Lorelle’s Mind Blowing WordPress Plugins
Lorelle VanFossen has published a recap of her Mind Blowing WordPress Plugins session given on August 29th at OpenCamp in Addison, TX. To Lorelle, “a mind blowing WordPress Plugin is one that breaks the rules. It is unique and original in its implementation, and pushes WordPress. It might not be a Plugin that everyone must have on their site. It might not be a Plugin that even interests you. What these will do is to get you to look at the incredible diversity of Plugins available.” Her recap not o..
Weblog Tools Collection (18 hours ago)
WordPress Plugin Releases for 09/01
New plugins Facebook Like for Tags converts a standard Facebook Like button from a one-time sharing feature to a one-on-one relationship for ongoing updates and sharing based on tags (keywords) or categories defined by you, the blogger/author. LBAK Google Checkout is aimed mainly at small projects that just want to sell a few things on their blog through Google Checkout and don't want too much else apart from ease of use. Pingdom Status lets you display your Pingdom monitoring data on your WordPress site, ess..
Weblog Tools Collection (2 days ago)
WordPress Mobile Apps for Android and BlackBerry Updated
The WordPress mobile apps for Android and BlackBerry have both been updated with some shiny new features, like a new comment notification system and improved VideoPress integration . There's no word yet on an update to the iOS mobile app , but the team still has its eyes set on making this one a major bug-fixing release. These recent updates would not have been possible without your feedback and beta testing skills , so keep doing whatever you can to make each release better than the last! Do you use any of t..
Weblog Tools Collection (3 days ago)
WordPress Theme Releases for 08/30
Bombax is a nicely crafted theme with 5 different color schemes and configurable options such as right or left or holy grail or no sidebar, magazine style or traditional style, custom header, and custom background. Lukoo is a simple and stylish theme based around the color green. Modernist is a beautifully built yet transparent theme. It was designed with a focus on optimal typography in order to better showcase your content. Twist of Ten is a simple clean CMS style theme. Us and Them is a modern, clean, blog..
Weblog Tools Collection (4 days ago)
WordPress and the Fatal Memory Error
Remember the old days when your computer would crash because you were running too many applications simultaneously? Well, you might be surprised to know that WordPress can fall victim to the very same thing. You see, your server may be packed with 4 GB of RAM, but that doesn't mean that all 4 GB have been allocated to PHP on your account. In fact, most decent hosting providers only allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account. Now, most WordPress installations with a good amount of plugins will run fine under 32 ..
Weblog Tools Collection (5 days ago)
WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/28
New plugins Custom sidebars allows you to create your own widgetized areas and custom sidebars, and select what sidebars to use for each post or page. LBAK User Tracking is a fully featured, page by page tracking plugin for your blog. Simple SEO lets you optimize your web site or blog by changing the title and menu output for any page or post. Term Management Tools allows you to merge terms and change the category hierarchy more easily. UserAgent Theme Switcher lets you change the theme to be displayed accord..
Weblog Tools Collection (6 days ago)
Should You Remove Post Dates from Your WordPress Blog?
You may be wondering why anyone would want to do this. Think about it, you probably have hundreds of articles that you wrote years ago and when those same articles appear on Google search engine results, the dates appear next to the description. You might think that this is great, users searching the web should be able to see when an article originally published, but research shows that users discriminate against older content just because it is old. An article that may be valuable despite its age would be s..
Weblog Tools Collection (6 days ago)
Choose Your Panels for SXSW 2011
The SXSW staff wants to hear your feedback on the proposed panels for SXSW 2011. Your votes on the proposed panels will account for 30% of the final vote, so start voting today ! Currently, there are ten WordPress -related panel proposals awaiting your feedback: Beyond Blogging: WordPress is a CMS Don’t Be Ashamed to Use WordPress Essential WordPress Search Metrics Knocking Out Application Layer and Open Source Threats Life After Blackbaud Making Money with WordPress (Without Working at Automattic) Web Develo..
Weblog Tools Collection (7 days ago)
WordPress Theme Releases for 08/26
Albizia is a dark theme with 5 different color schemes and configurable options such as right or left or holy grail or no sidebar, magazine style or traditional style, custom header, and custom background. Columbus comes with a very clean and elegant design and some really great premium-like features. Modern Wood features a beautiful dark layout with a wooden background and some amazing CSS3 features. Third Style is based on the theme Twenty Ten, comes with 11 new header backgrounds, and supports six widgetiz..
Weblog Tools Collection (8 days ago)
WordPress Support Forum All-stars
WordPress is a powerful blogging platform with a large community volunteering its time to provide support to users in the WordPress Support Forums . Last week, the WordPress Support Forums mailing list presented nominations for the top active support forum volunteers. These volunteers were nominated for being active on the support forums within the last month and for helping multiple users almost every day on their own free time. The nominees were then organized by the number of topics they have been involved..
Weblog Tools Collection (9 days ago)
300,000 Biggest Websites, Visualized With Their Icons
The 300,000 Biggest Websites, Visualized With Their Icons : Gizmodo had an interesting post today about a chart/image that contains the favicons of the 300,000 most trafficked websites on the Interwebs. I thought the interactive version was interesting and found Weblog Tools Collection completely hidden right under the lower left corner of the Blogger icon. The traffic data came from Alexa and it was put together by Nmap . Tweet
Weblog Tools Collection (9 days ago)
WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/24
New plugins Back List adds Whitelist and Blacklist options for Trackbacks and Pingbacks as well as the option to auto-accept Trackbacks from your own blog. IP Ban returns ‘Page Not Found' 404 error message for IP's visiting your blog specified in the IP Ban option on the Discussion Options page. Press This Reloaded provides the Press This bookmarklet with all the functionality of the regular Add New Post screen. WP SimpleWeather allows you to quickly and easily display the current weather at any locatio..
Weblog Tools Collection (10 days ago)
Regarding Plugin and Theme Digests
You've just spent countless hours on your latest and greatest WordPress plugin and theme, and you want the world to know about it. Well, we want to help! I'm sure that you've all noticed the plugin and theme digests published here every other day, and it's not too difficult to be a part of them. Sure, we all recommend that you submit your work of art to the official plugin and theme directories , but it normally takes a few days for these directories to be updated. Why not announce it here as soon as you're d..
Weblog Tools Collection (11 days ago)
WordPress Theme Releases for 08/22
BT Extended is a spruced newspaper style theme, with a clean sleek white look built on Thematic framework & grid system. DocOut Black will improve your search engine results by giving your web pages a search engine friendly document outline. Leather is a unique and texture rich design with featured images and a simple options page. Matala is the theme from ma.tt circa 2008. Mazeld is the theme from photomatt.net circa 2005. StoneHenge is a beautifully crafted two column WordPress 3 ready theme. The Twin is a ..
Weblog Tools Collection (12 days ago)
Vote for Blog Action Day 2010′s Topic
October 15th is less than two months away and Change.org wants you to vote on this year's Blog Action Day topic. Currently, the selection includes the following topics, but they will continue to take suggestions until the poll closes. Water : The UN recently declared water to be a human right, but millions around the world still lack even the most basic access, causing widespread disease and the possibility of military conflict over access to clean water. Human Trafficking : From prostitution to forced labor,..
Weblog Tools Collection (13 days ago)
Convert WordPress to Classifieds with ClassiPress
WordPress is a very versatile content management system and that is why the platform can used for so much more than “just” blogging. People use WordPress for resource sites, company profiles, and so much more. With the right theme, you can do just about anything with this free CMS. For instance, you could use ClassiPress by [...] Convert WordPress to Classifieds with ClassiPress A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (17 days ago)
Link Cloaking, Masking and Tracking Software
Whether you are a full time blogger, affiliate, or even both, you know the importance of a great tracking solution and the difference it can make in your business. I’ve seen a lot of different tracking solutions over the years, and many of the work in different ways. Some of them simple redirect and track [...] Link Cloaking, Masking and Tracking Software A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (29 days ago)
ManageWP – A Single Dashboard for your WordPress Blogs
If you’re someone that manages more than one WordPress blog you’re going to love ManageWP. It’s an amazing tool that lets you manage all of your blogs from one centralized dashboard. Signing up and getting started is a simple as 1, 2, 3; first setup your account, then add your WordPress blogs, finally manage them [...] ManageWP – A Single Dashboard for your WordPress Blogs A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (34 days ago)
WordPress 3.0.1
After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we're releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku: Three dot oh dot one Bug fixes to make you smile Update your WordPress This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues . The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make it one of the best and most stable releases we've had. Download 3.0.1 or update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site's admin area. Note: If you downloaded 3.0.1 i..
WordPress Development Blog (35 days ago)
Review: MaxBlogPress Subscribers Magnet (It Rocks)
A couple of weeks ago Pawan from MaxBlogPress.com contacted me, saying he had developed a new plugin that would significantly boost the number of sign-ups I was getting to my email newsletter. I have known Pawan for a while, and I use many of his plugins, so I said “Sure.” He sent me the files, and I installed it on Daily Blog Tips. The plugin is called Subscribers Magnet , and the idea is to create multiple “hit” points (i.e., methods and places your visitors can use to sign-up) to in..
Daily Blog Tips (36 days ago)
Get More Pageviews With LinkWithin
If you’ve visited sites like Cracked, you’ve probably noticed the collection of recommended articles for when you are done reading the page you are on. Very likely, you’ve found these links to be extremely addictive, keeping you long on the site long after you’re done reading the article you came to the site for. While WordPress [...] Get More Pageviews With LinkWithin A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (36 days ago)
Grow Your Mailing List with PopUp Domination
Ask just about any successful Internet marketer and he or she will tell you that it is of utmost importance to build up a strong mailing list. There is just so much you can do with all those email addresses, especially since everyone on the list has opted in and likely will not view your [...] Grow Your Mailing List with PopUp Domination A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (39 days ago)
PHP 4 and MySQL 4 End of Life Announcement
Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occasionally are able to reevaluate some of the requirements for running WordPress. Now is one of those times. You probably guessed it from the title — we're finally ready to announce the end of support for PHP 4 ..
WordPress Development Blog (42 days ago)
When To Update WordPress Immediately, and When Not To
A couple of weeks ago a major version of WordPress was released: WordPress 3.0. As usual, WordPress users were divided in two camps: those who went ahead and update dimmediately, and those who didn't. I saw many comments in the announcement post as well, from people who were in doubt regarding what they should do. That is why I decided to write a post sharing what I do in those cases. My personal policy is: if it is a minor update (e.g., from version 2.9.1 to version 2.9.2), I upgrade immediately, because usu..
Daily Blog Tips (56 days ago)
100 Million Plugin Downloads and Counting
WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads. The WordPress community's growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we're taking the next two months to concentrate on improving WordPress.org. A major part of that will be improving the infrastructure of the plugins directory. More than 10,000 plugins are in the directory, every one of them GPL compatible and free as..
WordPress Development Blog (63 days ago)
Summer of WordCamp
It's been summer for about a week now. Whether you're on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own experience and knowledge, and break bread (or raise a toast) with new friends and collaborators. Here are the WordCamps scheduled for this summer, along with what I know about them. July 3: WordCamp Germany – Berlin, Ger..
WordPress Development Blog (66 days ago)
Featured Image: WordPress’ Best Underused Feature
With recent releases WordPress has been moving more and more away from being a basic blogging platform and into being a full-fledged CMS. This is especially true with the recent release of 3.0 and the merging of the regular and Multi-User versions of the product. However, one feature, implemented in WordPress 2.9, has a lot of [...] Featured Image: WordPress’ Best Underused Feature A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (71 days ago)
WordPress 3.0 Is Available
If you log into your WordPress control panel now you'll see a message saying: “WordPress 3.0 is available! Please update now.” This is one of the major releases, and as a consequence many new features were introduced. For example, the default theme has been changed, there are developer APIs now, the admin interface was updated and so on. You can watch the video below to get an idea of what is new. Finally, you can also read the official release post on the WordPress blog. Original Post: WordPress ..
Daily Blog Tips (77 days ago)
WordPress 3.0 "Thelonious"
Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard ). Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten . Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types , and taxonomies . (Twenty Ten theme shows all of that off.) Develope..
WordPress Development Blog (78 days ago)
WordPress 3.0 Released
Just a short while ago Automattic, on their official WordPress blog, announced the release of WordPress 3.0, code named Thelonious. The release marks one of the biggest upgrades in the history of WordPress and the thirteenth major release to date. WordPress 3.0 was released after three release candidates and an extensive round of beta testing and [...] WordPress 3.0 Released A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (78 days ago)
Most Popular Web Hosting Companies of 2010
It often becomes very tough with too many options in our life just as choosing the right web host for your personal website or business. With too many different types of web hosting companies and their innumerable number of plans and services, you might at times feel lost. Be it your [...] Most Popular Web Hosting Companies of 2010 A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (79 days ago)
3.0 RC3
A weekend present, in haiku: Last call; final bugs Itch, scratch, contort; calmly wait For now: RC3 That's right. What will hopefully be the final release candidate, RC3, is now available for download and testing. Plugin developers: test your plugins!
WordPress Development Blog (83 days ago)
Expanding the Theme Review Experiment
When I was a kid my dad used to practice his typing skills (on a real typewriter no less) with the phrase: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. For some reason that has stuck with me all these years. Today I’m going to rephrase and re-purpose that line: Now is the time for great theme developers to come to the aid of their community. The theme directory has been chugging along for more than a year now. During that time we’ve tinkered with the review process and some of the man..
WordPress Development Blog (86 days ago)
Premium WordPress Themes from Dizzain.com
Having a clean, professional look for your website is very important, whether you are a small business or you are a multi-million dollar international corporation. The same can be true of professional bloggers too. Rather than use a generic theme that is widely available to anyone else on the Internet, it is usually in your best [...] Premium WordPress Themes from Dizzain.com A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (86 days ago)
Professional Blog Themes, Worth it or Not?
Does your theme matter that much? Would bloggers like Copyblogger, John Chow or Chris Brogan be as successful if they didn’t have a professional blog theme? I would argue that they would not, not if they started from scratch today. Mind you that I believe that they would still blog very well and have fantastic [...] Professional Blog Themes, Worth it or Not? A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (87 days ago)
5 Plugins to Boost Contact With Your Readers and Users
A blogger or admin who takes the time to answer visitor questions, engage commenters or interact with readers always gets return visitors. If visitor loyalty is important to your blog, you should do all you can to solve their problems, answer questions, respond to comments and messages – and even let them call you from your website. Here are a few great WordPress plugins that give you various ways to get in touch with your readers, streamline the communication process and answer some questions if need be. 1. ..
Daily Blog Tips (88 days ago)
No Support Linux Hosting for a Buck a Month
There are all sorts of costs that go into determining the price of any given product. You might have to consider the raw materials, research and development, marketing efforts, and distribution costs. Another major component goes into customer service and tech support. Even if you never have to call into the company’s hotline, you are effectively [...] No Support Linux Hosting for a Buck a Month A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (88 days ago)
WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate
As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What's an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we've got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using WordPress with a wide variety of configurations and hosting setups, it's entirely possible that we've missed something. So! For the brave of heart, please download the RC and test it out..
WordPress Development Blog (98 days ago)
Lucky Seven
Has it really been seven years since the first release of WordPress? It seems like just yesterday we were fresh to the world, a new entrant to a market everyone said was already saturated. (As a side note, if the common perception is that a market is finished and that everything interesting has been done already, it's probably a really good time to enter it.) The growth over the past year has blown me away. Since our last birthday we've doubled theme downloads to over 10 million, and doubled plugin downloads ..
WordPress Development Blog (98 days ago)
Control Membership Sites with Magic Members for WordPress
One way that you can make money from a blog is to sell advertising. You can insert AdSense ad units and promote affiliate programs, for example. Another way that you can make money blogging is to offer premium content at a price. This is what is known as a membership site. You could go through the [...] Control Membership Sites with Magic Members for WordPress A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (100 days ago)
20 Free WordPress Themes from 2010
As I’m sure you all know, WordPress 3.0 is just around the corner. In fact, two beta versions have been released already, so it won’t be too long before a stable version of everyones favourite blogging platform has been released. There are some great new features in WordPress 3 including WordPress Multi User integration, additional post [...] 20 Free WordPress Themes from 2010 A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (109 days ago)
Premium Themes Sells WordPress Themes
Many people will tell you that, when it comes to the Internet, quality is king. If you don’t have good content that is valuable to your site visitor in some way, it’s unlikely that they’ll come to visit you again. That’s why it is very important to pay attention to how you are presenting this [...] Premium Themes Sells WordPress Themes A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (114 days ago)
Do You Like? Tell Facebook.
With Facebook becoming more integrated in the sites that we use every day. And the debate about whether that is good or bad can be saved for another post. This post is to focus on how you can promote your blog in a new way by adding a Facebook “Like” button to your blog posts. [...] Do You Like? Tell Facebook. A selection of e-books to help you improve as a blogger. Find out more at www.bloggingtips.com/books/
Blogging Tips (115 days ago)
WordPress 3.0, Beta 2
Following the successful post-WordCamp San Francisco code sprint, we are now ready to release the second beta of WordPress 3.0. Things to test: Revised menu user interface Changes to the WordPress exporter and importer to make it more flexible Already have a test install that you want to switch over to the beta? Try the beta tester plugin . Testers, don't forget to use the wp-testers mailing list to discuss bugs you encounter. We hope you like it! And if you don't, well, check back when the release candidate ..
WordPress Development Blog (119 days ago)
Retweet To Win the BackupBuddy WordPress Plugin
The guys from PluginBuddy recently launched a premium backup plugin for WordPress called BackupBuddy , and they asked me if I was interested in having a contest giving 5 copies away for my readers. I said “Sure”, since it is a pretty cool plugin. What does the plugin do exactly? Here is a quote from their site: BackupBuddy is an all-in-one solution for backups, restoration, and migration. The single backup file created by the plugin can be used with the importer script to quickly and easily restor..
Daily Blog Tips (120 days ago)
How to Report Abuse to WordPress.com
My name is Jonathan Bailey and I usually blog at Plagiarism Today, where I write about content theft, plagiarism and copyright issues on the Web. Lorelle has asked me to fill in while she’s away with a few posts to keep things a little bit more active. So please pardon the change in voice and [...]
Lorelle on WordPress (1 year ago)
Dan Cole and the Theme Options Plugin
WordPress developer Dan Cole has created a Plugin to take the job of theme options out of the hands of theme developers and, in that way, universalize them. The idea is that instead of each theme creating its own options page, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, they can all hook into this one Plugin. Dan's Plugin is called Theme Options , and is available in the WordPress Plugin directory. This sort of Plugin is one that tends to divide people, as it seems to beg for themes to require its installatio..
Theme Playground (1 year ago)
Tweem Giveaway: Winners Announced
Thanks to all of those that dropped by and left a comment in the Tweem giveaway post . Without further ado, the five randomly drawn winners are: Rafie, Kel, webbografico, JB, and Richard Howell Congrats to those who won, I'll be sending your copy of Tweem to the emails you posted with in just a moment. To everyone else, thanks for jumping in, and hopefully we'll get you something in a future Theme Playground giveaway. A big thanks to Shopping Themes for partnering with us on this one. Remember, if you're stil..
Theme Playground (1 year ago)
Why Haikus Matter
Recently Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and other popular services we all know and love, launched a partial redesign of their company website. Most notably, each of the company's projects is described in a haiku, a Japanese form of poetry. At first glance this is hokey, cute, and worth a chuckle or two. Especially when reading through them. But I think these haikus are more important than they may seem at first. This sort of playfulness isn't a new thing within the WordPress world. The default W..
Theme Playground (1 year ago)
Tweem Giveaway: 5 Copies for the Playground Readers
Update: Comments are closed because the winners have been chosen . After the review of Tweem yesterday, I now have 5 copies to give away to you guys. Are there 5 of you out there that would like to run your own Twitter microsite? Tweem is an awesome theme for creating your own Twitter microsite on a sub domain. Save yourself $15, though, and win a copy by picking one up in this post. So what do you need to do to win a copy? Just leave a comment explaining why you love Twitter so much, and what you'll do with ..
Theme Playground (1 year ago)
