O:9:"MagpieRSS":17:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Matt: Ask Matt: Tips On Public Speaking";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=14757";s:4:"link";s:37:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/public-speaking/";s:11:"description";s:975:"<p>I get asked a lot about tips on public speaking because I do it so frequently. Positive response when I give a talk is generally proportional to how relaxed I was when giving the presentation and on good days I&#8217;ll get comments like people were able to relate to what I was saying or that watching me calmed them down. I don&#8217;t mention this in the video, but besides breathing and remembering the audience is there to see you do well, the best way to relax is to know your material down cold. I&#8217;ve lived and breathed WordPress for almost 7 years now, so I can talk about it for hours without thinking twice. I think practicing and knowing your material well comes across most in your body language which probably affects how people perceive your presentation more than what you say.</p>
<p></p>
<p>We recorded this before <a href="http://www.speakerconfessions.com/">Scott Berkun&#8217;s new book Speaker Confessions was out</a>, which I recommend now.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:15:33 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:975:"<p>I get asked a lot about tips on public speaking because I do it so frequently. Positive response when I give a talk is generally proportional to how relaxed I was when giving the presentation and on good days I&#8217;ll get comments like people were able to relate to what I was saying or that watching me calmed them down. I don&#8217;t mention this in the video, but besides breathing and remembering the audience is there to see you do well, the best way to relax is to know your material down cold. I&#8217;ve lived and breathed WordPress for almost 7 years now, so I can talk about it for hours without thinking twice. I think practicing and knowing your material well comes across most in your body language which probably affects how people perceive your presentation more than what you say.</p>
<p></p>
<p>We recorded this before <a href="http://www.speakerconfessions.com/">Scott Berkun&#8217;s new book Speaker Confessions was out</a>, which I recommend now.</p>";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Weblog Tools Collection: Do You Have Class?";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7609";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/25/do-you-have-class/";s:11:"description";s:1244:"<p>I have hard time understanding the basis of this article but I wanted to link to it because I know many in the WeblogToolsCollection audience are coders themselves and it would be interesting to see the conversation that arises from Andrew&#8217;s post. <a href="http://www.arickmann.co.uk/wordpress-coders-have-no-class/">WordPress coders have no class</a>.  At least, that&#8217;s what Andrew says in his post that discusses object oriented code being used in a non-object oriented environment. </p>
<blockquote><p>What do I mean by a non-object oriented environment? Well, firstly WordPress still does not require PHP5 for core code so there are limits to how many of the techniques it can use anyway. Secondly, WordPress has been around for a long time and has been developed by many contributors looking to achieve specific things with each patch without having a particular architecture imposed, except by committee.</p>
<p>WordPress developers tend to start as users who learn PHP in fits-and-starts when they need to accomplish something. They move from echo statements in themes, to functions, to classes, picking up ‘best practices’ as they go.</p></blockquote>
<p>Let Andrew know what you think by commenting on his blog. </p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:37:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1244:"<p>I have hard time understanding the basis of this article but I wanted to link to it because I know many in the WeblogToolsCollection audience are coders themselves and it would be interesting to see the conversation that arises from Andrew&#8217;s post. <a href="http://www.arickmann.co.uk/wordpress-coders-have-no-class/">WordPress coders have no class</a>.  At least, that&#8217;s what Andrew says in his post that discusses object oriented code being used in a non-object oriented environment. </p>
<blockquote><p>What do I mean by a non-object oriented environment? Well, firstly WordPress still does not require PHP5 for core code so there are limits to how many of the techniques it can use anyway. Secondly, WordPress has been around for a long time and has been developed by many contributors looking to achieve specific things with each patch without having a particular architecture imposed, except by committee.</p>
<p>WordPress developers tend to start as users who learn PHP in fits-and-starts when they need to accomplish something. They move from echo statements in themes, to functions, to classes, picking up ‘best practices’ as they go.</p></blockquote>
<p>Let Andrew know what you think by commenting on his blog. </p>";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:31:"BuddyPress: BuddyPress 1.2 Beta";s:4:"guid";s:28:"http://buddypress.org/?p=768";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-1-2-beta/";s:11:"description";s:2079:"<p>Now alive and ready for testing is the <a href="http://buddypress.org/pre-release/buddypress.1.2.beta.zip">beta version of BuddyPress 1.2</a>.</p>
<p>This version will work with both WordPress 2.9.1 and WordPress MU 2.9.1 or higher. We especially need standard WordPress installation testers to put BuddyPress through its paces. Installation instructions can be found in the readme.txt file.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to not download and install the beta version, you can always help with testing by registering on our <a href="http://testbp.org">testing community site</a>. This always runs the bleeding edge version of BuddyPress.</p>
<p>You can find a <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org/query?status=accepted&#038;status=assigned&#038;status=new&#038;status=reopened&#038;group=priority&#038;max=200&#038;order=priority&#038;col=id&#038;col=summary&#038;col=milestone&#038;col=status&#038;col=owner&#038;col=type&#038;col=priority&#038;milestone=1.2&#038;type=!enhancement">list of known issues</a> and a <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org/newticket">place to post bugs</a> via the <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org">BuddyPress Trac</a> installation.</p>
<h3>Testing Upgrades</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re going test upgrading a previous BuddyPress installation please read the following instructions (please only test backup copies when upgrading with a beta):</p>
<ol>
<li>If you&#8217;re using a custom theme that is not a child theme of bp-sn-parent, please download and install the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-backwards-compatibility">backwards compatibility plugin</a> before doing anything.</li>
<li>Deactivate BuddyPress.</li>
<li>Upload and overwrite your existing BuddyPress plugin directory.</li>
<li>Delete &#8220;bp-default&#8221; and &#8220;bp-sn-parent&#8221; from your themes directory.</li>
<li>Activate BuddyPress. You do not need to move any themes.</li>
</ol>
<p>We also now have a <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/">development blog</a>. Weekly meetings are held in IRC every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. Happy testing!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:23:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Andy Peatling";}s:7:"summary";s:2079:"<p>Now alive and ready for testing is the <a href="http://buddypress.org/pre-release/buddypress.1.2.beta.zip">beta version of BuddyPress 1.2</a>.</p>
<p>This version will work with both WordPress 2.9.1 and WordPress MU 2.9.1 or higher. We especially need standard WordPress installation testers to put BuddyPress through its paces. Installation instructions can be found in the readme.txt file.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to not download and install the beta version, you can always help with testing by registering on our <a href="http://testbp.org">testing community site</a>. This always runs the bleeding edge version of BuddyPress.</p>
<p>You can find a <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org/query?status=accepted&#038;status=assigned&#038;status=new&#038;status=reopened&#038;group=priority&#038;max=200&#038;order=priority&#038;col=id&#038;col=summary&#038;col=milestone&#038;col=status&#038;col=owner&#038;col=type&#038;col=priority&#038;milestone=1.2&#038;type=!enhancement">list of known issues</a> and a <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org/newticket">place to post bugs</a> via the <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org">BuddyPress Trac</a> installation.</p>
<h3>Testing Upgrades</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re going test upgrading a previous BuddyPress installation please read the following instructions (please only test backup copies when upgrading with a beta):</p>
<ol>
<li>If you&#8217;re using a custom theme that is not a child theme of bp-sn-parent, please download and install the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-backwards-compatibility">backwards compatibility plugin</a> before doing anything.</li>
<li>Deactivate BuddyPress.</li>
<li>Upload and overwrite your existing BuddyPress plugin directory.</li>
<li>Delete &#8220;bp-default&#8221; and &#8220;bp-sn-parent&#8221; from your themes directory.</li>
<li>Activate BuddyPress. You do not need to move any themes.</li>
</ol>
<p>We also now have a <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/">development blog</a>. Weekly meetings are held in IRC every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. Happy testing!</p>";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Dougal Campbell: WordPress 3.0 Multisite Terminology";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1994";s:4:"link";s:132:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2010/01/25/wordpress-3-0-multisite-terminology?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss";s:11:"description";s:2850:"<div><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wplogo-notext-rgb.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" title="WordPress" /></div><p><ins datetime="2010-01-25T14:58:18+00:00">One of the big changes coming in WordPress 3.0 is the merge of the WordPress MU code into the standard stand-alone WordPress codebase. When WordPress 3.0 is released, you will be able to choose to install it either as a single site, or in multi-site mode.</ins> With the migration from WordPress MU (MultiUser) to WordPress 3.0 (Multisite), I think there is a need for us to clarify some terminology. On the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists">wp-hackers mailing list</a>, I&#8217;ve seen several instances where people used the word &#8220;site&#8221; to mean different things, depending on who is writing, and the context of what they are trying to say.There is some overlap currently between how we discuss an individual site within the setup, versus the overall system which contains those sites.</p>
<p>In WordPress MU, the term &#8220;site&#8221; tended to refer to the overall installation, covering multiple &#8220;blogs&#8221;. With WordPress 3.0 in Multisite mode, some people are conflating the terms &#8220;blog&#8221; and &#8220;site&#8221;, and it appears that &#8220;site&#8221; would be the preferred term. The new term for the overall system is &#8220;network&#8221;, as evidenced by the new <a href="http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-3-multisite-settings/">Network Settings page</a>. So instead of a &#8220;site&#8221; which contains multiple &#8220;blogs&#8221;, we have a &#8220;network&#8221; which contains multiple &#8220;sites&#8221;.</p>
<p>The change in terminology might cause some confusion at first, especially among people who are already familiar with WordPress MU, and are used to the old terms. But I think that saying &#8220;site&#8221; instead of &#8220;blog&#8221; is better, because it avoids confusion for people who are building websites that are <em>not</em> blogs. With that in mind, it makes a lot of sense to talk about a WordPress installation as a network of sites.</p>


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<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/04/20/9rules-network-chooses-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 9rules Network chooses WordPress">9rules Network chooses WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 14+ Awesome WordPress-powered sites">14+ Awesome WordPress-powered sites</a></li>
</ol></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:00:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:2850:"<div><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wplogo-notext-rgb.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" title="WordPress" /></div><p><ins datetime="2010-01-25T14:58:18+00:00">One of the big changes coming in WordPress 3.0 is the merge of the WordPress MU code into the standard stand-alone WordPress codebase. When WordPress 3.0 is released, you will be able to choose to install it either as a single site, or in multi-site mode.</ins> With the migration from WordPress MU (MultiUser) to WordPress 3.0 (Multisite), I think there is a need for us to clarify some terminology. On the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists">wp-hackers mailing list</a>, I&#8217;ve seen several instances where people used the word &#8220;site&#8221; to mean different things, depending on who is writing, and the context of what they are trying to say.There is some overlap currently between how we discuss an individual site within the setup, versus the overall system which contains those sites.</p>
<p>In WordPress MU, the term &#8220;site&#8221; tended to refer to the overall installation, covering multiple &#8220;blogs&#8221;. With WordPress 3.0 in Multisite mode, some people are conflating the terms &#8220;blog&#8221; and &#8220;site&#8221;, and it appears that &#8220;site&#8221; would be the preferred term. The new term for the overall system is &#8220;network&#8221;, as evidenced by the new <a href="http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-3-multisite-settings/">Network Settings page</a>. So instead of a &#8220;site&#8221; which contains multiple &#8220;blogs&#8221;, we have a &#8220;network&#8221; which contains multiple &#8220;sites&#8221;.</p>
<p>The change in terminology might cause some confusion at first, especially among people who are already familiar with WordPress MU, and are used to the old terms. But I think that saying &#8220;site&#8221; instead of &#8220;blog&#8221; is better, because it avoids confusion for people who are building websites that are <em>not</em> blogs. With that in mind, it makes a lot of sense to talk about a WordPress installation as a network of sites.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/01/22/reactivate-all-in-wp-25" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Reactivate All Plugins feature in WordPress 2.5">Reactivate All Plugins feature in WordPress 2.5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/04/20/9rules-network-chooses-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 9rules Network chooses WordPress">9rules Network chooses WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 14+ Awesome WordPress-powered sites">14+ Awesome WordPress-powered sites</a></li>
</ol></p>";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:65:"Weblog Tools Collection: Are You Spamming Comments Inadvertently?";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7603";s:4:"link";s:93:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/24/are-you-spamming-comments-inadvertently/";s:11:"description";s:4497:"<p>In a blog post titles &#8220;<a href="http://ma.tt/2009/08/kill-your-community/">6 Steps to Kill Your Community</a>&#8220;, Matt listed &#8220;Allow Spam Through&#8221; as the second step and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Participate in Comments&#8221; as the fourth step to killing your community. We treat comments and reader participation very seriously at Weblog Tools Collection. We highlight commenters, try to identify the frequent comments who participate willingly and heuristically remove nofollow tags from the links of commenters who participate in the community. I have personally chosen and thanked frequent commenter by providing them deeper access and rights to the various portals, elevating and applauding their presence within the community and have chosen most of my co-authors based on their participation and passion within the communities that I purvey. In short, I agree with Matt in that relevant comments and passionate participation are the lifeblood of any community.</p>
<p>But our little blog gets a <a href="http://blog.akismet.com/2006/05/15/second-most-spammed-man-in-the-world/">lot of attention from spammers</a>. We are listed on web pages that pin point nofollow blogs for spamming, splogs regularly repost our content and send us trackbacks and well disguised comments are often adorned with links to completely unrelated sites. Moderating comments takes a lot of effort from all of us (we are working on making this process simpler, stay tuned) and even then, some weirdness and mistakes slip past us. We have recently started noticing a lot of comments that seem mildly relevant but link to SEO sites or completely unrelated content that keeps changing.</p>
<p>Do you change your commenters&#8217; URI often when posting comments? Are you under the impression that leaving comments with different links will give those links more exposure? Do you <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/13/shorturl-comment-spam-problem/">use Short URLs</a> to get around comment spam restrictions? More importantly, how many of you force yourself to comment to just spread your links around? Have you ever left a comment just to increase your comment count? Are you an SEO professional who regularly comments on blogs for SEO purposes? You might be doing yourself (and us) more harm than good.</p>
<p>While we try our best to allow any and all relevant comments to be posted, we do actively remove suspicious comments. We make spam/spammer judgment calls every day, but spam is annoying and nasty and in my opinion, spam is like a leech that sucks off the goodness and leaves the host with nothing in return. It often clogs up the conversation and reduces relevancy. Just look at the latest comments on any old(er) blog with a popular post that has not been pruned and taken care of.</p>
<p>We do however, actively promote, reward and encourage passionate comments. If you feel that we have missed a comment that should have been posted, please contact us. However, if you are changing your link on every comment and linking to various websites around the internet who have paid you for your SEO services, please do not send us an email asking us to approve them. Mostly, dont be evil <em>and</em> smug!</p>
<p><em>How do you treat suspicious comments that have not been caught by Akismet? </em>We manually visit every comment waiting for moderation and actively remove suspicious comments and any older ones that might be related. It takes time but it is worth it.</p>
<p><em>How do you reward your commenters? </em>We use <a href="http://rmarsh.com/plugins/highlight-comments/">Highlight Author Comments</a> and hacked up versions of various plugins for heuristics.</p>
<p><em>Do you import comments from other places on the web? </em>No. We do not import comments from anywhere. The conversation is much more focused and we concentrate on quality versus quantity. We hope that our content, subject and demeanor encourage and crystallize commenting and participation. Other conversations about our posts on apps such as Digg, StumbleUpon and Twitter add nothing but noise wherein the real conversation in live comments get drowned out. I used to think that Trackbacks belonged in the comment flow. I have since changed my opinion after dealing with some posts with hundreds of comments.</p>
<p><em>Do you turn off comments on old posts?</em> No. Old posts are gems. Conversations can get started on old topics and need to be allowed.</p>
<p>What do you do?</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:54:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Mark Ghosh";}s:7:"summary";s:4497:"<p>In a blog post titles &#8220;<a href="http://ma.tt/2009/08/kill-your-community/">6 Steps to Kill Your Community</a>&#8220;, Matt listed &#8220;Allow Spam Through&#8221; as the second step and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Participate in Comments&#8221; as the fourth step to killing your community. We treat comments and reader participation very seriously at Weblog Tools Collection. We highlight commenters, try to identify the frequent comments who participate willingly and heuristically remove nofollow tags from the links of commenters who participate in the community. I have personally chosen and thanked frequent commenter by providing them deeper access and rights to the various portals, elevating and applauding their presence within the community and have chosen most of my co-authors based on their participation and passion within the communities that I purvey. In short, I agree with Matt in that relevant comments and passionate participation are the lifeblood of any community.</p>
<p>But our little blog gets a <a href="http://blog.akismet.com/2006/05/15/second-most-spammed-man-in-the-world/">lot of attention from spammers</a>. We are listed on web pages that pin point nofollow blogs for spamming, splogs regularly repost our content and send us trackbacks and well disguised comments are often adorned with links to completely unrelated sites. Moderating comments takes a lot of effort from all of us (we are working on making this process simpler, stay tuned) and even then, some weirdness and mistakes slip past us. We have recently started noticing a lot of comments that seem mildly relevant but link to SEO sites or completely unrelated content that keeps changing.</p>
<p>Do you change your commenters&#8217; URI often when posting comments? Are you under the impression that leaving comments with different links will give those links more exposure? Do you <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/13/shorturl-comment-spam-problem/">use Short URLs</a> to get around comment spam restrictions? More importantly, how many of you force yourself to comment to just spread your links around? Have you ever left a comment just to increase your comment count? Are you an SEO professional who regularly comments on blogs for SEO purposes? You might be doing yourself (and us) more harm than good.</p>
<p>While we try our best to allow any and all relevant comments to be posted, we do actively remove suspicious comments. We make spam/spammer judgment calls every day, but spam is annoying and nasty and in my opinion, spam is like a leech that sucks off the goodness and leaves the host with nothing in return. It often clogs up the conversation and reduces relevancy. Just look at the latest comments on any old(er) blog with a popular post that has not been pruned and taken care of.</p>
<p>We do however, actively promote, reward and encourage passionate comments. If you feel that we have missed a comment that should have been posted, please contact us. However, if you are changing your link on every comment and linking to various websites around the internet who have paid you for your SEO services, please do not send us an email asking us to approve them. Mostly, dont be evil <em>and</em> smug!</p>
<p><em>How do you treat suspicious comments that have not been caught by Akismet? </em>We manually visit every comment waiting for moderation and actively remove suspicious comments and any older ones that might be related. It takes time but it is worth it.</p>
<p><em>How do you reward your commenters? </em>We use <a href="http://rmarsh.com/plugins/highlight-comments/">Highlight Author Comments</a> and hacked up versions of various plugins for heuristics.</p>
<p><em>Do you import comments from other places on the web? </em>No. We do not import comments from anywhere. The conversation is much more focused and we concentrate on quality versus quantity. We hope that our content, subject and demeanor encourage and crystallize commenting and participation. Other conversations about our posts on apps such as Digg, StumbleUpon and Twitter add nothing but noise wherein the real conversation in live comments get drowned out. I used to think that Trackbacks belonged in the comment flow. I have since changed my opinion after dealing with some posts with hundreds of comments.</p>
<p><em>Do you turn off comments on old posts?</em> No. Old posts are gems. Conversations can get started on old topics and need to be allowed.</p>
<p>What do you do?</p>";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases of 01/24";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7601";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/24/wordpress-plugin-releases-of-0124/";s:11:"description";s:3262:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.placewidget.com/wordpress">PlaceWidget</a></p>
<p>PlaceWidget for Wordpress simplifies the process of adding a PlaceWidget to your Wordpress blog. You can create and configure your PlaceWidget right in the Wordpress Dashboard, then embed it in your sidebar with a standard Wordpress widget.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lumieredelune.com/encrelune/category-ancestor-plugin,2010,01">Category Ancestor</a></p>
<p>Category Ancestor is a plugin that adds a function you can use anywhere in your theme : get_category_ancestor($thecat) to retrieve the highest level parent of any category.</p>
<p><a href="http://plugins.trendwerk.nl/documentation/faq-you/">FAQ You</a></p>
<p>It is a simple FAQ plugin where you can create Categories and put Questions in them. You can easily insert them in a page with the WYSIWYG editor. Able to turn JavaScript on or off.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/freebie-images-free-stock-images-plugin/">Free Stock Images Plugin</a></p>
<p>Spice up your blog with high quality free <a href="http://www.crestock.com">stock images</a> &amp; photos created by professional photographers and illustrators: Easy to use search interface with advanced filtering and Drag &amp; Drop functionality.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/favicons/">Favicons</a></p>
<p>Choose a favicon to make your site eye-catching and easily recognizable by visitors. You can choose to use as favicon your gravatar, a private icon or an image from the Icon Set included</p>
<p><a href="http://josephrogermoore.com/leaveanote">Leave-a-Note Visual Commenting</a></p>
<p>Leave-a-Note transforms your comments into post-it notes to drag and drop anywhere on the screen, saving the new position until it is moved again.</p>
<p><a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/07/28/link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/">Link Cloaking Plugin</a></p>
<p>Automatically cloak all (or only selected) links in your posts and pages.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/one-click-close-comments">One Click Close Comments</a></p>
<p>Conveniently close or open comments for a post or page with one click.</p>
<p><a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/restrict-usernames">Restrict Usernames</a></p>
<p>Restrict the usernames that new users may use when registering for your site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This all-in-one SEO plugin can handle titles, meta, noindex, canonical tags, 404 monitoring, linkboxes, robots.txt, and more. Version 1.4.1 uses the new Google Webmaster Tools verification code.</p>
<p><a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-minify-wordpress-plugin/">WP Minify</a></p>
<p>This plugin uses the Minify engine to combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yak-for-wordpress/">YAK for WordPress</a></p>
<p>YAK is a shopping cart plugin for WordPress which associates products with weblog entries.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pepak.net/wordpress/simple-download-monitor-plugin">Simple Download Monitor</a></p>
<p>Count the number of downloads without having to maintain a comprehensive download page.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:20:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:3262:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.placewidget.com/wordpress">PlaceWidget</a></p>
<p>PlaceWidget for Wordpress simplifies the process of adding a PlaceWidget to your Wordpress blog. You can create and configure your PlaceWidget right in the Wordpress Dashboard, then embed it in your sidebar with a standard Wordpress widget.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lumieredelune.com/encrelune/category-ancestor-plugin,2010,01">Category Ancestor</a></p>
<p>Category Ancestor is a plugin that adds a function you can use anywhere in your theme : get_category_ancestor($thecat) to retrieve the highest level parent of any category.</p>
<p><a href="http://plugins.trendwerk.nl/documentation/faq-you/">FAQ You</a></p>
<p>It is a simple FAQ plugin where you can create Categories and put Questions in them. You can easily insert them in a page with the WYSIWYG editor. Able to turn JavaScript on or off.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/freebie-images-free-stock-images-plugin/">Free Stock Images Plugin</a></p>
<p>Spice up your blog with high quality free <a href="http://www.crestock.com">stock images</a> &amp; photos created by professional photographers and illustrators: Easy to use search interface with advanced filtering and Drag &amp; Drop functionality.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/favicons/">Favicons</a></p>
<p>Choose a favicon to make your site eye-catching and easily recognizable by visitors. You can choose to use as favicon your gravatar, a private icon or an image from the Icon Set included</p>
<p><a href="http://josephrogermoore.com/leaveanote">Leave-a-Note Visual Commenting</a></p>
<p>Leave-a-Note transforms your comments into post-it notes to drag and drop anywhere on the screen, saving the new position until it is moved again.</p>
<p><a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/07/28/link-cloaking-plugin-for-wordpress/">Link Cloaking Plugin</a></p>
<p>Automatically cloak all (or only selected) links in your posts and pages.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/one-click-close-comments">One Click Close Comments</a></p>
<p>Conveniently close or open comments for a post or page with one click.</p>
<p><a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/restrict-usernames">Restrict Usernames</a></p>
<p>Restrict the usernames that new users may use when registering for your site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This all-in-one SEO plugin can handle titles, meta, noindex, canonical tags, 404 monitoring, linkboxes, robots.txt, and more. Version 1.4.1 uses the new Google Webmaster Tools verification code.</p>
<p><a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-minify-wordpress-plugin/">WP Minify</a></p>
<p>This plugin uses the Minify engine to combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yak-for-wordpress/">YAK for WordPress</a></p>
<p>YAK is a shopping cart plugin for WordPress which associates products with weblog entries.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pepak.net/wordpress/simple-download-monitor-plugin">Simple Download Monitor</a></p>
<p>Count the number of downloads without having to maintain a comprehensive download page.</p>";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Matt: To Munich for DLD";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33665";s:4:"link";s:31:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/to-munich/";s:11:"description";s:342:"<p>I&#8217;m heading to Munich, Germany for <a href="http://www.dld-conference.com/">the DLD conference</a> where I&#8217;m going to be on a panel. If you&#8217;re there say howdy and I&#8217;ll show you my Apple Tablet. (Just kidding. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> )</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:39:33 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:342:"<p>I&#8217;m heading to Munich, Germany for <a href="http://www.dld-conference.com/">the DLD conference</a> where I&#8217;m going to be on a panel. If you&#8217;re there say howdy and I&#8217;ll show you my Apple Tablet. (Just kidding. <img src="http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> )</p>";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Lloyd: WordPress Declaration of Independence";s:4:"guid";s:30:"http://foolswisdom.com/?p=2303";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://foolswisdom.com/wordpress-independence/";s:11:"description";s:2045:"<blockquote><p>The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a> software.</p>
<p>The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the projects we support. People and businesses may come and go, so it is important to ensure that the source code for these projects will survive beyond the current contributor base, that we may create a <strong>stable platform for web publishing for generations to come</strong>. As part of this mission, the Foundation will be responsible for protecting the WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will also pursue a charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software.</p>
<p>We hope to gather broad community support to make sure we can <strong>continue to serve the public good</strong> through freely accessible software.</p>
<p><cite>About Web page, <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/">WordPress Foundation</a></cite></p></blockquote>
<p>There are already a lot of great comments on the welcome post &#8220;<a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/2010/getting-off-the-ground/">Getting off the ground</a>&#8220;. Here is a one of the many juicy comments made by <a href="http://ma.tt/">Matt</a> in response to a question posted there:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sure, as a quick summary: [Wordpress.com and the Wordpress Foundation] completely separate, but share a similar name and my involvement. One is for-profit, the other non-profit. They both have similar goals in terms, but the Foundation can take a long-term multi-decade approach to solving these problems without regard for short term profit, market conditions, or shareholders. I’ve always had a vision for two simultaneous approaches to the WordPress way, the heart and the mind, but it’s just now coming together.</p></blockquote>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:06:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Lloyd";}s:7:"summary";s:2045:"<blockquote><p>The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a> software.</p>
<p>The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the projects we support. People and businesses may come and go, so it is important to ensure that the source code for these projects will survive beyond the current contributor base, that we may create a <strong>stable platform for web publishing for generations to come</strong>. As part of this mission, the Foundation will be responsible for protecting the WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will also pursue a charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software.</p>
<p>We hope to gather broad community support to make sure we can <strong>continue to serve the public good</strong> through freely accessible software.</p>
<p><cite>About Web page, <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/">WordPress Foundation</a></cite></p></blockquote>
<p>There are already a lot of great comments on the welcome post &#8220;<a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/2010/getting-off-the-ground/">Getting off the ground</a>&#8220;. Here is a one of the many juicy comments made by <a href="http://ma.tt/">Matt</a> in response to a question posted there:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sure, as a quick summary: [Wordpress.com and the Wordpress Foundation] completely separate, but share a similar name and my involvement. One is for-profit, the other non-profit. They both have similar goals in terms, but the Foundation can take a long-term multi-decade approach to solving these problems without regard for short term profit, market conditions, or shareholders. I’ve always had a vision for two simultaneous approaches to the WordPress way, the heart and the mind, but it’s just now coming together.</p></blockquote>";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 01/22";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7594";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/22/wordpress-theme-releases-for/";s:11:"description";s:2382:"<h4><a href="http://3oneseven.com/13/detox-wp-theme/">Detox</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://wp2.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Detox"><img title="detox" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/detox.png" alt="detox" width="200" height="139" /></a></p>
<p>The Detox BuddyPress theme, clean magazine style for a BuddyPress powered site with the brandnew Detox WordPress Theme theme,<br />
featuring a three column fluid theme layout, spiced up version of the <a href="http://wp2.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Detox">Detox 3.17 WordPress Theme</a>, enabled with flickr support, pagenavi support, frontpage slider, options panel, related posts and recent comments are built into the theme.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.longren.org/wordpress/unwakeable/">Unwakeable</a></h4>
<p><img title="Unwakeable" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Unwakeable.jpg" alt="Unwakeable" width="200" height="118" /></p>
<p>The Unwakeable <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> theme and is a combination of <a href="http://www.getk2.com/">K2</a> and <a href="http://openswitch.org/unsleepable">Unsleepable</a>. It uses K2 as a starting point, and replaced the default K2 header with a modified header from Unsleepable.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/bright-sky/">Bright Sky</a></h4>
<p><img title="brightsky-3d" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/brightsky3d.jpg" alt="brightsky-3d" width="200" height="131" /></p>
<p>Two column theme with support for twitter and lifestream integration and an advertisement area and admin features</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.blogging-inside.de/2010/01/kostenloses-you-name-it-wordpress-theme/">You Name It</a></h4>
<p><img title="younameit" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/younameit.png" alt="younameit" width="200" height="130" /></p>
<p>You Name It is a simple WordPress Theme with two sidebars. Three sidebars support Adsense format 160px and 250px.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.tipografo.org/wordpress-themes/sysyphus/">Sysyphus</a></h4>
<p><img title="Sysyphus" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Sysyphus.jpg" alt="Sysyphus" width="200" height="102" /></p>
<p>Sysyphus is a 2 columns, Widget Ready, JQuery Powered, Wordpress Theme, with carefully hand-crafted graphics and W3C Valid Code.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:45:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:2382:"<h4><a href="http://3oneseven.com/13/detox-wp-theme/">Detox</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://wp2.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Detox"><img title="detox" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/detox.png" alt="detox" width="200" height="139" /></a></p>
<p>The Detox BuddyPress theme, clean magazine style for a BuddyPress powered site with the brandnew Detox WordPress Theme theme,<br />
featuring a three column fluid theme layout, spiced up version of the <a href="http://wp2.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Detox">Detox 3.17 WordPress Theme</a>, enabled with flickr support, pagenavi support, frontpage slider, options panel, related posts and recent comments are built into the theme.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.longren.org/wordpress/unwakeable/">Unwakeable</a></h4>
<p><img title="Unwakeable" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Unwakeable.jpg" alt="Unwakeable" width="200" height="118" /></p>
<p>The Unwakeable <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> theme and is a combination of <a href="http://www.getk2.com/">K2</a> and <a href="http://openswitch.org/unsleepable">Unsleepable</a>. It uses K2 as a starting point, and replaced the default K2 header with a modified header from Unsleepable.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.kreativethemes.com/bright-sky/">Bright Sky</a></h4>
<p><img title="brightsky-3d" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/brightsky3d.jpg" alt="brightsky-3d" width="200" height="131" /></p>
<p>Two column theme with support for twitter and lifestream integration and an advertisement area and admin features</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.blogging-inside.de/2010/01/kostenloses-you-name-it-wordpress-theme/">You Name It</a></h4>
<p><img title="younameit" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/younameit.png" alt="younameit" width="200" height="130" /></p>
<p>You Name It is a simple WordPress Theme with two sidebars. Three sidebars support Adsense format 160px and 250px.</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.tipografo.org/wordpress-themes/sysyphus/">Sysyphus</a></h4>
<p><img title="Sysyphus" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Sysyphus.jpg" alt="Sysyphus" width="200" height="102" /></p>
<p>Sysyphus is a 2 columns, Widget Ready, JQuery Powered, Wordpress Theme, with carefully hand-crafted graphics and W3C Valid Code.</p>";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:72:"Weblog Tools Collection: Making Site Wide Changes on Your WordPress Blog";s:4:"guid";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/22/making-site-wide-changes-on-your-wordpress-blog/";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/22/making-site-wide-changes-on-your-wordpress-blog/";s:11:"description";s:7283:"<p>Last week I wrote up a post to review the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/real-time-find-and-replace-plug-in-review/">Real-Time Find and Replace Plugin</a> and the comments on that story about other methods to make site wide changes permanent sent me in search of another way to search and replace information in my SQL database.</p>
<p>Now I consider myself pretty decent at geeky things but directly editing and messing with my site’s SQL database does not top my list of things to do.&#160; Neither does manually going through nearly 1,000 postings to make changes.</p>
<p>What I found was a terrific plug-in that lets me perform a few different functions to make corrections or change info throughout my site.</p>
<p><strong><em><u>Caveat:</u></em></strong> Before I get started – this plugin does make changes to your database. Play it safe and back up your info to protect your original data.</p>
<p>With that said let me now introduce you to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-regex/">Search Regex Plugin</a> written by <a href="http://urbangiraffe.com/">John Godley</a>. </p>
<p>The author provides the following description in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory:</p>
<blockquote><p>Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress. These go beyond the standard searching capabilities, and allow you to search and replace almost any data stored on your site. In addition to simple searches you have the full power of PHP&#8217;s regular expressions at your disposal.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The plugin is currently at version 1.4.9 and is dated from July 2009 however it is fully compatible with WordPress Version 2.9.1.</p>
<p>So once you have downloaded and installed the plugin head to the Tools menu in the Admin interface:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregex.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregex" border="0" alt="searchregex" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregex_thumb.png" width="139" height="190" /></a> </p>
<p>Click on Search Regex to get to the main admin page:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexmain.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexmain" border="0" alt="searchregexmain" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexmain_thumb.png" width="346" height="105" /></a> </p>
<p>From this spot you can either <strong><em>Search</em></strong>; <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> or <strong><em>Replace and Save</em></strong>. Only the last one makes permanent changes to your database when you push the button.</p>
<p>Lets review the options you can set for each one:</p>
<p><strong><em>Source</em></strong> Dropdown Menu lets you pick the areas in the database that will be searched.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexsourcedropdown.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexsourcedropdown" border="0" alt="searchregexsourcedropdown" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexsourcedropdown_thumb.png" width="164" height="186" /></a></p>
<p><strong><em>Limit to</em></strong> Dropdown Menu restricts the number of entries that will be searched. This can be handy on a large site.</p>
<p>&#160;<a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexlimitodropdown.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexlimitodropdown" border="0" alt="searchregexlimitodropdown" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexlimitodropdown_thumb.png" width="84" height="102" /></a> </p>
<p><strong><em>Order By</em></strong> lets you choose to display the results of a search in either Ascending or Descending order.</p>
<p>Once you make those choices you are ready to search.&#160; Type the phrase you want to find in the <strong><em>Search pattern</em></strong> box. I found that multi-line searches do not work so well with this plugin so I recommend you keep it short and exact.</p>
<p>If all you want to do is find a handful or articles that have a certain phrase or word in them then click the <strong><em>Search</em></strong> button and you will see the following type of results:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexresultssearch.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexresultssearch" border="0" alt="searchregexresultssearch" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexresultssearch_thumb.png" width="244" height="140" /></a> </p>
<p>Each entry is on an alternating color line and if you look all the way over to the right on each line there is a link to either View the post as it appears on your site or Edit the post using the normal WordPress Edit screen. No changes are made to your database by using the <strong><em>Search</em></strong> button.</p>
<p>The next button you can use is the <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> button and this one lets you preview the changes that would be made for each entry that matches your search and replace criteria. Those results show up like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexreplaceresults.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexreplaceresults" border="0" alt="searchregexreplaceresults" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexreplaceresults_thumb.png" width="244" height="182" /></a> </p>
<p>Just like with the <strong><em>Search</em></strong> button results, if you look over on the right hand side you will see links to either View the post, perform the Replace function for that entry only or open the post up using the standard WordPress admin edit screen. If your only making a few changes this is very handy to do them one at a time to make sure your changing the info you want to change.</p>
<p>The last option you can use is one of the most powerful because it makes the change after you press the <strong><em>Replace and Save</em></strong> button.&#160; With this one you want to make sure the edit is exactly what you want to do.&#160; I recommend using the <strong><em>Replace </em></strong>button first to preview the matches it finds before executing the <strong><em>Replace and Save</em></strong>.</p>
<p>I do not have a screen shot to show you that function because honestly I do not have a change to be made right now. However, the results page looks a lot like the <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> results except they have been made instead of just displayed for review.</p>
<p>So there ya go – a very powerful tool in a small package.&#160; Let me close by repeating an earlier reminder – back up your database before executing any major changes using this plugin. You will be thankful that you did if you hit the wrong button <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>So which do you prefer – this permanent change or the on the fly changes that are made by the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/real-time-find-and-replace-plug-in-review/">Real-Time Find and Replace Plugin</a>?</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Richard Hay";}s:7:"summary";s:7283:"<p>Last week I wrote up a post to review the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/real-time-find-and-replace-plug-in-review/">Real-Time Find and Replace Plugin</a> and the comments on that story about other methods to make site wide changes permanent sent me in search of another way to search and replace information in my SQL database.</p>
<p>Now I consider myself pretty decent at geeky things but directly editing and messing with my site’s SQL database does not top my list of things to do.&#160; Neither does manually going through nearly 1,000 postings to make changes.</p>
<p>What I found was a terrific plug-in that lets me perform a few different functions to make corrections or change info throughout my site.</p>
<p><strong><em><u>Caveat:</u></em></strong> Before I get started – this plugin does make changes to your database. Play it safe and back up your info to protect your original data.</p>
<p>With that said let me now introduce you to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-regex/">Search Regex Plugin</a> written by <a href="http://urbangiraffe.com/">John Godley</a>. </p>
<p>The author provides the following description in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory:</p>
<blockquote><p>Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress. These go beyond the standard searching capabilities, and allow you to search and replace almost any data stored on your site. In addition to simple searches you have the full power of PHP&#8217;s regular expressions at your disposal.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The plugin is currently at version 1.4.9 and is dated from July 2009 however it is fully compatible with WordPress Version 2.9.1.</p>
<p>So once you have downloaded and installed the plugin head to the Tools menu in the Admin interface:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregex.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregex" border="0" alt="searchregex" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregex_thumb.png" width="139" height="190" /></a> </p>
<p>Click on Search Regex to get to the main admin page:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexmain.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexmain" border="0" alt="searchregexmain" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexmain_thumb.png" width="346" height="105" /></a> </p>
<p>From this spot you can either <strong><em>Search</em></strong>; <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> or <strong><em>Replace and Save</em></strong>. Only the last one makes permanent changes to your database when you push the button.</p>
<p>Lets review the options you can set for each one:</p>
<p><strong><em>Source</em></strong> Dropdown Menu lets you pick the areas in the database that will be searched.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexsourcedropdown.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexsourcedropdown" border="0" alt="searchregexsourcedropdown" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexsourcedropdown_thumb.png" width="164" height="186" /></a></p>
<p><strong><em>Limit to</em></strong> Dropdown Menu restricts the number of entries that will be searched. This can be handy on a large site.</p>
<p>&#160;<a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexlimitodropdown.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexlimitodropdown" border="0" alt="searchregexlimitodropdown" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexlimitodropdown_thumb.png" width="84" height="102" /></a> </p>
<p><strong><em>Order By</em></strong> lets you choose to display the results of a search in either Ascending or Descending order.</p>
<p>Once you make those choices you are ready to search.&#160; Type the phrase you want to find in the <strong><em>Search pattern</em></strong> box. I found that multi-line searches do not work so well with this plugin so I recommend you keep it short and exact.</p>
<p>If all you want to do is find a handful or articles that have a certain phrase or word in them then click the <strong><em>Search</em></strong> button and you will see the following type of results:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexresultssearch.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexresultssearch" border="0" alt="searchregexresultssearch" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexresultssearch_thumb.png" width="244" height="140" /></a> </p>
<p>Each entry is on an alternating color line and if you look all the way over to the right on each line there is a link to either View the post as it appears on your site or Edit the post using the normal WordPress Edit screen. No changes are made to your database by using the <strong><em>Search</em></strong> button.</p>
<p>The next button you can use is the <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> button and this one lets you preview the changes that would be made for each entry that matches your search and replace criteria. Those results show up like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexreplaceresults.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="searchregexreplaceresults" border="0" alt="searchregexreplaceresults" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/searchregexreplaceresults_thumb.png" width="244" height="182" /></a> </p>
<p>Just like with the <strong><em>Search</em></strong> button results, if you look over on the right hand side you will see links to either View the post, perform the Replace function for that entry only or open the post up using the standard WordPress admin edit screen. If your only making a few changes this is very handy to do them one at a time to make sure your changing the info you want to change.</p>
<p>The last option you can use is one of the most powerful because it makes the change after you press the <strong><em>Replace and Save</em></strong> button.&#160; With this one you want to make sure the edit is exactly what you want to do.&#160; I recommend using the <strong><em>Replace </em></strong>button first to preview the matches it finds before executing the <strong><em>Replace and Save</em></strong>.</p>
<p>I do not have a screen shot to show you that function because honestly I do not have a change to be made right now. However, the results page looks a lot like the <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> results except they have been made instead of just displayed for review.</p>
<p>So there ya go – a very powerful tool in a small package.&#160; Let me close by repeating an earlier reminder – back up your database before executing any major changes using this plugin. You will be thankful that you did if you hit the wrong button <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>So which do you prefer – this permanent change or the on the fly changes that are made by the <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/real-time-find-and-replace-plug-in-review/">Real-Time Find and Replace Plugin</a>?</p>";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:92:"Weblog Tools Collection: Matt Mullenweg Launches WordPress Foundation to Support Open Source";s:4:"guid";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/22/matt-mullenweg-launches-wordpress-foundation/";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/22/matt-mullenweg-launches-wordpress-foundation/";s:11:"description";s:1151:"<p>The WordPress Blog <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2010/01/wordpress-foundation/" target="_blank">came out</a> with some good news for the Open source and GPL community. Matt Mullenweg has officially started out the WordPress Foundation, a charitable organization to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software. </p>
<blockquote><p>The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the projects we support. People and businesses may come and go, so it is important to ensure that the source code for these projects will survive beyond the current contributor base, that we may create a <strong>stable platform for web publishing for generations to come</strong>. As part of this mission, the Foundation will be responsible for protecting the WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will also pursue a charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>To learn more about the WordPress Foundation, visit the <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/" target="_blank">official site</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:48:42 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1151:"<p>The WordPress Blog <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2010/01/wordpress-foundation/" target="_blank">came out</a> with some good news for the Open source and GPL community. Matt Mullenweg has officially started out the WordPress Foundation, a charitable organization to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software. </p>
<blockquote><p>The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the projects we support. People and businesses may come and go, so it is important to ensure that the source code for these projects will survive beyond the current contributor base, that we may create a <strong>stable platform for web publishing for generations to come</strong>. As part of this mission, the Foundation will be responsible for protecting the WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will also pursue a charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>To learn more about the WordPress Foundation, visit the <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/" target="_blank">official site</a>.</p>";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Dev Blog: WordPress Foundation";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1179";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://wordpress.org/development/2010/01/wordpress-foundation/";s:11:"description";s:516:"<p>It is with extremely great pleasure that I point you to the <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/2010/getting-off-the-ground/">first post</a> at the new <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/">WordPress Foundation site</a>. Not only am I excited about the things that will happen under the auspices of the Foundation, I&#8217;m excited to see a site running the 3.0 development version and the nascent theme called <em>2010</em>. Go <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org">check it out</a> for yourself.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:38:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Jane Wells";}s:7:"summary";s:516:"<p>It is with extremely great pleasure that I point you to the <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/2010/getting-off-the-ground/">first post</a> at the new <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/">WordPress Foundation site</a>. Not only am I excited about the things that will happen under the auspices of the Foundation, I&#8217;m excited to see a site running the 3.0 development version and the nascent theme called <em>2010</em>. Go <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org">check it out</a> for yourself.</p>";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt: WordPress Foundation";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33663";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/wordpress-foundation/";s:11:"description";s:146:"<p>The <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/">WordPress Foundation website is now live</a>, and some interesting things coming for it soon.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:25:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:146:"<p>The <a href="http://wordpressfoundation.org/">WordPress Foundation website is now live</a>, and some interesting things coming for it soon.</p>";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Weblog Tools Collection: Watch Where You Download That";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7570";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/21/watch-where-you-download-that/";s:11:"description";s:1195:"<p>Craig Tuller of StudioPress.com has put together a post that contains information that needs to be repeated on a weekly basis. The basis of the post explains how <a href="http://www.studiopress.com/tips/how-downloading-a-premium-themeplugin-from-the-wrong-place-can-ruin-your-site.htm" target="_blank">downloading a theme or plugin from the wrong place can ruin your site</a>. In the article, Craig publishes a small exchange that occurred between StudioPress and a customer who installed a non-purchased copy of a StudioPress theme. As it turns out, the non-purchased copy of the commercial theme contained code which generated links to porn sites on the customers website. This happens more often than it should but going down this road means you inherit the risks that come right along with it. </p>
<p>Not only should the advice Craig gives near the end of the article be heeded, but you should also read <a href="http://www.themelab.com/2009/12/08/stop-downloading-wordpress-themes-from-shady-sites/" target="_blank">this article</a> written by Leland of ThemeLab.com which goes into more detail with regards to nasty stuff that can be found in free themes. </p>
<p><center></center></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:14:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1195:"<p>Craig Tuller of StudioPress.com has put together a post that contains information that needs to be repeated on a weekly basis. The basis of the post explains how <a href="http://www.studiopress.com/tips/how-downloading-a-premium-themeplugin-from-the-wrong-place-can-ruin-your-site.htm" target="_blank">downloading a theme or plugin from the wrong place can ruin your site</a>. In the article, Craig publishes a small exchange that occurred between StudioPress and a customer who installed a non-purchased copy of a StudioPress theme. As it turns out, the non-purchased copy of the commercial theme contained code which generated links to porn sites on the customers website. This happens more often than it should but going down this road means you inherit the risks that come right along with it. </p>
<p>Not only should the advice Craig gives near the end of the article be heeded, but you should also read <a href="http://www.themelab.com/2009/12/08/stop-downloading-wordpress-themes-from-shady-sites/" target="_blank">this article</a> written by Leland of ThemeLab.com which goes into more detail with regards to nasty stuff that can be found in free themes. </p>
<p><center></center></p>";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:20:"Matt: Stanford Daily";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33661";s:4:"link";s:36:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/stanford-daily/";s:11:"description";s:155:"<p>It looks like the Stanford Daily, Stanford University&#8217;s newspaper since 1892, <a href="http://www.stanforddaily.com/">is now on WordPress</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:11:46 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:155:"<p>It looks like the Stanford Daily, Stanford University&#8217;s newspaper since 1892, <a href="http://www.stanforddaily.com/">is now on WordPress</a>.</p>";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Weblog Tools Collection: Do You Automatically Close Comments on Old Posts?";s:4:"guid";s:102:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/21/do-you-automatically-close-comments-on-old-posts/";s:4:"link";s:102:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/21/do-you-automatically-close-comments-on-old-posts/";s:11:"description";s:1823:"<p>Comments are the lifeblood of any website. It keeps pumping some interesting views and discussions into a post. However, I have seen several blogs which close comments for posts which are older than say a month or two. </p>
<p>The major concern which plays a factor in closing down comments is spam, since many users believe that spammers usually target. However, the spam plugins available today are very effective at curbing spam if not entirely stopping them. If you are interested in know about those plugins, you can visit an earlier post from me about <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/security-and-anti-spam-plugins-for-wordpress/" target="_blank">Spam and Security plugins for WordPress</a>.</p>
<p>However, getting back to the point. I do close comments on certain blog posts like contests and posts which are totally out-dated, but using a mass closure on comments results in several problems, which include:</p>
<ul>
<li>For example, say when I write about products, more often than not I have seen authors of those products commenting on that post to tell everyone about a new version availability. This helps both me and the readers to know about the newer version. </li>
<li>Some posts are evergreen and will spark a discussion no matter when they were written. If you use an option to automatically close comments, those discussions will no longer happen. </li>
<li>More often than not I have seen users ask questions on older posts, several times they have been useful for me to update the old posts or write new ones. </li>
</ul>
<p>I have listed just few of the several reasons why I do not automatically close comments on the older posts. Do you do that? Whatever your answer to the question, it would be interesting if you tell me and others about your thoughts on it.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:58:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1823:"<p>Comments are the lifeblood of any website. It keeps pumping some interesting views and discussions into a post. However, I have seen several blogs which close comments for posts which are older than say a month or two. </p>
<p>The major concern which plays a factor in closing down comments is spam, since many users believe that spammers usually target. However, the spam plugins available today are very effective at curbing spam if not entirely stopping them. If you are interested in know about those plugins, you can visit an earlier post from me about <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/15/security-and-anti-spam-plugins-for-wordpress/" target="_blank">Spam and Security plugins for WordPress</a>.</p>
<p>However, getting back to the point. I do close comments on certain blog posts like contests and posts which are totally out-dated, but using a mass closure on comments results in several problems, which include:</p>
<ul>
<li>For example, say when I write about products, more often than not I have seen authors of those products commenting on that post to tell everyone about a new version availability. This helps both me and the readers to know about the newer version. </li>
<li>Some posts are evergreen and will spark a discussion no matter when they were written. If you use an option to automatically close comments, those discussions will no longer happen. </li>
<li>More often than not I have seen users ask questions on older posts, several times they have been useful for me to update the old posts or write new ones. </li>
</ul>
<p>I have listed just few of the several reasons why I do not automatically close comments on the older posts. Do you do that? Whatever your answer to the question, it would be interesting if you tell me and others about your thoughts on it.</p>";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordCamp Miami 2010";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7566";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/20/wordcamp-miami-2010/";s:11:"description";s:909:"<p>Here in Northern Ohio, it&#8217;s been one of those chilly Winters. I wish I could attend the upcoming WordCamp in Miami, Florida on February 20th from 8:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM (ET). The event will be taking place on the University of Miami Campus so there is bound to be great internet coverage. The <a href="http://wordcampmia.com/speakers/">speakers list</a> is still being arranged but so far, Scott Kingsley Clark is a confirmed speaker who will discuss the <a href="http://pods.uproot.us/">PODS</a> plugin. Other notable members of the community that will be in attendance are Matt Mullenweg, Mark Jaquith, Jane Wells and a host of other WordPress regulars. Registration for the event <a href="http://wordcampmia.eventbrite.com/">is currently open</a> with tickets costing $30.00 each. Updated information can be found on the official <a href="http://wordcampmia.com/">WordCamp Miami</a> website. </p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:04:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:909:"<p>Here in Northern Ohio, it&#8217;s been one of those chilly Winters. I wish I could attend the upcoming WordCamp in Miami, Florida on February 20th from 8:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM (ET). The event will be taking place on the University of Miami Campus so there is bound to be great internet coverage. The <a href="http://wordcampmia.com/speakers/">speakers list</a> is still being arranged but so far, Scott Kingsley Clark is a confirmed speaker who will discuss the <a href="http://pods.uproot.us/">PODS</a> plugin. Other notable members of the community that will be in attendance are Matt Mullenweg, Mark Jaquith, Jane Wells and a host of other WordPress regulars. Registration for the event <a href="http://wordcampmia.eventbrite.com/">is currently open</a> with tickets costing $30.00 each. Updated information can be found on the official <a href="http://wordcampmia.com/">WordCamp Miami</a> website. </p>";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/20";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7564";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/20/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0120/";s:11:"description";s:3458:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://plugins.trendwerk.nl/documentation/page-manager/">Page Manager</a></p>
<p>This plugin allow users to order pages easily in the page overview and also add some clarity to the overview.</p>
<p><a href="http://plugins.trendwerk.nl/documentation/show-more-pages/">Show more pages</a></p>
<p>With this plugin you or your clients can select how many pages they want to show per page in the overview.</p>
<p><a href="http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/i-make-plugins/">I Make Plugins</a></p>
<p>A plugin for WordPress plugin authors to let them easily showcase their plugins on their own site, solely by updating the plugin’s readme.txt file.</p>
<p><a href="http://ithemes.com/a-better-faster-way-to-upgrade-themes/">Easy Theme and Plugin updates</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows for installed themes to be upgraded by using the Appearance &gt; Add New Themes &gt; Upload feature of WordPress. Without this plugin, themes can only be installed using this method, requiring you to first delete the theme before installing the newer version. Now features the same easy upgrading for plugins via the Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Upload page.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/">Events Calendar</a></p>
<p>The Events Calendar plugin enables you to rapidly create and manage events using the post editor. Features include optional Eventbrite integration, Google Maps integration as well as default templates such as a calendar grid and event list for streamlined one click installation.</p>
<p><a href="http://ednook.com/2009/12/30/lesson-plan-book/">Lesson Plan Book</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows teachers to easily share plans with students, parents, and fellow teachers.  Plans are laid out in a calendar view and can be categorized into different classes, subjects, or grades. The plans can be as detailed as desired, including learning objectives, assessments, materials, and attached files.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/contextual-related-posts/">Contextual Related Posts</a></p>
<p>Display a list of contextually related posts for the current post. You can select the number of posts to display and if you want to automatically display the related posts in your content / feed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.viadat.com/store-locator">Store Locator</a></p>
<p>The Store Locator plugin allows you to effectively manage and display any set of important stores, locations, or other points of interest on a website in an easily searchable manner using Google Maps.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/top-10/">Top 10</a></p>
<p>Count page views on posts and display a list of top posts by page views.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/where-did-they-go-from-here/">Where did they go from here?</a></p>
<p>This plugin will show “Readers who viewed this page, also viewed” links on your page. This is similar to Amazon’s product pages which state “Readers who have bought this, also bought”.</p>
<p><a href="http://atastypixel.com/blog/wordpress/plugins/twitter-image-host">Twitter Image Host</a></p>
<p>Host Twitter images from your blog and keep your traffic, rather than using a service like Twitpic and losing your viewers.</p>
<p><a href="http://pento.net/projects/wordpress-job-manager-plugin/">Job Manager</a></p>
<p>A job listing and job application management plugin for WordPress.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:06:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:3458:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://plugins.trendwerk.nl/documentation/page-manager/">Page Manager</a></p>
<p>This plugin allow users to order pages easily in the page overview and also add some clarity to the overview.</p>
<p><a href="http://plugins.trendwerk.nl/documentation/show-more-pages/">Show more pages</a></p>
<p>With this plugin you or your clients can select how many pages they want to show per page in the overview.</p>
<p><a href="http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/i-make-plugins/">I Make Plugins</a></p>
<p>A plugin for WordPress plugin authors to let them easily showcase their plugins on their own site, solely by updating the plugin’s readme.txt file.</p>
<p><a href="http://ithemes.com/a-better-faster-way-to-upgrade-themes/">Easy Theme and Plugin updates</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows for installed themes to be upgraded by using the Appearance &gt; Add New Themes &gt; Upload feature of WordPress. Without this plugin, themes can only be installed using this method, requiring you to first delete the theme before installing the newer version. Now features the same easy upgrading for plugins via the Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Upload page.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/">Events Calendar</a></p>
<p>The Events Calendar plugin enables you to rapidly create and manage events using the post editor. Features include optional Eventbrite integration, Google Maps integration as well as default templates such as a calendar grid and event list for streamlined one click installation.</p>
<p><a href="http://ednook.com/2009/12/30/lesson-plan-book/">Lesson Plan Book</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows teachers to easily share plans with students, parents, and fellow teachers.  Plans are laid out in a calendar view and can be categorized into different classes, subjects, or grades. The plans can be as detailed as desired, including learning objectives, assessments, materials, and attached files.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/contextual-related-posts/">Contextual Related Posts</a></p>
<p>Display a list of contextually related posts for the current post. You can select the number of posts to display and if you want to automatically display the related posts in your content / feed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.viadat.com/store-locator">Store Locator</a></p>
<p>The Store Locator plugin allows you to effectively manage and display any set of important stores, locations, or other points of interest on a website in an easily searchable manner using Google Maps.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/top-10/">Top 10</a></p>
<p>Count page views on posts and display a list of top posts by page views.</p>
<p><a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/where-did-they-go-from-here/">Where did they go from here?</a></p>
<p>This plugin will show “Readers who viewed this page, also viewed” links on your page. This is similar to Amazon’s product pages which state “Readers who have bought this, also bought”.</p>
<p><a href="http://atastypixel.com/blog/wordpress/plugins/twitter-image-host">Twitter Image Host</a></p>
<p>Host Twitter images from your blog and keep your traffic, rather than using a service like Twitpic and losing your viewers.</p>
<p><a href="http://pento.net/projects/wordpress-job-manager-plugin/">Job Manager</a></p>
<p>A job listing and job application management plugin for WordPress.</p>";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Weblog Tools Collection: Easier Theme Upgrades";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7561";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/19/easier-theme-upgrades/";s:11:"description";s:1368:"<p>Do you find upgrading themes to be a pain? To be honest, I don&#8217;t upgrade themes very often if at all but if you do, there is a newly created plugin that ought to make the process much easier on you. It&#8217;s called <a href="http://ithemes.com/a-better-faster-way-to-upgrade-themes/">Easy Theme Upgrades</a> and was developed by Chris Jean of iThemes. It&#8217;s quite simple to use. Upon giving it a test run this morning, it performed flawlessly without any errors. I also confirmed that the backup zip file contained the changes I made to the files before they were deleted. This is very handy considering many people hack their themes to bits and pieces. This method insures that you don&#8217;t lose those changes forever but instead, can go into the archived files to copy and paste your bits into the new version. One of the biggest fears in upgrading a theme is the fact that you&#8217;ll lose all your changes. Not anymore thanks to this plugin. </p>
<p>This plugin will soon make it onto the WordPress plugin repository and is not tied strictly to the themes that iThemes offers. I wanted to take a moment to say that a plugin such as this could have easily been released to only iThemes customers to make it as easy as possible for them to upgrade their products but instead, they have released this to the entire WordPress community. Thanks! </p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:04:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1368:"<p>Do you find upgrading themes to be a pain? To be honest, I don&#8217;t upgrade themes very often if at all but if you do, there is a newly created plugin that ought to make the process much easier on you. It&#8217;s called <a href="http://ithemes.com/a-better-faster-way-to-upgrade-themes/">Easy Theme Upgrades</a> and was developed by Chris Jean of iThemes. It&#8217;s quite simple to use. Upon giving it a test run this morning, it performed flawlessly without any errors. I also confirmed that the backup zip file contained the changes I made to the files before they were deleted. This is very handy considering many people hack their themes to bits and pieces. This method insures that you don&#8217;t lose those changes forever but instead, can go into the archived files to copy and paste your bits into the new version. One of the biggest fears in upgrading a theme is the fact that you&#8217;ll lose all your changes. Not anymore thanks to this plugin. </p>
<p>This plugin will soon make it onto the WordPress plugin repository and is not tied strictly to the themes that iThemes offers. I wanted to take a moment to say that a plugin such as this could have easily been released to only iThemes customers to make it as easy as possible for them to upgrade their products but instead, they have released this to the entire WordPress community. Thanks! </p>";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Dougal Campbell: jQuery API site using WordPress as CMS";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1974";s:4:"link";s:135:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2010/01/19/jquery-api-site-using-wordpress-as-cms?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss";s:11:"description";s:2961:"<div><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wplogo-notext-rgb.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" title="WordPress" /></div><p>I mentioned before that the jQuery project was going to switch from Mediawiki to <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/12/14/wordpress-as-a-documentation-platform">using WordPress for their online documentation</a>. They&#8217;ve recently pulled the trigger on that change, and you can now visit the new WordPress-powered site at: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/">api.jquery.com</a></p>
<blockquote>
<h3>Performance and Backend</h3>
<p>As mentioned before, we’ve switched away from using a MediaWiki backend to a new WordPress-powered backend. So far we’ve been very impressed with the performance. Every single page on the site is heavily cached and gzipped – with all media being served up from our CDN. We think you’ll find it to be a significant performance improvement over the old docs site.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://jquery14.com/pre-release-1">Pre Release Day 1 – The 14 Days of jQuery</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p>This seems to be an excellent example of a site using WordPress as a <acronym title="Content Management System"><span class="caps">CMS</span></acronym>. Each <acronym title="Application Interface"><span class="caps">API</span></acronym> method is created as a post, and they use categories liberally to make it easier for users to locate the methods they need based on usage. There&#8217;s also a nice <acronym title="Asynchronous Javascript and XML"><span class="caps">AJAX</span></acronym> live-search that narrows down results as you type. Obviously, they are using a custom tailored theme, and a permalink structure that produces easy to remember bookmarks like &#8220;<a href="http://api.jquery.com/slideDown/">api.jquery.com/slideDown/</a>&#8220;. As an added bonus, they get user comments and an easier way to manage spam. Nice!</p>
<p>I imagine that there is more going on behind the scenes to help them manage the documentation structure of each <acronym title="Application Interface"><span class="caps">API</span></acronym> method, code examples, and demonstrations. Maybe some day we can coax them into giving us some more details about that.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/12/14/wordpress-as-a-documentation-platform" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress As a Documentation Platform">WordPress As a Documentation Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/11/05/socializing-a-wordpress-site" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Socializing a WordPress site">Socializing a WordPress site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/22/drupal-shop-gives-props-to-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Drupal shop gives props to WordPress">Drupal shop gives props to WordPress</a></li>
</ol></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:12:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:2961:"<div><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wplogo-notext-rgb.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" title="WordPress" /></div><p>I mentioned before that the jQuery project was going to switch from Mediawiki to <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/12/14/wordpress-as-a-documentation-platform">using WordPress for their online documentation</a>. They&#8217;ve recently pulled the trigger on that change, and you can now visit the new WordPress-powered site at: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/">api.jquery.com</a></p>
<blockquote>
<h3>Performance and Backend</h3>
<p>As mentioned before, we’ve switched away from using a MediaWiki backend to a new WordPress-powered backend. So far we’ve been very impressed with the performance. Every single page on the site is heavily cached and gzipped – with all media being served up from our CDN. We think you’ll find it to be a significant performance improvement over the old docs site.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://jquery14.com/pre-release-1">Pre Release Day 1 – The 14 Days of jQuery</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p>This seems to be an excellent example of a site using WordPress as a <acronym title="Content Management System"><span class="caps">CMS</span></acronym>. Each <acronym title="Application Interface"><span class="caps">API</span></acronym> method is created as a post, and they use categories liberally to make it easier for users to locate the methods they need based on usage. There&#8217;s also a nice <acronym title="Asynchronous Javascript and XML"><span class="caps">AJAX</span></acronym> live-search that narrows down results as you type. Obviously, they are using a custom tailored theme, and a permalink structure that produces easy to remember bookmarks like &#8220;<a href="http://api.jquery.com/slideDown/">api.jquery.com/slideDown/</a>&#8220;. As an added bonus, they get user comments and an easier way to manage spam. Nice!</p>
<p>I imagine that there is more going on behind the scenes to help them manage the documentation structure of each <acronym title="Application Interface"><span class="caps">API</span></acronym> method, code examples, and demonstrations. Maybe some day we can coax them into giving us some more details about that.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/12/14/wordpress-as-a-documentation-platform" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: WordPress As a Documentation Platform">WordPress As a Documentation Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/11/05/socializing-a-wordpress-site" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Socializing a WordPress site">Socializing a WordPress site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/22/drupal-shop-gives-props-to-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Drupal shop gives props to WordPress">Drupal shop gives props to WordPress</a></li>
</ol></p>";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Matt: Polldaddy Billion";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33657";s:4:"link";s:39:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/polldaddy-billion/";s:11:"description";s:693:"<p><a href="http://polldaddy.com/">Polldaddy</a> just became the second Automattic web service to r<a href="http://www.quantcast.com/p-ab3gTb8xb3dLg">each a billion pageviews a month</a>. (I&#8217;m not counting <a href="http://gravatar.com/">Gravatar</a>.) They also just <a href="http://blog.polldaddy.com/2010/01/11/update-wordpress-org-plugin-now-includes-ratings/">updated their WordPress.org plugin to including ratings</a>. Watch for some other major updates coming up soon. <ins datetime="2010-01-19T17:24:30+00:00">Update: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/polldaddy_hits_1billion_page_views_a_month_major_u.php">ReadWriteWeb gives some context to the story</a>.</ins></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:06:25 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:693:"<p><a href="http://polldaddy.com/">Polldaddy</a> just became the second Automattic web service to r<a href="http://www.quantcast.com/p-ab3gTb8xb3dLg">each a billion pageviews a month</a>. (I&#8217;m not counting <a href="http://gravatar.com/">Gravatar</a>.) They also just <a href="http://blog.polldaddy.com/2010/01/11/update-wordpress-org-plugin-now-includes-ratings/">updated their WordPress.org plugin to including ratings</a>. Watch for some other major updates coming up soon. <ins datetime="2010-01-19T17:24:30+00:00">Update: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/polldaddy_hits_1billion_page_views_a_month_major_u.php">ReadWriteWeb gives some context to the story</a>.</ins></p>";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Donncha: WordPress MU 2.9.1.1";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495657";s:4:"link";s:36:"http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-2911/";s:11:"description";s:3524:"<p>one dot one dot one dot one dot dot dot&#8230;. Yes, last week&#8217;s <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTI5MS8=">release</a> of WordPress MU wasn&#8217;t to be the last one. This is. Really. </p>
<p>WordPress MU 2.9.1.1 fixes <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy90aWNrZXQvMTE5Mw==">#1193</a> and <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy90aWNrZXQvMTE5NQ==">#1195</a>, two annoying but one liner bugs that crept into the last release.</p>
<p>This is also a security release fixing a bug in the installer that has existed for quite some time. If you can&#8217;t update yet, delete the file index-install.php immediately. That file is only used when you install WordPress MU for the first time so it&#8217;s not needed afterwards. Don&#8217;t ask, &#8220;I&#8217;m using version x.x.x, do I need to delete this file?&#8221; Just do it. Thanks Mad Sprat for reporting the problem.<br />
The index-install.php in 2.9.1.1 is safe, but I&#8217;ve added a note at the end of the install recommending the file be removed. The file is not used after installation and it&#8217;s always a good idea to clean up unused scripts.</p>
<p>Get WordPress MU 2.9.1.1 on <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZG93bmxvYWQv">the download page</a> or wait until your Dashboard upgrader finds the new release.<br />
If you&#8217;re adventurous, download and replace the following files on your site to upgrade:</p>
<ol>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS9pbmRleC1pbnN0YWxsLnBocD9yZXY9MjA2MSYjMDM4O2Zvcm1hdD10eHQ=">index-install.php</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS93cC1hZG1pbi9pbmNsdWRlcy9tdS5waHA/cmV2PTIwNTcmIzAzODtmb3JtYXQ9dHh0">wp-admin/includes/mu.php</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS94bWxycGMucGhwP3Jldj0yMDU2JiMwMzg7Zm9ybWF0PXR4dA==">xmlrpc.php</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS93cC1pbmNsdWRlcy92ZXJzaW9uLnBocD9yZXY9MjA2MiYjMDM4O2Zvcm1hdD10eHQ=">wp-includes/version.php</a></li>
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<p>Sorry <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cHRhdmVybi5jb20vd3BtdS0yLTktMS10aGUtbGFzdC12ZXJzaW9uLW9mLW11">Jeffro</a>! <img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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<p>WordPress MU 2.9.1.1 fixes <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy90aWNrZXQvMTE5Mw==">#1193</a> and <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy90aWNrZXQvMTE5NQ==">#1195</a>, two annoying but one liner bugs that crept into the last release.</p>
<p>This is also a security release fixing a bug in the installer that has existed for quite some time. If you can&#8217;t update yet, delete the file index-install.php immediately. That file is only used when you install WordPress MU for the first time so it&#8217;s not needed afterwards. Don&#8217;t ask, &#8220;I&#8217;m using version x.x.x, do I need to delete this file?&#8221; Just do it. Thanks Mad Sprat for reporting the problem.<br />
The index-install.php in 2.9.1.1 is safe, but I&#8217;ve added a note at the end of the install recommending the file be removed. The file is not used after installation and it&#8217;s always a good idea to clean up unused scripts.</p>
<p>Get WordPress MU 2.9.1.1 on <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZG93bmxvYWQv">the download page</a> or wait until your Dashboard upgrader finds the new release.<br />
If you&#8217;re adventurous, download and replace the following files on your site to upgrade:</p>
<ol>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS9pbmRleC1pbnN0YWxsLnBocD9yZXY9MjA2MSYjMDM4O2Zvcm1hdD10eHQ=">index-install.php</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS93cC1hZG1pbi9pbmNsdWRlcy9tdS5waHA/cmV2PTIwNTcmIzAzODtmb3JtYXQ9dHh0">wp-admin/includes/mu.php</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS94bWxycGMucGhwP3Jldj0yMDU2JiMwMzg7Zm9ybWF0PXR4dA==">xmlrpc.php</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RyYWMubXUud29yZHByZXNzLm9yZy9icm93c2VyL2JyYW5jaGVzLzIuOS93cC1pbmNsdWRlcy92ZXJzaW9uLnBocD9yZXY9MjA2MiYjMDM4O2Zvcm1hdD10eHQ=">wp-includes/version.php</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Sorry <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cHRhdmVybi5jb20vd3BtdS0yLTktMS10aGUtbGFzdC12ZXJzaW9uLW9mLW11">Jeffro</a>! <img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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<p><img title="ZadaNews" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ZadaNews.jpg" alt="ZadaNews" width="200" height="113" /></p>
<p>A professional looking Newspaper theme. Contains the features you’d expect on a news site such as breadcrumbs navigation and sub category menus. Has three columns, and is fixed width with straight lines. Code based on News Magazine Theme 640 by antisocialmediallc.com</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.fluffypress.com/wordpress/chad-theme/">Chad from bleach anime</a></h4>
<p><img title="Chad" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Chad.jpg" alt="Chad" width="200" height="125" /></p>
<p>This theme is focused on character referred as Chad from Bleach anime &amp; manga</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/2010/01/16/new-free-wordpress-template-ipsum-ak/">Ipsum.ak</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/templates/demos/ipsumak"><img title="Ipsum" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Ipsum.jpg" alt="Ipsum" width="200" height="157" /></a></p>
<p>Three column, fixed width, gravatar and threaded comments ready theme with .PSD file included</p>
<h4><a href="http://fahrulazmi.com/kozuka-free-wordpress-theme/">kozuka</a></h4>
<p><img title="kozuka" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kozuka.gif" alt="kozuka" width="200" height="124" /></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width theme made specially for photographers</p>
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<p><img title="Virtual Recipes" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/VirtualRecipes.jpg" alt="Virtual Recipes" width="200" height="114" /></p>
<p>Widget-ready, gravatar-enabled, two column, fixed width themes</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:39:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:1960:"<h4><a href="http://www.zadanews.com/2009/01/15/zada-news-theme/">Zada News</a></h4>
<p><img title="ZadaNews" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ZadaNews.jpg" alt="ZadaNews" width="200" height="113" /></p>
<p>A professional looking Newspaper theme. Contains the features you’d expect on a news site such as breadcrumbs navigation and sub category menus. Has three columns, and is fixed width with straight lines. Code based on News Magazine Theme 640 by antisocialmediallc.com</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.fluffypress.com/wordpress/chad-theme/">Chad from bleach anime</a></h4>
<p><img title="Chad" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Chad.jpg" alt="Chad" width="200" height="125" /></p>
<p>This theme is focused on character referred as Chad from Bleach anime &amp; manga</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/2010/01/16/new-free-wordpress-template-ipsum-ak/">Ipsum.ak</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.junglejar.com/templates/demos/ipsumak"><img title="Ipsum" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Ipsum.jpg" alt="Ipsum" width="200" height="157" /></a></p>
<p>Three column, fixed width, gravatar and threaded comments ready theme with .PSD file included</p>
<h4><a href="http://fahrulazmi.com/kozuka-free-wordpress-theme/">kozuka</a></h4>
<p><img title="kozuka" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kozuka.gif" alt="kozuka" width="200" height="124" /></p>
<p>Two column, fixed width theme made specially for photographers</p>
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<p><img title="Virtual Recipes" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/VirtualRecipes.jpg" alt="Virtual Recipes" width="200" height="114" /></p>
<p>Widget-ready, gravatar-enabled, two column, fixed width themes</p>";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Mark Jaquith: New Plugin – “I Make Plugins”";s:4:"guid";s:39:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=410";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/new-plugin-i-make-plugins/";s:11:"description";s:2850:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>I have several WordPress plugins. They&#8217;re hosted on the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress.org plugin repository</a>, but I also have a page for each plugin <a href="http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/">on my own site</a>. I&#8217;ve found it tedious to have to update both places separately. Things get out of sync, or worse, I put off plugin updates because I loathe updating two places (with two different formats) with the same information.</p>
<p>The WordPress plugin repository has an API. Let&#8217;s use it! <a href="http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/i-make-plugins/">I Make Plugins</a> is a plugin for WordPress plugin authors to let them easily showcase their plugins on their own site, solely by updating the plugin&#8217;s <code>readme.txt</code> file.</p>
<p>Adding a plugin is as simple as creating a new subpage of your plugin listing page, and giving it the name of your plugin in the repository. All the information comes from the API and is kept up to date.</p>
<p>Here is a nine and a half minute. boring-as-hell screencast with a full tour of the plugin.</p>
<ins>
<div class="video-player" id="x-video-0">
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<p>I realize that writing a plugin for plugin developers is probably a futile gesture. Plugin developers are choosy people, and many may already have their own setup for managing their stable of plugins. I wrote this for myself — but let me know if you find it useful!</p>
<br /><a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/new-plugin-i-make-plugins/"><img width="160" height="120" src="http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/2p6Q4wto/i-make-plugins_std.original.jpg" alt="\" /></a>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=410&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:32:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:7:"summary";s:2850:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>I have several WordPress plugins. They&#8217;re hosted on the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress.org plugin repository</a>, but I also have a page for each plugin <a href="http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/">on my own site</a>. I&#8217;ve found it tedious to have to update both places separately. Things get out of sync, or worse, I put off plugin updates because I loathe updating two places (with two different formats) with the same information.</p>
<p>The WordPress plugin repository has an API. Let&#8217;s use it! <a href="http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/i-make-plugins/">I Make Plugins</a> is a plugin for WordPress plugin authors to let them easily showcase their plugins on their own site, solely by updating the plugin&#8217;s <code>readme.txt</code> file.</p>
<p>Adding a plugin is as simple as creating a new subpage of your plugin listing page, and giving it the name of your plugin in the repository. All the information comes from the API and is kept up to date.</p>
<p>Here is a nine and a half minute. boring-as-hell screencast with a full tour of the plugin.</p>
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<p>I realize that writing a plugin for plugin developers is probably a futile gesture. Plugin developers are choosy people, and many may already have their own setup for managing their stable of plugins. I wrote this for myself — but let me know if you find it useful!</p>
<br /><a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/new-plugin-i-make-plugins/"><img width="160" height="120" src="http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/2p6Q4wto/i-make-plugins_std.original.jpg" alt="\" /></a>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/410/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=410&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Matt: Tybee WordPress Meetup";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33573";s:4:"link";s:44:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/";s:11:"description";s:18794:"<p>We had a small WordPress meetup on Tybee Island at Huckapoo&#8217;s with the Automatticians who were in town for a meetup and some locals from the island and Savannah. Guest photographer: <a href="http://designsimply.com/">Sheri Bigelow</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1661-2/" title="MCM_1661"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1661-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1661" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1677-2/" title="MCM_1677"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1677-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1677" /></a>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:45:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:18794:"<p>We had a small WordPress meetup on Tybee Island at Huckapoo&#8217;s with the Automatticians who were in town for a meetup and some locals from the island and Savannah. Guest photographer: <a href="http://designsimply.com/">Sheri Bigelow</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1579-2/" title="MCM_1579"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1579-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1579" /></a>
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<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1587-2/" title="MCM_1587"><img width="139" height="210" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1587-139x210.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1587" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1589-2/" title="MCM_1589"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1589-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1589" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1591-2/" title="MCM_1591"><img width="139" height="210" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1591-139x210.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1591" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1600-2/" title="MCM_1600"><img width="139" height="210" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1600-139x210.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1600" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1602-2/" title="MCM_1602"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1602-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1602" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1610-2/" title="MCM_1610"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1610-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1610" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1619-3/" title="MCM_1619"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1619-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1619" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1627-3/" title="MCM_1627"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1627-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1627" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1633-2/" title="MCM_1633"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1633-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1633" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1635-3/" title="MCM_1635"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1635-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1635" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1654-2/" title="MCM_1654"><img width="139" height="210" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1654-139x210.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1654" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1659-3/" title="MCM_1659"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1659-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1659" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1661-2/" title="MCM_1661"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1661-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1661" /></a>
<a href="http://ma.tt/2010/01/tybee-wordpress-meetup/mcm_1677-2/" title="MCM_1677"><img width="195" height="129" src="http://s.ma.tt/files/2010/01/MCM_1677-195x129.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="MCM_1677" /></a>";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Matt: Trying out Nexus One";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33568";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/trying-out-nexus-one/";s:11:"description";s:897:"<p>This week I&#8217;ve taken the SIM card out of my iPhone and put it in the Nexus One, which I&#8217;m going to try to stick with for the next week. I love my 3GS, but I&#8217;m just hungry for something else as the iPhone has felt a little stagnant lately, and the Nexus has the most beautiful hardware &#8212; it&#8217;s a pleasure to hold and look at. So far I&#8217;m really happy with the screen, the grass live background, the Google and Facebook contact syncing, news/weather widget, Google Voice (!), and I&#8217;ve gotten pretty accustomed to the UI. (Only other Android device I&#8217;ve tried was the G1, and that lasted 10 minutes.) I&#8217;m not impressed with the email application IMAP support, the app store seems a bit anemic, and the camera application crashed once when I was trying to take a picture. I&#8217;ve found equivalent apps for the most-used stuff on my iPhone.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:43:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:897:"<p>This week I&#8217;ve taken the SIM card out of my iPhone and put it in the Nexus One, which I&#8217;m going to try to stick with for the next week. I love my 3GS, but I&#8217;m just hungry for something else as the iPhone has felt a little stagnant lately, and the Nexus has the most beautiful hardware &#8212; it&#8217;s a pleasure to hold and look at. So far I&#8217;m really happy with the screen, the grass live background, the Google and Facebook contact syncing, news/weather widget, Google Voice (!), and I&#8217;ve gotten pretty accustomed to the UI. (Only other Android device I&#8217;ve tried was the G1, and that lasted 10 minutes.) I&#8217;m not impressed with the email application IMAP support, the app store seems a bit anemic, and the camera application crashed once when I was trying to take a picture. I&#8217;ve found equivalent apps for the most-used stuff on my iPhone.</p>";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:66:"Weblog Tools Collection: Real-Time Find and Replace Plug-in Review";s:4:"guid";s:95:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/real-time-find-and-replace-plug-in-review/";s:4:"link";s:95:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/real-time-find-and-replace-plug-in-review/";s:11:"description";s:3784:"<p>According to the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/">WordPress.com support page on short codes</a> they are defined as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you do nifty things with very little effort. Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated, ugly code in just one line. Shortcode = shortcut.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Many WordPress plug-ins make use of short codes to easily make a call to a plug-ins functionality.&#160; This can make maintaining your WordPress based site very easy but what happens if you decide to shift from one plug-in to another and that specific short code is not used in the new plug-in?</p>
<p>Let me give you an example.&#160; I used to use the WordPress <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adsense-manager/">Adsense Manager Plug-in</a> on <a href="http://www.windowsobserver.com/">WindowsObserver.com</a> to place my Google Adsense ads.&#160; It allowed me to build the ad and then use a short code to place it on a page or in a blog post.&#160; That short code looked something like this [ ad#post-top ].&#160; </p>
<p>I made the decision to go to a different ad source and the Adsense Manager plug-in was not compatible for me anymore. So what I decided to do initially was to just allow the Google Adsense ads to run on all of my old posts (at least 600 or so) and then run the new ad code on subsequent pages.</p>
<p>A couple of weeks ago I decided to do something about the old ad code and went in search of a tool to do this.&#160; That is when I found the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/">Real-Time Find and Replace Plug-in</a> written by Marios Alexandrou.</p>
<p>The premise of this plug-in is very simple. It searches for text you enter in the settings and dynamically replaces it as the page is generated in a users browser utilizing the alternate text that you provide.</p>
<p>Here is now simple it is to use:</p>
<p>Once you have installed the plug-in you will find the menu item for it under the Tools menu in your WordPress Admin panel:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry" border="0" alt="realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry_thumb.png" width="159" height="239" /></a> </p>
</p>
<p>Clicking on that brings up the main settings page:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage" border="0" alt="realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage_thumb.png" width="357" height="145" /></a> </p>
<p>Here you click the <em><strong>Add</strong></em> link and insert the text you want the plug-in to find and then insert the text you want put in its place in the <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> text box. Click <strong><em>Update</em></strong> to save your settings.&#160; </p>
<p>There it is – ready and able to find and replace any text you choose on the run. I used it to replace short codes but you could use it to replace anything you want to on your pages.</p>
<p>Final note about this plug-in: According to this plug-ins page at the WordPress.org Plug-in Directory it is only compatible up to version 2.8 however, I am running it on version 2.9.1 without any problem.</p>
<p>I would be very interested in hearing what plug-ins you use to find and replace text for your site/database.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:00:00 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Richard Hay";}s:7:"summary";s:3784:"<p>According to the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/">WordPress.com support page on short codes</a> they are defined as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you do nifty things with very little effort. Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated, ugly code in just one line. Shortcode = shortcut.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Many WordPress plug-ins make use of short codes to easily make a call to a plug-ins functionality.&#160; This can make maintaining your WordPress based site very easy but what happens if you decide to shift from one plug-in to another and that specific short code is not used in the new plug-in?</p>
<p>Let me give you an example.&#160; I used to use the WordPress <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adsense-manager/">Adsense Manager Plug-in</a> on <a href="http://www.windowsobserver.com/">WindowsObserver.com</a> to place my Google Adsense ads.&#160; It allowed me to build the ad and then use a short code to place it on a page or in a blog post.&#160; That short code looked something like this [ ad#post-top ].&#160; </p>
<p>I made the decision to go to a different ad source and the Adsense Manager plug-in was not compatible for me anymore. So what I decided to do initially was to just allow the Google Adsense ads to run on all of my old posts (at least 600 or so) and then run the new ad code on subsequent pages.</p>
<p>A couple of weeks ago I decided to do something about the old ad code and went in search of a tool to do this.&#160; That is when I found the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/">Real-Time Find and Replace Plug-in</a> written by Marios Alexandrou.</p>
<p>The premise of this plug-in is very simple. It searches for text you enter in the settings and dynamically replaces it as the page is generated in a users browser utilizing the alternate text that you provide.</p>
<p>Here is now simple it is to use:</p>
<p>Once you have installed the plug-in you will find the menu item for it under the Tools menu in your WordPress Admin panel:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry" border="0" alt="realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacetoolsmenuentry_thumb.png" width="159" height="239" /></a> </p>
</p>
<p>Clicking on that brings up the main settings page:</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage.png" rel="thumbnail"><img title="realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage" border="0" alt="realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/realtimesearchandreplacesettingspage_thumb.png" width="357" height="145" /></a> </p>
<p>Here you click the <em><strong>Add</strong></em> link and insert the text you want the plug-in to find and then insert the text you want put in its place in the <strong><em>Replace</em></strong> text box. Click <strong><em>Update</em></strong> to save your settings.&#160; </p>
<p>There it is – ready and able to find and replace any text you choose on the run. I used it to replace short codes but you could use it to replace anything you want to on your pages.</p>
<p>Final note about this plug-in: According to this plug-ins page at the WordPress.org Plug-in Directory it is only compatible up to version 2.8 however, I am running it on version 2.9.1 without any problem.</p>
<p>I would be very interested in hearing what plug-ins you use to find and replace text for your site/database.</p>";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:75:"Weblog Tools Collection: is_home(), is_archive() not Working? Here is a Fix";s:4:"guid";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/fix-for-is_home-is_archive-not-working/";s:4:"link";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/fix-for-is_home-is_archive-not-working/";s:11:"description";s:799:"<p>Quite recently, is_home() and is_archive() stopped working for me. I mean, that these conditional tags stopped working for me and the intended code I had was not performing as expected.</p>
<p>I did a bit of digging around, however I did not find any conclusive answers to what was wrong. However, I did find a solution at this <a href="http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=827214" target="_blank">forum post</a>, and after including an additional snippet it started working fine.</p>
<p>If you are facing a problem with the is_home() function, you can use the wp_reset_query(); function before you use the conditional checks to fix the issue.</p>
<p>I am still looking into the internal code as to why this is happening, will update the post once I find an answer to this problem.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:50:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:799:"<p>Quite recently, is_home() and is_archive() stopped working for me. I mean, that these conditional tags stopped working for me and the intended code I had was not performing as expected.</p>
<p>I did a bit of digging around, however I did not find any conclusive answers to what was wrong. However, I did find a solution at this <a href="http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=827214" target="_blank">forum post</a>, and after including an additional snippet it started working fine.</p>
<p>If you are facing a problem with the is_home() function, you can use the wp_reset_query(); function before you use the conditional checks to fix the issue.</p>
<p>I am still looking into the internal code as to why this is happening, will update the post once I find an answer to this problem.</p>";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/16";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7543";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0116-2/";s:11:"description";s:3484:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.chipbennett.net/wordpress/plugins/cbnet-mbp-auto-activate/">cbnet MBP Auto-Activate</a></p>
<p>MaxBlogPress plugins require a two-step registration/activation process, as well as a forced opt-in to an email-list subscription, in order to use them. This plugin circumvents those requirements, enabling unrestricted use of the plugins.</p>
<p><a href="http://calendarscripts.info/autoresponder-wordpress.html">BFT Autoresponder</a></p>
<p>This is the easiest to use sequential autoresponder plugin. Allows scheduling unlimited number of emails, members, import/export and customization of the emails. The HTML code of the registration form can be placed anywhere in the blog or in some other site.The plugin allows double opt-in and attaches unsubscribe link to all messages</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cbnet-ping-optimizer/">cbnet Ping Optimizer</a></p>
<p>Do you know your WordPress blog pings unnecessarily every time you edit a post? Think how many times you click on &#8220;Save and Continue Editing&#8221; or &#8220;Save&#8221; button. Your blog will ping unnecessarily that many times you click on those buttons. Save your blog from getting tagged as ping spammer by installing this plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://martythornley.com/downloads/wp-list-tweets/">WP List Tweets</a></p>
<p>WP List Tweets easily displays any number of latest Tweets from any user, anywhere on the site, using template tags or shortcodes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wpprogrammer.com/feature-comments-wordpress-plugin/">Feature Comments</a></p>
<p>This plugin adds an option to Feature / Bury comments to the Edit Comments screen. On the frontend, it adds a ‘featured’ or ‘buried’ class to that comment</p>
<p><a href="http://sillybean.net/code/wordpress/private-suite/">Private Suite</a></p>
<p>Allows admins to add private pages to wp_list_pages() and the Pages widget, specify the prefix on private and protected post and page titles, and choose which user roles may read private pages and posts.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://digitalcortex.net/plugins/">Subscription Options</a></p>
<p>The most common ways for people to subscribe to a blog and its content are through RSS, Email and Twitter. Facebook pages are increasing in usage too.<br />
This plugin places the above icons in a widget area and lets users enter their own feed or page URLs and colour options. It’s really simple but there’s lots of power under the hood.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded">Smart Archives Reloaded</a></p>
<p>Displays year and month-based archives of your posts, in several interesting formats.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baronen.org/wpwalla">WP-Walla</a></p>
<p>WP-Walla is an plugin that allows you to get your checkins from Gowalla and present in sidebar as a widget.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.642weather.com/weather/scripts-wordpress-visitor-maps.php">Visitor Maps and Who&#8217;s Online</a></p>
<p>Displays Visitor Maps with location pins, city, and country. Includes a Who&#8217;s Online Sidebar. Has an admin dashboard to view visitor details.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-greet-box/">WP Greet Box</a></p>
<p>This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url. For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:00:27 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:3484:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.chipbennett.net/wordpress/plugins/cbnet-mbp-auto-activate/">cbnet MBP Auto-Activate</a></p>
<p>MaxBlogPress plugins require a two-step registration/activation process, as well as a forced opt-in to an email-list subscription, in order to use them. This plugin circumvents those requirements, enabling unrestricted use of the plugins.</p>
<p><a href="http://calendarscripts.info/autoresponder-wordpress.html">BFT Autoresponder</a></p>
<p>This is the easiest to use sequential autoresponder plugin. Allows scheduling unlimited number of emails, members, import/export and customization of the emails. The HTML code of the registration form can be placed anywhere in the blog or in some other site.The plugin allows double opt-in and attaches unsubscribe link to all messages</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cbnet-ping-optimizer/">cbnet Ping Optimizer</a></p>
<p>Do you know your WordPress blog pings unnecessarily every time you edit a post? Think how many times you click on &#8220;Save and Continue Editing&#8221; or &#8220;Save&#8221; button. Your blog will ping unnecessarily that many times you click on those buttons. Save your blog from getting tagged as ping spammer by installing this plugin.</p>
<p><a href="http://martythornley.com/downloads/wp-list-tweets/">WP List Tweets</a></p>
<p>WP List Tweets easily displays any number of latest Tweets from any user, anywhere on the site, using template tags or shortcodes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wpprogrammer.com/feature-comments-wordpress-plugin/">Feature Comments</a></p>
<p>This plugin adds an option to Feature / Bury comments to the Edit Comments screen. On the frontend, it adds a ‘featured’ or ‘buried’ class to that comment</p>
<p><a href="http://sillybean.net/code/wordpress/private-suite/">Private Suite</a></p>
<p>Allows admins to add private pages to wp_list_pages() and the Pages widget, specify the prefix on private and protected post and page titles, and choose which user roles may read private pages and posts.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://digitalcortex.net/plugins/">Subscription Options</a></p>
<p>The most common ways for people to subscribe to a blog and its content are through RSS, Email and Twitter. Facebook pages are increasing in usage too.<br />
This plugin places the above icons in a widget area and lets users enter their own feed or page URLs and colour options. It’s really simple but there’s lots of power under the hood.</p>
<p><a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/smart-archives-reloaded">Smart Archives Reloaded</a></p>
<p>Displays year and month-based archives of your posts, in several interesting formats.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baronen.org/wpwalla">WP-Walla</a></p>
<p>WP-Walla is an plugin that allows you to get your checkins from Gowalla and present in sidebar as a widget.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.642weather.com/weather/scripts-wordpress-visitor-maps.php">Visitor Maps and Who&#8217;s Online</a></p>
<p>Displays Visitor Maps with location pins, city, and country. Includes a Who&#8217;s Online Sidebar. Has an admin dashboard to view visitor details.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-greet-box/">WP Greet Box</a></p>
<p>This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url. For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it.</p>";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:72:"Weblog Tools Collection: How To Include CSS and JavaScript Conditionally";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7540";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/15/how-to-include-css-and-javascript-conditionally/";s:11:"description";s:1631:"<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/topic/js-038-css-conditional-include-guide-for-plugin-developers?replies=3">This post</a> written on the WeblogToolsCollection.com forums as a news submission has been well received by plugin developers that have taken notice. The article explains <a href="http://beerpla.net/2010/01/13/wordpress-plugin-development-how-to-include-css-and-javascript-conditionally-and-only-when-needed-by-the-posts/">how to include CSS and JavaScript conditionally</a> so that the code is not loaded on every page of the site. </p>
<blockquote><p>If you think about it, there are many plugins that only do something once in a blue moon. Table of contents, text manipulators, galleries, sliders, etc, etc. If only they loaded their frontend code strictly when necessary, most page loads would suddenly become much lighter.</p></blockquote>
<p>This technique if implemented by plugin authors sounds like it could have a significant impact on end users websites, especially when it comes to loading times. I&#8217;m always impressed with the speed of WordPress when I install a fresh copy without any plugins. WordPress loads very quickly both on the front and back ends. However, once I activate 30 or so plugins, most of which add functionality to the front end of the site, I see the page loads increase significantly. It&#8217;s a shame too since I routinely hear people claim WordPress is sluggish software only to find out they have over 30 plugins activated on their site. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a plugin author, can you please tell me what some of the drawbacks are with Artems approach? </p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:57:46 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1631:"<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/topic/js-038-css-conditional-include-guide-for-plugin-developers?replies=3">This post</a> written on the WeblogToolsCollection.com forums as a news submission has been well received by plugin developers that have taken notice. The article explains <a href="http://beerpla.net/2010/01/13/wordpress-plugin-development-how-to-include-css-and-javascript-conditionally-and-only-when-needed-by-the-posts/">how to include CSS and JavaScript conditionally</a> so that the code is not loaded on every page of the site. </p>
<blockquote><p>If you think about it, there are many plugins that only do something once in a blue moon. Table of contents, text manipulators, galleries, sliders, etc, etc. If only they loaded their frontend code strictly when necessary, most page loads would suddenly become much lighter.</p></blockquote>
<p>This technique if implemented by plugin authors sounds like it could have a significant impact on end users websites, especially when it comes to loading times. I&#8217;m always impressed with the speed of WordPress when I install a fresh copy without any plugins. WordPress loads very quickly both on the front and back ends. However, once I activate 30 or so plugins, most of which add functionality to the front end of the site, I see the page loads increase significantly. It&#8217;s a shame too since I routinely hear people claim WordPress is sluggish software only to find out they have over 30 plugins activated on their site. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a plugin author, can you please tell me what some of the drawbacks are with Artems approach? </p>";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"BuddyPress: Development Blog and Weekly Meetings";s:4:"guid";s:28:"http://buddypress.org/?p=761";s:4:"link";s:69:"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/development-blog-and-weekly-meetings/";s:11:"description";s:1376:"<p>As we start to prepare BuddyPress 1.2 there will be a fury of activity both in the <a href="http://buddypress.org">support forums</a> and in the <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org">development trac</a>. To help keep up with these changes and make it easier for you to get involved, we&#8217;ve followed the success of the WordPress devs and started our own <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com">development blog</a>. We&#8217;ll be using it to talk about roadmaps, features, APIs, future enhancements, and the general technical details that maybe aren&#8217;t fitting for support forums or official announcements.</p>
<p>Because blogging and commenting back and forth sometimes aren&#8217;t enough to get the point across, we&#8217;ve also setup dedicated time each week to have a developers discussion in #buddypress-dev on Freenode on IRC. We&#8217;ll be using the development blog to set each weeks&#8217; agenda and will be following a similar format to the WordPress dev chat, so if you&#8217;re familiar with that setup you should feel right at home.</p>
<p><a href="http://java.freenode.net/?channel=buddypress-dev">Join in to #buddypress-dev</a> on Wednesdays at 19:00 UTC (currently 7pm GMT, 2pm EST, 11am PST) and check out <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com">http://bpdevel.wordpress.com</a> to come chat with us and help shape the future of BuddyPress!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:38:56 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"John James Jacoby";}s:7:"summary";s:1376:"<p>As we start to prepare BuddyPress 1.2 there will be a fury of activity both in the <a href="http://buddypress.org">support forums</a> and in the <a href="http://trac.buddypress.org">development trac</a>. To help keep up with these changes and make it easier for you to get involved, we&#8217;ve followed the success of the WordPress devs and started our own <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com">development blog</a>. We&#8217;ll be using it to talk about roadmaps, features, APIs, future enhancements, and the general technical details that maybe aren&#8217;t fitting for support forums or official announcements.</p>
<p>Because blogging and commenting back and forth sometimes aren&#8217;t enough to get the point across, we&#8217;ve also setup dedicated time each week to have a developers discussion in #buddypress-dev on Freenode on IRC. We&#8217;ll be using the development blog to set each weeks&#8217; agenda and will be following a similar format to the WordPress dev chat, so if you&#8217;re familiar with that setup you should feel right at home.</p>
<p><a href="http://java.freenode.net/?channel=buddypress-dev">Join in to #buddypress-dev</a> on Wednesdays at 19:00 UTC (currently 7pm GMT, 2pm EST, 11am PST) and check out <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com">http://bpdevel.wordpress.com</a> to come chat with us and help shape the future of BuddyPress!</p>";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Weblog Tools Collection: What Was Your First Reaction on Using WordPress?";s:4:"guid";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/15/what-was-your-first-reaction-on-using-wordpress/";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/15/what-was-your-first-reaction-on-using-wordpress/";s:11:"description";s:1321:"<p>I started using WordPress more than 3 years ago and have been using it since version 1.5. Prior to using WordPress, I was using Joomla. Joomla is a great platform no doubt, but it was a bit complicated for my liking.</p>
<p>After several perusals from my friends, I finally switched to WordPress. It was not easy though as I had to write a custom script to import the Joomla database to WordPress (I still have that script, but it is a bit outdated am working on it for a plugin).</p>
<p>My first reaction on switching to WordPress was, "Oh My God, I did not know that blogging was so easy" and I seriously enjoyed it a lot. I even went out and wrote several WordPress plugins, few of which I released, and few of which are yet to be.</p>
<p>From 1.5 to 2.9 it has been a very interesting journey. I have learnt so many things in between and have been able to apply all of those learning&#8217;s to create plugins or optimize my own site, help others with their problems and more.</p>
<p>However, for me it was really important to have that first reaction of "OOPS!! Why didn&#8217;t I use this earlier". That changed everything. </p>
<p>What has been your first reaction on using WordPress? How have you grown into it? I would love if you share your own experiences here to see how it has shaped blogging for you.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:31:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1321:"<p>I started using WordPress more than 3 years ago and have been using it since version 1.5. Prior to using WordPress, I was using Joomla. Joomla is a great platform no doubt, but it was a bit complicated for my liking.</p>
<p>After several perusals from my friends, I finally switched to WordPress. It was not easy though as I had to write a custom script to import the Joomla database to WordPress (I still have that script, but it is a bit outdated am working on it for a plugin).</p>
<p>My first reaction on switching to WordPress was, "Oh My God, I did not know that blogging was so easy" and I seriously enjoyed it a lot. I even went out and wrote several WordPress plugins, few of which I released, and few of which are yet to be.</p>
<p>From 1.5 to 2.9 it has been a very interesting journey. I have learnt so many things in between and have been able to apply all of those learning&#8217;s to create plugins or optimize my own site, help others with their problems and more.</p>
<p>However, for me it was really important to have that first reaction of "OOPS!! Why didn&#8217;t I use this earlier". That changed everything. </p>
<p>What has been your first reaction on using WordPress? How have you grown into it? I would love if you share your own experiences here to see how it has shaped blogging for you.</p>";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 01/14";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7535";s:4:"link";s:89:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/14/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0114-2/";s:11:"description";s:1562:"<h4><a href="http://www.mjestudio.com/childhood/download-wordpress-theme-mj-childhood/">Michael Jackson Childhood</a></h4>
<p><img title="Michael Jackson Childhood" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/MichaelJacksonChildhood.jpg" alt="Michael Jackson Childhood" width="200" height="129" /></p>
<p>A clean WordPress theme inspired by the song Childhood by Michael Jackson</p>
<h4><a href="http://slackrthemes.com/2010/free-wordpress-theme-spettro/">Spettro</a></h4>
<p><img title="Spettro" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Spettro.png" alt="Spettro" width="200" height="160" /></p>
<p>A minimal and brightly-colored theme, very minimal, and has a creative look to it. The whole site is aligned to the left with a bit logo at the top and a widgetized sidebar (login form hard-coded into sidebar.php). Also a recent thing that I am including with all of the themes now is a canonical links for comments hack which will reduce the risk of duplicate content, which is one of the major problems with websites and SEO</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.dynamicwp.net/free-themes/dynamic_slider_green/">Dynamic Slider Green</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.dynamicwp.net/demo/?preview_theme=Dynamic_slider_green"><img title="Dynamic Slider Green" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DynamicSliderGreen.jpg" alt="Dynamic Slider Green" width="200" height="117" /></a></p>
<p>Dynamic Slider Green come with three cool sliding tab consist of last posts, featured post and recent comments.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:57:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:1562:"<h4><a href="http://www.mjestudio.com/childhood/download-wordpress-theme-mj-childhood/">Michael Jackson Childhood</a></h4>
<p><img title="Michael Jackson Childhood" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/MichaelJacksonChildhood.jpg" alt="Michael Jackson Childhood" width="200" height="129" /></p>
<p>A clean WordPress theme inspired by the song Childhood by Michael Jackson</p>
<h4><a href="http://slackrthemes.com/2010/free-wordpress-theme-spettro/">Spettro</a></h4>
<p><img title="Spettro" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Spettro.png" alt="Spettro" width="200" height="160" /></p>
<p>A minimal and brightly-colored theme, very minimal, and has a creative look to it. The whole site is aligned to the left with a bit logo at the top and a widgetized sidebar (login form hard-coded into sidebar.php). Also a recent thing that I am including with all of the themes now is a canonical links for comments hack which will reduce the risk of duplicate content, which is one of the major problems with websites and SEO</p>
<h4><a href="http://www.dynamicwp.net/free-themes/dynamic_slider_green/">Dynamic Slider Green</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.dynamicwp.net/demo/?preview_theme=Dynamic_slider_green"><img title="Dynamic Slider Green" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DynamicSliderGreen.jpg" alt="Dynamic Slider Green" width="200" height="117" /></a></p>
<p>Dynamic Slider Green come with three cool sliding tab consist of last posts, featured post and recent comments.</p>";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Donncha: WordPress MU 2.9.1";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495645";s:4:"link";s:35:"http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-291/";s:11:"description";s:2148:"<p><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv">WordPress MU</a> version 2.9.1 has just been released. </p>
<p>This is probably the last release before it is merged into WordPress 3.0 as <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2NvcmUudHJhYy53b3JkcHJlc3Mub3JnL3RpY2tldC8xMTY0NA==">the merge</a> has already started!</p>
<p>Anyway this release brings the new features and bug fixes of <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8xMi93b3JkcHJlc3MtMi05Lw==">WordPress 2.9</a> and <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAxMC8wMS93b3JkcHJlc3MtMi05LTEv">2.9.1</a> into WordPress MU. My favourite new feature has to be the Trash can, but there&#8217;s also an image editor, plugins can be bulk updated and video embeds are easier to do.<br />
If you have more than a few dozen blogs, be sure to <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS1hZGQtY29tbWVudG1ldGEv">add the commentmeta table</a> first before upgrade.</p>
<div align="center"></div>
<p>Thank you to everyone who has helped make WordPress MU better over the years, either by helping on the forums, writing plugins, contributing code, working on Trac tickets or any of the other hundred and one other things that go into an open source project.</p>
<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTI3Lw==" rel="">WordPress MU 2.7</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTI2MS8=" rel="">WordPress MU 2.6.1</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTItOC0xLw==" rel="">WordPress MU 2.8.1</a></li></ul></p> <img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89495645" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:20:09 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Donncha";}s:7:"summary";s:2148:"<p><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv">WordPress MU</a> version 2.9.1 has just been released. </p>
<p>This is probably the last release before it is merged into WordPress 3.0 as <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2NvcmUudHJhYy53b3JkcHJlc3Mub3JnL3RpY2tldC8xMTY0NA==">the merge</a> has already started!</p>
<p>Anyway this release brings the new features and bug fixes of <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8xMi93b3JkcHJlc3MtMi05Lw==">WordPress 2.9</a> and <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAxMC8wMS93b3JkcHJlc3MtMi05LTEv">2.9.1</a> into WordPress MU. My favourite new feature has to be the Trash can, but there&#8217;s also an image editor, plugins can be bulk updated and video embeds are easier to do.<br />
If you have more than a few dozen blogs, be sure to <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS1hZGQtY29tbWVudG1ldGEv">add the commentmeta table</a> first before upgrade.</p>
<div align="center"></div>
<p>Thank you to everyone who has helped make WordPress MU better over the years, either by helping on the forums, writing plugins, contributing code, working on Trac tickets or any of the other hundred and one other things that go into an open source project.</p>
<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTI3Lw==" rel="">WordPress MU 2.7</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTI2MS8=" rel="">WordPress MU 2.6.1</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLW11LTItOC0xLw==" rel="">WordPress MU 2.8.1</a></li></ul></p> <img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89495645" width="1" height="1" />";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Dougal Campbell: Plugin Pages";s:4:"guid";s:33:"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1964";s:4:"link";s:109:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2010/01/13/plugin-pages?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss";s:11:"description";s:1719:"<div><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wordpress-wednesday.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" title="WordPress Wednesday" /></div><p>I have finally gotten around to adding proper pages on this site to provide information about my WordPress plugins. It&#8217;s still a work-in-progress, but it&#8217;s at least at a point that they are useful. When I get a chance, I&#8217;ll document the methods I used to automate things. But basically, I&#8217;ve created a couple of page templates, and I&#8217;m using the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-info/">Plugin Info</a> plugin to automagically bring in plugin metadata from the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">wordpress.org plugin repository</a>.</p>
<p>The main <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/plugins">Plugins</a> page lists each plugin, with the plugin name and version, number of downloads so far, and an excerpt of the plugin description. On each plugin detail page, you get the full description, changelog, download link, and other stats, such as the minimum and last-tested WordPress versions.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/24/easy-gravatars" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Easy Gravatars Plugin">Easy Gravatars Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/07/14/analytics360-plugin-for-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress">Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/12/17/headmeta-14" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: HeadMeta 1.4">HeadMeta 1.4</a></li>
</ol></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:33:33 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Dougal";}s:7:"summary";s:1719:"<div><img width="150" height="150" src="http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wordpress-wednesday.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" title="WordPress Wednesday" /></div><p>I have finally gotten around to adding proper pages on this site to provide information about my WordPress plugins. It&#8217;s still a work-in-progress, but it&#8217;s at least at a point that they are useful. When I get a chance, I&#8217;ll document the methods I used to automate things. But basically, I&#8217;ve created a couple of page templates, and I&#8217;m using the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-info/">Plugin Info</a> plugin to automagically bring in plugin metadata from the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">wordpress.org plugin repository</a>.</p>
<p>The main <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/plugins">Plugins</a> page lists each plugin, with the plugin name and version, number of downloads so far, and an excerpt of the plugin description. On each plugin detail page, you get the full description, changelog, download link, and other stats, such as the minimum and last-tested WordPress versions.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/24/easy-gravatars" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Easy Gravatars Plugin">Easy Gravatars Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/07/14/analytics360-plugin-for-wordpress" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress">Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2008/12/17/headmeta-14" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: HeadMeta 1.4">HeadMeta 1.4</a></li>
</ol></p>";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:77:"Weblog Tools Collection: Do You Verify Short URLs in Comments Website Fields?";s:4:"guid";s:83:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/13/shorturl-comment-spam-problem/";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/13/shorturl-comment-spam-problem/";s:11:"description";s:1740:"<p>Comments are always welcomed and appreciated. However, comments are also one of the biggest causes of spam on websites. If you do not have a proper comment moderation and protection system, your site will be flooded with links to spam, phishing and other unwanted sites.</p>
<p>Akismet as always does a pretty good job at tracking most of the comments. However, recently I have started seeing a new way of comment spam which uses a different tactic. With this new form of spam, spam commentators have started to use short URLs such as bit.ly and is.gd among others as their website URLs, as well as within the comments itself.</p>
<p>The problem with such URLs is that, it is usually a bit hard to tell where it is linking to without actually clicking on the link, and this in turn leads many users to skip checking it, specially on highly commented blogs. If that URL turns out to be spam, it would end up affecting your readers who would click on that link.</p>
<p>I do have a plugin idea which will detect short URLs and then try to fetch the final destination of the URL and display it in the comments administration panel, unfortunately I do not have much time to work on it, so it would be great if someone could come up with a similar plugin.</p>
<p>Are you too seeing this form of comment spam on your blog? Do you verify all the shortened URLs used in website field or inside the comment?</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> I had written about a similar form of spam back in July 2009. However, it was only happening when you pulled in twitter comments into your blog. You can read more about it at <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/annoyances/twitter-bots-spamming-blogs.html" target="_blank">Twitter Spam Spreading to Blogs</a></p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:51:10 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:1740:"<p>Comments are always welcomed and appreciated. However, comments are also one of the biggest causes of spam on websites. If you do not have a proper comment moderation and protection system, your site will be flooded with links to spam, phishing and other unwanted sites.</p>
<p>Akismet as always does a pretty good job at tracking most of the comments. However, recently I have started seeing a new way of comment spam which uses a different tactic. With this new form of spam, spam commentators have started to use short URLs such as bit.ly and is.gd among others as their website URLs, as well as within the comments itself.</p>
<p>The problem with such URLs is that, it is usually a bit hard to tell where it is linking to without actually clicking on the link, and this in turn leads many users to skip checking it, specially on highly commented blogs. If that URL turns out to be spam, it would end up affecting your readers who would click on that link.</p>
<p>I do have a plugin idea which will detect short URLs and then try to fetch the final destination of the URL and display it in the comments administration panel, unfortunately I do not have much time to work on it, so it would be great if someone could come up with a similar plugin.</p>
<p>Are you too seeing this form of comment spam on your blog? Do you verify all the shortened URLs used in website field or inside the comment?</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> I had written about a similar form of spam back in July 2009. However, it was only happening when you pulled in twitter comments into your blog. You can read more about it at <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/annoyances/twitter-bots-spamming-blogs.html" target="_blank">Twitter Spam Spreading to Blogs</a></p>";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"bbPress: 2010-01-13 Meetup";s:4:"guid";s:25:"http://bbpress.org/?p=321";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://bbpress.org/blog/2010/01/2010-01-13-meetup/";s:11:"description";s:8752:"<p>IRC log from the meetup on January 13, 2010</p>
<p><span id="more-321"></span></p>
<p>[21:02 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; &lt;meetup&gt;<br />
[21:03 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; thanks to pete and chris for posting the missing logs<br />
[21:04 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; we had talked about making meetup basically like a 1-hour bug triage<br />
[21:05 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; so does anybody have some favorites?<br />
[21:05 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; favorite bugs?<br />
[21:06 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; They&#8217;re all so good, I don&#8217;t know where to start!<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;GIGALinux&gt; is somewhere a list of features which sould be go into bbpress 1.1, like a roadmap?<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; since nothing is talked about right now<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; how about the docs?<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; they need an update<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; I posted about helping out with that in the topic on the forum<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; GIGALinux: yes, anon posting, email notifications, and bug fixes<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; nerieru: we added 5 people access to the site to be able to update the docs, they should be getting better<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;GIGALinux&gt; photomatt: thanks<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; ok so you don&#8217;t need help with that?<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; nerieru: well if there are mistakes you still see, please point them out!<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; of course it can be made better<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; You can see my work so far on anon posting in #1239<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; filosofo: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1239 normal, normal, 1.1, filosofo-&gt;Unassigned, new, Login-less Posting<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; Cus frankly my php skills are low, so I&#8217;m starting with writing plugins, thought I could help with that as well<br />
[21:09 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; well where to start matt, it doesn&#8217;t even begin to compare with wp&#8217;s codex<br />
[21:09 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; photomatt, is the emphasis is on growing bbPress out to include WP functionality, or making it a core plugin that can use what WP can already do?<br />
[21:10 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; I have a feeling I could have bbPress turned into a core plugin pretty quickly.<br />
[21:10 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; jjj: for 1.1, just improving in-place functionality<br />
[21:11 GMT] == Michael_Kuhlmann [n=chatzill@c-98-208-26-59.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #bbpress<br />
[21:11 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; jjj: thats exactly what I want to do&#8230; but we need to support the users and fix the bugs in the current stable version first<br />
[21:11 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; the future of bbPress may be a core plugin but it&#8217;ll have to wait until the next release<br />
[21:11 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; hehe good<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; I hope it doesn&#8217;t turn into one<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1222 Relevant Post Links broken<br />
[21:12 GMT] == Michael_Kuhlmann has changed nick to mfgmk<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; also matt, I don&#8217;t mind putting together a codex for making bbpress themes<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; like wp&#8217;s<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1215 post count bug<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; cus right now it pretty much only says which files are needed/possible<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; couple RSS related ones I can&#8217;t find right off hand<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; hajii: I&#8217;m opening these in tabs as you point to them<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1134<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; Those I posted are definitely &#8220;BROKEN&#8221; not feature requests<br />
[21:14 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1139 0750 permissions for my-templates and my-plugins (non-wordpress-like)<br />
[21:15 GMT] == mfgmk has changed nick to avenuek9<br />
[21:15 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; hajii: that&#8217;s a good one, agreed it should be 755<br />
[21:15 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; That&#8217;s enough truly &#8216;broken&#8217; stuff for 1 week.  I am truly just recording here to post the IRC log on the blog.  Gotta run.<br />
[21:16 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; Oops, 3 RSS related ones: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1181 RSS Feeds not validating<br />
[21:17 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1206 Invalid RSS feed when a tag has no posts associated with it<br />
[21:17 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1209 rss.php errors<br />
[21:17 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; 1209 has a patch by gautam<br />
[21:18 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; photomatt: do u think it makes sense to have a bbpressdev.wordpress.com a la wpdevel?<br />
[21:18 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; we already hajii doing bug gardening<br />
[21:19 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; and there are a few people interested in bug fixes<br />
[21:25 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; photomatt, I like that idea<br />
[21:25 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; petemall also<br />
[21:26 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; PeteMall: I&#8217;m not opposed, but we&#8217;re already fragmented and there&#8217;s only a few people<br />
[21:26 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; not 50+ like in WP<br />
[21:26 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; true&#8230; I just feel like it helps ppl concentrate on their tasks and get other involved<br />
[21:28 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; petemall, do you have a wordpress.com username?<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; PeteMall<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; or developersmind<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; I&#8217;m going to spend the afternoon going through those tickets, don&#8217;t really have anything else for the agenda<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; any final topics?<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; photomatt, what&#8217;s game for patching?<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; For example, i&#8217;d like to add documentation,<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; remove the use of deprecated functions in core,<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; but because those aren&#8217;t critical, I&#8217;m wondering if the patches have a chance<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; to get in before getting stale.<br />
[21:31 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; Or before bbPress gets turned into a &#8220;core&#8221; plugin. <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:32 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; absolutely<br />
[21:32 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: did you want to commit your anon ticket directly?<br />
[21:32 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; that would be nice.  It&#8217;s still a work in progress.<br />
[21:39 GMT] == DJPaul [n=DJPaul@host217-43-161-31.range217-43.btcentralplus.com] has joined #bbpress<br />
[21:41 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; anything else?<br />
[21:42 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: could you confirm your wp.org username<br />
[21:42 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; nm, it&#8217;s on the ticket<br />
[21:42 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; photomatt, it&#8217;s filosofo everywhere in wp-land <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:45 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: you should be able to commit directly to bbpress SVN now, want to try it and put &#8220;fixes #1239&#8243; in it so it closes the ticket?<br />
[21:45 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; photomatt: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1239 normal, normal, 1.1, filosofo-&gt;Unassigned, new, Login-less Posting<br />
[21:45 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; one moment&#8230;<br />
[21:46 GMT] &lt;GIGALinux&gt; first ticket + patch #1240<br />
[21:46 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; GIGALinux: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1240 normal, normal, 1.1, GIGALinux-&gt;Unassigned, new, Installer CSS improvements<br />
[21:47 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; photomatt, seems to work great, thanks<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;CIA-14&gt; bbPress: filosofo * r2390 /trunk/ (7 files in 4 dirs): Adding most anon posting functionality; fixes #1239<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; CIA-14: http://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/2390<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; CIA-14: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1239 normal, normal, 1.1, filosofo-&gt;Unassigned, closed, Login-less Posting<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: *applause* congrats <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:50 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; congats filosofo! woop woop!<br />
[21:50 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; thanks <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:52 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; one ticket down<br />
[21:52 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; that&#8217;s a good note to end the meetup on<br />
[21:52 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; &lt;/meetup&gt;</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:38:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Chris Hajer";}s:7:"summary";s:8752:"<p>IRC log from the meetup on January 13, 2010</p>
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<p>[21:02 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; &lt;meetup&gt;<br />
[21:03 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; thanks to pete and chris for posting the missing logs<br />
[21:04 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; we had talked about making meetup basically like a 1-hour bug triage<br />
[21:05 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; so does anybody have some favorites?<br />
[21:05 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; favorite bugs?<br />
[21:06 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; They&#8217;re all so good, I don&#8217;t know where to start!<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;GIGALinux&gt; is somewhere a list of features which sould be go into bbpress 1.1, like a roadmap?<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; since nothing is talked about right now<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; how about the docs?<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; they need an update<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; I posted about helping out with that in the topic on the forum<br />
[21:07 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; GIGALinux: yes, anon posting, email notifications, and bug fixes<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; nerieru: we added 5 people access to the site to be able to update the docs, they should be getting better<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;GIGALinux&gt; photomatt: thanks<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; ok so you don&#8217;t need help with that?<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; nerieru: well if there are mistakes you still see, please point them out!<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; of course it can be made better<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; You can see my work so far on anon posting in #1239<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; filosofo: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1239 normal, normal, 1.1, filosofo-&gt;Unassigned, new, Login-less Posting<br />
[21:08 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; Cus frankly my php skills are low, so I&#8217;m starting with writing plugins, thought I could help with that as well<br />
[21:09 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; well where to start matt, it doesn&#8217;t even begin to compare with wp&#8217;s codex<br />
[21:09 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; photomatt, is the emphasis is on growing bbPress out to include WP functionality, or making it a core plugin that can use what WP can already do?<br />
[21:10 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; I have a feeling I could have bbPress turned into a core plugin pretty quickly.<br />
[21:10 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; jjj: for 1.1, just improving in-place functionality<br />
[21:11 GMT] == Michael_Kuhlmann [n=chatzill@c-98-208-26-59.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #bbpress<br />
[21:11 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; jjj: thats exactly what I want to do&#8230; but we need to support the users and fix the bugs in the current stable version first<br />
[21:11 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; the future of bbPress may be a core plugin but it&#8217;ll have to wait until the next release<br />
[21:11 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; hehe good<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; I hope it doesn&#8217;t turn into one<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1222 Relevant Post Links broken<br />
[21:12 GMT] == Michael_Kuhlmann has changed nick to mfgmk<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; also matt, I don&#8217;t mind putting together a codex for making bbpress themes<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; like wp&#8217;s<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1215 post count bug<br />
[21:12 GMT] &lt;nerieru&gt; cus right now it pretty much only says which files are needed/possible<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; couple RSS related ones I can&#8217;t find right off hand<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; hajii: I&#8217;m opening these in tabs as you point to them<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1134<br />
[21:13 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; Those I posted are definitely &#8220;BROKEN&#8221; not feature requests<br />
[21:14 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1139 0750 permissions for my-templates and my-plugins (non-wordpress-like)<br />
[21:15 GMT] == mfgmk has changed nick to avenuek9<br />
[21:15 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; hajii: that&#8217;s a good one, agreed it should be 755<br />
[21:15 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; That&#8217;s enough truly &#8216;broken&#8217; stuff for 1 week.  I am truly just recording here to post the IRC log on the blog.  Gotta run.<br />
[21:16 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; Oops, 3 RSS related ones: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1181 RSS Feeds not validating<br />
[21:17 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1206 Invalid RSS feed when a tag has no posts associated with it<br />
[21:17 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1209 rss.php errors<br />
[21:17 GMT] &lt;hajii&gt; 1209 has a patch by gautam<br />
[21:18 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; photomatt: do u think it makes sense to have a bbpressdev.wordpress.com a la wpdevel?<br />
[21:18 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; we already hajii doing bug gardening<br />
[21:19 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; and there are a few people interested in bug fixes<br />
[21:25 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; photomatt, I like that idea<br />
[21:25 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; petemall also<br />
[21:26 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; PeteMall: I&#8217;m not opposed, but we&#8217;re already fragmented and there&#8217;s only a few people<br />
[21:26 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; not 50+ like in WP<br />
[21:26 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; true&#8230; I just feel like it helps ppl concentrate on their tasks and get other involved<br />
[21:28 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; petemall, do you have a wordpress.com username?<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; PeteMall<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; or developersmind<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; I&#8217;m going to spend the afternoon going through those tickets, don&#8217;t really have anything else for the agenda<br />
[21:29 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; any final topics?<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; photomatt, what&#8217;s game for patching?<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; For example, i&#8217;d like to add documentation,<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; remove the use of deprecated functions in core,<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; but because those aren&#8217;t critical, I&#8217;m wondering if the patches have a chance<br />
[21:30 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; to get in before getting stale.<br />
[21:31 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; Or before bbPress gets turned into a &#8220;core&#8221; plugin. <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:32 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; absolutely<br />
[21:32 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: did you want to commit your anon ticket directly?<br />
[21:32 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; that would be nice.  It&#8217;s still a work in progress.<br />
[21:39 GMT] == DJPaul [n=DJPaul@host217-43-161-31.range217-43.btcentralplus.com] has joined #bbpress<br />
[21:41 GMT] &lt;PeteMall&gt; anything else?<br />
[21:42 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: could you confirm your wp.org username<br />
[21:42 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; nm, it&#8217;s on the ticket<br />
[21:42 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; photomatt, it&#8217;s filosofo everywhere in wp-land <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:45 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: you should be able to commit directly to bbpress SVN now, want to try it and put &#8220;fixes #1239&#8243; in it so it closes the ticket?<br />
[21:45 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; photomatt: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1239 normal, normal, 1.1, filosofo-&gt;Unassigned, new, Login-less Posting<br />
[21:45 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; one moment&#8230;<br />
[21:46 GMT] &lt;GIGALinux&gt; first ticket + patch #1240<br />
[21:46 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; GIGALinux: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1240 normal, normal, 1.1, GIGALinux-&gt;Unassigned, new, Installer CSS improvements<br />
[21:47 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; photomatt, seems to work great, thanks<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;CIA-14&gt; bbPress: filosofo * r2390 /trunk/ (7 files in 4 dirs): Adding most anon posting functionality; fixes #1239<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; CIA-14: http://trac.bbpress.org/changeset/2390<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;wp-trac-bot&gt; CIA-14: http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1239 normal, normal, 1.1, filosofo-&gt;Unassigned, closed, Login-less Posting<br />
[21:48 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; filosofo: *applause* congrats <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:50 GMT] &lt;jjj&gt; congats filosofo! woop woop!<br />
[21:50 GMT] &lt;filosofo&gt; thanks <img src="http://bbpress.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /><br />
[21:52 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; one ticket down<br />
[21:52 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; that&#8217;s a good note to end the meetup on<br />
[21:52 GMT] &lt;photomatt&gt; &lt;/meetup&gt;</p>";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Dev Blog: 2010 Open Source Design Plans";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=1154";s:4:"link";s:65:"http://wordpress.org/development/2010/01/2010-open-source-design/";s:11:"description";s:3854:"<p>2010 is the year we dive into open source design. We&#8217;ve dipped our toes in this pool before (icon contest, graphic design component for Trac tickets, header refresh contest, etc.), but this year we&#8217;re going to cannonball and make a big splash. Here&#8217;s what you need to know if you want to get involved.</p>
<p><strong>A list for all seasons. </strong>Developers have the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers">wp-hackers mailing list</a> to discuss core and plugin code. Sometimes UI/UX stuff comes up and gets discussed there, but there is a whole universe of discussion around navigation labels, gradients, button styling, layouts, alignment, etc. that would be clutter on wp-hackers. Designers need a list to call their own, and now we have one. You can sign up for the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui">wp-ui list</a> to discuss ways to improve the interface or user experience of WordPress, and to discuss progress on design-related projects for the open source project, like the design challenges we&#8217;re going to have.</p>
<p><strong>Design Challenges.</strong> We learned a lot from the icon design and header refresh contests, and we want to do these kind of open design challenges on a regular basis to give UI/UX designers who want to contribute to the WordPress open source project more opportunities to do so. If we could do one per month, that would be ideal, keeping the challenges relatively bite-sized to allow potential contributors an easy way to get involved at first. As each challenge is posted, people can use the list to bounce ideas off each other and work toward optimal solutions. I&#8217;m hoping the design challenges will evolve to be less contest and more collaboration. We&#8217;ll announce the first one before the end of January, so if you&#8217;re interested, please sign up for the list! <em>(Hint: one will likely be a touch up to the Right Now dashboard module, to improve the information design, and there will be a couple of screen layout challenges coming up as well.)</em></p>
<p><strong>Distributed Usability Testing.</strong><em> </em>We started to try this out last year, and several dozen usability professionals volunteered to help get the program going, but a combination of scheduling and infrastructure issues combined to stall the progress. Having the &#8220;UI/UX contributor team&#8221; infrastructure in place, starting with the mailing list, will make it much easier to get this project going again.</p>
<p><strong>Chit-chat.</strong> The weekly developer chats in IRC at <a href="https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-dev">#wordpress-dev</a> have been very productive. We&#8217;ve created an IRC room at <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wordpress-ui">#wordpress-ui on irc.freenode.net</a> so that we can have the same kind of &#8220;water cooler&#8221; for UI/UX contributors as for core code contributors. In addition to being a place where you can drop in and discuss core UI/UX (note: this room will not be a place to discuss the design of blog themes, it&#8217;s to discuss the design of the Wordpress application itself), we&#8217;ll set up a weekly chat. Choosing a day and time for the chats will probably be the first discussion on the mailing list.</p>
<p><strong>A blog of our own. </strong>Once again, taking a page from the code contributor infrastructure, we&#8217;ll set up a blog for UI/UX updates, announcements, progress reports, etc. This will be on WordPress.org in the nearish future, and will be announced to the mailing list when it is live.</p>
<p>So, if you want to become a contributor to core WordPress by using your design skills, <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui">join the wp-ui mailing list</a> and get ready for a fun year!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:38:57 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Jane Wells";}s:7:"summary";s:3854:"<p>2010 is the year we dive into open source design. We&#8217;ve dipped our toes in this pool before (icon contest, graphic design component for Trac tickets, header refresh contest, etc.), but this year we&#8217;re going to cannonball and make a big splash. Here&#8217;s what you need to know if you want to get involved.</p>
<p><strong>A list for all seasons. </strong>Developers have the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers">wp-hackers mailing list</a> to discuss core and plugin code. Sometimes UI/UX stuff comes up and gets discussed there, but there is a whole universe of discussion around navigation labels, gradients, button styling, layouts, alignment, etc. that would be clutter on wp-hackers. Designers need a list to call their own, and now we have one. You can sign up for the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui">wp-ui list</a> to discuss ways to improve the interface or user experience of WordPress, and to discuss progress on design-related projects for the open source project, like the design challenges we&#8217;re going to have.</p>
<p><strong>Design Challenges.</strong> We learned a lot from the icon design and header refresh contests, and we want to do these kind of open design challenges on a regular basis to give UI/UX designers who want to contribute to the WordPress open source project more opportunities to do so. If we could do one per month, that would be ideal, keeping the challenges relatively bite-sized to allow potential contributors an easy way to get involved at first. As each challenge is posted, people can use the list to bounce ideas off each other and work toward optimal solutions. I&#8217;m hoping the design challenges will evolve to be less contest and more collaboration. We&#8217;ll announce the first one before the end of January, so if you&#8217;re interested, please sign up for the list! <em>(Hint: one will likely be a touch up to the Right Now dashboard module, to improve the information design, and there will be a couple of screen layout challenges coming up as well.)</em></p>
<p><strong>Distributed Usability Testing.</strong><em> </em>We started to try this out last year, and several dozen usability professionals volunteered to help get the program going, but a combination of scheduling and infrastructure issues combined to stall the progress. Having the &#8220;UI/UX contributor team&#8221; infrastructure in place, starting with the mailing list, will make it much easier to get this project going again.</p>
<p><strong>Chit-chat.</strong> The weekly developer chats in IRC at <a href="https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-dev">#wordpress-dev</a> have been very productive. We&#8217;ve created an IRC room at <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wordpress-ui">#wordpress-ui on irc.freenode.net</a> so that we can have the same kind of &#8220;water cooler&#8221; for UI/UX contributors as for core code contributors. In addition to being a place where you can drop in and discuss core UI/UX (note: this room will not be a place to discuss the design of blog themes, it&#8217;s to discuss the design of the Wordpress application itself), we&#8217;ll set up a weekly chat. Choosing a day and time for the chats will probably be the first discussion on the mailing list.</p>
<p><strong>A blog of our own. </strong>Once again, taking a page from the code contributor infrastructure, we&#8217;ll set up a blog for UI/UX updates, announcements, progress reports, etc. This will be on WordPress.org in the nearish future, and will be announced to the mailing list when it is live.</p>
<p>So, if you want to become a contributor to core WordPress by using your design skills, <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui">join the wp-ui mailing list</a> and get ready for a fun year!</p>";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Donncha: WPMU: Please add commentmeta first";s:4:"guid";s:29:"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495646";s:4:"link";s:39:"http://ocaoimh.ie/wpmu-add-commentmeta/";s:11:"description";s:1474:"<p>I was going to announce WordPress MU 2.9.1 today but I knew that people would run into trouble with the missing commentmeta table if they didn&#8217;t upgrade their blogs immediately.</p>
<p>So, download <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTAvMDEvYWRkLWNvbW1lbnRtZXRhLnR4dA==">add-commentmeta.txt</a>, rename it to add-commentmeta.php and copy it into your mu-plugins folder. Login to your site as a Site Admin, visit Site Admin-&gt;Upgrade and upgrade all the blogs on your site. Make sure you&#8217;re using WordPress MU 2.8.6 as the upgrade script in older versions may not execute the plugin.</p>
<p>The script above will add the commentmeta table to each blog. Give it time because it will take quite a while on large sites. WordPress MU 2.9.1 tomorrow.</p>
<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS1zbmFwc2hvdC0yLw==" rel="">WPMU Snapshot</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS1zbmFwc2hvdC8=" rel="">WPMU Snapshot</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvbmV3LXdwbXUtc25hcHNob3Qv" rel="">New WPMU Snapshot</a></li></ul></p> <img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89495646" width="1" height="1" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:43:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Donncha";}s:7:"summary";s:1474:"<p>I was going to announce WordPress MU 2.9.1 today but I knew that people would run into trouble with the missing commentmeta table if they didn&#8217;t upgrade their blogs immediately.</p>
<p>So, download <a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTAvMDEvYWRkLWNvbW1lbnRtZXRhLnR4dA==">add-commentmeta.txt</a>, rename it to add-commentmeta.php and copy it into your mu-plugins folder. Login to your site as a Site Admin, visit Site Admin-&gt;Upgrade and upgrade all the blogs on your site. Make sure you&#8217;re using WordPress MU 2.8.6 as the upgrade script in older versions may not execute the plugin.</p>
<p>The script above will add the commentmeta table to each blog. Give it time because it will take quite a while on large sites. WordPress MU 2.9.1 tomorrow.</p>
<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS1zbmFwc2hvdC0yLw==" rel="">WPMU Snapshot</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS1zbmFwc2hvdC8=" rel="">WPMU Snapshot</a></li><li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvbmV3LXdwbXUtc25hcHNob3Qv" rel="">New WPMU Snapshot</a></li></ul></p> <img src="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89495646" width="1" height="1" />";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Weblog Tools Collection: Congrats DD32";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7527";s:4:"link";s:67:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/13/congrats-dd32/";s:11:"description";s:1120:"<p>For those that don&#8217;t know, DD32 or Dion Hulse has been <a href="http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/dd32-whatcha-gonna-do/">granted core commit</a> access to the WordPress project. Just from an outside looking in view, I think DD32 is more than deserving of this position as his contributions in and outside of the core have helped many.</p>
<blockquote><p>On new commit messages you might start seeing a familiar name, DD32 aka Dion Hulse. He’ll be initially focusing on the areas he’s already contributed a ton to like automatic upgrades and HTTP. He has been a mentor to many and is not scared to jump into any part of the code keeping a positive outlook no matter how far down the rabbit hole he ends up.</p></blockquote>
<p>If we look deeper into Matts post, this will be a trend for 2010. More people will be granted commit access to the core as a recognition of trust. I think this is a good thing as long as the number of core committers don&#8217;t get out of hand.</p>
<p>For anyone keeping score:<br />
Non Automattic Employed Core Committers 3<br />
Automattic Employed Core Committers 3</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:29:38 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1120:"<p>For those that don&#8217;t know, DD32 or Dion Hulse has been <a href="http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/dd32-whatcha-gonna-do/">granted core commit</a> access to the WordPress project. Just from an outside looking in view, I think DD32 is more than deserving of this position as his contributions in and outside of the core have helped many.</p>
<blockquote><p>On new commit messages you might start seeing a familiar name, DD32 aka Dion Hulse. He’ll be initially focusing on the areas he’s already contributed a ton to like automatic upgrades and HTTP. He has been a mentor to many and is not scared to jump into any part of the code keeping a positive outlook no matter how far down the rabbit hole he ends up.</p></blockquote>
<p>If we look deeper into Matts post, this will be a trend for 2010. More people will be granted commit access to the core as a recognition of trust. I think this is a good thing as long as the number of core committers don&#8217;t get out of hand.</p>
<p>For anyone keeping score:<br />
Non Automattic Employed Core Committers 3<br />
Automattic Employed Core Committers 3</p>";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Matt: Facebook McAfee";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33561";s:4:"link";s:37:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/facebook-mcafee/";s:11:"description";s:1381:"<p><a href="http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=248766257130">Facebook is offering its users a 6-month free trial of McAfee and promoting it heavily</a>, and even forcing people to run a scan before they can reactivate a hacked account. They&#8217;re &#8220;not aware of another free Internet service that takes this much responsibility for helping people keep their accounts secure.&#8221; (Didn&#8217;t Google promote McAfee through Google Pack at one point?) I think this is a laudable step, more security is intrinsically good, but I have to suspect this is more about revenue than security. They will probably make many millions of dollars from their users installing or buying McAfee as a result of this.</p>
<p>Modern versions of Windows include <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx">free tools like Defender</a> which are just as good and appear to have less of a performance impact on the computer. But if they really wanted to have a long-term impact on desktop as a vector for attack on web services I&#8217;m surprised they didn&#8217;t start, sponsor, or promote an Open Source equivalent of McAfee. This seems like a space very well-suited to address with an OS tool in the digital commons, much like a Windows anti-spyware equivalent of SpamAssassin, with self-updating rules and a completely transparent process.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:23:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:1381:"<p><a href="http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=248766257130">Facebook is offering its users a 6-month free trial of McAfee and promoting it heavily</a>, and even forcing people to run a scan before they can reactivate a hacked account. They&#8217;re &#8220;not aware of another free Internet service that takes this much responsibility for helping people keep their accounts secure.&#8221; (Didn&#8217;t Google promote McAfee through Google Pack at one point?) I think this is a laudable step, more security is intrinsically good, but I have to suspect this is more about revenue than security. They will probably make many millions of dollars from their users installing or buying McAfee as a result of this.</p>
<p>Modern versions of Windows include <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx">free tools like Defender</a> which are just as good and appear to have less of a performance impact on the computer. But if they really wanted to have a long-term impact on desktop as a vector for attack on web services I&#8217;m surprised they didn&#8217;t start, sponsor, or promote an Open Source equivalent of McAfee. This seems like a space very well-suited to address with an OS tool in the digital commons, much like a Windows anti-spyware equivalent of SpamAssassin, with self-updating rules and a completely transparent process.</p>";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Alex King: WordPress 2.9 and PHP Libraries";s:4:"guid";s:27:"http://alexking.org/?p=3956";s:4:"link";s:67:"http://alexking.org/blog/2010/01/13/wordpress-2-9-and-php-libraries";s:11:"description";s:4802:"<p>I recently put <a href="http://alexking.org/blog/2010/01/08/twitter-tools-and-wordpress-2-9-testing-needed">new</a> <a href="http://alexking.org/blog/2010/01/09/twitter-tools-2-1">releases</a> of my Twitter Tools plugin &#8211; basically patches so that it would work in WordPress 2.9 on versions of PHP prior to 5.2. This is an interesting situation, where I hadn&#8217;t really done anything wrong in the plugin and the WP core team hadn&#8217;t really done anything wrong in the way they implemented their JSON functionality for versions of PHP prior to 5.2. It just happened that the bits of code weren&#8217;t compatible with each other.</p>
<p>Sure it was frustrating. I was in a situation where there was a bit of public outcry about my plugin being &#8220;broken&#8221;. All of a sudden, something that used to work fine didn&#8217;t (for some). The result? I spent a good deal of time debugging an issue with my plugin that I didn&#8217;t cause and couldn&#8217;t reproduce.<sup><a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1263399092827n" id="fn1263399092827" class="footnote">1</a></sup> However when you step back and look at the situation, I&#8217;m not sure there is a clear-cut target to blame here. Everyone&#8217;s intentions were pure. The point is, this is an interesting case study and one that both the WP plugin and theme devs and the WP Core devs can learn from.</p>
<h3>Situation</h3>
<p>Versions of PHP prior to 5.2 do not include native functions for encoding and decoding JSON formatted data.</p>
<p>The solution in Twitter Tools prior to the releases last weekend: include a PHP library (Services_JSON) along with the plugin, wrap it in a check to make sure that it isn&#8217;t already included, and use it instead of the native PHP functions.</p>
<p>The solution in WordPress 2.9: define the equivalent versions of the native PHP encode and decode functions in the core, include a PHP library (Services_JSON) in those functions and load it if needed.</p>
<p>So we had a situation in some WordPress server configurations where my plugin loaded the library, then WP core tried to load the same library and PHP didn&#8217;t like that very much.</p>
<p>The WP 2.9 solution provides us with an interesting situation. I still wanted to support versions of WP prior to 2.9, which means I still need to include my copy of the library. However I also don&#8217;t want it to break in 2.9, so I need to make my inclusion of the library compatible with the WP 2.9 approach.</p>
<h3>Solution</h3>
<p>Use the same approach in my plugin that WP 2.9 does. WP 2.9 checks to see if the PHP function json_encode(), etc. exists, and defines it if it doesn&#8217;t. If Twitter Tools does the same thing and loads after the WP version (which is loaded from compat.php), it will only define those functions and include the library as needed. Based on feedback, this approach is working for both pre-2.9 versions of WordPress and WP 2.9.x.</p>
<h3>Lessons</h3>
<p>Plugin/theme devs, be careful when including a compatibility library that might get added to WP core in the future. Try to structure your code in such a way that it will continue to work even if this happens.</p>
<p>WP core devs, when adding a library consider the plugins that might already be including that library and do so in a way that lets everything continue to work.</p>
<p>Why wasn&#8217;t this caught in beta testing of WordPress 2.9? It&#8217;s pretty simple &#8211; even though I tested some of my plugins in pre-releases of 2.9, I did not test them with older versions of PHP (required to trigger this bug). I&#8217;m guessing that most of the developers that were beta testing were also running new versions of PHP. A true application testing matrix is not realistic for WordPress + plugins + themes.</p>
<p>Take a look at the <a href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=191662@twitter-tools/branches/wp-2.9-compat/twitter-tools.php&#038;old=142484@twitter-tools/tags/2.0/twitter-tools.php" rel="external">diff</a> for an example, I think this technique is portable to other plugins that may experience this same problem.</p>
<p>Also, I created a <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11827" rel="external">ticket in Trac</a> to try to make this work a little more smoothly going forward. Thanks to the core team for accepting the patch.</p>
<ol class="footnotes">
<li id="fn1263399092827n">Trying to patch a problem that you can&#8217;t reproduce will inevitably require a few point release. <img src="http://alexking.org/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" />  [<a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1263399092827">back</a>]</li>
</ol>
<img src="http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=3956&type=feed" alt="" />";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:21:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Alex";}s:7:"summary";s:4802:"<p>I recently put <a href="http://alexking.org/blog/2010/01/08/twitter-tools-and-wordpress-2-9-testing-needed">new</a> <a href="http://alexking.org/blog/2010/01/09/twitter-tools-2-1">releases</a> of my Twitter Tools plugin &#8211; basically patches so that it would work in WordPress 2.9 on versions of PHP prior to 5.2. This is an interesting situation, where I hadn&#8217;t really done anything wrong in the plugin and the WP core team hadn&#8217;t really done anything wrong in the way they implemented their JSON functionality for versions of PHP prior to 5.2. It just happened that the bits of code weren&#8217;t compatible with each other.</p>
<p>Sure it was frustrating. I was in a situation where there was a bit of public outcry about my plugin being &#8220;broken&#8221;. All of a sudden, something that used to work fine didn&#8217;t (for some). The result? I spent a good deal of time debugging an issue with my plugin that I didn&#8217;t cause and couldn&#8217;t reproduce.<sup><a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1263399092827n" id="fn1263399092827" class="footnote">1</a></sup> However when you step back and look at the situation, I&#8217;m not sure there is a clear-cut target to blame here. Everyone&#8217;s intentions were pure. The point is, this is an interesting case study and one that both the WP plugin and theme devs and the WP Core devs can learn from.</p>
<h3>Situation</h3>
<p>Versions of PHP prior to 5.2 do not include native functions for encoding and decoding JSON formatted data.</p>
<p>The solution in Twitter Tools prior to the releases last weekend: include a PHP library (Services_JSON) along with the plugin, wrap it in a check to make sure that it isn&#8217;t already included, and use it instead of the native PHP functions.</p>
<p>The solution in WordPress 2.9: define the equivalent versions of the native PHP encode and decode functions in the core, include a PHP library (Services_JSON) in those functions and load it if needed.</p>
<p>So we had a situation in some WordPress server configurations where my plugin loaded the library, then WP core tried to load the same library and PHP didn&#8217;t like that very much.</p>
<p>The WP 2.9 solution provides us with an interesting situation. I still wanted to support versions of WP prior to 2.9, which means I still need to include my copy of the library. However I also don&#8217;t want it to break in 2.9, so I need to make my inclusion of the library compatible with the WP 2.9 approach.</p>
<h3>Solution</h3>
<p>Use the same approach in my plugin that WP 2.9 does. WP 2.9 checks to see if the PHP function json_encode(), etc. exists, and defines it if it doesn&#8217;t. If Twitter Tools does the same thing and loads after the WP version (which is loaded from compat.php), it will only define those functions and include the library as needed. Based on feedback, this approach is working for both pre-2.9 versions of WordPress and WP 2.9.x.</p>
<h3>Lessons</h3>
<p>Plugin/theme devs, be careful when including a compatibility library that might get added to WP core in the future. Try to structure your code in such a way that it will continue to work even if this happens.</p>
<p>WP core devs, when adding a library consider the plugins that might already be including that library and do so in a way that lets everything continue to work.</p>
<p>Why wasn&#8217;t this caught in beta testing of WordPress 2.9? It&#8217;s pretty simple &#8211; even though I tested some of my plugins in pre-releases of 2.9, I did not test them with older versions of PHP (required to trigger this bug). I&#8217;m guessing that most of the developers that were beta testing were also running new versions of PHP. A true application testing matrix is not realistic for WordPress + plugins + themes.</p>
<p>Take a look at the <a href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=191662@twitter-tools/branches/wp-2.9-compat/twitter-tools.php&#038;old=142484@twitter-tools/tags/2.0/twitter-tools.php" rel="external">diff</a> for an example, I think this technique is portable to other plugins that may experience this same problem.</p>
<p>Also, I created a <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11827" rel="external">ticket in Trac</a> to try to make this work a little more smoothly going forward. Thanks to the core team for accepting the patch.</p>
<ol class="footnotes">
<li id="fn1263399092827n">Trying to patch a problem that you can&#8217;t reproduce will inevitably require a few point release. <img src="http://alexking.org/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" />  [<a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1263399092827">back</a>]</li>
</ol>
<img src="http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=3956&type=feed" alt="" />";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Matt: WP.com Tips";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33557";s:4:"link";s:33:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/wp-com-tips/";s:11:"description";s:207:"<p><a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/my-tips-on-wordpress-com/">My Tips on WordPress.com</a>, a good summary of a lot of the features that launched last year which in hindsight was a ton.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:09:35 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:207:"<p><a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/my-tips-on-wordpress-com/">My Tips on WordPress.com</a>, a good summary of a lot of the features that launched last year which in hindsight was a ton.</p>";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Matt: Top Emails and more, 2009 Edition";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33552";s:4:"link";s:30:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/top-2009/";s:11:"description";s:5431:"<p><a href="http://ma.tt/tag/email/">As I like to do every year</a>, here are the top 10 people who emailed me this year:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://toni.org/">Toni Schneider</a> — 914</li>
<li><a href="http://mayadesai.wordpress.com/">Maya Desai</a> — 672</li>
<li>Mom — 475</li>
<li><a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan Bar-Cohen</a> — 284</li>
<li><a href="http://barry.wordpress.com/">Barry Abrahamson</a> — 276</li>
<li><a href="http://roseknows.wordpress.com/">Rose Goldman</a> — 256</li>
<li><a href="http://jane.wordpress.com/">Jane Wells</a> — 193</li>
<li><a href="http://michaelpick.wordpress.com/">Michael Pick</a> — 185</li>
<li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/">Donncha O Caoimh</a> — 179</li>
<li><a href="http://thresholdstate.com/">Alex Shiels</a> — 167</li>
</ol>
<p>Email is my most frequently used social network, so it&#8217;s always interesting to see the trends.</p>
<p>This year I got 11,459 emails consider &#8220;important&#8221; by my script, or about 34 a day, and 53,030 &#8220;other&#8221; emails, excluding spam, mailing lists, and junk.</p>
<p>For the first time, I&#8217;ve decided to take a look at my <em>outgoing</em> emails as well, of which there were 9,101 of to 2,087 unique people, and here&#8217;s that list. These are less accurate because an email can be &#8220;to:&#8221; multiple people, or cc:s, but only ever From: one person, so the stats aren&#8217;t entirely correct for the to-list.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://toni.org/">Toni Schneider</a> — 524</li>
<li><a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan Bar-Cohen</a> — 450</li>
<li><a href="http://mayadesai.wordpress.com/">Maya Desai</a> — 428</li>
<li><a href="http://barry.wordpress.com/">Barry Abrahamson</a> — 243</li>
<li><a href="http://roseknows.wordpress.com/">Rose Goldman</a> — 212</li>
<li><a href="http://thresholdstate.com/">Alex Shiels</a> — 203</li>
<li>My <a href="http://matt.wordpress.com/">Matt.WP.com moblog</a> post-by-email address — 148</li>
<li><a href="http://michaelpick.wordpress.com/">Michael Pick</a> — 139</li>
<li><a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com">WordPress.com Support</a> — 123</li>
<li><a href="http://andy.wordpress.com">Andy Skelton</a> — 108</li>
</ol>
<p>I obviously need to email my Mom more. Here are my posting statistics:</p>
<table cellspacing="10">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="50"></th>
<th>Posts</th>
<th>Avg. Words</th>
<th>Total Words</th>
<th>Avg. Comments</th>
<th>Total Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td align="right">482</td>
<td align="right">105</td>
<td align="right">50,800</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">980</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2003</td>
<td align="right">559</td>
<td align="right">130</td>
<td align="right">73,009</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right">1,723</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2004</td>
<td align="right">1,108</td>
<td align="right">49</td>
<td align="right">55,025</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">6,594</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2005</td>
<td align="right">703</td>
<td align="right">43</td>
<td align="right">30,485</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="right">6,343</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2006</td>
<td align="right">340</td>
<td align="right">65</td>
<td align="right">22,173</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right">3,662</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2007</td>
<td align="right">360</td>
<td align="right">56</td>
<td align="right">20,408</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
<td align="right">6,091</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td align="right">314</td>
<td align="right">48</td>
<td align="right">15,368</td>
<td align="right">21</td>
<td align="right">6,636</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009</td>
<td align="right">182</td>
<td align="right">80</td>
<td align="right">14,675</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
<td align="right">4,280</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>My number of posts went down, but more words per post, so I&#8217;m posting less but meatier things. I made 391 comments myself last year, and it fell off rapidly after that. I would like to get more regular commenters next year, maybe by making the comment form more obvious on the photo pages. Photo pages draw the most repeat traffic.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m curious about travel stats, but haven&#8217;t gotten annual report from <a href="http://dopplr.com/">Dopplr</a> yet.</p>
<p>Here were the top posts for 2009:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/05/how-p2-changed-automattic/" target="_blank">How P2 Changed Automattic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/06/the-way-i-work-annotated/" target="_blank">The Way I Work, annotated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/" target="_blank">A Day on Necker Island</a> (gallery)</li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/08/starting-a-bank/" target="_blank">Starting a Bank</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/08/kill-your-community/" target="_blank">6 Steps to Kill Your Community</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/03/new-spring-design-2/" target="_blank">New Spring Design</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/04/oracle-and-open-source/" target="_blank">Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/10/elissas-wedding/" target="_blank">Elissa&#8217;s Wedding</a> (gallery)</li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/03/wordpress-party-pictures/" target="_blank">WordPress Party Pictures</a> (gallery)</li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/04/visiting-shindo-labs/" target="_blank">Visiting Shindo Labs</a> (gallery)</li>
</ol>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:25:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:5431:"<p><a href="http://ma.tt/tag/email/">As I like to do every year</a>, here are the top 10 people who emailed me this year:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://toni.org/">Toni Schneider</a> — 914</li>
<li><a href="http://mayadesai.wordpress.com/">Maya Desai</a> — 672</li>
<li>Mom — 475</li>
<li><a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan Bar-Cohen</a> — 284</li>
<li><a href="http://barry.wordpress.com/">Barry Abrahamson</a> — 276</li>
<li><a href="http://roseknows.wordpress.com/">Rose Goldman</a> — 256</li>
<li><a href="http://jane.wordpress.com/">Jane Wells</a> — 193</li>
<li><a href="http://michaelpick.wordpress.com/">Michael Pick</a> — 185</li>
<li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/">Donncha O Caoimh</a> — 179</li>
<li><a href="http://thresholdstate.com/">Alex Shiels</a> — 167</li>
</ol>
<p>Email is my most frequently used social network, so it&#8217;s always interesting to see the trends.</p>
<p>This year I got 11,459 emails consider &#8220;important&#8221; by my script, or about 34 a day, and 53,030 &#8220;other&#8221; emails, excluding spam, mailing lists, and junk.</p>
<p>For the first time, I&#8217;ve decided to take a look at my <em>outgoing</em> emails as well, of which there were 9,101 of to 2,087 unique people, and here&#8217;s that list. These are less accurate because an email can be &#8220;to:&#8221; multiple people, or cc:s, but only ever From: one person, so the stats aren&#8217;t entirely correct for the to-list.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://toni.org/">Toni Schneider</a> — 524</li>
<li><a href="http://raanan.com/">Raanan Bar-Cohen</a> — 450</li>
<li><a href="http://mayadesai.wordpress.com/">Maya Desai</a> — 428</li>
<li><a href="http://barry.wordpress.com/">Barry Abrahamson</a> — 243</li>
<li><a href="http://roseknows.wordpress.com/">Rose Goldman</a> — 212</li>
<li><a href="http://thresholdstate.com/">Alex Shiels</a> — 203</li>
<li>My <a href="http://matt.wordpress.com/">Matt.WP.com moblog</a> post-by-email address — 148</li>
<li><a href="http://michaelpick.wordpress.com/">Michael Pick</a> — 139</li>
<li><a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com">WordPress.com Support</a> — 123</li>
<li><a href="http://andy.wordpress.com">Andy Skelton</a> — 108</li>
</ol>
<p>I obviously need to email my Mom more. Here are my posting statistics:</p>
<table cellspacing="10">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="50"></th>
<th>Posts</th>
<th>Avg. Words</th>
<th>Total Words</th>
<th>Avg. Comments</th>
<th>Total Comments</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td align="right">482</td>
<td align="right">105</td>
<td align="right">50,800</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">980</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2003</td>
<td align="right">559</td>
<td align="right">130</td>
<td align="right">73,009</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right">1,723</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2004</td>
<td align="right">1,108</td>
<td align="right">49</td>
<td align="right">55,025</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">6,594</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2005</td>
<td align="right">703</td>
<td align="right">43</td>
<td align="right">30,485</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="right">6,343</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2006</td>
<td align="right">340</td>
<td align="right">65</td>
<td align="right">22,173</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right">3,662</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2007</td>
<td align="right">360</td>
<td align="right">56</td>
<td align="right">20,408</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
<td align="right">6,091</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td align="right">314</td>
<td align="right">48</td>
<td align="right">15,368</td>
<td align="right">21</td>
<td align="right">6,636</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009</td>
<td align="right">182</td>
<td align="right">80</td>
<td align="right">14,675</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
<td align="right">4,280</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>My number of posts went down, but more words per post, so I&#8217;m posting less but meatier things. I made 391 comments myself last year, and it fell off rapidly after that. I would like to get more regular commenters next year, maybe by making the comment form more obvious on the photo pages. Photo pages draw the most repeat traffic.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m curious about travel stats, but haven&#8217;t gotten annual report from <a href="http://dopplr.com/">Dopplr</a> yet.</p>
<p>Here were the top posts for 2009:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/05/how-p2-changed-automattic/" target="_blank">How P2 Changed Automattic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/06/the-way-i-work-annotated/" target="_blank">The Way I Work, annotated</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/" target="_blank">A Day on Necker Island</a> (gallery)</li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/08/starting-a-bank/" target="_blank">Starting a Bank</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/08/kill-your-community/" target="_blank">6 Steps to Kill Your Community</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/03/new-spring-design-2/" target="_blank">New Spring Design</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/04/oracle-and-open-source/" target="_blank">Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/10/elissas-wedding/" target="_blank">Elissa&#8217;s Wedding</a> (gallery)</li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/03/wordpress-party-pictures/" target="_blank">WordPress Party Pictures</a> (gallery)</li>
<li><a href="http://ma.tt/2009/04/visiting-shindo-labs/" target="_blank">Visiting Shindo Labs</a> (gallery)</li>
</ol>";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:20:"Matt: Google & China";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33549";s:4:"link";s:34:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/google-china/";s:11:"description";s:460:"<p><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html">Google is taking a new approach to China</a>. This is a big deal, they&#8217;re basically implying the Chinese government has been hacking Google accounts to compromise human rights advocates. Interesting the note at the end where they say these decisions and investigations were entirely in the US, it&#8217;s almost like they&#8217;re trying to protect their employees there.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:40:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:460:"<p><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html">Google is taking a new approach to China</a>. This is a big deal, they&#8217;re basically implying the Chinese government has been hacking Google accounts to compromise human rights advocates. Interesting the note at the end where they say these decisions and investigations were entirely in the US, it&#8217;s almost like they&#8217;re trying to protect their employees there.</p>";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:57:"Weblog Tools Collection: WPVibe Interviews Toni Schneider";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7524";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/12/wpvibe-interviews-toni-schneider/";s:11:"description";s:1642:"<p>I don&#8217;t see too many interviews with the CEO of Automattic Toni Schneider, conducted by people within the WordPress community so when I come across one, my interest is immediately grabbed. Dre Armeda who is one of the authors behind WPVibe.com had the unique opportunity to have <a href="http://wpvibe.com/interview-automattic-wordpress-ceo-toni-schneider-196/">Toni answer some of his questions</a> about WordPress, Akismet, things they are working on, and one thing he&#8217;s learned as CEO of Automattic. One interesting bit of information I picked up out of the interview relates to PollDaddy:</p>
<blockquote><p>PollDaddy has been growing really impressively as well. It reaches over 117 million people a month!</p></blockquote>
<p>I imagine Toni is a pretty busy man but it&#8217;s nice to see him stop and chat with fellow members of the WordPress.org community.</p>
<p>Not related to the interview but if you are interested in reading about how Automattic came to exist and how Toni Schneider became CEO of Automattic, I suggest you read this piece by Xconomy.com published in 2008 called <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/02/26/mike-and-matt-how-an-east-coast-vc-got-behind-the-west-coasts-hottest-blog-company/">Automattic Connection: How an East Coast VC Got Behind WordPress, the West Coast’s Hottest Blog Platform.</a> One of the most intriguing bits of information within that four page article is the significance the download counter played in terms of getting the first round of VC funding. I also suggest paying close attention to page three which explains how close Matt was to selling Automattic.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:52:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";}s:7:"summary";s:1642:"<p>I don&#8217;t see too many interviews with the CEO of Automattic Toni Schneider, conducted by people within the WordPress community so when I come across one, my interest is immediately grabbed. Dre Armeda who is one of the authors behind WPVibe.com had the unique opportunity to have <a href="http://wpvibe.com/interview-automattic-wordpress-ceo-toni-schneider-196/">Toni answer some of his questions</a> about WordPress, Akismet, things they are working on, and one thing he&#8217;s learned as CEO of Automattic. One interesting bit of information I picked up out of the interview relates to PollDaddy:</p>
<blockquote><p>PollDaddy has been growing really impressively as well. It reaches over 117 million people a month!</p></blockquote>
<p>I imagine Toni is a pretty busy man but it&#8217;s nice to see him stop and chat with fellow members of the WordPress.org community.</p>
<p>Not related to the interview but if you are interested in reading about how Automattic came to exist and how Toni Schneider became CEO of Automattic, I suggest you read this piece by Xconomy.com published in 2008 called <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/02/26/mike-and-matt-how-an-east-coast-vc-got-behind-the-west-coasts-hottest-blog-company/">Automattic Connection: How an East Coast VC Got Behind WordPress, the West Coast’s Hottest Blog Platform.</a> One of the most intriguing bits of information within that four page article is the significance the download counter played in terms of getting the first round of VC funding. I also suggest paying close attention to page three which explains how close Matt was to selling Automattic.</p>";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Matt: Custom CSS";s:4:"guid";s:21:"http://ma.tt/?p=33547";s:4:"link";s:32:"http://ma.tt/2010/01/custom-css/";s:11:"description";s:452:"<p>There have been a few requests for the plugin that drives the custom CSS feature on WordPress.com. We wanted to clean it up before releasing, and ended up adding a feature that stores the CSS better (in the posts table) and also adds revisions so you can revert to an old version of your custom CSS. The <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/">plugin is now available on the WordPress.org directory</a>, free for everybody. Enjoy!</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:34:36 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:452:"<p>There have been a few requests for the plugin that drives the custom CSS feature on WordPress.com. We wanted to clean it up before releasing, and ended up adding a feature that stores the CSS better (in the posts table) and also adds revisions so you can revert to an old version of your custom CSS. The <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/">plugin is now available on the WordPress.org directory</a>, free for everybody. Enjoy!</p>";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:60:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/12";s:4:"guid";s:40:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=7522";s:4:"link";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0112-2/";s:11:"description";s:2619:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.steveify.com/themeperpost/">ThemePerPost</a></p>
<p>ThemePerPost is ideal for people who want to style their about page, create a unique landing page, show theme previews for design showcases, split one WordPress install into multiple sub-sites. It&#8217;s for anyone who wants to have posts and pages with different styles. All you have to do to change theme for one or more posts or pages is upload the theme you want to use to the usual WP theme directory add a Custom Field to the page/post you want to style.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.123contactform.com/wordpress-contact-form-plugin.html">WordPress Contact Form</a></p>
<p>Contact Form plugin from 123ContactForm.com. It requires a free account on <a href="http://www.123contactform.com/signup.html">123ContactForm</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tedcarnahan.com/2010/01/10/wordpress-jquery-table-of-contents-plugin/">jQuery Table of Contents</a></p>
<p>Inserts the lovely little table of contents you see on many of the pages of my website. It uses <a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a> to inspect the content of your post or page and generate table of contents links based on the header tags. It’s easy, SEO friendly, and highly customizable.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/disable-search">Disable Search</a></p>
<p>Disable the search capabilities of WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://ottodestruct.com/blog/wordpress-plugins/simple-facebook-connect/">Simple Facebook Connect</a></p>
<p>Makes it easy for you to add Facebook Connect functionality to a site. Modular: activate only the pieces you need.</p>
<p><a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/seo-no-duplicate-wordpress-plugin/">SEO No Duplicate</a></p>
<p>Helps tell search engine bots the preferred version of a post page by specifying the canonical properly within your head tag.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This all-in-one SEO plugin can handle titles, meta, noindex, canonical tags, 404 monitoring, robots.txt, and more. Version 1.4 adds the Internal Relevance Researcher module.</p>
<p><a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=twitter-tools">Twitter Tools</a></p>
<p>Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.</p>
<p><a href="http://arpitshah.com/plugins/all-in-one-webmaster/">All in One Webmaster</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to easily integrate Google Webmaster Tool, Yahoo SiteExplorer and Bing Webmaster Central with your blog.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:02:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Perurry";}s:7:"summary";s:2619:"<h3>New Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.steveify.com/themeperpost/">ThemePerPost</a></p>
<p>ThemePerPost is ideal for people who want to style their about page, create a unique landing page, show theme previews for design showcases, split one WordPress install into multiple sub-sites. It&#8217;s for anyone who wants to have posts and pages with different styles. All you have to do to change theme for one or more posts or pages is upload the theme you want to use to the usual WP theme directory add a Custom Field to the page/post you want to style.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.123contactform.com/wordpress-contact-form-plugin.html">WordPress Contact Form</a></p>
<p>Contact Form plugin from 123ContactForm.com. It requires a free account on <a href="http://www.123contactform.com/signup.html">123ContactForm</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tedcarnahan.com/2010/01/10/wordpress-jquery-table-of-contents-plugin/">jQuery Table of Contents</a></p>
<p>Inserts the lovely little table of contents you see on many of the pages of my website. It uses <a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a> to inspect the content of your post or page and generate table of contents links based on the header tags. It’s easy, SEO friendly, and highly customizable.</p>
<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/disable-search">Disable Search</a></p>
<p>Disable the search capabilities of WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://ottodestruct.com/blog/wordpress-plugins/simple-facebook-connect/">Simple Facebook Connect</a></p>
<p>Makes it easy for you to add Facebook Connect functionality to a site. Modular: activate only the pieces you need.</p>
<p><a href="http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-plugins/seo-no-duplicate-wordpress-plugin/">SEO No Duplicate</a></p>
<p>Helps tell search engine bots the preferred version of a post page by specifying the canonical properly within your head tag.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/">SEO Ultimate</a></p>
<p>This all-in-one SEO plugin can handle titles, meta, noindex, canonical tags, 404 monitoring, robots.txt, and more. Version 1.4 adds the Internal Relevance Researcher module.</p>
<p><a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=twitter-tools">Twitter Tools</a></p>
<p>Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.</p>
<p><a href="http://arpitshah.com/plugins/all-in-one-webmaster/">All in One Webmaster</a></p>
<p>This plugin allows you to easily integrate Google Webmaster Tool, Yahoo SiteExplorer and Bing Webmaster Central with your blog.</p>";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:69:"Publisher Blog: TNT’s Mike Fratello Joins WordPress.com VIP Hosting";s:4:"guid";s:42:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/?p=746";s:4:"link";s:79:"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/01/12/mike-fratello-wordpress-com-vip/";s:11:"description";s:2335:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Very excited to welcome <a href="http://mikefratello.com">Mike Fratello</a> to the <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com">WordPress.com VIP Hosting</a> program.  As many <a href="http://nba.com">NBA</a> fans know, Mike is the &#8220;Czar of the Telestrator&#8221; &#8211; and works alongside Marv Albert covering TNT&#8217;s NBA games.  Mike was also previously a <a href="http://mikefratello.com/biography/">top coach in the league</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://mikefratello.com/"><img src="http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/screen-shot-2010-01-04-at-4-31-21-pm-e1262652047420.png?w=640&#038;h=398" alt="" title="Mike Fratello WordPress.com VIP blog" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-747" height="398" width="640" /></a></p>
<p>The site integrates <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/polls/">PollDaddy for user polls</a>, as well as Facebook and <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/twitter-widget/">Twitter</a> in the sidebar.  </p>
<p>[ Visit <a href="http://mikefratello.com">MikeFratello.com</a> ]</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=746&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:05:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Raanan Bar-Cohen";}s:7:"summary";s:2335:"<div class="snap_preview"><br /><p>Very excited to welcome <a href="http://mikefratello.com">Mike Fratello</a> to the <a href="http://vip.wordpress.com">WordPress.com VIP Hosting</a> program.  As many <a href="http://nba.com">NBA</a> fans know, Mike is the &#8220;Czar of the Telestrator&#8221; &#8211; and works alongside Marv Albert covering TNT&#8217;s NBA games.  Mike was also previously a <a href="http://mikefratello.com/biography/">top coach in the league</a>:</p>
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  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/746/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=746&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1" /></div>";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:63:"Weblog Tools Collection: Belated Birthday Wishes Matt Mullenweg";s:4:"guid";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/12/belated-birthday-wishes-matt-mullenweg/";s:4:"link";s:92:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/12/belated-birthday-wishes-matt-mullenweg/";s:11:"description";s:619:"<p>Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress celebrated his birthday yesterday. He turned a year younger and is now 26 years old.</p>
<p>We wish you a Happy Birthday, albeit a delayed one (by a whisker). We hope to see WordPress 50.0 before you turn that age <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> .</p>
<p>To know more about Matt, visit his blog at <a title="http://ma.tt/" href="http://ma.tt/">http://ma.tt/</a> or visit the Wikipedia page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Mullenweg" target="_blank">about Matt</a>.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:42:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Keith Dsouza";}s:7:"summary";s:619:"<p>Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress celebrated his birthday yesterday. He turned a year younger and is now 26 years old.</p>
<p>We wish you a Happy Birthday, albeit a delayed one (by a whisker). We hope to see WordPress 50.0 before you turn that age <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> .</p>
<p>To know more about Matt, visit his blog at <a title="http://ma.tt/" href="http://ma.tt/">http://ma.tt/</a> or visit the Wikipedia page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Mullenweg" target="_blank">about Matt</a>.</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";}}