In this episode of WordPress Weekly, we discussed a number of topics including the headlines of the week such as the release of BuddyPress 1.2.5.2, an A/B testing plugin in the works, WordPress milestones, and the hot story of the week, The Capital P Dangit Filter. I was joined on the show by Dremeda who heads up the awesome site Sucuri.net. Near the end of this episode, I made the announcement that I’ll be taking a summer vacation from producing the show. When I get back, I hope to have some new stuff to play around with and a renewed sense of energy to do the show. It’s not disappearing or anything, just going on a small hiatus. However, I will occasionally upload an interview or two as well as material I obtain from conferences I attend before the end of the year so you shouldn’t unsubscribe from the podcast feed.
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Just wanted to send out a quick note that this weeks episode of WordPress Weekly will be airing live on Talkshoe.com Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 7PM EST. You should start filing into the chatroom around 6:30 PM for the pre-show festivities.
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, I interviewed WordPress core developer, Andrew Nacin. Andrew joined the core committ team in February of 2010 and since then, he’s been an insanely active contributor all over the WordPress project whether it be through code, the forums, mailing lists, etc. During our conversation, we talked about Andrews life before WordPress, how he became a developer, how he’s able to be so active within the community, his Google Summer of Code project that deals with a theme revision system, and near the end of the show, we talked about some of the ways to contribute to the WordPress project.
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This episode of WordPress Weekly was jammed pack with information. Not only did we cover the release of WordPress 3.0 along with some of the upgrade woes starting to be reported, we were also joined by Lisa Sabin-Wilson along with Michael Torbert of the All In One SEO Plugin and Cory Miller from iThemes. After we caught up with Lisa regarding WordCamp Chicago, we talked about a brand new project that she is undertaking with four other collaborators. This project is a new book called the WordPress All In One Desk Reference.
Let’s face it – a For Dummies book is meant to be for beginners and intermediate users, right? But what about a book that covers the WHOLE gammut? A reference book that is useful for a wide variety of users – -so that beginners can start with it, and as they continue to grow – can continue to use the resource to step into areas of WordPress that they may never have tried before.
This discussion lead to me signing the contract for a brand new WordPress related book under the Wiley Publishing roof. This new book is in the process of being written right now and it is slated to be a 940 page book (approximately) and it is called … The WordPress All In One Desk Reference.
Congratulations to Lisa and her four collaborators on the book deal. Not to be overshadowed, but the 3rd edition of WordPress For Dummies has also been released. This book has practically been rewritten to include Multi Site and WordPress 3.0 information.
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Now that I can play pre-recorded audio over the air, I think it’s time the show gets its own intro and outro sections. But before I go trailblazing, I wanted to open it up to hear what other people could do if given the opportunity. Here is what I’m looking for.
Introduction which says the following. You’re listening to WordPress Weekly, the show dedicated to all things WordPress…..Here is your host, Jeff Chandler Ambient noise would fade out and then I’d begin talking.
My initial idea was to have ambient audio from within a Tavern with my voice giving the introduction. This is the route I’ll take if no one feels up to creating something.
For the outro, the text could say the following. Thank you for listening to this episode of WordPress Weekly. If you have any feedback regarding this episode or the show in general, please send it to jeffc at WPTavern.com. For shownotes related to this episode, visit WPTavern.com.
Again, I don’t think creating something would be too difficult for the show. If you create something and I end up using it, I’ll give you a VIP account to the forum and massive props. The audio should be in MP3 stereo format.
In this short and sweet episode of WordPress weekly, we discuss how WordPress can control missiles, the release of RC3, and WordPress 2.9 surpassing the 10 million download mark. Although not related to WordPress, I provide an update as to what has been going on in my personal life. Sometimes, I feel that it’s best if we are all on the same page. Last but not least is the introduction of a new monthly segment on the show called Where’s Matt? Once a month, I’ll be getting in touch with Matt to ask him where he’s at, what he’s been up to and a few questions regarding recent news throughout the community.
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In this somewhat historic episode of WordPress Weekly, we had Jake Goldman, Brad Williams and Gil Rutkowski call in from WordCamp Chicago to provide us an update. Based on what was heard by a few attendees, June 14th looks like the earliest date for the release of WordPress 3.0 if everything goes well. Being the 100th episode and all, I gave away some prizes during the show but I have quite a few left over for those that listen to it after the fact.
In order to be put in the running to obtain one of these prizes, you must leave a comment explaining why you enjoy listening to the show or share one of your favorite moments from a previous episode.
The prizes I have left to give away are:
Two licenses for the GD Press Tools Pro Standard membership and 2 xScape single standard theme licenses.
5 Ajax Edit Comments VIP accounts along with 5 free copies of the WordPress And Ajax e-Book.
Two copies of Slearys upcoming book, Beginning WordPress 3 that is scheduled for release on June 15th.
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Well, it only took (insert time period here) but the show itself will have produced 100 WPWeekly branded episodes after tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion, there will be plenty of prizes to give away. In no particular order, here are the prizes donated graciously by their respected owners.
Brad Williams has donated one physical copy of his book, Professional WordPress and one copy of the e-book version.
Sleary has donated two copies of his upcoming book, Beginning WordPress 3 that is scheduled for release on June 15th.
To round things out, I’ll be giving away a free lifetime VIP membership to the forum.
How these prizes will be given away is yet to be determined. Prizes will be given away to those who are in the chat room, have called in, and for those who leave comments in the shownotes post for this episode.
New Chat Room:
Since the Talkshoe pro and web clients suck when it comes to having a reliable chat system, I’ve finally decided to implement a chat system myself. Inspired by WPChat.com, I’ve embedded a web client that ties into an IRC channel on Freenode. This will be the new way to interact with the show. I’ve also installed a dynamic talkshoe widget which allows streaming audio so that everyone can participate in the show from the WordPress weekly page instead of going through Talkshoe.
Since the chatroom is hosted on Freenode, those of you who have your own IRC clients installed can point them to the Freenode server and then join the #wptavern channel. Freenode is the same IRC server that the WordPress development channel and regular channel is hosted on. Freenode also supports username registration which is recommended to prevent spoofing. Directions on how to register can be found here.
I know WordCamp Chicago is taking place this weekend which has sold out to 500 attendees but I hope those that can make it will join me for the 100th episode.
Patrick O’ Keefe who is known as iFroggy on Twitter and the author of the book Managing Online Forums presented at WordCamp Raleigh this past weekend. In his presentation, Patrick talks about how to extend your community beyond the blog as well as bringing community from various outposts spread across the web back to your blog. It was a great presentation filled with pointers for those looking to start or build upon their existing community. With Patrick’s permission, I was able to record the presentation and use it as a special episode of WordPress Weekly. Thanks again Patrick.
I think this is the first episode of WordPress Weekly ever that I flew solo the entire episode. That’s why it was so short today. I’m not use to flying solo so bare with the mumbling I did that makes up most of the episode. I talked about some of the tibits I picked up from Matts keynote at WordCamp San Francisco, my efforts to monetize, my review of the limit logins plugin and a couple of other things. Hoping that after vacation and such, I can implement a few changes I have planned for the show. Long needed changes by the way.
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In this episode of WordPress Weekly, we discussed a number of topics including the headlines of the week such as the release of BuddyPress 1.2.5.2, an A/B testing plugin in the works, WordPress milestones, and the hot story of the week, The Capital P Dangit Filter. I was joined on the show by Dremeda who heads up the awesome site Sucuri.net. Near the end of this episode, I made the announcement that I’ll be taking a summer vacation from producing the show. When I get back, I hope to have some new stuff to play around with and a renewed sense of energy to do the show. It’s not disappearing or anything, just going on a small hiatus. However, I will occasionally upload an interview or two as well as material I obtain from conferences I attend before the end of the year so you shouldn’t unsubscribe from the podcast feed.