This freedom filled edition of WordPress Weekly was an open mic night where we discussed all sorts of topics such as the freedoms of the GPL, commercial GPL themes and plugins, bbPress 1.0, the WordPress bible and a whole lot more. This episode also kick starts the WordPress Weekly Trivia game.
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The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements (and modified versions in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
Jeff – WordPress iPhone App – This is a free application for the apple iPhone 3g, 3gs, and iPod Touch that lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog. Both self-hosted and WordPress.com blogs are supported. WordPress 2.5.1 or higher is required.
This Weeks Trivia Question
Matt was recently interviewed for a blog post which I won’t name but one of the questions he was asked was: What can we expect from Matt in the near future besides WordPress advancements, of course? Your job is to provide the answer
Announcements:
This week we’ll be interviewing Randy Hoyt who presented at WordCamp Dallas. We’ll also be interviewing Scott Clark who is the author of the Pods plugin. He also did a presentation at WordCamp Dallas on the topic of “WordPress As A CMS“.
In this weeks edition of WordPress Weekly, David Peralty is back in full form as we discussed a wide variety of topics ranging from the idea of WordPress.com rebranding, WordPress needing more testers and the first virtual WordCamp. We also give you the skinny on WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2.
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Last weeks poll question was: How Should I Review A Theme?
Out of a total of 23 votes, 12 of you said to use a fresh install of WordPress while 11 of you said to use a pre existing install filled with my own content.
Jeff – Beta Tester – This plugin will allow you to either stay on one of two development tracks. Either the point release nightlies or the bleeding edge nightlies. The point release nightlites should also be fairly stable but will be available before the branch is ready for beta while the bleeding edge nightlies is the bleeding edge development code which may be unstable at times
David – David’s pick this week is a WordPress theme called Journic.
Last Weeks WordPress Trivia Question:
Where and when was the first wordcamp?
WordPress Trivia Answer:
The first WordCamp conference was held in July of 2006 in San Francisco. Matt Mullenweg pulled this event together in only three weeks time and ended up with about 300 people in the Swedish American Hall.
As an aside: The first international WordCamp event was held in Beijing China on September 1st, 2007. However, not too many people knew of the event. So the first KNOWN international WordCamp event took place in Israel on October 25, 2007
Congrats to Josh Leuze for getting the right answer.
Announcements:
Be sure to download episode 60 of WordPress Weekly which features a one hour interview with Charles Stricklin, host and producer of The WordPress Podcast. Also, Sam Bauers of bbPress has been rescheduled for July 17th.
In this special episode of WordPress Weekly, I sit down with Charles Stricklin the host of The WordPress Podcast and talked about his foray into WordPress, the difficulties involved with producing the show, podcasting in general, and near the end of the show Charles gives away a free gift which you’ll have to listen for. I thoroughly enjoyed this interview because Charles Stricklin is a large part of the inspiration that lead to me starting the WordPress Weekly podcast.
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Longtime listeners of WordPress Weekly know that recently, we’ve started a new segment called WordPress trivia. Up until now, the segment has been used as a means of education and also to have a bit of fun. However, I’ve decided to turn this segment into a game by awarding points to the first three people who answer the question correctly within the comments of that shownotes page. The point system is as follows:
Be the first to get it right and earn – 3 points
Be the second to get it right and earn – 2 points
Be the third to get it right and earn – 1 point
There will be other methods of earning points as well such as through the WPTavern forum and by interacting with me on Twitter. The bonus point amount will be announced along with the question. Only the first person to get the correct answer will receive the bonus point amount.
The scorecard will be kept on the Trivia page along with the rules, how to participate and the prizes that will be up for grabs at the end of the year. Speaking of prizes, if you’re interested in sponsoring this shindig with a prize package, please get in touch with me. At the end of the year, the top point totals will be able to choose their prize until there are no prizes left.
I plan on starting the trivia game with the July 3rd edition of WordPress Weekly. If you have any comments or suggestions related to the game or ideas on how to make this thing rock, let me know.
Unfortunately, the interview I had scheduled with Sam Bauers didn’t take place because he couldn’t make it. However, it was awesome to finally have Peter Westwood, one of the core developers join us from the UK to participate in our roundtable discussion of stories. I’ll reschedule Sam for another episode as I know many of you were looking forward to that interview.
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Jeff – Series Plugin – Series allows you to string together posts by using the built-in taxonomy system in WordPress. Justin has packaged several extra goodies with this plugin such as widgets, shortcodes, and template tags to allow you to easily control how to display data on your blog.
This Weeks Trivia Question
(Submitted by Conorp) Where and when was the first wordcamp?
Announcements:
Next Tuesday, I’ll be conducting a special interview with Charles Stricklin, the producer of the WordPress Podcast. This will be a special pre-recorded show so look for that episode to be coming down the pike next week.
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, David and I are joined by Jacob Santos, Brad Williams, Lisa Sabin Wilson and Kim Parsell to talk about WordCamp Chicago. Afterwords, David and I dived into the news of the week including the release of WordPress 2.8, iThemes going GPL, and the merger between the self-hosted WordPress software and WordPress MU.
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Jeff – WordPress Download Counter – This plugin adds a widget to your blog that shows the current download count and even refreshes the count every 15 seconds automatically.
David – Gravity Forms – An extension to WordPress that goes way beyond any other contact form plugin that exists today. Not yet available, but the hands on demo that I saw makes me super excited. I look forward to the release. enter wordcampchicago to have a peek!
Last Weeks WordPress Trivia Question:
When did WordPress get Pretty Permalinks?
WordPress Trivia Answer:
Version 1.0
Announcements:
I’m working on getting Sam Bauers, the lead developer of bbPress on the show for the next episode to talk about the 1.0 version of bbPress.
This special episode of WordPress Weekly features four special guest interviews live from the WordCamp Chicago event. One of the interviews is with Matt Mullenweg. I apologize for the background noise in most of the interviews but I’ll be conducting better quality interviews in the future, especially once I get some decent equipment.
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In this episode of WordPress Weekly, special guests Brian Gardner and Lisa Sabin Wilson give us the lowdown on WordCamp Chicago taking place this weekend. Afterwords, David and I discussed the news of the week getting everyone back on track.
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One conversation point which was brought up time and time again before the core updater was implemented was the release cycle. Quite a few people believed that the cycle was too fast and upgrading all the time was too troublesome. Well, now that we have gone six months without a major release coupled with the fact that we now have a built in upgrader, I thought I’d ask how you feel going six months without a major version to upgrade to.
With 2.8 on the horizon, did you enjoy going six months without upgrading to a major version of WordPress?
In episode 55, we had a roundtable discussion of sorts centered around the various WordCamps we attended over the past two weekends. David Peralty and Jeremy Clarke discussed WordCamp Toronto, I talked about WordCamp Columbus and Brad Williams talked about his experience at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic. We discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly regarding our experiences. If you’re thinking about organizing a WordCamp event, be sure to tune in and take a listen as you might be able to pick up a thing or two to help improve your event.
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WPTavern Listener Poll:
Last weeks poll question was: Do you think Premium themes have helped or harmed the WordPress community?
Out of a total of 20 votes 12 of you said Helped, 4 of you voted Harmed and 4 of you wanted to know what kind of question that was.
This Weeks Poll Question Is: With 2.8 on the horizon, did you enjoy going six months without upgrading to a major version of WordPress?
Plugin Picks Of The Week:
Jeff - CryptX – With CryptX you can hide all your email addresses, with and without a mailto-link, by converting them using javascript or UNICODE. Although you can choose to add a mailto-link to all unlinked email addresses with only one click at the settings.
David – Time Press – Easily add a timeline to your blog to present a new dimension for viewing your blog archive. Also has Twitter support.
Last Weeks WordPress Trivia Question:
Which version of WordPress introduced the ability to manage static pages?
This freedom filled edition of WordPress Weekly was an open mic night where we discussed all sorts of topics such as the freedoms of the GPL, commercial GPL themes and plugins, bbPress 1.0, the WordPress bible and a whole lot more. This episode also kick starts the WordPress Weekly Trivia game. 
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