Archive for January, 2009

Farewell Keith And Get Well Soon Kym

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Episode 40 of WordPress Weekly discussed a wide range of topics from the release of WordPress MU 2.7 to the All In One SEO Plugin reaching one million downloads. Also sad to say that this was Keith Murray’s last episode as co-host. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. Special Announcement: Kym Huynh co-host of the WordPress centric podcast, WordCast was in a terrible car accident. Kym was in the middle of a three week vacation celebrating his recent graduation from law school when he ended up in a bad car accident. Unfortunately, Kym suffered quite a few broken bones and now has a metal arm. Dave Moyer of DaveMoyer.org, producer of show published an email he received from Kym earlier today that can be read on the DaveMoyer.org website. I personally wish Kym a fast and speedy recovery. Please visit DaveMoyer.org to find out how […]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/31

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New Plugins Feed Reading Blogroll The plugin displays for all your bookmarks with a separately saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occured at the bookmarked site. Store Locator This is a store locator / location finder plugin that provides mapping tools for web designers & developers who create sites in WordPress & web site owners who need to show store locations or any set of locations on their website(s). Uses Google Maps. My Comments Elsewhere This plugin collects the comments you posted on other people’s websites and lets you display them on your own blog. The process is entirely automated and works across all websites. Instapaper ‘Read Later’ Links This plugin allows you to embed Instapaper ‘Read Later’ links adjacent to each post on your blog. Either use the template tag to display the links wherever you wish or let the plugin automatically display the links for you. […]

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Et Tu Google? Then Fail, Net Safety

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January 31st, 2009
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I trust Google. I use GMail as my primary email address and store stuff in my mailbox that is of crucial importance to my existence as a citizen of this modern world. Over the past couple of months, Google’s Orkut has dealt a deadly blow to that trust that is making me rethink my allegiance towards anything Google. I am the owner of a midly popular community on Orkut with about 25k users. Since I was given the privilege of being a beta tester on Orkut, I had created a community called Calcutta many years ago and that community has since, taken on a life of its own. It is run by moderators who report to me and I log in every so often to perform maintenance and help the moderators out. My existence is not only a mystery to the members of the community, it is also the source […]

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Updated WordPress Plugin: Top 10

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January 30th, 2009
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Last week, we gave you two plugins to play with. And this week we’re back with yet another plugin. Way back in 2005, Mark released the Top 10 posts plugin that allowed you to track page views and display them on your blog post. You could also display a list of popular posts. With WordPress 2.7, a update was necessary and here it is. The Top 10 plugin for WordPress will track page views on single and post pages and store them safely in a table in the WordPress database. You can then display the count in your post automatically, or either manually. Features: Counts page views on single posts and pages Display the count on the single posts and pages Customize the text that can be displayed Display a list of popular posts by page count. The number can be customized. Clean uninstall if you choose to delete the […]

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Screencasting Resources at WordPress.tv

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January 30th, 2009
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Screencasting Resources (Part One).: Michael Pick of WordPress.tv fame has started to put together a list of resources for screencasting. The goal is of course to add this user generated content to WordPress.tv for everyone to avail of. You could also add your videos and screencasts to WeblogToolsVideos.com

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/29

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New Plugins LinkCurl LinkCurl grabs related links from Google Blog Search based on post titles, tags, or categories and appends them to your entry. Push Up When people visit your website using an outdated browser, a subtle upgrade link is shown at the top right hand corner of the screen. They can click this link to visit the upgrade website for that browser, or choose to be reminded after a time you specify. DRegister DRegister (which stands for Dr. Register) is a clean and easy plugin that allows you to force your user to provide First and Last name upon registration and create custom fields and specify if they have to be alphanumeric or numeric only , plus if they are required to complete registration. Simple AdSense Insert Simple AdSense Insert is a WordPress plugin that provides a basic ability to display AdSense adverts on your blog. WP-FlashTime Widget With […]

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Michael Pick Of WordPress.TV

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January 28th, 2009
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On the evening of Tuesday, January 27th, I had the pleasure to converse with Michael Pick, an employee of Automattic and also the guy behind the newly launched WordPress.TV. WordPress.TV is a new website which aggregates all sorts of WordPress content in video form. The site has already made a name for itself by showcasing many of the videos from recent WordCamps. Here is just a sampling of what we discussed during the show. Here are some of the questions we covered on the show: What is the purpose of WordPress.TV? How did WordPress.TV reach fruition? Will WordPress.TV feature content created by people other than Automattic? What do you plan on doing with videos that seemingly disappear? Can someone suggest a video that is produced with a language other than English? If there were any plans to let the videos be downloadable or even a podcast? Are WordPress.tv videos released […]

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WordPress News for 1/28/2009

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Not that we do not hear enough of Ma.tt and his history with WordPress, but USA Today had a nice article on Matt, WordPress and his fans.  Mom says her son is so focused on WordPress, “Sometimes he forgets to eat and sleep. He’s a young man in a hurry. He never stops. I keep telling him to slow down.” Also of interest, via a review on Mashable, is of a service called Errorlytics. It is a 404 redirect service that lets a website owner track 404 page hits, transparently redirect 404 pages to other content within a blog and/or website and possibly increases pageviews and SEO. They have a custom WordPress plugin for the purpose and the service is free for one domain and 5 rules. Now is it worth it? I will never use it because I do not want to depend on another remotely hosted service for […]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 01/27

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Simple Orange White and grey, three column theme with touches of Orange. Pink Valentines Two column, pink, grunge-style theme just in time for Valentine’s day Too Newsy Performancing Too Newsy Performancing Theme for WordPress is a three-column widget and gravatar ready WordPress theme with complete support for WordPress 2.7 features including threaded comments.

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