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<blockquote><p>This problem is even more pervasive than articulated here. The theme options of many commercial themes create functionality unique to that theme and then if you want to make a change, boy are you screwed. We see this problem with clients all the time.</p></blockquote>
<p>Looking back at my history of using WordPress, choosing the right theme based on looks, options, and functionality was one of the toughest decisions I would have to make. I think I&#8217;ve only switched themes five times or less for both my personal site and WPTavern.com. Quite frankly, switching themes is a giant pain in the ass. Widgets become messed up, the layout is screwed up and although I like themes with options, I have to read the manual to figure out how to get the layout I like or at least, witnessed on the demo theme. Once I have a theme configured both functionally and aesthetically, I try not to do anything to disturb it. I get sick of the layout sometimes but the thought of switching themes and how much work that entails always settles me down into sticking with the current implementation. </p>
<p>Definitely read the comments at the end of the article as Mike Schinkel carries on an interesting conversation on ways or methods on which this entire situation could be improved. </p>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/babylog"><strong>Babylog</strong></a> is a sweet, illustrated theme for baby blogs featuring four color palettes and a customizable header graphic.</p>
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<p>The public awareness of blogging comes and goes every two years, but for me it&#8217;s been a rock of intrinsic goodness that I keep coming back to. I think that&#8217;s why I love working on the platforms around it so much.</p>
<p>I was on the road a lot this year, covering about 190k miles over 245 days. (An average velocity of 21.6 mph.) I spent longer stretches in the same place, and often to places I had been before, which was nice for starting to appreciate the character of a given place. (52 cities and 12 countries.)</p>
<p>It was also one of my most productive years yet. The big resolutions from last year &#8212; launching <a href="http://jetpack.me/">Jetpack</a>, <a href="http://jazz-quotes.com/">Jazz Quotes</a>, three major <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> versions &#8212; all were completed, and as the team at <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> grew and matured I was able to focus my time a lot more, even finding time to start coding again and switch (back) to Mac after 8 years on Windows.</p>
<p>In my twenty-eigth year I want to focus more on friends, family, and loved ones, something I&#8217;m running late for by doing this blog post, so will wrap this up now and see you all more later in 2012. <img src="http://s.ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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<p>For some additional reading on how to optimize plugin loading, please see <a href="http://www.dev4press.com/2011/tutorials/wordpress/practical/how-to-optimize-plugin-loading/">this tutorial</a> by Millan.</p>
<p>Hat tip via <a href="http://www.wpcandy.com">WPCandy.com</a>. </p>
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<li><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/upgrading-and-backwards-compatibility-for-plugins" rel="bookmark" title="Upgrading And Backwards Compatibility For Plugins">Upgrading And Backwards Compatibility For Plugins</a></li>
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<p>If you want to try a similar hosted blogging service, <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> has you covered with a new importer, <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/splinder-importer-now-available/">a handy guide</a>, and free support if something goes wrong.</p>
<p>If you think it&#8217;s time to host your own blog, you might be interested in running a self-hosted <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a> blog. There are no Splinder importers for WordPress.org yet, but you can import to a WordPress.com blog, then export the resulting blog to any WordPress.org installation. Before you choose between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, make sure that you review <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/">the differences</a> between the two.</p>
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<p>Normally we stay away from from politics here at the official WordPress project &#8212; having users from all over the globe that span the political spectrum is evidence that we are doing our job and democratizing publishing, and we don&#8217;t want to alienate any of our users no matter how much some of us may disagree with some of them personally. Today, I&#8217;m breaking our no-politics rule, because <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">there&#8217;s something going on</a> in U.S. politics right now that we need to make sure you know about and understand, because it affects us all.</p>
<p>Using WordPress to blog, to publish, to communicate things online that once upon a time would have been relegated to an unread private journal (or simply remained unspoken, uncreated, unshared) makes <strong>you</strong> a part of one of the biggest changes in modern history: the democratization of publishing and the independent web. Every time you click Publish, you are a part of that change, whether you are posting canny political insight or a cat that makes you LOL. How would you feel if the web stopped being so free and independent? I&#8217;m <del>concerned</del> freaked right the heck out about the bills that threaten to do this, and as a participant in one of the biggest changes in modern history, you should be, too.</p>
<p>You may have heard people talking/blogging/twittering about SOPA &#8212; the Stop Online Piracy Act. The recent <a href="http://godaddyboycott.org/">SOPA-related boycott of GoDaddy</a> was all over the news, with many people expressing their outrage over the possibilities of SOPA, but when I ask people about SOPA and its sister bill in the Senate, PIPA (Protect IP Act), many don&#8217;t really know what the bills propose, or what we stand to lose. If you are not freaked out by SOPA/PIPA, please: for the next four minutes, instead of checking Facebook statuses, seeing who mentioned you on Twitter, or watching the latest episode of Sherlock*, watch this video (by <a href="http://fightforthefuture.org/">Fight for the Future</a>).</p>
<p>    </p>
<p>Some thoughts:</p>
<ul>
<li>In the U.S. our legal system maintains that the burden of proof is on the accuser, and that people are innocent until proven guilty. This tenet seems to be on the chopping block when it comes to the web if these bills pass, as companies could shut down sites based on accusation alone.</li>
<li>Laws are not like lines of PHP; they are not easily reverted if someone wakes up and realizes there is a better way to do things. We should not be so quick to codify something this far-reaching.</li>
<li>The people writing these laws are not the people writing the independent web, and they are not out to protect it. We have to stand up for it ourselves.</li>
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<p>Blogging is a form of activism. You can be an agent of change. Some people will tell you that taking action is useless, that online petitions, phone calls to representatives, and other actions won&#8217;t change a single mind, especially one that&#8217;s been convinced of something by lobbyist dollars. To those people, I repeat the words of Margaret Mead:</p>
<blockquote><p>Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.</p></blockquote>
<p>We are not a small group. More than 60 million people use WordPress &#8212; it&#8217;s said to power <a href="http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all">about 15% of the web</a>. We can make an impact, and you can be an agent of change. Go to <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">Stop American Censorship</a> for more information and a bunch of ways you can take action quickly, easily, and painlessly. The Senate votes in two weeks, and we need to help at least 41 more senators see reason before then. Please. <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">Make your voice heard</a>.</p>
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<p>Now <strong>THAT&#8217;S</strong> a good idea! Stretch it further by giving us the <del datetime="2012-01-10T10:59:37+00:00">option</del> decision to make our favorite lists private or public on WordPress.org. There are all sorts of things you can do from there on in. </p>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-piwik/"><strong>WP-Piwik</strong></a> adds a Piwik stats site to your WordPress or WordPress multisite dashboard.</p>
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<p><a href="http://editflow.org/"><strong>Edit Flow</strong></a> gives you custom statuses, a calendar, editorial comments, and more, all to make it much easier for your team to collaborate within WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner/"><strong>Exploit Scanner</strong></a> searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.</p>
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<ul>
<li>Admin dashboard &#8211; Drag to re-order admin dashboard widgets.</li>
<li>Widgets page &#8211; Drag new widget instances into widget areas, and sort existing widgets.</li>
<li>New posts/pages &#8211; Drag to re-order meta boxes on new post/pages.</li>
<li>Edit posts/pages &#8211; Drag to re-order meta boxes on existing post/pages.</li>
<li>Navigation menu page &#8211; Drag to re-order meta boxes, and individual menu items to change position/hierarchy.</li>
<li>Add new links page &#8211; Drag to re-order meta boxes (Note: the first three meta boxes are fixed by WordPress but the others are sortable).</li>
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<p>I don&#8217;t own an iPad so I&#8217;m not able to test this plugin but I know there are plenty of people within the WordPress community that do, so if you manage to try out Touch Punch, let me know in the comments what you think of it. </p>
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<p>Thinking back to the days in which I helped co-organize a WordPress meetup group for North Eastern Ohio, I can give you my two cents on putting the group together. Back in 2009, I made the discovery that WordPress ninja, <a href="http://thecodecave.com/">Brian Layman</a> lived in my local area. At the time, he was employed with B5 Media doing some heavy development stuff. I managed to get in touch with him via Skype and discussed the idea of creating a WordPress meetup. After determining that this would be a good idea, we had to think of a location on where to host the event. He lived closer to Akron/Canton while I lived closer to Cleveland which prompted us to find a location that was inbetween. Previous to our discussion, Brian Layman had been working from a place called <a href="http://officespacecoworking.com/">Office Space Coworking</a> located within downtown Akron. Thanks to Brian&#8217;s connections, we were able to use this space to house our first meetup.</p>
<p>We decided to use <a href="http://www.meetup.com">Meetup.com</a> as the place to house all of the information regarding the event because it was already well established. It was a third party site which didn&#8217;t require maintenance on our part and based on a couple of searches, there were already a number of WordPress meetups happening all over the country through the site. However, there were no results for North Eastern Ohio when it came to meetups which is another reason we chose Meetup.com. </p>
<p>Once the group was created, Brian and I used our Twitter accounts and our websites to promote the event. This helped to get the groups first set of registered users. After the success of our first event, attendees helped us to spread the word. Due to space limitations, we couldn&#8217;t seat more than 30 people but none of the meetups approached that number. Sometimes, the meetup had 7 attendees while others had 16. Attendance was based on weather as well as other factors. </p>
<p>Speaking of attendance, this was by far the most complicated issue since I worked weird shifts at work and Brian was not available during the times when I was. We decided to shoot for the last Thursday of every month at 7PM. This way, the meeting was predictable and 7PM is still early enough to not be considered late. Since the meetups were generally around an hour or less, this worked out great. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s the short version of my experience with regards to running a WordPress meetup. If I had any advice for you, the first thing I&#8217;d do is check and see if a local meetup event already occurs in your area. </p>
<p>If not, gauge the interest level of such a meetup with folks in your area that you know are somewhat technology savvy. In my opinion, it&#8217;s better to get a meetup started with a nucleus of people who already understand WordPress than to start with a group of people who know nothing about it. </p>
<p>Certainly do your research when it comes to finding a location to house the meetup. I&#8217;d say this step is quite possibly the most difficult if you don&#8217;t know of any places off-hand. Make sure they can comfortably deal with 10-20 people without disturbing normal business. </p>
<p>Host your meetup with regularity so that I can memorize when it will be. Having it at different times on different days makes it more difficult to remember that the event is going to happen in the first place. </p>
<p>We debated on charging for the meetup to cover the cost of the meetup account but because it was through Office Space Coworking, we were able to control the account through them and therefor, didn&#8217;t have to pay. We kept the meetups free. If there were any drinks or snacks during the meetup, they were an out of pocket cost for Brian and I. In future meetups, I told Brian that if people want snacks or something to drink, they should just bring their own. That&#8217;s what we ended up doing. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t limit your event to strictly the region your catering to. For example, while we encouraged those from North East Ohio to attend, we were grateful to have <a href="http://kimparsell.com/">Kim Parsell</a> from Newcomerstown, Ohio join us on a regular basis. We&#8217;re talking about a 70 mile, hour long drive. We also had the pleasure of having <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/profile/jtle918">Jeff Lee</a> from Norwalk, Ohio which is inbetween Cleveland and Toledo. Allowing those from far away to attend your meetup and giving them a good time will perhaps give them the inspiration to put together one of their own within their own neighborhood. </p>
<p>All in all, WordPress meetups in my opinion are like mini WordCamps but in some ways, much better. You get one on one time with people, can talk about anything you want regarding the software, forge new connections and bonds with other members of the community and at the end of the day, feel good about yourself after you helped a noob setup their first WordPress powered website. It&#8217;s these feelings and experiences which prompted me to go through helping to put together the North East Ohio WordPress meetup group. Unfortunately, things came up and I had to step away from attending these events but I&#8217;m hoping that in 2012, after a couple of things fall in line for me, I&#8217;ll be able to create and join these meetups. </p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:39:"Jane Wells: Starting a WordPress Meetup";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:33:"http://jane.wordpress.com/?p=1142";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:65:"http://jane.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/starting-a-wordpress-meetup/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:5028:"<p>2012 is going to be the year of the WordPress Meetup.</p>
<p>WordCamps are more or less running pretty well under the guidelines and policy changes of the past year. We have a few smaller pain points that we&#8217;re still working out like dealing with petty cash, some international shipping stuff, and the like, but by and large WordCamp Central is going great. But what about meetups? One of the adjustments to WC policy was the idea of a WC being tied to a local meetup or meetups &#8212; the pinnacle of the local community&#8217;s year, rather than a one-off event that is cool but doesn&#8217;t do much to build an ongoing community.</p>
<p>There are some great meetups out there, and obviously there are millions of WordPress users that are potential meetup participants all over the world, but how do you get one going? It can be intimidating, I know! To show that it can be done &#8212; that YOU can do it &#8212; I&#8217;m going to start two meetups this month and document the process of how I did it, which I can then turn into a Field Guide to Organizing a WordPress Meetup.</p>
<p>Meetup #1: I live in Tybee Island, a tiny little town on the ocean, about 20 blocks long and 5 blocks deep. There are 3 or 4 thousand residents, plus a booming summer tourist trade. There are no tech companies based here, there aren&#8217;t a bunch of other meetups, there&#8217;s not a great local community website&#8230; in short, this is a small town, where I&#8217;ll have to actively go out and find people to join this meetup, and there aren&#8217;t that many people to choose from. It will be work. It may not, er, work. But this situation is similar to that faced by people in other small towns, so it will be a good example.</p>
<p>Meetup #2: The nearest city is Savannah, GA, about 20 miles away. As it happens, I now belong to a co-working space there and I go work from there once or twice a week (to be around other people vs working from home, alone, 24/7). Savannah has a burgeoning tech community, a handful of freelancers building WordPress sites, a lively downtown, lots of meetups and a very social culture, and a population of just under 140,000 people. There are groovy coffeeshops with wifi, an art college (SCAD), and pretty much everyone has a website. Getting this meetup going will hopefully take a little less effort if I&#8217;m smart about where I do the early publicity.</p>
<p>At the same time I&#8217;m acting locally, I&#8217;ll be thinking globally. I&#8217;ve wanted to do more to encourage, support, and facilitate local WordPress meetups via the Foundation for a while, but until we had the WordCamp program running smoothly there just wasn&#8217;t time. We&#8217;re now looking into a number of options (talking to meetup.com, looking at rolling our own plugin, thinking about working with schools/universities, etc), and I&#8217;ll be reaching out to current WP meetup organizers over the coming weeks to find out their pain points and the things that have worked or not worked for them.</p>
<p>The goals is meetups, meetups, meetups. Whether you call it a meetup, a wordup, a hackfest, a dev day, whatever&#8230; if you&#8217;re bringing together local WordPress users and/or developers on a regular basis, we want to support that.</p>
<p>Wish me luck, and watch this space to see how it goes. I&#8217;m scheduling the first Tybee WordPress Meetup for next Wednesday &#8212; if I get even one other person to show up and work on their wp site, that means it&#8217;s working.</p>
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<p>This process is an experiment. It&#8217;s either going to work out wonderfully or turn into a ball of flames. I hope it works out for the best. </p>
<p>Related posts:<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/how-contributing-to-wordpress-made-glenn-ansley-a-better-developer" rel="bookmark" title="How Contributing To WordPress Made Glenn Ansley A Better Developer">How Contributing To WordPress Made Glenn Ansley A Better Developer</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/uk-civil-service-site-switches-to-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="UK Civil Service Site Switches To WordPress">UK Civil Service Site Switches To WordPress</a></li>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:52:"Weblog Tools Collection: Finding Background Patterns";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=10906";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/QOSsV0ftmQs/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1745:"<p>One of the easiest things that you could do to customize your blog, besides change your header image, would be to change your background image. Sure, you could just set a background color, but why not bring in some texture?</p>
<p>Using full images can be problematic, as for the most part they will not conform to the size of everyone&#8217;s screen. Viewers with smaller screens will only see part of the image, and viewers with larger screens will see the image surrounded by white space. Even if you could get the image to stretch for larger screens, it would be distorted and pixellated, and this is where patterns come in.</p>
<p>In a sense, a pattern is a small image file which can be tiled seamlessly, thus adapting to any screen size. In <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>, you can do this by uploading a small pattern image at Appearance -&gt; Backgrounds in your Dashboard and choosing the &#8220;Tile&#8221; option under the Repeat section.</p>
<p>I did some digging earlier today for a personal project and found some great free patterns at <a href="http://subtlepatterns.com/">Subtle Patterns</a> and <a href="http://www.backgroundlabs.com/">Background Labs</a>, along with two great pattern builders at <a href="http://www.patterncooler.com/">Pattern Cooler</a> and <a href="http://bgpatterns.com/">BgPatterns</a>. You could also build a simple noise-based background pattern in most photo editors by just dropping a noise texture into a small square with your desired color.</p>
<p>If you have ventured out on the hunt for background patterns before, we&#8217;d love to know which resources you prefer.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:30:"Peter Westwood: 2011 in review";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:34:"http://westi.wordpress.com/?p=6329";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:53:"http://westi.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/2011-in-review/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2208:"<p>The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt:</p>
<blockquote><p>The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about <strong>11,000</strong> times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://westi.wordpress.com/2011/annual-report/">Click here to see the complete report.</a></p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"Akismet: Partial API outages";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:30:"http://blog.akismet.com/?p=690";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:55:"http://blog.akismet.com/2012/01/05/partial-api-outages/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2272:"<p>There were two separate problems affecting availability of the Akismet API today.</p>
<p>The first was a <a href="http://status.automattic.com/9931/136079/Akismet-API">network configuration problem</a> that caused some servers to be unresponsive.  Some users may have noticed problems during a 15 minute window starting around 12.30pm PST.</p>
<p>The second was caused by some spurious code that was inadvertently deployed to our production servers.  The majority of API calls resulted in an invalid response for a 30 minute period starting around 11.00pm PST.</p>
<p>We apologize for the inconvenience.  We&#8217;re investigating both incidents closely and putting new measures in place to prevent similar incidents from happening again.</p>
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<p>Mobile plugins need to tell WP Super Cache what user agents they support. <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache-developers/">I documented the filters you can use</a> (&#8220;cached_mobile_browsers&#8221; and others) to do this but I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ve been used by any plugin. It&#8217;s not hard to do and <a href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/483977">I added code</a> that checks for WPTouch so when you visit the WP Super Cache settings page it updates the mobile user agents. So far it works for me but please feel free to view this site on your mobile phone and tell me if it looks ok! I also added support for the theme switcher in WPTouch based on <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wptouch-breaks-after-upgrading-wp-super-cache-to-10?replies=6#post-2530861">code posted</a> on the wporg forum.</p>
<p>It appears that the &#8220;random post on the front page&#8221; problem is a side effect of how PHP works. WordPress incorrectly reported that <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-my-page-2-is-randomly-redirecting-to-other-posts?replies=15">the current page wasn&#8217;t a search page</a>, even though it was. I put an extra bit of code in checking if $_GET is non empty and that fixed it, so far.</p>
<p>Just in case anyone else is interested, this is why is_search() fails randomly when run during PHP shutdown. When a PHP process shuts down it starts by killing off objects. Unfortunately this happens before PHP stops executing your code, something that changed after PHP4. </p>
<p>Anything that runs when the output buffer finishes or that is registered by register_shutdown_function() better not depend on objects or classes. That means no using $wpdb, the object cache may disappear or to be completely paranoid don&#8217;t expect $wp_query to be around either! The functions is_search(), is_feed() and other related WordPress functions depend on $wp_query so you should cache the values of those functions earlier in the process. I&#8217;m thinking of hooking into wp_head but that depends on the theme unfortunately. Not every theme uses that action.</p>
<p>Many years ago <a href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/101924">I changed the format</a> of the cache &#8220;meta file&#8221; from an object to an array because of the way the PHP desctruction process works. More recently, but still two years ago I had to <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-call-to-a-member-function-get-on-a-non-object-in-cachephp?replies=24">remove all calls</a> to get_option() and update_option() in the output buffer handler because occasionally people saw the error, &#8220;Call to a member function get() on a non-object in cache.php&#8221; in their error log. The object cache object had been destroyed by PHP! That was a right pain to figure out as the code looked perfect yet didn&#8217;t work right some of the time.</p>
<p>To help figure out problems I&#8217;ve added a lot more debugging to the plugin too. If $wp_query disappears it&#8217;ll appear in your debug log, and preloading will generate a lot more messages now.</p>
<p>Next up is caching is_search(), is_feed(), is_single() etc. Where should those be cached? The &#8220;init&#8221; action is too early for is_search and probably others but I don&#8217;t want to depend on actions that may not be in a theme.</p>
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote><p>I dont want to reveal more, and Ive been sitting on this information for weeks so that Microsoft can make its big announcement at CES this coming week. But with these leaks, as with the equally inaccurate LTE leaks last week, I felt the need to set the record straight. The way tech blogs work these days is that any information, no matter how inaccurate, is simply parroted between all the gadget blogs and then, inevitably, to the increasingly lazy mainstream news as well. So lets at least get it right.</p></blockquote></div>
<p>Mr Thurrott, perhaps if you didn&#8217;t sit on stories for so long other people wouldn&#8217;t break them. Your responsibility is to your audience, not Microsoft&#8217;s CES launch plans.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:02:44 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"Matt";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:27;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>When questioning this move on Twitter, Evansolomon responded with the following:</p>
<blockquote><p>
evansolomon @wptavern Full feature list is more useful for anyone using < 3.3. As 3.3 is still very new, good case that less accurate = more useful here</p></blockquote>
<p>I guess that makes sense but it still throws me for a loop a little bit because it looks like those features were added with 3.3.1, not with 3.3. So the question I have for you is, do you think the What&#8217;s New section should be strict in only listing what&#8217;s new with that specific version or should other features from previous versions be shown as well?</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:57:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 1/4";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=10901";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/Fci7ZfgG9bQ/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1253:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10902" title="picolight" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/picolight.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/picolight"><strong>picolight</strong></a> is a neutral, light, clean and professional looking theme.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10903" title="retina" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/retina.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/retina"><strong>Retina</strong></a> is an elegant, versatile, magazine style theme featuring a custom menu, header, background, fixed-width, widgets and threaded comments.</p>
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<cite>— Jon Stewart</cite></p></blockquote>
<p>That was <em>The Daily Show&#8217;s</em> Jon Stewart on Tuesday night, referring to Ron Paul&#8217;s decades-old newsletters. Just another way to describe democratizing publishing.</p>
<p><strong>Bonus:</strong> <a href="http://www.ronpaul2012.com">Ron Paul&#8217;s 2012 website</a> runs WordPress. And he&#8217;s <a href="http://wpjourno.com/2011/08/17/presidential-candidates-wordpress-cms/">not the only one</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Double Bonus:</strong> <a href="http://www.indecisionforever.com/">Comedy Central&#8217;s Indecision site</a> is WordPress too. (I knew thedailyshow.com wasn&#8217;t, but it didn&#8217;t take long to find one that was.)</p>
<p>Updated with the clip:</p>
<p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-3-2012/indecision-2012---romspringa">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</a></b></p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:49:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 3.3.1 Released";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=10896";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/G3DcmT_4wzg/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:750:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> 3.3.1 <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/">has been released</a>. This is the first minor update since <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2011/12/12/wordpress-3-3-released/">the release of WordPress 3.3</a> and contains <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=3.3.1&group=resolution&order=priority">15 fixes</a>, as well as an important security vulnerability fix.</p>
<p>This update is recommended for all users, and can be done from the Dashboard -&gt; Updates section of your blog&#8217;s Dashboard.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:20:"Matt: Birthday Gifts";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=39708";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:36:"http://ma.tt/2012/01/birthday-gifts/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:958:"<p><a href="http://mycharitywater.org/matt28"><img src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2012/01/circle_whywater.jpg" alt="Matt is turning 28" class="alignright" alt="" /></a> I&#8217;m turning 28 next week on January 11th. My friends and family always complain that I&#8217;m impossible to buy for, and it&#8217;s true, I don&#8217;t need any more stuff. (Exception is a mixtape / playlist, I eat those up.) The most important luxuries in my life are time, friends, and time with friends. The thing I covet is impact. So this year going to try something different: <a href="http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=22471">I&#8217;m giving up my birthday to raise money for charity: water and provide clean water to people that need it</a>. 100% of money donated goes directly to projects in the field. Please donate &#8212; let&#8217;s build some wells. <img src="http://s.ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:31:59 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"Matt";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:33;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:58:"Dev Blog: WordPress 3.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50:"http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50:"http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:586:"<p>WordPress 3.3.1 is now available. This maintenance release fixes <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=3.3.1&group=resolution&order=priority">15 issues</a> with WordPress 3.3, as well as a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3. Thanks to Joshua H., Hoang T., Stefan Zimmerman, Chris K., and the Go Daddy security team for responsibly disclosing the bug to our security team.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:51:"WPTavern: Otto Explains Permalinks In WordPress 3.3";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6078";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:103:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/fjrpc8Jd-Zs/otto-explains-permalinks-in-wordpress-3-3";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:707:"<p>One of the performance enhancements that arrived with WordPress 3.3 was the ability to use %postname% as the permalink setting without taking a hit in performance. Otto <a href="http://ottopress.com/2011/how-the-postname-permalinks-in-wordpress-3-3-work/">goes into in-depth detail</a> with regards to the patch he wrote to fix the problem which involved lots of help from friends. </p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:45:"WPTavern: Grumo Media Produces WordPress Song";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6075";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:97:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/a9G9sw62Y9s/grumo-media-produces-wordpress-song";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:790:"<p>To celebrate the launch of a <a href="http://wordpress.grumo.com/">new WordPress course</a> that will be offered by Grumo Media, Miguel has produced a song specifically for the course with his guitar. Not a bad tune. </p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/34043730">The WordPress Song by Grumo</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/grumo">Grumo Media</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:65:"Weblog Tools Collection: What are Your 2012 Blogging Resolutions?";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=10891";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/Q00VINTNozI/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:979:"<p>It&#8217;s the new year, so what does that mean for you and your blog?</p>
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<p>Last year, I made a resolution to blog more often on <a href="http://macmanx.com/">my personal blog</a>. I definitely met that goal with 107 posts in 2011 vs. a meager 28 in 2010. This year, I&#8217;m aiming for even more.</p>
<p>How about you? What&#8217;s your 2012 blogging resolution?</p>
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<p>Dashboard Site Preview adds a widget to your dashboard which is a simple iframe that shows you the front-end of the website. For widescreen monitors, you can maximize the use of the preview by setting the dashboard to display widgets in 1 column. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SiteDashboardPreview.png" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SiteDashboardPreview-500x342.png" alt="Sitedashboardpreview" title="SiteDashboardPreview" width="500" height="342" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-6072" /></a></p>
<p>Not quite sure if this will save time when compared to other methods such as displaying the front end within another browser tab or within a browser window on a secondary monitor. However, this plugin excels at being a great learning experience for Jesse. I don&#8217;t know about you but I think it&#8217;s very encouraging to see younger folks getting involved with coding. After all, Matt Mullenweg believes that <a href="http://memeburn.com/2011/07/the-future-of-wordpress-qa-with-founder-matt-mullenweg/">scripting is the new literacy</a>. </p>
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<li><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/review-of-front-end-editor-plugin" rel="bookmark" title="Review Of Front End Editor Plugin">Review Of Front End Editor Plugin</a></li>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-cms/"><strong>WordPress Ultimate CMS</strong></a> is an easy to use plugin to create, customize, and manage custom post and page types, custom archives, and custom taxonomies.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-mobile/"><strong>BuddyPress Mobile</strong></a> is a mobile <a href="http://buddypress.org/">BuddyPress</a> theme optimized for viewing on iPhone, iPod touch, and will also work on Android and some Blackberry devices.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-blackbird-pie/"><strong>Twitter Blackbird Pie</strong></a> allows you to add awesome looking embedded HTML representations of actual tweets in your blog posts just by adding simple shortcodes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-tinymce/"><strong>Ultimate TinyMCE</strong></a> beefs up your visual editor with a plethora of advanced options.</p>
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<p>Lester became involved with WordPress before there was a WordPress. That is to say, he worked with B2 which is the predecessor to WordPress and what WordPress is based on. </p>
<p>His personal site, Lesterchan.net is one of the top three websites in Singapore. </p>
<p>He will continue to maintain his plugins for security purposes.</p>
<p>He has the same shoe size as me. (11)</p>
<p>While the magazine is flash based, I managed to take a screenshot of the first page of the interview to help give you a taste of what&#8217;s inside.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lesterinterview.png" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lesterinterview-426x500.png" alt="Lester Chan interview" title="lesterinterview" width="426" height="500" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-6067" /></a> </p>
<p>How many of his plugins are you using on your site? Here on the Tavern, we&#8217;re using WP-Polls, WP-PageNavi, and WP-Stats.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:33:"Matt: Introducing Jazz-Quotes.com";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=39704";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:49:"http://ma.tt/2011/12/introducing-jazz-quotes-com/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1455:"<p>I attended an interesting high school called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_for_the_Performing_and_Visual_Arts">High School for the Performing and Visual Arts</a>, or HSPVA for short. More than computers my main passion when I joined was the saxophone, particularly jazz, and that&#8217;s what I studied for 4 years alongside many talented friends who would later become professional musicians.</p>
<p>As a result of this interest, almost from the beginning of this website (then photomatt.net) I had a <a href="http://cl.ly/1M2q2P1Q3P3N160K113k">section of my site for jazz quotes</a>. It&#8217;s actually remained frozen in that old design for four years or more, and it was <a href="http://ma.tt/2011/01/twenty-seven/">one of my resolutions for 2011 to relaunch it</a>.</p>
<p>Well, with minutes to spare, <a href="http://jazz-quotes.com/">I&#8217;m happy to share with you guys the new Jazz-Quotes.com</a>.</p>
<p>There is a lot of work left to do on it to turn it into the more of a community-driven site that I envision, but there&#8217;s no reason the few hundred people a day that come to my site looking for jazz quotes shouldn&#8217;t get to enjoy them in this fresh new design on a dedicated domain. (Powered by WordPress, natch.)</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:33:"Matt: Start Hiring Remote Workers";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=39702";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:49:"http://ma.tt/2011/12/start-hiring-remote-workers/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:557:"<p>DHH writes at 37signals <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3064-stop-whining-and-start-hiring-remote-workers">Stop whining and start hiring remote workers</a>. Automattic does the same, except we use <a href="http://p2theme.com/">P2 for our projects and virtual water coolers</a>, IRC for our chat, Skype and Google+ Hangouts for calls and screensharing, and pretty much never email. When people read these things about 37signals their first criticism is always &#8220;does it scale?&#8221; For Automattic it has to a hundred people and growing.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:37:49 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"Matt";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:42;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 12/31";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=10884";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/XBjbFx8lz7Q/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1125:"<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10885" title="admired" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/admired.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:53:"WPTavern: Avoid Hardcoding Your Copyright Information";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6059";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:105:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/PgTSNKe6iw8/avoid-hardcoding-your-copyright-information";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1163:"<p>How many of you still update your themes footer every year to change the copyright date? Thanks to a small snippet of code, you can add this to your footer.php file which will negate the need to manually change the copyright information every year. The code snippet is php the_time(&#8216;Y&#8217;) An excellent primer for how to use this snippet within the footer.php file is explained <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/displaying-the-date-in-your-wordpress-theme/">via Lorelle VanFossen</a>. </p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:38:"WPTavern: Matt’s Reflections On 2011";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6056";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:87:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/x-DAls7qlpc/matts-reflections-on-2011";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:845:"<blockquote><p>The independent web is growing quite a bit. Although we have these great cloud servers for WordPress, the software that people run and install themselves is still as popular as ever. Our services are bringing more people online, but they’re also bringing more people who want to own their own space on the web–they want to own a house instead of rent an apartment. When we were first starting out, I thought, “Downloading and uploading software, managing databases, no one wants to do that.” But it turns out, a lot of people do.</p></blockquote>
<p>Posts like these from Matt Mullenweg are always fun to read. Via <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/12/27/12-for-2012/3/">Open Web FTW on GigaOm</a>. </p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:46:"WPTavern: WordPress Developers That Are Hiring";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6048";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:98:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/OSrrW9M3hfk/wordpress-developers-that-are-hiring";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2915:"<p>Yesterday, I received an email from a freelancer who wanted to know if I had any places I could point him to to get more WordPress gigs. The economy is still bad, people are still collecting unemployment, looking for work, but the one constant I&#8217;ve noticed is that there is always a need for a WordPress developer either through an established firm or helping out with a specific project. I reached out to those who follow me on Twitter and requested that if they were currently hiring WordPress developers to send me a reply back along with a link to the job offering. Here are the folks that replied back to me. </p>
<p><a href="http://page.ly/about/careers/">Page.ly</a> &#8211; A dedicated WordPress specific hosting company</p>
<p>While not available on the site just yet, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/marshalloram/status/152127022485868545">Marshall Oram responded</a> that they are looking to fill a full-time position at their office located in Phoenixville, PA. If interested, contact him via his email address.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.metaltoad.com/careers">Metaltoad</a> &#8211; Metal Toad Media is a digital strategy agency looking hard for Drupal and WordPress developers. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.b5media.com/careers/sr-php-wordpress-developer/">B5Media</a> &#8211; Full-time position located in Toronto, Canada. These guys manage some popular websites!</p>
<p><a href="http://ravidreams.com/job-wordpress-developers/">Ravidreams</a> &#8211; WordPress services company looking for dedicated individuals who eat, sleep, and breath WordPress. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.get10up.com/">10Up</a> &#8211; Jake Goldman mentioned on Twitter that they have recently hired employee #7 and are looking for #8 which could be you!. </p>
<p>I can guarantee you that there are definitely more WordPress gigs out there to be had. I see requests for them all the time on Twitter. If you&#8217;re a company that needs WordPress freelancers or looking to fulfill a position, feel free to publish a link to your job offering within the comments. Links to jobs that require bidding will not be published. </p>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/email-address-encoder/"><strong>Email Address Encoder</strong></a> is a lightweight plugin to protect email addresses from email-harvesting robots by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:53:"WPTavern: WordPress Ink Does Not Equal WordPress Cult";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6044";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:105:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/VIbiuu2L0Wk/wordpress-ink-does-not-equal-wordpress-cult";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1206:"<p>Looks like Drearmeda who is one of the guys behind <a href="http://www.Sucuri.net">Sucuri.net</a> has placed some WordPress ink on his arm. He&#8217;s certainly <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-tattoo-using-the-wrong-logo">not the first to get a WordPress logo</a> as a tattoo and probably won&#8217;t be the last. While it&#8217;s cool to see this kind of enthusiasm for the software, some people might look at this as going over the top. I don&#8217;t think something like this symbolizes the community as turning into a cult around WordPress. It&#8217;s just a persons unique way of showing their enthusiasm for the software, which doesn&#8217;t bother me a bit. Does it bother or worry you to see a software logo tattooed on someone&#8217;s body?</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:43:"WPTavern: Collection Of WordPress Constants";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=6041";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:95:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTavern/~3/RhthTbAUvuI/collection-of-wordpress-constants";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:616:"<p>Developers are going to want to add this page to their list of resources. Dominik Schilling has written a guest post for WPEngineer.com that <a href="http://wpengineer.com/2382/wordpress-constants-overview/">covers a wide range of constants</a> that can be used with WordPress. I&#8217;ve used and seen many of those constants defined within the WP Config file. It&#8217;s pretty cool to see such a wide range of constants available to change the behaviour of WordPress all in one place. </p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:64:"Weblog Tools Collection: Add a Custom Header to Your Plugin Page";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=10876";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:73:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/PgdKRvly8cM/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1193:"<p>If you have a <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> plugin in <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">the official directory</a>, you can now add some pizzaz to your listing with <a href="http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/been-giving-a-lot-of-thought-to-how/">a custom header image</a>.</p>
<p>To add a custom header image to your plugin listing, you&#8217;ll need to have a 772 × 250 pixel jpeg or png checked in to your plugin&#8217;s SVN directory at assets/banner-772&#215;250.(jpg|png). After a few refreshes, the image should appear for everyone.</p>
<p>For some examples of the new header image at work, see <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/">Akismet</a>, <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/">bbPress</a>, <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/">BuddyPress</a>, and <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/">Jetpack</a>.</p>
<p>This is still an experimental feature, so there is always a possibility that the dimensions, placement, and other aspects may change in the near future.</p>
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