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You&#8217;ll enter your basic info (location, contact info) and answer some questions about your WordPress usage to be entered in the database, and when there&#8217;s a testing opportunity coming up that&#8217;s appropriate for you, a local moderator will get in touch to see if you&#8217;re interested. Further down the road we may experiment with remote testing and other methods, but for now, this approach will broaden the geographic scope of our testing.</p>\n<p>All moderators will follow the same test protocols and script, and their results/reports/video will be reviewed and collated, with a composite report (including the protocol/script that was used) published to the community. This will provide designers and developers with broader feedback during the dev cycle, and will allow the wider community to both understand and participate in the testing program.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in being a moderator during this initial phase (meaning you do it professionally), <a href=\"http://jane.wordpress.com/contact-me/\">send me an email</a> and introduce yourself. If you&#8217;re interested in signing up as a potential test participant, watch this space. We&#8217;ll post a link to the registration survey once it&#8217;s ready.</p>\n\";}i:6;a:13:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Make Friends with BuddyPress\";s:4:\"link\";s:70:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/04/make-friends-with-buddypress/\";s:8:\"comments\";s:79:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/04/make-friends-with-buddypress/#comments\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:24:44 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:8:\"category\";s:17:\"Cousinsbuddypress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=719\";s:11:\"description\";s:329:\"What if there was software with the elegance and extensibility of WordPress but all the features you&#8217;ve come to expect from social networks like Facebook? Now there is: check out BuddyPress.\nBuddyPress is an official sister project of WordPress. 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There&#8217;s been an explosion of social activity on the web, it&#8217;s probably the most important trend of the past few years, but there&#8217;s been a dearth of Open Source tools that enable the social web.</p>\n<p>In WordPress we have a robust and extensible base that can scale to many millions of users, and BuddyPress is essentially a set of plugins on top of WordPress that add private messaging, profiles, friends, groups, activity streams, and everything else you&#8217;ve come to expect from your favorite social network, like a Facebook-in-a-box.</p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think BuddyPress will be something you use <em>instead of</em> your existing social networks, I mean all your friends are already on Myspace, but if you wanted to start something new maybe with more control, friendlier terms of service, or just something customized and tweaked to fit exactly into your existing site, then BuddyPress is a great framework to use. 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The table below shows the actual breakdown of the poll votes, of which there were 2,651. As you can see, there were four main contenders: Dean J. Robinson&#8217;s Fluency-based submissions (two variations), the existing 2.7 interface, and Matt Thomas&#8217;s comp (MT), which [...]\";s:7:\"content\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";s:3064:\"<p>The poll is closed, the votes are counted, and the results are interesting. The table below shows the actual breakdown of the poll votes, of which there were 2,651. As you can see, there were four main contenders: Dean J. Robinson&#8217;s Fluency-based submissions (two variations), the existing 2.7 interface, and Matt Thomas&#8217;s comp (MT), which exists somewhere between them in terms of style. Note: GB was a late entry, and was posted after over 900 votes had already been collected.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/tweaksvote.png\"><img src=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/tweaksvote.png\" alt=\"The voting results\" /></a></p>\n<p><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Top image: Dean Robinson, Bottom image: Matt Thomas\" src=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/tweaks_dr_mt.png\" alt=\"Top two submissions by Robinson and Thomas\" width=\"410\" height=\"517\" align=\"left\" /></p>\n<p>As several people have rightly pointed out, the Fluency-style designs not only took the top spot, but in combination added up to a higher percentage than any other. We&#8217;re not focusing solely on that statistic, though, because had other designers submitted multiple versions, the numbers might have looked different. What was most interesting for me was checking in on the votes over the course of the two days the poll was open. The top three (Fluency-dark, Current 2.7, MT) kept beating each other out for the #1 spot as they cycled back and forth through the top three slots, and had the poll closed on time (left it open a little longer in case anyone translated the time zone incorrectly), the order would have been a bit different.</p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more interesting to me is the overall style that seems to be preferred among voters, as Matt&#8217;s comp has some stylistic similarities to Dean&#8217;s (see image at left). It also would be interesting to know how many of the votes for the current 2.7 interface were based on thinking it looked the best vs. how many were votes against changing the interface at all so soon after the 2.7 redesign. If you want to comment on what you liked best and/or least about any of the designs, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265261\">this thread</a> is a good place.</p>\n<p>So what happens now? 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If you want to comment on what you liked best and/or least about any of the designs, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265261\">this thread</a> is a good place.</p>\n<p>So what happens now? However we look at it, the Fluency-style designs clearly have a lot of fans. Then again, so do the designs of Matt Thomas (he&#8217;s behind the current style of 2.7, remember, in addition to the comp labeled MT). To give the interface the attention it is due, and to take seriously some of the interface feedback around usability and accessibility, we&#8217;re going to leave the looks alone for 2.8. It&#8217;s our guess that a revised style will make into 2.9 early in the development cycle to allow us plenty of time for user testing and revision. How close it winds up being to the comps submitted in this design tweaks challenge will depend, but in the meantime:</p>\n<p>Congratulations, <a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/\">Dean J. 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Some people just moved a few things around, while others proposed a new style altogether. We won&#8217;t make any major changes to style in 2.8, but if the vote leans toward a submission that proposes it, we&#8217;ll do some user testing and make a decision for early 2.9 (which, now that we think of it, is probably the right thing to do anyway. <img src=\'http://wordpress.org/development/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\' alt=\':)\' class=\'wp-smiley\' /> )</p>\n<p>Below are the links to the screenshots that were submitted. Please review each one (I&#8217;d open them all in tabs so I could look back and forth while they are all large size, because the voting poll just uses thumbnails), then choose the one you think looks the best/is the most usable.</p>\n<p>This poll was supposed to close at 8pm NY time on Tuesday (today), but we&#8217;re going to leave it open for an extra day. The voting poll will now be closed at 8pm NY time on Wednesday (that&#8217;s 2am Thursday, UTC). If you want to discuss the entries&#8217; pros/cons, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265261\">this thread</a> would be a good place.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/current.png\">Current: The existing interface, for reference</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://p51labs.com/projects/wordpress-2.8-navigation/screenshot.png\">KM: Current nav, header elements moved</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://andrerenaut.ovh.org/wp28.jpg\">AN: Current nav, file folder style header</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://konstruktors.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-kaspars-dambis.png\">KD: Current nav, modified header style</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.johnjamesjacoby.com/uploads/2009/04/jjj-wp-28.gif\">JJ: Swap blog title and favorites menu</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-djr.png\">DR1: Fluency style, dark</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-djr-2.png\">DR2: Fluency style, medium</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-djr-3.png\">DR3: Fluency style, light</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/ik.png\">IK: Nav layered over dark background</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://gordonbrander.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-up.png\">GB: Modified nav/header intersection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://iammattthomas.com/28/dash.png\">MT: Modified nav and header</a></p>\n<p><script type=\"text/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http://static.polldaddy.com/p/1575922.js\"></script><noscript><br />\n<a href=\"http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1575922/\">Which style do you prefer?</a><span style=\"font-size:9px;\">(<a href=\"http://answers.polldaddy.com\">answers</a>)</span><br />\n</noscript></p>\n<p>Results will be posted the day after the polls close. </p>\n\";}s:3:\"wfw\";a:1:{s:10:\"commentrss\";s:65:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/04/design-tweaks-vote/feed/\";}s:5:\"slash\";a:1:{s:8:\"comments\";s:2:\"18\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:321:\"Comps for the header/nav design tweaks are in, and the results are mixed. 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Please review each one (I&#8217;d open them all in tabs so I could look back and forth while they are all large size, because the voting poll just uses thumbnails), then choose the one you think looks the best/is the most usable.</p>\n<p>This poll was supposed to close at 8pm NY time on Tuesday (today), but we&#8217;re going to leave it open for an extra day. The voting poll will now be closed at 8pm NY time on Wednesday (that&#8217;s 2am Thursday, UTC). If you want to discuss the entries&#8217; pros/cons, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265261\">this thread</a> would be a good place.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/current.png\">Current: The existing interface, for reference</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://p51labs.com/projects/wordpress-2.8-navigation/screenshot.png\">KM: Current nav, header elements moved</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://andrerenaut.ovh.org/wp28.jpg\">AN: Current nav, file folder style header</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://konstruktors.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-kaspars-dambis.png\">KD: Current nav, modified header style</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.johnjamesjacoby.com/uploads/2009/04/jjj-wp-28.gif\">JJ: Swap blog title and favorites menu</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-djr.png\">DR1: Fluency style, dark</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-djr-2.png\">DR2: Fluency style, medium</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-djr-3.png\">DR3: Fluency style, light</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/ik.png\">IK: Nav layered over dark background</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://gordonbrander.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mt-db-up.png\">GB: Modified nav/header intersection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://iammattthomas.com/28/dash.png\">MT: Modified nav and header</a></p>\n<p><script type=\"text/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http://static.polldaddy.com/p/1575922.js\"></script><noscript><br />\n<a href=\"http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1575922/\">Which style do you prefer?</a><span style=\"font-size:9px;\">(<a href=\"http://answers.polldaddy.com\">answers</a>)</span><br />\n</noscript></p>\n<p>Results will be posted the day after the polls close. </p>\n\";}i:9;a:13:{s:5:\"title\";s:48:\"Design Tweaks: Who?s In? 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You can find appropriate help when you face problems or require help with getting started with WordPress.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress\">Getting Started with WordPress</a> – WordPress Codex</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\">WordPress Forums</a> – Please search first, you will find fixes to tons of problems, before you create a new forum post.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>And this is not the entire list to fall back on, there are really tons of great resources on the Internet that will help you get started, need help with anything, just ask and more than 1 person will be willing to help you.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/checklist-for-new-wordpress-installation/\">Checklist For New WordPress Installation</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:54:47 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2928:\"<p>Moving to WordPress is a really good decision you have already made, however have you made sure to change all the settings for your installation? The WordPress Codex document on <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress\">Installing WordPress</a> is something you should refer to prior to installation, but there are things you need to do after installing WordPress.</p>\n<p>Here is a checklist that you can fallback on whenever you install WordPress for the first time or for that matter on a newer blog, the list is not exhaustive, so please feel free to contribute and add things that I may have missed out on.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/wordpress-tips-post-installation-hacks/3931/\">WordPress Tips + Things You Can Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Digital Inspiration </li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/10-things-to-do-after-installing-wordpress/\">10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Pro Blog Design </li>\n<li><a href=\"http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress/15-must-do-tweaks-for-a-new-wordpress-blog.html\">15 Must Do Tweaks After a WordPress Installation</a> – Techie Buzz (disclaimer: this is my personal blog) </li>\n<li><a href=\"http://blogsolute.com/2008/07/10-things-to-do-after-installing-wordpress.html\">10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress</a> – Blogsolute</li>\n</ul>\n<p>These are just a few links, however they will go a long way to help you optimize your WordPress setup from day 1, you can also test out these changes on a local installation before you move out to a real blog, here is some help to get WordPress setup on a local environment before you decide to move it to your blog.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/30/install-wordpress-locally-1-of-2/\">Install WordPress Locally Part 1</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/01/03/install-wordpress-locally-part-2-of-2/\">Installing WordPress Locally Part 2</a> </li>\n</ul>\n<p>What else Help? You can find appropriate help when you face problems or require help with getting started with WordPress.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress\">Getting Started with WordPress</a> – WordPress Codex</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\">WordPress Forums</a> – Please search first, you will find fixes to tons of problems, before you create a new forum post.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>And this is not the entire list to fall back on, there are really tons of great resources on the Internet that will help you get started, need help with anything, just ask and more than 1 person will be willing to help you.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/08/checklist-for-new-wordpress-installation/\">Checklist For New WordPress Installation</a></p>\";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:65:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.8 RC1 Available for Download\";s:4:\"guid\";s:93:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/\";s:4:\"link\";s:93:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1420:\"<p>Looks like WordPress 2.8 will be on schedule to be <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/\">released on June 10th</a>. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.8 is now available for downloads. According to the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/\">Official WordPress blog</a> this may be the final RC released before WordPress 2.8 is released.</p>\n<blockquote><p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If you are interested in testing out the release candidate or just want to try out WordPress 2.8 before it is finally released, you can download it from <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip\">here</a>, you can view the complete <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100\">changelog</a> to see the changes made since Beta 2, don’t forget to take a look at the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">new features in WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/\">WordPress 2.8 RC1 Available for Download</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:08:50 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1420:\"<p>Looks like WordPress 2.8 will be on schedule to be <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/\">released on June 10th</a>. Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.8 is now available for downloads. According to the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/\">Official WordPress blog</a> this may be the final RC released before WordPress 2.8 is released.</p>\n<blockquote><p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If you are interested in testing out the release candidate or just want to try out WordPress 2.8 before it is finally released, you can download it from <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip\">here</a>, you can view the complete <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100\">changelog</a> to see the changes made since Beta 2, don’t forget to take a look at the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">new features in WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/07/wordpress-28-rc1-available-for-download/\">WordPress 2.8 RC1 Available for Download</a></p>\";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:75:\"WordPress.tv: Create an eCommerce Website with WordPress in under 5 minutes\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=1929\";s:4:\"link\";s:93:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/06/08/create-an-ecommerce-website-with-wordpress-in-under-5-minutes/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1196:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><span> </span></p>\n<div><a href=\"http://vodpod.com/wordpress\"></a></div>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1929&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:36:44 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Michael Pick\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1196:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><span> </span></p>\n<div><a href=\"http://vodpod.com/wordpress\"></a></div>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1929/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1929&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:43:\"Dev Blog: WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=783\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:504:\"<p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip\">Download</a> it, test it, and tell us what you think.  If you don&#8217;t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in what has changed since beta 2, consult the <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100\">changelog</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:29:49 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Ryan Boren\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:504:\"<p>With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-RC1.zip\">Download</a> it, test it, and tell us what you think.  If you don&#8217;t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in what has changed since beta 2, consult the <a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=11532&amp;stop_rev=11441&amp;limit=100\">changelog</a>.</p>\";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:71:\"Mark Jaquith: 8 steps to get started as a freelance WordPress developer\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=310\";s:4:\"link\";s:83:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/8-steps-to-become-wordpress-consultant/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6515:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>I&#8217;ve had a bunch of people ask me how they could get started as a WordPress developer or consultant. Rather than answer them all individually and privately, I&#8217;m putting it up for all to see.</p>\n<h3>Become involved with the development community</h3>\n<p>Join <a href=\"http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers\">the wp-hackers mailing list</a>. Participate when you have something useful to say, or an interesting question/problem to pose to other WP developers. Dive in at <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\">the WP support forums</a>. Find someone with an interesting problem, and solve it for them. If it&#8217;s a notable issue, write a blog post about how to solve the issue. Which brings me to the next task&#8230;</p>\n<h3>Blog about WordPress</h3>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m doing this right now!</strong> Not only is it deliciously &#8220;meta,&#8221; it can raise your profile and help you connect with other WordPress developers and users. Write about a problem you solved, or a challenge you&#8217;d like to see addressed by WordPress core or a WordPress plugin. And don&#8217;t forget to blog about the plugins you write&#8230;</p>\n<h3>Write a bunch of useful plugins</h3>\n<p>This is probably the best thing you can do to get noticed by clients. Write a useful plugin and you&#8217;ll be getting business leads for years to come. You don&#8217;t have to write a really big, complicated plugin. Write something that will make using WordPress easier, more fun, more efficient, and people will remember you. It might be good to have one more ambitious plugin to serve as an example of your skills, but certainly don&#8217;t shy away from brevity. Some of the favorite things I&#8217;ve written are between 1 and 50 lines of code. Users don&#8217;t care about how big a plugin is. They just want it to serve a need. Go ahead and scratch their itch. Hint: monitor Google or Twitter for people saying &#8220;I want a WordPress plugin&#8230;&#8221; to get an idea of the sorts of needs that are currently unfulfilled.</p>\n<h3>Contribute to WordPress core</h3>\n<p>Contributing to the WordPress core software helps you in two ways. First, it provides continuing education. WordPress is constantly evolving, and you need to stay sharp! This is a great way to learn about (and influence) the direction of the WordPress codebase. Second, it raises your profile in the WordPress community (both the developer and user communities). Be sure to blog about your WordPress core contributions. <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/\">Trac</a> is a great place to start. Maintain a calm demeanor, and don&#8217;t get too big for your britches. Don&#8217;t be the person who comes in and embarrasses themselves by closing a ticket as &#8220;WONTFIX&#8221; that was opened by a seasoned developer! Watch how other tickets evolve and you&#8217;ll figure out how it works.</p>\n<h3>Stay in contact with more seasoned developers</h3>\n<p>A lot of us are busy, but we try to make time to mentor people. We&#8217;re all well-served by a vibrant development marketplace. Don&#8217;t be afraid to contact a more experienced developer for advice. The worst that will happen is that you&#8217;ll get ignored &#8212; apologies to anyone who is in my e-mail limbo&#8230; resend it if it&#8217;s been more than a few weeks!</p>\n<p>And as you get more experienced:</p>\n<h3>Speak at WordCamps and other events</h3>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve gained enough kudos in the WP community, you&#8217;ll likely be asked to talk at a WordCamp event. And if you haven&#8217;t, and you think you could bring something special to the event, go ahead and ask if they need any more speakers! This will raise your profile further, introduce you to really cool people, and provide you with a bunch of business leads. BarCamps, social media gatherings, and other such events are also worth attending. The point isn&#8217;t to get up there and give a business pitch. In fact, your life might be in danger if you pull that stunt at a BarCamp. The point is to impart knowledge, connect with people, while letting your skills expose themselves naturally. And pitch away when you&#8217;re chatting up potential leads between sessions.</p>\n<h3>Charge according to your skill set and experience</h3>\n<p>Several years ago, I had the quasi-embarrassing surprise of being given a voluntary 75% per-hour raise by a client. I think they were afraid that my skills had outpaced my rate, and that I was going to get wooed away by a new client at a higher rate. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of charging too little. In fact, publish higher rates than you actually think you&#8217;re worth, and allow people to haggle you down (a little). And every time you get booked up and have to turn away business, raise your rate. If you&#8217;re in that much demand, you&#8217;re not charging enough.</p>\n<h3>Find a niche</h3>\n<p>But not WordPress security. That&#8217;s mine. <img src=\"http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n<p>A WordPress development niche is a niche within a niche. And that means you can charge more for your more specialized skills. Examples: migrating data to WordPress. Feed kung-fu. Re-implementing a design from another system. Custom write-panel plugins. Sidebar widgets.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=310&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:57:01 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Mark Jaquith\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6515:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>I&#8217;ve had a bunch of people ask me how they could get started as a WordPress developer or consultant. Rather than answer them all individually and privately, I&#8217;m putting it up for all to see.</p>\n<h3>Become involved with the development community</h3>\n<p>Join <a href=\"http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers\">the wp-hackers mailing list</a>. Participate when you have something useful to say, or an interesting question/problem to pose to other WP developers. Dive in at <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\">the WP support forums</a>. Find someone with an interesting problem, and solve it for them. If it&#8217;s a notable issue, write a blog post about how to solve the issue. Which brings me to the next task&#8230;</p>\n<h3>Blog about WordPress</h3>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m doing this right now!</strong> Not only is it deliciously &#8220;meta,&#8221; it can raise your profile and help you connect with other WordPress developers and users. Write about a problem you solved, or a challenge you&#8217;d like to see addressed by WordPress core or a WordPress plugin. And don&#8217;t forget to blog about the plugins you write&#8230;</p>\n<h3>Write a bunch of useful plugins</h3>\n<p>This is probably the best thing you can do to get noticed by clients. Write a useful plugin and you&#8217;ll be getting business leads for years to come. You don&#8217;t have to write a really big, complicated plugin. Write something that will make using WordPress easier, more fun, more efficient, and people will remember you. It might be good to have one more ambitious plugin to serve as an example of your skills, but certainly don&#8217;t shy away from brevity. Some of the favorite things I&#8217;ve written are between 1 and 50 lines of code. Users don&#8217;t care about how big a plugin is. They just want it to serve a need. Go ahead and scratch their itch. Hint: monitor Google or Twitter for people saying &#8220;I want a WordPress plugin&#8230;&#8221; to get an idea of the sorts of needs that are currently unfulfilled.</p>\n<h3>Contribute to WordPress core</h3>\n<p>Contributing to the WordPress core software helps you in two ways. First, it provides continuing education. WordPress is constantly evolving, and you need to stay sharp! This is a great way to learn about (and influence) the direction of the WordPress codebase. Second, it raises your profile in the WordPress community (both the developer and user communities). Be sure to blog about your WordPress core contributions. <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/\">Trac</a> is a great place to start. Maintain a calm demeanor, and don&#8217;t get too big for your britches. Don&#8217;t be the person who comes in and embarrasses themselves by closing a ticket as &#8220;WONTFIX&#8221; that was opened by a seasoned developer! Watch how other tickets evolve and you&#8217;ll figure out how it works.</p>\n<h3>Stay in contact with more seasoned developers</h3>\n<p>A lot of us are busy, but we try to make time to mentor people. We&#8217;re all well-served by a vibrant development marketplace. Don&#8217;t be afraid to contact a more experienced developer for advice. The worst that will happen is that you&#8217;ll get ignored &#8212; apologies to anyone who is in my e-mail limbo&#8230; resend it if it&#8217;s been more than a few weeks!</p>\n<p>And as you get more experienced:</p>\n<h3>Speak at WordCamps and other events</h3>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve gained enough kudos in the WP community, you&#8217;ll likely be asked to talk at a WordCamp event. And if you haven&#8217;t, and you think you could bring something special to the event, go ahead and ask if they need any more speakers! This will raise your profile further, introduce you to really cool people, and provide you with a bunch of business leads. BarCamps, social media gatherings, and other such events are also worth attending. The point isn&#8217;t to get up there and give a business pitch. In fact, your life might be in danger if you pull that stunt at a BarCamp. The point is to impart knowledge, connect with people, while letting your skills expose themselves naturally. And pitch away when you&#8217;re chatting up potential leads between sessions.</p>\n<h3>Charge according to your skill set and experience</h3>\n<p>Several years ago, I had the quasi-embarrassing surprise of being given a voluntary 75% per-hour raise by a client. I think they were afraid that my skills had outpaced my rate, and that I was going to get wooed away by a new client at a higher rate. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of charging too little. In fact, publish higher rates than you actually think you&#8217;re worth, and allow people to haggle you down (a little). And every time you get booked up and have to turn away business, raise your rate. If you&#8217;re in that much demand, you&#8217;re not charging enough.</p>\n<h3>Find a niche</h3>\n<p>But not WordPress security. That&#8217;s mine. <img src=\"http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n<p>A WordPress development niche is a niche within a niche. And that means you can charge more for your more specialized skills. Examples: migrating data to WordPress. Feed kung-fu. Re-implementing a design from another system. Custom write-panel plugins. Sidebar widgets.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/310/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=310&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:41:\"Alex King: WordPress Mobile Edition 3.0.5\";s:4:\"guid\";s:64:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/06/06/wordpress-mobile-edition-305\";s:4:\"link\";s:64:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/06/06/wordpress-mobile-edition-305\";s:11:\"description\";s:1328:\"<p>I&#8217;ve released a new version of my WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. This enables a customized mobile interface for your <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> powered site for visitors on mobile devices.</p>\n<p>This version has a couple of changes:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Added support for the Palm Pre (and other Palm webOS devices).</li>\n<li>Added the Palm Pre as a touch device.</li>\n<li>Fixed a CSS bug that was referencing a non-existent image.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>This includes a <a href=\"http://carringtontheme.com/2009/06/carrington-mobile-102carrington-mobile-102/\">new version of Carrington Mobile</a> as well, which includes updated README files and version 2.3 of the core Carrington framework.</p>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=WordPress+Mobile+Edition+3.0.5&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F06%2Fwordpress-mobile-edition-305\">ShareThis</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:56:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1328:\"<p>I&#8217;ve released a new version of my WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. This enables a customized mobile interface for your <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> powered site for visitors on mobile devices.</p>\n<p>This version has a couple of changes:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Added support for the Palm Pre (and other Palm webOS devices).</li>\n<li>Added the Palm Pre as a touch device.</li>\n<li>Fixed a CSS bug that was referencing a non-existent image.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>This includes a <a href=\"http://carringtontheme.com/2009/06/carrington-mobile-102carrington-mobile-102/\">new version of Carrington Mobile</a> as well, which includes updated README files and version 2.3 of the core Carrington framework.</p>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=WordPress+Mobile+Edition+3.0.5&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F06%2Fwordpress-mobile-edition-305\">ShareThis</a></p>\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:102:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Resources To Get You Kick Started With WordPress Plugin And Theme Development\";s:4:\"guid\";s:98:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/\";s:4:\"link\";s:98:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3031:\"<p>There are many times when you have a urge to develop plugins or themes for WordPress, however many times people do not eventually convert ideas into&#160; useful plugins or beautiful themes.</p>\n<p>If you have an idea to create a plugin or theme, here are some resources that will help you get kick started with it, the resources are not exhaustive, however they will definitely come in handy to convert ideas into WordPress plugins or themes.</p>\n<h3>Handy Resources For Plugin Development</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Codex – Writing A Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] (this is where I started out with and still prefer to refer to)</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/wp-tutorial-your-first-wp-plugin/\" target=\"_blank\">Your First WordPress Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie] – Mark Jaquith</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-wordpress/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Develop a WordPress Plugin With Eclipse PDT</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – IBM</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/a-crash-course-in-wordpress-plugin-development/\" target=\"_blank\">A Crash Course in WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] - Nettuts+</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/writing-wordpress-plugins.html\" target=\"_blank\">Speedup WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Know How and ++] – Ask Apache</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Handy Resources For Theme Development</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Codex – Theme Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++]</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://css-tricks.com/designing-for-wordpress-complete-series-downloads/\" target=\"_blank\">Designing for WordPress</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – CSS Tricks</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/27/wordpress-theme-development-frameworks/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Theme Development Frameworks</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – Smashing Magazine</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Create WordPress Theme From Scratch</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – ThemeTation</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wptoy.com/resources/wordpress-theme-development-check-list-pdf-version/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Theme Development Check List</a> (<a href=\"http://wptoy.com/download/1\" target=\"_blank\">Download PDF</a>) [Level: Newbie and ++] – WP Toy</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Are you a plugin or theme developer or a newbie? Do add to the list by pointing out resources you have used to help you get kick started with plugin or theme development for WordPress.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/\">Resources To Get You Kick Started With WordPress Plugin And Theme Development</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:26:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3031:\"<p>There are many times when you have a urge to develop plugins or themes for WordPress, however many times people do not eventually convert ideas into&#160; useful plugins or beautiful themes.</p>\n<p>If you have an idea to create a plugin or theme, here are some resources that will help you get kick started with it, the resources are not exhaustive, however they will definitely come in handy to convert ideas into WordPress plugins or themes.</p>\n<h3>Handy Resources For Plugin Development</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Codex – Writing A Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] (this is where I started out with and still prefer to refer to)</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/wp-tutorial-your-first-wp-plugin/\" target=\"_blank\">Your First WordPress Plugin</a> [Level: Newbie] – Mark Jaquith</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-wordpress/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Develop a WordPress Plugin With Eclipse PDT</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – IBM</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/a-crash-course-in-wordpress-plugin-development/\" target=\"_blank\">A Crash Course in WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] - Nettuts+</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/writing-wordpress-plugins.html\" target=\"_blank\">Speedup WordPress Plugin Development</a> [Level: Know How and ++] – Ask Apache</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Handy Resources For Theme Development</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Codex – Theme Development</a> [Level: Newbie and ++]</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://css-tricks.com/designing-for-wordpress-complete-series-downloads/\" target=\"_blank\">Designing for WordPress</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – CSS Tricks</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/27/wordpress-theme-development-frameworks/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Theme Development Frameworks</a> [Level: Intermediate and ++] – Smashing Magazine</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Create WordPress Theme From Scratch</a> [Level: Newbie and ++] – ThemeTation</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wptoy.com/resources/wordpress-theme-development-check-list-pdf-version/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Theme Development Check List</a> (<a href=\"http://wptoy.com/download/1\" target=\"_blank\">Download PDF</a>) [Level: Newbie and ++] – WP Toy</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Are you a plugin or theme developer or a newbie? Do add to the list by pointing out resources you have used to help you get kick started with plugin or theme development for WordPress.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-plugin-theme-development-resources/\">Resources To Get You Kick Started With WordPress Plugin And Theme Development</a></p>\";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:44:\"WP iPhone: OS 3.0 beta available for testing\";s:4:\"guid\";s:34:\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/?p=385\";s:4:\"link\";s:73:\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/06/05/os-3-0-beta-available-for-testing/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1843:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Hi all!</p>\n<p>John Bickerstaff here.  Among other things, one of the iPhone developers for WordPress.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce that the WordPress iPhone App (OS 3.0) beta is available for testing.  At this point, an XCode dev environment is necessary to compile and run the beta.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love your feedback and (of course) appreciate hearing about any issues you find.</p>\n<p>Please use <a href=\"http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk\">SVN version 330 from Trunk</a> as the version for testing.</p>\n<p>Of course, for all things iPhone Dev, see <a href=\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/\">http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/</a></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=385&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:15:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:16:\"John Bickerstaff\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1843:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Hi all!</p>\n<p>John Bickerstaff here.  Among other things, one of the iPhone developers for WordPress.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce that the WordPress iPhone App (OS 3.0) beta is available for testing.  At this point, an XCode dev environment is necessary to compile and run the beta.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love your feedback and (of course) appreciate hearing about any issues you find.</p>\n<p>Please use <a href=\"http://iphone.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk\">SVN version 330 from Trunk</a> as the version for testing.</p>\n<p>Of course, for all things iPhone Dev, see <a href=\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/\">http://iphone.wordpress.org/development/</a></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/385/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=385&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:43:\"Lloyd: WordPress.com Still Blocked in China\";s:4:\"guid\";s:30:\"http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1881\";s:4:\"link\";s:59:\"http://foolswisdom.com/wordpresscom-still-blocked-in-china/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5361:\"<p>I&#8217;ve seen some reports lately that &#8220;WordPress is blocked in China&#8221;, including some <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/06/04/great-firewall-china/\">Mashable</a> articles. To clarify, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a> that is blocked, not all sites that run self-hosted <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress</a>.</p>\n<p>Mashable&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/china-blocks-twitter-and-almost-everything-else/\">China Blocks Twitter (And Almost Everything Else)</a>&#8221; seems to suggest that the block relates to the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre on June 4th. That may be the case for the other major web publishing and social networking sites, but WordPress.com has spent much of the time since the beginning of 2006 blocked by the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an incredibly frustrating, sad situation.</p>\n<p>In &#8220;<a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igVn4hcj6ZNWlawSvzLvgEMkZmkQ\">Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China</a>&#8221; my boss <a href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt Mullenweg</a> shares:</p>\n<blockquote><p>After some discussions, Mullenweg realised the site would be allowed back online if he agreed to block certain words or topics and give up information to the Chinese communist government about users.</p>\n<p>&#8220;I started thinking about the DNA of the company,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That sort of company is not one I would wake up every day and feel passionate about working in.&#8221;</p>\n<p>The site remains blocked, although Mullenweg, unable to suppress a giggle, points out that the official Chinese line insists it is freely available.</p></blockquote>\n<p>There was a break in the blocking around the time of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but that ended with the games. That was the longest time I know of when people could consistently access WordPress.com from across China.</p>\n<p>Part of the Chinese government&#8217;s approach seems to be to sometimes allow western hotels access and other specific points &#8212; likely to deceive Westerners and cause confusion.</p>\n<p>There does not seem to be a reliable way to automate detection of WordPress.com being blocked, regardless of what tools might promise. I&#8217;m not surprised that <a href=\"http://greatfirewallofchina.org/\">http://greatfirewallofchina.org/</a> gave up. This is the message on the site&#8217;s homepage:</p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Because of the ever stricter measures of censorship China imposes on the Internet, the team of www.greatfirewallofchina.org at present can no longer vouch for the reliability of its test tool. We have therefore decided to take the test tool offline.&#8221;</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.herdict.org/\">Herdict</a> &lt;<a href=\"http://www.herdict.org/\">http://www.herdict.org/</a>&gt;, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University,  seems to be a novel, survey based approach to find out which locations are blocking or censoring web sites.</p>\n<p>The tool of choice to let people dodge surveillance is <a href=\"http://www.torproject.org/\">Tor</a> &lt;<a href=\"http://www.torproject.org/\">http://www.torproject.org/</a>&gt;. Please consider your own safety and technology expertise before using any such tools. <a href=\"http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html\">Reporters without borders</a> &lt;<a href=\"http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html\">http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html</a>&gt; seems like an excellent resource if you are considering reporting from a dangerous place.</p>\n<p><strong>Monday, June 8th</strong><strong> Update </strong></p>\n<p>A reliable source in China shares that Twitter is back. The same source also shares:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Specific blockages do appear to coincide with major events, like those in Tibet last year and the recent anniversary, but are also part of general and ever-changing blanket censorship.</p>\n<p>The Twitter blockage is really the only new story of the last week (apart from 5 second delay foreign television news blackouts) but the news media wanted to turn it into a larger story, including the Wordpress angle.</p>\n<p>Wordpress has been blocked for years now.  Youtube has been blocked for the last 3 months. Twitter went done last week.</p>\n<p>While the dates for the last two occurred at the same time as sensitive periods or events, I think both are more about controlling new forms of communication and networking than the particular events. Censorship in China is generally a one-way street with periods of activity ramping up around specific times. I think of it in the same way tax auditors get busy around tax season and government ministries around budget time. The difference being once a site is blocked by thePublic Security Bureau (PSB) here in China, it is very difficult to get it unblocked; given the public security connection in an already opaque closed-door administrative system. A good analogy is trying to get someone off a no-fly list in a bureaucratic security system that lacks transparency.</p>\n<p>Domestic blogging sites are heavily controlled and censored (though in an ad hoc way). Chinese video sharing sites are coming under increasing regulation and many believe it was only a matter of time before Twitter, as the newest uncontrolled networking site, was shut down.</p></blockquote>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:43:58 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:5:\"Lloyd\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5361:\"<p>I&#8217;ve seen some reports lately that &#8220;WordPress is blocked in China&#8221;, including some <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/06/04/great-firewall-china/\">Mashable</a> articles. To clarify, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a> that is blocked, not all sites that run self-hosted <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress</a>.</p>\n<p>Mashable&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/china-blocks-twitter-and-almost-everything-else/\">China Blocks Twitter (And Almost Everything Else)</a>&#8221; seems to suggest that the block relates to the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre on June 4th. That may be the case for the other major web publishing and social networking sites, but WordPress.com has spent much of the time since the beginning of 2006 blocked by the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an incredibly frustrating, sad situation.</p>\n<p>In &#8220;<a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igVn4hcj6ZNWlawSvzLvgEMkZmkQ\">Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China</a>&#8221; my boss <a href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt Mullenweg</a> shares:</p>\n<blockquote><p>After some discussions, Mullenweg realised the site would be allowed back online if he agreed to block certain words or topics and give up information to the Chinese communist government about users.</p>\n<p>&#8220;I started thinking about the DNA of the company,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That sort of company is not one I would wake up every day and feel passionate about working in.&#8221;</p>\n<p>The site remains blocked, although Mullenweg, unable to suppress a giggle, points out that the official Chinese line insists it is freely available.</p></blockquote>\n<p>There was a break in the blocking around the time of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but that ended with the games. That was the longest time I know of when people could consistently access WordPress.com from across China.</p>\n<p>Part of the Chinese government&#8217;s approach seems to be to sometimes allow western hotels access and other specific points &#8212; likely to deceive Westerners and cause confusion.</p>\n<p>There does not seem to be a reliable way to automate detection of WordPress.com being blocked, regardless of what tools might promise. I&#8217;m not surprised that <a href=\"http://greatfirewallofchina.org/\">http://greatfirewallofchina.org/</a> gave up. This is the message on the site&#8217;s homepage:</p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Because of the ever stricter measures of censorship China imposes on the Internet, the team of www.greatfirewallofchina.org at present can no longer vouch for the reliability of its test tool. We have therefore decided to take the test tool offline.&#8221;</p></blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.herdict.org/\">Herdict</a> &lt;<a href=\"http://www.herdict.org/\">http://www.herdict.org/</a>&gt;, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University,  seems to be a novel, survey based approach to find out which locations are blocking or censoring web sites.</p>\n<p>The tool of choice to let people dodge surveillance is <a href=\"http://www.torproject.org/\">Tor</a> &lt;<a href=\"http://www.torproject.org/\">http://www.torproject.org/</a>&gt;. Please consider your own safety and technology expertise before using any such tools. <a href=\"http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html\">Reporters without borders</a> &lt;<a href=\"http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html\">http://www.rsf.org/-Anglais-.html</a>&gt; seems like an excellent resource if you are considering reporting from a dangerous place.</p>\n<p><strong>Monday, June 8th</strong><strong> Update </strong></p>\n<p>A reliable source in China shares that Twitter is back. The same source also shares:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Specific blockages do appear to coincide with major events, like those in Tibet last year and the recent anniversary, but are also part of general and ever-changing blanket censorship.</p>\n<p>The Twitter blockage is really the only new story of the last week (apart from 5 second delay foreign television news blackouts) but the news media wanted to turn it into a larger story, including the Wordpress angle.</p>\n<p>Wordpress has been blocked for years now.  Youtube has been blocked for the last 3 months. Twitter went done last week.</p>\n<p>While the dates for the last two occurred at the same time as sensitive periods or events, I think both are more about controlling new forms of communication and networking than the particular events. Censorship in China is generally a one-way street with periods of activity ramping up around specific times. I think of it in the same way tax auditors get busy around tax season and government ministries around budget time. The difference being once a site is blocked by thePublic Security Bureau (PSB) here in China, it is very difficult to get it unblocked; given the public security connection in an already opaque closed-door administrative system. A good analogy is trying to get someone off a no-fly list in a bureaucratic security system that lacks transparency.</p>\n<p>Domestic blogging sites are heavily controlled and censored (though in an ad hoc way). Chinese video sharing sites are coming under increasing regulation and many believe it was only a matter of time before Twitter, as the newest uncontrolled networking site, was shut down.</p></blockquote>\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases by 06/06\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6019\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-theme-releases-by-0606/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2696:\"<h4><a href=\"http://izandi.net/2009/05/wpblue-3-column-adsense-wordpress-themes/\">WPBlue 3 Column Adsense</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://izandi.net/Free_WordPress_Themes/WPBlue/\"><img title=\"wpBlue\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpblue.jpg\" alt=\"wpBlue\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" /></a></p>\n<p>WPBlue is 3 column adsense WordPress themes with blue color and fast loading. Gravatar and widget ready.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.techiesouls.com/2009/05/27/wp-soul-free-wordpress-theme-by-techiesouls/\">WP Soul</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.techiesouls.com/wpsoul/\"><img title=\"WP Soul\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpsoul.jpg\" alt=\"WP Soul\" width=\"200\" height=\"177\" /></a></p>\n<p>WP Soul is a free 2 column Wordpress Theme looks simple and elegant from the front end and offering vast Admin options at the back end. With wide variety of tune able Theme options in the admin menu you don’t need to edit .php files manually to do basic theme adjustments.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.magpress.com/wordpress-themes/vertico.html\">Vertico</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"Vertico\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/vertico.png\" alt=\"Vertico\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" /></p>\n<p>Vertico is a 2 columns fixed width magazine style WordPress theme. This theme comes with highly customized features such as the vertical listing of recent posts, categorized tabbers and many more to make your Wordpress blog stand out from others.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/black-hat\">Black Hat</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"Black Hat\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blackhat.jpg\" alt=\"Black Hat\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" /></p>\n<p>Black Hat is a dark minimalist theme based on Adrian Diaconescu&#8217;s Corporate Sandbox, which is of course based on the Sandbox framework. It is has been built specifically with WordPress 2.7 in mind, but is also backwards compatible for version 2.6.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wp.paragraphe.org/2009/05/15/nebula-dark-wp-theme/\">Nebula Dark</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.paragraphe.org/nebula-dark/\"><img title=\"Nebula Dark\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/nebuladark.png\" alt=\"Nebula Dark\" width=\"200\" height=\"101\" /></a></p>\n<p>Two column, widget ready theme, with a well designed 404 page, with SIFR for headings.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to us.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-theme-releases-by-0606/\">WordPress Theme Releases by 06/06</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:14:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2696:\"<h4><a href=\"http://izandi.net/2009/05/wpblue-3-column-adsense-wordpress-themes/\">WPBlue 3 Column Adsense</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://izandi.net/Free_WordPress_Themes/WPBlue/\"><img title=\"wpBlue\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpblue.jpg\" alt=\"wpBlue\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" /></a></p>\n<p>WPBlue is 3 column adsense WordPress themes with blue color and fast loading. Gravatar and widget ready.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.techiesouls.com/2009/05/27/wp-soul-free-wordpress-theme-by-techiesouls/\">WP Soul</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.techiesouls.com/wpsoul/\"><img title=\"WP Soul\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wpsoul.jpg\" alt=\"WP Soul\" width=\"200\" height=\"177\" /></a></p>\n<p>WP Soul is a free 2 column Wordpress Theme looks simple and elegant from the front end and offering vast Admin options at the back end. With wide variety of tune able Theme options in the admin menu you don’t need to edit .php files manually to do basic theme adjustments.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.magpress.com/wordpress-themes/vertico.html\">Vertico</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"Vertico\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/vertico.png\" alt=\"Vertico\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" /></p>\n<p>Vertico is a 2 columns fixed width magazine style WordPress theme. This theme comes with highly customized features such as the vertical listing of recent posts, categorized tabbers and many more to make your Wordpress blog stand out from others.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/black-hat\">Black Hat</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"Black Hat\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blackhat.jpg\" alt=\"Black Hat\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" /></p>\n<p>Black Hat is a dark minimalist theme based on Adrian Diaconescu&#8217;s Corporate Sandbox, which is of course based on the Sandbox framework. It is has been built specifically with WordPress 2.7 in mind, but is also backwards compatible for version 2.6.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wp.paragraphe.org/2009/05/15/nebula-dark-wp-theme/\">Nebula Dark</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.paragraphe.org/nebula-dark/\"><img title=\"Nebula Dark\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/nebuladark.png\" alt=\"Nebula Dark\" width=\"200\" height=\"101\" /></a></p>\n<p>Two column, widget ready theme, with a well designed 404 page, with SIFR for headings.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to us.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/06/wordpress-theme-releases-by-0606/\">WordPress Theme Releases by 06/06</a></p>\";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:37:\"BuddyPress: BuddyPress 1.0.1 Released\";s:4:\"guid\";s:28:\"http://buddypress.org/?p=438\";s:4:\"link\";s:56:\"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-101-released/\";s:11:\"description\";s:747:\"<p><a href=\"http://buddypress.org/download\">BuddyPress 1.0.1</a> is now available. The easiest way to upgrade is through the plugin browser on your WordPress MU installation, you should see a notification for the latest version. If you would like to upgrade manually you can <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/download\">download the latest</a> then simply overwrite your existing files. Please make sure you backup first.</p>\n<p>This point release fixes a number of security issues in the 1.0 version so it is a <strong>critical upgrade</strong> for everyone currently running BuddyPress. There is also a number of other bug fixes so please <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/about/release-history\">review the release history</a> for more information.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:33:44 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Andy Peatling\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:747:\"<p><a href=\"http://buddypress.org/download\">BuddyPress 1.0.1</a> is now available. The easiest way to upgrade is through the plugin browser on your WordPress MU installation, you should see a notification for the latest version. If you would like to upgrade manually you can <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/download\">download the latest</a> then simply overwrite your existing files. Please make sure you backup first.</p>\n<p>This point release fixes a number of security issues in the 1.0 version so it is a <strong>critical upgrade</strong> for everyone currently running BuddyPress. There is also a number of other bug fixes so please <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/about/release-history\">review the release history</a> for more information.</p>\";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:72:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Publish Blog Posts In WordPress From Yahoo Mail\";s:4:\"guid\";s:101:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/\";s:4:\"link\";s:101:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5933:\"<p>Posting content to blogs has been becoming easier and easier everyday, with apps for iPhone, Nokia S60 and the soon to be introduced Blackberry app for WordPress, users can quickly post content to their blogs.</p>\n<p>Yahoo Mail has introduced a new <a href=\"http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/06/new-apps-in-yahoo-mail/\" target=\"_blank\">set of applications</a> for their webmail service, and one of them is a WordPress application which will allow you to post content to either your WordPress.com or WordPress.org account from within Yahoo Mail, the interesting thing about this application is that you can drag and drop emails on the application to create new blog posts.</p>\n<p>Here is a quick walkthrough on how you can publish posts to your WordPress blog using Yahoo Mail.</p>\n<h3>Enable WordPress Application</h3>\n<p>The first thing you will need to do is enable the WordPress application in Yahoo Mail, to do that click on the Add link next to the Applications menu item in the sidebar, enable WordPress in the application gallery, this should create a new entry in the sidebar.</p>\n<p><img title=\"enable_wordpress_application\" border=\"0\" alt=\"enable_wordpress_application\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/enable-wordpress-application.png\" width=\"366\" height=\"61\" /> </p>\n<p>Yahoo applications will not be enabled by default for all users, you will need to go to this <a href=\"http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/applications\" target=\"_blank\">application signup URL</a> and enter your email address to enable them, also this feature is only available for US users right now.</p>\n<h3>Setup Blog Settings</h3>\n<p>Once you have added the application to Yahoo Mail, you will need to setup the blog settings, to do that click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, you will be shown a screen where you will need to enter the details for your blog.</p>\n<p><img title=\"blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blog-settings-yahoo-wordpress.png\" width=\"281\" height=\"234\" /> </p>\n<p>Once you have entered the details click on save settings to save the information. You should see a confirmation message telling you that the blog has been added successfully.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wordpress_settings_saved\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wordpress_settings_saved\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-settings-saved.png\" width=\"255\" height=\"86\" /> </p>\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> The application claims that it supports both WordPress.com and WordPress.org accounts, however I was not able to save settings for the latter.</p>\n</p>\n</p>\n<h3>Writing and Publishing Blog Posts From Yahoo Mail</h3>\n<p>Writing blog posts is quite similar to how you do it from your admin dashboard, to write a blog post, click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should launch the editor using which you can write blog posts.</p>\n<p><img title=\"yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor\" border=\"0\" alt=\"yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/yahoo-mail-wordpress-editor.png\" width=\"293\" height=\"221\" /> </p>\n<p>Just write the blog posts as you would regularly do and publish it to your blog, you can also insert images into your blog posts, however there is no support for categories, you can only specify tags for now.</p>\n<p>Another interesting feature in the application is the ability to drag and drop emails to the application to create posts out of them, pretty simple and easy and quite handy when you want to quickly post photos etc directly to your blog.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wordpress_drag_email_to_post\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wordpress_drag_email_to_post\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-drag-email-to-post.png\" width=\"255\" height=\"114\" /> </p>\n<p>To create a post from a email, just drag the email and drop it on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should open up the post editor, however it will be prefilled with information from the email that you dragged on the application.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-post-editor-yahoo-mail.png\" width=\"238\" height=\"240\" />&#160;&#160; </p>\n<p>Once you have made the edits, you can publish the post to your blog, here is a screenshot of the published post.</p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"post_published\" border=\"0\" alt=\"post_published\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/post-published.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"82\" /><img title=\"published_blog_post\" border=\"0\" alt=\"published_blog_post\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/published-blog-post.png\" width=\"212\" height=\"122\" /> </p>\n</p>\n</p>\n</p>\n<h3>Hits and Misses in the WordPress Application for Yahoo Mail</h3>\n<p>The WordPress application for Yahoo Mail is definitely a nice application, the best part about it is that you can now quickly create posts from your emails without having to put in much effort, the editor is pretty decent too and will allow you to properly format content and add images and media to your posts, overall a really good addition.</p>\n<p>However things could be a bit better with certain things, like the ability to support WordPress.org blogs would be great, in addition to that Categories is the sore missing point from the editor.</p>\n<p>Also it would be great if users could add multiple blogs to the application, at present only one blog is supported.</p>\n<p>What do you think about this application? Do you think it will be helpful to you? Do let me know your thoughts about it.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/\">Publish Blog Posts In WordPress From Yahoo Mail</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:41:48 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5933:\"<p>Posting content to blogs has been becoming easier and easier everyday, with apps for iPhone, Nokia S60 and the soon to be introduced Blackberry app for WordPress, users can quickly post content to their blogs.</p>\n<p>Yahoo Mail has introduced a new <a href=\"http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/06/new-apps-in-yahoo-mail/\" target=\"_blank\">set of applications</a> for their webmail service, and one of them is a WordPress application which will allow you to post content to either your WordPress.com or WordPress.org account from within Yahoo Mail, the interesting thing about this application is that you can drag and drop emails on the application to create new blog posts.</p>\n<p>Here is a quick walkthrough on how you can publish posts to your WordPress blog using Yahoo Mail.</p>\n<h3>Enable WordPress Application</h3>\n<p>The first thing you will need to do is enable the WordPress application in Yahoo Mail, to do that click on the Add link next to the Applications menu item in the sidebar, enable WordPress in the application gallery, this should create a new entry in the sidebar.</p>\n<p><img title=\"enable_wordpress_application\" border=\"0\" alt=\"enable_wordpress_application\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/enable-wordpress-application.png\" width=\"366\" height=\"61\" /> </p>\n<p>Yahoo applications will not be enabled by default for all users, you will need to go to this <a href=\"http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/applications\" target=\"_blank\">application signup URL</a> and enter your email address to enable them, also this feature is only available for US users right now.</p>\n<h3>Setup Blog Settings</h3>\n<p>Once you have added the application to Yahoo Mail, you will need to setup the blog settings, to do that click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, you will be shown a screen where you will need to enter the details for your blog.</p>\n<p><img title=\"blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog_settings_yahoo_wordpress\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/blog-settings-yahoo-wordpress.png\" width=\"281\" height=\"234\" /> </p>\n<p>Once you have entered the details click on save settings to save the information. You should see a confirmation message telling you that the blog has been added successfully.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wordpress_settings_saved\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wordpress_settings_saved\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-settings-saved.png\" width=\"255\" height=\"86\" /> </p>\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> The application claims that it supports both WordPress.com and WordPress.org accounts, however I was not able to save settings for the latter.</p>\n</p>\n</p>\n<h3>Writing and Publishing Blog Posts From Yahoo Mail</h3>\n<p>Writing blog posts is quite similar to how you do it from your admin dashboard, to write a blog post, click on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should launch the editor using which you can write blog posts.</p>\n<p><img title=\"yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor\" border=\"0\" alt=\"yahoo_mail_wordpress_editor\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/yahoo-mail-wordpress-editor.png\" width=\"293\" height=\"221\" /> </p>\n<p>Just write the blog posts as you would regularly do and publish it to your blog, you can also insert images into your blog posts, however there is no support for categories, you can only specify tags for now.</p>\n<p>Another interesting feature in the application is the ability to drag and drop emails to the application to create posts out of them, pretty simple and easy and quite handy when you want to quickly post photos etc directly to your blog.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wordpress_drag_email_to_post\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wordpress_drag_email_to_post\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-drag-email-to-post.png\" width=\"255\" height=\"114\" /> </p>\n<p>To create a post from a email, just drag the email and drop it on the WordPress application in the sidebar, this should open up the post editor, however it will be prefilled with information from the email that you dragged on the application.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wordpress_post_editor_yahoo_mail\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wordpress-post-editor-yahoo-mail.png\" width=\"238\" height=\"240\" />&#160;&#160; </p>\n<p>Once you have made the edits, you can publish the post to your blog, here is a screenshot of the published post.</p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"post_published\" border=\"0\" alt=\"post_published\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/post-published.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"82\" /><img title=\"published_blog_post\" border=\"0\" alt=\"published_blog_post\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/published-blog-post.png\" width=\"212\" height=\"122\" /> </p>\n</p>\n</p>\n</p>\n<h3>Hits and Misses in the WordPress Application for Yahoo Mail</h3>\n<p>The WordPress application for Yahoo Mail is definitely a nice application, the best part about it is that you can now quickly create posts from your emails without having to put in much effort, the editor is pretty decent too and will allow you to properly format content and add images and media to your posts, overall a really good addition.</p>\n<p>However things could be a bit better with certain things, like the ability to support WordPress.org blogs would be great, in addition to that Categories is the sore missing point from the editor.</p>\n<p>Also it would be great if users could add multiple blogs to the application, at present only one blog is supported.</p>\n<p>What do you think about this application? Do you think it will be helpful to you? Do let me know your thoughts about it.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/05/publish-blog-posts-in-wordpress-from-yahoo-mail/\">Publish Blog Posts In WordPress From Yahoo Mail</a></p>\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:63:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker\";s:4:\"guid\";s:92:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/\";s:4:\"link\";s:92:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2888:\"<p>The biggest headache users face before upgrading to a newer version of WordPress, is whether or not all their plugins will work with the new WordPress version.</p>\n<p>I have seen lot of people delaying upgrading to a newer version because of this reason, the WordPress Codex does <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/search/plugin+compatibility\">maintain a list of plugins</a> that are compatible with different versions of WordPress, <a href=\"http://plugincheck.bravenewcode.com/\">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a> is a informational service which indexes plugins and provides compatibility checks. </p>\n<p> <span id=\"more-5998\"></span>\n<p>This tool does provide with a way to check whether a plugin follows different things to determine compatibility, however use it only for informational purposes rather than using it as a tool to base your decision on upgrading WordPress, the WordPress codex for plugin compatibility document is definitely the best way to go.</p>\n<p><img title=\"plugin_compatibility_checker\" border=\"0\" alt=\"plugin_compatibility_checker\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-compatibility-checker.png\" width=\"428\" height=\"170\" /> </p>\n<p>The plugin compatibility checker currently indexes more than 7500 plugins, out of which 5040 plugins are fully compatible with <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>\n<p>There are several criteria&#8217;s used while determining if a plugin is compatible or not, some of which include minimum and maximum WordPress versions, whether the plugin is using hardcoded values of wp-content, whether the plugin is compatible with PHP4, whether it is directly connecting to the database without making use of the DB object provided by WordPress among other things.</p>\n<p><img title=\"plugin_not_compatible_reason\" border=\"0\" alt=\"plugin_not_compatible_reason\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-not-compatible-reason.png\" width=\"349\" height=\"96\" /> </p>\n<p>If you are a plugin developer, you can use this tool to see if there are any problems with the plugin.</p>\n<p><strike>This tool will definitely come in handy whenever you want to make a decision to upgrade to a newer version of WordPress</strike>. The compatibility results provided by this tool may not be exactly accurate, it should only be used for informational purposes, the plugin compatibility list provided by WordPress Codex is the best way to determine if a plugin will work with WordPress 2.8 or not. Thanks <a href=\"http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/\">Alex</a></p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/\">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:21:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2888:\"<p>The biggest headache users face before upgrading to a newer version of WordPress, is whether or not all their plugins will work with the new WordPress version.</p>\n<p>I have seen lot of people delaying upgrading to a newer version because of this reason, the WordPress Codex does <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/search/plugin+compatibility\">maintain a list of plugins</a> that are compatible with different versions of WordPress, <a href=\"http://plugincheck.bravenewcode.com/\">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a> is a informational service which indexes plugins and provides compatibility checks. </p>\n<p> <span id=\"more-5998\"></span>\n<p>This tool does provide with a way to check whether a plugin follows different things to determine compatibility, however use it only for informational purposes rather than using it as a tool to base your decision on upgrading WordPress, the WordPress codex for plugin compatibility document is definitely the best way to go.</p>\n<p><img title=\"plugin_compatibility_checker\" border=\"0\" alt=\"plugin_compatibility_checker\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-compatibility-checker.png\" width=\"428\" height=\"170\" /> </p>\n<p>The plugin compatibility checker currently indexes more than 7500 plugins, out of which 5040 plugins are fully compatible with <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">WordPress 2.8</a>.</p>\n<p>There are several criteria&#8217;s used while determining if a plugin is compatible or not, some of which include minimum and maximum WordPress versions, whether the plugin is using hardcoded values of wp-content, whether the plugin is compatible with PHP4, whether it is directly connecting to the database without making use of the DB object provided by WordPress among other things.</p>\n<p><img title=\"plugin_not_compatible_reason\" border=\"0\" alt=\"plugin_not_compatible_reason\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/plugin-not-compatible-reason.png\" width=\"349\" height=\"96\" /> </p>\n<p>If you are a plugin developer, you can use this tool to see if there are any problems with the plugin.</p>\n<p><strike>This tool will definitely come in handy whenever you want to make a decision to upgrade to a newer version of WordPress</strike>. The compatibility results provided by this tool may not be exactly accurate, it should only be used for informational purposes, the plugin compatibility list provided by WordPress Codex is the best way to determine if a plugin will work with WordPress 2.8 or not. Thanks <a href=\"http://wpengineer.com/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/\">Alex</a></p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/wordpress-plugin-compatibility-checker/\">WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker</a></p>\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:70:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Five Blogroll Plugins for your WordPress Site\";s:4:\"guid\";s:99:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\";s:4:\"link\";s:99:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4225:\"<p>I am certainly finding these “Five” series of posts very educational.&#160; There has been such great discussions around each one and I am learning a lot from all of the experience of the visitors here at the site.&#160; I appreciate your willingness to speak up about what your likes and dislikes.&#160; There is nothing like a spirited conversation and sharing of information to get the brain juices flowing.</p>\n<p>So our “Five” for this post is blogroll related plugins for your website.</p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feed-reading-blogroll/\">Feed Reading Blogroll</a> – This plugin uses Googles index of feeds to grab the latest post date and title and display it on your blogroll.&#160; There are several configuration options and it can organize the presentation of the blogroll links in order of the freshness of the latest post.&#160; You will need a free Google API key to use this plugin.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll.png\"><img title=\"feedreadingblogroll\" border=\"0\" alt=\"feedreadingblogroll\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll-thumb.png\" width=\"88\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nofollow-blogroll-seo/\">Nofollow Blogroll SEO</a> – This simple plugin puts rel=\"nofollow\" on non-homepage Blogroll Links. It allows you to share links with your favorite sites but not take a hit in your SEO for having sitewide links. This is a fairly new plugin in the development cycle but due to its simplicity is not likely to require a lot of development down the road.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-blogroll/\">Better Blogroll</a> – Collecting a lot of links in your blogroll to the point they take up an entire sidebar?&#160; Well this plugin is the solution to that problem.&#160; It allows you to specify a specific number of blogroll links to display in your sidebar and then it randomly fills that from your entire collection of blogroll links.&#160; So it keeps things fresh and shares the link love! This has several other features that just give added benefits to the plugin such as image links, displaying the links category and setting links to no follow. This is one of the more popular ones with almost 9,400 downloads to date.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen.png\"><img title=\"betterblogrollscreen\" border=\"0\" alt=\"betterblogrollscreen\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen-thumb.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-blogroll/\">Advanced Blogroll</a> – This plugin allows you to display your blogroll links by category; order them by name, link ID or randomly; display with text links only, graphics only or both; select how many links to show and also opt to add the no follow attribute to the links.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen.png\"><img title=\"advblogrollscreen\" border=\"0\" alt=\"advblogrollscreen\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen-thumb.png\" width=\"118\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-reader-blogroll-widget/\">Google Reader Blogroll Widget</a> – This one lets you grab your Google Reader subscription and display it in your sidebar as a blogroll – you can even use the custom Google color schemes in your sidebar display for it.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll.png\"><img title=\"googlereaderblogroll\" border=\"0\" alt=\"googlereaderblogroll\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"219\" /></a> </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I look forward to seeing what you use for blogrolls in the comments. Thanks and stay safe out there on the net!</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\">Five Blogroll Plugins for your WordPress Site</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:47:13 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:15:\"WindowsObserver\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4225:\"<p>I am certainly finding these “Five” series of posts very educational.&#160; There has been such great discussions around each one and I am learning a lot from all of the experience of the visitors here at the site.&#160; I appreciate your willingness to speak up about what your likes and dislikes.&#160; There is nothing like a spirited conversation and sharing of information to get the brain juices flowing.</p>\n<p>So our “Five” for this post is blogroll related plugins for your website.</p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feed-reading-blogroll/\">Feed Reading Blogroll</a> – This plugin uses Googles index of feeds to grab the latest post date and title and display it on your blogroll.&#160; There are several configuration options and it can organize the presentation of the blogroll links in order of the freshness of the latest post.&#160; You will need a free Google API key to use this plugin.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll.png\"><img title=\"feedreadingblogroll\" border=\"0\" alt=\"feedreadingblogroll\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/feedreadingblogroll-thumb.png\" width=\"88\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nofollow-blogroll-seo/\">Nofollow Blogroll SEO</a> – This simple plugin puts rel=\"nofollow\" on non-homepage Blogroll Links. It allows you to share links with your favorite sites but not take a hit in your SEO for having sitewide links. This is a fairly new plugin in the development cycle but due to its simplicity is not likely to require a lot of development down the road.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-blogroll/\">Better Blogroll</a> – Collecting a lot of links in your blogroll to the point they take up an entire sidebar?&#160; Well this plugin is the solution to that problem.&#160; It allows you to specify a specific number of blogroll links to display in your sidebar and then it randomly fills that from your entire collection of blogroll links.&#160; So it keeps things fresh and shares the link love! This has several other features that just give added benefits to the plugin such as image links, displaying the links category and setting links to no follow. This is one of the more popular ones with almost 9,400 downloads to date.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen.png\"><img title=\"betterblogrollscreen\" border=\"0\" alt=\"betterblogrollscreen\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/betterblogrollscreen-thumb.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-blogroll/\">Advanced Blogroll</a> – This plugin allows you to display your blogroll links by category; order them by name, link ID or randomly; display with text links only, graphics only or both; select how many links to show and also opt to add the no follow attribute to the links.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen.png\"><img title=\"advblogrollscreen\" border=\"0\" alt=\"advblogrollscreen\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/advblogrollscreen-thumb.png\" width=\"118\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-reader-blogroll-widget/\">Google Reader Blogroll Widget</a> – This one lets you grab your Google Reader subscription and display it in your sidebar as a blogroll – you can even use the custom Google color schemes in your sidebar display for it.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll.png\"><img title=\"googlereaderblogroll\" border=\"0\" alt=\"googlereaderblogroll\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/googlereaderblogroll-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"219\" /></a> </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I look forward to seeing what you use for blogrolls in the comments. Thanks and stay safe out there on the net!</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/04/five-blogroll-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\">Five Blogroll Plugins for your WordPress Site</a></p>\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:73:\"Donncha: WordPress MU Catchup: big merge, wpmudev goes gpl and MU support\";s:4:\"guid\";s:29:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89494956\";s:4:\"link\";s:64:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2009/06/04/wordpress-mu-merge-gpl-and-support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5076:\"<p>Exciting times in the world of <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv\">WordPress</a> and <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv\">WordPress MU</a>. Last weekend&#8217;s announcement by Matt that WordPress MU would merge into WordPress caused a flurry of activity and questions on twitter and on blogs, most notably with speculation that <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ibG9naGVyYWxkLmNvbS8yMDA5LzA2LzAyL3dvcmRwcmVzcy1hbmQtd29yZHByZXNzbXUtbWVyZ2VkLXdob2Ev\">WordPress.org would run on MU</a> and by jeffr0 who <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cHRhdmVybi5jb20vdG8tbWVyZ2Utb3Itbm90LXRvLW1lcmdl\">asked me on IRC</a> what was happening.</p>\n<p>Basically, the thin layer of code that allows WordPress MU to host multiple WordPress blogs will be merged into WordPress. I expect the WordPress MU project itself will come to an end because it won&#8217;t be needed any more (which saddens me), but on the other hand many more people will be working on that very same MU code which means more features and more bugfixes and faster too. It also means no more marathon code merging sessions. I certainly won&#8217;t miss that.</p>\n<p>Meanwhile in the real world, there&#8217;s more merging to be done. <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8wNi9zdW1tYXJ5LW9mLXdvcmRwcmVzcy1kZXYtaXJjLW1lZXR1cC1mb3ItMjAwOTA2MDMv\">WordPress 2.8 is expected next Wednesday</a> and it has introduced fancy new stuff I haven&#8217;t finished fixing yet in WordPress MU. Expect an MU 2.8 beta sometime next week I hope.</p>\n<p>In what I first thought was fabulous news, James Farmer has <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dwbXUub3JnL3dwbXUtZGV2LXByZW1pdW0tcmVsYXVuY2hlZC8=\">announced</a> that <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3ByZW1pdW0ud3BtdWRldi5vcmcv\">WPMU DEV Premium</a> has been relaunched. The site offered premium support for WordPress MU for a very long time. It also sold proprietary plugins which I&#8217;ve never agreed with (because of the conflict with WordPress) but now all plugins are GPL licensed.<br />\nThen I found out that you need to signup and pay a subscription fee to download them. I&#8217;m conflicted about it, because if I&#8217;m honest, while they&#8217;re sticking to the letter of the GPL, the spirit may be lacking.<br />\nSo, should you signup there for a month, download all their plugins and upload them to WordPress.org? It&#8217;s tempting isn&#8217;t it? But no, you shouldn&#8217;t. This is real income for James, Andrew and company. If their plugins are uploaded elsewhere will they be updated? Will you signup for another month and grab them all again and upload each and every one to separate Subversion repositories? Will you provide support when things go wrong? I didn&#8217;t think so.<br />\nIf it really bothers you that GPLed plugins are not available &#8220;free as in beer&#8221; then write your own and support it. It&#8217;s not something to be done lightly.</p>\n<blockquote><p>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.</p></blockquote>\n<p> (<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbnUub3JnL2xpY2Vuc2VzL29sZC1saWNlbnNlcy9ncGwtMi4wLmh0bWw=\">GNU GPL v2.0</a>)</p>\n<p>Of course, WPMU DEV aren&#8217;t the only MU support people in town. Check out Ron &#038; Andrea&#8217;s <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211c3VwcG9ydC5uZXQv\">musupport.net</a> and of course I recommend the <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2F1dG9tYXR0aWMuY29tL3NlcnZpY2VzL3N1cHBvcnQtbmV0d29yay8=\">Automattic Support Network</a> where you&#8217;ll find me and the rest of Automattic.</p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvMjAwNi8wNi8yNy9jb3Jwb3JhdGUtd29yZHByZXNzLXN1cHBvcnQtaXMtZXZpbC8=\" rel=\"\">Corporate WordPress support is evil?</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvMjAwOS8wMS8yOC93b3JkcHJlc3MtbXUtMjcv\" rel=\"\">WordPress MU 2.7</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS8=\" rel=\"\">WordPress Multi User Blogs</a></li></ul></p> <img src=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89494956\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:24:40 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5076:\"<p>Exciting times in the world of <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv\">WordPress</a> and <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211LndvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcv\">WordPress MU</a>. Last weekend&#8217;s announcement by Matt that WordPress MU would merge into WordPress caused a flurry of activity and questions on twitter and on blogs, most notably with speculation that <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ibG9naGVyYWxkLmNvbS8yMDA5LzA2LzAyL3dvcmRwcmVzcy1hbmQtd29yZHByZXNzbXUtbWVyZ2VkLXdob2Ev\">WordPress.org would run on MU</a> and by jeffr0 who <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cHRhdmVybi5jb20vdG8tbWVyZ2Utb3Itbm90LXRvLW1lcmdl\">asked me on IRC</a> what was happening.</p>\n<p>Basically, the thin layer of code that allows WordPress MU to host multiple WordPress blogs will be merged into WordPress. I expect the WordPress MU project itself will come to an end because it won&#8217;t be needed any more (which saddens me), but on the other hand many more people will be working on that very same MU code which means more features and more bugfixes and faster too. It also means no more marathon code merging sessions. I certainly won&#8217;t miss that.</p>\n<p>Meanwhile in the real world, there&#8217;s more merging to be done. <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8wNi9zdW1tYXJ5LW9mLXdvcmRwcmVzcy1kZXYtaXJjLW1lZXR1cC1mb3ItMjAwOTA2MDMv\">WordPress 2.8 is expected next Wednesday</a> and it has introduced fancy new stuff I haven&#8217;t finished fixing yet in WordPress MU. Expect an MU 2.8 beta sometime next week I hope.</p>\n<p>In what I first thought was fabulous news, James Farmer has <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dwbXUub3JnL3dwbXUtZGV2LXByZW1pdW0tcmVsYXVuY2hlZC8=\">announced</a> that <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3ByZW1pdW0ud3BtdWRldi5vcmcv\">WPMU DEV Premium</a> has been relaunched. The site offered premium support for WordPress MU for a very long time. It also sold proprietary plugins which I&#8217;ve never agreed with (because of the conflict with WordPress) but now all plugins are GPL licensed.<br />\nThen I found out that you need to signup and pay a subscription fee to download them. I&#8217;m conflicted about it, because if I&#8217;m honest, while they&#8217;re sticking to the letter of the GPL, the spirit may be lacking.<br />\nSo, should you signup there for a month, download all their plugins and upload them to WordPress.org? It&#8217;s tempting isn&#8217;t it? But no, you shouldn&#8217;t. This is real income for James, Andrew and company. If their plugins are uploaded elsewhere will they be updated? Will you signup for another month and grab them all again and upload each and every one to separate Subversion repositories? Will you provide support when things go wrong? I didn&#8217;t think so.<br />\nIf it really bothers you that GPLed plugins are not available &#8220;free as in beer&#8221; then write your own and support it. It&#8217;s not something to be done lightly.</p>\n<blockquote><p>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.</p></blockquote>\n<p> (<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbnUub3JnL2xpY2Vuc2VzL29sZC1saWNlbnNlcy9ncGwtMi4wLmh0bWw=\">GNU GPL v2.0</a>)</p>\n<p>Of course, WPMU DEV aren&#8217;t the only MU support people in town. Check out Ron &#038; Andrea&#8217;s <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL211c3VwcG9ydC5uZXQv\">musupport.net</a> and of course I recommend the <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2F1dG9tYXR0aWMuY29tL3NlcnZpY2VzL3N1cHBvcnQtbmV0d29yay8=\">Automattic Support Network</a> where you&#8217;ll find me and the rest of Automattic.</p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvMjAwNi8wNi8yNy9jb3Jwb3JhdGUtd29yZHByZXNzLXN1cHBvcnQtaXMtZXZpbC8=\" rel=\"\">Corporate WordPress support is evil?</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvMjAwOS8wMS8yOC93b3JkcHJlc3MtbXUtMjcv\" rel=\"\">WordPress MU 2.7</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd3BtdS8=\" rel=\"\">WordPress Multi User Blogs</a></li></ul></p> <img src=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89494956\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:67:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.8 May Be Released On June 10th\";s:4:\"guid\";s:95:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/\";s:4:\"link\";s:95:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1008:\"<p>The release date for WordPress 2.8 has almost been confirmed, according to the latest blog post on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/summary-of-wordpress-dev-irc-meetup-for-20090603/\">WordPress development blog</a>, the target date for releasing WordPress 2.8 is June 10th.</p>\n<p>However this is only a target date and may not end up as being the release date in the end, however it would be good to see it released soon, considering the good number of features it has.</p>\n<p>If you haven’t yet gotten a chance to take a look or test out WordPress 2.8, take a look at the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">Hands-on Review of WordPress 2.8</a> we did earlier today.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/\">WordPress 2.8 May Be Released On June 10th</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:13:38 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1008:\"<p>The release date for WordPress 2.8 has almost been confirmed, according to the latest blog post on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/summary-of-wordpress-dev-irc-meetup-for-20090603/\">WordPress development blog</a>, the target date for releasing WordPress 2.8 is June 10th.</p>\n<p>However this is only a target date and may not end up as being the release date in the end, however it would be good to see it released soon, considering the good number of features it has.</p>\n<p>If you haven’t yet gotten a chance to take a look or test out WordPress 2.8, take a look at the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">Hands-on Review of WordPress 2.8</a> we did earlier today.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-may-be-released-on-june-10th/\">WordPress 2.8 May Be Released On June 10th</a></p>\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Dev Blog: Summary of #wordpress-dev IRC meetup for 20090603\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=778\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/summary-of-wordpress-dev-irc-meetup-for-20090603/\";s:11:\"description\";s:847:\"<ul>\n<li>Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of<br />\nWordPress 2.8.  Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not<br />\nblockers will be postponed to another release.</li>\n<li>WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater.  This is raised from the current requirement of 4.0.</li>\n<li>Checks will be added to the automatic upgrader that will prevent upgrading to 2.9 if  MySQL &lt; 4.1.2 is being used.  The upgrader will also issue a notice that suggests asking the host to upgrade MySQL to meet the minimum requirement.</li>\n<li>In order to promote migration to PHP 5, the upgrader will suggest that those running<br />\nPHP 4 switch to PHP 5. A link to a Codex page describing how to switch for various hosts should be provided.</li>\n<li>The new weekly IRC meetup time will be every Wednesday at 9pm UTC.</li>\n</ul>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:30:51 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Ryan Boren\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:847:\"<ul>\n<li>Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of<br />\nWordPress 2.8.  Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not<br />\nblockers will be postponed to another release.</li>\n<li>WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater.  This is raised from the current requirement of 4.0.</li>\n<li>Checks will be added to the automatic upgrader that will prevent upgrading to 2.9 if  MySQL &lt; 4.1.2 is being used.  The upgrader will also issue a notice that suggests asking the host to upgrade MySQL to meet the minimum requirement.</li>\n<li>In order to promote migration to PHP 5, the upgrader will suggest that those running<br />\nPHP 4 switch to PHP 5. A link to a Codex page describing how to switch for various hosts should be provided.</li>\n<li>The new weekly IRC meetup time will be every Wednesday at 9pm UTC.</li>\n</ul>\";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.8 Beta Hands On Review\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5977\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6135:\"<p>Over a period of time WordPress has evolved a lot integrating a host of interesting features in it, WordPress 2.8 is another exciting release which adds a host of new and interesting features.</p>\n<p>If you haven’t tried the beta versions of WordPress 2.8 yet, here is a hands-on review that talks about the key features made available in this version of WordPress.</p>\n<h3>WordPress 2.8 Highlights</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Theme Browser and Installer</li>\n<li>Ability to add Custom Headers</li>\n<li>New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new Widgets API</li>\n<li>New ways to customize dashboard widgets</li>\n<li>Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors.</li>\n<li>Configurable Views on Management Pages.</li>\n<li>Faster Loading Admin Pages</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Theme Browser and Installer</h3>\n<p>The earlier versions of WordPress made it much more easier to install and update plugins, WordPress 2.8 adds a feature to allow users to easily install and upgrade themes.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_theme_installer\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-theme-installer.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_theme_installer\" width=\"395\" height=\"214\" /></p>\n<p>The theme browser provides users with a variety of options to search themes, the options provided are colors, number of columns width, features and more. In addition to that you can also search themes by keywords.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_theme_search_results\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-theme-search-results.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_theme_search_results\" width=\"396\" height=\"213\" /></p>\n<p>WordPress 2.8 also adds the ability to install themes with a single click, much like it does for plugins, you can also preview the themes without first installing them.</p>\n<h3>Custom Headers</h3>\n<p>Many themes come with custom headers that are included by default, changing them would require the users manually editing the theme, or in some cases using the theme options.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_custom_headers\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-custom-headers.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_custom_headers\" width=\"396\" height=\"104\" /></p>\n<p>However with WordPress 2.8 users can now add their own custom headers, you can upload a image and crop it before applying it as the header image.</p>\n<p>The custom headers feature will only work if the theme author has configured the theme to allow this capability, you can read more about the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Header_Image_and_Color_SubPanel\">customizing headers feature</a>.</p>\n<h3>New Drag and Drop Widgets and Widgets API</h3>\n<p>Widgets play a big role in allowing users to customize their themes without the need to manually edit the theme, WordPress 2.8 has done a huge overhaul of how widgets work, allowing users to easily move widgets between different widget areas with ease.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_widgets\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-widgets.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_widgets\" width=\"381\" height=\"154\" /></p>\n<p>Users can now also use the same widgets on multiple widget areas, something that was not possible in the earlier versions of WordPress.</p>\n<p>Along with the added flexibility WordPress 2.8 also includes a widget API that will make developing widgets much more easier than before.</p>\n<h3>Customize Dashboard Widgets</h3>\n<p>The Admin Dashboard in WordPress is a place where you get the most information about tons of things, however earlier versions of WordPress only allowed users to rearrange the widgets.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_dashboard_are\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-dashboard-are.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_dashboard_are\" width=\"371\" height=\"241\" /></p>\n<p>With WordPress 2.8 users can now specify the number of columns they want to see in the dashboard area, at present users can customize the view up to 4 columns.</p>\n<h3>Syntax Highlighting for Plugins and Theme editor</h3>\n<p>If you have ever taken a look the plugin and theme editors in previous versions of WordPress, it has been almost like you are viewing the code in a plain text editor.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_plugin_editor\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-plugin-editor.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_plugin_editor\" width=\"342\" height=\"262\" /></p>\n<p>However that is about to change in WordPress 2.8, as it adds syntax highlighting which resembles a proper code editor and also a easy way to lookup functions that are used.</p>\n<h3>Configurable Views on Management Pages</h3>\n<p>WordPress by default displays a host of information to the users when managing the content or comments, however not all users may find those information useful to them.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_confiurable_mgmt_pages\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-confiurable-mgmt-pages.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_confiurable_mgmt_pages\" width=\"355\" height=\"170\" /></p>\n<p>WordPress 2.8 allows users to easily configure what information should be displayed by using the Screen options on different management pages.</p>\n<h3>Faster Loading Admin Pages</h3>\n<p>The admin pages in WordPress 2.8 load much more faster than the earlier versions thanks to various script compression and concatenation that are used.</p>\n<p>I did see a considerable increase in speed when compared to WordPress 2.7.1.</p>\n<h3>Other Interesting Highlights</h3>\n<p>These are not the only features that have been included in WordPress 2.8, if you are interested in learning more about the features in WordPress 2.8, take a look at the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8\">Version 2.8 document</a> in WordPress Codex, if you want to test the new version, download <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-beta2.zip\">WordPress 2.8 beta 2</a>.</p>\n<p>What do you think of the new features in WordPress 2.8? Do share thoughts about it.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">WordPress 2.8 Beta Hands On Review</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:37:35 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6135:\"<p>Over a period of time WordPress has evolved a lot integrating a host of interesting features in it, WordPress 2.8 is another exciting release which adds a host of new and interesting features.</p>\n<p>If you haven’t tried the beta versions of WordPress 2.8 yet, here is a hands-on review that talks about the key features made available in this version of WordPress.</p>\n<h3>WordPress 2.8 Highlights</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Theme Browser and Installer</li>\n<li>Ability to add Custom Headers</li>\n<li>New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new Widgets API</li>\n<li>New ways to customize dashboard widgets</li>\n<li>Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors.</li>\n<li>Configurable Views on Management Pages.</li>\n<li>Faster Loading Admin Pages</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Theme Browser and Installer</h3>\n<p>The earlier versions of WordPress made it much more easier to install and update plugins, WordPress 2.8 adds a feature to allow users to easily install and upgrade themes.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_theme_installer\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-theme-installer.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_theme_installer\" width=\"395\" height=\"214\" /></p>\n<p>The theme browser provides users with a variety of options to search themes, the options provided are colors, number of columns width, features and more. In addition to that you can also search themes by keywords.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_theme_search_results\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-theme-search-results.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_theme_search_results\" width=\"396\" height=\"213\" /></p>\n<p>WordPress 2.8 also adds the ability to install themes with a single click, much like it does for plugins, you can also preview the themes without first installing them.</p>\n<h3>Custom Headers</h3>\n<p>Many themes come with custom headers that are included by default, changing them would require the users manually editing the theme, or in some cases using the theme options.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_custom_headers\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-custom-headers.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_custom_headers\" width=\"396\" height=\"104\" /></p>\n<p>However with WordPress 2.8 users can now add their own custom headers, you can upload a image and crop it before applying it as the header image.</p>\n<p>The custom headers feature will only work if the theme author has configured the theme to allow this capability, you can read more about the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Header_Image_and_Color_SubPanel\">customizing headers feature</a>.</p>\n<h3>New Drag and Drop Widgets and Widgets API</h3>\n<p>Widgets play a big role in allowing users to customize their themes without the need to manually edit the theme, WordPress 2.8 has done a huge overhaul of how widgets work, allowing users to easily move widgets between different widget areas with ease.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_widgets\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-widgets.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_widgets\" width=\"381\" height=\"154\" /></p>\n<p>Users can now also use the same widgets on multiple widget areas, something that was not possible in the earlier versions of WordPress.</p>\n<p>Along with the added flexibility WordPress 2.8 also includes a widget API that will make developing widgets much more easier than before.</p>\n<h3>Customize Dashboard Widgets</h3>\n<p>The Admin Dashboard in WordPress is a place where you get the most information about tons of things, however earlier versions of WordPress only allowed users to rearrange the widgets.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_dashboard_are\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-dashboard-are.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_dashboard_are\" width=\"371\" height=\"241\" /></p>\n<p>With WordPress 2.8 users can now specify the number of columns they want to see in the dashboard area, at present users can customize the view up to 4 columns.</p>\n<h3>Syntax Highlighting for Plugins and Theme editor</h3>\n<p>If you have ever taken a look the plugin and theme editors in previous versions of WordPress, it has been almost like you are viewing the code in a plain text editor.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_plugin_editor\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-plugin-editor.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_plugin_editor\" width=\"342\" height=\"262\" /></p>\n<p>However that is about to change in WordPress 2.8, as it adds syntax highlighting which resembles a proper code editor and also a easy way to lookup functions that are used.</p>\n<h3>Configurable Views on Management Pages</h3>\n<p>WordPress by default displays a host of information to the users when managing the content or comments, however not all users may find those information useful to them.</p>\n<p><img title=\"wp28_confiurable_mgmt_pages\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/wp28-confiurable-mgmt-pages.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp28_confiurable_mgmt_pages\" width=\"355\" height=\"170\" /></p>\n<p>WordPress 2.8 allows users to easily configure what information should be displayed by using the Screen options on different management pages.</p>\n<h3>Faster Loading Admin Pages</h3>\n<p>The admin pages in WordPress 2.8 load much more faster than the earlier versions thanks to various script compression and concatenation that are used.</p>\n<p>I did see a considerable increase in speed when compared to WordPress 2.7.1.</p>\n<h3>Other Interesting Highlights</h3>\n<p>These are not the only features that have been included in WordPress 2.8, if you are interested in learning more about the features in WordPress 2.8, take a look at the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8\">Version 2.8 document</a> in WordPress Codex, if you want to test the new version, download <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8-beta2.zip\">WordPress 2.8 beta 2</a>.</p>\n<p>What do you think of the new features in WordPress 2.8? Do share thoughts about it.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/03/wordpress-28-beta-hands-on-review/\">WordPress 2.8 Beta Hands On Review</a></p>\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Akismet: New plugin version 2.2.4\";s:4:\"guid\";s:30:\"http://blog.akismet.com/?p=217\";s:4:\"link\";s:60:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2009/06/03/new-plugin-version-2-2-4/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1601:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Akismet version 2.2.4 is now available.  WordPress users can upgrade using the automatic plugin update feature.</p>\n<p>Changed in this version:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed a key problem affecting the stats feature in WordPress MU</li>\n<li>Provide additional blog information in Akismet API calls</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The extra blog information passed to the Akismet API will help Akismet to better adapt and provide results that are tailored to your specific blog.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=217&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:40:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1601:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Akismet version 2.2.4 is now available.  WordPress users can upgrade using the automatic plugin update feature.</p>\n<p>Changed in this version:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed a key problem affecting the stats feature in WordPress MU</li>\n<li>Provide additional blog information in Akismet API calls</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The extra blog information passed to the Akismet API will help Akismet to better adapt and provide results that are tailored to your specific blog.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/217/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=217&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:73:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordCamp San Francisco 2009 was GGrrreeeaaattt!!\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5959\";s:4:\"link\";s:100:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/02/wordcamp-san-francisco-2009-was-ggrrreeeaaattt/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3518:\"<div id=\"attachment_5961\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/3580738814_a1fd4dfa41_m.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5961\" title=\"Automattic Lounge\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/3580738814_a1fd4dfa41_m.jpg\" alt=\"Automattic Lounge\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Automattic Lounge</p></div>\n<p>WordCamp San Francisco was a total hoot! I met up <a href=\"http://keithdsouza.com/\">with</a> a <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/\">bunch</a> <a href=\"http://alexking.org\">of</a> <a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com\">old</a> <a href=\"http://onemansblog.com/\">friends</a>, made a <a href=\"http://sleeplessinny.wordpress.com/\">few</a> <a href=\"http://www.miss604.com/\">new</a> <a href=\"http://chris.pirillo.com/\">ones</a>, had some <a href=\"http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/876172/san_francisco_ca/ozumo.html\">good food</a>, drank a few brews, hung out with a whole lot of cool people and all the while, I was <a href=\"http://ma.tt\">surrounded by WordPress</a> goodness.</p>\n<p>Thank you to all the organizers, volunteers and participants!</p>\n<p>A few bits of interesting statistics and news from WordCamp San Francisco &#8220;State of the Word&#8221;:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress.org downloads were nearly twice as many as last year</li>\n<li>There are twice as many WordPress.org blogs on the web this as compared to last year</li>\n<li>Akismet caught just as many spam comments this year as last (count grew very little)</li>\n<li>There is a Blackberry version of the WordPress management app coming soon, iPhone version will see an upgrade</li>\n<li>There will be a GPL paid themes page on the WordPress Extend to encourage the business model</li>\n<li>At some point in the future, the WordPress and WPMU codebase will be merged</li>\n<li>WordPress 2.8 is very close to being released</li>\n<li>WordPress 2.9 will focus on stuff under the hood</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I listened to a bunch of the presentations this year (for a change) and I found them all very interesting. Chris Pirillo is a blast on stage and his talk on building communities was insightful and slightly disturbing at the same time. You should see him emulate <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram\">Venn Diagrams</a> on stage with his hands going around in circles! John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, was fantastic. His <a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/johnolilly/wordcamp2009-lessons-from-mozilla?type=presentation\">slides are on slideshare</a> but if you are into building communities and believe in Open Source philosophies and care even slightly about Mozilla, you should wait for the video and watch it.</p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\">WordCamp Report has live blogs of all the speakers</a> and the videos will soon be on <a href=\"http://wordpress.tv\">WordPress.tv</a>. My <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughinglizard/tags/wordcampsf2009/\">WordCamp San Francisco pictures are on Flickr</a> and I took a <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughinglizard/sets/72157619116267778/\">bunch of others</a> while I was walking around to the various meetups. I am planning on attending <a href=\"http://wordcampchicago.com\">WordCamp Chicago</a> next week.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/02/wordcamp-san-francisco-2009-was-ggrrreeeaaattt/\">WordCamp San Francisco 2009 was GGrrreeeaaattt!!</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:06:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3518:\"<div id=\"attachment_5961\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/3580738814_a1fd4dfa41_m.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5961\" title=\"Automattic Lounge\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/06/3580738814_a1fd4dfa41_m.jpg\" alt=\"Automattic Lounge\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Automattic Lounge</p></div>\n<p>WordCamp San Francisco was a total hoot! I met up <a href=\"http://keithdsouza.com/\">with</a> a <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/\">bunch</a> <a href=\"http://alexking.org\">of</a> <a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com\">old</a> <a href=\"http://onemansblog.com/\">friends</a>, made a <a href=\"http://sleeplessinny.wordpress.com/\">few</a> <a href=\"http://www.miss604.com/\">new</a> <a href=\"http://chris.pirillo.com/\">ones</a>, had some <a href=\"http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/876172/san_francisco_ca/ozumo.html\">good food</a>, drank a few brews, hung out with a whole lot of cool people and all the while, I was <a href=\"http://ma.tt\">surrounded by WordPress</a> goodness.</p>\n<p>Thank you to all the organizers, volunteers and participants!</p>\n<p>A few bits of interesting statistics and news from WordCamp San Francisco &#8220;State of the Word&#8221;:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress.org downloads were nearly twice as many as last year</li>\n<li>There are twice as many WordPress.org blogs on the web this as compared to last year</li>\n<li>Akismet caught just as many spam comments this year as last (count grew very little)</li>\n<li>There is a Blackberry version of the WordPress management app coming soon, iPhone version will see an upgrade</li>\n<li>There will be a GPL paid themes page on the WordPress Extend to encourage the business model</li>\n<li>At some point in the future, the WordPress and WPMU codebase will be merged</li>\n<li>WordPress 2.8 is very close to being released</li>\n<li>WordPress 2.9 will focus on stuff under the hood</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I listened to a bunch of the presentations this year (for a change) and I found them all very interesting. Chris Pirillo is a blast on stage and his talk on building communities was insightful and slightly disturbing at the same time. You should see him emulate <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram\">Venn Diagrams</a> on stage with his hands going around in circles! John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, was fantastic. His <a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/johnolilly/wordcamp2009-lessons-from-mozilla?type=presentation\">slides are on slideshare</a> but if you are into building communities and believe in Open Source philosophies and care even slightly about Mozilla, you should wait for the video and watch it.</p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\">WordCamp Report has live blogs of all the speakers</a> and the videos will soon be on <a href=\"http://wordpress.tv\">WordPress.tv</a>. My <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughinglizard/tags/wordcampsf2009/\">WordCamp San Francisco pictures are on Flickr</a> and I took a <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughinglizard/sets/72157619116267778/\">bunch of others</a> while I was walking around to the various meetups. I am planning on attending <a href=\"http://wordcampchicago.com\">WordCamp Chicago</a> next week.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/02/wordcamp-san-francisco-2009-was-ggrrreeeaaattt/\">WordCamp San Francisco 2009 was GGrrreeeaaattt!!</a></p>\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/02\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5957\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/02/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0602/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4079:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://scribu.net/wordpress/scb-framework\">scbFramework</a></p>\n<p>A set of useful classes for faster plugin development.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools-bitly-links/\">Twitter Tools</a></p>\n<p>Twitter Tools is an excellent plugin for posting notifications of new blog posts to <a href=\"http://twitter.com/\">Twitter</a>. However Twitter Tools just sends the URL to the new post normally which is then shortened by Twitter itself to a <a href=\"http://bit.ly/\">bit.ly</a> short link.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/friendfeed-api-core\">FriendFeed API Core</a></p>\n<p>This Plugin loads the core FriendFeed API PHP wrapper library so that all other plugins that utilize this library can share the same up-to-date version. It also helps minimize potential conflicts between FriendFeed powered Plugins.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.afterthedeadline.com/\">After the Deadline</a></p>\n<p>An advanced spell checker plugin for WordPress. In addition to the standard spell check and suggestions features, it also includes style and grammar checking.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.samuelaguilera.com/archivo/shorten2ping-notifies-pingfm-bitly.xhtml\">Shorten2Ping</a></p>\n<p>Sends status updates to Ping.fm or Twitter everytime you publish a post. Using Bit.ly or Tr.im for the permalinks (accounts on these services required). So this way you can send status to many sites at once if you have a Ping.fm account.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://nxsn.com/my-projects/wp-favorite-posts-plugin/\">WP Favorite Posts</a></p>\n<p>This plugin allows visitors to mark a post as favorite. There is no register requirement because this plugin saves data to cookies. Visitor can see his/her favorite posts list from “Favorites” page which you created.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gdstarrating.com/2009/05/31/gd-star-rating-140/\">GD Star Rating</a></p>\n<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating and review plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, multi ratings, templated rendering, has a widgets build in and extensive shortcode support.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://tinsology.net/plugins/wp-simplemail/\">WP SimpleMail</a></p>\n<p>WP SimpleMail integrates an IMAP email client into WordPress.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/06/01/gd-press-tools-130/\">GD Press Tools</a></p>\n<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various administration, seo, maintenance and security related tools. This tools can be integrated into the various WordPress admin panels, can perform maintenance operations, change some aspects of WordPress, see detailed server settings and information.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-wiki/\">WP Wiki</a></p>\n<p>The new WordPress Wiki plugin have developed a new plugin that adds Wiki functionality to your WordPress powered website.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://thedeadone.net/download/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin/\">TDO Mini Forms</a></p>\n<p>This plugin allows you to add highly customizable forms that work with your WordPress Theme to your website that allows non-registered users and/or subscribers (also configurable) to submit and edit posts and pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slidezoom/\">SlideZoom</a></p>\n<p>SlideZoom is a lightweight plugin allow bulk upload images or zip upload to generate a HighSlide JS gallery.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/06/02/gd-simple-widgets-100/\">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>\n<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/02/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0602/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/02</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:42:48 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4079:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://scribu.net/wordpress/scb-framework\">scbFramework</a></p>\n<p>A set of useful classes for faster plugin development.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools-bitly-links/\">Twitter Tools</a></p>\n<p>Twitter Tools is an excellent plugin for posting notifications of new blog posts to <a href=\"http://twitter.com/\">Twitter</a>. However Twitter Tools just sends the URL to the new post normally which is then shortened by Twitter itself to a <a href=\"http://bit.ly/\">bit.ly</a> short link.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/friendfeed-api-core\">FriendFeed API Core</a></p>\n<p>This Plugin loads the core FriendFeed API PHP wrapper library so that all other plugins that utilize this library can share the same up-to-date version. It also helps minimize potential conflicts between FriendFeed powered Plugins.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.afterthedeadline.com/\">After the Deadline</a></p>\n<p>An advanced spell checker plugin for WordPress. In addition to the standard spell check and suggestions features, it also includes style and grammar checking.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.samuelaguilera.com/archivo/shorten2ping-notifies-pingfm-bitly.xhtml\">Shorten2Ping</a></p>\n<p>Sends status updates to Ping.fm or Twitter everytime you publish a post. Using Bit.ly or Tr.im for the permalinks (accounts on these services required). So this way you can send status to many sites at once if you have a Ping.fm account.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://nxsn.com/my-projects/wp-favorite-posts-plugin/\">WP Favorite Posts</a></p>\n<p>This plugin allows visitors to mark a post as favorite. There is no register requirement because this plugin saves data to cookies. Visitor can see his/her favorite posts list from “Favorites” page which you created.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gdstarrating.com/2009/05/31/gd-star-rating-140/\">GD Star Rating</a></p>\n<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating and review plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, multi ratings, templated rendering, has a widgets build in and extensive shortcode support.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://tinsology.net/plugins/wp-simplemail/\">WP SimpleMail</a></p>\n<p>WP SimpleMail integrates an IMAP email client into WordPress.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/06/01/gd-press-tools-130/\">GD Press Tools</a></p>\n<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various administration, seo, maintenance and security related tools. This tools can be integrated into the various WordPress admin panels, can perform maintenance operations, change some aspects of WordPress, see detailed server settings and information.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-wiki/\">WP Wiki</a></p>\n<p>The new WordPress Wiki plugin have developed a new plugin that adds Wiki functionality to your WordPress powered website.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://thedeadone.net/download/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin/\">TDO Mini Forms</a></p>\n<p>This plugin allows you to add highly customizable forms that work with your WordPress Theme to your website that allows non-registered users and/or subscribers (also configurable) to submit and edit posts and pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slidezoom/\">SlideZoom</a></p>\n<p>SlideZoom is a lightweight plugin allow bulk upload images or zip upload to generate a HighSlide JS gallery.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/06/02/gd-simple-widgets-100/\">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>\n<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/06/02/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0602/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 06/02</a></p>\";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Dougal Campbell: What’s the buzz?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:33:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1507\";s:4:\"link\";s:56:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/06/01/whats-the-buzz\";s:11:\"description\";s:2254:\"<p><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1222\" title=\"WordPress\" src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wplogo-notext-rgb-150x150.png\" alt=\"WordPress\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick post, just to let everybody know that I&#8217;m still alive.</p>\n<p>During my long silence here, a lot of things have been happening in the WordPress community. First and foremost is the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8\">upcoming WordPress 2.8 release</a>. There are several nifty new features in there. The most notable (for me) are probably:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built-in theme browser/installer</li>\n<li>Drag-n-drop widget management</li>\n<li>Syntax highlighting when using theme/plugin editor</li>\n<li>Image cropping in media uploader</li>\n<li>New theme functions for author metadata</li>\n<li>New <acronym title=\"Object Oriented Programming\"><span class=\"caps\">OOP</span></acronym> WP_Widget framework for plugin authors</li>\n<li>More support for custom taxonomies</li>\n<li>New combined i18n/escaping theme functions</li>\n<li>Script loading improvements</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The first four  are the main &#8220;visible&#8221; features for this release. Most of the other changes are &#8220;under-the-hood&#8221; sorts of things, mainly of interest to plugin and theme developers.</p>\n<p>In other news, today marks one full month that I&#8217;ve been working for <a href=\"http://www.mailchimp.com/\">MailChimp</a>. I&#8217;m still getting a handle on things, but I&#8217;m starting to get a few things done, migrating some old back-end management code into the framework used by the bulk of our system.  And to bring things back around to WordPress again, I&#8217;ll give you the tantalizing teaser that MailChimp is sponsoring the development of a new WordPress plugin. I don&#8217;t want to say too much about what it is at this point, but the Photoshop mockups looked pretty cool.</p>\n<p>As I get myself organized again (stop laughing, <a href=\"http://digitaldivas.net/\">Susan</a>), I will be posting this blog more. And as if my time wasn&#8217;t stretched enough already, I&#8217;m also planning to do some guest blogging for <a href=\"http://www.thewordpressdoctor.com/\">The WordPress Doctor</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:30:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"Dougal\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2254:\"<p><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1222\" title=\"WordPress\" src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wplogo-notext-rgb-150x150.png\" alt=\"WordPress\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick post, just to let everybody know that I&#8217;m still alive.</p>\n<p>During my long silence here, a lot of things have been happening in the WordPress community. First and foremost is the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8\">upcoming WordPress 2.8 release</a>. There are several nifty new features in there. The most notable (for me) are probably:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built-in theme browser/installer</li>\n<li>Drag-n-drop widget management</li>\n<li>Syntax highlighting when using theme/plugin editor</li>\n<li>Image cropping in media uploader</li>\n<li>New theme functions for author metadata</li>\n<li>New <acronym title=\"Object Oriented Programming\"><span class=\"caps\">OOP</span></acronym> WP_Widget framework for plugin authors</li>\n<li>More support for custom taxonomies</li>\n<li>New combined i18n/escaping theme functions</li>\n<li>Script loading improvements</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The first four  are the main &#8220;visible&#8221; features for this release. Most of the other changes are &#8220;under-the-hood&#8221; sorts of things, mainly of interest to plugin and theme developers.</p>\n<p>In other news, today marks one full month that I&#8217;ve been working for <a href=\"http://www.mailchimp.com/\">MailChimp</a>. I&#8217;m still getting a handle on things, but I&#8217;m starting to get a few things done, migrating some old back-end management code into the framework used by the bulk of our system.  And to bring things back around to WordPress again, I&#8217;ll give you the tantalizing teaser that MailChimp is sponsoring the development of a new WordPress plugin. I don&#8217;t want to say too much about what it is at this point, but the Photoshop mockups looked pretty cool.</p>\n<p>As I get myself organized again (stop laughing, <a href=\"http://digitaldivas.net/\">Susan</a>), I will be posting this blog more. And as if my time wasn&#8217;t stretched enough already, I&#8217;m also planning to do some guest blogging for <a href=\"http://www.thewordpressdoctor.com/\">The WordPress Doctor</a>.</p>\";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"WP iPhone: A Change is in the Air\";s:4:\"guid\";s:34:\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/?p=357\";s:4:\"link\";s:62:\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/06/01/a-change-is-in-the-air/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6195:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Hi! I&#8217;m new here. I work for <a href=\"http://www.clearinteractive.com.au\">Clear Interactive</a>. I live in Melbourne, Australia. I love great user experiences. I&#8217;m here to <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org/forum/requests-and-feedback\">listen</a>. I&#8217;ve brought some friends with me as well.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been talking with Automattic for some time now about the WordPress for iPhone application. About the project, the community and the passion behind it. We want the WordPress for iPhone application to be the best mobile blogging tool on the iPhone.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to invite you into the thought process currently going on inside our collective heads.</p>\n<h2>Thinking Out Loud</h2>\n<p>First impressions count, it&#8217;s what I&#8217;d like to focus on right now. When you open WordPress for the first time you&#8217;re greeted with this screen:</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-369\" title=\"home screen\" src=\"http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/home-screen.png?w=320&#038;h=480\" alt=\"home screen\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" /></p>\n<p>You have two options:</p>\n<ol>\n<li> &#8220;Set up your blog&#8221;</li>\n<li> &#8220;About WordPress for iPhone&#8221;</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The second option is interesting, but I&#8217;m not sure why it gets equal billing on the home screen when all anyone wants to do the first time they open the application is to set up their blog.</p>\n<p>The &#8220;Add Blog&#8221; screen should be shown by default if you haven&#8217;t already added one:</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-368\" title=\"add a blog\" src=\"http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/add-a-blog.png?w=320&#038;h=480\" alt=\"add a blog\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" /></p>\n<p>Speaking of which, the cursor should already be placed in the &#8220;Blog URL&#8221; field and the keyboard should be displayed. There shouldn&#8217;t be an option to cancel as the application is unusable without at least one blog present.</p>\n<p>The &#8220;Save&#8221; button should be disabled until the &#8220;Blog URL&#8221;, &#8220;User Name&#8221; and &#8220;Password&#8221; fields have been filled in. They keyboards return key should say &#8220;Next&#8221; instead of &#8220;Done&#8221;, it should jump into the next field I need to fill in.</p>\n<p>It should change to &#8220;Done&#8221; only when I&#8217;ve entered all the required fields. At the same time the &#8220;Save&#8221; button should become enabled. In fact the &#8220;Save&#8221; button should probably read &#8220;Done&#8221; as well. Something like this:</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"saving\" src=\"http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/saving.png?w=320&#038;h=480\" alt=\"saving\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" /></p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m done, I want useful feedback. Currently there is a spinning icon in the top right hand corner where the &#8220;Save&#8221; button used to be. But the keyboard is still present unless I hid it while entering my details. For all intents and purposes this screen still looks like it&#8217;s in an editable state. Except the application doesn&#8217;t respond at all!  As a user, I require a clear indication of what is happening, otherwise confusion ensues, so we&#8217;ll fix that too.</p>\n<p>After I click &#8220;Done&#8221; I&#8217;m back on the home screen. Why is that? Rather than adding another blog, it seems much more likely to us that you&#8217;ll want to start using the app to manage the blog you just added, so we&#8217;ll show the &#8220;Posts/Pages/Comments&#8221; screen instead.  You can add the rest of your blogs later.</p>\n<h3>Moving Forward</h3>\n<p>As you can see we&#8217;ve been doing a lot of thinking, scrutinising and playing with ideas. We&#8217;ve already started adding these changes to the <a href=\"http://iphone.svn.wordpress.org/trunk/\">Subversion repository</a> in the user-interface-rewrite branch.</p>\n<p>They say you need to walk before you can run, let alone fly. Right now we&#8217;re still crawling, but here&#8217;s a sneak peak into the changes that we&#8217;ve got planned for the future:</p>\n<h3>User Interface Overhaul</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Home Screen</li>\n<li>Adding a Blog</li>\n<li>Editing a Blog</li>\n<li>Removing a Blog</li>\n<li>Change blog screen to use tab-bar navigation</li>\n<li>Changing the way local drafts work and are represented</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>Comment Moderation</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Activity Dashboard &#8211; Stream of consciousness for activity on a given blog</li>\n<li>Ability to quickly approve/delete/mark as spam</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>Statefulness</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Remember which blog I was working in. Go back to that blog when I restart the application</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>We&#8217;re Listening</h3>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve singled out these changes for the future, there&#8217;s every likelihood that you have other ideas. So while we&#8217;re thinking out loud, we would love for you to do the same. Add a comment, or post to the <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org/\">forums</a>. We&#8217;re listening!</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=357&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:14:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"Gareth\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6195:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Hi! I&#8217;m new here. I work for <a href=\"http://www.clearinteractive.com.au\">Clear Interactive</a>. I live in Melbourne, Australia. I love great user experiences. I&#8217;m here to <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org/forum/requests-and-feedback\">listen</a>. I&#8217;ve brought some friends with me as well.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been talking with Automattic for some time now about the WordPress for iPhone application. About the project, the community and the passion behind it. We want the WordPress for iPhone application to be the best mobile blogging tool on the iPhone.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to invite you into the thought process currently going on inside our collective heads.</p>\n<h2>Thinking Out Loud</h2>\n<p>First impressions count, it&#8217;s what I&#8217;d like to focus on right now. When you open WordPress for the first time you&#8217;re greeted with this screen:</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-369\" title=\"home screen\" src=\"http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/home-screen.png?w=320&#038;h=480\" alt=\"home screen\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" /></p>\n<p>You have two options:</p>\n<ol>\n<li> &#8220;Set up your blog&#8221;</li>\n<li> &#8220;About WordPress for iPhone&#8221;</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The second option is interesting, but I&#8217;m not sure why it gets equal billing on the home screen when all anyone wants to do the first time they open the application is to set up their blog.</p>\n<p>The &#8220;Add Blog&#8221; screen should be shown by default if you haven&#8217;t already added one:</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-368\" title=\"add a blog\" src=\"http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/add-a-blog.png?w=320&#038;h=480\" alt=\"add a blog\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" /></p>\n<p>Speaking of which, the cursor should already be placed in the &#8220;Blog URL&#8221; field and the keyboard should be displayed. There shouldn&#8217;t be an option to cancel as the application is unusable without at least one blog present.</p>\n<p>The &#8220;Save&#8221; button should be disabled until the &#8220;Blog URL&#8221;, &#8220;User Name&#8221; and &#8220;Password&#8221; fields have been filled in. They keyboards return key should say &#8220;Next&#8221; instead of &#8220;Done&#8221;, it should jump into the next field I need to fill in.</p>\n<p>It should change to &#8220;Done&#8221; only when I&#8217;ve entered all the required fields. At the same time the &#8220;Save&#8221; button should become enabled. In fact the &#8220;Save&#8221; button should probably read &#8220;Done&#8221; as well. Something like this:</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"saving\" src=\"http://wpiphone.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/saving.png?w=320&#038;h=480\" alt=\"saving\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" /></p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m done, I want useful feedback. Currently there is a spinning icon in the top right hand corner where the &#8220;Save&#8221; button used to be. But the keyboard is still present unless I hid it while entering my details. For all intents and purposes this screen still looks like it&#8217;s in an editable state. Except the application doesn&#8217;t respond at all!  As a user, I require a clear indication of what is happening, otherwise confusion ensues, so we&#8217;ll fix that too.</p>\n<p>After I click &#8220;Done&#8221; I&#8217;m back on the home screen. Why is that? Rather than adding another blog, it seems much more likely to us that you&#8217;ll want to start using the app to manage the blog you just added, so we&#8217;ll show the &#8220;Posts/Pages/Comments&#8221; screen instead.  You can add the rest of your blogs later.</p>\n<h3>Moving Forward</h3>\n<p>As you can see we&#8217;ve been doing a lot of thinking, scrutinising and playing with ideas. We&#8217;ve already started adding these changes to the <a href=\"http://iphone.svn.wordpress.org/trunk/\">Subversion repository</a> in the user-interface-rewrite branch.</p>\n<p>They say you need to walk before you can run, let alone fly. Right now we&#8217;re still crawling, but here&#8217;s a sneak peak into the changes that we&#8217;ve got planned for the future:</p>\n<h3>User Interface Overhaul</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Home Screen</li>\n<li>Adding a Blog</li>\n<li>Editing a Blog</li>\n<li>Removing a Blog</li>\n<li>Change blog screen to use tab-bar navigation</li>\n<li>Changing the way local drafts work and are represented</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>Comment Moderation</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Activity Dashboard &#8211; Stream of consciousness for activity on a given blog</li>\n<li>Ability to quickly approve/delete/mark as spam</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>Statefulness</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Remember which blog I was working in. Go back to that blog when I restart the application</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>We&#8217;re Listening</h3>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve singled out these changes for the future, there&#8217;s every likelihood that you have other ideas. So while we&#8217;re thinking out loud, we would love for you to do the same. Add a comment, or post to the <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org/\">forums</a>. We&#8217;re listening!</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/357/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=357&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 05/31\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5945\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/31/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0531/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1738:\"<h4><a href=\"http://www.beepthegeek.com/2009/05/vista84-my-first-wordpress-template.html\">Vista84</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"vista84\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/vista84.png\" alt=\"vista84\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></p>\n<p>3 column, widget ready, adsense friendly template with space for a 468&#215;60 banner targeted at technology blogs</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/garland-revisited\">Garland Revisited</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"Garland Revisited\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/garlandrevisited.png\" alt=\"Garland Revisited\" width=\"200\" height=\"167\" /></p>\n<p>A flexible, three-column theme with customizable colors.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://izandi.net/2009/05/wpblue-3-column-adsense-wordpress-themes\">WPBlue</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"wpblue\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wpblue.jpg\" alt=\"wpblue\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" /></p>\n<p>3 column, gravatar ready theme with two widget ready sidebars,</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.webdesignlessons.com/redtime-wordpress-theme/\">RedTime</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"RedTime\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/redtime.gif\" alt=\"RedTime\" width=\"200\" height=\"176\" /></p>\n<p>The theme is in magazine style and features an absolutely massive “Twitter FollowMe” icon, which is not only extremely attractive but quite useful too.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to get featured here.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/31/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0531/\">WordPress Theme Releases for 05/31</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 31 May 2009 17:38:00 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1738:\"<h4><a href=\"http://www.beepthegeek.com/2009/05/vista84-my-first-wordpress-template.html\">Vista84</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"vista84\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/vista84.png\" alt=\"vista84\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></p>\n<p>3 column, widget ready, adsense friendly template with space for a 468&#215;60 banner targeted at technology blogs</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/garland-revisited\">Garland Revisited</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"Garland Revisited\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/garlandrevisited.png\" alt=\"Garland Revisited\" width=\"200\" height=\"167\" /></p>\n<p>A flexible, three-column theme with customizable colors.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://izandi.net/2009/05/wpblue-3-column-adsense-wordpress-themes\">WPBlue</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"wpblue\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wpblue.jpg\" alt=\"wpblue\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" /></p>\n<p>3 column, gravatar ready theme with two widget ready sidebars,</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.webdesignlessons.com/redtime-wordpress-theme/\">RedTime</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"RedTime\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/redtime.gif\" alt=\"RedTime\" width=\"200\" height=\"176\" /></p>\n<p>The theme is in magazine style and features an absolutely massive “Twitter FollowMe” icon, which is not only extremely attractive but quite useful too.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to get featured here.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/31/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0531/\">WordPress Theme Releases for 05/31</a></p>\";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:66:\"Peter Westwood: WordCamp UK – Earlybird ticket sales nearly over\";s:4:\"guid\";s:32:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/?p=85\";s:4:\"link\";s:85:\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/wordcamp-uk-earlybird-ticket-sales-nearly-over/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1745:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>This weekend is special for two reasons, firstly it is <a href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp SF 2009</a> and I wish I could have made it as it would have been nice to attend the original WordCamp. Secondly it is also your last chance to get <a href=\"http://wordcampuk2009.eventbrite.com/\">tickets</a> for <a href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/en/\">WordCamp UK 2009</a> at a discounted price.  This is a growing list of <a href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/en/speakers/\">confirmed speakers</a> and of <a href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/en/attendees/\">confirmed attendees</a>.</p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing some of you there.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=85&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 30 May 2009 09:40:06 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Peter Westwood\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1745:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>This weekend is special for two reasons, firstly it is <a href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp SF 2009</a> and I wish I could have made it as it would have been nice to attend the original WordCamp. Secondly it is also your last chance to get <a href=\"http://wordcampuk2009.eventbrite.com/\">tickets</a> for <a href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/en/\">WordCamp UK 2009</a> at a discounted price.  This is a growing list of <a href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/en/speakers/\">confirmed speakers</a> and of <a href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/en/attendees/\">confirmed attendees</a>.</p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing some of you there.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/westi.wordpress.com/85/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/westi.wordpress.com/85/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westi.wordpress.com&blog=15396&post=85&subd=westi&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:62:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Five Ad Manager Plugins for WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:91:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/five-ad-manager-plugins-for-wordpress/\";s:4:\"link\";s:91:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/five-ad-manager-plugins-for-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6162:\"<p>Next up in the “Five” series for plugins is a snapshot of five advertisement related plugins for your WordPress site.</p>\n<p>Once you have done the work to build your site, create the content and get the visitors streaming in it may then be time to monetize your site and maybe create a little income stream.&#160; Now I am not talking get rich schemes here – just simple and easy ways to place ads in and around your site.&#160; They may never make you a ton of money but they might create just enough of an income stream to make you a few bucks in the process.&#160; I have a day job for paying the bills so the trickle I get <a href=\"http://www.windowsobserver.com/\">from my site</a> is mad money for tech stuff. How do you spend yours?</p>\n<p>So on to the “five”.</p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp125/\">WP125</a> – This is a great plugin that can be used in two manners.&#160; One is for selling your own ad space for 125 x 125 graphic ads or you can use it as I do and link to affiliate sites you are a member of. I use it to link to my Amazon.com Associates account and my Xbox360 Game Exchange website (using 125 x 125 ads as well).&#160; The other slot tends to get used in ad exchanges with other sites. This comes with a Ads Widget that you can include in your sidebar or you can place code into your template tag wherever you want to place the ads. IT is highly configurable and can be set up in one or two column displays, show as many ads as you want, keep track of clicks and automatically removing the ad from circulation when its end date comes up. 25,468 downloads to date.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wp125settingspage.jpg\"><img title=\"wp125settingspage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp125settingspage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wp125settingspage-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"166\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advertising-manager/\">Advertising Manager</a> – This is the plugin previously known <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adsense-manager/\">Adsense Manager</a>.&#160; This one will manage and rotate ads from Google Adsense as well as Adbrite, Adify, AdGridWork, Adpinion, Chitika, Commission Junction, CrispAds, OpenX, ShoppingAds, Yahoo!PN and Widgetbucks.&#160; It will even accept the code for unsupported ad networks.&#160; Some of its key features is that it imports ad codes automatically, is compatible with widgets and sidebars, and it automatically limits the display of ads on a page to meet the ad networks rules (such as Google Adsense only allowing 3 ads per page). 24,476 downloads to date.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/advertisingmanagermanageadpage.png\"><img title=\"advertisingmanagermanageadpage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"advertisingmanagermanageadpage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/advertisingmanagermanageadpage-thumb.png\" width=\"154\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-ads/\">Smart Ads</a> – This simple plugin inserts advertisements at the beginning and end of your blog entries based on how many words the post is, when it was written and its category.&#160; You can also insert your ads anywhere in a post or page by using the Smart Ads shortcode.&#160; This plugin even cleans itself out of your mySQL database if your using WordPress version 2.7 or higher. The development of this plugin is quite fresh - in fact it was just updated today and has been downloaded 8,652 times.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/smartadssettingspage.jpg\"><img title=\"smartadssettingspage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smartadssettingspage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/smartadssettingspage-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"168\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-tag-ads/\">WP Tag Ads</a> – This is a unique plugin that uses the tags on your blog entries to display eBay products based on those keywords on your post.&#160; Where Google Adsense scans your page and the words on it to get contextual ads this one just scans the tags.&#160; Ads are then displayed either within your page template or in a sidebar widget that comes with the plugin.&#160; You must have a Campain ID from eBay and they are free to get through the <a href=\"https://www.ebaypartnernetwork.com/\">eBay Partner Network</a>. Only 3,153 downloads to date but that makes sense this is a niche area for only eBay program users.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wptagadsdisplay.jpg\"><img title=\"wptagadsdisplay\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wptagadsdisplay\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wptagadsdisplay-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"154\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-adsense-and-ypn/\">All in One Adsense and YPN</a> – This is an open source plugin and it automatically inserts either Google Adsense of Yahoo Publisher Network ads into your posts. It has settings to be able to customize the ads position, colors and how it looks when displayed.&#160; If your handy with CSS and HTML you can customize things even further. This one appears to be quite popular as it has been downloaded 54,863 times to date.&#160; </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/allinonesettingspage.png\"><img title=\"allinonesettingspage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"allinonesettingspage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/allinonesettingspage-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"135\" /></a> </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Looking forward to hearing from you all on what you might use to manage your ads and what methods you have found successful for displaying them. </p>\n<p>If you have ideas for “five” posts please feel free to send me a quick note at <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/winobs\">@WinObs</a> on Twitter – thanks!</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/five-ad-manager-plugins-for-wordpress/\">Five Ad Manager Plugins for WordPress</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 30 May 2009 01:49:57 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:15:\"WindowsObserver\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6162:\"<p>Next up in the “Five” series for plugins is a snapshot of five advertisement related plugins for your WordPress site.</p>\n<p>Once you have done the work to build your site, create the content and get the visitors streaming in it may then be time to monetize your site and maybe create a little income stream.&#160; Now I am not talking get rich schemes here – just simple and easy ways to place ads in and around your site.&#160; They may never make you a ton of money but they might create just enough of an income stream to make you a few bucks in the process.&#160; I have a day job for paying the bills so the trickle I get <a href=\"http://www.windowsobserver.com/\">from my site</a> is mad money for tech stuff. How do you spend yours?</p>\n<p>So on to the “five”.</p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp125/\">WP125</a> – This is a great plugin that can be used in two manners.&#160; One is for selling your own ad space for 125 x 125 graphic ads or you can use it as I do and link to affiliate sites you are a member of. I use it to link to my Amazon.com Associates account and my Xbox360 Game Exchange website (using 125 x 125 ads as well).&#160; The other slot tends to get used in ad exchanges with other sites. This comes with a Ads Widget that you can include in your sidebar or you can place code into your template tag wherever you want to place the ads. IT is highly configurable and can be set up in one or two column displays, show as many ads as you want, keep track of clicks and automatically removing the ad from circulation when its end date comes up. 25,468 downloads to date.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wp125settingspage.jpg\"><img title=\"wp125settingspage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wp125settingspage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wp125settingspage-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"166\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advertising-manager/\">Advertising Manager</a> – This is the plugin previously known <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adsense-manager/\">Adsense Manager</a>.&#160; This one will manage and rotate ads from Google Adsense as well as Adbrite, Adify, AdGridWork, Adpinion, Chitika, Commission Junction, CrispAds, OpenX, ShoppingAds, Yahoo!PN and Widgetbucks.&#160; It will even accept the code for unsupported ad networks.&#160; Some of its key features is that it imports ad codes automatically, is compatible with widgets and sidebars, and it automatically limits the display of ads on a page to meet the ad networks rules (such as Google Adsense only allowing 3 ads per page). 24,476 downloads to date.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/advertisingmanagermanageadpage.png\"><img title=\"advertisingmanagermanageadpage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"advertisingmanagermanageadpage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/advertisingmanagermanageadpage-thumb.png\" width=\"154\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-ads/\">Smart Ads</a> – This simple plugin inserts advertisements at the beginning and end of your blog entries based on how many words the post is, when it was written and its category.&#160; You can also insert your ads anywhere in a post or page by using the Smart Ads shortcode.&#160; This plugin even cleans itself out of your mySQL database if your using WordPress version 2.7 or higher. The development of this plugin is quite fresh - in fact it was just updated today and has been downloaded 8,652 times.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/smartadssettingspage.jpg\"><img title=\"smartadssettingspage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smartadssettingspage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/smartadssettingspage-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"168\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-tag-ads/\">WP Tag Ads</a> – This is a unique plugin that uses the tags on your blog entries to display eBay products based on those keywords on your post.&#160; Where Google Adsense scans your page and the words on it to get contextual ads this one just scans the tags.&#160; Ads are then displayed either within your page template or in a sidebar widget that comes with the plugin.&#160; You must have a Campain ID from eBay and they are free to get through the <a href=\"https://www.ebaypartnernetwork.com/\">eBay Partner Network</a>. Only 3,153 downloads to date but that makes sense this is a niche area for only eBay program users.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wptagadsdisplay.jpg\"><img title=\"wptagadsdisplay\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wptagadsdisplay\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/wptagadsdisplay-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"154\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-adsense-and-ypn/\">All in One Adsense and YPN</a> – This is an open source plugin and it automatically inserts either Google Adsense of Yahoo Publisher Network ads into your posts. It has settings to be able to customize the ads position, colors and how it looks when displayed.&#160; If your handy with CSS and HTML you can customize things even further. This one appears to be quite popular as it has been downloaded 54,863 times to date.&#160; </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/allinonesettingspage.png\"><img title=\"allinonesettingspage\" border=\"0\" alt=\"allinonesettingspage\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/allinonesettingspage-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"135\" /></a> </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Looking forward to hearing from you all on what you might use to manage your ads and what methods you have found successful for displaying them. </p>\n<p>If you have ideas for “five” posts please feel free to send me a quick note at <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/winobs\">@WinObs</a> on Twitter – thanks!</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/five-ad-manager-plugins-for-wordpress/\">Five Ad Manager Plugins for WordPress</a></p>\";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/29\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5927\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0529-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2454:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://grooveshark.com/wordpress\">Grooveshark for WordPress</a></p>\n<p>Made to make music easy to add to any post, Grooveshark for Wordpress takes the trouble out of mixing music with your blog. Just install, then enjoy instant access to literally millions of tunes you can use to make your blog posts even cooler. Create playlists of one song — or hundreds — and add them to any part of your Wordpress blog as a Grooveshark Widget.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://linkubaitor.com/\">Linkubaitor</a></p>\n<p>Search engines determine a website or blogs popularity according to the amount and quality of backlinks pointing to a website. The Linkubaitor Wordpress Plugin displays HTML code for website visitors to copy and paste to their site.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.thulasidas.com/easy-adsenser\">Easy Adsenser</a></p>\n<p>Easy AdSenser manages all aspects of Google AdSense for a blog: insert ads into posts and sidebar, and add a Google Search box. Easy and complete! It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Belarusian, Indonesian, Turkish and French.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=delink-comment-author\">Delink Comment Author</a></p>\n<p>This plugin gives you the ability to remove the link a commenter left as their URL without removing the entire comment. A link to do this is added to your new comment e-mail notifications and to the comments list in your admin area.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/28/gd-simple-widgets-080/\">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>\n<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-press-tools/\">GD Press Tools</a></p>\n<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various administration and security related tools that can help with everyday blog tasks.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-broken-report/\">GD Broken Report</a></p>\n<p>Add report broken post to preset email address using templates.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0529-2/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/29</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 29 May 2009 20:49:37 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2454:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://grooveshark.com/wordpress\">Grooveshark for WordPress</a></p>\n<p>Made to make music easy to add to any post, Grooveshark for Wordpress takes the trouble out of mixing music with your blog. Just install, then enjoy instant access to literally millions of tunes you can use to make your blog posts even cooler. Create playlists of one song — or hundreds — and add them to any part of your Wordpress blog as a Grooveshark Widget.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://linkubaitor.com/\">Linkubaitor</a></p>\n<p>Search engines determine a website or blogs popularity according to the amount and quality of backlinks pointing to a website. The Linkubaitor Wordpress Plugin displays HTML code for website visitors to copy and paste to their site.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.thulasidas.com/easy-adsenser\">Easy Adsenser</a></p>\n<p>Easy AdSenser manages all aspects of Google AdSense for a blog: insert ads into posts and sidebar, and add a Google Search box. Easy and complete! It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Belarusian, Indonesian, Turkish and French.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=delink-comment-author\">Delink Comment Author</a></p>\n<p>This plugin gives you the ability to remove the link a commenter left as their URL without removing the entire comment. A link to do this is added to your new comment e-mail notifications and to the comments list in your admin area.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/28/gd-simple-widgets-080/\">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>\n<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-press-tools/\">GD Press Tools</a></p>\n<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various administration and security related tools that can help with everyday blog tasks.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/plugins/gd-broken-report/\">GD Broken Report</a></p>\n<p>Add report broken post to preset email address using templates.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/29/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0529-2/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/29</a></p>\";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:23:\"Matt: Typekit Web Fonts\";s:4:\"guid\";s:21:\"http://ma.tt/?p=14305\";s:4:\"link\";s:39:\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/typekit-web-fonts/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1096:\"<p><a href=\"http://blog.typekit.com/2009/05/27/introducing-typekit/\">Introducing Typekit</a>, an iTunes-for-fonts on the web that allows you to have rich typography in your designs and pages without resorting to flash or image hacks. (Old time readers will remember my yellow design which used <a href=\"http://www.textism.com/textfaces/index.html?id=17\">Dante</a>, the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/images/logo.png\">original WordPress logo</a> font, and <a href=\"http://ma.tt/images/titles/Hello_World.png\">generated-image titles</a>.) Typekit takes advantage of the current and upcoming browser support for <a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/03/downloadable-web-fonts/\">embedded fonts</a> and abstracts away all of the complications thereof like Feedburner did for feeds. Brought to you by <a href=\"http://smallbatchinc.com/\">my friends at Small Batch</a>, previously of <a href=\"http://adaptivepath.com/\">Adaptive Path</a>, Measure Map, <a href=\"http://thestartconference.com/\">Start</a>, and <a href=\"http://wikirank.com/\">Wikirank</a> fame. The people building the web have been waiting for this.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 29 May 2009 18:25:23 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1096:\"<p><a href=\"http://blog.typekit.com/2009/05/27/introducing-typekit/\">Introducing Typekit</a>, an iTunes-for-fonts on the web that allows you to have rich typography in your designs and pages without resorting to flash or image hacks. (Old time readers will remember my yellow design which used <a href=\"http://www.textism.com/textfaces/index.html?id=17\">Dante</a>, the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/images/logo.png\">original WordPress logo</a> font, and <a href=\"http://ma.tt/images/titles/Hello_World.png\">generated-image titles</a>.) Typekit takes advantage of the current and upcoming browser support for <a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/03/downloadable-web-fonts/\">embedded fonts</a> and abstracts away all of the complications thereof like Feedburner did for feeds. Brought to you by <a href=\"http://smallbatchinc.com/\">my friends at Small Batch</a>, previously of <a href=\"http://adaptivepath.com/\">Adaptive Path</a>, Measure Map, <a href=\"http://thestartconference.com/\">Start</a>, and <a href=\"http://wikirank.com/\">Wikirank</a> fame. The people building the web have been waiting for this.</p>\";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Matt: AFP WordPress / China Article\";s:4:\"guid\";s:21:\"http://ma.tt/?p=14303\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/afp-wordpress-china-article/\";s:11:\"description\";s:566:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igVn4hcj6ZNWlawSvzLvgEMkZmkQ\">AFP: Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China</a> &#8212; the Agence France-Press talked to me when I was in Hong Kong about the early days of WordPress.com and our experience with the Chinese firewall. Today we are still sporadically blocked, nothing official but enough that almost everyone in China uses WordPress.org. It&#8217;s funny that this story came out almost two months after the interview because I&#8217;m wearing that exact same sweater today.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 29 May 2009 06:15:23 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:566:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igVn4hcj6ZNWlawSvzLvgEMkZmkQ\">AFP: Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China</a> &#8212; the Agence France-Press talked to me when I was in Hong Kong about the early days of WordPress.com and our experience with the Chinese firewall. Today we are still sporadically blocked, nothing official but enough that almost everyone in China uses WordPress.org. It&#8217;s funny that this story came out almost two months after the interview because I&#8217;m wearing that exact same sweater today.</p>\";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:51:\"WordPress.tv: Getting Started With Google Analytics\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=1916\";s:4:\"link\";s:69:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/29/getting-started-with-google-analytics/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1383:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-0\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/29/getting-started-with-google-analytics/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/JgQ1lEQ0/analytics-v3-web.thumbnail.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1916&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 29 May 2009 02:08:23 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Michael Pick\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1383:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-0\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/29/getting-started-with-google-analytics/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/JgQ1lEQ0/analytics-v3-web.thumbnail.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/1916/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=1916&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:16:\"Matt: GigaOM Pro\";s:4:\"guid\";s:21:\"http://ma.tt/?p=14300\";s:4:\"link\";s:32:\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/gigaom-pro/\";s:11:\"description\";s:499:\"<p><a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/\">GigaOM Pro</a> is a new subscription research site from my friends on the GigaOM crew. It&#8217;s also the first major media site I know about powered by <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/\">BuddyPress</a> and it&#8217;ll be interesting to see how the social features influence the sites evolution. <a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/gigaom-pro-launches-on-wordpress-and-buddypress/\">Here&#8217;s Mark Jaquith&#8217;s post about building it</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 29 May 2009 02:01:47 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:499:\"<p><a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/\">GigaOM Pro</a> is a new subscription research site from my friends on the GigaOM crew. It&#8217;s also the first major media site I know about powered by <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/\">BuddyPress</a> and it&#8217;ll be interesting to see how the social features influence the sites evolution. <a href=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/gigaom-pro-launches-on-wordpress-and-buddypress/\">Here&#8217;s Mark Jaquith&#8217;s post about building it</a>.</p>\";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:61:\"Mark Jaquith: GigaOM Pro launches on WordPress and BuddyPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/?p=301\";s:4:\"link\";s:92:\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/gigaom-pro-launches-on-wordpress-and-buddypress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4437:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>2009 is the year of <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/\">BuddyPress</a>. It&#8217;s also the year where online content providers have to figure out how to make money outside of the flailing &#8220;get a lot of views, sell ads&#8221; model. For the past couple of months, I&#8217;ve been working on a project that tackles both of those things, and I&#8217;m really proud to present it to the world:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/\">GigaOM Pro</a> is a WordPress/BuddyPress-powered premium research membership site, focused on four initial verticals: <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/mobile/\">Mobile</a>, <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/green-it/\">Green IT</a>, <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/infrastructure/\">Infrastructure</a>, and the <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/connected-consumer/\">Connected Consumer</a>. A network of independent analysts provide in-depth research papers and research notes, which subscribers can view on the site or download as PDF documents. GigaOM Network contributors provide &#8220;long view&#8221; posts &#8212; topic-focused long form posts. And each of the topic verticals has a curator who provides weekly updates on the topic, as well as a constant stream of curated links to relevant external stories. Subscribers can access all the content, comment on the content, have a profile on the site, and send messages to Analysts, Contributors, Curators, or other subscribers using the BuddyPress messaging system.</p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what it looks like:</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img src=\"http://markjaquith.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/gigaom-pro-screenshot.png?w=439&#038;h=600\" alt=\"GigaOM Pro home page\" title=\"gigaom-pro-screenshot\" width=\"439\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-302\" /><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GigaOM Pro home page</p></div>\n<p>The content is incredibly compelling. I&#8217;ve been especially impressed with the quality of the Long View posts. More than once when developing the site I would get distracted by one of these pieces and have to read the whole thing. The GigaOM writing staff and the analyst network are very talented people, and I think that $79 a year is a steal for this calibre of hyper-focused content and this sort of access to industry analysts.</p>\n<p>From a technical perspective, it was interesting to create a site with such distinct content types. The Write screen for Curated Links looks nothing like the Write screen for Weekly Updates, or Research Briefs. The system makes heavy use of the category system, and custom <code>WP_Query</code> objects and loops. <code>category__not_in</code>, <code>category__and</code> and <code>post__not_in</code> are <strong>very</strong> powerful tools for getting the correct entries from the system.</p>\n<p>Naturally, there are no core WordPress hacks &#8212; everything is implemented through plugins and the custom theme!</p>\n<p>Let me know what you think. And don&#8217;t subscribe &#8212; I put in a lowball prediction in the internal betting pool for how many subscribers there are in the first week, and I think I&#8217;m going to lose. <img src=\"http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=301&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 28 May 2009 23:15:45 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Mark Jaquith\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4437:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>2009 is the year of <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/\">BuddyPress</a>. It&#8217;s also the year where online content providers have to figure out how to make money outside of the flailing &#8220;get a lot of views, sell ads&#8221; model. For the past couple of months, I&#8217;ve been working on a project that tackles both of those things, and I&#8217;m really proud to present it to the world:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/\">GigaOM Pro</a> is a WordPress/BuddyPress-powered premium research membership site, focused on four initial verticals: <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/mobile/\">Mobile</a>, <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/green-it/\">Green IT</a>, <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/infrastructure/\">Infrastructure</a>, and the <a href=\"http://pro.gigaom.com/topic/connected-consumer/\">Connected Consumer</a>. A network of independent analysts provide in-depth research papers and research notes, which subscribers can view on the site or download as PDF documents. GigaOM Network contributors provide &#8220;long view&#8221; posts &#8212; topic-focused long form posts. And each of the topic verticals has a curator who provides weekly updates on the topic, as well as a constant stream of curated links to relevant external stories. Subscribers can access all the content, comment on the content, have a profile on the site, and send messages to Analysts, Contributors, Curators, or other subscribers using the BuddyPress messaging system.</p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what it looks like:</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img src=\"http://markjaquith.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/gigaom-pro-screenshot.png?w=439&#038;h=600\" alt=\"GigaOM Pro home page\" title=\"gigaom-pro-screenshot\" width=\"439\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-302\" /><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GigaOM Pro home page</p></div>\n<p>The content is incredibly compelling. I&#8217;ve been especially impressed with the quality of the Long View posts. More than once when developing the site I would get distracted by one of these pieces and have to read the whole thing. The GigaOM writing staff and the analyst network are very talented people, and I think that $79 a year is a steal for this calibre of hyper-focused content and this sort of access to industry analysts.</p>\n<p>From a technical perspective, it was interesting to create a site with such distinct content types. The Write screen for Curated Links looks nothing like the Write screen for Weekly Updates, or Research Briefs. The system makes heavy use of the category system, and custom <code>WP_Query</code> objects and loops. <code>category__not_in</code>, <code>category__and</code> and <code>post__not_in</code> are <strong>very</strong> powerful tools for getting the correct entries from the system.</p>\n<p>Naturally, there are no core WordPress hacks &#8212; everything is implemented through plugins and the custom theme!</p>\n<p>Let me know what you think. And don&#8217;t subscribe &#8212; I put in a lowball prediction in the internal betting pool for how many subscribers there are in the first week, and I think I&#8217;m going to lose. <img src=\"http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/markjaquith.wordpress.com/301/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markjaquith.wordpress.com&blog=316&post=301&subd=markjaquith&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Alex King: WordCamp SF This Weekend\";s:4:\"guid\";s:60:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/28/wordcamp-sf-this-weekend\";s:4:\"link\";s:60:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/28/wordcamp-sf-this-weekend\";s:11:\"description\";s:1137:\"<p>Along with a bunch of other folks from the <a href=\"http://crowdfavorite.com\">Crowd Favorite</a> team, I&#8217;ll be in San Francisco this weekend for <a href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordCamp SF</a>. I&#8217;m looking forward to catching up with some old friends from my decade in the Bay Area, and meeting some new folks.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be helping staff the Genius Bar from 2:55-3:30pm, so feel free to stop by (perhaps with some <a href=\"http://carringtontheme.com\">Carrington</a> questions). I&#8217;m looking forward to helping out.</p>\n<p>Unfortunately I&#8217;ll miss the <a href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/2009/05/11/wordcamp-developer-day/\" rel=\"external\">developer day</a> since we booked our flights before it was planned. That&#8217;s a shame, but maybe next time - I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll get a chance to hang out with a bunch of the devs on Sat.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=WordCamp+SF+This+Weekend&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F28%2Fwordcamp-sf-this-weekend\">ShareThis</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 28 May 2009 22:33:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1137:\"<p>Along with a bunch of other folks from the <a href=\"http://crowdfavorite.com\">Crowd Favorite</a> team, I&#8217;ll be in San Francisco this weekend for <a href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordCamp SF</a>. I&#8217;m looking forward to catching up with some old friends from my decade in the Bay Area, and meeting some new folks.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be helping staff the Genius Bar from 2:55-3:30pm, so feel free to stop by (perhaps with some <a href=\"http://carringtontheme.com\">Carrington</a> questions). I&#8217;m looking forward to helping out.</p>\n<p>Unfortunately I&#8217;ll miss the <a href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/2009/05/11/wordcamp-developer-day/\" rel=\"external\">developer day</a> since we booked our flights before it was planned. 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Registration is closed at over 700 attendees for this one day event packed with a ton of the top blogging, social media, search engine, business, and WordPress experts. I&#8217;ll be there, so be sure and find me for a hug.</p>\n<p>That&#8217;s part of the joy and difference between a WordPress event and other social tech events. WordPressers serve up hugs, not just hand shakes. What I hear over and over again at these events is how we all <em>know</em> each other, so meeting face to face is just another step in the relationship process that began a few months to a few years ago. We&#8217;re already friends!</p>\n<p>This year so far it has been my honor to be included and speaking at a variety of WordCamp events including <a title=\"WordCamp Las Vegas\" href=\"http://lasvegaswordcamp.com/\">WordCamp Las Vegas</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Whistler 2009\" href=\"http://wordcampwhistler.com/\">WordCamp Whistler</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Toronto\" href=\"http://phug.ca/wordcamptoronto\">WordCamp Toronto</a>, and <a title=\"WordCamp Columbus\" href=\"http://www.wordcampcolumbus.com/\">WordCamp Columbus</a>, and you will probably find me rattling around <a title=\"WordCamp Dallas\" href=\"http://dallas.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp Dallas</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Portland\" href=\"http://www.wordcampportland.com/\">WordCamp Portland</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Seattle\" href=\"http://www.wordcampseattle.org/\">WordCamp Seattle</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp NL\" href=\"http://wordcampnl.org/\">Netherlands &#8211; WordCamp NL</a>, WordCamp Israel, and WordCamp/Podcamp Hawaii.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49341.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49341.jpg?w=300&#038;h=224\" alt=\"img_49341 - WordCamp Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" title=\"img_49341 - WordCamp Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3742\" /></a>According to the <a title=\"WordPress Meetup Groups\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/\">WordPress Meetup Groups</a> on Meetup.com, there are 32 Meetup Groups focused specifically on WordPress, representing 3,394 Members in 5 different countries among 32 Meetup groups in 28 different cities. There are almost 2,000 people interested in a WordPress event and meetup without a group near them.</p>\n<p>Here is a list of the most popular WordPress-specific Meetup Groups on Meetup.com from around the world. The number next to some of the group names represents the current number of registered members.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The London Bloggers Meetup Group\" href=\"http://blog.meetup.com/395/\">The London Bloggers Meetup Group</a> (592)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The New York City WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/wordpressnyc/\">The New York City WordPress Meetup Group</a> (415)</li>\n<li><a title=\"NY Bloggers Meetup Group\" href=\"http://blog.meetup.com/386/\">NY Bloggers Meetup Group</a> (354)</li>\n<li><a title=\"Dallas/Fort Worth WordPress Meetup\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/dfwwordpress/\">Dallas/Fort Worth WordPress Meetup</a> (296)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Austin WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/austinwordpress/\">The Austin WordPress Meetup Group</a> (172)</li>\n<li><a title=\"South Florida WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/SF-WordPress-Users/\">South Florida WordPress Meetup Group</a> (164)</li>\n<li><a title=\"Atlanta WordPress Users Group\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/184/\">Atlanta WordPress Users Group</a> (147)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Bay Area WordPress Meetup\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/wordpress-sf/\">The Bay Area WordPress Meetup</a> (138)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Boston WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/boston-wordpress-meetup/\">The Boston WordPress Meetup Group</a> (110)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Chicago WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/mywplife/\">The Chicago WordPress Meetup Group</a> (97)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The East Bay WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/\">The East Bay WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Las Vegas WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/LasVegasWordPress/\">Las Vegas WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The New Jersey WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-New-Jersey-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The New Jersey WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Southern California WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Southern-California-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Southern California WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Greater Charlotte Area WordPress Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Charlotte-Area-WordPress-Group/\">Greater Charlotte Area WordPress Group</a><div id=\"attachment_2987\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/matt-andy-markj-wordcamp2008sf.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/matt-andy-markj-wordcamp2008sf.jpg?w=300&#038;h=224\" alt=\"Matt Mullenweg, Andy Skelton, Mark Jaquith at WordCamp San Francisco 2008\" title=\"matt-andy-markj-wordcamp2008sf\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2987\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Mullenweg, Andy Skelton, Mark Jaquith at WordCamp San Francisco 2008</p></div></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Scottsdale WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Scottsdale-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Scottsdale WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Ferndale WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Ferndale-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Ferndale WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Raleigh WordPress Meetup Group hosted by Michael Torbert\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Raleigh-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">Raleigh WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"OKC WordPress Users Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/OKC-WordPress-Users-Group/\">OKC WordPress Users Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Singapore Blogger Meetup Group\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/188/\">Singapore Blogger Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Seattle WordPress 2.0\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-WordPress-2-0/\">Seattle WordPress 2.0</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Bonita Springs WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Bonita-Springs-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Bonita Springs WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Gulf Coast Twitter/WordPress Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/GC-twitter-wordpress-group/\">Gulf Coast Twitter/WordPress Group</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>While there are WordPress meetup groups around the world, there are a lot of people are shouting out for one in their area. <a title=\"Copenhagen\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/dk/copenhagen/\">Copenhagen</a> (61 interested), <a title=\"Philadelphia, PA\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/us/pa/philadelphia/\">Philadelphia</a> (45), <a title=\"Houston, TX\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/us/tx/houston/\">Houston</a>, <a title=\"London\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/gb/london/\">London</a>, and <a title=\"Denver, CO\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/us/co/denver/\">Denver</a> are among the many. Some of these have had or are about to have a WordCamp event, so why aren&#8217;t there regular WordPress meetups?</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/wordcampmeetups-map.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/wordcampmeetups-map.jpg?w=300&#038;h=263\" alt=\"WordCamp Meetups Map at Meetups.com\" title=\"WordCamp Meetups Map at Meetups.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4101\" /></a><a title=\"WordPress Meetup Groups\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/\">WordPress Meetup Groups</a> on Meetup.com offers a map of all the places where there are WordPress events and activities and where ones are wanted. You can <a title=\"browse all cities\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/\">browse a list of cities hosting WordPress events</a> or go directly to your region to find out where one is or who might be interested in putting one together.</p>\n<h3>What is the Difference Between a WordPress Meetup and WordCamp?</h3>\n<p>A WordPress Meetup is a frequent meeting of WordPress fans. If you would like to start a WordPress Meetup group, find a meeting place and announce it among your friends, and add a listing to the <a title=\"Event search for wordpress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&amp;q=wordpress\">Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress</a> and <a title=\"WordPress upcoming events\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/events/upcoming/\">WordPress Meetups Upcoming Events</a> and tag them &#8220;WordPress Events&#8221; and &#8220;WordPress&#8221;, as many track WordPress event announcements there.</p>\n<p>A WordPress Meetup allows locals to get together and learn from each other on how to use WordPress. There are formal WordPress meetups and informal ones, covering nothing but WordPress or including WordPress as part of other topics on web publishing and social media. WordPress meetups are usually held monthly or quarterly. </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49361.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49361.jpg?w=300&#038;h=224\" alt=\"img_49361 - WordPress Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" title=\"img_49361 - WordPress Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3744\" /></a>A WordCamp is a day or two long event with sponsors and dozens if not hundreds of WordPress fans gathering annually. WordCamp Toronto was the first, I believe, to have a three day WordCamp event, but there are no rules. It differs from a WordPress Meetup because it is offered rarely instead of regularly.</p>\n<p>WordCamps were originally formatted on the Barcamp structure, loosely put together, grassroots gatherings of WordPress fans in a day long unconference style. While this works for some communities familiar with the unconference style, some stick with a more traditional conference format. </p>\n<p>While a WordPress Meetup can cover any topics of interest to their members, a WordCamp event is focused on WordPress for the majority of the programs and workshops.</p>\n<p>Many distinguish the two events based upon the length and speakers. WordPress Meetups tend to last a few hours where WordCamps are day long events. The speakers at WordCamps can come from your region or around the world. </p>\n<h3>How Do I Start a WordCamp or WordPress Meetup?</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cali-neal-talk.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cali-neal-talk.jpg?w=300&#038;h=189\" alt=\"Cali and Neal talk about Video blogging with WordPress at WordCamp Dallas\" title=\"Cali and Neal talk about Video blogging with WordPress at WordCamp Dallas\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2458\" /></a>If you would like to sponsor or host a WordCamp, check out the new official site for tracking WordCamps is <a title=\"WordCamp Central\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp Central</a>, which includes instructions and <a title=\"run your own WordCamp\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/guidelines/\">guidelines for running a WordCamp</a>. There are also articles with tips and techniques for WordPress Meetups and WordCamps on <a title=\"The WordCamp Report\" href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\">The WordCamp Report</a>, as well as on blogs by those who have run these events.</p>\n<p>In general, you need to have a team of at least 5 active volunteers, a location and date, speakers, sponsors, and food or easy access to food. The rest of it is up to you.</p>\n<p>Get a free blog on <a title=\"WordPress.com free blogs\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a> or host your own for the WordCamp, until WordCamp Central finishes setting up their WordPressMU blog network. Get a Twitter account and add a listing to the <a title=\"Event search for wordpress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&amp;q=wordpress\">Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress</a> and <a title=\"WordPress upcoming events\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/events/upcoming/\">WordPress Meetups Upcoming Events</a> and tag them &#8220;WordPress Events&#8221; and &#8220;WordCamp. These are tracked by many WordPress fans around the world, many whom are willing to fly in to the various WordPress and WordCamp events.</p>\n<h3>How Do I Get WordPress Rock Stars to My WordPress Event?</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/mattm-johnp.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/mattm-johnp.jpg?w=245&#038;h=300\" alt=\"John Pozadzides and Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Dallas\" title=\"John Pozadzides and Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Dallas\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2475\" /></a>While <a title=\"Matt Mullenweg\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt Mullenweg</a>, myself, and other representatives of WordPress and <a title=\"Automattic - parent company of WordPress, WordPress.com, Akismet, BuddyPress, and more\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://www.automattic.com/\">Automattic</a> try to get to as many WordCamp and WordPress events as we can, look to your own neighborhood and community for your own WordPress experts and rock stars.</p>\n<p>Many think it helps to have a &#8220;big name&#8221; to help attract attendees. In some large cities it does, but promote the event as a chance to learn about how to use WordPress in your business or personal life, and you&#8217;d be stunned at the number of people who will show up, just because they love WordPress.</p>\n<p>To ask one of the press-o-rati, contact them through their blogs, email or Twitter accounts. To request someone officially from Automattic or WordPress, use the <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/contact-us/\">WordCamp Central contact form</a> and ask. You can be vague and invite whoever is willing to come, or be specific and request someone who is an expert in WordPress Themes, Plugins, BuddyPress, bbPress, PollDaddy, Intense Debate, or any of the other WordPress and Automattic specific features and services.</p>\n<p>I highly recommend you make your WordCamp and WordPress event about your community. WordCamp/Podcamp Hawaii brought in local social media experts, musicians, and tourist industry representatives familiar with WordPress to speak to attendees, giving them the local perspective that their community needs. WordCamp Toronto brought in members of the local art community to display interactive art work and held community competitions for the event logo, blog designs, and Plugins, involving as many people and groups as possible to make the event a social one. WordCamp San Francisco 2008 had a fund-raising event &#8220;Scavenger Hunt&#8221; for a local educational charity on the day after the WordCamp sessions.</p>\n<p>There are a lot of ways you can involve your community and help others blog and share their voice with the world and benefit your community in general. Make your WordPress event inclusive not exclusive</p>\n<p>To publicize your WordPress event or WordCamp, contact <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/contact-us/\">WordCamp Central</a>, <a title=\"The WordCamp Report\" href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\">The WordCamp Report</a>, <a title=\"Event search for wordpress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&amp;q=wordpress\">Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress</a>, <a title=\"WordPress upcoming events\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/events/upcoming/\">WordPress Meetups Upcoming Events</a>, and Upcoming events tagged with &#8220;<a title=\"Upcoming: Public events tagged with \">WordCamp</a>&#8221; or &#8220;<a title=\"Upcoming Events tagged with WordPress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/tag/wordpress/\">WordPress</a>,&#8221; and contact <a title=\"Email Lorelle\" href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/feed/lorelleonwordpress@gmail.com\">me by email</a> for inclusion on the <a title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\">Blog Herald</a> and my site and other WordPress fan sites.</p>\n<h3>Upcoming WordPress and WordCamp Events</h3>\n<p>Upcoming WordCamp and WordPress Events include:</p>\n<p><strong>May 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Ohio WordPress Meetup\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2495708/\">Akron, Ohio &#8211; Ohio WordPress Meetup &#8211; May 28, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp San Francisco 2009\" href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp San Francisco 2009 &#8211; May 30, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The East Bay WordPress May Meetup\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/calendar/10271819/\">San Francisco Area &#8211; The East Bay WordPress May Meetup &#8211; May 31, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>June 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Chicago\" href=\"http://wordcampchicago.com/\">WordCamp Chicago &#8211; June 6-7, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCampRDU 2009 - A NC WordPress Conference\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/977680/\">North Carolina &#8211; WordCampRDU 2009 &#8211; June 13, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Los Angeles WordPress Users Group\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2656926/\">Los Angeles WordPress Users Group &#8211; June 14, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Brazil 2009\" href=\"http://www.wordpress-br.com/wordcamp-brasil\">WordCamp Brazil &#8211; June 21, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Dallas\" href=\"http://dallas.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp Dallas 2009 &#8211; Dallas, Texas &#8211; June 27-28, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>July 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Montreal\" href=\"http://wordcampmontreal.org/\">Canada &#8211; WordCamp Montreal &#8211; July 11-12, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp UK 2009\" href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/\">United Kingdom &#8211; WordCamp UK, Cardiff, Wales, July 18-19, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>August 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Huntsville 2009\" href=\"http://wordcamphsv.org/\">Alabama &#8211; WordCamp Huntsville &#8211; August 15-16, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>September 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp LA\" href=\"http://la.wordcamp.org/\">Los Angeles, California &#8211; WordCamp LA &#8211; September 12, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Portland\" href=\"http://www.wordcampportland.com/\">Portland, Oregon &#8211; WordCamp Portland &#8211; September 19-20, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Seattle\" href=\"http://www.wordcampseattle.org/\">WordCamp Seattle &#8211; September 26, 2009</a> (<a title=\"WordCamp Seattle Twitter\" href=\"http://twitter.com/wordcampseattle\">WordCamp Seattle Twitter</a>)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>October 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp New York City 2009\" href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org\">WordCamp New York City 2009 &#8211; October 24, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp NL\" href=\"http://wordcampnl.org/\">Netherlands &#8211; WordCamp NL &#8211; October 31, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Upcoming WordCamps not scheduled or confirmed:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Indy\" href=\"http://wordcampindy.org/\">WordCamp Indy (Indianapolis)</a></li>\n<li>WordCamp Augusta</li>\n<li>WordCamp Argentina</li>\n<li>WordCamp San Diego</li>\n<li>WordCamp Perú</li>\n<li>WordCamp New Zealand</li>\n<li>WordCamp Israel</li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordPress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<p>tt</p>\nPosted in WordCamps, WordPress Events, WordPress News  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=4094&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 27 May 2009 22:39:51 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:22501:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a title=\"WordCamps\" href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/category/wordpress-news/wordcamps/\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4096\" title=\"WordCamp Logo\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/wordcamplogo.jpg?w=204&#038;h=174\" alt=\"WordCamp Logo\" width=\"204\" height=\"174\" /></a>This weekend is the granddaddy of WordCamps, <a title=\"WordCamp San Francisco 2009\" href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp San Francisco 2009</a> on May 30, 2009. Registration is closed at over 700 attendees for this one day event packed with a ton of the top blogging, social media, search engine, business, and WordPress experts. I&#8217;ll be there, so be sure and find me for a hug.</p>\n<p>That&#8217;s part of the joy and difference between a WordPress event and other social tech events. WordPressers serve up hugs, not just hand shakes. What I hear over and over again at these events is how we all <em>know</em> each other, so meeting face to face is just another step in the relationship process that began a few months to a few years ago. We&#8217;re already friends!</p>\n<p>This year so far it has been my honor to be included and speaking at a variety of WordCamp events including <a title=\"WordCamp Las Vegas\" href=\"http://lasvegaswordcamp.com/\">WordCamp Las Vegas</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Whistler 2009\" href=\"http://wordcampwhistler.com/\">WordCamp Whistler</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Toronto\" href=\"http://phug.ca/wordcamptoronto\">WordCamp Toronto</a>, and <a title=\"WordCamp Columbus\" href=\"http://www.wordcampcolumbus.com/\">WordCamp Columbus</a>, and you will probably find me rattling around <a title=\"WordCamp Dallas\" href=\"http://dallas.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp Dallas</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Portland\" href=\"http://www.wordcampportland.com/\">WordCamp Portland</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp Seattle\" href=\"http://www.wordcampseattle.org/\">WordCamp Seattle</a>, <a title=\"WordCamp NL\" href=\"http://wordcampnl.org/\">Netherlands &#8211; WordCamp NL</a>, WordCamp Israel, and WordCamp/Podcamp Hawaii.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49341.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49341.jpg?w=300&#038;h=224\" alt=\"img_49341 - WordCamp Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" title=\"img_49341 - WordCamp Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3742\" /></a>According to the <a title=\"WordPress Meetup Groups\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/\">WordPress Meetup Groups</a> on Meetup.com, there are 32 Meetup Groups focused specifically on WordPress, representing 3,394 Members in 5 different countries among 32 Meetup groups in 28 different cities. There are almost 2,000 people interested in a WordPress event and meetup without a group near them.</p>\n<p>Here is a list of the most popular WordPress-specific Meetup Groups on Meetup.com from around the world. The number next to some of the group names represents the current number of registered members.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The London Bloggers Meetup Group\" href=\"http://blog.meetup.com/395/\">The London Bloggers Meetup Group</a> (592)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The New York City WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/wordpressnyc/\">The New York City WordPress Meetup Group</a> (415)</li>\n<li><a title=\"NY Bloggers Meetup Group\" href=\"http://blog.meetup.com/386/\">NY Bloggers Meetup Group</a> (354)</li>\n<li><a title=\"Dallas/Fort Worth WordPress Meetup\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/dfwwordpress/\">Dallas/Fort Worth WordPress Meetup</a> (296)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Austin WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/austinwordpress/\">The Austin WordPress Meetup Group</a> (172)</li>\n<li><a title=\"South Florida WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/SF-WordPress-Users/\">South Florida WordPress Meetup Group</a> (164)</li>\n<li><a title=\"Atlanta WordPress Users Group\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/184/\">Atlanta WordPress Users Group</a> (147)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Bay Area WordPress Meetup\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/wordpress-sf/\">The Bay Area WordPress Meetup</a> (138)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Boston WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/boston-wordpress-meetup/\">The Boston WordPress Meetup Group</a> (110)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Chicago WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/mywplife/\">The Chicago WordPress Meetup Group</a> (97)</li>\n<li><a title=\"The Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The East Bay WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/\">The East Bay WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Las Vegas WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/LasVegasWordPress/\">Las Vegas WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The New Jersey WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-New-Jersey-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The New Jersey WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Southern California WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Southern-California-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Southern California WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Greater Charlotte Area WordPress Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Charlotte-Area-WordPress-Group/\">Greater Charlotte Area WordPress Group</a><div id=\"attachment_2987\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/matt-andy-markj-wordcamp2008sf.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/matt-andy-markj-wordcamp2008sf.jpg?w=300&#038;h=224\" alt=\"Matt Mullenweg, Andy Skelton, Mark Jaquith at WordCamp San Francisco 2008\" title=\"matt-andy-markj-wordcamp2008sf\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2987\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Mullenweg, Andy Skelton, Mark Jaquith at WordCamp San Francisco 2008</p></div></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Scottsdale WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Scottsdale-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Scottsdale WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Ferndale WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Ferndale-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Ferndale WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Raleigh WordPress Meetup Group hosted by Michael Torbert\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Raleigh-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">Raleigh WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"OKC WordPress Users Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/OKC-WordPress-Users-Group/\">OKC WordPress Users Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Singapore Blogger Meetup Group\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/188/\">Singapore Blogger Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Seattle WordPress 2.0\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-WordPress-2-0/\">Seattle WordPress 2.0</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The Bonita Springs WordPress Meetup Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/The-Bonita-Springs-WordPress-Meetup-Group/\">The Bonita Springs WordPress Meetup Group</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Gulf Coast Twitter/WordPress Group\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/GC-twitter-wordpress-group/\">Gulf Coast Twitter/WordPress Group</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>While there are WordPress meetup groups around the world, there are a lot of people are shouting out for one in their area. <a title=\"Copenhagen\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/dk/copenhagen/\">Copenhagen</a> (61 interested), <a title=\"Philadelphia, PA\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/us/pa/philadelphia/\">Philadelphia</a> (45), <a title=\"Houston, TX\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/us/tx/houston/\">Houston</a>, <a title=\"London\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/gb/london/\">London</a>, and <a title=\"Denver, CO\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/us/co/denver/\">Denver</a> are among the many. Some of these have had or are about to have a WordCamp event, so why aren&#8217;t there regular WordPress meetups?</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/wordcampmeetups-map.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/wordcampmeetups-map.jpg?w=300&#038;h=263\" alt=\"WordCamp Meetups Map at Meetups.com\" title=\"WordCamp Meetups Map at Meetups.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4101\" /></a><a title=\"WordPress Meetup Groups\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/\">WordPress Meetup Groups</a> on Meetup.com offers a map of all the places where there are WordPress events and activities and where ones are wanted. You can <a title=\"browse all cities\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/cities/\">browse a list of cities hosting WordPress events</a> or go directly to your region to find out where one is or who might be interested in putting one together.</p>\n<h3>What is the Difference Between a WordPress Meetup and WordCamp?</h3>\n<p>A WordPress Meetup is a frequent meeting of WordPress fans. If you would like to start a WordPress Meetup group, find a meeting place and announce it among your friends, and add a listing to the <a title=\"Event search for wordpress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&amp;q=wordpress\">Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress</a> and <a title=\"WordPress upcoming events\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/events/upcoming/\">WordPress Meetups Upcoming Events</a> and tag them &#8220;WordPress Events&#8221; and &#8220;WordPress&#8221;, as many track WordPress event announcements there.</p>\n<p>A WordPress Meetup allows locals to get together and learn from each other on how to use WordPress. There are formal WordPress meetups and informal ones, covering nothing but WordPress or including WordPress as part of other topics on web publishing and social media. WordPress meetups are usually held monthly or quarterly. </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49361.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_49361.jpg?w=300&#038;h=224\" alt=\"img_49361 - WordPress Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" title=\"img_49361 - WordPress Las Vegas - photography by Lorelle VanFossen\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3744\" /></a>A WordCamp is a day or two long event with sponsors and dozens if not hundreds of WordPress fans gathering annually. WordCamp Toronto was the first, I believe, to have a three day WordCamp event, but there are no rules. It differs from a WordPress Meetup because it is offered rarely instead of regularly.</p>\n<p>WordCamps were originally formatted on the Barcamp structure, loosely put together, grassroots gatherings of WordPress fans in a day long unconference style. While this works for some communities familiar with the unconference style, some stick with a more traditional conference format. </p>\n<p>While a WordPress Meetup can cover any topics of interest to their members, a WordCamp event is focused on WordPress for the majority of the programs and workshops.</p>\n<p>Many distinguish the two events based upon the length and speakers. WordPress Meetups tend to last a few hours where WordCamps are day long events. The speakers at WordCamps can come from your region or around the world. </p>\n<h3>How Do I Start a WordCamp or WordPress Meetup?</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cali-neal-talk.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cali-neal-talk.jpg?w=300&#038;h=189\" alt=\"Cali and Neal talk about Video blogging with WordPress at WordCamp Dallas\" title=\"Cali and Neal talk about Video blogging with WordPress at WordCamp Dallas\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2458\" /></a>If you would like to sponsor or host a WordCamp, check out the new official site for tracking WordCamps is <a title=\"WordCamp Central\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp Central</a>, which includes instructions and <a title=\"run your own WordCamp\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/guidelines/\">guidelines for running a WordCamp</a>. There are also articles with tips and techniques for WordPress Meetups and WordCamps on <a title=\"The WordCamp Report\" href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\">The WordCamp Report</a>, as well as on blogs by those who have run these events.</p>\n<p>In general, you need to have a team of at least 5 active volunteers, a location and date, speakers, sponsors, and food or easy access to food. The rest of it is up to you.</p>\n<p>Get a free blog on <a title=\"WordPress.com free blogs\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a> or host your own for the WordCamp, until WordCamp Central finishes setting up their WordPressMU blog network. Get a Twitter account and add a listing to the <a title=\"Event search for wordpress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&amp;q=wordpress\">Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress</a> and <a title=\"WordPress upcoming events\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/events/upcoming/\">WordPress Meetups Upcoming Events</a> and tag them &#8220;WordPress Events&#8221; and &#8220;WordCamp. These are tracked by many WordPress fans around the world, many whom are willing to fly in to the various WordPress and WordCamp events.</p>\n<h3>How Do I Get WordPress Rock Stars to My WordPress Event?</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/mattm-johnp.jpg\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/mattm-johnp.jpg?w=245&#038;h=300\" alt=\"John Pozadzides and Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Dallas\" title=\"John Pozadzides and Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Dallas\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2475\" /></a>While <a title=\"Matt Mullenweg\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt Mullenweg</a>, myself, and other representatives of WordPress and <a title=\"Automattic - parent company of WordPress, WordPress.com, Akismet, BuddyPress, and more\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://www.automattic.com/\">Automattic</a> try to get to as many WordCamp and WordPress events as we can, look to your own neighborhood and community for your own WordPress experts and rock stars.</p>\n<p>Many think it helps to have a &#8220;big name&#8221; to help attract attendees. In some large cities it does, but promote the event as a chance to learn about how to use WordPress in your business or personal life, and you&#8217;d be stunned at the number of people who will show up, just because they love WordPress.</p>\n<p>To ask one of the press-o-rati, contact them through their blogs, email or Twitter accounts. To request someone officially from Automattic or WordPress, use the <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/contact-us/\">WordCamp Central contact form</a> and ask. You can be vague and invite whoever is willing to come, or be specific and request someone who is an expert in WordPress Themes, Plugins, BuddyPress, bbPress, PollDaddy, Intense Debate, or any of the other WordPress and Automattic specific features and services.</p>\n<p>I highly recommend you make your WordCamp and WordPress event about your community. WordCamp/Podcamp Hawaii brought in local social media experts, musicians, and tourist industry representatives familiar with WordPress to speak to attendees, giving them the local perspective that their community needs. WordCamp Toronto brought in members of the local art community to display interactive art work and held community competitions for the event logo, blog designs, and Plugins, involving as many people and groups as possible to make the event a social one. WordCamp San Francisco 2008 had a fund-raising event &#8220;Scavenger Hunt&#8221; for a local educational charity on the day after the WordCamp sessions.</p>\n<p>There are a lot of ways you can involve your community and help others blog and share their voice with the world and benefit your community in general. Make your WordPress event inclusive not exclusive</p>\n<p>To publicize your WordPress event or WordCamp, contact <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/contact-us/\">WordCamp Central</a>, <a title=\"The WordCamp Report\" href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\">The WordCamp Report</a>, <a title=\"Event search for wordpress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&amp;q=wordpress\">Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress</a>, <a title=\"WordPress upcoming events\" href=\"http://wordpress.meetup.com/events/upcoming/\">WordPress Meetups Upcoming Events</a>, and Upcoming events tagged with &#8220;<a title=\"Upcoming: Public events tagged with \">WordCamp</a>&#8221; or &#8220;<a title=\"Upcoming Events tagged with WordPress\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/tag/wordpress/\">WordPress</a>,&#8221; and contact <a title=\"Email Lorelle\" href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/feed/lorelleonwordpress@gmail.com\">me by email</a> for inclusion on the <a title=\"Blog Herald\" rel=\"tag\" href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/\">Blog Herald</a> and my site and other WordPress fan sites.</p>\n<h3>Upcoming WordPress and WordCamp Events</h3>\n<p>Upcoming WordCamp and WordPress Events include:</p>\n<p><strong>May 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Ohio WordPress Meetup\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2495708/\">Akron, Ohio &#8211; Ohio WordPress Meetup &#8211; May 28, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp San Francisco 2009\" href=\"http://2009.sf.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp San Francisco 2009 &#8211; May 30, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"The East Bay WordPress May Meetup\" href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/calendar/10271819/\">San Francisco Area &#8211; The East Bay WordPress May Meetup &#8211; May 31, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>June 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Chicago\" href=\"http://wordcampchicago.com/\">WordCamp Chicago &#8211; June 6-7, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCampRDU 2009 - A NC WordPress Conference\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/977680/\">North Carolina &#8211; WordCampRDU 2009 &#8211; June 13, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"Los Angeles WordPress Users Group\" href=\"http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2656926/\">Los Angeles WordPress Users Group &#8211; June 14, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Brazil 2009\" href=\"http://www.wordpress-br.com/wordcamp-brasil\">WordCamp Brazil &#8211; June 21, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Dallas\" href=\"http://dallas.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp Dallas 2009 &#8211; Dallas, Texas &#8211; June 27-28, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>July 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Montreal\" href=\"http://wordcampmontreal.org/\">Canada &#8211; WordCamp Montreal &#8211; July 11-12, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp UK 2009\" href=\"http://wordcamp.org.uk/\">United Kingdom &#8211; WordCamp UK, Cardiff, Wales, July 18-19, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>August 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Huntsville 2009\" href=\"http://wordcamphsv.org/\">Alabama &#8211; WordCamp Huntsville &#8211; August 15-16, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>September 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp LA\" href=\"http://la.wordcamp.org/\">Los Angeles, California &#8211; WordCamp LA &#8211; September 12, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Portland\" href=\"http://www.wordcampportland.com/\">Portland, Oregon &#8211; WordCamp Portland &#8211; September 19-20, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Seattle\" href=\"http://www.wordcampseattle.org/\">WordCamp Seattle &#8211; September 26, 2009</a> (<a title=\"WordCamp Seattle Twitter\" href=\"http://twitter.com/wordcampseattle\">WordCamp Seattle Twitter</a>)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>October 2009</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp New York City 2009\" href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org\">WordCamp New York City 2009 &#8211; October 24, 2009</a></li>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp NL\" href=\"http://wordcampnl.org/\">Netherlands &#8211; WordCamp NL &#8211; October 31, 2009</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Upcoming WordCamps not scheduled or confirmed:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"WordCamp Indy\" href=\"http://wordcampindy.org/\">WordCamp Indy (Indianapolis)</a></li>\n<li>WordCamp Augusta</li>\n<li>WordCamp Argentina</li>\n<li>WordCamp San Diego</li>\n<li>WordCamp Perú</li>\n<li>WordCamp New Zealand</li>\n<li>WordCamp Israel</li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordPress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n<p>tt</p>\nPosted in WordCamps, WordPress Events, WordPress News  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/lorelle.wordpress.com/4094/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lorelle.wordpress.com&blog=72&post=4094&subd=lorelle&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/27\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5924\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/27/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0527/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3162:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://borrowedcode.com/?page_id=120\">BookLinker</a></p>\n<p>A WordPress plug-in that converts existing affiliate links into a list of book resources: Amazon, Powells, and IndieBound affiliate links, WorldCat library searches, and LibraryThing book pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=link-harvest\">Link Harvest</a></p>\n<p>This plugin will go through all of your posts and pages and compile a list of all external links. Then it will create a linkroll for you based on your actual linking activity.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://kelohe.com/bestpostpage/\">Best Post Page</a></p>\n<p>Best Post Page is a WordPress plugin, that utilizes optimization algorithms to chose the best posts based on criteria such as views and comments. This plugin automatically generates a page called &#8216;Best of Posts&#8217; that displays the top 10 posts from your blog. The list of the best posts is automatically recalculated. All you have to do is download and activate the plugin.</p>\n<p><span>Google Analytics Stats Deluxe</span> Link removed due to it being paid</p>\n<p>A big step up from the Standard Version of Google Analytics Stats. Google Analytics Stats Deluxe includes all the features of Google Analytics Stats and more</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.samuelaguilera.com/archivo/shorten2ping-notifies-pingfm-bitly.xhtml\">Shorten2Ping</a></p>\n<p>Sends status updates to Ping.fm every time you publish a post. Using Bit.ly for the permalinks (Ping.fm and Bit.ly accounts required). So this way you can send status to many sites at once if you have a Ping.fm account.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/notify-unconfirmed-subscribers-google-feedburner-compatibility.html\">Notify Unconfirmed Subscribers</a></p>\n<p>Allows users to notify unconfirmed email subscribers in their Feedburner account</p>\n<p><span>Ajax Login Pro</span> Link removed due to it being paid</p>\n<p>iRedlof Ajax Login Pro adds a beautiful Javascript loaded Top Panel on your wordpress blog to let your site users :</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://chris-fletcher.com/plug-ins/google-analytics-stats/\">Google Analytics Stats</a></p>\n<p>A dashboard plugin with an admin interface to configure the 3 parameters that are required</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/26/gd-press-tools-120/\">GD Press Tools</a></p>\n<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various additional administration tools. This tools can be integrated into the various WordPress admin panels, can perform maintenance operations, chanage some aspects of WordPress. Bellow you can find the detailed list of features and plugin version when the feature is added.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=shortcut-macros\">Shortcut Macros</a></p>\n<p>Shortcut Macros allows you to define letter combinations that will expand to longer words, URLs, phrases, etc.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/27/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0527/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/27</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 27 May 2009 19:26:34 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3162:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://borrowedcode.com/?page_id=120\">BookLinker</a></p>\n<p>A WordPress plug-in that converts existing affiliate links into a list of book resources: Amazon, Powells, and IndieBound affiliate links, WorldCat library searches, and LibraryThing book pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=link-harvest\">Link Harvest</a></p>\n<p>This plugin will go through all of your posts and pages and compile a list of all external links. Then it will create a linkroll for you based on your actual linking activity.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://kelohe.com/bestpostpage/\">Best Post Page</a></p>\n<p>Best Post Page is a WordPress plugin, that utilizes optimization algorithms to chose the best posts based on criteria such as views and comments. This plugin automatically generates a page called &#8216;Best of Posts&#8217; that displays the top 10 posts from your blog. The list of the best posts is automatically recalculated. All you have to do is download and activate the plugin.</p>\n<p><span>Google Analytics Stats Deluxe</span> Link removed due to it being paid</p>\n<p>A big step up from the Standard Version of Google Analytics Stats. Google Analytics Stats Deluxe includes all the features of Google Analytics Stats and more</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.samuelaguilera.com/archivo/shorten2ping-notifies-pingfm-bitly.xhtml\">Shorten2Ping</a></p>\n<p>Sends status updates to Ping.fm every time you publish a post. Using Bit.ly for the permalinks (Ping.fm and Bit.ly accounts required). So this way you can send status to many sites at once if you have a Ping.fm account.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/notify-unconfirmed-subscribers-google-feedburner-compatibility.html\">Notify Unconfirmed Subscribers</a></p>\n<p>Allows users to notify unconfirmed email subscribers in their Feedburner account</p>\n<p><span>Ajax Login Pro</span> Link removed due to it being paid</p>\n<p>iRedlof Ajax Login Pro adds a beautiful Javascript loaded Top Panel on your wordpress blog to let your site users :</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://chris-fletcher.com/plug-ins/google-analytics-stats/\">Google Analytics Stats</a></p>\n<p>A dashboard plugin with an admin interface to configure the 3 parameters that are required</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/26/gd-press-tools-120/\">GD Press Tools</a></p>\n<p>GD Press Tools is a collection of various additional administration tools. This tools can be integrated into the various WordPress admin panels, can perform maintenance operations, chanage some aspects of WordPress. Bellow you can find the detailed list of features and plugin version when the feature is added.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=shortcut-macros\">Shortcut Macros</a></p>\n<p>Shortcut Macros allows you to define letter combinations that will expand to longer words, URLs, phrases, etc.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/27/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0527/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/27</a></p>\";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Alex King: Delink Comment Author 1.3\";s:4:\"guid\";s:60:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/27/delink-comment-author-13\";s:4:\"link\";s:60:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/27/delink-comment-author-13\";s:11:\"description\";s:1360:\"<p>I&#8217;ve released a new version of my Delink Comment Author <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> plugin. This version adds compatibility with the new admin interface in WordPress 2.7.x.</p>\n<p>This is a one-trick pony that does the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adds a link to your comments page to allow you to remove the comment author URL from a comment.</li>\n<li>Adds a link in your comment notification emails to the same.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>On this site I have a policy of only giving backlinks to personal web sites for commentors. Some comments I receive aren&#8217;t SPAM, but the URL they leave is to a non-personal web site (commercial, advertising, etc.). I use this plugin to easily remove those URLs without removing the comment.</p>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=Delink+Comment+Author+1.3&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fdelink-comment-author-13\">ShareThis</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 27 May 2009 19:03:49 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1360:\"<p>I&#8217;ve released a new version of my Delink Comment Author <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> plugin. This version adds compatibility with the new admin interface in WordPress 2.7.x.</p>\n<p>This is a one-trick pony that does the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adds a link to your comments page to allow you to remove the comment author URL from a comment.</li>\n<li>Adds a link in your comment notification emails to the same.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>On this site I have a policy of only giving backlinks to personal web sites for commentors. Some comments I receive aren&#8217;t SPAM, but the URL they leave is to a non-personal web site (commercial, advertising, etc.). I use this plugin to easily remove those URLs without removing the comment.</p>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=Delink+Comment+Author+1.3&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fdelink-comment-author-13\">ShareThis</a></p>\";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Weblog Tools Collection: What can WordPress do for you?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5919\";s:4:\"link\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/27/what-can-wordpress-do-for-you/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3509:\"<p>I receive questions about WordPress from various sources and I love answering them. I serve on the technical advisory board for our local University and recently ran into one of the other board members who had been using WordPress for some time. He wanted his WordPress site to do a few things that he could not get to work and his email to me ended with &#8220;I think I have hit the end of WordPress&#8217; capabilities.&#8221; I respectfully disagreed and proceeded to give him links to solutions that I had found. He found them really useful and is going to use them in his re-design.</p>\n<p>This perception of &#8220;reaching the end of WordPress&#8221; is somewhat common. At a recent WordCamp, I had the distinct feeling (after talking with a bunch of the attendees and from feedback) that they were looking for cool things to do with their WordPress blog to accomplish various ends but were held back because they either did not know what to look for or did not know where to look for it and <em>who to trust</em>.</p>\n<p>I would like to use this opportunity to increase awareness and provide answers to some of these questions. I would like to know what WordPress can do for you. Please use <a href=\"http://midout.com/groups/what-can-wordpress-do-for-you\">the group forums on the WLTC Community</a> to post your questions and needs and find your answers. We will choose the best requests for regular posts on Weblog Tools Collection and plan to use them at WordCamps if given the opportunity.</p>\n<p>Here are the questions that my friend had for me and my answers to them (edited and modified for content). Please leave a comment if you have a different answer or will benefit from these.</p>\n<blockquote><p>1)  Have found no good way to create &#8220;hidden&#8221; pages that do not show up on the menus</p></blockquote>\n<p>The following Plugin solves the problem: <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/\" target=\"_blank\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/</a></p>\n<blockquote><p>2) Have not found a way to embed videos in blog posts and have them displayed on a skinnable Flash video player. The only way is to embed code from other video services such as YouTube which looks unprofessional.</p></blockquote>\n<p>The following Plugin provides a nice embeddable Flash Video player where you upload your own videos: <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/\" target=\"_blank\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/</a></p>\n<blockquote><p>3) I have not figured out a good way to embed a forum onto a “page”  so that customers can have discussions. The best concept I have came up with so far is using an embedded frame and a 2<sup>nd</sup> domain.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I would suggest a plugin such as <a href=\"http://www.intensedebate.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.intensedebate.com/</a> which provides most of the forum like features with very little overhead or risk of mangled code. Some people (such as the <a href=\"http://blog.slickdeals.net/\">SlickDeals blog</a>) integerates <a href=\"http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=205388\">vBulletin with WordPress</a>, but that includes more than just a plugin download.</p>\n<p><strong>So what can WordPress do for you?</strong></p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/27/what-can-wordpress-do-for-you/\">What can WordPress do for you?</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 27 May 2009 15:02:49 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3509:\"<p>I receive questions about WordPress from various sources and I love answering them. I serve on the technical advisory board for our local University and recently ran into one of the other board members who had been using WordPress for some time. He wanted his WordPress site to do a few things that he could not get to work and his email to me ended with &#8220;I think I have hit the end of WordPress&#8217; capabilities.&#8221; I respectfully disagreed and proceeded to give him links to solutions that I had found. He found them really useful and is going to use them in his re-design.</p>\n<p>This perception of &#8220;reaching the end of WordPress&#8221; is somewhat common. At a recent WordCamp, I had the distinct feeling (after talking with a bunch of the attendees and from feedback) that they were looking for cool things to do with their WordPress blog to accomplish various ends but were held back because they either did not know what to look for or did not know where to look for it and <em>who to trust</em>.</p>\n<p>I would like to use this opportunity to increase awareness and provide answers to some of these questions. I would like to know what WordPress can do for you. Please use <a href=\"http://midout.com/groups/what-can-wordpress-do-for-you\">the group forums on the WLTC Community</a> to post your questions and needs and find your answers. We will choose the best requests for regular posts on Weblog Tools Collection and plan to use them at WordCamps if given the opportunity.</p>\n<p>Here are the questions that my friend had for me and my answers to them (edited and modified for content). Please leave a comment if you have a different answer or will benefit from these.</p>\n<blockquote><p>1)  Have found no good way to create &#8220;hidden&#8221; pages that do not show up on the menus</p></blockquote>\n<p>The following Plugin solves the problem: <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/\" target=\"_blank\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/</a></p>\n<blockquote><p>2) Have not found a way to embed videos in blog posts and have them displayed on a skinnable Flash video player. The only way is to embed code from other video services such as YouTube which looks unprofessional.</p></blockquote>\n<p>The following Plugin provides a nice embeddable Flash Video player where you upload your own videos: <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/\" target=\"_blank\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/</a></p>\n<blockquote><p>3) I have not figured out a good way to embed a forum onto a “page”  so that customers can have discussions. The best concept I have came up with so far is using an embedded frame and a 2<sup>nd</sup> domain.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I would suggest a plugin such as <a href=\"http://www.intensedebate.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.intensedebate.com/</a> which provides most of the forum like features with very little overhead or risk of mangled code. Some people (such as the <a href=\"http://blog.slickdeals.net/\">SlickDeals blog</a>) integerates <a href=\"http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=205388\">vBulletin with WordPress</a>, but that includes more than just a plugin download.</p>\n<p><strong>So what can WordPress do for you?</strong></p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/27/what-can-wordpress-do-for-you/\">What can WordPress do for you?</a></p>\";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Alex King: Shortcut Macros 1.3\";s:4:\"guid\";s:54:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/27/shortcut-macros-13\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/27/shortcut-macros-13\";s:11:\"description\";s:1334:\"<p>I&#8217;ve updated my Shortcut Macros <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> plugin with minor changes to make it work a little better with the latest versions of the WordPress admin interface.</p>\n<p>Shortcut Macros allows you to define letter combinations that will expand to longer words, URLs, phrases, etc. For example, if you are tired of writing the entire link to WordPress.org:</p>\n<blockquote><p>&lt;a href=&#8221;http://wordpress.org/&#8221; rel=&#8221;external&#8221;&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;</p></blockquote>\n<p>you could set up a macro for it, something like:</p>\n<blockquote><p>##<b>wp</b></p></blockquote>\n<p>Then you can just type the macro into your blog post and it will automatically be expanded for you.</p>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=Shortcut+Macros+1.3&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fshortcut-macros-13\">ShareThis</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 27 May 2009 14:41:47 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1334:\"<p>I&#8217;ve updated my Shortcut Macros <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> plugin with minor changes to make it work a little better with the latest versions of the WordPress admin interface.</p>\n<p>Shortcut Macros allows you to define letter combinations that will expand to longer words, URLs, phrases, etc. For example, if you are tired of writing the entire link to WordPress.org:</p>\n<blockquote><p>&lt;a href=&#8221;http://wordpress.org/&#8221; rel=&#8221;external&#8221;&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;</p></blockquote>\n<p>you could set up a macro for it, something like:</p>\n<blockquote><p>##<b>wp</b></p></blockquote>\n<p>Then you can just type the macro into your blog post and it will automatically be expanded for you.</p>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=Shortcut+Macros+1.3&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fshortcut-macros-13\">ShareThis</a></p>\";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:15:\"Matt: Ask Matt!\";s:4:\"guid\";s:21:\"http://ma.tt/?p=14297\";s:4:\"link\";s:30:\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/ask-matt/\";s:11:\"description\";s:424:\"<p><a href=\"http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/91AAC71151CF01D5/?source=blog\">Ask me a question here and I&#8217;ll pick the best and post a video answer here on this blog</a>. This was always the intention of the <a href=\"http://ma.tt/category/ask-matt/\">Ask Matt</a> category,  just never got around to doing it before. <img src=\"http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 27 May 2009 02:58:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:424:\"<p><a href=\"http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/91AAC71151CF01D5/?source=blog\">Ask me a question here and I&#8217;ll pick the best and post a video answer here on this blog</a>. This was always the intention of the <a href=\"http://ma.tt/category/ask-matt/\">Ask Matt</a> category,  just never got around to doing it before. <img src=\"http://ma.tt/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Alex King: Link Harvest 1.2\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/26/link-harvest-12\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/05/26/link-harvest-12\";s:11:\"description\";s:1150:\"<p>I&#8217;ve updated my Link Harvest <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> plugin to be compatible with WordPress 2.7.x. Link Harvest is a plugin that enables you to mine the link data from the content of your blog/web site and generate a links list/blogroll from it. You can see mine <a href=\"http://alexking.org/links\">here</a>.</p>\n<p>Notable changes in this version:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compatibility with WordPress 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 (need to test 2.8, but it should work).</li>\n<li>Switched to jQuery instead of Prototype for the AJAX stuff.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=Link+Harvest+1.2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Flink-harvest-12\">ShareThis</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 26 May 2009 23:08:50 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1150:\"<p>I&#8217;ve updated my Link Harvest <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress</a> plugin to be compatible with WordPress 2.7.x. Link Harvest is a plugin that enables you to mine the link data from the content of your blog/web site and generate a links list/blogroll from it. You can see mine <a href=\"http://alexking.org/links\">here</a>.</p>\n<p>Notable changes in this version:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compatibility with WordPress 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 (need to test 2.8, but it should work).</li>\n<li>Switched to jQuery instead of Prototype for the AJAX stuff.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The download and more information are available on my <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">WordPress Plugins page</a>.</p>\n<p>If you have any trouble with this, please contact the <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> or you can try the  <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/\" rel=\"external\">WP Support Forums</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sharethis.com/item?&wp=2.2.3&amp;publisher=a1583af8-28eb-4210-97bd-2bb5c02bc265&amp;title=Link+Harvest+1.2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Falexking.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Flink-harvest-12\">ShareThis</a></p>\";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Matt: A Day on Necker Island\";s:4:\"guid\";s:21:\"http://ma.tt/?p=14109\";s:4:\"link\";s:44:\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/\";s:11:\"description\";s:42384:\"<p>I had the opportunity to visit Necker Island and hang with some great folks including <a href=\"http://richard.virgin.com/\">Sir Richard Branson</a>, these pics are a collection of a day on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. (Sorry if you when you first tried to load this it crashed your browser, there was a bug in my gallery where it was loading the full-size images instead of the resized. All fixed!)</p>\n<p><span id=\"more-14109\"></span></p>\n\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6965-2/\" title=\"MCM_6965\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6965-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6965\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6967-2/\" title=\"MCM_6967\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6967-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6967\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6968-2/\" title=\"MCM_6968\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6968-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6968\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6970/\" title=\"MCM_6970\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6970-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6970\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6972/\" title=\"MCM_6972\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6972-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6972\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6973-2/\" title=\"MCM_6973\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6973-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6973\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6975/\" title=\"MCM_6975\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6975-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6975\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6976/\" title=\"MCM_6976\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6976-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7022\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7024/\" title=\"MCM_7024\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7024-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7024\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7030/\" title=\"MCM_7030\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7030-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7030\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7031-2/\" title=\"MCM_7031\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7031-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7031\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7034-3/\" title=\"MCM_7034\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7034-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7034\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7037-2/\" title=\"MCM_7037\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7037-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7037\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7038/\" title=\"MCM_7038\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7038-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7038\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7039-3/\" title=\"MCM_7039\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7039-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7039\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7040/\" title=\"MCM_7040\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7040-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7040\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7041-2/\" title=\"MCM_7041\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7041-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7041\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7042/\" title=\"MCM_7042\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7042-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7042\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7044/\" title=\"MCM_7044\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7044-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7044\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7046-2/\" title=\"MCM_7046\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7046-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7046\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7047-2/\" title=\"MCM_7047\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7047-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7047\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7049/\" title=\"MCM_7049\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7049-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7049\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7052/\" title=\"MCM_7052\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7052-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7052\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7059/\" title=\"MCM_7059\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7059-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7069\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7070-2/\" title=\"MCM_7070\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7070-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7070\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7071/\" title=\"MCM_7071\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7071-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7071\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7072/\" title=\"MCM_7072\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7072-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7072\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7073-3/\" title=\"MCM_7073\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7073-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7073\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7074-2/\" title=\"MCM_7074\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7074-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7074\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7076-2/\" title=\"MCM_7076\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7076-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7076\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7077-3/\" title=\"MCM_7077\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7077-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7077\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7078/\" title=\"MCM_7078\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7078-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7078\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7079-2/\" title=\"MCM_7079\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7079-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7079\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7081-3/\" title=\"MCM_7081\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7081-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7081\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7082/\" title=\"MCM_7082\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7082-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7082\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7083/\" title=\"MCM_7083\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7083-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7083\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7084-2/\" title=\"MCM_7084\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7084-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7084\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7085-2/\" title=\"MCM_7085\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7085-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7085\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7086/\" title=\"MCM_7086\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7086-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7086\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7088/\" title=\"MCM_7088\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7088-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7088\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7089-2/\" title=\"MCM_7089\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7089-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7089\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7090-2/\" title=\"MCM_7090\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7090-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7090\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7092/\" title=\"MCM_7092\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7092-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7092\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7093/\" title=\"MCM_7093\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7093-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7093\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7094-2/\" title=\"MCM_7094\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7094-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7094\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7097/\" title=\"MCM_7097\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7097-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7097\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7103/\" title=\"MCM_7103\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7103-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7103\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7119-2/\" title=\"MCM_7119\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7119-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7119\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7122/\" title=\"MCM_7122\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7122-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7122\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7124/\" title=\"MCM_7124\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7124-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7124\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7125/\" title=\"MCM_7125\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7125-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7125\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7126/\" title=\"MCM_7126\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7126-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7126\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7127/\" title=\"MCM_7127\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7127-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7127\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7128/\" title=\"MCM_7128\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7128-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7128\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7131/\" title=\"MCM_7131\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7131-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7131\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7135-2/\" title=\"MCM_7135\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7135-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7135\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7136/\" title=\"MCM_7136\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7136-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7136\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7137-2/\" title=\"MCM_7137\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7137-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7137\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7141-2/\" title=\"MCM_7141\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7141-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7141\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7143/\" title=\"MCM_7143\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7143-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7143\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7145-2/\" title=\"MCM_7145\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7145-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7145\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7146/\" title=\"MCM_7146\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7146-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7146\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7148-2/\" title=\"MCM_7148\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7148-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7148\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7152/\" title=\"MCM_7152\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7152-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7152\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7155-2/\" title=\"MCM_7155\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7155-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7155\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7156-2/\" title=\"MCM_7156\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7156-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7156\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7173-2/\" title=\"MCM_7173\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7173-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7173\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7175-2/\" title=\"MCM_7175\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7175-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7175\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7176-2/\" title=\"MCM_7176\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7176-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7176\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7177/\" title=\"MCM_7177\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7177-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7177\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7178/\" title=\"MCM_7178\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7178-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7178\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7179/\" title=\"MCM_7179\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7179-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7179\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7184-2/\" title=\"MCM_7184\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7184-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7184\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7185/\" title=\"MCM_7185\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7185-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7185\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7187/\" title=\"MCM_7187\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7187-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7187\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7188-2/\" title=\"MCM_7188\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7188-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7188\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7191-2/\" title=\"MCM_7191\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7191-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7191\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7192/\" title=\"MCM_7192\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7192-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7192\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7197-2/\" title=\"MCM_7197\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7197-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7197\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7198-2/\" title=\"MCM_7198\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7198-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7198\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7204/\" title=\"MCM_7204\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7204-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7204\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7205/\" title=\"MCM_7205\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7205-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7205\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7206/\" title=\"MCM_7206\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7206-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7206\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7208-2/\" title=\"MCM_7208\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7208-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7208\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7212/\" title=\"MCM_7212\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7212-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7212\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7216/\" title=\"MCM_7216\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7216-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7216\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7217/\" title=\"MCM_7217\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7217-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7217\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7218/\" title=\"MCM_7218\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7218-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7228\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7241/\" title=\"MCM_7241\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7241-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7241\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7250-2/\" title=\"MCM_7250\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7250-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7250\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7252/\" title=\"MCM_7252\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7252-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7252\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7260-2/\" title=\"MCM_7260\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7260-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7260\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7267-2/\" title=\"MCM_7267\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7267-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7267\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7274/\" title=\"MCM_7274\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7274-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7274\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7277/\" title=\"MCM_7277\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7277-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7277\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7281/\" title=\"MCM_7281\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7281-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7281\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7302/\" title=\"MCM_7302\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7302-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7302\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7304/\" title=\"MCM_7304\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7304-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7304\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7315-2/\" title=\"MCM_7315\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7315-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7315\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7323/\" title=\"MCM_7323\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7323-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7323\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7330-2/\" title=\"MCM_7330\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7330-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7330\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7348/\" title=\"MCM_7348\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7348-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7348\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7352-2/\" title=\"MCM_7352\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7352-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7352\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7368-2/\" title=\"MCM_7368\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7368-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7368\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7375/\" title=\"MCM_7375\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7375-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7375\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7392/\" title=\"MCM_7392\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7392-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7392\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7393-2/\" title=\"MCM_7393\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7393-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7393\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7407/\" title=\"MCM_7407\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7407-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7407\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7412/\" title=\"MCM_7412\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7412-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7412\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7414/\" title=\"MCM_7414\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7414-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7414\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7420-2/\" title=\"MCM_7420\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7420-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7420\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7428/\" title=\"MCM_7428\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7428-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7428\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7432/\" title=\"MCM_7432\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7432-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7432\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7441-2/\" title=\"MCM_7441\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7441-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7441\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7452/\" title=\"MCM_7452\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7452-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7452\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7458-2/\" title=\"MCM_7458\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7458-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7458\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7463/\" title=\"MCM_7463\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7463-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7463\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7471/\" title=\"MCM_7471\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7471-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7471\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7480-2/\" title=\"MCM_7480\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7480-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7480\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7508/\" title=\"MCM_7508\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7508-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7508\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7520-2/\" title=\"MCM_7520\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7520-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7520\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7526-2/\" title=\"MCM_7526\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7526-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7526\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7533-2/\" title=\"MCM_7533\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7533-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7533\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7538/\" title=\"MCM_7538\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7538-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7538\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7545/\" title=\"MCM_7545\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7545-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7545\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7565/\" title=\"MCM_7565\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7565-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7565\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7567/\" title=\"MCM_7567\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7567-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7567\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7570-2/\" title=\"MCM_7570\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7570-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7570\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7574-2/\" title=\"MCM_7574\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7574-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7574\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7576-2/\" title=\"MCM_7576\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7576-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7576\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7578-2/\" title=\"MCM_7578\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7578-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7578\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7581/\" title=\"MCM_7581\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7581-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7581\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7582/\" title=\"MCM_7582\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7582-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7582\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7584/\" title=\"MCM_7584\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7584-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7584\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7592/\" title=\"MCM_7592\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7592-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7592\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7595/\" title=\"MCM_7595\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7595-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7595\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7597/\" title=\"MCM_7597\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7597-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7597\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7607-2/\" title=\"MCM_7607\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7607-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7607\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7609/\" title=\"MCM_7609\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7609-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7609\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7610/\" title=\"MCM_7610\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7610-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7610\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7615/\" title=\"MCM_7615\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7615-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7615\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7620/\" title=\"MCM_7620\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7620-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7620\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7626/\" title=\"MCM_7626\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7626-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7626\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7630/\" title=\"MCM_7630\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7630-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7630\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7631/\" title=\"MCM_7631\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7631-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7631\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7632/\" title=\"MCM_7632\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7632-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7632\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7639/\" title=\"MCM_7639\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7639-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7639\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7646/\" title=\"MCM_7646\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7646-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7646\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7647-2/\" title=\"MCM_7647\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7647-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7647\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7662-2/\" title=\"MCM_7662\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7662-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7662\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7666-2/\" title=\"MCM_7666\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7666-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7666\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7673-2/\" title=\"MCM_7673\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7673-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7673\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7688-2/\" title=\"MCM_7688\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7688-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7688\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7697-2/\" title=\"MCM_7697\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7697-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7697\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7705/\" title=\"MCM_7705\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7705-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7705\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7717-2/\" title=\"MCM_7717\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7717-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7751\" /></a>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 25 May 2009 22:00:27 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:42384:\"<p>I had the opportunity to visit Necker Island and hang with some great folks including <a href=\"http://richard.virgin.com/\">Sir Richard Branson</a>, these pics are a collection of a day on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. (Sorry if you when you first tried to load this it crashed your browser, there was a bug in my gallery where it was loading the full-size images instead of the resized. All fixed!)</p>\n<p><span id=\"more-14109\"></span></p>\n\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6965-2/\" title=\"MCM_6965\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6965-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6965\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6967-2/\" title=\"MCM_6967\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6967-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6967\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6968-2/\" title=\"MCM_6968\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6968-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_6968\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_6970/\" title=\"MCM_6970\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_6970-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7126\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7127/\" title=\"MCM_7127\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7127-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7127\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7128/\" title=\"MCM_7128\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7128-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7128\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7131/\" title=\"MCM_7131\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7131-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7131\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7135-2/\" title=\"MCM_7135\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7135-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7135\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7136/\" title=\"MCM_7136\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7136-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7136\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7137-2/\" title=\"MCM_7137\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7137-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7137\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7141-2/\" title=\"MCM_7141\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7141-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7141\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7143/\" title=\"MCM_7143\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7143-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7143\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7145-2/\" title=\"MCM_7145\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7145-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7145\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7146/\" title=\"MCM_7146\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7146-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7146\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7148-2/\" title=\"MCM_7148\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7148-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7148\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7152/\" title=\"MCM_7152\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7152-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7152\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7155-2/\" title=\"MCM_7155\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7155-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7155\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7156-2/\" title=\"MCM_7156\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7156-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7156\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7173-2/\" title=\"MCM_7173\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7173-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7173\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7175-2/\" title=\"MCM_7175\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7175-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7175\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7176-2/\" title=\"MCM_7176\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7176-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7176\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7177/\" title=\"MCM_7177\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7177-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7177\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7178/\" title=\"MCM_7178\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7178-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7178\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7179/\" title=\"MCM_7179\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7179-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7179\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7184-2/\" title=\"MCM_7184\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7184-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7184\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7185/\" title=\"MCM_7185\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7185-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7185\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7187/\" title=\"MCM_7187\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7187-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7187\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7188-2/\" title=\"MCM_7188\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7188-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7188\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7191-2/\" title=\"MCM_7191\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7191-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7191\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7192/\" title=\"MCM_7192\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7192-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7192\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7197-2/\" title=\"MCM_7197\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7197-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7197\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7198-2/\" title=\"MCM_7198\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7198-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7198\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7204/\" title=\"MCM_7204\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7204-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7204\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7205/\" title=\"MCM_7205\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7205-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7205\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7206/\" title=\"MCM_7206\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7206-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7206\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7208-2/\" title=\"MCM_7208\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7208-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7208\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7212/\" title=\"MCM_7212\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7212-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7212\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7216/\" title=\"MCM_7216\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7216-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7216\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7217/\" title=\"MCM_7217\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7217-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7217\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7218/\" title=\"MCM_7218\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7218-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7218\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7219/\" title=\"MCM_7219\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7219-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7219\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7221/\" title=\"MCM_7221\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7221-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7221\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7223/\" title=\"MCM_7223\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7223-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7223\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7228-2/\" title=\"MCM_7228\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7228-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7228\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7241/\" title=\"MCM_7241\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7241-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7241\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7250-2/\" title=\"MCM_7250\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7250-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7250\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7252/\" title=\"MCM_7252\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7252-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7252\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7260-2/\" title=\"MCM_7260\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7260-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7260\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7267-2/\" title=\"MCM_7267\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7267-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7267\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7274/\" title=\"MCM_7274\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7274-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7274\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7277/\" title=\"MCM_7277\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7277-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7277\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7281/\" title=\"MCM_7281\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7281-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7281\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7302/\" title=\"MCM_7302\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7302-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7302\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7304/\" title=\"MCM_7304\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7304-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7304\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7315-2/\" title=\"MCM_7315\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7315-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7315\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7323/\" title=\"MCM_7323\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7323-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7323\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7330-2/\" title=\"MCM_7330\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7330-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7330\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7348/\" title=\"MCM_7348\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7348-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7348\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7352-2/\" title=\"MCM_7352\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7352-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7352\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7368-2/\" title=\"MCM_7368\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7368-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7368\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7375/\" title=\"MCM_7375\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7375-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7375\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7392/\" title=\"MCM_7392\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7392-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7392\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7393-2/\" title=\"MCM_7393\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7393-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7393\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7407/\" title=\"MCM_7407\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7407-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7407\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7412/\" title=\"MCM_7412\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7412-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7412\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7414/\" title=\"MCM_7414\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7414-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7414\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7420-2/\" title=\"MCM_7420\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7420-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7420\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7428/\" title=\"MCM_7428\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7428-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7673\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7688-2/\" title=\"MCM_7688\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7688-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7688\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7697-2/\" title=\"MCM_7697\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7697-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7697\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7705/\" title=\"MCM_7705\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7705-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7705\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7717-2/\" title=\"MCM_7717\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7717-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7717\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7718/\" title=\"MCM_7718\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7718-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7718\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7721/\" title=\"MCM_7721\"><img width=\"139\" height=\"210\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7721-139x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7721\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7730/\" title=\"MCM_7730\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7730-195x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7730\" /></a>\n<a href=\"http://ma.tt/2009/05/a-day-on-necker-island/mcm_7740/\" title=\"MCM_7740\"><img width=\"195\" height=\"129\" src=\"http://s.ma.tt/files/2009/05/MCM_7740-195x129.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"MCM_7751\" /></a>\";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 05/25\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5917\";s:4:\"link\";s:89:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/25/wordpress-theme-releases-for-0525-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2362:\"<h4><a href=\"http://izandi.net/2009/05/adsense-wordpress-themes/\">Adsense WordPress Themes</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://iklanz.com/wp_demo/\"><img title=\"Adsense Ready Themes\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/adsensereadythemes.gif\" alt=\"Adsense Ready Themes\" width=\"200\" height=\"121\" /></a></p>\n<p>Three column, non-widgeted sidebar, gravatar ready with three ready made adsense ads and SEO friendly tags.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/city-finance-wordpress-theme/\">City Finance</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"City Finance\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/cityfinance.gif\" alt=\"City Finance\" width=\"200\" height=\"135\" /></p>\n<p>The theme is a quick set up finance related WordPress theme. Completely widgetized and Adsense ready. 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It does not affect other applications that use Akismet.</p>\n<p>Technically-minded users can read the specifics in <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9934\">the WordPress Trac system</a>.</p>\n<p>We expect to have a fix in WordPress core soon, and deployed to WordPress.com shortly after.</p>\n<p>This is probably a good opportunity to remind readers that Akismet is not necessarily the reason a comment gets caught as spam.  The majority of complaints we receive about real comments being caught as spam were in fact not caused by Akismet at all &#8211; but by other spam filtering plugins or features.  (Unfortunately WordPress doesn&#8217;t show the reason a comment was moved to the Spam filter, so there&#8217;s no easy way to tell which ones were put there by Akismet and which ones by something else).</p>\n<p>In particular, the WordPress Comment Blacklist feature (Settings / Discussion) trips up some users.  It lets administrators provide a list of words, IP or email addresses that should be blocked as spam.  Any comments that match words in the blacklist will automatically be moved to the Spam filter &#8211; regardless of whether or not Akismet considers it to be spam.  The blacklist matches <em>within words</em>, meaning that if you add a short string such as &#8220;ru&#8221;, it will block any comment containing the words &#8220;truth&#8221; or &#8220;fruit&#8221;, or any other word with the letters &#8220;ru&#8221;.  And, since the blacklist takes precedence over Akismet, reporting those comments to Akismet as false positives won&#8217;t stop them from being caught.</p>\n<p>If you think the Comment Blacklist feature might be catching legitimate comments as spam, the <a href=\"http://thresholdstate.com/threshold/4341/tw-blacklight-plugin-for-wordpress\">tw-blacklight</a> plugin might help your diagnosis.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll update the <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/\">Akismet blog</a> when the WordPress bug has been fixed.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=207&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 25 May 2009 01:45:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3545:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><strong>Update</strong>: the problem has now been <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9934\">fixed</a>.</p>\n<p>A bug in development versions of WordPress is causing some comments to be incorrectly caught as spam.  <strong>The problem is in WordPress</strong>, not Akismet, and there&#8217;s no way for Akismet to prevent it from happening.</p>\n<p>The problem only affects WordPress blogs running current development code.  It does not affect other applications that use Akismet.</p>\n<p>Technically-minded users can read the specifics in <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9934\">the WordPress Trac system</a>.</p>\n<p>We expect to have a fix in WordPress core soon, and deployed to WordPress.com shortly after.</p>\n<p>This is probably a good opportunity to remind readers that Akismet is not necessarily the reason a comment gets caught as spam.  The majority of complaints we receive about real comments being caught as spam were in fact not caused by Akismet at all &#8211; but by other spam filtering plugins or features.  (Unfortunately WordPress doesn&#8217;t show the reason a comment was moved to the Spam filter, so there&#8217;s no easy way to tell which ones were put there by Akismet and which ones by something else).</p>\n<p>In particular, the WordPress Comment Blacklist feature (Settings / Discussion) trips up some users.  It lets administrators provide a list of words, IP or email addresses that should be blocked as spam.  Any comments that match words in the blacklist will automatically be moved to the Spam filter &#8211; regardless of whether or not Akismet considers it to be spam.  The blacklist matches <em>within words</em>, meaning that if you add a short string such as &#8220;ru&#8221;, it will block any comment containing the words &#8220;truth&#8221; or &#8220;fruit&#8221;, or any other word with the letters &#8220;ru&#8221;.  And, since the blacklist takes precedence over Akismet, reporting those comments to Akismet as false positives won&#8217;t stop them from being caught.</p>\n<p>If you think the Comment Blacklist feature might be catching legitimate comments as spam, the <a href=\"http://thresholdstate.com/threshold/4341/tw-blacklight-plugin-for-wordpress\">tw-blacklight</a> plugin might help your diagnosis.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll update the <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/\">Akismet blog</a> when the WordPress bug has been fixed.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/akismet.wordpress.com/207/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.akismet.com&blog=116920&post=207&subd=akismet&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/23\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=5910\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/23/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0523-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3361:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://orenyomtov.info/mass-custom-fields-manager-wordpress-plugin.html\">Mass Custom Fields Manager</a></p>\n<p>Mass Custom Fields Manager (MCFM) is a plugin for people who use WordPress to manage their post’s custom fields with ease.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.press75.com/the-simple-video-embedder-wordpress-plugin/\">Simple Video Embedder</a></p>\n<p>Easily embed video within your posts. Adds a widget to the posting screen that enables you to post videos by simply providing the URL to the video hosted on common video sharing websites.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.press75.com/the-simple-post-thumbnails-wordpress-plugin/\">Simple Post Thumbnails</a></p>\n<p>This plugin adds a widget to the posting screen that allows you to add a post thumbnail by uploading an image from your computer or via a URL. The thumbnail is scaled and cropped to the correct size automatically.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/21/gd-simple-widgets-060/\">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>\n<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://chris-fletcher.com/plug-ins/google-analytics-stats/\">Google Analytics Stats</a></p>\n<p>It displays a graph on the dashboard with three metrics from Google Analytics. The metrics are: Page Views, Visits, New Visits.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/\">SEO Ultimate</a></p>\n<p>This SEO plugin can rewrite title tags and noindex archives (with many more features coming soon).</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://email2friend.com/blog/archives/14\">email2friend</a></p>\n<p>email2friend plugin is the easiest way ever to add send to friend functionality to your WordPress blog.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://tobias.baethge.com/2009/05/wp-table-reloaded-121-bugfix-release/\">WP Table Reloaded</a></p>\n<p>WP-Table Reloaded enables you to create and manage tables in your WP&#8217;s admin area. No HTML knowledge is needed. A comfortable backend allows to easily edit table data.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.viadat.com/store-locator\">Store Locator</a></p>\n<p>Store locator plugin for WordPress web developers &amp; web site owners who need to show any set of important locations on a website. Locations are easily searchable by zip code or address. Uses Google Maps.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gdstarrating.com/2009/05/22/gd-star-rating-134/\">GD Star Rating</a></p>\n<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating and review plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, multi ratings, templated rendering, has a widgets build in and extensive shortcode support.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/08/05/broken-link-checker-for-wordpress/\">Broken Link Checker</a></p>\n<p>A plugin for WordPress that will check your posts (and pages), looking for broken links, and let you know if any are found.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/23/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0523-2/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/23</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 23 May 2009 20:02:51 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3361:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://orenyomtov.info/mass-custom-fields-manager-wordpress-plugin.html\">Mass Custom Fields Manager</a></p>\n<p>Mass Custom Fields Manager (MCFM) is a plugin for people who use WordPress to manage their post’s custom fields with ease.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.press75.com/the-simple-video-embedder-wordpress-plugin/\">Simple Video Embedder</a></p>\n<p>Easily embed video within your posts. Adds a widget to the posting screen that enables you to post videos by simply providing the URL to the video hosted on common video sharing websites.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.press75.com/the-simple-post-thumbnails-wordpress-plugin/\">Simple Post Thumbnails</a></p>\n<p>This plugin adds a widget to the posting screen that allows you to add a post thumbnail by uploading an image from your computer or via a URL. The thumbnail is scaled and cropped to the correct size automatically.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dev4press.com/2009/05/21/gd-simple-widgets-060/\">GD Simple Widgets</a></p>\n<p>This plugin contains several widgets with simple functionality. Some of them are based on standard WordPress widgets but with extended options and rendering. You can also disable default WordPress widgets if you choose to use Simple Widgets versions.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://chris-fletcher.com/plug-ins/google-analytics-stats/\">Google Analytics Stats</a></p>\n<p>It displays a graph on the dashboard with three metrics from Google Analytics. The metrics are: Page Views, Visits, New Visits.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.seodesignsolutions.com/wordpress-seo/\">SEO Ultimate</a></p>\n<p>This SEO plugin can rewrite title tags and noindex archives (with many more features coming soon).</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://email2friend.com/blog/archives/14\">email2friend</a></p>\n<p>email2friend plugin is the easiest way ever to add send to friend functionality to your WordPress blog.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://tobias.baethge.com/2009/05/wp-table-reloaded-121-bugfix-release/\">WP Table Reloaded</a></p>\n<p>WP-Table Reloaded enables you to create and manage tables in your WP&#8217;s admin area. No HTML knowledge is needed. A comfortable backend allows to easily edit table data.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.viadat.com/store-locator\">Store Locator</a></p>\n<p>Store locator plugin for WordPress web developers &amp; web site owners who need to show any set of important locations on a website. Locations are easily searchable by zip code or address. Uses Google Maps.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gdstarrating.com/2009/05/22/gd-star-rating-134/\">GD Star Rating</a></p>\n<p>GD Star Rating is post, page and comment rating and review plugin for WordPress. Plugin supports different image sets, rating moderation, vote rules, time restricted voting, templates, trend calculations, multi ratings, templated rendering, has a widgets build in and extensive shortcode support.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/08/05/broken-link-checker-for-wordpress/\">Broken Link Checker</a></p>\n<p>A plugin for WordPress that will check your posts (and pages), looking for broken links, and let you know if any are found.</p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/23/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-0523-2/\">WordPress Plugin Releases for 05/23</a></p>\";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:75:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Five Image Related Plugins for your WordPress Site\";s:4:\"guid\";s:104:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/23/five-image-related-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\";s:4:\"link\";s:104:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/23/five-image-related-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\";s:11:\"description\";s:5461:\"<p>Our next “Five” entry is for plugins that you can use to highlight images on your website.&#160; As always we look forward to your comments (<a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/18/five-comment-related-plugins-for-wordpress/\">51 responses on the last “five” entry</a> – thanks!).</p>\n<p>With the advent of high speed Internet for so many in the world now images are an even bigger part of the presentation of your webpage.&#160; WordPress is no exception with <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/images\">285 image related plugins</a> at the WordPress Plugin Directory. Lets take a look at five of these plugins and see what they can do for your WordPress based website:</p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-headers/\">Dynamic Headers</a>: This plugin was just made public in late April of this year and it is extremely popular having been downloaded 3,770 times in the last three weeks.&#160; The Dynamic Headers plugin allows you to manage what media is shown in your header on each page and/or post.&#160; This plugin allows the use of any image file and also Flash (.swf) files so it is up to your imagination on what you can do.&#160; The possibilities are quite endless.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-gallery/\">flickr Gallery</a>: Another very popular plugin with 18,383 total downloads to date.&#160; This plugin integrates your flickr account with your WordPress website by utilizing shortcodes in WordPress version 2.5 and above. There are several ways to display your photosets and/or individual groups of photos and is very flexible to your design and layout. You will need a flickr API key to use this plugin and you can start that from the settings page of the plugin. </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/flickrgalleryscreenshot.png\"><img title=\"flickrgalleryscreenshot\" border=\"0\" alt=\"flickrgalleryscreenshot\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/flickrgalleryscreenshot-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"221\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shashin/\">Shashin</a>: A plugin for displaying <a href=\"http://picasa.google.com/\">Picasa photos</a>.&#160; This plugin is so extensive and configurable that it has <a href=\"http://www.toppa.com/shashin_phpdoc/\">its own documentation site as well</a>. This one has been in development for a while and currently has accumulated 11,328 downloads.&#160; Some of the features include the ability to embed Picasa albums, show your photos and videos in a Highslide slideshow (bundled but only free for personal use); pick photos and videos individually for display and many other customization options. Here is an example of the plugin on <a href=\"http://www.toppa.com/photo-albums/\">the authors homepage</a> to show the integration and display options. There are also widgets as part of the download to integrate with your sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/shashinphotoscreenshot.png\"><img title=\"shashinphotoscreenshot\" border=\"0\" alt=\"shashinphotoscreenshot\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/shashinphotoscreenshot-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"131\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/photosmash-galleries/\">PhotoSmash Galleries</a>: Websites are about community right – or at least they can be.&#160; Well this plugin (7,546 downloads) allows your visitors to upload pictures to photo galleries on your website.&#160; Lets say your doing a post about pets and you ask everyone to upload a picture of their pet – well this plugin will let you do that! There are moderation features and an email to let you know a picture has been uploaded for you to OK for the site. </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/photosmashupload.png\"><img title=\"photosmashupload\" border=\"0\" alt=\"photosmashupload\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/photosmashupload-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"92\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/\">NextGEN Gallery</a>: If I told you this plugin has been downloaded 719,095 times total – 11,392 last week - 1,371 just today so far – would you need any further convincing that this is worth a look?&#160; As the author describes the plugin and its development: “NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option. Before I start writing the plugin I study all photo and picture plugins for WordPress, I figure out that some of them are really good and well designed, but I missed a simple and easy administration back end to handle multiple photos, galleries and albums.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/nextgengallery.jpg\"><img title=\"nextgengallery\" border=\"0\" alt=\"nextgengallery\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/nextgengallery-thumb.jpg\" width=\"201\" height=\"244\" /></a> </p>\n<p>So what makes your graphics tick on your website?&#160; Looking forward to hearing from everyone once again on these and other plugins in the realm of images.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com\">Weblog Tools Collection</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/23/five-image-related-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/\">Five Image Related Plugins for your WordPress Site</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 23 May 2009 18:53:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:15:\"WindowsObserver\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:5461:\"<p>Our next “Five” entry is for plugins that you can use to highlight images on your website.&#160; As always we look forward to your comments (<a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/05/18/five-comment-related-plugins-for-wordpress/\">51 responses on the last “five” entry</a> – thanks!).</p>\n<p>With the advent of high speed Internet for so many in the world now images are an even bigger part of the presentation of your webpage.&#160; WordPress is no exception with <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/images\">285 image related plugins</a> at the WordPress Plugin Directory. Lets take a look at five of these plugins and see what they can do for your WordPress based website:</p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-headers/\">Dynamic Headers</a>: This plugin was just made public in late April of this year and it is extremely popular having been downloaded 3,770 times in the last three weeks.&#160; The Dynamic Headers plugin allows you to manage what media is shown in your header on each page and/or post.&#160; This plugin allows the use of any image file and also Flash (.swf) files so it is up to your imagination on what you can do.&#160; The possibilities are quite endless.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-gallery/\">flickr Gallery</a>: Another very popular plugin with 18,383 total downloads to date.&#160; This plugin integrates your flickr account with your WordPress website by utilizing shortcodes in WordPress version 2.5 and above. There are several ways to display your photosets and/or individual groups of photos and is very flexible to your design and layout. You will need a flickr API key to use this plugin and you can start that from the settings page of the plugin. </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/flickrgalleryscreenshot.png\"><img title=\"flickrgalleryscreenshot\" border=\"0\" alt=\"flickrgalleryscreenshot\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/flickrgalleryscreenshot-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"221\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shashin/\">Shashin</a>: A plugin for displaying <a href=\"http://picasa.google.com/\">Picasa photos</a>.&#160; This plugin is so extensive and configurable that it has <a href=\"http://www.toppa.com/shashin_phpdoc/\">its own documentation site as well</a>. This one has been in development for a while and currently has accumulated 11,328 downloads.&#160; Some of the features include the ability to embed Picasa albums, show your photos and videos in a Highslide slideshow (bundled but only free for personal use); pick photos and videos individually for display and many other customization options. Here is an example of the plugin on <a href=\"http://www.toppa.com/photo-albums/\">the authors homepage</a> to show the integration and display options. There are also widgets as part of the download to integrate with your sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/shashinphotoscreenshot.png\"><img title=\"shashinphotoscreenshot\" border=\"0\" alt=\"shashinphotoscreenshot\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2009/05/shashinphotoscreenshot-thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"131\" /></a> </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/photosmash-galleries/\">PhotoSmash Galleries</a>: Websites are about community right – or at least they can be.&#160; Well this plugin (7,546 downloads) allows your visitors to upload pictures to photo galleries on your website.&#160; Lets say your doing a post about pets and you ask everyone to upload a picture of their pet – well this plugin will let you do that! 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