I would love to publish WeblogToolsCollection in languages other than English. I know that I can install translator plugins and other software but machine translation leaves a lot to be desired, is slow and load intensive, readers miss out on the discussions and it is just less fulfilling as a read. Since there has been some interest in French and Spanish language translations, I am seeking a couple of authors who are willing to do the following: Translate all (new) posts from weblogtoolscollection.com into their respective language and make a daily commitment to posting changes and updates Moderate and answer comments Post any new material you find relevant to blogging in general and WordPress in particular Co-operate, share ideas and news with other authors Be user centric Fluent in French or Spanish. English language proficiency required. This is an experiment/brainstorm/brainfart and I am not sure whether there is even an […]

Freshly Pressed WordPress is a beginners’ guide to WordPress walking you through the initial setup after you have freshing installed your new blog.

The Spring by MandarinMusing is a two column fixed width theme in green with a “rosy” header. BlogCut has released two free WordPress Themes, “Sunflower” and “Refueling”. X-Caliber is a simple widget ready, two column theme for WordPress. NonPro565 is a two column, fixed width, widget ready WordPress theme by Ekta Paneri, based on 565 by Douglas Bowman. Blossom is a two column, widget compatible based on a template by Free CSS Templates. Wiii is a two column, fixed width theme by Peterandrej inspired by Nintendo Wiii. Small Potato has released a set of new themes. Mollio Type B is a two column, top menu, left sidebar, widget ready theme for WordPress from Kaushal. Demo here.

Scot has written a Codex article on Installing/Updating WordPress with SVN. This is ideal for those who have svn installed on their server or use an svn binary. The guide covers using tracking trunk versions as well as just stable versions of WordPress.

Motivational Quote will randomly display a quote in the upper right of your admin screen. Similar to the now infamous Holly Dolly plugin. BibTex is a tool for formatting lists of references used by the LaTeX document preparation system. My Link Order Widgetized is the widgetized version of My Link Order. Role Manager 2.0 is based on the plugin by Owen Winkler. This Plugin allows you to define and manage multiple subscriber profiles – called Roles and their Capabilities. Also you can create new Roles and Capabilities. WatchMyBack24 verifies if a backlink exists to your trackbacked posting. If no backlink is given, the trackback will fail. Tickme.com plugin adds a TickMe.com ribbon to the top right of your WordPress Blog, with a link to your profile on TickMe.

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Darjanpanic.com has a collection of WordPress themes available in different colors. Milo has released Ocean Blue, Reds and Hitch. RockinBlue is a clean, sleek, customizable, two column WordPress theme. Sangre is a two column, fixed width theme with a red color scheme by Ivan Garcia Blixed is Blix with custom image header and widget support along with other minor modifications. Stalingrad is a two column theme in red with widget support. Tigopedia is a three column theme based on Tiga, configurable via the admin, with adsense and gravatar

Ultimate Category Excluder is a WordPress plugin that allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, and feeds. Just select which categories you want to be excluded, and UCE does all the work for you! TechTags is a simple Technorati tags plugin for WordPress. Add a single line to a post or page to display Technorati tags. Multi Column Link List generates an alphabetical listing of your WordPress links in multiple columns. You can choose the number of columns to display, with an option to split up the list of links by letter. “Deep Thoughts” Random Quote Widget is the widgetized version of Random Quote. Cimy Page Navigator generates page lists which can be styled with CSS to create navigation menus.