Archive for January, 2009

Site news: Scarlett is happy the upgrade went so well

Since you are reading this, you should know that the site upgrade went well.I swore a couple dozen times at Comcast, since they seemed intent on giving me the lowest cable Internet connection known to mankind.I’ve eyeballed a dozen member blogs, and all seems to be well.Unless you are a registered and logged in member, [...]

Thank a Plugin Developer Day

WordPress by itself is very simple — what makes it compelling for most of its users is the wide array of plugins (and themes) available for WP. The average WordPress blog has about 5 plugins installed! Today we just passed 4,000 plugins available in our plugin directory. (Which is also embedded into everyone’s WordPress 2.7 [...]

50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools

PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby.
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Michael Pick Of WordPress.TV

On the evening of Tuesday, January 27th, I had the pleasure to converse with Michael Pick, an employee of Automattic and also the guy behind the newly launched WordPress.TV. WordPress.TV is a new website which aggregates all sorts of WordPress content in video form. The site has already made a name for itself by
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Lorelle on WP: WordCast News: Broken Kym on Road to Recovery

AllFeedz » Wordpress News » Lorelle on WP: WordCast News: Broken Kym on Road to Recovery Dave Moyer of WordCast has the latest news. Kym spent five days in the hospital undergoing massive surgery to replace his arm with titanium parts and pieces to hold it together. Dave has set up Get Well Soon, [...]

WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/29

New Plugins
LinkCurl
LinkCurl grabs related links from Google Blog Search based on post titles, tags, or categories and appends them to your entry.
Push Up
When people visit your website using an outdated browser, a subtle upgrade link is shown at the top right hand corner of the screen. They can click this link to visit the upgrade
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Screencasting Resources at WordPress.tv

Screencasting Resources (Part One).: Michael Pick of WordPress.tv fame has started to put together a list of resources for screencasting. The goal is of course to add this user generated content to WordPress.tv for everyone to avail of. You could also add your videos and screencasts to WeblogToolsVideos.com
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Power of WordPress and jQuery: 30+ Great Plugins

jQuery is ideal because it can create impressive animations and interactions while being simple to understand and easy to use. WordPress awesomeness lies in its fact that it can be customized to power any type of site you like! But what happens when you combine the power of jQuery with WordPress, the possibilities are infinite.
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Updated WordPress Plugin: Top 10

Last week, we gave you two plugins to play with. And this week we’re back with yet another plugin.
Way back in 2005, Mark released the Top 10 posts plugin that allowed you to track page views and display them on your blog post. You could also display a list of popular posts.
With WordPress 2.7, a
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WordPress Theme Releases for 01/20

Acid Rain
A two-column Wordpress theme, backwards compatibility with WP versions 2.3 through 2.6, but updated to work with 2.7
Widget-ready, Gravatar-compatible.
Enormous
Two column theme with big typography and minimalist styling
Fantastic Flowery
Fantastic Flowery is fixed width, two column, widget and gravatar ready theme
Blue Business
2 columns, right sidebar, widget ready theme with support for Gravatars
i20 Theme Series
i20 Theme Series
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