Archive for July, 2007
The Podcast is Having Problems
For some as-yet-unknown reason, the podcast is down, at least to those attempting to play or download the episode using the podPress plugin. I’m working on the problem, and I hope to have things back up and working soon.
Update: Everything seems to be okay again. Apparently, podPress 8.2 breaks when statistics logging is turned on.
4 commentsFriday’s Meetup
WordCamp is going swimingly, except for the WiFi dying 5 minutes into the first session. I’m slightly bummed that neither Matt nor Dan mentioned the podcast, but then again, this weekend is about WordPress, not the podcast so… I’ll get over it.
The meetup last night was a whole lot of fun, as was the pre-party.
2 commentsWordCamp 2007 Update #1
I’ll be arriving in San Francisco for WordCamp sometime Thursday morning, and I’ll try and keep you updated as to what’s happening and what’s being said there through updates here on the blog.
This first update details:
- The WordCamp Report has been set up as a way of letting attendees share their experiences with each other and with those WordPress users unable to attend.
- Aaron and I will host a meetup of podcast listeners at the Crossroads Cafe (Google map) at 1 P.M. on Friday afternoon. Some of those who have mentioned they might visit with us include Matt Mullenweg, Mark Jaquith, Kris Smith, and Patrick Havens, just to name a few. The cafe offers coffee, beer, wine, food, art and WiFi… everything a computer geek needs, and it’s very close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38, near where the Automattic pre-party is rumored to be held. We also might try and record the conversation for inclusion in a future episode of the podcast.
Episode 27: WordPress 2.2.1 and WordCamp Schedule
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News: WordPress 2.2.1 is a security fix WordPress 2.2.1 is a bug fix release for the 2.2 series. Since 2.2 was released a month ago, the WordPress community has been improving fit-and-finish by identifying and fixing those little bugs that can be so annoying and by fine-tuning some small details. The result is a nicely polished 2.2.1 release. Here are some highlights.
Unfortunately, 2.2.1 is not just a bug fix release. Some security issues came to light during 2.2.1 development, making 2.2.1 a required upgrade. 2.2.1 addresses the following vulnerabilities:
Matt Mullenweg answered some criticism about the security fixes and the version updates. |
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News: WordCamp Registration Opened and Speakers Announced Registration for WordCamp 2007 San Francisco was opened up and it’ll cost you $25 this year, but that’ll get you a WordCamp t-shirt and lunch both days. Registration closes Monday, July 9th, so you’d better sign up now if you’re going.The program is divided into two parts this year. Saturday is focused on general WordPress usage while Sunday is focused on more advanced topics. |
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News: In San Francisco Friday? Want to come to a WordPress Podcast Meetup? Aaron and I are kicking around the idea of hosting a meetup in the San Francisco area Friday afternoon prior to WordCamp. If you’re in town then, would you be interested in meeting up? |
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Plug-in: Spell WordPress is for those who are fastidious about making sure the trademark name is always spelled correctly. (This plugin is based on a rant from my personal blog. |
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Plug-in: SEO WordPress reduces duplicate content on your blog. The plugin essentially ‘herds’ googlebot and other spiders to the content you want indexed. The result? A much more search engine friendly blog and better indexing. |
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Plug-in: AJAX Edit Comments 1.1 allows admin and users to edit comments from a post. Users see a countdown timer when editing a comment. Admin can now also edit, delete, and mark as spam from a post without having to go to the admin panel. In other words, any user that leaves a comment on your blog can edit their comments. |
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Plug-in: Feed Count provides an alternative to FeedBurner’s subscribers count chicklet. Users can customize the CSS style, refresh time, and link. Feed Count also uses before and after tags and integrates with the WordPress admin panel. |
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Plug-in: Feed Master is a beta-release plugin that allows blog owners to count the number of subscribers to their blog’s feed. Feed Master offers greater personalization of your feed, improved plugin interface, more specific statistics, ability to create feed networks, information about subscribers, and automatically creates a robot.txt file. |
