Episode 37: WordPress 2.5 quietly misses release date
Oops! Jonathan and I recorded this assuming WordPress would be released March 10th, and then the day comes and goes without even a release candidate. Our bad…
Otherwise, we discussed:
- Jonathan’s June speech at the 3rd International Plagiarism Conference at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-tyne, UK.
- Charles’ presentation of WordPress for Podcasters at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas in August.
- Continued preparation for WordCamp Dallas, March 29 and 30 in Frisco, Texas. Any attendees registering after this Friday aren’t guaranteed event t-shirts.
- As previously mentioned, we discuss WordPress 2.5 which we’d expected to have been released to coincide with this episode.
- Vote for WordPress in the Publishing and Photography category in the 2008 Webware 100.
- Lorelle is away speaking to the San Francisco chapter of the Romance Writers of America, so no WordPress.com news this episode.
- WP Spam Blocker seems useful, using AJAX and time hashes to prove your commenters are human without using CAPTCHAs, but the blatant linkage gives me pause.
- WordPress Tweaks rolls lots of little, useful tweaks into one plugin.
- This episodes feedback poll: “Should the podcast limit itself to purely WordPress-related news?”
- Simon Jones asks, “Are bots are taking down my blog?”
- Glenn Pendleton asks, “Is Install4Free on the up and up?”
- Jonathan responds to a trackback related to U.S. copyright law.
I guess that’s the danger in counting on things being released on time. Oh well, I won’t hold that against you.
Don’t feel so bad Charles, I goofed up on a post on WeblogToolsCollection.com which made people think it was really coming out on the 10th. I think the majority of us were sort of surprised or fooled by the missed date.
[Don’t feel so bad Charles]²
Miss date is normal, don´t worry, be happy.
We are waiting patiently, Ok?!
C ya.
I suspect that the “whitespace” on the Admin will be used for “adspace”. I could be completely off the mark though. I haven’t really been paying attention to be honest.
Greetings,
Thanks for all the valuable information you provide on “The WordPress Podcast.”
I was checking our statistics for the day and noticed a Google referral for the search: Wordpress Themes Protected By Wp Spam Blocker… We ranked 17th out of 3390 sites displayed! Not too bad a ranking
but where did this information come from???
Checking all link information I discovered the “invisi-link” on our comment form. This link is only visible to the user who has javascript disabled (not very many), but not to the search engines.
Surprise!!! Hidden link love on every page the comment form is displayed, hundreds, maybe thousands of free incoming links… All from the users of WP Spam Blocker, without their knowledge
‘Nuff said
So…when is it coming? This is exciting news.
I love Wordpress for blogging. Can’t wait to see what is in store for us.
Do you have any screen shots that you’re allowed to share?
I don’t really want to hear the ‘Automatttic Podcast’. Let’s keep it WordPress!
Just letting you know that you can indicate when links in your blogroll have been updated with a parameter in the wp_list_bookmarks() function. Just look it up in the Codex, though I don’t know if it is buggy just like you mentioned.
Re: Install4free
Install4free installs one personal blog for people.
Requests for installation on commercial domains, updates to existing blogs, importing from other blogs, or for multiple installatons, are routinely rejected.
All people requesting an installation must agree to specific terms.
Users are advised to change passwords once the installation is complete.
Hi WP Podcast crew! The “on-air” (on-pod?) mention was quite unexpected, so… cool and thanks!
I want to clarify though that I wasn’t being critical at all. It’s just that most online copyright discussions tend to end with the “it’s yours as soon as you make it” part, which, while true, is only part of the story. I just wanted to make sure that an important piece of info that is rarely mentioned got out there.
I do agree though, few if any bloggers are going to go through the expense and time-sink of a lawsuit over scraping. It’s best to send the takedown and move on.
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Oh, and Automattic’s are so neat, I’d love for you guys to keep tabs on them. The various apps are really turning into a nice little platform.
Hello.
I prefer a well tested, bug fixed and styled release than a buggy rushed one.
Take your time
SIlla!
Hi Charles,
Hi Jonathan,
I wanted to share two more tips on protecting your blog from Spam.
1. Akismet is really a good Spam protection plugin. But you should activate the check-box in the option panel which says “Automatically discard Spam comments on posts older than a month” - as a all lot of Spam comments will be made on posts you made a long time ago.
2. I use Akismet with the WP-Spam Free (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-spamfree/)plugin to block out almost 100% of Spam on my blog. This is just an other alternative to the plugin you’re using.
Hope those two little tips help some of you. Great show, keep them coming even with some not so related WordPress stuff if you want.
Nick
Hey guys, just found your podcast, and I must say, it’s excellent! I’m a moderately new wordpress user, and I’ve gotten a lot of great information! Keep up the great work!
Why don’t you just rename it the WordCamp Dallas podcaast and have done? I am OK you using Automattic news as filler but I really have no interest in your personal geekparty.
Chris: It happens. Until we get the magic crystal ball these types of things will happen from time to time.
Jeffro: Thanks for the understanding. I think a lot of people were somewhat surprised by this.
Thiago: Thanks for understanding as well!
Hollowex: I’m not sure how that would work on the self-install blogs. Since WP is open source, one could just remove any ad code and re-release it. Still, something to consider for WordPress.com, though they seem to strive to keep the ads to a minimum there as well.
Ministermark: Thanks for the heads up, that is fairly worrisome. I’m going to make a note of that.
Alan: I don’t have that information in front of me. I’ll have to see if Charles has anything he can share.
Patrick: Thanks for weighing in!
ia: Thanks for the info! I’ll have to look into it!
MichaelH: Thanks for the more detailed information on Install4Free. Much appreciated.
Photorps: Didn’t take it as a criticism at all! What you went into was a bit more detailed than what we did last week so it was worth mentioning and discussing. You were correct in your analysis and we wanted to delve deeper into it.
I think of it as more of a “part two” than an attack or criticism. Thank you very much for your thoughts.
Scyfox: Personally, I agree with you. I admit to being confused when it wasn’t posted but I would much rather my software, especially something running on a server, work than be released absolutely on time.
Nicolas: Thanks for the tips and for letting us know that Akismet and WP-Spam Free Can work together!
Ben: Glad you liked the podcast!
Craig: I can understand that. In all fairness though, Charles and the WordPress Podcast are sponsors of the event. Fortunately though, the event is just two weeks away so you won’t have many more plugs for it between now and then.
Thanks for the feedback!
To elaborate on the comment by ia: The codex article would be THIS one. The parameter is show_updated. Set it to boolean true (show_updated=1) and you should get the results you were looking for.
I definitely think that you SHOULD talk about such programs as BuddyPress and bbPress. These are related to WordPress and I think that a lot of people that are so into WordPress that they listen to a podcast about it are going to be interested in WordPress-related programs.
Sorry I forgot to answer last week’s question. I always upgrade to the newest version and I’m excited about 2.5. I have about 25 blogs that I have to update, but I use DreamHost and they make it ridiculously easy. One click and it saves the old install in a folder with .old appended to it and the new version is installed within a couple of minutes.
One last thing… I am so glad that you are putting the shows out more often and more regularly. I really enjoy them and learn a ton. Congrats on the speaking gig at the NME, I’ll be there!
Fame at last!
I just listened to the latest show and heard myself droning on there about the evil bots that have been taking my blog down. Well I have found the problem I think, so if it’s okay with you I’ll call it in on your toll free, if only to get another plug on the show 