Following the success of the offical WordPress Extend Plugins Directory the WordPress Extend Themes Directory has just been added. As this takes off the WordPress Extend Themes Directory will give WordPress.org users easy access to numerous WordPress themes that are open source (GPL) and that are free of "link bait" (this has been a huge problem in the past). … [Read more...] about WordPress Extend Themes Directory
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PodPress 8.8 and WordPress 2.6
Just a word of caution for anyone who is using their WordPress install in order to power a podcast via PodPress...DO NOT UPGRADE TO WORDPRESS 2.6 just yet. There is an issue with PodPress 8.8 that won't allow you to add and save the audio file(s) in WordPress 2.6. Dan from Mighty Seek said an update should be avaialble 10 days from now, so keep your eyes open for … [Read more...] about PodPress 8.8 and WordPress 2.6
The Future of Spam Karma
For those of you who haven't heard yet, development of the WordPress Spam Karma plugin has officially been discontinued and the current code has been released GPL Version 2. While this isn't a plugin we use ourselves, we do see it running on probably around 10% (+/-) of our clients' blogs, thus the announcement has caught our attention. To address what the future of Spam … [Read more...] about The Future of Spam Karma
WordPress 2.6 Released
WordPress 2.6 has been released. Key new user features include: Post Revisions Google Gears support Image captions and better image control Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one Improved WYSIWYG editor Theme Previewer Word … [Read more...] about WordPress 2.6 Released
JetWhine in the Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune published an article a few days ago that discusses business blogging and in particular includes portions of an interview with Robert Mark from CommAvia about their JetWhine blog. I hope to see more of these sort of articles (business related or otherwise), as there are so many facets to blogging that could be explored. CommAvia has been a client of ours … [Read more...] about JetWhine in the Chicago Tribune