The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard.
For more details on version 3.3 see http://wordpress.org/news/2011/12/sonny/
WordCamp Detroit is now official, under the rules & regulations of the WordPress Foundation! Check out the official URL:
http://2011.detroit.wordcamp.org/
Date: Nov 12 – 13, 2011
Location: Renaissance Center in Detroit, MI
Early bird ticket sales begin August 1st, 2011. Early bird tickets will be $35 for the first 75 attendees! Regular ticket sales will be available shortly after.
If WordPress has affected you personally or professionally, show WordCamp Detroit your support with a sponsorship package! You can view are available packages here: http://2011.detroit.wordcamp.org/sponsors/
WordCamp Detroit are now accepting speaker proposals. You can submit your presentation proposal for consideration.
Broadcast posts to Twitter and/or Facebook, pull in items from each as comments, and allow commenters to use their Twitter/Facebook identities.
http://blog.mailchimp.com/introducing-social-a-wordpress-plugin/
Siobhan from WPMU.org put together a short manual that you can download and send to your clients, that will walk them through the process of manually upgrading WordPress.
This article was originally posted on StylizedWeb June 2, 2011. StylizedWeb is a web design, WordPress and tutorials blog, maintained by Ross Johnson who also runs a web design company and design blog.
Ross was asked to defend WordPress against 400lbs gorilla Drupal at local marketing group LA2M. Having used both systems for some time, Ross had a strong sense as the pro’s and con’s of each platform (neither is perfect). Of course WordPress was his top choice and he had reasoning to back it up which he communicated to the group of 70+ attendees. Interestingly enough, as the discussion was not so much a debate as panel that answered questions, he noticed an interesting pattern. Much of the supposed benefits of Drupal were expressed in such a way that it made WordPress seem incapable of those benefits… which was not the case. Unable to rebut before the next question, many viewers (and the pro-Drupal speakers) didn’t get to hear this. To address this he felt it would be best to outline these common misunderstandings in this blog post.
You can read the full article over at http://stylizedweb.com/2011/06/02/6-things-disenters-dont-know-about-wordpress/
I had the fortune of attending the Voices that Matter Conference last year in San Francisco and enjoyed every minute of it and look forward to attending this years on June 27th. The conference was impeccably run featuring some of the best and brightest of the industry. The highlight is a speaker / attender mixed lunch where I was able to meet some of my favorite authors like Robert Hokeman Jr and the people behind the Filament group.
I recommend anyone that can make it, do so. More info below:
New Riders’ Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference, taking place June 27-28th in San Francisco, is where today’s most respected industry authors and thought-leaders of the Web design revolution come together to share some remarkable advances in Web design. Participants in this breakthrough event will gain insight on the best approaches to designing for mobile, social media, HTML5 and CSS3, content strategy, grids, typography, fonts, workflow, user experience, and so much more!
Not only does this two-day program compress as much learning as humanly possible into a comprehensive format, it provides a forum to hear from some of the industry’s leading gurus. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet face-to-face with dozens of authors and experts. Hear from Bruce Lawson, Kelly Goto, Shawn Welch, and more at this tremendous and efficient conference filled with education and networking. Plan to join us in San Francisco this June. We are certain that you will walk away inspired!
SPECIAL SAVINGS! As someone that reads this blog, you can save $200* off the conference fee by providing priority code WSDMAL4 and registering by May 27th as this $100 discount is combined with the Early Bird pricing! Check out the conference web site or contact Barbara Gavin, 617.848.7026 to register or request more information.
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WordPress have announced they are working on WordPress 3.2, Beta 1, and are ready for their first beta testers!.
As always, this is software still in development and we don’t recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. If you break it (find a bug), please report it, and if you’re a developer, try to help us fix it.
Here’s some of what’s new:
You can read the full press release here http://wordpress.org/news/2011/05/wordpress-3-2-beta-1/
BlueHost are one of WordPress’ recommended web hosting providers. In this short video WordPress.tv walks you through the process of installing your own WordPress blog with Simple Scripts.
Webmaster Level: All
For webmasters with self-hosted WordPress blogs, there’s now a Webmaster Tools site verifcation plugin for WordPress that completely automates our verification process! You can install it directly from the “Install Plugins” control panel built into your WordPress blog, or you can download the ZIP file from the WordPress plugin site. This plugin can only be used by self-hosted WordPress blogs; it can’t be installed on blogs hosted on wordpress.com.
With verified ownership of your site in Webmaster Tools, you can receive specific statistics and information (e.g. relevant search queries, malware notices) about your site directly from Google. For recent news about verification for other types of sites, please see our recent blog post, “Your fast pass through security.”
Read Full Article http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/04/wordpress-plugin-for-webmaster-tools.html
Check out the new WordPress Plugin WordPress Text Message built by JTPratt Media. JT is one of our regular speakers, he will be presenting this coming Wednesday March 30 at the Workcantile Exchange in Ann Arbor at 7pm.
Now you can use WordPress to create a list of subscribers to send SMS text message updates to! This is perfect for membership web sites, non-profits, small businesses, an organization, performing group – or anyone wanting to stay in touch with their fans, followers, or customers.
The WordPress Text Message plugin allows visitors to submit their cell phone number in a sidebar widget, to signup for an SMS text notification list. The website owner can then send out SMS text messages to all subscribers at once. If the sidebar widget isn’t used, you can still add people add subscribers from the plugin settings in dashboard admin. This feature is available for businesses who collect cell phone numbers via traditional methods, such as contests, paper forms, sign-up forms, etc.
New feature allows you check a setting on the plugin settings page to email the list of subscribers automatically each time a new post is published, which is great for membership or performance artist web sites! Read more over http://www.jtpratt.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-text-message/
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