kitten-in-pink/"><strong>Kitten in Pink</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://knowledge.myblogit.net/index.php?preview_theme=Kitten%20in%20Pink"><img alt="KittenInPink" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/kitteninpink.jpg" width="188" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>Two column, pink, widget ready theme</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/wp-andreas01"><strong>WP-Andreas01</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="WP-Andreas01" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wp-andreas01.png" width="167" height="125" /></p>
<p>Three column, widget ready theme with support for tags, gravatars and including 12 additional header images.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/daleri-sweet"><strong>Daleri Sweet</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="DaleriSweet" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/dalerisweet.png" width="167" height="125" /></p>
<p>Fixed width, two / three column, widget ready blue WordPress theme</p>
<p><a href="http://3oneseven.com/24/secondary-wordpress-theme/"><strong>Secondary </strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://wp.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Secondary"><img alt="Secondary" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/secondary.jpg" width="200" height="100" /></a></p>
<p>Consists of a fluid two column outfit with news slider built into the frontpage: widgetized sidebar and footer columns with typical WordPress action like calendar, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled, native WP tag system, flickr is enabled in its own options panel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/quickpress/"><strong>QuickPress</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.quickonlinetips.com/wordpress/quickpress/"><img alt="QuickPress" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/quickpress.jpg" width="200" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>A 2/3-column, widget-ready, SEO-optimized, Ad-ready, WordPress 2.6 compatible wordpress theme which is useful for all types of bloggers.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wordpress.positivenoize.com/wordpress-themes/">TheGrunge</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.positivenoize.com/index.php?wptheme=TheGrunge"><img alt="TheGrunge" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/thegrunge.jpg" width="180" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>TheGrunge WordPress Theme is a widget and ad-ready WordPress 2.5 Grunge Theme re-developed by the PositiveNoize design team.</p>";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt: WordCamp Signup Open";s:4:"guid";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/wordcamp-signup-open/";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/wordcamp-signup-open/";s:11:"description";s:484:"<p><a href="http://2008.sf.wordcamp.org/signup/">WordCamp San Francisco 2008 Signup</a>. Signup is now open for WordCamp SF, and it&#8217;s $5 cheaper than last year even though we&#8217;re at a bigger venue (with more comfortable seats, based on your feedback) and should be packing more awesomeness. Who&#8217;s going to be speaking on what? Well that&#8217;s still a surprise. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:11:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:484:"<p><a href="http://2008.sf.wordcamp.org/signup/">WordCamp San Francisco 2008 Signup</a>. Signup is now open for WordCamp SF, and it&#8217;s $5 cheaper than last year even though we&#8217;re at a bigger venue (with more comfortable seats, based on your feedback) and should be packing more awesomeness. Who&#8217;s going to be speaking on what? Well that&#8217;s still a surprise. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Lloyd: WordPress for iPhone + Source Code Available!";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1291";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://foolswisdom.com/wordpress-for-iphone-source-code-available/";s:11:"description";s:2463:"<p><img class="alignright" title="WordPress for iPhone Logo" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2701598580_b3c2b4a169_o.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" />Earlier this week my <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> colleagues and <a href="http://www.effigent.com/">Effigent</a> released <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/">WordPress for iPhone</a> and iPod Touch. Now, the source is also available and Trac is set up for reporting bugs and <a href="http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/">participating in development</a>!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve tried it on my iPod Touch. They&#8217;ve done a great job! And are <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/24/version-11-and-beyond/">urgently working on fixing</a> the worse bugs.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s already in the top 50 free apps.</p>
<p><span id="more-1291"></span>Development has been managed by <a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan Bar-Cohen</a> and the app is designed by <a href="http://iammattthomas.com/">Matt Thomas</a>.</p>
<p>WordPress for iPhone has the clean Matt aesthetic, though I expect the iPhone SDK probably doesn&#8217;t allow much deviation from clean simplicity.</p>
<p>There is <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=wordpress+nda">quite some</a> <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/24/wordpress-for-iphone-source-now-available/">stink up</a> about whether or not we are breaking Apple&#8217;s iPhone development NDA by our application being open source, and speculation that Apple will sue us.</p>
<p><span class="byline"><a href="http://dynamic.boingboing.net/profile/John%20Brownlee">John Brownlee</a> of BoingBoing Gadgets writes:</span></p>
<blockquote><p>I was curious about the &#8220;Open Source&#8221; proclamation  at the top of its non-App-Store webpage.</p></blockquote>
<p>WordPress for iPhone is in the App Store. WordPress for iPhone&#8217;s Application Description has always stated it&#8217;s open source. Someone at Apple approved &#8220;WordPress for iPhone Open Source&#8221;.</p>
<p>Although it makes for a great story and gives us <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/24/wordpress-iphone">freetards reason to bang our chests</a>, my thought is Apple has it&#8217;s anti-open source clause in the agreement to cover their butts from their code being &#8220;poisoned&#8221; by a viral license. Butt covered, let the <a href="http://foolswisdom.com/open-source-in-iphone-app-store/">open source applications flow</a>, but no squirting.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:54 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Lloyd";}s:7:"summary";s:2463:"<p><img class="alignright" title="WordPress for iPhone Logo" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2701598580_b3c2b4a169_o.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" />Earlier this week my <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> colleagues and <a href="http://www.effigent.com/">Effigent</a> released <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/">WordPress for iPhone</a> and iPod Touch. Now, the source is also available and Trac is set up for reporting bugs and <a href="http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/">participating in development</a>!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve tried it on my iPod Touch. They&#8217;ve done a great job! And are <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/24/version-11-and-beyond/">urgently working on fixing</a> the worse bugs.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s already in the top 50 free apps.</p>
<p><span id="more-1291"></span>Development has been managed by <a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan Bar-Cohen</a> and the app is designed by <a href="http://iammattthomas.com/">Matt Thomas</a>.</p>
<p>WordPress for iPhone has the clean Matt aesthetic, though I expect the iPhone SDK probably doesn&#8217;t allow much deviation from clean simplicity.</p>
<p>There is <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=wordpress+nda">quite some</a> <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/24/wordpress-for-iphone-source-now-available/">stink up</a> about whether or not we are breaking Apple&#8217;s iPhone development NDA by our application being open source, and speculation that Apple will sue us.</p>
<p><span class="byline"><a href="http://dynamic.boingboing.net/profile/John%20Brownlee">John Brownlee</a> of BoingBoing Gadgets writes:</span></p>
<blockquote><p>I was curious about the &#8220;Open Source&#8221; proclamation  at the top of its non-App-Store webpage.</p></blockquote>
<p>WordPress for iPhone is in the App Store. WordPress for iPhone&#8217;s Application Description has always stated it&#8217;s open source. Someone at Apple approved &#8220;WordPress for iPhone Open Source&#8221;.</p>
<p>Although it makes for a great story and gives us <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/07/24/wordpress-iphone">freetards reason to bang our chests</a>, my thought is Apple has it&#8217;s anti-open source clause in the agreement to cover their butts from their code being &#8220;poisoned&#8221; by a viral license. Butt covered, let the <a href="http://foolswisdom.com/open-source-in-iphone-app-store/">open source applications flow</a>, but no squirting.</p>";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Matt: WordPress Geniuses";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/wordpress-geniuses/";s:4:"link";s:40:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/wordpress-geniuses/";s:11:"description";s:244:"<p><a href="http://foolswisdom.com/geniuses-for-wordcamp-sf-bar/">Geniuses for WordCamp SF Bar?</a>. Lloyd is organizing a &#8220;Genius bar&#8221; at WordCamp San Francisco of volunteers to help everybody with their WP problems. I love it!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:50:59 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:244:"<p><a href="http://foolswisdom.com/geniuses-for-wordcamp-sf-bar/">Geniuses for WordCamp SF Bar?</a>. Lloyd is organizing a &#8220;Genius bar&#8221; at WordCamp San Francisco of volunteers to help everybody with their WP problems. I love it!</p>";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Matt: Visiting Techstars";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=6735";s:4:"link";s:40:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/";s:11:"description";s:9976:"<p>Visiting the Techstars in Boulder, Colorado.</p>
<p><span id="more-6735"></span></p>

<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4767/" title="mcm_4767"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4767-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4768/" title="mcm_4768"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4768-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4772/" title="mcm_4772"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4772-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4773/" title="mcm_4773"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4773-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4774/" title="mcm_4774"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4774-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4775/" title="mcm_4775"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4775-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4783/" title="mcm_4783"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4783-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4784/" title="mcm_4784"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4784-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4785/" title="mcm_4785"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4785-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4789/" title="mcm_4789"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4789-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4790/" title="mcm_4790"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4790-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4791/" title="mcm_4791"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4791-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4794/" title="mcm_4794"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4794-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4799/" title="mcm_4799"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4799-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4801/" title="mcm_4801"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4801-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4805/" title="mcm_4805"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4805-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4806/" title="mcm_4806"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4806-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4808/" title="mcm_4808"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4808-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4809/" title="mcm_4809"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4809-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4812/" title="mcm_4812"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4812-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4813/" title="mcm_4813"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4813-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4815/" title="mcm_4815"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4815-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4816/" title="mcm_4816"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4816-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4820/" title="mcm_4820"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4820-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4822/" title="mcm_4822"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4822-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4826/" title="mcm_4826"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4826-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4827/" title="mcm_4827"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4827-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4833/" title="mcm_4833"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4833-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4835/" title="mcm_4835"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4835-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4836/" title="mcm_4836"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4836-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4839/" title="mcm_4839"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4839-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4841/" title="mcm_4841"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4841-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4843/" title="mcm_4843"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4843-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4845/" title="mcm_4845"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4845-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4848/" title="mcm_4848"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4848-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4849/" title="mcm_4849"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4849-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4857/" title="mcm_4857"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4857-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4862/" title="mcm_4862"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4862-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4868/" title="mcm_4868"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4868-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4874/" title="mcm_4874"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4874-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4877/" title="mcm_4877"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4877-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4880/" title="mcm_4880"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4880-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4882/" title="mcm_4882"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4882-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4887/" title="mcm_4887"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4887-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4889/" title="mcm_4889"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4889-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4890/" title="mcm_4890"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4890-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4892/" title="mcm_4892"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4892-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4896/" title="mcm_4896"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4896-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:9976:"<p>Visiting the Techstars in Boulder, Colorado.</p>
<p><span id="more-6735"></span></p>

<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4767/" title="mcm_4767"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4767-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4768/" title="mcm_4768"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4768-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4772/" title="mcm_4772"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4772-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4773/" title="mcm_4773"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4773-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4774/" title="mcm_4774"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4774-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4775/" title="mcm_4775"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4775-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4783/" title="mcm_4783"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4783-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4784/" title="mcm_4784"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4784-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4785/" title="mcm_4785"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4785-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4789/" title="mcm_4789"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4789-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4790/" title="mcm_4790"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4790-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4791/" title="mcm_4791"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4791-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4794/" title="mcm_4794"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4794-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4799/" title="mcm_4799"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4799-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4801/" title="mcm_4801"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4801-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4805/" title="mcm_4805"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4805-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4806/" title="mcm_4806"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4806-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4808/" title="mcm_4808"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4808-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4809/" title="mcm_4809"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4809-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4812/" title="mcm_4812"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4812-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4813/" title="mcm_4813"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4813-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4815/" title="mcm_4815"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4815-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4816/" title="mcm_4816"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4816-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4820/" title="mcm_4820"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4820-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4822/" title="mcm_4822"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4822-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4826/" title="mcm_4826"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4826-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4827/" title="mcm_4827"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4827-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4833/" title="mcm_4833"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4833-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4835/" title="mcm_4835"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4835-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4836/" title="mcm_4836"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4836-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4839/" title="mcm_4839"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4839-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4841/" title="mcm_4841"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4841-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4843/" title="mcm_4843"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4843-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4845/" title="mcm_4845"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4845-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4848/" title="mcm_4848"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4848-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4849/" title="mcm_4849"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4849-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4857/" title="mcm_4857"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4857-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4862/" title="mcm_4862"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4862-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4868/" title="mcm_4868"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4868-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4874/" title="mcm_4874"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4874-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4877/" title="mcm_4877"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4877-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4880/" title="mcm_4880"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4880-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4882/" title="mcm_4882"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4882-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4887/" title="mcm_4887"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4887-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4889/" title="mcm_4889"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4889-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4890/" title="mcm_4890"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4890-139x210.jpg" width="139" height="210" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4892/" title="mcm_4892"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4892-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2008/07/visiting-techstars/mcm_4896/" title="mcm_4896"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2008/07/mcm_4896-195x129.jpg" width="195" height="129" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" /></a>";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Matt: 2.6 by the numbers";s:4:"guid";s:20:"http://ma.tt/?p=6733";s:4:"link";s:39:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/26-by-the-numbers/";s:11:"description";s:1432:"<p>Now that we&#8217;re now 10 days into the release of <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/">version 2.6 of WordPress</a>, it&#8217;d be interesting to look at a few of the numbers around it.</p>
<ul>
<li>There have been around 23 thousand downloads per day. (Of just the English version.)</li>
<li>According to the update system there are 201 thousand blogs using 2.6 already.</li>
<li>That&#8217;s about 9% of all known WordPress.org blogs in 10 days.</li>
<li>The video in the announcement post has been viewed 665,080 times.</li>
<li>There have been over 300 themes submitted to the new <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/">Theme directory</a>, which <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/theme-directory/">launched</a> just 6 days ago.</li>
<li>In the same period (10 days) there were 579,871 downloads of 2,527 plugins.</li>
</ul>
<p>I imagine 2.6 adoption will pick up after the 2.6.1 release &#8212; a lot of people wait for the .1 before upgrading.</p>
<p>How are we celebrating? <strong>By working on 2.7!</strong></p>
<p>It should be a fun release both for the features we have planned and also because it might incorporate some of the aspects of Crazyhorse, our experimental bizarro world <a href="http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/branches/crazyhorse/">dev branch</a> which we&#8217;re laser-eye-testing in NYC next week. (700 blogs are running 2.7 already.)</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:34:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:1432:"<p>Now that we&#8217;re now 10 days into the release of <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/wordpress-26-tyner/">version 2.6 of WordPress</a>, it&#8217;d be interesting to look at a few of the numbers around it.</p>
<ul>
<li>There have been around 23 thousand downloads per day. (Of just the English version.)</li>
<li>According to the update system there are 201 thousand blogs using 2.6 already.</li>
<li>That&#8217;s about 9% of all known WordPress.org blogs in 10 days.</li>
<li>The video in the announcement post has been viewed 665,080 times.</li>
<li>There have been over 300 themes submitted to the new <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/">Theme directory</a>, which <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/07/theme-directory/">launched</a> just 6 days ago.</li>
<li>In the same period (10 days) there were 579,871 downloads of 2,527 plugins.</li>
</ul>
<p>I imagine 2.6 adoption will pick up after the 2.6.1 release &#8212; a lot of people wait for the .1 before upgrading.</p>
<p>How are we celebrating? <strong>By working on 2.7!</strong></p>
<p>It should be a fun release both for the features we have planned and also because it might incorporate some of the aspects of Crazyhorse, our experimental bizarro world <a href="http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/branches/crazyhorse/">dev branch</a> which we&#8217;re laser-eye-testing in NYC next week. (700 blogs are running 2.7 already.)</p>";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:57:"Weblog Tools Collection: Slickdeals.net Blog on WordPress";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3775";s:4:"link";s:85:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/24/slickdealsnet-blog-on-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:462:"<p><a href="http://blog.slickdeals.net/">Slickdeals.net Blog</a>: Slickdeals recently started a new &#8220;Slickblog&#8221; with WordPress. They seem to have put together a pretty seamless integeration between WordPress and their highly complex vBulletin installation and the comments on their blog are redirected to the main forums. I really like their sidebar items, including their hot topics by ratings and up and coming topics by the number of comments.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:21:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:462:"<p><a href="http://blog.slickdeals.net/">Slickdeals.net Blog</a>: Slickdeals recently started a new &#8220;Slickblog&#8221; with WordPress. They seem to have put together a pretty seamless integeration between WordPress and their highly complex vBulletin installation and the comments on their blog are redirected to the main forums. I really like their sidebar items, including their hot topics by ratings and up and coming topics by the number of comments.</p>";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Matt: Caloric Restriction Pill";s:4:"guid";s:46:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/caloric-restriction-pill/";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/caloric-restriction-pill/";s:11:"description";s:121:"<p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/caloric-restric.html">Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:24:59 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:121:"<p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/caloric-restric.html">Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill</a>.</p>";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:56:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases 07/24";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3774";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/24/wordpress-plugin-releases-0724/";s:11:"description";s:3627:"<p><a href="http://beyn.org/sidecat/"><b>Category Selector Back to the Sidebar</b></a></p>
<p>A simple plugin which moves the category selector back to the sidebar of the Post New page. In return, it removes the Related section (just because that I&#8217;m new in PHP and this is my first plugin), except the Press This bookmarklet.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/projects/deviant-thumbs.html"><b>Deviant Thumbs</b></a><b> </b></p>
<p>This plugin displays thumbs from deviantART in a configurable carousel. It has widget support and is licensed under the GPL.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.themoviequotes.com/tools/wordpress"><b>Movie Quotes</b></a></p>
<p>The Movie Quotes widget will fetch the latest, random or top rated quotes from themoviequotes.com website, and display them on your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/snazzy-archives"><b>Snazzy Archives</b></a></p>
<p>A visualization plugin for your WordPress site featuring an unique way to display all your posts. Your archive page will never be boring again!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/show-me-options"><b>Show Me Options</b></a></p>
<p>How many times have you activated a plugin and the searched hopelessly for it’s options page? When you activate a new plugin, Show Me Options will show you a link to the options page you can use immediately.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zdmultilang/"><b>ZdMultilang</b></a></p>
<p>A Multilingual plugin for WordPress allowing you to blog in more than one language. You can define multiple languages and translate posts/tags/categories using the interface that will be added to your blog’s administration panel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zen-dreams.com/en/zdstats/"><b>ZdStats</b></a></p>
<p>A WordPress plugin allowing you to trace your visitors. This is not a simple statistics plugin, it’s very flexible and dynamic. This means you can update your filters by yourself and therefore be as realistic as possible.</p>
<p><a href="http://techblissonline.com/broken-links-remover-wordpress-plugin/"><b>Broken Links Remover</b></a></p>
<p>It helps you fix bad/broken links, both text links(anchor tags) and image links (img tags). It blocks the display of such links on your WordPress post/page, until you fix them. These are not made visible to search engine robots as well, until you correct them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dkcell.com.br/design/2008/dk-obama-plugin/"><b>Dk Obama</b></a></p>
<p>Imitates the gallery as on Barack Obama&#8217;s site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webmaster-source.com/wp125-ad-plugin-wordpress/"><b>WP125</b></a></p>
<p>The WP125 plugin can help you manage your ads more efficiently, leaving you with more time to write new posts. Ads are automatically taken down when their time is up, and optional click counting is available.</p>
<p><a href="http://nwfloridarepublican.com/?page_id=77"><b>McCain Widget</b></a></p>
<p>Place a Blogs for McCain widget in your side bar.</p>
<p><a href="http://calendarscripts.info/overweight-calculator-wordpress-plugin.html"><b>Overweight Calculator</b></a></p>
<p>This bmi calculator is intended to blogs who write about health, wellness, fitness, food and recipes and sport. The plugin helps your visitors calculate their body mass index and if they are overweight, to understand what is the weight range they should aim for.</p>
<p><a href="http://sharkinvestor.com/investment-calculator-wordpress-plugin/"><b>Investment Calculator</b></a></p>
<p>This plugin will be most useful for personal finance, credit, loans, investment related or trading blogs.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:52:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:3627:"<p><a href="http://beyn.org/sidecat/"><b>Category Selector Back to the Sidebar</b></a></p>
<p>A simple plugin which moves the category selector back to the sidebar of the Post New page. In return, it removes the Related section (just because that I&#8217;m new in PHP and this is my first plugin), except the Press This bookmarklet.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/projects/deviant-thumbs.html"><b>Deviant Thumbs</b></a><b> </b></p>
<p>This plugin displays thumbs from deviantART in a configurable carousel. It has widget support and is licensed under the GPL.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.themoviequotes.com/tools/wordpress"><b>Movie Quotes</b></a></p>
<p>The Movie Quotes widget will fetch the latest, random or top rated quotes from themoviequotes.com website, and display them on your blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/snazzy-archives"><b>Snazzy Archives</b></a></p>
<p>A visualization plugin for your WordPress site featuring an unique way to display all your posts. Your archive page will never be boring again!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/show-me-options"><b>Show Me Options</b></a></p>
<p>How many times have you activated a plugin and the searched hopelessly for it’s options page? When you activate a new plugin, Show Me Options will show you a link to the options page you can use immediately.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zdmultilang/"><b>ZdMultilang</b></a></p>
<p>A Multilingual plugin for WordPress allowing you to blog in more than one language. You can define multiple languages and translate posts/tags/categories using the interface that will be added to your blog’s administration panel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zen-dreams.com/en/zdstats/"><b>ZdStats</b></a></p>
<p>A WordPress plugin allowing you to trace your visitors. This is not a simple statistics plugin, it’s very flexible and dynamic. This means you can update your filters by yourself and therefore be as realistic as possible.</p>
<p><a href="http://techblissonline.com/broken-links-remover-wordpress-plugin/"><b>Broken Links Remover</b></a></p>
<p>It helps you fix bad/broken links, both text links(anchor tags) and image links (img tags). It blocks the display of such links on your WordPress post/page, until you fix them. These are not made visible to search engine robots as well, until you correct them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dkcell.com.br/design/2008/dk-obama-plugin/"><b>Dk Obama</b></a></p>
<p>Imitates the gallery as on Barack Obama&#8217;s site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webmaster-source.com/wp125-ad-plugin-wordpress/"><b>WP125</b></a></p>
<p>The WP125 plugin can help you manage your ads more efficiently, leaving you with more time to write new posts. Ads are automatically taken down when their time is up, and optional click counting is available.</p>
<p><a href="http://nwfloridarepublican.com/?page_id=77"><b>McCain Widget</b></a></p>
<p>Place a Blogs for McCain widget in your side bar.</p>
<p><a href="http://calendarscripts.info/overweight-calculator-wordpress-plugin.html"><b>Overweight Calculator</b></a></p>
<p>This bmi calculator is intended to blogs who write about health, wellness, fitness, food and recipes and sport. The plugin helps your visitors calculate their body mass index and if they are overweight, to understand what is the weight range they should aim for.</p>
<p><a href="http://sharkinvestor.com/investment-calculator-wordpress-plugin/"><b>Investment Calculator</b></a></p>
<p>This plugin will be most useful for personal finance, credit, loans, investment related or trading blogs.</p>";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Lloyd: Not Invited to the Open Web";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1293";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://foolswisdom.com/not-invited-to-the-open-web/";s:11:"description";s:550:"<p>Some friends have asked if WordPress and Automattic will be participating in the <a href="http://openwebfoundation.org/">Open Web Foundation</a>. It does look like a brilliant initiative, but as far as I know we weren&#8217;t invited. That&#8217;s really unfortunate, because I don&#8217;t think there could have been a greater gesture of co-operation in the blogging industry than David Recordon of Six Apart inviting us to be founding members.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it won&#8217;t stop us doing everything we can to support the open web.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:43:35 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Lloyd";}s:7:"summary";s:550:"<p>Some friends have asked if WordPress and Automattic will be participating in the <a href="http://openwebfoundation.org/">Open Web Foundation</a>. It does look like a brilliant initiative, but as far as I know we weren&#8217;t invited. That&#8217;s really unfortunate, because I don&#8217;t think there could have been a greater gesture of co-operation in the blogging industry than David Recordon of Six Apart inviting us to be founding members.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it won&#8217;t stop us doing everything we can to support the open web.</p>";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:62:"Mark Jaquith: How to write a solid and stable WordPress plugin";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=155";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/how-to-write-a-solid-and-stable-wordpress-plugin/";s:11:"description";s:4465:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>The <a href="http://b5media.com/">b5media</a> tech team was having a discussion today about what criteria we use when reviewing a WordPress plugin for possible inclusion on one of our sites or across our network.  It makes for a good list of what to do (or not do) when writing a WordPress plugin, something that might be generally useful to plugin authors.  These things won&#8217;t make your plugin <em>good</em> &#8212; they&#8217;ll just help make it secure and stable.</p>
<h3>Don&#8217;t ignore security</h3>
<p>WordPress plugins have unlimited power, which is a blessing (it makes WordPress very flexible), but it can be a curse if your plugin is not code with security in mind.  If things like <a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/wordpress-203-nonces/">CSRF</a>, <a href="http://apeatling.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/prepare-dont-escape/">the prepare() method</a> (SQL injection protection), XSS are not intimately known to you, it&#8217;s time for you to do some research.  When someone installs their plugin, they are potentially putting their site&#8217;s security in your hands.  Rise to the occasion.</p>
<h3>Make proper use of the role/capability system</h3>
<p>WordPress controls admin access using a roles/capabilities system.  Make sure your plugin is checking against an appropriate capability.  If it is the sort of thing that only &#8220;admins&#8221; should use, you should be checking against the <code>manage_options</code> capability.  If this is something that an author should be able to do, you might use the <code>publish_post</code> capability.  Do not check against roles.  Roles are only containers for capabilities, and you can&#8217;t assume that an &#8220;author&#8221; on one blog means the same thing on all of them.</p>
<h3>Use current API functions</h3>
<p>WordPress has a lot of legacy code and deprecated functions.  We try not to break stuff without good reason, so often times we&#8217;ll leave in compatibility for old API functions.  If your plugin is using these functions, it tells me that you&#8217;re not up on current WordPress development.  This means that your plugin might be more likely to break with a WordPress upgrade, and it suggests sloppiness that can lead to security issues.</p>
<h3>Mind your performance</h3>
<p>The number of queries that your plugin makes can affect its performance.  We don&#8217;t care how cool your plugin is &#8212; if it uses 10 MySQL queries on every page, it&#8217;s not going in.  You should work to minimize these queries as much as possible.  Other performance issues like the efficiency of your PHP code should be taken into consideration as well.</p>
<h3>Use existing WordPress data structures whenever possible</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t create your own tables unless you&#8217;re absolutely certain there is no way to accomplish your functionality within the WordPress data system.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to go into more detail on these topics at a later date.  Maybe even with screencasts, which seem to be a great way of demonstrating these sorts of things.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=155&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:7:"summary";s:4465:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>The <a href="http://b5media.com/">b5media</a> tech team was having a discussion today about what criteria we use when reviewing a WordPress plugin for possible inclusion on one of our sites or across our network.  It makes for a good list of what to do (or not do) when writing a WordPress plugin, something that might be generally useful to plugin authors.  These things won&#8217;t make your plugin <em>good</em> &#8212; they&#8217;ll just help make it secure and stable.</p>
<h3>Don&#8217;t ignore security</h3>
<p>WordPress plugins have unlimited power, which is a blessing (it makes WordPress very flexible), but it can be a curse if your plugin is not code with security in mind.  If things like <a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/wordpress-203-nonces/">CSRF</a>, <a href="http://apeatling.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/prepare-dont-escape/">the prepare() method</a> (SQL injection protection), XSS are not intimately known to you, it&#8217;s time for you to do some research.  When someone installs their plugin, they are potentially putting their site&#8217;s security in your hands.  Rise to the occasion.</p>
<h3>Make proper use of the role/capability system</h3>
<p>WordPress controls admin access using a roles/capabilities system.  Make sure your plugin is checking against an appropriate capability.  If it is the sort of thing that only &#8220;admins&#8221; should use, you should be checking against the <code>manage_options</code> capability.  If this is something that an author should be able to do, you might use the <code>publish_post</code> capability.  Do not check against roles.  Roles are only containers for capabilities, and you can&#8217;t assume that an &#8220;author&#8221; on one blog means the same thing on all of them.</p>
<h3>Use current API functions</h3>
<p>WordPress has a lot of legacy code and deprecated functions.  We try not to break stuff without good reason, so often times we&#8217;ll leave in compatibility for old API functions.  If your plugin is using these functions, it tells me that you&#8217;re not up on current WordPress development.  This means that your plugin might be more likely to break with a WordPress upgrade, and it suggests sloppiness that can lead to security issues.</p>
<h3>Mind your performance</h3>
<p>The number of queries that your plugin makes can affect its performance.  We don&#8217;t care how cool your plugin is &#8212; if it uses 10 MySQL queries on every page, it&#8217;s not going in.  You should work to minimize these queries as much as possible.  Other performance issues like the efficiency of your PHP code should be taken into consideration as well.</p>
<h3>Use existing WordPress data structures whenever possible</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t create your own tables unless you&#8217;re absolutely certain there is no way to accomplish your functionality within the WordPress data system.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to go into more detail on these topics at a later date.  Maybe even with screencasts, which seem to be a great way of demonstrating these sorts of things.</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/155/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=155&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases 07/23";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3773";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/23/wordpress-theme-releases-0723/";s:11:"description";s:2761:"<p><a href="http://www.rodrigoghedin.com.br/squared/"><strong>Squared</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="squared-10" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/squared-10.gif" height="125" width="155" /></p>
<p>Squared is a very simple theme, two columns, widget ready, and valid XHTML 1.0</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mubinahmed.com/wordpress-theme-directory-now-open/"><strong>Simple</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="Simple" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/simple.png" height="125" width="167" /></p>
<p>A two column colorful theme</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slimmity.com/ragteka-v1/"><strong>Rateka</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.slimmity.com/index.php?wptheme=Ragteka+Premium"><img alt="rateka" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/rateka.gif" height="119" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>Two column theme comes widget ready. Custom sidebar ad widgets. Also has 3 color schemes incorporated. Allows you to add subscription by email from admin panel. Easy to manage ads from php file.</p>
<p><a href="http://fresh01.co.za/preview/index.php?wptheme=Scruffy"><strong>Scruffy</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://fresh01.co.za/preview/index.php?wptheme=Scruffy"><img alt="Scruffy" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/scruffy.jpg" height="118" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>Scruffy is a WordPress theme with a standard two column layout and all the basic WP features. What makes this theme special is it&#8217;s unique &#8220;grunge&#8221; design.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.teckitech.com/07/wordpress-theme-web-20-blue/"><strong>Web 2.0 Blue</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://ourfather.co.cc/index.php?wptheme=Web+2.0+Blue"><img alt="web2-0blue" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/web2-0blue.jpg" height="125" width="175" /></a></p>
<p>Great web 2.0 looking, Great use of colors, Simple, Plain, Minimalist theme, Hemingway Style, Can be customized easily through detailed CSS. Support all plugins that Hemingway supports, Huge space for Widget lovers as it is 3 Column theme, Can customize images for blockquotes and so on&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fikirbozan.net/if-wordpress-theme/"><strong>iF</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="iF" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/if.png" height="116" width="200" /></p>
<p>iF is a clean, simple theme with a left sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpthemedesigner.com/2008/07/13/funky-zine-theme/"><strong>FunkyZine</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://ythv.info/funkyzine/"><img alt="FunkyZine" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/funkyzine.jpg" height="114" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>2 Columns, Wood Design, Rounded Corners, Dark, Banner Ad Ready, Tested on WordPress 2.5, Fixed Width, PSD logo Attached.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:45:07 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2761:"<p><a href="http://www.rodrigoghedin.com.br/squared/"><strong>Squared</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="squared-10" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/squared-10.gif" height="125" width="155" /></p>
<p>Squared is a very simple theme, two columns, widget ready, and valid XHTML 1.0</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mubinahmed.com/wordpress-theme-directory-now-open/"><strong>Simple</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="Simple" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/simple.png" height="125" width="167" /></p>
<p>A two column colorful theme</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slimmity.com/ragteka-v1/"><strong>Rateka</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://demo.slimmity.com/index.php?wptheme=Ragteka+Premium"><img alt="rateka" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/rateka.gif" height="119" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>Two column theme comes widget ready. Custom sidebar ad widgets. Also has 3 color schemes incorporated. Allows you to add subscription by email from admin panel. Easy to manage ads from php file.</p>
<p><a href="http://fresh01.co.za/preview/index.php?wptheme=Scruffy"><strong>Scruffy</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://fresh01.co.za/preview/index.php?wptheme=Scruffy"><img alt="Scruffy" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/scruffy.jpg" height="118" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>Scruffy is a WordPress theme with a standard two column layout and all the basic WP features. What makes this theme special is it&#8217;s unique &#8220;grunge&#8221; design.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.teckitech.com/07/wordpress-theme-web-20-blue/"><strong>Web 2.0 Blue</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://ourfather.co.cc/index.php?wptheme=Web+2.0+Blue"><img alt="web2-0blue" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/web2-0blue.jpg" height="125" width="175" /></a></p>
<p>Great web 2.0 looking, Great use of colors, Simple, Plain, Minimalist theme, Hemingway Style, Can be customized easily through detailed CSS. Support all plugins that Hemingway supports, Huge space for Widget lovers as it is 3 Column theme, Can customize images for blockquotes and so on&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fikirbozan.net/if-wordpress-theme/"><strong>iF</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="iF" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/if.png" height="116" width="200" /></p>
<p>iF is a clean, simple theme with a left sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wpthemedesigner.com/2008/07/13/funky-zine-theme/"><strong>FunkyZine</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://ythv.info/funkyzine/"><img alt="FunkyZine" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/funkyzine.jpg" height="114" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>2 Columns, Wood Design, Rounded Corners, Dark, Banner Ad Ready, Tested on WordPress 2.5, Fixed Width, PSD logo Attached.</p>";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Matt: WordPress for iPhone!";s:4:"guid";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/";s:11:"description";s:308:"<p><a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/22/wordpress-for-iphone-available-now/">WordPress for iPhone Available Now</a>. :)! Reviews coming in: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9996382-2.html?part=rss&#038;tag=feed&#038;subj=Webware">WordPress app hits the iPhone fashionably late</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:30:34 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:308:"<p><a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/22/wordpress-for-iphone-available-now/">WordPress for iPhone Available Now</a>. :)! Reviews coming in: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9996382-2.html?part=rss&#038;tag=feed&#038;subj=Webware">WordPress app hits the iPhone fashionably late</a>.</p>";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:66:"Weblog Tools Collection: How to get featured in our Daily Releases";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3763";s:4:"link";s:95:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/22/how-to-get-featured-in-our-daily-releases/";s:11:"description";s:4464:"<p>Our aim here at Weblog Tools Collection is to provide a platform for authors of themes and plugins and at the same time provide WordPress users a single place to keep up-to-date with the WordPress world.</p>
<p>We try to keep abreast with both plugin and theme releases. The first place that we look for releases is the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/">WLTC News Forum</a> and in this post I&#8217;ll try to cover some of the points that you should keep in mind to facilitate your listing.</p>
<h4>1. Post in the appropriate category</h4>
<p>The forum has been divided into several categories for different content. The two primary categories that you should be looking at are the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/new-wordpress-plugins">New Wordpress Plugins</a> category and the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/new-wordpress-themes">New Wordpress Themes</a> category for plugins and themes respectively. We also have a <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/premium-wordpress-themes">Premium WordPress Themes</a> category for those themes which require payment to use.</p>
<h4>2. Writing your post</h4>
<p>This is the most important part of the process. Remember that the key to attracting a user to visit your plugin or theme page is a good detailed description. I, for one, would like to gather as much information about the plugin or theme from the post. Browsing to your site and then making a search for the right post / page is a big big no no!</p>
<p>Plugin Authors should ensure the following is present in the post.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Plugin Name</strong>: short forms are OK, however the full form of the name is ideal</li>
<li><strong>Plugin URL</strong>: This should be the direct url to the plugin page and not your site. Ideally keep a separate page for each plugin. It provides for a single interface to interact with users, as well helps in SEO.</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong>: Let me iterate; provide a detailed description. Mention what exactly your plugin does. Elaborate on some of the features that the plugin has. Ask for suggestions. State what plans you have for the future of the plugin. Optionally, add information on installing and using the plugin. This information should also be present on the plugin page on your site.</li>
<li><strong>License</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Theme Authors should ensure the following is present in the post.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Theme Name</strong>: same rule to follow as that of plugin authors above</li>
<li><strong>Theme URL</strong>: Once again, link to the url of the theme page. Putting several themes on a single page only serves as a distraction to a person looking for that specific theme.</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong>: A detailed description for the theme should come here. Mention if your theme is widget ready, or if supports gravatars. Does it have an options page? Is it a one, two or three column theme? What colors is it available in? Is the header customizable?</li>
<li><strong>Demo URL</strong>: Every theme should have a demo for a user to see what their site will look like. It is a pain to download and install a theme to check if it looks good, only to find that this is not the case.</li>
<li><strong>Screenshot</strong>: This is optional but again highly recommended. A screenshot is the first view that a potential user sees.</li>
<li><strong>License</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>The points I have made above are not just pertaining to our News forum. In fact this should something that you should follow strictly whenever you are looking to get listed at any site announcing releases.</p>
<h4>3. Other methods to inform us about your release</h4>
<p>The News forum is the preferred method to bring your creation to our attention. Not only does it bring your theme / plugin to our attention but it also ensures that you reach out to our regular readers even before our daily release posts.</p>
<p>You could also use the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/contact-me/">contact form</a> to inform us about the release. However, this is a much slower method to get listed. Remember to provide as many details as you would if you were to make a post in the News forum. Also, change the Subject line to <em>Plugin Release: your theme/plugin name</em>.</p>
<p>Happy posting <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:42:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:4464:"<p>Our aim here at Weblog Tools Collection is to provide a platform for authors of themes and plugins and at the same time provide WordPress users a single place to keep up-to-date with the WordPress world.</p>
<p>We try to keep abreast with both plugin and theme releases. The first place that we look for releases is the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/">WLTC News Forum</a> and in this post I&#8217;ll try to cover some of the points that you should keep in mind to facilitate your listing.</p>
<h4>1. Post in the appropriate category</h4>
<p>The forum has been divided into several categories for different content. The two primary categories that you should be looking at are the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/new-wordpress-plugins">New Wordpress Plugins</a> category and the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/new-wordpress-themes">New Wordpress Themes</a> category for plugins and themes respectively. We also have a <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/forum/premium-wordpress-themes">Premium WordPress Themes</a> category for those themes which require payment to use.</p>
<h4>2. Writing your post</h4>
<p>This is the most important part of the process. Remember that the key to attracting a user to visit your plugin or theme page is a good detailed description. I, for one, would like to gather as much information about the plugin or theme from the post. Browsing to your site and then making a search for the right post / page is a big big no no!</p>
<p>Plugin Authors should ensure the following is present in the post.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Plugin Name</strong>: short forms are OK, however the full form of the name is ideal</li>
<li><strong>Plugin URL</strong>: This should be the direct url to the plugin page and not your site. Ideally keep a separate page for each plugin. It provides for a single interface to interact with users, as well helps in SEO.</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong>: Let me iterate; provide a detailed description. Mention what exactly your plugin does. Elaborate on some of the features that the plugin has. Ask for suggestions. State what plans you have for the future of the plugin. Optionally, add information on installing and using the plugin. This information should also be present on the plugin page on your site.</li>
<li><strong>License</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Theme Authors should ensure the following is present in the post.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Theme Name</strong>: same rule to follow as that of plugin authors above</li>
<li><strong>Theme URL</strong>: Once again, link to the url of the theme page. Putting several themes on a single page only serves as a distraction to a person looking for that specific theme.</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong>: A detailed description for the theme should come here. Mention if your theme is widget ready, or if supports gravatars. Does it have an options page? Is it a one, two or three column theme? What colors is it available in? Is the header customizable?</li>
<li><strong>Demo URL</strong>: Every theme should have a demo for a user to see what their site will look like. It is a pain to download and install a theme to check if it looks good, only to find that this is not the case.</li>
<li><strong>Screenshot</strong>: This is optional but again highly recommended. A screenshot is the first view that a potential user sees.</li>
<li><strong>License</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>The points I have made above are not just pertaining to our News forum. In fact this should something that you should follow strictly whenever you are looking to get listed at any site announcing releases.</p>
<h4>3. Other methods to inform us about your release</h4>
<p>The News forum is the preferred method to bring your creation to our attention. Not only does it bring your theme / plugin to our attention but it also ensures that you reach out to our regular readers even before our daily release posts.</p>
<p>You could also use the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/contact-me/">contact form</a> to inform us about the release. However, this is a much slower method to get listed. Remember to provide as many details as you would if you were to make a post in the News forum. Also, change the Subject line to <em>Plugin Release: your theme/plugin name</em>.</p>
<p>Happy posting <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress iPhone App Now Available";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3761";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/22/wordpress-iphone-app-now-available/";s:11:"description";s:1678:"<p><a title="Opens Itunes And Takes You To The WordPress App" href="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewSoftware%253Fid%253D285073074%2526mt%253D8" target="_blank">It&#8217;s official</a>, the WordPress application for the iPhone has officially been released. Now you&#8217;ll be able to publish to WordPress powered blogs right from your Jesus phone. Here is what you can expect from this free app:</p>
<ul>
<li>Support for WP.com blogs and self-installed blogs version 2.5.1 and higher</li>
<li>Embedded Safari for true previews of posts</li>
<li>Full tag and category support</li>
<li>Photo support for both camera pictures as well as library photos</li>
<li>Support for multiple blogs</li>
<li>Ability to password protect a post, save as a draft, or mark the post for later review</li>
<li>Auto-recovery. This will recover posts which have been interrupted by phone calls</li>
</ul>
<p>The app is at version 1.0, is a tiny 0.3MB download, and is compatible with the iPhone as well as the iPod touch. However, this application requires the iPhone 2.0 software update.</p>
<p><center><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wordpressapp.png"><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wordpressapp-300x241.png" alt="The WordPress iPhone Application" title="The WordPress iPhone Application" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3762" height="241" width="300" /></a></center></p>
<p>Be sure to let us know what your experience is like, browsing and publishing to WordPress from your iPhone.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:24:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1678:"<p><a title="Opens Itunes And Takes You To The WordPress App" href="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewSoftware%253Fid%253D285073074%2526mt%253D8" target="_blank">It&#8217;s official</a>, the WordPress application for the iPhone has officially been released. Now you&#8217;ll be able to publish to WordPress powered blogs right from your Jesus phone. Here is what you can expect from this free app:</p>
<ul>
<li>Support for WP.com blogs and self-installed blogs version 2.5.1 and higher</li>
<li>Embedded Safari for true previews of posts</li>
<li>Full tag and category support</li>
<li>Photo support for both camera pictures as well as library photos</li>
<li>Support for multiple blogs</li>
<li>Ability to password protect a post, save as a draft, or mark the post for later review</li>
<li>Auto-recovery. This will recover posts which have been interrupted by phone calls</li>
</ul>
<p>The app is at version 1.0, is a tiny 0.3MB download, and is compatible with the iPhone as well as the iPod touch. However, this application requires the iPhone 2.0 software update.</p>
<p><center><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wordpressapp.png"><img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/wordpressapp-300x241.png" alt="The WordPress iPhone Application" title="The WordPress iPhone Application" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3762" height="241" width="300" /></a></center></p>
<p>Be sure to let us know what your experience is like, browsing and publishing to WordPress from your iPhone.</p>";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Ryan Boren: WordPress for iPhone";s:4:"guid";s:57:"http://boren.nu/archives/2008/07/21/wordpress-for-iphone/";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://boren.nu/archives/2008/07/21/wordpress-for-iphone/";s:11:"description";s:329:"<p>I&#8217;m writing this on the WordPress app for the iPhone, which is <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.net/2008/07/22/wordpress-for-iphone-available now">now available</a>.  Now if only the iPhone had cut-and-paste.  <img src="http://boren.nu/weblog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:08:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ryan";}s:7:"summary";s:329:"<p>I&#8217;m writing this on the WordPress app for the iPhone, which is <a href="http://iphone.wordpress.net/2008/07/22/wordpress-for-iphone-available now">now available</a>.  Now if only the iPhone had cut-and-paste.  <img src="http://boren.nu/weblog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /></p>";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/21";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3760";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/21/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0721/";s:11:"description";s:2279:"<p><a href="http://davidebenini.it/wordpress-plugins/events-manager/"><strong>Events Manager</strong></a></p>
<p>A plugin to manage events such as music gigs, art expositions, or job meetings. Events Manager inserts an Events page in the Manage menu of WordPress Administration, to let you insert, modify and delete events. You can describe events specifying their date and location, and also add a few notes. You can then add events list, calendars and description to your blog using a sidebar widget; if you’re web designer you can simply employ the template tags provided by Events Manager.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.neotrinity.at/projects/#wordpress_generalstats"><strong>General Stats</strong></a></p>
<p>Counts the number of users, categories, posts, comments, pages, links, tags, link-categories, words in posts, words in comments and words in pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.neotrinity.at/projects/#wordpress_timezonecalculator"><strong>TimeZoneCalculator</strong></a></p>
<p>Calculates different times and dates in timezones with respect to daylight saving on basis of utc.</p>
<p><a href="http://broken-watch.info/?p=42"><strong>Inline Google Docs</strong></a></p>
<p>Many people maintain dynamic content on Google Documents or hold volatile data on Google Spreadsheets. These change when collaborators save an update or users submit a form. Occasionally, one may wish to embed the contents of one&#8217;s Google Documents or Spreadsheets in a post/page to reflect the latest updates on one&#8217;s blog. This plugin seeks to provide this functionality without using an iframe.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cross-references-plugin/"><strong>Cross References Plugin</strong></a></p>
<p>With this plugin you can easily set a reference to another post or page in posts und pages and you get all back references automatically listed for every post and page.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/el-aleph/"><strong>Aleph</strong></a></p>
<p>Aleph implements profiles, paginated and customizable user lists, and some characteristics of social networks, like friends and sets. It supports localization and pretty permalinks. Suggestions, bug reports and fixes (specially security &amp; bug fixes) are welcomed. PHP 5 is required.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:29:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2279:"<p><a href="http://davidebenini.it/wordpress-plugins/events-manager/"><strong>Events Manager</strong></a></p>
<p>A plugin to manage events such as music gigs, art expositions, or job meetings. Events Manager inserts an Events page in the Manage menu of WordPress Administration, to let you insert, modify and delete events. You can describe events specifying their date and location, and also add a few notes. You can then add events list, calendars and description to your blog using a sidebar widget; if you’re web designer you can simply employ the template tags provided by Events Manager.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.neotrinity.at/projects/#wordpress_generalstats"><strong>General Stats</strong></a></p>
<p>Counts the number of users, categories, posts, comments, pages, links, tags, link-categories, words in posts, words in comments and words in pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.neotrinity.at/projects/#wordpress_timezonecalculator"><strong>TimeZoneCalculator</strong></a></p>
<p>Calculates different times and dates in timezones with respect to daylight saving on basis of utc.</p>
<p><a href="http://broken-watch.info/?p=42"><strong>Inline Google Docs</strong></a></p>
<p>Many people maintain dynamic content on Google Documents or hold volatile data on Google Spreadsheets. These change when collaborators save an update or users submit a form. Occasionally, one may wish to embed the contents of one&#8217;s Google Documents or Spreadsheets in a post/page to reflect the latest updates on one&#8217;s blog. This plugin seeks to provide this functionality without using an iframe.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cross-references-plugin/"><strong>Cross References Plugin</strong></a></p>
<p>With this plugin you can easily set a reference to another post or page in posts und pages and you get all back references automatically listed for every post and page.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/el-aleph/"><strong>Aleph</strong></a></p>
<p>Aleph implements profiles, paginated and customizable user lists, and some characteristics of social networks, like friends and sets. It supports localization and pretty permalinks. Suggestions, bug reports and fixes (specially security &amp; bug fixes) are welcomed. PHP 5 is required.</p>";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Weblog Tools Collection: WPMU.org - WordPress MU plugins, themes and news";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3759";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/21/wpmuorg-wordpress-mu-plugins-themes-and-news/";s:11:"description";s:698:"<p><a href="http://wpmu.org/">WPMU.org</a> has changed hands and the blog is now written by James and Andrew from <a href="http://incsub.com">Incsub</a>. WPMU.org is intended to be a WeblogToolsCollection for WordPress MU with the latest and greatest news, MU plugins, themes, SEO tips, ‘How to’ guides etc. If you are a WordPress MU user, <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wpmu-Wordpress-Mu-PluginsThemesAndNews">add their feed</a> to your feed reader and if you have something to share with their readers, take a gander at their <a href="http://wpmu.org/contribute/">contribute page</a>. Incsub has been an ardent supporter and reader of WeblogToolsCollection and they are good people.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:33:03 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:698:"<p><a href="http://wpmu.org/">WPMU.org</a> has changed hands and the blog is now written by James and Andrew from <a href="http://incsub.com">Incsub</a>. WPMU.org is intended to be a WeblogToolsCollection for WordPress MU with the latest and greatest news, MU plugins, themes, SEO tips, ‘How to’ guides etc. If you are a WordPress MU user, <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wpmu-Wordpress-Mu-PluginsThemesAndNews">add their feed</a> to your feed reader and if you have something to share with their readers, take a gander at their <a href="http://wpmu.org/contribute/">contribute page</a>. Incsub has been an ardent supporter and reader of WeblogToolsCollection and they are good people.</p>";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:65:"Weblog Tools Collection: Plugin Competition Update and Prize List";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3758";s:4:"link";s:94:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/20/plugin-competition-update-and-prize-list/";s:11:"description";s:1504:"<p><strong>There were a total of 51 entries into the Plugin Competition this year</strong>. A list of all the entries with their respective voting and download pages will soon be published. The entries are being sent to the judges as we speak. In the meantime, here is the list of prizes for the participants and the winners of the plugin competition.<br />
<strong></strong><strong>Thank you prizes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>$10 to <em>every participant</em> as a thank you for their hard work and dedication</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>$250 prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>For the best WPMU compatible plugin from Incsub</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Consolation Prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>12 month blogclub subscription from Blogalized</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Third Prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>$200</li>
<li>Country codes of the world poster</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Second Prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>$700</li>
<li>Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas for the PC and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Grand Prize:</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>$2000</strong></li>
<li>Production of a professionally recorded song for the winner.</li>
<li>Dedicated server for one year from iWeb (Intel Core 2 Duo, HD 160GB Sata2, 1GB of RAM and 1500GB of bandwidth per month)</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<p>Good luck to all the participants!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:22:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:1504:"<p><strong>There were a total of 51 entries into the Plugin Competition this year</strong>. A list of all the entries with their respective voting and download pages will soon be published. The entries are being sent to the judges as we speak. In the meantime, here is the list of prizes for the participants and the winners of the plugin competition.<br />
<strong></strong><strong>Thank you prizes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>$10 to <em>every participant</em> as a thank you for their hard work and dedication</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>$250 prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>For the best WPMU compatible plugin from Incsub</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Consolation Prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>12 month blogclub subscription from Blogalized</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Third Prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>$200</li>
<li>Country codes of the world poster</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Second Prize:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>$700</li>
<li>Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas for the PC and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Grand Prize:</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>$2000</strong></li>
<li>Production of a professionally recorded song for the winner.</li>
<li>Dedicated server for one year from iWeb (Intel Core 2 Duo, HD 160GB Sata2, 1GB of RAM and 1500GB of bandwidth per month)</li>
<li>Copy of OIOPublisher Advertising Plugin</li>
</ul>
<p>Good luck to all the participants!</p>";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/19";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3757";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/19/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0719/";s:11:"description";s:2012:"<p><a href="http://johnmiedema.ca/openbook-wordpress-plugin/"><strong>Open Book Book Data</strong></a></p>
<p>Insert OpenBook tags and a book&#8217;s ISBN into a post, and OpenBook will replace it with a book cover, title, author and publisher. It links to more book details at its data source, Open Library (<a href="http://openlibrary.org">http://openlibrary.org</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/"><strong>Fluency Admin</strong></a></p>
<p>A plugin that beautifies and enhances the default WordPress Admin interface.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.geldmacher.net/superlinks/"><strong>SuperLinks</strong></a></p>
<p>SuperLinks is a WordPress 2.5+ plugin that replaces the standard Links sidebar widget. SuperLinks gives the site owner greater control over how links in the sidebar are displayed. For example, one can choose to display all links categories or only a single links category. Additionally, a site owner may have any number of SuperLinks widgets in the sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/features/wp-javascript-pull-quotes/"><strong>JavaScript Pull Quotes</strong></a></p>
<p>The JavaScript Pull-Quotes plugin is an add-on for WordPress that allows you to easily insert pull-quotes into your posts and pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-msm/"><strong>MultiSiteManager</strong></a></p>
<p>MultiSiteManager (MSM) is a WordPress plugin which will perform two of the most important tasks of an administrator: backups and upgrades. MSM can manage any number of WordPress installations from one &#8220;master&#8221; WP installation. (To manage a WordPress website with MSM, you need FTP access to the site.)</p>
<p><a href="http://seoroi.com/specialty-services/new-seo-plugin-for-wordpress-internal-link-building/"><strong>Internal Link Building</strong></a></p>
<p>Allows people to define a keyword as always linking to a given URL. This allows you to link within your site like Wikipedia, and rank accordingly.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:38:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:2012:"<p><a href="http://johnmiedema.ca/openbook-wordpress-plugin/"><strong>Open Book Book Data</strong></a></p>
<p>Insert OpenBook tags and a book&#8217;s ISBN into a post, and OpenBook will replace it with a book cover, title, author and publisher. It links to more book details at its data source, Open Library (<a href="http://openlibrary.org">http://openlibrary.org</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/"><strong>Fluency Admin</strong></a></p>
<p>A plugin that beautifies and enhances the default WordPress Admin interface.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.geldmacher.net/superlinks/"><strong>SuperLinks</strong></a></p>
<p>SuperLinks is a WordPress 2.5+ plugin that replaces the standard Links sidebar widget. SuperLinks gives the site owner greater control over how links in the sidebar are displayed. For example, one can choose to display all links categories or only a single links category. Additionally, a site owner may have any number of SuperLinks widgets in the sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/features/wp-javascript-pull-quotes/"><strong>JavaScript Pull Quotes</strong></a></p>
<p>The JavaScript Pull-Quotes plugin is an add-on for WordPress that allows you to easily insert pull-quotes into your posts and pages.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-msm/"><strong>MultiSiteManager</strong></a></p>
<p>MultiSiteManager (MSM) is a WordPress plugin which will perform two of the most important tasks of an administrator: backups and upgrades. MSM can manage any number of WordPress installations from one &#8220;master&#8221; WP installation. (To manage a WordPress website with MSM, you need FTP access to the site.)</p>
<p><a href="http://seoroi.com/specialty-services/new-seo-plugin-for-wordpress-internal-link-building/"><strong>Internal Link Building</strong></a></p>
<p>Allows people to define a keyword as always linking to a given URL. This allows you to link within your site like Wikipedia, and rank accordingly.</p>";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Donncha: Sitewide tags pages for WordPress MU";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89493808";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/07/19/sitewide-tags-pages-for-wordpress-mu/";s:11:"description";s:2075:"<p>For WordPress MU only. My latest plugin is the <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/">sitewide tags pages plugin</a>.</p>
<p>This is the initial release of a plugin that creates a set of pages like the <a href="http://wordpress.com/tags/">WordPress.com Hot Topics</a> pages. It&#8217;s a lot more simplistic, but by feeding posts into one blog it also creates a sitewide feed of all posts plus feeds of any tags and categories too.</p>
<div align="center"><img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/global-tags.png" alt="" title="global-tags" width="500" height="233" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-89493810" /><br />
Sitewide Tags Options</div>
<p><a href="http://mu.wordpress.org/">WordPress MU</a> is a multi blog version of WordPress that runs on <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a>. If you use the regular version of WordPress this plugin is not for you and you can ignore this post.</p>
<p>PS. In other MU news. <a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan</a> has a <a href="http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2008/07/17/nationen-blog-selects-wordpress-mu/">new post</a> on the Publisher Blog about <a href="http://nationenblog.dk/">Nationen! blog</a>, a new Danish blog site based on WordPress MU that looks rather nice!<br />
The site was developed by <a href="http://incsub.com/">Incsub</a> who are also the guys behind <a href="http://wpmu.org/">wpmu.org</a> where you&#8217;ll probably find all sorts of useful nuggets of MU goodness on a regular basis!</p>
<p><img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/?voyeur=1" /></p><p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU Sitewide Tags">WordPress MU Sitewide Tags</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/03/26/more-wordpress-feeds/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: More Wordpress Feeds">More Wordpress Feeds</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/04/19/wordpress-mu-15-rc1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU 1.5 RC1">WordPress MU 1.5 RC1</a></li></ul></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:00:57 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Donncha";}s:7:"summary";s:2075:"<p>For WordPress MU only. My latest plugin is the <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/">sitewide tags pages plugin</a>.</p>
<p>This is the initial release of a plugin that creates a set of pages like the <a href="http://wordpress.com/tags/">WordPress.com Hot Topics</a> pages. It&#8217;s a lot more simplistic, but by feeding posts into one blog it also creates a sitewide feed of all posts plus feeds of any tags and categories too.</p>
<div align="center"><img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/global-tags.png" alt="" title="global-tags" width="500" height="233" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-89493810" /><br />
Sitewide Tags Options</div>
<p><a href="http://mu.wordpress.org/">WordPress MU</a> is a multi blog version of WordPress that runs on <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a>. If you use the regular version of WordPress this plugin is not for you and you can ignore this post.</p>
<p>PS. In other MU news. <a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan</a> has a <a href="http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2008/07/17/nationen-blog-selects-wordpress-mu/">new post</a> on the Publisher Blog about <a href="http://nationenblog.dk/">Nationen! blog</a>, a new Danish blog site based on WordPress MU that looks rather nice!<br />
The site was developed by <a href="http://incsub.com/">Incsub</a> who are also the guys behind <a href="http://wpmu.org/">wpmu.org</a> where you&#8217;ll probably find all sorts of useful nuggets of MU goodness on a regular basis!</p>
<p><img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/?voyeur=1" /></p><p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU Sitewide Tags">WordPress MU Sitewide Tags</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/03/26/more-wordpress-feeds/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: More Wordpress Feeds">More Wordpress Feeds</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/2008/04/19/wordpress-mu-15-rc1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress MU 1.5 RC1">WordPress MU 1.5 RC1</a></li></ul></p>";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Matt: Favorite Women Bloggers?";s:4:"guid";s:45:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/favorite-women-bloggers/";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://ma.tt/2008/07/favorite-women-bloggers/";s:11:"description";s:129:"<p><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blogher_who_are_your_favorite.php">Who Are Your Favorite Women Bloggers</a>?</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:13:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:129:"<p><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blogher_who_are_your_favorite.php">Who Are Your Favorite Women Bloggers</a>?</p>";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 07/18";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=3756";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/07/18/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0718/";s:11:"description";s:1198:"<p>Only two themes on the platter today.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abcflirt.com/a-new-wordpress-dating-theme-template/"><strong>WordPress Dating Theme</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="abc-dating-template" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/abc-dating-template.gif" width="172" height="125" /></p>
<p>Simple, two column, widget ready theme for dating sites</p>
<p><a href="http://themetation.com/superfresh/"><strong>SuperFresh</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://themetation.com/demo/superfresh/"><img alt="SuperFresh" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/superfresh.jpg" width="200" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>SuperFresh is a 3 Column fresh theme base with natural green. It contain 2 widget-ready sidebar, custom templates, with a featured post section in the main page. It’s compatible with up to WordPress 2.6 and has been tested with in Firefox, Internet Explorer 6 &amp; 7, Opera, and Safari.</p>
<p>Would you like to have your theme featured on WLTC? Then, head over to the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/">News Forum</a> and post a link to your theme. Remember to add a good description and preferably a link to the a demo of the theme.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:38 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:1198:"<p>Only two themes on the platter today.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abcflirt.com/a-new-wordpress-dating-theme-template/"><strong>WordPress Dating Theme</strong></a></p>
<p><img alt="abc-dating-template" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/abc-dating-template.gif" width="172" height="125" /></p>
<p>Simple, two column, widget ready theme for dating sites</p>
<p><a href="http://themetation.com/superfresh/"><strong>SuperFresh</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://themetation.com/demo/superfresh/"><img alt="SuperFresh" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2008/07/superfresh.jpg" width="200" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>SuperFresh is a 3 Column fresh theme base with natural green. It contain 2 widget-ready sidebar, custom templates, with a featured post section in the main page. It’s compatible with up to WordPress 2.6 and has been tested with in Firefox, Internet Explorer 6 &amp; 7, Opera, and Safari.</p>
<p>Would you like to have your theme featured on WLTC? Then, head over to the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/">News Forum</a> and post a link to your theme. Remember to add a good description and preferably a link to the a demo of the theme.</p>";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Mike Little: Almost ready for WordCampUK";s:4:"guid";s:35:"http://zed1.com/journalized/?p=1234";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://zed1.com/journalized/archives/2008/07/18/almost-ready-for-wordcampuk/";s:11:"description";s:750:"<p>I&#8217;m almost ready for my trip to <a href="http://uk.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp UK</a>. I&#8217;m going first thing tomorrow morning by train. &#8220;It&#8217;s easier by train&#8221;, and as it happens, the car is broken and in the menders!</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I am also on the <a href="http://wiki.wordcampuk.tonyscott.org.uk/Content_ideas#Code_Surgery_Session">Code Surgery</a> panel on Sunday too. If you have any coding problems there is still time to <a href="http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/code-surgery-questions/">submit your questions to the surgeons</a>.</p>
<p>There are still a couple more hours to <a href="http://wordcampuk2008.eventbrite.com/">buy tickets</a>. Please come along, I look forward to seeing you there.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:02:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"mike";}s:7:"summary";s:750:"<p>I&#8217;m almost ready for my trip to <a href="http://uk.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp UK</a>. I&#8217;m going first thing tomorrow morning by train. &#8220;It&#8217;s easier by train&#8221;, and as it happens, the car is broken and in the menders!</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I am also on the <a href="http://wiki.wordcampuk.tonyscott.org.uk/Content_ideas#Code_Surgery_Session">Code Surgery</a> panel on Sunday too. If you have any coding problems there is still time to <a href="http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/code-surgery-questions/">submit your questions to the surgeons</a>.</p>
<p>There are still a couple more hours to <a href="http://wordcampuk2008.eventbrite.com/">buy tickets</a>. Please come along, I look forward to seeing you there.</p>";}}s:7:"channel";a:5:{s:5:"title";s:16:"WordPress Planet";s:4:"link";s:28:"http://planet.wordpress.org/";s:8:"language";s:2:"en";s:11:"description";s:47:"WordPress Planet - http://planet.wordpress.org/";s:7:"tagline";s:47:"WordPress Planet - http://planet.wordpress.org/";}s:9:"textinput";a:0:{}s:5:"image";a:0:{}s:9:"feed_type";s:3:"RSS";s:12:"feed_version";s:3:"2.0";s:5:"stack";a:0:{}s:9:"inchannel";b:0;s:6:"initem";b:0;s:9:"incontent";b:0;s:11:"intextinput";b:0;s:7:"inimage";b:0;s:13:"current_field";s:0:"";s:17:"current_namespace";b:0;s:19:"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS";a:6:{i:0;s:7:"content";i:1;s:7:"summary";i:2;s:4:"info";i:3;s:5:"title";i:4;s:7:"tagline";i:5;s:9:"copyright";}s:4:"etag";s:25:""21a50-4893cdc6-c10597"
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