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5 Ways to Break and Fix Your Blog

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September 3rd, 2011
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It’s Saturday, which means that it’s probably time to tinker with WordPress again, just don’t break anything. Just as a precautionary measure, here’s a great presentation from Hanni Ross at this year’s WordCamp San Francisco on the five most common ways to break and fix your blog.

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WordPress Theme Releases for 9/2

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September 2nd, 2011
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Gynix is a beige and black theme with a large featured post area. Khaki evokes a homey, comfortable, natural feeling featuring cotton khaki denim fabric in warm gold colors. NatureFox is a modern theme with a natural landscape design.

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Q&A with the WordPress Core Developers

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September 1st, 2011
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Are you eager to know what’s going on in the minds of the WordPress core developers? This Q&A with the core developers themselves was a great treat for those present at this year’s WordCamp San Francisco and has a wealth of intriguing questions from the community. It’s definitely worth the hour if you’re interested in some of the recent and future WordPress decisions and plans.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 8/31

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August 31st, 2011
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New plugins CapyBar will show how many people are online on your website and will also allow you to chat with them. Jetpack Lite is a fork of Jetpack by WordPress.com containing only Stats and WP.me Shortlinks modules. Updated plugins CommentLuv allows to reward your readers by automatically placing a link to their last blog post at the end of their comment.

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New Anti-Spam Strategy

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August 30th, 2011
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If you’re a WordPress user, you probably noticed an option at Settings -> Discussion, which states “Before a comment appears, comment author must have a previously approved comment.” This was pretty much the bulk of our anti-spam measures here, and while not a single bit of spam made it through, the sheer volume of pending comments (almost all spam) were driving us nuts. A few days ago, we shifted gears with tremendous results, and I though you folks might be interested. We decided to do away with the above setting and rely entirely on Akismet, Cookies for Comments, and the built-in moderation list and blacklist at Settings -> Discussion for any that snuck through. Prior to this change, we had an average of 5 pending comments each hour, and an average of 4.8 of those were spam. Now, we don’t have to monitor pending comments, and we only see an […]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 8/29

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August 29th, 2011
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Just Write is a minimal theme meant for you to do exactly what the title says, Just Write. sprachkonstrukt2 is a dark, html5-based theme. Tweed is neutral, warm and would suit any business or professional blog or website.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 8/27

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August 27th, 2011
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New plugins Pro Blog Stats provides a single location to monitor the performance and statistics for your blog. WP Github Gist provides the ability to embed gist and files from Github in your blog posts or pages. Updated plugins Plugin Dependencies provides static dependency management for plugins. Slick Social Share Buttons allows you to add Facebook, Twitter, Google +1, Digg, Google Buzz, Linkedin, and Stumbledupon social media buttons in a floating or slide out tab. Simple Facebook Connect is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you add any sort of Facebook functionality you like to a WordPress blog. Tallyopia Analytics provides analytics that you can embed into your site using shortcodes or view in your admin dashboard. W3 Total Cache allows you to improve site performance and user experience via caching. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and […]

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Theme Customization Basics

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August 26th, 2011
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The weekend is just around the corner, so it may be time for yet another fun project on your WordPress blog. Are you one of the millions of bloggers using the default theme with absolutely no customizations? Are you interested in perhaps modifying it just a little to stand out from the crowd? At this year’s WordCamp San Francisco, Jane Wells gave a great presentation with an outstanding Q & A to highlight some of the basics of theme customization. If this doesn’t inspire you to change at least one element in your theme, you must really love your current theme.

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WordPress Theme Releases for 8/25

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August 25th, 2011
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Idris is an elegant, modern and professional theme built with simplicity in mind. Orbit is reminiscent of space and would be suitable for sites featuring space, flight, science, technical, computer, astronomical and other related subjects.

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