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eMusic: WordPress on a Large Scale

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October 27th, 2011
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A few days ago, we asked if you plan ahead for the scope of your site or just play it by ear. eMusic is moving to WordPress for all of their CMS needs, and they need to handle some rather hefty usage, so how are they doing it? Straight from WordCamp San Francisco 2011, eMusic software engineer Scott Taylor shares some of his secrets on bringing WordPress to the enterprise level.

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Do You Plan Your Blog or Play it by Ear?

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October 25th, 2011
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WordPress is used for more than just personal blogs. It powers some of the most popular sites on the web. You may be planning to start the next greatest WordPress site, but what’s your approach? Do you plan ahead and dive into an expensive hosting plan (maybe even buy your own server) and start loading on the heavy-duty cache plugins, or do you start small and grow as necessary? Starting small may be the safe approach, but if your goal is to be huge, first impressions can make a world of different. Personally, I prefer to just play it by ear and grow as necessary, but what’s your preference?

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WordPress and Responsive Web Design

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October 23rd, 2011
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A few days ago, I mentioned that a responsive design was my favorite WordPress theme feature. Of course, I wouldn’t be doing well to promote my favorite feature without at least pointing you in the right direction to learn how to do it yourself. Straight from WordCamp San Francisco 2011, here’s Sara Cannon with a great presentation on responsive web design in WordPress.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 10/22

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October 22nd, 2011
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New plugins WP Stats Live allows you to see who’s online, what they’re reading, and where they came from in real time. Updated plugins WP SyntaxHighlighter is a code syntax highlighter plugin. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre, Samsung touch and BlackBerry Storm/Torch mobile devices. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin displays a list of related entries on your site and feeds based on a unique algorithm.

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What’s Your Favorite Theme Feature?

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October 21st, 2011
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There are tons of free themes available for WordPress, and there are plenty of premium themes too, but each theme comes with its own set of features. Some of these features are incredibly useful, some seem to be wasteful, and some can be duplicated with plugins, but what’s your favorite theme feature? I’m partial myself to themes which are responsive in design, like Twenty Eleven, meaning that they are built to adapt to any screen size (even mobile devices). So, what theme features do you look for when selecting your theme?

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WordPress Theme Releases for 10/20

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October 20th, 2011
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Asokay is a full-featured but still simple and easy-to-use blog/website theme, built from the Toolbox theme. Matisse is a minimalistic two-column and fixed-width theme.

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WordPress and Internationalization

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October 19th, 2011
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I’m sure that you’re all familiar with WordPress in English, but did you know that WordPress is available in 121 languages? There is definitely a lot of work that goes into that, and it’s just another reflection of the power of the WordPress community. Maybe you want to know what goes into that, or how you can get involved. If you do, this presentation from WordCamp Montreal 2011, featuring Paolo Belcastro and Zé Fontainhas, offers a great peak into a world of WordPress that you may have never experienced or even expected.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 10/18

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October 18th, 2011
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New plugins Contact Form with a Meeting Scheduler is an inviting contact form with built-in appointment dcheduler and video meetings. Updated plugins BackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress database, files, and more. jQuery Vertical Accordion Menu creates vertical accordion menus from any WordPress custom menu.

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WordPress vs. Drupal on Stage

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October 17th, 2011
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SchipulCon 2011, a web marketing conference, hosted a very thought-provoking discussion between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and Drupal founder Dries Buytaert. Despite some technical issues, the founders of platforms often thought of as rivals had some interesting thoughts to share about competition and community in the open source world. You can see the video below, and there are some choice quotes available at Schipul’s coverage of the event.

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