Akismet, the most popular WordPress anti-spam plugin, has launched a parter program geared toward developers who urge the use of Akismet among their larger clients. Akismet is free for most users, but sites which make a substantial amount of income on their own are asked to pay a small amount for the service. Given that most of these sites are built by third-party developers, designer, or consultants, the program is designed to share a percentage of the purchase with the referring individual if the referred user chooses to sign up with a paid Akismet plan. The program is open to applicants, so feel free to apply for registration now. And, if you have never used Akismet, today’s the perfect day to start.
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WordPress 3.3 Beta 3 has been released. WordPress 3.3 is quickly on its way to its first release candidate. New features have been frozen, and over 200 fixes have been made since the last beta release. Plugin and theme authors are encouraged to test their code against the latest beta release, especially if their plugins or themes use jQuery in core as that has been upgraded to the 1.7 release.
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November is quickly turning into one of the biggest months for WordCamps this year. WordCamp Philly has already passed, and it will be followed by WordCamp Caguas, WordCamp Kenya, WordCamp Detroit, WordCamp Richmond, and WordCamp Denmark all starting on the same day (Nov. 12)! Closing out the month, we have WordCamp Azerbaijan (Nov. 13), WordCamp Edmonton (Nov. 18), WordCamp Omaha (Nov. 18), WordCamp Singapore (Nov. 19), WordCamp Paris (Nov. 25), WordCamp Madrid (Nov. 26), and WordCamp Tokyo (Nov. 27). Counting Philly Philly, Toronto, and Gold Coast, that’s 13 15 WordCamps in the span of a month, almost exactly 1 WordCamp every 2 days! This is really a testament to the growth of WordPress since the first WordCamp launched in 2006. After November closes out, there 4 more in December to finish the year. Are you planning to attend any WordCamps before the year is out? Update: WordCamp Toronto and WordCamp Gold Coast also occurred the same day as WordCamp Philly, bringing this […]
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Are you a visual learner, especially when it comes to statistics? Infographics have become quite popular amongst the media these days, and WPLift has gone to the trouble of tracking down every WordPress-related one in this awesome collection. The infographics cover just about everything, from the popularity of WordPress to a theme cheat sheet. It’s practically a shmorgishborg of information, all presented visually.
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Perhaps you’re eager for some competition among WordPress plugin developers, or you want a chance to cheer for your favorite plugins, or maybe you’re just looking for another easy way to find the best plugins. If either of those sound like you, head on over to Battle of the Plugins and cast your vote in the current battles. Battle of the Plugins presents a very simple and ingenious take on a plugin directory. Plugins are grouped by category, and users can download them, find more info, visit their directory page, and vote up their favorites. The “winner” is always listed at the top of each category. Join the front lines today and show support for your favorite plugins!
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Previous Post Do You Plan Your Blog or Play it by Ear?
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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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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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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Do You Use an Alternative Commenting System?
There are many options when it comes to handling comments on a WordPress blog. You can certainly go with the default commenting system, you can enhance it with a variety of plugins, and you can even replace it with an entirely different commenting system, like IntenseDebate, Disqus, Facebook Comments, or Livefyre. At Weblog Tools Collection, we use the default commenting system with Highlight Author Comments added in to highlight the post author’s comments (of course). I prefer to stick with the default comments myself, but have used IntenseDebate on sites that need a bit more. What do you use, and if you’re using an alternative commenting system, what led you to the one you chose?
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