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professional journalist in mind.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.jauhari.net/themes/prosumer\">Prosumer</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a very sharp layout.</p>\";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:53:\"Donncha: I’m in San Francisco, luggage is in London\";s:4:\"guid\";s:70:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/07/20/im-in-san-francisco-luggage-is-in-london/\";s:4:\"link\";s:70:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/07/20/im-in-san-francisco-luggage-is-in-london/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1089:\"<p>Thanks BA, this is the second time I&#8217;ve flown to San Francisco, and it&#8217;s the second time my luggage has been delayed in London. Notice a pattern? Don&#8217;t you like my name? Grrr. My luggage is supposed to be delivered tomorrow night to the hotel, but i need to do some shopping this afternoon for essentials.</p>\n<p>On a lighter note, almost all of Automattic are downstairs in the lobby and it&#8217;s good to finally meet many of them! Mark and I had an uneventful flight, and even fixed or discussed a few bugs on the way! Desktop Tower Defense is no easier at 36,000ft than it is at sea level however. Oh well!</p>\n<p>See you all at WordCamp!</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/automattic/\" rel=\"tag\">Automattic</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/ba/\" rel=\"tag\">BA</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/british-airways/\" rel=\"tag\">British Airways</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/san-francisco/\" rel=\"tag\">San Francisco</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:15:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1089:\"<p>Thanks BA, this is the second time I&#8217;ve flown to San Francisco, and it&#8217;s the second time my luggage has been delayed in London. Notice a pattern? Don&#8217;t you like my name? Grrr. My luggage is supposed to be delivered tomorrow night to the hotel, but i need to do some shopping this afternoon for essentials.</p>\n<p>On a lighter note, almost all of Automattic are downstairs in the lobby and it&#8217;s good to finally meet many of them! Mark and I had an uneventful flight, and even fixed or discussed a few bugs on the way! Desktop Tower Defense is no easier at 36,000ft than it is at sea level however. Oh well!</p>\n<p>See you all at WordCamp!</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/automattic/\" rel=\"tag\">Automattic</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/ba/\" rel=\"tag\">BA</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/british-airways/\" rel=\"tag\">British Airways</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/san-francisco/\" rel=\"tag\">San Francisco</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Matt: WordCamp Events Friday\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordcamp-events-friday/\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordcamp-events-friday/\";s:11:\"description\";s:736:\"<p>There are two events happening before WordCamp officially <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">kicks off on Saturday</a>. Tomorrow at 1 PM <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\">there is a meetup at Crossroads Cafe which should be a lot of fun</a>. And then at 6:30 there&#8217;s a dinner meetup organized by <a href=\"http://www.niallkennedy.com/\">Niall</a> at a neat place called <a href=\"http://www.taylorsrefresher.com/\">Taylor&#8217;s Automatic Refresher</a>, which is an outdoor beer and burger place at the Ferry Building. (Same place we met last year.) It&#8217;s cafeteria style, and we&#8217;ll be outside chatting. San Francisco evenings tend to get chilly near the water so bring a jacket.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:59:01 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:736:\"<p>There are two events happening before WordCamp officially <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">kicks off on Saturday</a>. Tomorrow at 1 PM <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\">there is a meetup at Crossroads Cafe which should be a lot of fun</a>. And then at 6:30 there&#8217;s a dinner meetup organized by <a href=\"http://www.niallkennedy.com/\">Niall</a> at a neat place called <a href=\"http://www.taylorsrefresher.com/\">Taylor&#8217;s Automatic Refresher</a>, which is an outdoor beer and burger place at the Ferry Building. (Same place we met last year.) It&#8217;s cafeteria style, and we&#8217;ll be outside chatting. San Francisco evenings tend to get chilly near the water so bring a jacket.</p>\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:32:\"Matt: WordPress.com Facebook App\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordpresscom-facebook-app/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordpresscom-facebook-app/\";s:11:\"description\";s:559:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/07/18/facebook/\">We launched a WordPress.com Facebook App today</a>, feedback has been mostly good, except some good points about how much space it takes up and formatting. It got <a href=\"http://facereviews.com/2007/07/18/wordpress-blog-posts-on-facebook/\">4 out of 5 stars on Facereviews</a>. If you have a FB account, <a href=\"http://apps.facebook.com/wordpress-com/\">please check it out</a>. (It doesn&#8217;t work for self-hosted WordPresses yet, but if it&#8217;s popular we&#8217;ll put more dev into it.)</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:54:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:559:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/07/18/facebook/\">We launched a WordPress.com Facebook App today</a>, feedback has been mostly good, except some good points about how much space it takes up and formatting. It got <a href=\"http://facereviews.com/2007/07/18/wordpress-blog-posts-on-facebook/\">4 out of 5 stars on Facereviews</a>. If you have a FB account, <a href=\"http://apps.facebook.com/wordpress-com/\">please check it out</a>. (It doesn&#8217;t work for self-hosted WordPresses yet, but if it&#8217;s popular we&#8217;ll put more dev into it.)</p>\";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Matt: Screencast and Videoblogging\";s:4:\"guid\";s:61:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/screencast-and-videoblogging/\";s:4:\"link\";s:61:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/screencast-and-videoblogging/\";s:11:\"description\";s:630:\"<p>The Show in a Box project has made a screencast called <a href=\"http://showinabox.tv/wordpress/2007/07/05/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress/\">How To Install And Setup WordPress</a>. According to <a href=\"http://jaydedman.pbwiki.com/\">Jay Dedman</a>, &#8220;Showinabox.tv is our new project to help videobloggers simply download a folder, install, turn on plugins, and choose a theme. All open source. Basically make the &#8220;ultimate videoblogging platform using WordPress&#8221;. It&#8217;ll showcase videos using vPIP, build a visual archive, help with categories, and offer a community funding mechanism.&#8221; Cool!</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:06:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:630:\"<p>The Show in a Box project has made a screencast called <a href=\"http://showinabox.tv/wordpress/2007/07/05/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress/\">How To Install And Setup WordPress</a>. According to <a href=\"http://jaydedman.pbwiki.com/\">Jay Dedman</a>, &#8220;Showinabox.tv is our new project to help videobloggers simply download a folder, install, turn on plugins, and choose a theme. All open source. Basically make the &#8220;ultimate videoblogging platform using WordPress&#8221;. It&#8217;ll showcase videos using vPIP, build a visual archive, help with categories, and offer a community funding mechanism.&#8221; Cool!</p>\";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:24:\"Matt: Scaling Monitoring\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/scaling-monitoring/\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/scaling-monitoring/\";s:11:\"description\";s:136:\"<p>Barry talks about <a href=\"http://barry.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/keeping-track-of-300-servers/\">keeping track of 300 servers</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:02:33 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:136:\"<p>Barry talks about <a href=\"http://barry.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/keeping-track-of-300-servers/\">keeping track of 300 servers</a>.</p>\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Matt: Theme Quality and Downloads\";s:4:\"guid\";s:60:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/theme-quality-and-downloads/\";s:4:\"link\";s:60:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/theme-quality-and-downloads/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1802:\"<p>There&#8217;s been a common argument that sponsored themes are higher quality because they were paid for and removing them from the theme directory will make it suck. While I find this argument insulting to the designers who have put their work out there without sponsorship, and having personally looked at hundreds of them I had a general feeling that most sponsored themes were junk, I didn&#8217;t really have any data.</p>\n<p>Well I ran a few queries against the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">theme viewer DB</a> a few minutes ago and found out some interesting stats:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve removed <strong>2,107</strong> themes so far, or a bit under 60%. Those themes had 2,243,735 downloads total, or about 1,064 downloads per theme.</li>\n<li>There are <strong>1,737</strong> themes still in the directory and those had 3,480,244 downloads, or about <strong>2,003 downloads per theme</strong>.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>(There may be some spam themes still left in the 1,737 number, but I think we&#8217;ve gotten most of them. The reports have slowed to a trickle.)</p>\n<p>So if you assume downloads are a measure of the public interest in a theme, then non-sponsored themes are about <strong>twice as popular</strong> as sponsored ones.</p>\n<p>Of course you might not accept that assumption, and the data is fuzzy, and there are certainly a handful of sponsored themes that are very high quality, but overall the indications are that they were a net drain on the site. Rather than making one-off exceptions to the no-sponsored-themes policy and being accused of favoritism or of having ulterior motives* I&#8217;d rather spend time doing things to reward and encourage the people who are making high-quality themes without embedded advertising.</p>\n<p>* Which we get enough of already.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:57:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1802:\"<p>There&#8217;s been a common argument that sponsored themes are higher quality because they were paid for and removing them from the theme directory will make it suck. While I find this argument insulting to the designers who have put their work out there without sponsorship, and having personally looked at hundreds of them I had a general feeling that most sponsored themes were junk, I didn&#8217;t really have any data.</p>\n<p>Well I ran a few queries against the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">theme viewer DB</a> a few minutes ago and found out some interesting stats:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve removed <strong>2,107</strong> themes so far, or a bit under 60%. Those themes had 2,243,735 downloads total, or about 1,064 downloads per theme.</li>\n<li>There are <strong>1,737</strong> themes still in the directory and those had 3,480,244 downloads, or about <strong>2,003 downloads per theme</strong>.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>(There may be some spam themes still left in the 1,737 number, but I think we&#8217;ve gotten most of them. The reports have slowed to a trickle.)</p>\n<p>So if you assume downloads are a measure of the public interest in a theme, then non-sponsored themes are about <strong>twice as popular</strong> as sponsored ones.</p>\n<p>Of course you might not accept that assumption, and the data is fuzzy, and there are certainly a handful of sponsored themes that are very high quality, but overall the indications are that they were a net drain on the site. Rather than making one-off exceptions to the no-sponsored-themes policy and being accused of favoritism or of having ulterior motives* I&#8217;d rather spend time doing things to reward and encourage the people who are making high-quality themes without embedded advertising.</p>\n<p>* Which we get enough of already.</p>\";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases 7/18\";s:4:\"guid\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/18/wordpress-plugin-releases-718/\";s:4:\"link\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/18/wordpress-plugin-releases-718/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2077:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.misthaven.org.uk/blog/projects/bblogreader/\">bblogreader</a> allows you to view the full Bad Behaviour logs from within Wordpress.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/categories-autolink/#plugin_2649\">Categories Autolink</a> automatically converts names of categories inside posts and pages into links to the same categories.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/edit-comments-xt/\">Edit Comments XT</a> allows commenters to edit their own comments.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/link-indication/\">Link Indication</a> applies css class attributes to the links (anchor tags) in your posts, pages, and optionally in your comment, letting you characterize your types of links.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/maintenance-mode-plugin/\">Maintenance Mode</a> adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.noprimetime.com/plugin/\">NoPrimeTime</a> allows you to place movies in .flv format from your web hosting acount or from Youtube in your posts and to integrate ads into them.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/simple-trackback-validation-plugin/\">Simple Trackback Validation</a> performs simple but very effective tests on all incoming trackbacks in order to stop trackback spam.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.tsaiberspace.net/blog/2007/07/15/slashdigglicious-a-wordpress-plugin/\">Slashdigglicious</a> is yet another social bookmarking plugin that adds a series of logos at the end of each post to enable easy submission to various online bookmarking services.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ibatawalter.free.fr/\">Sphinn It</a> allows your visitors to share a post with others.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/projects/yak-for-wordpress\">YAK</a> is a simple shopping cart which associates a product with a weblog post (basically adds a buy button to weblog posts which contain requisite fields, such as price, quantity and title).</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:45:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2077:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.misthaven.org.uk/blog/projects/bblogreader/\">bblogreader</a> allows you to view the full Bad Behaviour logs from within Wordpress.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/categories-autolink/#plugin_2649\">Categories Autolink</a> automatically converts names of categories inside posts and pages into links to the same categories.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/edit-comments-xt/\">Edit Comments XT</a> allows commenters to edit their own comments.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/link-indication/\">Link Indication</a> applies css class attributes to the links (anchor tags) in your posts, pages, and optionally in your comment, letting you characterize your types of links.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/maintenance-mode-plugin/\">Maintenance Mode</a> adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.noprimetime.com/plugin/\">NoPrimeTime</a> allows you to place movies in .flv format from your web hosting acount or from Youtube in your posts and to integrate ads into them.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/simple-trackback-validation-plugin/\">Simple Trackback Validation</a> performs simple but very effective tests on all incoming trackbacks in order to stop trackback spam.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.tsaiberspace.net/blog/2007/07/15/slashdigglicious-a-wordpress-plugin/\">Slashdigglicious</a> is yet another social bookmarking plugin that adds a series of logos at the end of each post to enable easy submission to various online bookmarking services.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ibatawalter.free.fr/\">Sphinn It</a> allows your visitors to share a post with others.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/projects/yak-for-wordpress\">YAK</a> is a simple shopping cart which associates a product with a weblog post (basically adds a buy button to weblog posts which contain requisite fields, such as price, quantity and title).</p>\";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:12:\"Matt: Pownce\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/17/pownce/\";s:4:\"link\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/17/pownce/\";s:11:\"description\";s:73:\"<p>I&#8217;m really enjoying <a href=\"http://pownce.com/\">Pownce</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:09:57 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:73:\"<p>I&#8217;m really enjoying <a href=\"http://pownce.com/\">Pownce</a>.</p>\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Pure CSS Asides for WP\";s:4:\"guid\";s:76:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/pure-css-asides-for-wp/\";s:4:\"link\";s:76:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/pure-css-asides-for-wp/\";s:11:\"description\";s:480:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.alistercameron.com/2007/07/09/sandbox-theming-trcks-pure-css-asides/\">Pure CSS Asides for WP</a>: Alister has written a post on how to setup pure CSS asides (or Linkyloo in my case, such as this post) on a Wordpress blog. The technique is quite interesting and can only be achieved in themes that use the Sandbox as the core. Andy also came up with a <a href=\"http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=3390&amp;page\">similar hack for Wordpress.com</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:30:43 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:480:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.alistercameron.com/2007/07/09/sandbox-theming-trcks-pure-css-asides/\">Pure CSS Asides for WP</a>: Alister has written a post on how to setup pure CSS asides (or Linkyloo in my case, such as this post) on a Wordpress blog. The technique is quite interesting and can only be achieved in themes that use the Sandbox as the core. Andy also came up with a <a href=\"http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=3390&amp;page\">similar hack for Wordpress.com</a></p>\";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:42:\"WordPress Podcast: WordCamp 2007 Update #1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1707:\"<p>I&#8217;ll be arriving in San Francisco for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\" class=\"extlink\">WordCamp</a> sometime Thursday morning, and I&#8217;ll try and keep you updated as to what&#8217;s happening and what&#8217;s being said there through updates here on the blog.</p>\n<p>This first update details:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" class=\"extlink\">The WordCamp Report</a> has been set up as a way of letting attendees share their experiences with each other and with those WordPress users unable to attend.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://technosailor.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Aaron</a> and I will host a meetup of podcast listeners at the <a href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/t5C-jBvWZ69XrIm6eaJL7Q\" class=\"extlink\">Crossroads Cafe</a>  (<a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Crossroads+Cafe+loc:+699+Delancey+St.+San+Francisco,+CA+94114&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&amp;om=1\" class=\"extlink\">Google map</a>) at 1 P.M. on Friday afternoon. Some of those who have mentioned they might visit with us include <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/\" class=\"extlink\">Matt Mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Mark Jaquith</a>, <a href=\"http://www.croncast.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Kris Smith</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.litwc.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Patrick Havens</a>, just to name a few. The cafe offers coffee, beer, wine, food, art and WiFi&#8230; everything a computer geek needs, and it&#8217;s very close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38, near where the <a href=\"http://automattic.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Automattic</a> pre-party is rumored to be held. We also might try and record the conversation for inclusion in a future episode of the podcast.</li>\n</ul>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:00:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Charles Stricklin\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1707:\"<p>I&#8217;ll be arriving in San Francisco for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\" class=\"extlink\">WordCamp</a> sometime Thursday morning, and I&#8217;ll try and keep you updated as to what&#8217;s happening and what&#8217;s being said there through updates here on the blog.</p>\n<p>This first update details:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" class=\"extlink\">The WordCamp Report</a> has been set up as a way of letting attendees share their experiences with each other and with those WordPress users unable to attend.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://technosailor.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Aaron</a> and I will host a meetup of podcast listeners at the <a href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/t5C-jBvWZ69XrIm6eaJL7Q\" class=\"extlink\">Crossroads Cafe</a>  (<a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Crossroads+Cafe+loc:+699+Delancey+St.+San+Francisco,+CA+94114&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&amp;om=1\" class=\"extlink\">Google map</a>) at 1 P.M. on Friday afternoon. Some of those who have mentioned they might visit with us include <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/\" class=\"extlink\">Matt Mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Mark Jaquith</a>, <a href=\"http://www.croncast.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Kris Smith</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.litwc.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Patrick Havens</a>, just to name a few. The cafe offers coffee, beer, wine, food, art and WiFi&#8230; everything a computer geek needs, and it&#8217;s very close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38, near where the <a href=\"http://automattic.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Automattic</a> pre-party is rumored to be held. We also might try and record the conversation for inclusion in a future episode of the podcast.</li>\n</ul>\";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/17\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-theme-releases-for-717/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-theme-releases-for-717/\";s:11:\"description\";s:459:\"<p><a href=\"http://wpthemesplugin.com/wordpress-theme-blackish-persian/\">Blackish Persian</a> is a 2-column, black and white, fixed-width theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://randaclay.com/archives/two-column-bluebird-theme-released\">Bluebird</a> has been released as a 2-column.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://service.compuskills.co.uk/blog/2007/07/15/chains-wordpress-theme/\">Chains</a> is a 2-column, fluid theme with white and reddish colors and a decorative header.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:459:\"<p><a href=\"http://wpthemesplugin.com/wordpress-theme-blackish-persian/\">Blackish Persian</a> is a 2-column, black and white, fixed-width theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://randaclay.com/archives/two-column-bluebird-theme-released\">Bluebird</a> has been released as a 2-column.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://service.compuskills.co.uk/blog/2007/07/15/chains-wordpress-theme/\">Chains</a> is a 2-column, fluid theme with white and reddish colors and a decorative header.</p>\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/17\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-717/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-717/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1387:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.mkbergman.com/?page_id=383\">Advanced TinyMCE Editor</a> triples the functionality of the native WordPress editor.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page2cat/\">Category Page</a> allows you to bind a page to a category and display the page content on top of category page by tweaking archives.php or adding a custom category.php file.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-cng-contact-form/\">ContactNG</a> is a very stylish and small form for your sidebar or a page.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dispoweb.org/news-it-on-the-newsbiz-plugin-pour-wordpress/\">News-it</a> lets you to add your posts ( and/or pages ) on the social digg-like www.The-News.biz.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kinggary.com/archives/post-stumbler-wordpress-plugin/\">Post Stumbler</a> adds functionality to your WordPress blog which allows visitors to view a randomly selected post on your blog, with a higher probability of choosing popular posts, and with the option of only showing recent posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/title-override/#plugin_1902\">Title Override</a> will override wp_title() output with a statement of your choice.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2007/07/11/wp-super-edit/\">WP Super Edit</a> is designed to give some control over the &#8220;Wordpress TinyMCE Visual WYSIWYG Editor.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1387:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.mkbergman.com/?page_id=383\">Advanced TinyMCE Editor</a> triples the functionality of the native WordPress editor.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page2cat/\">Category Page</a> allows you to bind a page to a category and display the page content on top of category page by tweaking archives.php or adding a custom category.php file.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-cng-contact-form/\">ContactNG</a> is a very stylish and small form for your sidebar or a page.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dispoweb.org/news-it-on-the-newsbiz-plugin-pour-wordpress/\">News-it</a> lets you to add your posts ( and/or pages ) on the social digg-like www.The-News.biz.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kinggary.com/archives/post-stumbler-wordpress-plugin/\">Post Stumbler</a> adds functionality to your WordPress blog which allows visitors to view a randomly selected post on your blog, with a higher probability of choosing popular posts, and with the option of only showing recent posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/title-override/#plugin_1902\">Title Override</a> will override wp_title() output with a statement of your choice.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2007/07/11/wp-super-edit/\">WP Super Edit</a> is designed to give some control over the &#8220;Wordpress TinyMCE Visual WYSIWYG Editor.&#8221;</p>\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:48:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Turning the other cheek\";s:4:\"guid\";s:77:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/16/turning-the-other-cheek/\";s:4:\"link\";s:77:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/16/turning-the-other-cheek/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4309:\"<p>My previous <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">sponsored theme post</a> followed by <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">Matt&#8217;s support</a> has generated a lot of buzz in the Wordpress and blogging communities. Weblogtoolscollection.com readers&#8217; opinion and the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553&amp;page\">WordPress community&#8217;s opinion</a> on this move are mostly positive and I appreciate your understanding and support. The sponsored theme community however, has been overwhelmingly negative and their dialog has degenerated into name calling and nastiness directed towards Matt and myself. Unlike <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\">Matt</a>, some of the people that have berated me, called me names and disparaged my work, are people that I respect, who were in touch with  me frequently and on whom I have spent a lot of time and effort on promotion in the past (and for the record, will continue to promote in the future). The negative responses were not fun to read through but the positives were also very heartening and encouraging.</p>\n<p>Let me say that it is <em>very</em> hard for me to turn the other cheek but that is what I choose to do and I will not add fuel to the fire.</p>\n<p>I will however, try to address a few of the legitimate concerns that I have read in the past few days. We will try to make every effort to check themes and links to make sure that they are not violating copyrights or infringing on another designer&#8217;s rights. We will make sure that themes are of higher quality and of greater value to our readers. This will reduce the quantity of themes and will probably reduce the number of theme posts but I think my readers will find more value in better quality themes from our news posts. Also, I acknowledge that it is almost impossible to know every theme that has been posted in the past and recognize every copyright violator. Mistakes can and will happen. I would like to request that theme authors report copyright violations and other errors as soon as possible either through the comments or via the contact form on the top menu. We will make every effort to correct these issues as quickly as possible.</p>\n<p>I have also known that this move might hurt those sponsored theme designers who release high quality themes with minimal sponsorship and provide the ability for their users to remove the sponsored links[1]. These theme designers and promoters have made legitimate points in their discussion of this problem and have echoed my own private concerns. However, such designers are scarce and there is no effective, fair and consistent way of making exceptions to allow certain sponsors and certain designers without playing favorites, without hurting those that are not within the exceptions and without hurting the users of these theme. I personally feel that arbitrating sponsored themes into sponsored &#8220;allowed&#8221; and sponsored &#8220;disallowed&#8221; will cause more confusion and more friction in the community because any limits set by an individual or a group will only be challenged on one ground or the other. It will also result in copycats creating even more themes with &#8220;minimal sponsorship&#8221; to keep within the boundaries with very little differences between versions.</p>\n<p>I would also like to clarify one of the notions that has been circulating around this discussion. I have no problem with designer credits as long as they are within boundaries. Designer credits at the footer of a theme are fine by me. But if you as a designer are linking back to your blog many times[2]  from within a single theme, you will be asked to tone it down.</p>\n<p>To re-iterate, if you feel that there is any error in a particular post of ours, or you feel that there is a copyright issue, please contact us and we will take the necessary steps as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>[1] This was in the original post but was edited out by me because I could not find the right words and context. In hindsight, it probably should have been left there.</p>\n<p>[2] This has been taken to an extreme and needs to be addressed.</p>\n<p>PS: For the record, my last name is Ghosh.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:15:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4309:\"<p>My previous <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">sponsored theme post</a> followed by <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">Matt&#8217;s support</a> has generated a lot of buzz in the Wordpress and blogging communities. Weblogtoolscollection.com readers&#8217; opinion and the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553&amp;page\">WordPress community&#8217;s opinion</a> on this move are mostly positive and I appreciate your understanding and support. The sponsored theme community however, has been overwhelmingly negative and their dialog has degenerated into name calling and nastiness directed towards Matt and myself. Unlike <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\">Matt</a>, some of the people that have berated me, called me names and disparaged my work, are people that I respect, who were in touch with  me frequently and on whom I have spent a lot of time and effort on promotion in the past (and for the record, will continue to promote in the future). The negative responses were not fun to read through but the positives were also very heartening and encouraging.</p>\n<p>Let me say that it is <em>very</em> hard for me to turn the other cheek but that is what I choose to do and I will not add fuel to the fire.</p>\n<p>I will however, try to address a few of the legitimate concerns that I have read in the past few days. We will try to make every effort to check themes and links to make sure that they are not violating copyrights or infringing on another designer&#8217;s rights. We will make sure that themes are of higher quality and of greater value to our readers. This will reduce the quantity of themes and will probably reduce the number of theme posts but I think my readers will find more value in better quality themes from our news posts. Also, I acknowledge that it is almost impossible to know every theme that has been posted in the past and recognize every copyright violator. Mistakes can and will happen. I would like to request that theme authors report copyright violations and other errors as soon as possible either through the comments or via the contact form on the top menu. We will make every effort to correct these issues as quickly as possible.</p>\n<p>I have also known that this move might hurt those sponsored theme designers who release high quality themes with minimal sponsorship and provide the ability for their users to remove the sponsored links[1]. These theme designers and promoters have made legitimate points in their discussion of this problem and have echoed my own private concerns. However, such designers are scarce and there is no effective, fair and consistent way of making exceptions to allow certain sponsors and certain designers without playing favorites, without hurting those that are not within the exceptions and without hurting the users of these theme. I personally feel that arbitrating sponsored themes into sponsored &#8220;allowed&#8221; and sponsored &#8220;disallowed&#8221; will cause more confusion and more friction in the community because any limits set by an individual or a group will only be challenged on one ground or the other. It will also result in copycats creating even more themes with &#8220;minimal sponsorship&#8221; to keep within the boundaries with very little differences between versions.</p>\n<p>I would also like to clarify one of the notions that has been circulating around this discussion. I have no problem with designer credits as long as they are within boundaries. Designer credits at the footer of a theme are fine by me. But if you as a designer are linking back to your blog many times[2]  from within a single theme, you will be asked to tone it down.</p>\n<p>To re-iterate, if you feel that there is any error in a particular post of ours, or you feel that there is a copyright issue, please contact us and we will take the necessary steps as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>[1] This was in the original post but was edited out by me because I could not find the right words and context. In hindsight, it probably should have been left there.</p>\n<p>[2] This has been taken to an extreme and needs to be addressed.</p>\n<p>PS: For the record, my last name is Ghosh.</p>\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"Dougal Campbell: 14+ Awesome WordPress-powered sites\";s:4:\"guid\";s:76:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites\";s:4:\"link\";s:76:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites\";s:11:\"description\";s:2142:\"<div class=\"pull-quote\">\n<a href=\"http://www.welovewp.com/\"><img src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/pics/welovewp.com.png\" alt=\"[A screenshot of welovewp.com]\" /></a>\n<p>WeLoveWP.com highlights great looking WordPress sites, and it\'s powered by WordPress, too!</p>\n</div>\n<p>\nFrom time to time, someone will hear that I\'m involved with <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress,</a> and ask me a few questions about it. Some people already have a WordPress-powered site (either self-hosted, or on <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">wordpress.com</a>), and some have never actually used it, but they\'ve heard of it. Often, they just want me to show them a WordPress site, so they can see what it looks like. Occasionally, someone will ask whether any big companies or famous people use WordPress. And one thing I often hear is along the lines of, <q>it just does weblogs, if I have a business site, I\'d want to use something else, right?</q> But in reality, WordPress is an excellent tool for managing a business site. When I tell people this, they\'ll often ask me for some examples of non-blog sites using WordPress.\n</p>\n<p>\nSo I end up searching for old bookmarks, looking through my feed archives, and checking the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\">Codex</a> until I find some suitable choices. Likewise, if someone just wants to see some examples of WP sites, I want to show them something that really stands out.\n</p>\n<p>\nNow I\'m finally going to document a really nice selection of sites that I can point them to for several examples, a sort of \"Best of WordPress\". Some sites just look good. Some are examples of famous celebrities, companies, or organizations. Others showcase WP in a non-blog capacity. In no particular order, here is my list of <strong>Awesome WordPress Sites</strong>:\n</p>\n <a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites#more-823\" class=\"more-link\">(more...)</a><p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=823&amp;akst_action=share-this\" title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_823\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This</a>\n</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:54:37 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"Dougal\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2142:\"<div class=\"pull-quote\">\n<a href=\"http://www.welovewp.com/\"><img src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/pics/welovewp.com.png\" alt=\"[A screenshot of welovewp.com]\" /></a>\n<p>WeLoveWP.com highlights great looking WordPress sites, and it\'s powered by WordPress, too!</p>\n</div>\n<p>\nFrom time to time, someone will hear that I\'m involved with <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress,</a> and ask me a few questions about it. Some people already have a WordPress-powered site (either self-hosted, or on <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">wordpress.com</a>), and some have never actually used it, but they\'ve heard of it. Often, they just want me to show them a WordPress site, so they can see what it looks like. Occasionally, someone will ask whether any big companies or famous people use WordPress. And one thing I often hear is along the lines of, <q>it just does weblogs, if I have a business site, I\'d want to use something else, right?</q> But in reality, WordPress is an excellent tool for managing a business site. When I tell people this, they\'ll often ask me for some examples of non-blog sites using WordPress.\n</p>\n<p>\nSo I end up searching for old bookmarks, looking through my feed archives, and checking the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\">Codex</a> until I find some suitable choices. Likewise, if someone just wants to see some examples of WP sites, I want to show them something that really stands out.\n</p>\n<p>\nNow I\'m finally going to document a really nice selection of sites that I can point them to for several examples, a sort of \"Best of WordPress\". Some sites just look good. Some are examples of famous celebrities, companies, or organizations. Others showcase WP in a non-blog capacity. In no particular order, here is my list of <strong>Awesome WordPress Sites</strong>:\n</p>\n <a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites#more-823\" class=\"more-link\">(more...)</a><p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=823&amp;akst_action=share-this\" title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_823\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This</a>\n</p>\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:22:\"Matt: Price of Freedom\";s:4:\"guid\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/price-of-freedom/\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/price-of-freedom/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4236:\"<p>I got <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/blog/4421/version-30/#comment-212724\">asked an interesting question today</a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>The only thing why (at least) I encode the footer is to prevent people from removing my designer link. I usually spend around 6 hours designing the graphics and coding the theme and some people simply take my link off and some of them even dare to write that the theme was designed and coded by them! How would you feel if someone took your Wordpress script (since it’s free) and said they made it? Wouldn’t you like to bite their head off?</p></blockquote>\n<p>The response became too long for a comment, so here it is:</p>\n<p>Kate, thousands of people every day remove the WordPress link, or my link, or search and replace the WP logo with their own and redistribute it, use it to spam, distribute hate speech, or any number of awful things you can imagine. So why have hundreds of people spent thousands of hours working on it?</p>\n<p>Though the freedom intrinsic in the <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\">GPL</a> that has allowed people to abuse WordPress it has allowed even more people to do amazing things and over time the good far, far outweighs the bad. Most importantly I feel like WordPress would have never gotten off the ground if it hadn&#8217;t been open from the beginning. (In fact there were several more functional blogging programs started around the same time that have since withered away.)</p>\n<p>Ultimately I know our software isn&#8217;t going to change anyone&#8217;s spots. Good people will do good things with it, and bad people will do bad things with it &#8212; regardless of any protections I put in place. Windows Vista, a multi-billion dollar enterprise, was cracked within days. Does any piddling encoding I can do in PHP really matter? If protection like that isn&#8217;t broken it&#8217;s a statement of popularity, not security.  I suppose could harass the bad guys, shut down their host, send them scary letters, but it&#8217;s just going to stress me out and like cockroaches they&#8217;ll pop up someplace else. I also know that most projects, software, and ideas die from obscurity, not piracy.</p>\n<p>If you accept that bad people are going to be bad then the real question becomes how do you maximize the effect of the good instead of treating them just like the bad. (No one likes to be treated like a criminal.) In my brief experience here&#8217;s three things that work:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Give people the tools they need to succeed. This can be interpreted on a lot of levels,  but personally I&#8217;ve found at the most base <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html\">the freedoms provided by the GPL</a> and other open source licenses are incredibly empowering.</li>\n<li>Celebrate the successes. Talk, connect, promote, and embrace the people who are creating things on top of your creation. (The best revenge against someone doing something bad is helping create something awesome.)</li>\n<li>Provide a way for people to choose to help you, and try to remove as much friction from that process as possible. Now that you&#8217;ve ignored the bad people and delighted the good, by their very nature they&#8217;ll want to give something back.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The success stories around this model are numerous and growing every day. People can and do rip-off the entire Wikipedia, but it&#8217;s still become one of the top ten sites on the internet and a marvel of what can happen when you let go. (Not to mention it is run entirely on open source software.) WordPress itself was built on top of a pre-existing GPL product called b2/cafelog. Anyone can run the software behind our hosted service WordPress.com and create competitive sites, and many have, but it hasn&#8217;t hurt us one bit. Linux, GNU, and the thousands of related desktop projects haven&#8217;t taken a bit longer than folks had hoped, but the impact they&#8217;re having, especially on emerging economies, is dramatic. The list goes on and on. It&#8217;s not hard to join the movement, but first you have to figure out who you&#8217;re fighting, who you&#8217;re trying to help, and if the price of freedom is something you&#8217;re willing to embrace.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:17:44 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4236:\"<p>I got <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/blog/4421/version-30/#comment-212724\">asked an interesting question today</a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>The only thing why (at least) I encode the footer is to prevent people from removing my designer link. I usually spend around 6 hours designing the graphics and coding the theme and some people simply take my link off and some of them even dare to write that the theme was designed and coded by them! How would you feel if someone took your Wordpress script (since it’s free) and said they made it? Wouldn’t you like to bite their head off?</p></blockquote>\n<p>The response became too long for a comment, so here it is:</p>\n<p>Kate, thousands of people every day remove the WordPress link, or my link, or search and replace the WP logo with their own and redistribute it, use it to spam, distribute hate speech, or any number of awful things you can imagine. So why have hundreds of people spent thousands of hours working on it?</p>\n<p>Though the freedom intrinsic in the <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\">GPL</a> that has allowed people to abuse WordPress it has allowed even more people to do amazing things and over time the good far, far outweighs the bad. Most importantly I feel like WordPress would have never gotten off the ground if it hadn&#8217;t been open from the beginning. (In fact there were several more functional blogging programs started around the same time that have since withered away.)</p>\n<p>Ultimately I know our software isn&#8217;t going to change anyone&#8217;s spots. Good people will do good things with it, and bad people will do bad things with it &#8212; regardless of any protections I put in place. Windows Vista, a multi-billion dollar enterprise, was cracked within days. Does any piddling encoding I can do in PHP really matter? If protection like that isn&#8217;t broken it&#8217;s a statement of popularity, not security.  I suppose could harass the bad guys, shut down their host, send them scary letters, but it&#8217;s just going to stress me out and like cockroaches they&#8217;ll pop up someplace else. I also know that most projects, software, and ideas die from obscurity, not piracy.</p>\n<p>If you accept that bad people are going to be bad then the real question becomes how do you maximize the effect of the good instead of treating them just like the bad. (No one likes to be treated like a criminal.) In my brief experience here&#8217;s three things that work:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Give people the tools they need to succeed. This can be interpreted on a lot of levels,  but personally I&#8217;ve found at the most base <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html\">the freedoms provided by the GPL</a> and other open source licenses are incredibly empowering.</li>\n<li>Celebrate the successes. Talk, connect, promote, and embrace the people who are creating things on top of your creation. (The best revenge against someone doing something bad is helping create something awesome.)</li>\n<li>Provide a way for people to choose to help you, and try to remove as much friction from that process as possible. Now that you&#8217;ve ignored the bad people and delighted the good, by their very nature they&#8217;ll want to give something back.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The success stories around this model are numerous and growing every day. People can and do rip-off the entire Wikipedia, but it&#8217;s still become one of the top ten sites on the internet and a marvel of what can happen when you let go. (Not to mention it is run entirely on open source software.) WordPress itself was built on top of a pre-existing GPL product called b2/cafelog. Anyone can run the software behind our hosted service WordPress.com and create competitive sites, and many have, but it hasn&#8217;t hurt us one bit. Linux, GNU, and the thousands of related desktop projects haven&#8217;t taken a bit longer than folks had hoped, but the impact they&#8217;re having, especially on emerging economies, is dramatic. The list goes on and on. It&#8217;s not hard to join the movement, but first you have to figure out who you&#8217;re fighting, who you&#8217;re trying to help, and if the price of freedom is something you&#8217;re willing to embrace.</p>\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:24:\"Matt: Guardian on Splogs\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/guardian-on-splogs/\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/guardian-on-splogs/\";s:11:\"description\";s:539:\"<p>The Guardian: <a href=\"http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123675,00.html\">Why Google is the service of choice for sploggers</a> examines spam, splogs, Blogger, and WordPress.com. As you may tell from the title, it&#8217;s overly harsh on Google, but nonetheless has some interesting commentary and information. Like I said last time someone wrote about this, I would never suggest WP.com is splog-free because I delete too many of them myself, but it is a problem we take very seriously and are ever vigilant against.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:03:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:539:\"<p>The Guardian: <a href=\"http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123675,00.html\">Why Google is the service of choice for sploggers</a> examines spam, splogs, Blogger, and WordPress.com. As you may tell from the title, it&#8217;s overly harsh on Google, but nonetheless has some interesting commentary and information. Like I said last time someone wrote about this, I would never suggest WP.com is splog-free because I delete too many of them myself, but it is a problem we take very seriously and are ever vigilant against.</p>\";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:54:\"Lorelle on WP: Fighting Registration Spam in WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:80:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/fighting-registration-spam-in-wordpress/\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/fighting-registration-spam-in-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6814:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Most WordPress blogs are protected by the best anti-spam triangle of comment spam defenders: <em><a href=\"http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/\" title=\"Bad Behavior Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Bad Behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/\" title=\"Spam Karma 2 Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Spam Karma 2</a> and <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a></em>.</p>\n<p>However, little or nothing is available to help prevent <em>registration spam</em>.</p>\n<p>Registration spam differs from comment spam as it comes through the WordPress login form, not blog comments. WordPress blogs which require registration to comment, contribute, or participate have little or no protection from spammers hammering away at their registration forms.</p>\n<p>There are WordPress Plugins for contact forms which include spam protection such as <a href=\"http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/wp-contactform\" title=\"WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page\">WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page</a>, based upon Ryan Duff&#8217;s popular WordPress Contact Form. But a contact form isn&#8217;t your blog&#8217;s registration, thus doesn&#8217;t help.</p>\n<p>There are several WordPress Plugins and hacks which will block registration attempts based upon a blacklist. The problem with this is that you have to put the blacklist together and keep it updated. Spammers are constantly changing their IP addresses and other information to get past blacklists which seem to be obsolete before they are published. This method is a nice band aid, but it isn&#8217;t effective in the long run.</p>\n<p>There are also some hacks to the WordPress code you can use to put a form of CAPTCHA or test into the Registration screens from <a href=\"http://exilefromgroggs.blogspot.com/2007/01/blocking-spam-registrations-in.html\" title=\"Exile from Groggs - Blocking Spam Registrations in WordPress 2.1\">Exile from Groggs</a> and <a href=\"http://raz-soft.com/display-english-posts-only/wordpress-hack-a-way-to-stop-the-bots-from-registering/\" title=\"a way to stop the bots from registering\">Raz-Soft</a>. This involves changing the core programming code for WordPress, something few want to do.</p>\n<p>There is also the <a href=\"http://www.jameskelly.org/wordpress-plugins/custom-login-and-registration-forms-plugin/\" title=\"Themed Login Plugin\">Themed Login WordPress Plugin</a> which allows the administrator to &#8220;theme&#8221; the WordPress login, adding words and design elements to customize the look, but it doesn&#8217;t add any way of testing the registrant for validity.</p>\n<p>There is an idea on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/\" title=\"WordPress Ideas\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Ideas</a> pages for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">improving WordPress registration protection</a> in the core programming. Because this issue applies to so many, any WordPress blog with more than one blogger, required registration to comment or contribute, and private blogs, I think it&#8217;s a good idea.</p>\n<p>My recommendation would be to get <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a> to cover registration as well as comments. </p>\n<p>As a last resort, many are hunting for a WordPress Plugin that will add a CAPTCHA or quiz test to the registration login form for WordPress. I&#8217;ve not found one. Have you?</p>\n<p>Is this an issue that you have to deal with on your WordPress blog? If so, and you&#8217;d like to see something added to the WordPress core programming, let your voice be heard on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33&amp;page\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">idea post for improving WordPress registration protection</a>. </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+tips\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress tips</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=akismet\" rel=\"tag\">akismet</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=bad+behavior\" rel=\"tag\">bad behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=spam+karma\" rel=\"tag\">spam karma</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=comment+spam\" rel=\"tag\">comment spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=anti-spam\" rel=\"tag\">anti-spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=security\" rel=\"tag\">security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+security\" rel=\"tag\">blog security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+security\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=captcha\" rel=\"tag\">captcha</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=prevent+registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">prevent registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+registration\" rel=\"tag\">blog registration</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:34:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6814:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Most WordPress blogs are protected by the best anti-spam triangle of comment spam defenders: <em><a href=\"http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/\" title=\"Bad Behavior Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Bad Behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/\" title=\"Spam Karma 2 Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Spam Karma 2</a> and <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a></em>.</p>\n<p>However, little or nothing is available to help prevent <em>registration spam</em>.</p>\n<p>Registration spam differs from comment spam as it comes through the WordPress login form, not blog comments. WordPress blogs which require registration to comment, contribute, or participate have little or no protection from spammers hammering away at their registration forms.</p>\n<p>There are WordPress Plugins for contact forms which include spam protection such as <a href=\"http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/wp-contactform\" title=\"WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page\">WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page</a>, based upon Ryan Duff&#8217;s popular WordPress Contact Form. But a contact form isn&#8217;t your blog&#8217;s registration, thus doesn&#8217;t help.</p>\n<p>There are several WordPress Plugins and hacks which will block registration attempts based upon a blacklist. The problem with this is that you have to put the blacklist together and keep it updated. Spammers are constantly changing their IP addresses and other information to get past blacklists which seem to be obsolete before they are published. This method is a nice band aid, but it isn&#8217;t effective in the long run.</p>\n<p>There are also some hacks to the WordPress code you can use to put a form of CAPTCHA or test into the Registration screens from <a href=\"http://exilefromgroggs.blogspot.com/2007/01/blocking-spam-registrations-in.html\" title=\"Exile from Groggs - Blocking Spam Registrations in WordPress 2.1\">Exile from Groggs</a> and <a href=\"http://raz-soft.com/display-english-posts-only/wordpress-hack-a-way-to-stop-the-bots-from-registering/\" title=\"a way to stop the bots from registering\">Raz-Soft</a>. This involves changing the core programming code for WordPress, something few want to do.</p>\n<p>There is also the <a href=\"http://www.jameskelly.org/wordpress-plugins/custom-login-and-registration-forms-plugin/\" title=\"Themed Login Plugin\">Themed Login WordPress Plugin</a> which allows the administrator to &#8220;theme&#8221; the WordPress login, adding words and design elements to customize the look, but it doesn&#8217;t add any way of testing the registrant for validity.</p>\n<p>There is an idea on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/\" title=\"WordPress Ideas\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Ideas</a> pages for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">improving WordPress registration protection</a> in the core programming. Because this issue applies to so many, any WordPress blog with more than one blogger, required registration to comment or contribute, and private blogs, I think it&#8217;s a good idea.</p>\n<p>My recommendation would be to get <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a> to cover registration as well as comments. </p>\n<p>As a last resort, many are hunting for a WordPress Plugin that will add a CAPTCHA or quiz test to the registration login form for WordPress. I&#8217;ve not found one. Have you?</p>\n<p>Is this an issue that you have to deal with on your WordPress blog? If so, and you&#8217;d like to see something added to the WordPress core programming, let your voice be heard on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33&amp;page\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">idea post for improving WordPress registration protection</a>. </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+tips\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress tips</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=akismet\" rel=\"tag\">akismet</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=bad+behavior\" rel=\"tag\">bad behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=spam+karma\" rel=\"tag\">spam karma</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=comment+spam\" rel=\"tag\">comment spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=anti-spam\" rel=\"tag\">anti-spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=security\" rel=\"tag\">security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+security\" rel=\"tag\">blog security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+security\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=captcha\" rel=\"tag\">captcha</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=prevent+registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">prevent registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+registration\" rel=\"tag\">blog registration</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:17:\"Matt: Paul Davies\";s:4:\"guid\";s:44:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/15/paul-davies/\";s:4:\"link\";s:44:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/15/paul-davies/\";s:11:\"description\";s:228:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/03/paul_davies/\">Paul Davies says</a> &#8220;people are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning and purpose.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:17:52 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:228:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/03/paul_davies/\">Paul Davies says</a> &#8220;people are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning and purpose.&#8221;</p>\";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/15\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-715/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-715/\";s:11:\"description\";s:474:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.mu/65.html\">Collapsing Blue</a> is a 2-column, minimalistic theme that features a collapsible sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://antbag.com/networker-theme-for-wordpress/\">Networker</a> is a 3-column, widget- and adsense-ready theme with both sidebar columns sitting on the right-hand side.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/4387/pop-blue/\">PopBlue</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a clean and simple look.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:45:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:474:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.mu/65.html\">Collapsing Blue</a> is a 2-column, minimalistic theme that features a collapsible sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://antbag.com/networker-theme-for-wordpress/\">Networker</a> is a 3-column, widget- and adsense-ready theme with both sidebar columns sitting on the right-hand side.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/4387/pop-blue/\">PopBlue</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a clean and simple look.</p>\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Andy Skelton: Two days from Potsdam\";s:4:\"guid\";s:59:\"http://andy.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/two-days-from-potsdam/\";s:4:\"link\";s:59:\"http://andy.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/two-days-from-potsdam/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4320:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Two days ago in the morning I left Potsdam with a hangover. This evening I rode through St. Louis and came to rest at the Columbia Fairfield close to the center of Missouri. That makes about 1,200 miles in two days. My next important rendezvous is in Colorado Springs on Monday, just over 700 miles from here. I can be there tomorrow (Sunday) if I push hard.</p>\n<p>Here is a counter-intuitive phrase that is familiar to many motorcyclists: stop to go faster. It means get off the bike often to keep fatigue away. Riding tired is bad, mmkay? A few minutes spent laying in the grass (intentionally) will make the next hour of riding much, much more comfortable.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had enough of sunny days, though. It&#8217;s time for some clouds. I switched to an open-face helmet in Vermont and I underestimated the amount of protection lost thereby. I now have sunscreen and I apply it frequently (six times per day enough?) but it was three riding hours too late. Once again I wish my skin were dark.</p>\n<p>I have the classic &#8220;raccoon eyes&#8221; look that comes from wearing good sunglasses in the sun. Today I thought about this and realized there is more to it than the shade the glasses provide. My sunglasses fit very well. Their shadow on my face is very sharp because the lenses almost touch the skin. Glasses with more open space there and above my eyes would not cover my field of vision as completely but they would lessen the raccoon eyes effect by keeping the shadow&#8217;s edge from always hitting the same spot. This is what I get for buying glasses that fit very well! (And also from not wearing enough sunscreen.)</p>\n<p>I suppose the raccoon eyes are also worsened (given more contrast) by sunlight that reflects off the lenses and strikes my face. The areas of my cheeks just under the glasses seem to have gotten much more exposure than the rest. I have about two weeks of beard growth and that helps keep the sun off but unfortunately I cannot grow enough hair on the outside of my nose.</p>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough about my sunburn. Please don&#8217;t mention it, especially if you are my mother. It&#8217;s not very bad and I&#8217;ve had much worse.</p>\n<p>The arch in St. Louis was very nice to look at. I could see it from several miles away and then I-70 passed within a few hundred yards of its base, so the views were plenty and good. Now I&#8217;m out of nice things to say about St. Louis. Don&#8217;t drive through it just to see the arch. The arch disappears behind you and the next ten miles of highway are a hell of insane drivers and invisible lane markings. Get a nice view from far away and then avoid the city, or else stay long enough to find more good things to counteract the stress of driving there.</p>\n<p>That little stretch of road reaffirmed my desire to stay away from cities when traveling long distances. Today I also reaffirmed my desire to stay away from Arby&#8217;s, Waffle House, and bridges maintained by the Illinois DOT.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://mindfulmusings.net/weblog/\">Mark Ghosh</a>, owner of <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, was a terrific host; he put me up for the night in his house near Toledo and the accommodations and hospitality were just great. It&#8217;s too bad we didn&#8217;t have more time to talk. Mark has been a WordPresser almost since WordPress began but until yesterday he had never met another WordPresser in person. WordPress APB: if you&#8217;re ever near Toledo, try to meet Mark Ghosh.</p>\n<p>Today was my first day riding with an in-helmet audio system. The Goldwing has AM/FM/Cassette and a CB radio. The SQL knob (squelch) is a nice touch: it mutes the stereo when the CB signal is above the SQL threshold. I haven&#8217;t transmitted anything yet but I&#8217;ve tried to listen to others. It&#8217;s hard for me to discern words due to the ambient noise level. I might have to modify the headset for a better fit. Anyway, I like hearing reports of &#8220;bears&#8221; or the lack of them. Long way to go, short time to get there&#8230;</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> is next Saturday and I am scheduled for a musical interlude. Does anybody in San Francisco have a 6-string acoustic cutout guitar that I can borrow?</p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:53:55 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Andy\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4320:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Two days ago in the morning I left Potsdam with a hangover. This evening I rode through St. Louis and came to rest at the Columbia Fairfield close to the center of Missouri. That makes about 1,200 miles in two days. My next important rendezvous is in Colorado Springs on Monday, just over 700 miles from here. I can be there tomorrow (Sunday) if I push hard.</p>\n<p>Here is a counter-intuitive phrase that is familiar to many motorcyclists: stop to go faster. It means get off the bike often to keep fatigue away. Riding tired is bad, mmkay? A few minutes spent laying in the grass (intentionally) will make the next hour of riding much, much more comfortable.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had enough of sunny days, though. It&#8217;s time for some clouds. I switched to an open-face helmet in Vermont and I underestimated the amount of protection lost thereby. I now have sunscreen and I apply it frequently (six times per day enough?) but it was three riding hours too late. Once again I wish my skin were dark.</p>\n<p>I have the classic &#8220;raccoon eyes&#8221; look that comes from wearing good sunglasses in the sun. Today I thought about this and realized there is more to it than the shade the glasses provide. My sunglasses fit very well. Their shadow on my face is very sharp because the lenses almost touch the skin. Glasses with more open space there and above my eyes would not cover my field of vision as completely but they would lessen the raccoon eyes effect by keeping the shadow&#8217;s edge from always hitting the same spot. This is what I get for buying glasses that fit very well! (And also from not wearing enough sunscreen.)</p>\n<p>I suppose the raccoon eyes are also worsened (given more contrast) by sunlight that reflects off the lenses and strikes my face. The areas of my cheeks just under the glasses seem to have gotten much more exposure than the rest. I have about two weeks of beard growth and that helps keep the sun off but unfortunately I cannot grow enough hair on the outside of my nose.</p>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough about my sunburn. Please don&#8217;t mention it, especially if you are my mother. It&#8217;s not very bad and I&#8217;ve had much worse.</p>\n<p>The arch in St. Louis was very nice to look at. I could see it from several miles away and then I-70 passed within a few hundred yards of its base, so the views were plenty and good. Now I&#8217;m out of nice things to say about St. Louis. Don&#8217;t drive through it just to see the arch. The arch disappears behind you and the next ten miles of highway are a hell of insane drivers and invisible lane markings. Get a nice view from far away and then avoid the city, or else stay long enough to find more good things to counteract the stress of driving there.</p>\n<p>That little stretch of road reaffirmed my desire to stay away from cities when traveling long distances. Today I also reaffirmed my desire to stay away from Arby&#8217;s, Waffle House, and bridges maintained by the Illinois DOT.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://mindfulmusings.net/weblog/\">Mark Ghosh</a>, owner of <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, was a terrific host; he put me up for the night in his house near Toledo and the accommodations and hospitality were just great. It&#8217;s too bad we didn&#8217;t have more time to talk. Mark has been a WordPresser almost since WordPress began but until yesterday he had never met another WordPresser in person. WordPress APB: if you&#8217;re ever near Toledo, try to meet Mark Ghosh.</p>\n<p>Today was my first day riding with an in-helmet audio system. The Goldwing has AM/FM/Cassette and a CB radio. The SQL knob (squelch) is a nice touch: it mutes the stereo when the CB signal is above the SQL threshold. I haven&#8217;t transmitted anything yet but I&#8217;ve tried to listen to others. It&#8217;s hard for me to discern words due to the ambient noise level. I might have to modify the headset for a better fit. Anyway, I like hearing reports of &#8220;bears&#8221; or the lack of them. Long way to go, short time to get there&#8230;</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> is next Saturday and I am scheduled for a musical interlude. Does anybody in San Francisco have a 6-string acoustic cutout guitar that I can borrow?</p>\n</div>\";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:74:\"Lorelle on WP: WordPress Community Podcast Meetup and WordCamp Report News\";s:4:\"guid\";s:100:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/wordpress-community-podcast-meetup-and-wordcamp-report-news/\";s:4:\"link\";s:100:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/wordpress-community-podcast-meetup-and-wordcamp-report-news/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4231:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m Attending WordCamp 2007 badge\" align=\"right\" />A <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a> will be Friday, July 20 at 1PM at the  Crossroads Cafe, 699 Delancey Street (close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38) for WordPress and WordPress Community Podcast fans in anticipation of WordCamp 2007.</p>\n<p>This news comes from <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" title=\"The WordCamp Report\">The WordCamp Report</a>, a great source for information on WordCamp 2007. Authored by Charles Stricklin of the <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/\" title=\"WordPress Community Podcast\">WordPress Community Podcast</a> and Patrick Havens, it is stuffed with a growing number of posts about the upcoming event in San Francisco.</p>\n<p>I can assume that there might be some live reports from the conference on this blog, too.</p>\n<p>Recent posts include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/lorelle-vanfossen-is-speaking/\" title=\"Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?\">Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-donncha-o-caoimh/\" title=\"Who is Donncha O Caoimh?\">Who is Donncha O Caoimh?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-charles-stricklin/\" title=\"Who is Charles Stricklin?\">Who is Charles Stricklin?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-mark-jaquith/\" title=\"Who is Mark Jaquith?\">Who is Mark Jaquith?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/10/so-who-is-matt-mullenweg/\" title=\"So who is Matt Mullenweg?\">So who is Matt Mullenweg?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/09/wordcamp-2007-registration-closes/\" title=\"WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!\">WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/06/the-casting-call/\" title=\"The Casting Call\">The Casting Call</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+conference\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress conference</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+reports\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp reports</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:18:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4231:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m Attending WordCamp 2007 badge\" align=\"right\" />A <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a> will be Friday, July 20 at 1PM at the  Crossroads Cafe, 699 Delancey Street (close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38) for WordPress and WordPress Community Podcast fans in anticipation of WordCamp 2007.</p>\n<p>This news comes from <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" title=\"The WordCamp Report\">The WordCamp Report</a>, a great source for information on WordCamp 2007. Authored by Charles Stricklin of the <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/\" title=\"WordPress Community Podcast\">WordPress Community Podcast</a> and Patrick Havens, it is stuffed with a growing number of posts about the upcoming event in San Francisco.</p>\n<p>I can assume that there might be some live reports from the conference on this blog, too.</p>\n<p>Recent posts include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/lorelle-vanfossen-is-speaking/\" title=\"Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?\">Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-donncha-o-caoimh/\" title=\"Who is Donncha O Caoimh?\">Who is Donncha O Caoimh?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-charles-stricklin/\" title=\"Who is Charles Stricklin?\">Who is Charles Stricklin?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-mark-jaquith/\" title=\"Who is Mark Jaquith?\">Who is Mark Jaquith?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/10/so-who-is-matt-mullenweg/\" title=\"So who is Matt Mullenweg?\">So who is Matt Mullenweg?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/09/wordcamp-2007-registration-closes/\" title=\"WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!\">WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/06/the-casting-call/\" title=\"The Casting Call\">The Casting Call</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+conference\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress conference</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+reports\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp reports</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:18:\"Matt: Cluster Tail\";s:4:\"guid\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/cluster-tail/\";s:4:\"link\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/cluster-tail/\";s:11:\"description\";s:242:\"<p><a href=\"http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2007/07/14/announcement-cluster-tail-released\">Cluster Tail</a> &#8220;multiplexes lots of SSH connections, to invoke <code>tail -f</code> on a large set of machines or log files.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:26:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:242:\"<p><a href=\"http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2007/07/14/announcement-cluster-tail-released\">Cluster Tail</a> &#8220;multiplexes lots of SSH connections, to invoke <code>tail -f</code> on a large set of machines or log files.&#8221;</p>\";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:19:\"Matt: Love and Hate\";s:4:\"guid\";s:46:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\";s:4:\"link\";s:46:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2569:\"<p>One of my favorite funny graphics from the on-hiatus Creating Passionate Users <a href=\"http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/be_brave.html\">was this one from the entry <em>Be brave or go home</em></a>. Because on <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">this entry on my blog</a> a few days ago the part of the blogosphere that makes money from ad-embedded themes has  been viciously attacking me personally. Attempted assassinations are never fun, at least for the person on the receiving end, but overall I&#8217;m happy for a few reasons:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of the paid links in themes are to the same URLs I see in <a href=\"http://akismet.com/\">Akismet</a>, so I know that there is at least some overlap between the people financing these themes and attacking our blogs, and any way we can fight them is good.</li>\n<li>I know that this is something <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\">the majority of the WordPress community has voted for</a>.</li>\n<li>I am hopeful we&#8217;ll stop seeing <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/125506\">threads like this in the support forum</a>. &#8220;I installed the ecologici theme found here [link to wordpress.net] I customized it, no problems. I went to add my scripts to the footer and found this code&#8230;&#8221;</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when it&#8217;s from people who have significant financial interests in seeing sponsored themes continue. They&#8217;re just trying to protect their money.</li>\n<li>That they&#8217;re making so much noise is an indication we&#8217;re doing something meaningful.</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when they&#8217;re from people with questionable personal practices. [1]</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Still, there is a lot of hard work ahead.</p>\n<p>[1] For example one attack post from &#8220;Franky&#8221; on a blog called Wisdump (didn&#8217;t that used to be run by the awesome Paul Scrivens?) I noticed it was loading a little slow, then I saw <a href=\"http://pingomatic.com/\">pingomatic.com</a> in my address bar. I looked at his source and saw he had embedded a 1&#215;1 pixel iframe loading the ping page for Ping-O-Matic on every one of his pages. I must admit this is clever, it utilizes the distributed network of everyone who visits your site to attack Ping-O-Matic and spam the ping servers, and of course IP blocking is useless because it&#8217;s coming from the regular folks on your site. But it is also extremely skeevy. (And I believe a little bit of JS on the ping page should fix that right up.)</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:17:02 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2569:\"<p>One of my favorite funny graphics from the on-hiatus Creating Passionate Users <a href=\"http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/be_brave.html\">was this one from the entry <em>Be brave or go home</em></a>. Because on <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">this entry on my blog</a> a few days ago the part of the blogosphere that makes money from ad-embedded themes has  been viciously attacking me personally. Attempted assassinations are never fun, at least for the person on the receiving end, but overall I&#8217;m happy for a few reasons:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of the paid links in themes are to the same URLs I see in <a href=\"http://akismet.com/\">Akismet</a>, so I know that there is at least some overlap between the people financing these themes and attacking our blogs, and any way we can fight them is good.</li>\n<li>I know that this is something <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\">the majority of the WordPress community has voted for</a>.</li>\n<li>I am hopeful we&#8217;ll stop seeing <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/125506\">threads like this in the support forum</a>. &#8220;I installed the ecologici theme found here [link to wordpress.net] I customized it, no problems. I went to add my scripts to the footer and found this code&#8230;&#8221;</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when it&#8217;s from people who have significant financial interests in seeing sponsored themes continue. They&#8217;re just trying to protect their money.</li>\n<li>That they&#8217;re making so much noise is an indication we&#8217;re doing something meaningful.</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when they&#8217;re from people with questionable personal practices. [1]</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Still, there is a lot of hard work ahead.</p>\n<p>[1] For example one attack post from &#8220;Franky&#8221; on a blog called Wisdump (didn&#8217;t that used to be run by the awesome Paul Scrivens?) I noticed it was loading a little slow, then I saw <a href=\"http://pingomatic.com/\">pingomatic.com</a> in my address bar. I looked at his source and saw he had embedded a 1&#215;1 pixel iframe loading the ping page for Ping-O-Matic on every one of his pages. I must admit this is clever, it utilizes the distributed network of everyone who visits your site to attack Ping-O-Matic and spam the ping servers, and of course IP blocking is useless because it&#8217;s coming from the regular folks on your site. But it is also extremely skeevy. (And I believe a little bit of JS on the ping page should fix that right up.)</p>\";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:51:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Generator\";s:4:\"guid\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/14/wordpress-plugin-generator/\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/14/wordpress-plugin-generator/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1053:\"<p>Speaking of the WordPress Plugin Competition and writing new plugins, here is a <a href=\"http://web.forret.com/tools/wp-plugin.asp\">WordPress Plugin Generator</a>. Intriguing name, isn&#8217;t it? No, it does not write all Wordpress plugins for you on demand and no it does not have AI. <em>This tool will help you create a template for your own Wordpress plugin.</em> and it literally does just that. If you are new to Wordpress or to writing plugins and you want a quick and dirty template with some of the fixin&#8217;s, the WordPress Plugin Generator is your ticket to your plugin&#8217;s inception. The tweakable features include the name of the plugin, some rudimentary and commonly used locations for result insertion on your blog, the framework for a config page, wpdb integration and comment and GPL in the header. It is definitely a good starting point.</p>\n<p>A word of friendly warning, the page&#8217;s style is completely broken on my Firefox. Thanks to a <a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/\">tip from Andy of Blaze New Media</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:25:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1053:\"<p>Speaking of the WordPress Plugin Competition and writing new plugins, here is a <a href=\"http://web.forret.com/tools/wp-plugin.asp\">WordPress Plugin Generator</a>. Intriguing name, isn&#8217;t it? No, it does not write all Wordpress plugins for you on demand and no it does not have AI. <em>This tool will help you create a template for your own Wordpress plugin.</em> and it literally does just that. If you are new to Wordpress or to writing plugins and you want a quick and dirty template with some of the fixin&#8217;s, the WordPress Plugin Generator is your ticket to your plugin&#8217;s inception. The tweakable features include the name of the plugin, some rudimentary and commonly used locations for result insertion on your blog, the framework for a config page, wpdb integration and comment and GPL in the header. It is definitely a good starting point.</p>\n<p>A word of friendly warning, the page&#8217;s style is completely broken on my Firefox. Thanks to a <a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/\">tip from Andy of Blaze New Media</a></p>\";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Donncha: Have you completed your WordCamp registration?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:75:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/07/14/have-you-completed-your-wordcamp-registration/\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/07/14/have-you-completed-your-wordcamp-registration/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1528:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordcamp.org/\"><img align=\"right\" src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m going to WordCamp\" border=\"0\" /></a>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m off to San Francisco in a few days time for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> and I&#8217;ll finally meet some of the newer <a href=\"http://automattic.com/about/\">members</a> of the company. Actually, that would be almost half the company. Did I mention that Automattic is a rapidly growing organisation?</p>\n<p>Anyway, registration for WordCamp is now closed, but a number of people still haven&#8217;t filled in their details, despite having paid for tickets! If you paid your $25 but never filled in a form with your tshirt size and blog URL then check your email. There&#8217;s a link there you should click! Your name will also appear on the <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendees/\">attendees</a> when you are done. I&#8217;m going to send out reminder emails tomorrow but please save me some time copying/pasting of emails and ID codes and fill in the form first!</p>\n<p>See you at WordCamp!</p>\n<p>PS. If you live in Ireland, leave a comment here. I&#8217;ll pick out 5 comments at random and once I&#8217;ve verified that your mailing address is in Ireland, I&#8217;ll pop a couple of WordPress stickers in the post to you.</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/irishblogs/\" rel=\"tag\">irishblogs</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:44:38 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1528:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordcamp.org/\"><img align=\"right\" src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m going to WordCamp\" border=\"0\" /></a>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m off to San Francisco in a few days time for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> and I&#8217;ll finally meet some of the newer <a href=\"http://automattic.com/about/\">members</a> of the company. Actually, that would be almost half the company. Did I mention that Automattic is a rapidly growing organisation?</p>\n<p>Anyway, registration for WordCamp is now closed, but a number of people still haven&#8217;t filled in their details, despite having paid for tickets! If you paid your $25 but never filled in a form with your tshirt size and blog URL then check your email. There&#8217;s a link there you should click! Your name will also appear on the <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendees/\">attendees</a> when you are done. I&#8217;m going to send out reminder emails tomorrow but please save me some time copying/pasting of emails and ID codes and fill in the form first!</p>\n<p>See you at WordCamp!</p>\n<p>PS. If you live in Ireland, leave a comment here. I&#8217;ll pick out 5 comments at random and once I&#8217;ve verified that your mailing address is in Ireland, I&#8217;ll pop a couple of WordPress stickers in the post to you.</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/irishblogs/\" rel=\"tag\">irishblogs</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:16:\"Matt: Gelato CMS\";s:4:\"guid\";s:43:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/gelato-cms/\";s:4:\"link\";s:43:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/gelato-cms/\";s:11:\"description\";s:420:\"<p><a href=\"http://gelatocms.com/\">Gelato CMS</a> is an open source implementation of the tumblelog concept, as popularized on <a href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/\">Tumblr</a>. I&#8217;m a big fan of the Tumblelog concept, it&#8217;s not dissimilar to what I do here and on <a href=\"http://matt.wordpress.com/\">matt.wordpress</a>, but I&#8217;d love to see it implemented as a WordPress theme. <cite>Hat tip: Ryan.</cite></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:14:09 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:420:\"<p><a href=\"http://gelatocms.com/\">Gelato CMS</a> is an open source implementation of the tumblelog concept, as popularized on <a href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/\">Tumblr</a>. I&#8217;m a big fan of the Tumblelog concept, it&#8217;s not dissimilar to what I do here and on <a href=\"http://matt.wordpress.com/\">matt.wordpress</a>, but I&#8217;d love to see it implemented as a WordPress theme. <cite>Hat tip: Ryan.</cite></p>\";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:12:\"Matt: On PHP\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/on-php/\";s:4:\"link\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/on-php/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3795:\"<p><a href=\"http://php.net/\">PHP.net</a> has announced that they will stop development of PHP4 at the end of this year, and end security updates on 2008-08. (In 2007, their site still doesn&#8217;t have obvious permalinks. They do have a RSS 1.0 feed though, remember those?)</p>\n<p>PHP 4.0 was release in May of 2000, by 2004 when the first version of PHP 5.0 was released, PHP 4 had achieved complete dominance and was completely ubiquitous in both script and hosting support.</p>\n<p>Fast forward 3 more years and PHP 5 has been, from an adoption point of view, a complete flop. Most estimates place it in the single-digit percentages or at best the low teens, mostly gassed by marginal frameworks. Even hosted PHP-powered services who have no shared host compatibility concerns like 30boxes, Digg, Flickr, and WordPress.com, have been slow to move and when they do it will probably be because of speed or security, not features.</p>\n<p>Some app makers felt sorry for PHP 5 and decided to create the <a href=\"http://gophp5.org/\">world&#8217;s ugliest advocacy site</a> and turn their apps in to protest pieces at the expense of their users. (Hat tip: <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4591#comment:1\">Mark J</a>.) They say &#8220;Web hosts cannot upgrade their servers to PHP 5 without making it impossible for their users to run PHP 4-targeted web apps&#8221; ignoring the fact that there isn&#8217;t a released PHP app today that isn&#8217;t PHP 5-compatible and recent upgrade issues <a href=\"http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39381\">have been caused by PHP itself</a> in point releases. (See <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3354\">WP#3354</a>.) It&#8217;s easy to always promote the newest thing, but why, and is it for us or our users?</p>\n<p>Now the PHP core team seems to have decided that the boost their failing product needs is to kill off their successful one instead of asking the hard questions: <strong>What was it that made PHP 4 so successful?</strong> What are we doing to emphasize those strengths? Why wasn&#8217;t PHP 5 compelling to that same audience? Are the things <a href=\"http://jero.net/articles/php6\">we&#8217;re doing in PHP 6</a> crucial to our core audience or simply &#8220;good&#8221; language problems to solve? Will they drive adoption? How can we avoid releasing (another) <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr#Failure_in_the_marketplace\">PCjr</a>?</p>\n<p>I wonder if PHP 5+ should be called something other than PHP. A unique name would have allowed the effort to stand on its own, and not imply something that&#8217;s an upgrade from what came before when in many cases it&#8217;s just different, not better,  from an end-user perspective. Continue to maintain PHP 4 as like a PHP-lite. Make it harder, better, faster, <a href=\"http://www.kanyewest.com/?content=video_stronger\">stronger</a>.</p>\n<p>For all the noise though, <strong>this isn&#8217;t a big deal</strong>. It&#8217;s easy to forget that PHP 4 hasn&#8217;t had any real innovation in the past 3 years while at the same time apps and services built on top of it have created some of the richest and most compelling user experiences the web has seen. (<span class=\"hw\">Née Web 2.0.) </span>None of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/?show=popular\">most requested features for WordPress</a> would be any easier (or harder) if they were written for PHP 4 or 5 or Python. <strong>They&#8217;d just be different.</strong> The hard part usually has little to do with the underlying server-side language.</p>\n<p>Someday on our mailing lists I hope half the words wasted pontificating on &#8220;language version wars,&#8221; which are even duller than language wars, go toward design, copywriting, information, performance &#8212; the things that truly matter.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:08:31 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3795:\"<p><a href=\"http://php.net/\">PHP.net</a> has announced that they will stop development of PHP4 at the end of this year, and end security updates on 2008-08. (In 2007, their site still doesn&#8217;t have obvious permalinks. They do have a RSS 1.0 feed though, remember those?)</p>\n<p>PHP 4.0 was release in May of 2000, by 2004 when the first version of PHP 5.0 was released, PHP 4 had achieved complete dominance and was completely ubiquitous in both script and hosting support.</p>\n<p>Fast forward 3 more years and PHP 5 has been, from an adoption point of view, a complete flop. Most estimates place it in the single-digit percentages or at best the low teens, mostly gassed by marginal frameworks. Even hosted PHP-powered services who have no shared host compatibility concerns like 30boxes, Digg, Flickr, and WordPress.com, have been slow to move and when they do it will probably be because of speed or security, not features.</p>\n<p>Some app makers felt sorry for PHP 5 and decided to create the <a href=\"http://gophp5.org/\">world&#8217;s ugliest advocacy site</a> and turn their apps in to protest pieces at the expense of their users. (Hat tip: <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4591#comment:1\">Mark J</a>.) They say &#8220;Web hosts cannot upgrade their servers to PHP 5 without making it impossible for their users to run PHP 4-targeted web apps&#8221; ignoring the fact that there isn&#8217;t a released PHP app today that isn&#8217;t PHP 5-compatible and recent upgrade issues <a href=\"http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39381\">have been caused by PHP itself</a> in point releases. (See <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3354\">WP#3354</a>.) It&#8217;s easy to always promote the newest thing, but why, and is it for us or our users?</p>\n<p>Now the PHP core team seems to have decided that the boost their failing product needs is to kill off their successful one instead of asking the hard questions: <strong>What was it that made PHP 4 so successful?</strong> What are we doing to emphasize those strengths? Why wasn&#8217;t PHP 5 compelling to that same audience? Are the things <a href=\"http://jero.net/articles/php6\">we&#8217;re doing in PHP 6</a> crucial to our core audience or simply &#8220;good&#8221; language problems to solve? Will they drive adoption? How can we avoid releasing (another) <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr#Failure_in_the_marketplace\">PCjr</a>?</p>\n<p>I wonder if PHP 5+ should be called something other than PHP. A unique name would have allowed the effort to stand on its own, and not imply something that&#8217;s an upgrade from what came before when in many cases it&#8217;s just different, not better,  from an end-user perspective. Continue to maintain PHP 4 as like a PHP-lite. Make it harder, better, faster, <a href=\"http://www.kanyewest.com/?content=video_stronger\">stronger</a>.</p>\n<p>For all the noise though, <strong>this isn&#8217;t a big deal</strong>. It&#8217;s easy to forget that PHP 4 hasn&#8217;t had any real innovation in the past 3 years while at the same time apps and services built on top of it have created some of the richest and most compelling user experiences the web has seen. (<span class=\"hw\">Née Web 2.0.) </span>None of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/?show=popular\">most requested features for WordPress</a> would be any easier (or harder) if they were written for PHP 4 or 5 or Python. <strong>They&#8217;d just be different.</strong> The hard part usually has little to do with the underlying server-side language.</p>\n<p>Someday on our mailing lists I hope half the words wasted pontificating on &#8220;language version wars,&#8221; which are even duller than language wars, go toward design, copywriting, information, performance &#8212; the things that truly matter.</p>\";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:61:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Competition Updates\";s:4:\"guid\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-competition-updates/\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-competition-updates/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1329:\"<p>The <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/\">WordPress Plugin Competition</a> is going strong with <strong>15 plugins announced</strong> and actively being developed and at least five more in the works. I am hoping that more developers will throw their hats into the arena in the next couple of weeks. Remember the <strong>last date of the competition is the 31st of July</strong>. That means that if you are planning to enter the competition, you will need to have submitted your plugin to me via email by the end of that day.</p>\n<p>I have added a ChipIn widget to the competition blog to collect donations for prizes and I thank every sponsor and donor. We have some <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/plugin-competition-prizes/\">really great sponsors for the competition</a> and so far the <strong>prizes are eclectic and pretty cool</strong>. We have also collected almost <strike><strong>$900</strong></strike> <strong>$1000</strong> from various donors as prizes for the competition. I am hesitant to put together the final three sets of prizes because I am hoping we have some <strong>more donations</strong> and a few <strong>more contestants</strong>.</p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone that has helped to publicize the competition and to everyone who has helped me put it together for the community.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:15:17 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1329:\"<p>The <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/\">WordPress Plugin Competition</a> is going strong with <strong>15 plugins announced</strong> and actively being developed and at least five more in the works. I am hoping that more developers will throw their hats into the arena in the next couple of weeks. Remember the <strong>last date of the competition is the 31st of July</strong>. That means that if you are planning to enter the competition, you will need to have submitted your plugin to me via email by the end of that day.</p>\n<p>I have added a ChipIn widget to the competition blog to collect donations for prizes and I thank every sponsor and donor. We have some <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/plugin-competition-prizes/\">really great sponsors for the competition</a> and so far the <strong>prizes are eclectic and pretty cool</strong>. We have also collected almost <strike><strong>$900</strong></strike> <strong>$1000</strong> from various donors as prizes for the competition. I am hesitant to put together the final three sets of prizes because I am hoping we have some <strong>more donations</strong> and a few <strong>more contestants</strong>.</p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone that has helped to publicize the competition and to everyone who has helped me put it together for the community.</p>\";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:41:\"Lorelle on WP: Announcing WPMUDEV Premium\";s:4:\"guid\";s:67:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/announcing-wpmudev-premium/\";s:4:\"link\";s:67:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/announcing-wpmudev-premium/\";s:11:\"description\";s:9444:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://incsub.org/\" title=\"Incorporated Subversion\">James Farmer of Incorporated Subversion</a> and <a href=\"http://www.edublogs.org/\" title=\"Edublogs\" rel=\"tag\">Edublogs</a> announces <a href=\"http://incsub.org/blog/2007/introducing-wpmudev-premium\" title=\"Introducing WPMUDEV Premium\">WPMUDEV Premium</a>.</p>\n<p>Before you run thinking this a terrifying new language, WPMUDEV stands for <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\"><em>WordPressMU Development Premium</em></a>, a &#8220;custom&#8221; version of <a href=\"http://mu.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPressMU\">WordPressMU</a>, the extraordinary blogging platform that has morphed into that which runs Edublogs, similar to <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress.com\">WordPress.com</a>.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have put together WPMUDEV Premium based upon what they developed with <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs and their associated blogging services</a>, like  <a href=\"http://learnerblogs.org/\" title=\"Learner Blogs - free blogs for school students\">learnerblogs</a> for school students, <a href=\"http://uniblogs.org/\" title=\"Uniblogs - Free blogs for university students\">uniblogs.org</a> for university and college students, and <a href=\"http://eslblogs.org/\" title=\"ESLblogs - Free blogs for those teaching English as a second or foreign language\">eslblogs</a> for those involved in teaching English as a second language and English as a foreign language.</p>\n<p>WordPressMU is not appropriate for those who wish to have multiple blogs or the average WordPress blogger. WordPressMU is designed for memberships, associations, groups, and companies to bring blogs to their members and employees. </p>\n<p>Before WordPress.com was Edublogs, the first fully functional version of WordPressMU to be put to the test. WordPress.com has built up their WordPressMU model to include over 1 million bloggers and many <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/vip-hosting/\" title=\"WordPress.com VIP Hosting Service\">WordPress.com VIP Hosted blogs</a> including several from CNN and Yahoo. Farmer and Billits have taken and expanded the WordPressMU program to host four different free blogging services with tens of thousands of bloggers from all over the world and all ages, and they want to bring that expertise to other groups and businesses for a modest support and development fee.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have developed a variety of hacks and customization features, along with some excellent WordPress Plugins for WordPressMU into a support package deal. All the work has been done, including over two years of development and testing. With so much of the work being done, there is little the administrator has to do other than administrative monitoring and decisions. The hardest work will be recruiting new bloggers - oh, and explaining what a blog is.</p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a joint project between Andrew Billits and myself that aims to find a way to provide complex custom plugins, materials, hacks and support for WordPress MultiUser (WPMU) for a fraction of the amount you’d have to pay a developer.</p>\n<p>It’s already stuffed full of goodies; there’s the multi-database code that’s used on Edublogs (happily supporting 50,000 blogs on the one domain), mu-plugins to give you the lowdown on all your user activity (active users, posts, comments and more!), unbranded support videos for you to use on your WPMU site and a new bumper theme pack with uploadable headers a gogo.</p>\n<p>And lots, lots, lots, more… which we’re going to be adding to all the time.</p>\n<p>Plus there are comprehensive support forums to back up all of the code there.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Trust me, there is a lot of work involved in developing such a multi-user blogging system, especially with all the bells and whistles James and Andrew have put together.</p>\n<p>WPMUDEV Premium is actually very affordable. They have a monthly pricing schedule which begins by the month at USD $50 and then scales back for a year of program and support for $250, a $350 savings off the monthly rate.</p>\n<p>Here are the features with more on the way:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple Databases</li>\n<li>Mass Email Service</li>\n<li>WordPress Theme Packs</li>\n<li>Support for hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands&#8230;who knows how many blogs</li>\n<li>A Variety of WordPress Plugins which add more features such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Blog Activity Monitor</li>\n<li>Administration Ads</li>\n<li>Administration Messages</li>\n<li>User Activities</li>\n<li>Avatars</li>\n<li>Friends (connecting blog users)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Customer Support</li>\n<li>Upgrade Support</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You can learn more about what is offered in their new <a href=\"http://wpmudev.org/faq-premium.php\" title=\"FAQ for WPMUDEV Premium\">FAQ</a> and expect more information on <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\">WordPressMU Development Premium</a> as this grows and expands.</p>\n<p>Again, this is not for typical bloggers. This is for groups and businesses who want to bring blogs to their members.</p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/james-farmer-takes-on-edublogsorg-full-time/\" title=\"James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time\">James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/are-blog-comments-getting-you-down/\" title=\"Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?\">Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/the-wonderful-world-of-wordpress-products/\" title=\"The Wonderful World of WordPress Products\">The Wonderful World of WordPress Products</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/one-year-anniversary-review-blogging-about-bloggers/\" title=\"Blogging About Bloggers\">One Year Anniversary Review: Blogging About Bloggers</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/one-year-anniversary-review-in-the-beginning-wordpress-begot-wordpressmu-begot-wordpresscom/\" title=\"In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com\">One Year Anniversary Review: In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=james+farmer\" rel=\"tag\">james farmer</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+multiuser\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress multiuser</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=multi-user+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">multi-user blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=andrew+billets\" rel=\"tag\">andrew billets</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wpmudev+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wpmudev premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+development\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu development</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+business+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional business blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=corporate+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">corporate blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=membership+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">membership blogs</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:40:19 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:9444:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://incsub.org/\" title=\"Incorporated Subversion\">James Farmer of Incorporated Subversion</a> and <a href=\"http://www.edublogs.org/\" title=\"Edublogs\" rel=\"tag\">Edublogs</a> announces <a href=\"http://incsub.org/blog/2007/introducing-wpmudev-premium\" title=\"Introducing WPMUDEV Premium\">WPMUDEV Premium</a>.</p>\n<p>Before you run thinking this a terrifying new language, WPMUDEV stands for <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\"><em>WordPressMU Development Premium</em></a>, a &#8220;custom&#8221; version of <a href=\"http://mu.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPressMU\">WordPressMU</a>, the extraordinary blogging platform that has morphed into that which runs Edublogs, similar to <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress.com\">WordPress.com</a>.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have put together WPMUDEV Premium based upon what they developed with <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs and their associated blogging services</a>, like  <a href=\"http://learnerblogs.org/\" title=\"Learner Blogs - free blogs for school students\">learnerblogs</a> for school students, <a href=\"http://uniblogs.org/\" title=\"Uniblogs - Free blogs for university students\">uniblogs.org</a> for university and college students, and <a href=\"http://eslblogs.org/\" title=\"ESLblogs - Free blogs for those teaching English as a second or foreign language\">eslblogs</a> for those involved in teaching English as a second language and English as a foreign language.</p>\n<p>WordPressMU is not appropriate for those who wish to have multiple blogs or the average WordPress blogger. WordPressMU is designed for memberships, associations, groups, and companies to bring blogs to their members and employees. </p>\n<p>Before WordPress.com was Edublogs, the first fully functional version of WordPressMU to be put to the test. WordPress.com has built up their WordPressMU model to include over 1 million bloggers and many <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/vip-hosting/\" title=\"WordPress.com VIP Hosting Service\">WordPress.com VIP Hosted blogs</a> including several from CNN and Yahoo. Farmer and Billits have taken and expanded the WordPressMU program to host four different free blogging services with tens of thousands of bloggers from all over the world and all ages, and they want to bring that expertise to other groups and businesses for a modest support and development fee.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have developed a variety of hacks and customization features, along with some excellent WordPress Plugins for WordPressMU into a support package deal. All the work has been done, including over two years of development and testing. With so much of the work being done, there is little the administrator has to do other than administrative monitoring and decisions. The hardest work will be recruiting new bloggers - oh, and explaining what a blog is.</p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a joint project between Andrew Billits and myself that aims to find a way to provide complex custom plugins, materials, hacks and support for WordPress MultiUser (WPMU) for a fraction of the amount you’d have to pay a developer.</p>\n<p>It’s already stuffed full of goodies; there’s the multi-database code that’s used on Edublogs (happily supporting 50,000 blogs on the one domain), mu-plugins to give you the lowdown on all your user activity (active users, posts, comments and more!), unbranded support videos for you to use on your WPMU site and a new bumper theme pack with uploadable headers a gogo.</p>\n<p>And lots, lots, lots, more… which we’re going to be adding to all the time.</p>\n<p>Plus there are comprehensive support forums to back up all of the code there.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Trust me, there is a lot of work involved in developing such a multi-user blogging system, especially with all the bells and whistles James and Andrew have put together.</p>\n<p>WPMUDEV Premium is actually very affordable. They have a monthly pricing schedule which begins by the month at USD $50 and then scales back for a year of program and support for $250, a $350 savings off the monthly rate.</p>\n<p>Here are the features with more on the way:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple Databases</li>\n<li>Mass Email Service</li>\n<li>WordPress Theme Packs</li>\n<li>Support for hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands&#8230;who knows how many blogs</li>\n<li>A Variety of WordPress Plugins which add more features such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Blog Activity Monitor</li>\n<li>Administration Ads</li>\n<li>Administration Messages</li>\n<li>User Activities</li>\n<li>Avatars</li>\n<li>Friends (connecting blog users)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Customer Support</li>\n<li>Upgrade Support</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You can learn more about what is offered in their new <a href=\"http://wpmudev.org/faq-premium.php\" title=\"FAQ for WPMUDEV Premium\">FAQ</a> and expect more information on <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\">WordPressMU Development Premium</a> as this grows and expands.</p>\n<p>Again, this is not for typical bloggers. This is for groups and businesses who want to bring blogs to their members.</p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/james-farmer-takes-on-edublogsorg-full-time/\" title=\"James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time\">James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/are-blog-comments-getting-you-down/\" title=\"Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?\">Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/the-wonderful-world-of-wordpress-products/\" title=\"The Wonderful World of WordPress Products\">The Wonderful World of WordPress Products</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/one-year-anniversary-review-blogging-about-bloggers/\" title=\"Blogging About Bloggers\">One Year Anniversary Review: Blogging About Bloggers</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/one-year-anniversary-review-in-the-beginning-wordpress-begot-wordpressmu-begot-wordpresscom/\" title=\"In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com\">One Year Anniversary Review: In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=james+farmer\" rel=\"tag\">james farmer</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+multiuser\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress multiuser</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=multi-user+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">multi-user blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=andrew+billets\" rel=\"tag\">andrew billets</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wpmudev+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wpmudev premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+development\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu development</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+business+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional business blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=corporate+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">corporate blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=membership+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">membership blogs</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/13\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-713/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-713/\";s:11:\"description\";s:867:\"<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/Blogscout-Stats/#plugin_2639\">BLogscout</a> shows the statistics tracked by the german tracking-service http://www.blogscout.de. The plugins saves the access codes for the blogscout-counter and loads the stats in an IFRAME.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/easytextboxlink/#plugin_2641\">Easy Textbox Link</a> inserts a text box at the end of every post containing the title of the post and a permanent link to the entry. When a user mouses over the text box or clicks the text box the contents are highlighted in their entirety; this makes copying and pasting to a web page, blog or instant message incredibly easy.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/gametrailers/#plugin_2640\">Gametrailers WordPress plugin</a> allows you to embed the high quality gametrailers.com gaming videos into your blog posts</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:45:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:867:\"<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/Blogscout-Stats/#plugin_2639\">BLogscout</a> shows the statistics tracked by the german tracking-service http://www.blogscout.de. The plugins saves the access codes for the blogscout-counter and loads the stats in an IFRAME.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/easytextboxlink/#plugin_2641\">Easy Textbox Link</a> inserts a text box at the end of every post containing the title of the post and a permanent link to the entry. When a user mouses over the text box or clicks the text box the contents are highlighted in their entirety; this makes copying and pasting to a web page, blog or instant message incredibly easy.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/gametrailers/#plugin_2640\">Gametrailers WordPress plugin</a> allows you to embed the high quality gametrailers.com gaming videos into your blog posts</p>\";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Burn Feeds for Cellular Phones\";s:4:\"guid\";s:84:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/burn-feeds-for-cellular-phones/\";s:4:\"link\";s:84:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/burn-feeds-for-cellular-phones/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1998:\"<p><a href=\"http://buzme.buzmob.com/\">Buzz Me</a> is a service that allows you to &#8220;burn&#8221; your feed for mobile phones. I first saw this service on <a href=\"http://performancing.com/\">Performancing</a> and it looked interesting. The service is fairly flexible and you can burn feeds of almost any blog or website that offers a feed on its own. It generates a feed page for your mobile phone that you can visit at your leisure to read your favorite feeds. Though I have some technical questions about the service, the <a href=\"http://blog.buzmob.com/reader-faq/\">FAQ page</a> (on Wordpress) explains the nuances in some detail and there is a <a href=\"http://www.buzmob.com/\">page for publishers</a> to offer up the service to their readers. I had trouble finding a name or brand that was consistent which I thought was odd and I am assuming they want to call their service Buzz Me. I stopped short of signing up because their terms of service put me off a bit with the all encompassing clause for future monetization of the service.</p>\n<p>The idea is interesting and a phone news reader is something of a novelty. <a href=\"http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-can-now-use-google-reader-from.html\">Google Reader is already available for your mobile phone</a> and this product should perform the same. However, it got me thinking. It would be relatively easy to write a cell phone notification plugin for Wordpress blogs. It would be a time sensitive, opt-in service that could be used to alert readers of updates, track particular posts, comments or even link back to a <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">mobile version</a> (Wordpress Mobile Edition. Alex, you really need permalinks for your individual projects) of your blog from each alert. Most of the code exists in various plugins and Wordpress&#8217; excellent plugin framework would do the rest.</p>\n<p>Would you (or do you already) read feeds on your mobile phone? Once I get my Treo 755p, I know I will.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:30:41 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1998:\"<p><a href=\"http://buzme.buzmob.com/\">Buzz Me</a> is a service that allows you to &#8220;burn&#8221; your feed for mobile phones. I first saw this service on <a href=\"http://performancing.com/\">Performancing</a> and it looked interesting. The service is fairly flexible and you can burn feeds of almost any blog or website that offers a feed on its own. It generates a feed page for your mobile phone that you can visit at your leisure to read your favorite feeds. Though I have some technical questions about the service, the <a href=\"http://blog.buzmob.com/reader-faq/\">FAQ page</a> (on Wordpress) explains the nuances in some detail and there is a <a href=\"http://www.buzmob.com/\">page for publishers</a> to offer up the service to their readers. I had trouble finding a name or brand that was consistent which I thought was odd and I am assuming they want to call their service Buzz Me. I stopped short of signing up because their terms of service put me off a bit with the all encompassing clause for future monetization of the service.</p>\n<p>The idea is interesting and a phone news reader is something of a novelty. <a href=\"http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-can-now-use-google-reader-from.html\">Google Reader is already available for your mobile phone</a> and this product should perform the same. However, it got me thinking. It would be relatively easy to write a cell phone notification plugin for Wordpress blogs. It would be a time sensitive, opt-in service that could be used to alert readers of updates, track particular posts, comments or even link back to a <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">mobile version</a> (Wordpress Mobile Edition. Alex, you really need permalinks for your individual projects) of your blog from each alert. Most of the code exists in various plugins and Wordpress&#8217; excellent plugin framework would do the rest.</p>\n<p>Would you (or do you already) read feeds on your mobile phone? Once I get my Treo 755p, I know I will.</p>\";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Matt: WPMU-based Social Network\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/12/wpmu-based-social-network/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/12/wpmu-based-social-network/\";s:11:\"description\";s:326:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/articles/chickspeak-a-wordpress-mu-based-social-network\">Chickspeak is a WordPress MU based social network</a>. &#8220;I recently completed my biggest project yet; a fully fledged social network aimed at female college students. The difference? It’s built on Wordpress MU.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:58:23 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:326:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/articles/chickspeak-a-wordpress-mu-based-social-network\">Chickspeak is a WordPress MU based social network</a>. &#8220;I recently completed my biggest project yet; a fully fledged social network aimed at female college students. The difference? It’s built on Wordpress MU.&#8221;</p>\";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:76:\"Lorelle on WP: Help! Lorelle Needs a Parking Spot in San Francisco Next Week\";s:4:\"guid\";s:101:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/help-lorelle-needs-a-parking-spot-in-san-francisco-next-week/\";s:4:\"link\";s:101:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/help-lorelle-needs-a-parking-spot-in-san-francisco-next-week/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3092:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/snowspearfishsodakota.jpg\" alt=\"Lorelle in motor home 21 foot Class C in snow in South Dakota\" align=\"right\" />I thought I had all my arrangements set for WordCamp next week but things are now a bit of a mess logistically. I&#8217;m looking for a parking spot or semi-level driveway in the San Francisco area (as close to downtown as possible) from about Tuesday or Wednesday of next week through Tuesday of the following week.</p>\n<p>I am driving a 21 foot Class C motor home, the equivalent of a small truck and camper, and can fit within a slightly longer parking space than a &#8220;normal American car&#8221;. </p>\n<p>In a perfect world, access to electricity and a shower would be wonderful but I&#8217;m traveling fairly self-contained. I have a friend to stay with if I can&#8217;t stay in the motor home, so just a parking spot would be fine if my perfect world isn&#8217;t met.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be hitting the road Saturday, so this is an emergency plea for help. Email me at <a href=\"mailto:&#x6c;&#111;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#101;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#119;&#111;&#114;&#100;&#112;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#x73;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">&#x6c;&#x6f;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6f;&#110;&#x77;&#x6f;&#114;&#100;&#x70;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#115;&#x40;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;</a> or call me at 918-812-0236. </p>\n<p>Anyone interested in having Lorelle in their driveway next week? <img src=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:28:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3092:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/snowspearfishsodakota.jpg\" alt=\"Lorelle in motor home 21 foot Class C in snow in South Dakota\" align=\"right\" />I thought I had all my arrangements set for WordCamp next week but things are now a bit of a mess logistically. I&#8217;m looking for a parking spot or semi-level driveway in the San Francisco area (as close to downtown as possible) from about Tuesday or Wednesday of next week through Tuesday of the following week.</p>\n<p>I am driving a 21 foot Class C motor home, the equivalent of a small truck and camper, and can fit within a slightly longer parking space than a &#8220;normal American car&#8221;. </p>\n<p>In a perfect world, access to electricity and a shower would be wonderful but I&#8217;m traveling fairly self-contained. I have a friend to stay with if I can&#8217;t stay in the motor home, so just a parking spot would be fine if my perfect world isn&#8217;t met.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be hitting the road Saturday, so this is an emergency plea for help. Email me at <a href=\"mailto:&#x6c;&#111;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#101;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#119;&#111;&#114;&#100;&#112;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#x73;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">&#x6c;&#x6f;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6f;&#110;&#x77;&#x6f;&#114;&#100;&#x70;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#115;&#x40;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;</a> or call me at 918-812-0236. </p>\n<p>Anyone interested in having Lorelle in their driveway next week? <img src=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Easier feed migration from Blogger\";s:4:\"guid\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/easier-feed-migration-from-blogger/\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/easier-feed-migration-from-blogger/\";s:11:\"description\";s:638:\"<p>Feedburner announced today that they are now offering <a href=\"http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/07/feedburner_integration_for_blo.php\">FeedBurner Integration for Blogspot Blogs</a> but what they failed to mention was that now you can redirect the feed of your BlogSpot blog to any other URI. That should make a move from Blogger to Wordpress (or any other blogging tool) completely transparent to your feed consumers. You could also insulate against or prepare for a future migration and move your feed over to another source. Thanks to <a href=\"http://labnol.blogspot.com/\">Digital Inspiration</a> for the tip.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:00:27 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:638:\"<p>Feedburner announced today that they are now offering <a href=\"http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/07/feedburner_integration_for_blo.php\">FeedBurner Integration for Blogspot Blogs</a> but what they failed to mention was that now you can redirect the feed of your BlogSpot blog to any other URI. That should make a move from Blogger to Wordpress (or any other blogging tool) completely transparent to your feed consumers. You could also insulate against or prepare for a future migration and move your feed over to another source. Thanks to <a href=\"http://labnol.blogspot.com/\">Digital Inspiration</a> for the tip.</p>\";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:67:\"Lorelle on WP: It’s Official. Sponsored WordPress Themes Are Out.\";s:4:\"guid\";s:88:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/its-official-sponsored-wordpress-themes-are-out/\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/its-official-sponsored-wordpress-themes-are-out/\";s:11:\"description\";s:8079:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/\" title=\"WordPress News\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png\" alt=\"WordPress News\" align=\"right\" /></a><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\" title=\"WLTC High Ground\">Matt Mullenweg has made the WordPress policy on sponsored WordPress Themes</a> official:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from http://themes.wordpress.net.</p></blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s not alone. <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\" title=\"Mark Ghosh of Weblog Tools Collection banning sponsored WordPress Themes\">Mark Ghosh on Weblog Tools Collection</a> declared that he would no longer feature sponsored WordPress Themes on <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\" title=\"Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, one of the most important sources for news on new WordPress Themes.</p>\n<p>In theory, this means that all WordPress Themes listed on the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Viewer\">WordPress Theme Viewer</a>, the official source for WordPress Themes, and those in the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes/Theme_List\" title=\"Codex WordPress Theme List\">Codex WordPress Theme List</a> which contain sponsored links, will be removed by July 21, 2007, unless their authors remove them first.</p>\n<p>For more information on previous discussions of the issue of sponsored WordPress Themes, see:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/04/12/plugin-authors-get-no-love/\" title=\"Plugin Authors Get No Love\">Plugin Authors Get No Love</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On Sponsored Themes\">Weblog Tools Collection featuring Matt Mullenweg - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\" title=\"vote on this WordPress Idea to remove sponsored themes\">WordPress Idea Discussion to remove sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes\">Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://blogdesignsolutions.com/2007/03/31/wordpress-theme-sponsorship/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Sponsorship\">xMark Blog - WordPress Theme Sponsorship</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/04/05/deteriorating-community/\" title=\"Deteriorating Theme Community from Small Potato at WP Designer\">WP Designer - Deteriorating Theme Community</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/26/my-take-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes\">WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://kzkw.net/blog/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On sponsored themes\">One Woman Show - On sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://buzzdroid.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-beware-the-sponsored-link-theme-do-you-know-where-your-pagerank-is-going/\" title=\"Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?\">Buzzroid - Wordpress: Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/\" title=\"Text links and PageRank\">Matt Cutts - Text links and PageRank</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics/\" title=\"Theme Ethics from h4X3d.com\">h4X3d.com - Theme Ethics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics-part-2/\" title=\"Theme Ethics Part 2\">h4&#215;3d.com - Theme Ethics Part 2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\" title=\"Sponsored themes from Mark at Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection - Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes-a-great-business-model/\" title=\"Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model\">Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/12/wordpress-sponsored-themes-controversy/\" title=\"Wordpress sponsored themes controversy\">Spontaneous Monotony - Wordpress sponsored themes controversy</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/12/i-vote-to-remove-sponsored-themes-from-wordpressorg/\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://webernetarchitect.com/tempest-in-a-teacup-or-baby-momma-drama-over-sponsored-templates/\" title=\"Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates\">Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/04/09/the-other-point-of-view-%e2%80%93-a-designers-opinion-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes\">HeadSetOptions - The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713795/On-Sponsored-Themes\" title=\"TailRank - On Sponsored Themes\">TailRank - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713772/Remove-Sponsored-Themes-from-WordPress-org\" title=\"TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/search/sponsored+themes\" title=\"Technorati - Sponsored Themes Discussion\">Technorati - Sponsored Themes Tags</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=matt+mullenweg\" rel=\"tag\">matt mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=official+wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">official wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=weblog+tools+collection\" rel=\"tag\">weblog tools collection</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:39:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:8079:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/\" title=\"WordPress News\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png\" alt=\"WordPress News\" align=\"right\" /></a><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\" title=\"WLTC High Ground\">Matt Mullenweg has made the WordPress policy on sponsored WordPress Themes</a> official:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from http://themes.wordpress.net.</p></blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s not alone. <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\" title=\"Mark Ghosh of Weblog Tools Collection banning sponsored WordPress Themes\">Mark Ghosh on Weblog Tools Collection</a> declared that he would no longer feature sponsored WordPress Themes on <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\" title=\"Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, one of the most important sources for news on new WordPress Themes.</p>\n<p>In theory, this means that all WordPress Themes listed on the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Viewer\">WordPress Theme Viewer</a>, the official source for WordPress Themes, and those in the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes/Theme_List\" title=\"Codex WordPress Theme List\">Codex WordPress Theme List</a> which contain sponsored links, will be removed by July 21, 2007, unless their authors remove them first.</p>\n<p>For more information on previous discussions of the issue of sponsored WordPress Themes, see:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/04/12/plugin-authors-get-no-love/\" title=\"Plugin Authors Get No Love\">Plugin Authors Get No Love</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On Sponsored Themes\">Weblog Tools Collection featuring Matt Mullenweg - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\" title=\"vote on this WordPress Idea to remove sponsored themes\">WordPress Idea Discussion to remove sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes\">Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://blogdesignsolutions.com/2007/03/31/wordpress-theme-sponsorship/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Sponsorship\">xMark Blog - WordPress Theme Sponsorship</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/04/05/deteriorating-community/\" title=\"Deteriorating Theme Community from Small Potato at WP Designer\">WP Designer - Deteriorating Theme Community</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/26/my-take-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes\">WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://kzkw.net/blog/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On sponsored themes\">One Woman Show - On sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://buzzdroid.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-beware-the-sponsored-link-theme-do-you-know-where-your-pagerank-is-going/\" title=\"Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?\">Buzzroid - Wordpress: Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/\" title=\"Text links and PageRank\">Matt Cutts - Text links and PageRank</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics/\" title=\"Theme Ethics from h4X3d.com\">h4X3d.com - Theme Ethics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics-part-2/\" title=\"Theme Ethics Part 2\">h4&#215;3d.com - Theme Ethics Part 2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\" title=\"Sponsored themes from Mark at Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection - Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes-a-great-business-model/\" title=\"Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model\">Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/12/wordpress-sponsored-themes-controversy/\" title=\"Wordpress sponsored themes controversy\">Spontaneous Monotony - Wordpress sponsored themes controversy</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/12/i-vote-to-remove-sponsored-themes-from-wordpressorg/\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://webernetarchitect.com/tempest-in-a-teacup-or-baby-momma-drama-over-sponsored-templates/\" title=\"Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates\">Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/04/09/the-other-point-of-view-%e2%80%93-a-designers-opinion-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes\">HeadSetOptions - The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713795/On-Sponsored-Themes\" title=\"TailRank - On Sponsored Themes\">TailRank - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713772/Remove-Sponsored-Themes-from-WordPress-org\" title=\"TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/search/sponsored+themes\" title=\"Technorati - Sponsored Themes Discussion\">Technorati - Sponsored Themes Tags</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=matt+mullenweg\" rel=\"tag\">matt mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=official+wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">official wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=weblog+tools+collection\" rel=\"tag\">weblog tools collection</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/12\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-theme-releases-for-712/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-theme-releases-for-712/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1323:\"<p><a href=\"http://neverblog.net/thens-wordpress-theme/\">@thens</a> is a 2-column theme that evokes the ancient city.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/left-sidebar/4326/big-blue-01/\">Big Blue</a> is a sharp-looking 3-column, widget-ready theme with a feel a bit like the WordPress admin dashboard.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://rayedwards.com/wordpress-themes/direct-response-web-20-free-wordpress-theme/\">Direct Response Web 2.0</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a Web 2.0 look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deafmusician.com/dm-bloodless/\">DM-Bloodless</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme ready for use with adsense.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/feather/\">Feather</a> is a one-column theme with rainbowish colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.myokyawhtun.com/2007/07/11/genman-wordpress-theme.html/\">Genman</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a professional look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designer-daily.com/new-wordpress-theme-gone-fishing-185\">Gone Fishing</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with blue accents colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.va4business.com/business/64/free-premium-wordpress-blog-theme-talian-released-an-elegant-theme-that-is-very-much-close-to-my-heart/\">Talian</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready, green-and-black theme optimized for SEO and adsense readiness.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:00:21 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1323:\"<p><a href=\"http://neverblog.net/thens-wordpress-theme/\">@thens</a> is a 2-column theme that evokes the ancient city.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/left-sidebar/4326/big-blue-01/\">Big Blue</a> is a sharp-looking 3-column, widget-ready theme with a feel a bit like the WordPress admin dashboard.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://rayedwards.com/wordpress-themes/direct-response-web-20-free-wordpress-theme/\">Direct Response Web 2.0</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a Web 2.0 look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deafmusician.com/dm-bloodless/\">DM-Bloodless</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme ready for use with adsense.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/feather/\">Feather</a> is a one-column theme with rainbowish colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.myokyawhtun.com/2007/07/11/genman-wordpress-theme.html/\">Genman</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a professional look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designer-daily.com/new-wordpress-theme-gone-fishing-185\">Gone Fishing</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with blue accents colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.va4business.com/business/64/free-premium-wordpress-blog-theme-talian-released-an-elegant-theme-that-is-very-much-close-to-my-heart/\">Talian</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready, green-and-black theme optimized for SEO and adsense readiness.</p>\";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/12\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-711/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-711/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1129:\"<p><a href=\"http://kamajole.dk/blog/plugins/comment-highlighter/\">Commen Highlighter</a> is a plugin which can be used to add different style classes to comments. There are already plugins/hacks/alterations that adds a style to all comments written by the blog owner, adds a different style to every other comment, etc. This plugin takes it a bit further.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogclout.com/blog/goodies/feed-footer-plugin/\">Feed Footer</a> allows you to add footers under all your blog posts in your RSS feed.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/blog/gt-wp-plugins\">Gossamer Threads Tag Cloud</a> allows you to create tags for your posts and display them in a cloud on the sidebar. Tags with more hits are displayed in a bigger font to express popularity or emphasis. Tags can also be displayed underneath the post entry.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.schlunzen.org/iperss/\">ipeRSS</a> allows you to add your images from ipernity directly to your Blog (as a site, in an article, in th esidebar, etc.). If you want to add the images as a site or in an article you need something similar to Exec-PHP or runPHP.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:45:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1129:\"<p><a href=\"http://kamajole.dk/blog/plugins/comment-highlighter/\">Commen Highlighter</a> is a plugin which can be used to add different style classes to comments. There are already plugins/hacks/alterations that adds a style to all comments written by the blog owner, adds a different style to every other comment, etc. This plugin takes it a bit further.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogclout.com/blog/goodies/feed-footer-plugin/\">Feed Footer</a> allows you to add footers under all your blog posts in your RSS feed.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/blog/gt-wp-plugins\">Gossamer Threads Tag Cloud</a> allows you to create tags for your posts and display them in a cloud on the sidebar. Tags with more hits are displayed in a bigger font to express popularity or emphasis. Tags can also be displayed underneath the post entry.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.schlunzen.org/iperss/\">ipeRSS</a> allows you to add your images from ipernity directly to your Blog (as a site, in an article, in th esidebar, etc.). If you want to add the images as a site or in an article you need something similar to Exec-PHP or runPHP.</p>\";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Matt: Power to the People\";s:4:\"guid\";s:52:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/11/power-to-the-people/\";s:4:\"link\";s:52:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/11/power-to-the-people/\";s:11:\"description\";s:318:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040408,00.html\">Power to the People</a>, examines using an appeal to the masses to justify mediocrity. You could turn this article into a technology Madlib, substituting big tech companies, web 2.0 products, and &#8220;users&#8221; for the various entertainment terms.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:41:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:318:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040408,00.html\">Power to the People</a>, examines using an appeal to the masses to justify mediocrity. You could turn this article into a technology Madlib, substituting big tech companies, web 2.0 products, and &#8220;users&#8221; for the various entertainment terms.</p>\";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:20:\"Akismet: Two Billion\";s:4:\"guid\";s:47:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\";s:4:\"link\";s:47:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\";s:11:\"description\";s:695:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Spam <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">is growing</a>.</p>\n<p>From 0 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2005/12/30/one-meeelllion/\">1,000,000</a>: 70 days</p>\n<p>From 1,000,000 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2006/07/08/one-hundred-million/\">100,000,000</a>: 190 days</p>\n<p>100,000,000 to <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/03/22/one-billion-spams/\">1,000,000,000</a>: 257 days</p>\n<p>1 billion to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\">2 billion</a>: 108 days</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how fast that last billion went. To celebrate we made a <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">new chart showing total spam blocked over time</a>.</p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:40:21 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:695:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Spam <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">is growing</a>.</p>\n<p>From 0 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2005/12/30/one-meeelllion/\">1,000,000</a>: 70 days</p>\n<p>From 1,000,000 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2006/07/08/one-hundred-million/\">100,000,000</a>: 190 days</p>\n<p>100,000,000 to <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/03/22/one-billion-spams/\">1,000,000,000</a>: 257 days</p>\n<p>1 billion to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\">2 billion</a>: 108 days</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how fast that last billion went. To celebrate we made a <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">new chart showing total spam blocked over time</a>.</p>\n</div>\";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:22:\"Matt: WLTC High Ground\";s:4:\"guid\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\";s:11:\"description\";s:351:\"<p>A round of applause for Mark Ghosh of Weblogs Tool Collection <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">for taking a stand against sponsored themes</a>. Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">themes.wordpress.net</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:37:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:351:\"<p>A round of applause for Mark Ghosh of Weblogs Tool Collection <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">for taking a stand against sponsored themes</a>. Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">themes.wordpress.net</a>.</p>\";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:69:\"Weblog Tools Collection: No Sponsored themes on WeblogToolsCollection\";s:4:\"guid\";s:98:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\";s:4:\"link\";s:98:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\";s:11:\"description\";s:741:\"<p>We will not promote sponsored themes on WeblogToolsCollection any more. There are a bunch of reasons for this decision much of which has been <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\">rehashed</a> in the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\">past</a>. Things have gone downhill since then. I cannot hope to please everyone and I do not apologize or repent for this decision. I believe that this is in the best interest of the community and this is the best way I can serve my readers.</p>\n<p>I strongly urge sponsored theme authors to reconsider their means and I laud those who choose to offer their themes to the community without sponsored links.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:45:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:741:\"<p>We will not promote sponsored themes on WeblogToolsCollection any more. There are a bunch of reasons for this decision much of which has been <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\">rehashed</a> in the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\">past</a>. Things have gone downhill since then. I cannot hope to please everyone and I do not apologize or repent for this decision. I believe that this is in the best interest of the community and this is the best way I can serve my readers.</p>\n<p>I strongly urge sponsored theme authors to reconsider their means and I laud those who choose to offer their themes to the community without sponsored links.</p>\";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Matt: Automattic and Six Apart\";s:4:\"guid\";s:57:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/automattic-and-six-apart/\";s:4:\"link\";s:57:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/automattic-and-six-apart/\";s:11:\"description\";s:175:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Read/WriteWeb has a good article about Automattic and Six Apart</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:18:55 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:175:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Read/WriteWeb has a good article about Automattic and Six Apart</a>.</p>\";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Six Apart and Automattic Compared\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/six-apart-and-automattic-compared/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/six-apart-and-automattic-compared/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1167:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Six Apart &amp; Automattic Compared</a>: A comparison of two of the three blogging juggernauts on the web. Though the comparison is mildly interesting from a historical novice&#8217;s point of view, I think the article is missing a few things. Since it was written by a business professor, I would have expected more analysis and forecasts rather than a rehashing of the past events in a company history narrative. Furthermore, a story of MT and WP does not make sense without Blogger and it should have been included.</p>\n<p>There are very interesting business model and structure type details of all three companies that I believe are instrumental in their success in each of their arenas and the underlying competitive tension amalgamated with a deep sense of respect and jealousy among each of the competitors would have made for very interesting business reading. In spite of my perceived shortcomings, <a href=\"http://carthik.net/\">Carthik</a> is mentioned in the article (which made my day) and it is worth a quick read if you are new to either company.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:00:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1167:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Six Apart &amp; Automattic Compared</a>: A comparison of two of the three blogging juggernauts on the web. Though the comparison is mildly interesting from a historical novice&#8217;s point of view, I think the article is missing a few things. Since it was written by a business professor, I would have expected more analysis and forecasts rather than a rehashing of the past events in a company history narrative. Furthermore, a story of MT and WP does not make sense without Blogger and it should have been included.</p>\n<p>There are very interesting business model and structure type details of all three companies that I believe are instrumental in their success in each of their arenas and the underlying competitive tension amalgamated with a deep sense of respect and jealousy among each of the competitors would have made for very interesting business reading. In spite of my perceived shortcomings, <a href=\"http://carthik.net/\">Carthik</a> is mentioned in the article (which made my day) and it is worth a quick read if you are new to either company.</p>\";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/10\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-710/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-710/\";s:11:\"description\";s:955:\"<p><a href=\"http://bavatuesdays.com/div-share/\">divShare</a> allows you to integrate the file upload and storage site with your WordPress and WPMu installation.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://michael.hinnerup.net/blog/category/jalbum-plugin/\">JAlbum</a> allows you to integrate JAlbum galleries directly into your posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/MultiUploader%204%20Wordpress\">MultiUploader</a> allows you to attach many files at once.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://my-first-million-dollars.com/index.php/my-wordpress-plugin/\">Ultimate Progress Bar</a> creates customizable progress meters to show progress of Your projects.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/zorpia_hot_box/#plugin_2632\">Zorpia Hot Box</a> lets users publish articles of your website to Zorpia.com directly, vote the published articles of your website, show voted points to each article with the widget, and allow for configuration of theme &#038; style of the widget.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:45:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:955:\"<p><a href=\"http://bavatuesdays.com/div-share/\">divShare</a> allows you to integrate the file upload and storage site with your WordPress and WPMu installation.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://michael.hinnerup.net/blog/category/jalbum-plugin/\">JAlbum</a> allows you to integrate JAlbum galleries directly into your posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/MultiUploader%204%20Wordpress\">MultiUploader</a> allows you to attach many files at once.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://my-first-million-dollars.com/index.php/my-wordpress-plugin/\">Ultimate Progress Bar</a> creates customizable progress meters to show progress of Your projects.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/zorpia_hot_box/#plugin_2632\">Zorpia Hot Box</a> lets users publish articles of your website to Zorpia.com directly, vote the published articles of your website, show voted points to each article with the widget, and allow for configuration of theme &#038; style of the widget.</p>\";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/10\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-710/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-710/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1784:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/bomb/\">Bomb</a> is a 2-column theme with a fixed background featuring a bomb with smoke fading away.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designadaptations.com/notebook/wordpress-theme-into-the-ocean\">Into the Ocean</a> is a gorgeous 2-column theme that supports Ultimate Tag Warrior.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/no-images/4309/losemymind-10/\">LoseMyMind</a> is a single-column theme with a javascript-powered module at the bottom for showing typical sidebar content.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/bugclimb-theme/\">BugClimb</a> is a 2-column, green theme with a nice shot of a ladybug.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dirjournal.com/wp-themes/cleanbright-free-wordpress-theme/\">Cleanbright</a> is a 2-column, simple theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/07/08/deserted-3c-3-column-wordpress-widget-ready-theme/\">Deserted</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themey.com/life-wordpress-theme/\">Life</a> is a 2-column theme with bold colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/right-sidebar/4314/poker-theme-2-10/\">Poker #2</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme for poker fans.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.jetpacked.com/omega3-wordpress-theme-release/\">Omega 3</a> is a 3-column, fluid theme with a very clean look.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/redcarpet-theme/\">RedCarpet</a> is a 2-column theme with red, white, and blue colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:45:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1784:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/bomb/\">Bomb</a> is a 2-column theme with a fixed background featuring a bomb with smoke fading away.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designadaptations.com/notebook/wordpress-theme-into-the-ocean\">Into the Ocean</a> is a gorgeous 2-column theme that supports Ultimate Tag Warrior.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/no-images/4309/losemymind-10/\">LoseMyMind</a> is a single-column theme with a javascript-powered module at the bottom for showing typical sidebar content.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/bugclimb-theme/\">BugClimb</a> is a 2-column, green theme with a nice shot of a ladybug.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dirjournal.com/wp-themes/cleanbright-free-wordpress-theme/\">Cleanbright</a> is a 2-column, simple theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/07/08/deserted-3c-3-column-wordpress-widget-ready-theme/\">Deserted</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themey.com/life-wordpress-theme/\">Life</a> is a 2-column theme with bold colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/right-sidebar/4314/poker-theme-2-10/\">Poker #2</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme for poker fans.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.jetpacked.com/omega3-wordpress-theme-release/\">Omega 3</a> is a 3-column, fluid theme with a very clean look.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/redcarpet-theme/\">RedCarpet</a> is a 2-column theme with red, white, and blue colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Matt: Megatrondon, iPhone AIM Client\";s:4:\"guid\";s:62:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/09/megatrondon-iphone-aim-client/\";s:4:\"link\";s:62:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/09/megatrondon-iphone-aim-client/\";s:11:\"description\";s:315:\"<p><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Blaze\">Just Blaze</a>, hip-hop producer and WordPress user, <a href=\"http://www.themegatrondon2.com/2007/07/08/phone-time/\">has reviewed the iPhone</a>. 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However, when using Nathan&#8217;s technique, I found myself in a unique situation where I only wanted to show a partial post (on a page) if the post was making use of the <code>&lt;!--more--&gt;</code> tag (apparently, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/113544\">I&#8217;m not alone</a>).</p>\n<p>The technique is rather simple.  Simply declare a variable named <strong>$more</strong> as a global and set it to <strong>false</strong> right before showing your content.  If you wish to resume normal behavior after the content is shown, simply set the variable back to <strong>true</strong>. </p>\n<blockquote><p><code>\n<pre>\n&lt;?php global $more; $more = false; ?&gt;\n&lt;?php the_content(\'Continue Reading\'); ?&gt;\n&lt;?php $more = true; ?&gt;\n</pre>\n<p></code></p>\n</blockquote>\";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:66:\"Dougal Campbell: Sandbox Designs Competition: deadline approaching\";s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/09/sandbox-designs-competition\";s:4:\"link\";s:69:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/09/sandbox-designs-competition\";s:11:\"description\";s:2149:\"<p>\nI\'ve mentioned the <a href=\"http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/\">Sandbox</a> theme for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress</a> a couple of times before, but I\'ve neglected to point out the <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/\">Sandbox Designs Competition</a> that is going on right now. A few weeks ago, the total prize money stood at over $1600, with 1st prize netting $750.\n</p>\n<p>\nSandbox has a really good structure, with <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/wp-content/uploads/readme.html#functions\">lots of semantic classes</a> (and <a href=\"http://microformats.org/\">microformats</a>) added at key points. This allows the clever theme designer to turn their site into a chameleon. You can theme based on the type of page being viewed (blog posts, single post, pages, archives, categories, search page, etc.). And you can theme certain posts based on their categories, their authors, or even by the season, or time of day when the post was published. \n</p>\n<p>\nI\'m hoping that we\'ll see some really stunning designs that use these capabilities in interesting ways. There\'s a strong chance that Sandbox will be included as a standard theme in a future WordPress release, which would expose your work to an extremely large audience. 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7/20\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/20/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-720/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/20/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-720/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1222:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.cimatti.it/blog/cimy-wordpress-plugins/cimy-navigator/\">Cimy Navigator</a> provides an easy way to generate page and category lists.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.cimatti.it/blog/2007/06/25/cimy-swift-smtp-for-wordpress/\">Cimy Swift</a> is for those who have a hosted installation of WordPress where the php mail function disabled and would like to use their SMTP servers.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://derdoc.xerver.org/pub/wordpress/?page_id=67\">Inline AJAX more</a> displays content that is hidden by WP’s &lt;!– more –> Tag on the same page using AJAX (instead of linking to another page).</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.pixel-no1.de/menumaker/index.html\">Menu Maker</a> lets you create hierarchical menus directly from 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Notice a pattern? Don&#8217;t you like my name? Grrr. My luggage is supposed to be delivered tomorrow night to the hotel, but i need to do some shopping this afternoon for essentials.</p>\n<p>On a lighter note, almost all of Automattic are downstairs in the lobby and it&#8217;s good to finally meet many of them! Mark and I had an uneventful flight, and even fixed or discussed a few bugs on the way! Desktop Tower Defense is no easier at 36,000ft than it is at sea level however. Oh well!</p>\n<p>See you all at WordCamp!</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/automattic/\" rel=\"tag\">Automattic</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/ba/\" rel=\"tag\">BA</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/british-airways/\" rel=\"tag\">British Airways</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/san-francisco/\" rel=\"tag\">San Francisco</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:15:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1089:\"<p>Thanks BA, this is the second time I&#8217;ve flown to San Francisco, and it&#8217;s the second time my luggage has been delayed in London. Notice a pattern? Don&#8217;t you like my name? Grrr. My luggage is supposed to be delivered tomorrow night to the hotel, but i need to do some shopping this afternoon for essentials.</p>\n<p>On a lighter note, almost all of Automattic are downstairs in the lobby and it&#8217;s good to finally meet many of them! Mark and I had an uneventful flight, and even fixed or discussed a few bugs on the way! Desktop Tower Defense is no easier at 36,000ft than it is at sea level however. Oh well!</p>\n<p>See you all at WordCamp!</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/automattic/\" rel=\"tag\">Automattic</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/ba/\" rel=\"tag\">BA</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/british-airways/\" rel=\"tag\">British Airways</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/san-francisco/\" rel=\"tag\">San Francisco</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Matt: WordCamp Events Friday\";s:4:\"guid\";s:55:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordcamp-events-friday/\";s:4:\"link\";s:55:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordcamp-events-friday/\";s:11:\"description\";s:736:\"<p>There are two events happening before WordCamp officially <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">kicks off on Saturday</a>. Tomorrow at 1 PM <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\">there is a meetup at Crossroads Cafe which should be a lot of fun</a>. And then at 6:30 there&#8217;s a dinner meetup organized by <a href=\"http://www.niallkennedy.com/\">Niall</a> at a neat place called <a href=\"http://www.taylorsrefresher.com/\">Taylor&#8217;s Automatic Refresher</a>, which is an outdoor beer and burger place at the Ferry Building. (Same place we met last year.) It&#8217;s cafeteria style, and we&#8217;ll be outside chatting. San Francisco evenings tend to get chilly near the water so bring a jacket.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:59:01 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:736:\"<p>There are two events happening before WordCamp officially <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">kicks off on Saturday</a>. Tomorrow at 1 PM <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\">there is a meetup at Crossroads Cafe which should be a lot of fun</a>. And then at 6:30 there&#8217;s a dinner meetup organized by <a href=\"http://www.niallkennedy.com/\">Niall</a> at a neat place called <a href=\"http://www.taylorsrefresher.com/\">Taylor&#8217;s Automatic Refresher</a>, which is an outdoor beer and burger place at the Ferry Building. (Same place we met last year.) It&#8217;s cafeteria style, and we&#8217;ll be outside chatting. San Francisco evenings tend to get chilly near the water so bring a jacket.</p>\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:32:\"Matt: WordPress.com Facebook App\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordpresscom-facebook-app/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/19/wordpresscom-facebook-app/\";s:11:\"description\";s:559:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/07/18/facebook/\">We launched a WordPress.com Facebook App today</a>, feedback has been mostly good, except some good points about how much space it takes up and formatting. It got <a href=\"http://facereviews.com/2007/07/18/wordpress-blog-posts-on-facebook/\">4 out of 5 stars on Facereviews</a>. If you have a FB account, <a href=\"http://apps.facebook.com/wordpress-com/\">please check it out</a>. (It doesn&#8217;t work for self-hosted WordPresses yet, but if it&#8217;s popular we&#8217;ll put more dev into it.)</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:54:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:559:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/07/18/facebook/\">We launched a WordPress.com Facebook App today</a>, feedback has been mostly good, except some good points about how much space it takes up and formatting. It got <a href=\"http://facereviews.com/2007/07/18/wordpress-blog-posts-on-facebook/\">4 out of 5 stars on Facereviews</a>. If you have a FB account, <a href=\"http://apps.facebook.com/wordpress-com/\">please check it out</a>. (It doesn&#8217;t work for self-hosted WordPresses yet, but if it&#8217;s popular we&#8217;ll put more dev into it.)</p>\";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Matt: Screencast and Videoblogging\";s:4:\"guid\";s:61:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/screencast-and-videoblogging/\";s:4:\"link\";s:61:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/screencast-and-videoblogging/\";s:11:\"description\";s:630:\"<p>The Show in a Box project has made a screencast called <a href=\"http://showinabox.tv/wordpress/2007/07/05/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress/\">How To Install And Setup WordPress</a>. According to <a href=\"http://jaydedman.pbwiki.com/\">Jay Dedman</a>, &#8220;Showinabox.tv is our new project to help videobloggers simply download a folder, install, turn on plugins, and choose a theme. All open source. Basically make the &#8220;ultimate videoblogging platform using WordPress&#8221;. It&#8217;ll showcase videos using vPIP, build a visual archive, help with categories, and offer a community funding mechanism.&#8221; Cool!</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:06:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:630:\"<p>The Show in a Box project has made a screencast called <a href=\"http://showinabox.tv/wordpress/2007/07/05/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress/\">How To Install And Setup WordPress</a>. According to <a href=\"http://jaydedman.pbwiki.com/\">Jay Dedman</a>, &#8220;Showinabox.tv is our new project to help videobloggers simply download a folder, install, turn on plugins, and choose a theme. All open source. Basically make the &#8220;ultimate videoblogging platform using WordPress&#8221;. It&#8217;ll showcase videos using vPIP, build a visual archive, help with categories, and offer a community funding mechanism.&#8221; Cool!</p>\";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:24:\"Matt: Scaling Monitoring\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/scaling-monitoring/\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/scaling-monitoring/\";s:11:\"description\";s:136:\"<p>Barry talks about <a href=\"http://barry.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/keeping-track-of-300-servers/\">keeping track of 300 servers</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:02:33 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:136:\"<p>Barry talks about <a href=\"http://barry.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/keeping-track-of-300-servers/\">keeping track of 300 servers</a>.</p>\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Matt: Theme Quality and Downloads\";s:4:\"guid\";s:60:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/theme-quality-and-downloads/\";s:4:\"link\";s:60:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/18/theme-quality-and-downloads/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1802:\"<p>There&#8217;s been a common argument that sponsored themes are higher quality because they were paid for and removing them from the theme directory will make it suck. While I find this argument insulting to the designers who have put their work out there without sponsorship, and having personally looked at hundreds of them I had a general feeling that most sponsored themes were junk, I didn&#8217;t really have any data.</p>\n<p>Well I ran a few queries against the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">theme viewer DB</a> a few minutes ago and found out some interesting stats:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve removed <strong>2,107</strong> themes so far, or a bit under 60%. Those themes had 2,243,735 downloads total, or about 1,064 downloads per theme.</li>\n<li>There are <strong>1,737</strong> themes still in the directory and those had 3,480,244 downloads, or about <strong>2,003 downloads per theme</strong>.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>(There may be some spam themes still left in the 1,737 number, but I think we&#8217;ve gotten most of them. The reports have slowed to a trickle.)</p>\n<p>So if you assume downloads are a measure of the public interest in a theme, then non-sponsored themes are about <strong>twice as popular</strong> as sponsored ones.</p>\n<p>Of course you might not accept that assumption, and the data is fuzzy, and there are certainly a handful of sponsored themes that are very high quality, but overall the indications are that they were a net drain on the site. Rather than making one-off exceptions to the no-sponsored-themes policy and being accused of favoritism or of having ulterior motives* I&#8217;d rather spend time doing things to reward and encourage the people who are making high-quality themes without embedded advertising.</p>\n<p>* Which we get enough of already.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:57:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1802:\"<p>There&#8217;s been a common argument that sponsored themes are higher quality because they were paid for and removing them from the theme directory will make it suck. While I find this argument insulting to the designers who have put their work out there without sponsorship, and having personally looked at hundreds of them I had a general feeling that most sponsored themes were junk, I didn&#8217;t really have any data.</p>\n<p>Well I ran a few queries against the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">theme viewer DB</a> a few minutes ago and found out some interesting stats:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve removed <strong>2,107</strong> themes so far, or a bit under 60%. Those themes had 2,243,735 downloads total, or about 1,064 downloads per theme.</li>\n<li>There are <strong>1,737</strong> themes still in the directory and those had 3,480,244 downloads, or about <strong>2,003 downloads per theme</strong>.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>(There may be some spam themes still left in the 1,737 number, but I think we&#8217;ve gotten most of them. The reports have slowed to a trickle.)</p>\n<p>So if you assume downloads are a measure of the public interest in a theme, then non-sponsored themes are about <strong>twice as popular</strong> as sponsored ones.</p>\n<p>Of course you might not accept that assumption, and the data is fuzzy, and there are certainly a handful of sponsored themes that are very high quality, but overall the indications are that they were a net drain on the site. Rather than making one-off exceptions to the no-sponsored-themes policy and being accused of favoritism or of having ulterior motives* I&#8217;d rather spend time doing things to reward and encourage the people who are making high-quality themes without embedded advertising.</p>\n<p>* Which we get enough of already.</p>\";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases 7/18\";s:4:\"guid\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/18/wordpress-plugin-releases-718/\";s:4:\"link\";s:83:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/18/wordpress-plugin-releases-718/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2077:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.misthaven.org.uk/blog/projects/bblogreader/\">bblogreader</a> allows you to view the full Bad Behaviour logs from within Wordpress.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/categories-autolink/#plugin_2649\">Categories Autolink</a> automatically converts names of categories inside posts and pages into links to the same categories.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/edit-comments-xt/\">Edit Comments XT</a> allows commenters to edit their own comments.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/link-indication/\">Link Indication</a> applies css class attributes to the links (anchor tags) in your posts, pages, and optionally in your comment, letting you characterize your types of links.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/maintenance-mode-plugin/\">Maintenance Mode</a> adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.noprimetime.com/plugin/\">NoPrimeTime</a> allows you to place movies in .flv format from your web hosting acount or from Youtube in your posts and to integrate ads into them.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/simple-trackback-validation-plugin/\">Simple Trackback Validation</a> performs simple but very effective tests on all incoming trackbacks in order to stop trackback spam.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.tsaiberspace.net/blog/2007/07/15/slashdigglicious-a-wordpress-plugin/\">Slashdigglicious</a> is yet another social bookmarking plugin that adds a series of logos at the end of each post to enable easy submission to various online bookmarking services.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ibatawalter.free.fr/\">Sphinn It</a> allows your visitors to share a post with others.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/projects/yak-for-wordpress\">YAK</a> is a simple shopping cart which associates a product with a weblog post (basically adds a buy button to weblog posts which contain requisite fields, such as price, quantity and title).</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:45:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2077:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.misthaven.org.uk/blog/projects/bblogreader/\">bblogreader</a> allows you to view the full Bad Behaviour logs from within Wordpress.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/categories-autolink/#plugin_2649\">Categories Autolink</a> automatically converts names of categories inside posts and pages into links to the same categories.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/edit-comments-xt/\">Edit Comments XT</a> allows commenters to edit their own comments.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/link-indication/\">Link Indication</a> applies css class attributes to the links (anchor tags) in your posts, pages, and optionally in your comment, letting you characterize your types of links.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/maintenance-mode-plugin/\">Maintenance Mode</a> adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.noprimetime.com/plugin/\">NoPrimeTime</a> allows you to place movies in .flv format from your web hosting acount or from Youtube in your posts and to integrate ads into them.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/simple-trackback-validation-plugin/\">Simple Trackback Validation</a> performs simple but very effective tests on all incoming trackbacks in order to stop trackback spam.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.tsaiberspace.net/blog/2007/07/15/slashdigglicious-a-wordpress-plugin/\">Slashdigglicious</a> is yet another social bookmarking plugin that adds a series of logos at the end of each post to enable easy submission to various online bookmarking services.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ibatawalter.free.fr/\">Sphinn It</a> allows your visitors to share a post with others.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/projects/yak-for-wordpress\">YAK</a> is a simple shopping cart which associates a product with a weblog post (basically adds a buy button to weblog posts which contain requisite fields, such as price, quantity and title).</p>\";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:12:\"Matt: Pownce\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/17/pownce/\";s:4:\"link\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/17/pownce/\";s:11:\"description\";s:73:\"<p>I&#8217;m really enjoying <a href=\"http://pownce.com/\">Pownce</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:09:57 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:73:\"<p>I&#8217;m really enjoying <a href=\"http://pownce.com/\">Pownce</a>.</p>\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Pure CSS Asides for WP\";s:4:\"guid\";s:76:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/pure-css-asides-for-wp/\";s:4:\"link\";s:76:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/pure-css-asides-for-wp/\";s:11:\"description\";s:480:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.alistercameron.com/2007/07/09/sandbox-theming-trcks-pure-css-asides/\">Pure CSS Asides for WP</a>: Alister has written a post on how to setup pure CSS asides (or Linkyloo in my case, such as this post) on a Wordpress blog. The technique is quite interesting and can only be achieved in themes that use the Sandbox as the core. Andy also came up with a <a href=\"http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=3390&amp;page\">similar hack for Wordpress.com</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:30:43 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:480:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.alistercameron.com/2007/07/09/sandbox-theming-trcks-pure-css-asides/\">Pure CSS Asides for WP</a>: Alister has written a post on how to setup pure CSS asides (or Linkyloo in my case, such as this post) on a Wordpress blog. The technique is quite interesting and can only be achieved in themes that use the Sandbox as the core. Andy also came up with a <a href=\"http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=3390&amp;page\">similar hack for Wordpress.com</a></p>\";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:42:\"WordPress Podcast: WordCamp 2007 Update #1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://wp-community.org/2007/07/17/wordcamp-2007-update-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1707:\"<p>I&#8217;ll be arriving in San Francisco for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\" class=\"extlink\">WordCamp</a> sometime Thursday morning, and I&#8217;ll try and keep you updated as to what&#8217;s happening and what&#8217;s being said there through updates here on the blog.</p>\n<p>This first update details:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" class=\"extlink\">The WordCamp Report</a> has been set up as a way of letting attendees share their experiences with each other and with those WordPress users unable to attend.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://technosailor.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Aaron</a> and I will host a meetup of podcast listeners at the <a href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/t5C-jBvWZ69XrIm6eaJL7Q\" class=\"extlink\">Crossroads Cafe</a>  (<a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Crossroads+Cafe+loc:+699+Delancey+St.+San+Francisco,+CA+94114&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&amp;om=1\" class=\"extlink\">Google map</a>) at 1 P.M. on Friday afternoon. Some of those who have mentioned they might visit with us include <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/\" class=\"extlink\">Matt Mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Mark Jaquith</a>, <a href=\"http://www.croncast.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Kris Smith</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.litwc.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Patrick Havens</a>, just to name a few. The cafe offers coffee, beer, wine, food, art and WiFi&#8230; everything a computer geek needs, and it&#8217;s very close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38, near where the <a href=\"http://automattic.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Automattic</a> pre-party is rumored to be held. We also might try and record the conversation for inclusion in a future episode of the podcast.</li>\n</ul>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:00:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Charles Stricklin\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1707:\"<p>I&#8217;ll be arriving in San Francisco for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\" class=\"extlink\">WordCamp</a> sometime Thursday morning, and I&#8217;ll try and keep you updated as to what&#8217;s happening and what&#8217;s being said there through updates here on the blog.</p>\n<p>This first update details:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" class=\"extlink\">The WordCamp Report</a> has been set up as a way of letting attendees share their experiences with each other and with those WordPress users unable to attend.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://technosailor.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Aaron</a> and I will host a meetup of podcast listeners at the <a href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/t5C-jBvWZ69XrIm6eaJL7Q\" class=\"extlink\">Crossroads Cafe</a>  (<a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Crossroads+Cafe+loc:+699+Delancey+St.+San+Francisco,+CA+94114&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=19&amp;om=1\" class=\"extlink\">Google map</a>) at 1 P.M. on Friday afternoon. Some of those who have mentioned they might visit with us include <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/\" class=\"extlink\">Matt Mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Mark Jaquith</a>, <a href=\"http://www.croncast.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Kris Smith</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.litwc.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Patrick Havens</a>, just to name a few. The cafe offers coffee, beer, wine, food, art and WiFi&#8230; everything a computer geek needs, and it&#8217;s very close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38, near where the <a href=\"http://automattic.com/\" class=\"extlink\">Automattic</a> pre-party is rumored to be held. We also might try and record the conversation for inclusion in a future episode of the podcast.</li>\n</ul>\";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/17\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-theme-releases-for-717/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-theme-releases-for-717/\";s:11:\"description\";s:459:\"<p><a href=\"http://wpthemesplugin.com/wordpress-theme-blackish-persian/\">Blackish Persian</a> is a 2-column, black and white, fixed-width theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://randaclay.com/archives/two-column-bluebird-theme-released\">Bluebird</a> has been released as a 2-column.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://service.compuskills.co.uk/blog/2007/07/15/chains-wordpress-theme/\">Chains</a> is a 2-column, fluid theme with white and reddish colors and a decorative header.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:459:\"<p><a href=\"http://wpthemesplugin.com/wordpress-theme-blackish-persian/\">Blackish Persian</a> is a 2-column, black and white, fixed-width theme.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://randaclay.com/archives/two-column-bluebird-theme-released\">Bluebird</a> has been released as a 2-column.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://service.compuskills.co.uk/blog/2007/07/15/chains-wordpress-theme/\">Chains</a> is a 2-column, fluid theme with white and reddish colors and a decorative header.</p>\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/17\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-717/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/17/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-717/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1387:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.mkbergman.com/?page_id=383\">Advanced TinyMCE Editor</a> triples the functionality of the native WordPress editor.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page2cat/\">Category Page</a> allows you to bind a page to a category and display the page content on top of category page by tweaking archives.php or adding a custom category.php file.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-cng-contact-form/\">ContactNG</a> is a very stylish and small form for your sidebar or a page.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dispoweb.org/news-it-on-the-newsbiz-plugin-pour-wordpress/\">News-it</a> lets you to add your posts ( and/or pages ) on the social digg-like www.The-News.biz.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kinggary.com/archives/post-stumbler-wordpress-plugin/\">Post Stumbler</a> adds functionality to your WordPress blog which allows visitors to view a randomly selected post on your blog, with a higher probability of choosing popular posts, and with the option of only showing recent posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/title-override/#plugin_1902\">Title Override</a> will override wp_title() output with a statement of your choice.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2007/07/11/wp-super-edit/\">WP Super Edit</a> is designed to give some control over the &#8220;Wordpress TinyMCE Visual WYSIWYG Editor.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:45:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1387:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.mkbergman.com/?page_id=383\">Advanced TinyMCE Editor</a> triples the functionality of the native WordPress editor.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page2cat/\">Category Page</a> allows you to bind a page to a category and display the page content on top of category page by tweaking archives.php or adding a custom category.php file.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-cng-contact-form/\">ContactNG</a> is a very stylish and small form for your sidebar or a page.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dispoweb.org/news-it-on-the-newsbiz-plugin-pour-wordpress/\">News-it</a> lets you to add your posts ( and/or pages ) on the social digg-like www.The-News.biz.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kinggary.com/archives/post-stumbler-wordpress-plugin/\">Post Stumbler</a> adds functionality to your WordPress blog which allows visitors to view a randomly selected post on your blog, with a higher probability of choosing popular posts, and with the option of only showing recent posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/title-override/#plugin_1902\">Title Override</a> will override wp_title() output with a statement of your choice.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2007/07/11/wp-super-edit/\">WP Super Edit</a> is designed to give some control over the &#8220;Wordpress TinyMCE Visual WYSIWYG Editor.&#8221;</p>\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:48:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Turning the other cheek\";s:4:\"guid\";s:77:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/16/turning-the-other-cheek/\";s:4:\"link\";s:77:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/16/turning-the-other-cheek/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4309:\"<p>My previous <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">sponsored theme post</a> followed by <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">Matt&#8217;s support</a> has generated a lot of buzz in the Wordpress and blogging communities. Weblogtoolscollection.com readers&#8217; opinion and the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553&amp;page\">WordPress community&#8217;s opinion</a> on this move are mostly positive and I appreciate your understanding and support. The sponsored theme community however, has been overwhelmingly negative and their dialog has degenerated into name calling and nastiness directed towards Matt and myself. Unlike <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\">Matt</a>, some of the people that have berated me, called me names and disparaged my work, are people that I respect, who were in touch with  me frequently and on whom I have spent a lot of time and effort on promotion in the past (and for the record, will continue to promote in the future). The negative responses were not fun to read through but the positives were also very heartening and encouraging.</p>\n<p>Let me say that it is <em>very</em> hard for me to turn the other cheek but that is what I choose to do and I will not add fuel to the fire.</p>\n<p>I will however, try to address a few of the legitimate concerns that I have read in the past few days. We will try to make every effort to check themes and links to make sure that they are not violating copyrights or infringing on another designer&#8217;s rights. We will make sure that themes are of higher quality and of greater value to our readers. This will reduce the quantity of themes and will probably reduce the number of theme posts but I think my readers will find more value in better quality themes from our news posts. Also, I acknowledge that it is almost impossible to know every theme that has been posted in the past and recognize every copyright violator. Mistakes can and will happen. I would like to request that theme authors report copyright violations and other errors as soon as possible either through the comments or via the contact form on the top menu. We will make every effort to correct these issues as quickly as possible.</p>\n<p>I have also known that this move might hurt those sponsored theme designers who release high quality themes with minimal sponsorship and provide the ability for their users to remove the sponsored links[1]. These theme designers and promoters have made legitimate points in their discussion of this problem and have echoed my own private concerns. However, such designers are scarce and there is no effective, fair and consistent way of making exceptions to allow certain sponsors and certain designers without playing favorites, without hurting those that are not within the exceptions and without hurting the users of these theme. I personally feel that arbitrating sponsored themes into sponsored &#8220;allowed&#8221; and sponsored &#8220;disallowed&#8221; will cause more confusion and more friction in the community because any limits set by an individual or a group will only be challenged on one ground or the other. It will also result in copycats creating even more themes with &#8220;minimal sponsorship&#8221; to keep within the boundaries with very little differences between versions.</p>\n<p>I would also like to clarify one of the notions that has been circulating around this discussion. I have no problem with designer credits as long as they are within boundaries. Designer credits at the footer of a theme are fine by me. But if you as a designer are linking back to your blog many times[2]  from within a single theme, you will be asked to tone it down.</p>\n<p>To re-iterate, if you feel that there is any error in a particular post of ours, or you feel that there is a copyright issue, please contact us and we will take the necessary steps as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>[1] This was in the original post but was edited out by me because I could not find the right words and context. In hindsight, it probably should have been left there.</p>\n<p>[2] This has been taken to an extreme and needs to be addressed.</p>\n<p>PS: For the record, my last name is Ghosh.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:15:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4309:\"<p>My previous <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">sponsored theme post</a> followed by <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">Matt&#8217;s support</a> has generated a lot of buzz in the Wordpress and blogging communities. Weblogtoolscollection.com readers&#8217; opinion and the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553&amp;page\">WordPress community&#8217;s opinion</a> on this move are mostly positive and I appreciate your understanding and support. The sponsored theme community however, has been overwhelmingly negative and their dialog has degenerated into name calling and nastiness directed towards Matt and myself. Unlike <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\">Matt</a>, some of the people that have berated me, called me names and disparaged my work, are people that I respect, who were in touch with  me frequently and on whom I have spent a lot of time and effort on promotion in the past (and for the record, will continue to promote in the future). The negative responses were not fun to read through but the positives were also very heartening and encouraging.</p>\n<p>Let me say that it is <em>very</em> hard for me to turn the other cheek but that is what I choose to do and I will not add fuel to the fire.</p>\n<p>I will however, try to address a few of the legitimate concerns that I have read in the past few days. We will try to make every effort to check themes and links to make sure that they are not violating copyrights or infringing on another designer&#8217;s rights. We will make sure that themes are of higher quality and of greater value to our readers. This will reduce the quantity of themes and will probably reduce the number of theme posts but I think my readers will find more value in better quality themes from our news posts. Also, I acknowledge that it is almost impossible to know every theme that has been posted in the past and recognize every copyright violator. Mistakes can and will happen. I would like to request that theme authors report copyright violations and other errors as soon as possible either through the comments or via the contact form on the top menu. We will make every effort to correct these issues as quickly as possible.</p>\n<p>I have also known that this move might hurt those sponsored theme designers who release high quality themes with minimal sponsorship and provide the ability for their users to remove the sponsored links[1]. These theme designers and promoters have made legitimate points in their discussion of this problem and have echoed my own private concerns. However, such designers are scarce and there is no effective, fair and consistent way of making exceptions to allow certain sponsors and certain designers without playing favorites, without hurting those that are not within the exceptions and without hurting the users of these theme. I personally feel that arbitrating sponsored themes into sponsored &#8220;allowed&#8221; and sponsored &#8220;disallowed&#8221; will cause more confusion and more friction in the community because any limits set by an individual or a group will only be challenged on one ground or the other. It will also result in copycats creating even more themes with &#8220;minimal sponsorship&#8221; to keep within the boundaries with very little differences between versions.</p>\n<p>I would also like to clarify one of the notions that has been circulating around this discussion. I have no problem with designer credits as long as they are within boundaries. Designer credits at the footer of a theme are fine by me. But if you as a designer are linking back to your blog many times[2]  from within a single theme, you will be asked to tone it down.</p>\n<p>To re-iterate, if you feel that there is any error in a particular post of ours, or you feel that there is a copyright issue, please contact us and we will take the necessary steps as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>[1] This was in the original post but was edited out by me because I could not find the right words and context. In hindsight, it probably should have been left there.</p>\n<p>[2] This has been taken to an extreme and needs to be addressed.</p>\n<p>PS: For the record, my last name is Ghosh.</p>\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"Dougal Campbell: 14+ Awesome WordPress-powered sites\";s:4:\"guid\";s:76:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites\";s:4:\"link\";s:76:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites\";s:11:\"description\";s:2142:\"<div class=\"pull-quote\">\n<a href=\"http://www.welovewp.com/\"><img src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/pics/welovewp.com.png\" alt=\"[A screenshot of welovewp.com]\" /></a>\n<p>WeLoveWP.com highlights great looking WordPress sites, and it\'s powered by WordPress, too!</p>\n</div>\n<p>\nFrom time to time, someone will hear that I\'m involved with <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress,</a> and ask me a few questions about it. Some people already have a WordPress-powered site (either self-hosted, or on <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">wordpress.com</a>), and some have never actually used it, but they\'ve heard of it. Often, they just want me to show them a WordPress site, so they can see what it looks like. Occasionally, someone will ask whether any big companies or famous people use WordPress. And one thing I often hear is along the lines of, <q>it just does weblogs, if I have a business site, I\'d want to use something else, right?</q> But in reality, WordPress is an excellent tool for managing a business site. When I tell people this, they\'ll often ask me for some examples of non-blog sites using WordPress.\n</p>\n<p>\nSo I end up searching for old bookmarks, looking through my feed archives, and checking the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\">Codex</a> until I find some suitable choices. Likewise, if someone just wants to see some examples of WP sites, I want to show them something that really stands out.\n</p>\n<p>\nNow I\'m finally going to document a really nice selection of sites that I can point them to for several examples, a sort of \"Best of WordPress\". Some sites just look good. Some are examples of famous celebrities, companies, or organizations. Others showcase WP in a non-blog capacity. In no particular order, here is my list of <strong>Awesome WordPress Sites</strong>:\n</p>\n <a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites#more-823\" class=\"more-link\">(more...)</a><p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=823&amp;akst_action=share-this\" title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_823\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This</a>\n</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:54:37 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"Dougal\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2142:\"<div class=\"pull-quote\">\n<a href=\"http://www.welovewp.com/\"><img src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/pics/welovewp.com.png\" alt=\"[A screenshot of welovewp.com]\" /></a>\n<p>WeLoveWP.com highlights great looking WordPress sites, and it\'s powered by WordPress, too!</p>\n</div>\n<p>\nFrom time to time, someone will hear that I\'m involved with <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress,</a> and ask me a few questions about it. Some people already have a WordPress-powered site (either self-hosted, or on <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">wordpress.com</a>), and some have never actually used it, but they\'ve heard of it. Often, they just want me to show them a WordPress site, so they can see what it looks like. Occasionally, someone will ask whether any big companies or famous people use WordPress. And one thing I often hear is along the lines of, <q>it just does weblogs, if I have a business site, I\'d want to use something else, right?</q> But in reality, WordPress is an excellent tool for managing a business site. When I tell people this, they\'ll often ask me for some examples of non-blog sites using WordPress.\n</p>\n<p>\nSo I end up searching for old bookmarks, looking through my feed archives, and checking the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/\">Codex</a> until I find some suitable choices. Likewise, if someone just wants to see some examples of WP sites, I want to show them something that really stands out.\n</p>\n<p>\nNow I\'m finally going to document a really nice selection of sites that I can point them to for several examples, a sort of \"Best of WordPress\". Some sites just look good. Some are examples of famous celebrities, companies, or organizations. Others showcase WP in a non-blog capacity. In no particular order, here is my list of <strong>Awesome WordPress Sites</strong>:\n</p>\n <a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/16/14-awesome-wordpress-powered-sites#more-823\" class=\"more-link\">(more...)</a><p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=823&amp;akst_action=share-this\" title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_823\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This</a>\n</p>\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:22:\"Matt: Price of Freedom\";s:4:\"guid\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/price-of-freedom/\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/price-of-freedom/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4236:\"<p>I got <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/blog/4421/version-30/#comment-212724\">asked an interesting question today</a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>The only thing why (at least) I encode the footer is to prevent people from removing my designer link. I usually spend around 6 hours designing the graphics and coding the theme and some people simply take my link off and some of them even dare to write that the theme was designed and coded by them! How would you feel if someone took your Wordpress script (since it’s free) and said they made it? Wouldn’t you like to bite their head off?</p></blockquote>\n<p>The response became too long for a comment, so here it is:</p>\n<p>Kate, thousands of people every day remove the WordPress link, or my link, or search and replace the WP logo with their own and redistribute it, use it to spam, distribute hate speech, or any number of awful things you can imagine. So why have hundreds of people spent thousands of hours working on it?</p>\n<p>Though the freedom intrinsic in the <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\">GPL</a> that has allowed people to abuse WordPress it has allowed even more people to do amazing things and over time the good far, far outweighs the bad. Most importantly I feel like WordPress would have never gotten off the ground if it hadn&#8217;t been open from the beginning. (In fact there were several more functional blogging programs started around the same time that have since withered away.)</p>\n<p>Ultimately I know our software isn&#8217;t going to change anyone&#8217;s spots. Good people will do good things with it, and bad people will do bad things with it &#8212; regardless of any protections I put in place. Windows Vista, a multi-billion dollar enterprise, was cracked within days. Does any piddling encoding I can do in PHP really matter? If protection like that isn&#8217;t broken it&#8217;s a statement of popularity, not security.  I suppose could harass the bad guys, shut down their host, send them scary letters, but it&#8217;s just going to stress me out and like cockroaches they&#8217;ll pop up someplace else. I also know that most projects, software, and ideas die from obscurity, not piracy.</p>\n<p>If you accept that bad people are going to be bad then the real question becomes how do you maximize the effect of the good instead of treating them just like the bad. (No one likes to be treated like a criminal.) In my brief experience here&#8217;s three things that work:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Give people the tools they need to succeed. This can be interpreted on a lot of levels,  but personally I&#8217;ve found at the most base <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html\">the freedoms provided by the GPL</a> and other open source licenses are incredibly empowering.</li>\n<li>Celebrate the successes. Talk, connect, promote, and embrace the people who are creating things on top of your creation. (The best revenge against someone doing something bad is helping create something awesome.)</li>\n<li>Provide a way for people to choose to help you, and try to remove as much friction from that process as possible. Now that you&#8217;ve ignored the bad people and delighted the good, by their very nature they&#8217;ll want to give something back.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The success stories around this model are numerous and growing every day. People can and do rip-off the entire Wikipedia, but it&#8217;s still become one of the top ten sites on the internet and a marvel of what can happen when you let go. (Not to mention it is run entirely on open source software.) WordPress itself was built on top of a pre-existing GPL product called b2/cafelog. Anyone can run the software behind our hosted service WordPress.com and create competitive sites, and many have, but it hasn&#8217;t hurt us one bit. Linux, GNU, and the thousands of related desktop projects haven&#8217;t taken a bit longer than folks had hoped, but the impact they&#8217;re having, especially on emerging economies, is dramatic. The list goes on and on. It&#8217;s not hard to join the movement, but first you have to figure out who you&#8217;re fighting, who you&#8217;re trying to help, and if the price of freedom is something you&#8217;re willing to embrace.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:17:44 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4236:\"<p>I got <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/blog/4421/version-30/#comment-212724\">asked an interesting question today</a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>The only thing why (at least) I encode the footer is to prevent people from removing my designer link. I usually spend around 6 hours designing the graphics and coding the theme and some people simply take my link off and some of them even dare to write that the theme was designed and coded by them! How would you feel if someone took your Wordpress script (since it’s free) and said they made it? Wouldn’t you like to bite their head off?</p></blockquote>\n<p>The response became too long for a comment, so here it is:</p>\n<p>Kate, thousands of people every day remove the WordPress link, or my link, or search and replace the WP logo with their own and redistribute it, use it to spam, distribute hate speech, or any number of awful things you can imagine. So why have hundreds of people spent thousands of hours working on it?</p>\n<p>Though the freedom intrinsic in the <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\">GPL</a> that has allowed people to abuse WordPress it has allowed even more people to do amazing things and over time the good far, far outweighs the bad. Most importantly I feel like WordPress would have never gotten off the ground if it hadn&#8217;t been open from the beginning. (In fact there were several more functional blogging programs started around the same time that have since withered away.)</p>\n<p>Ultimately I know our software isn&#8217;t going to change anyone&#8217;s spots. Good people will do good things with it, and bad people will do bad things with it &#8212; regardless of any protections I put in place. Windows Vista, a multi-billion dollar enterprise, was cracked within days. Does any piddling encoding I can do in PHP really matter? If protection like that isn&#8217;t broken it&#8217;s a statement of popularity, not security.  I suppose could harass the bad guys, shut down their host, send them scary letters, but it&#8217;s just going to stress me out and like cockroaches they&#8217;ll pop up someplace else. I also know that most projects, software, and ideas die from obscurity, not piracy.</p>\n<p>If you accept that bad people are going to be bad then the real question becomes how do you maximize the effect of the good instead of treating them just like the bad. (No one likes to be treated like a criminal.) In my brief experience here&#8217;s three things that work:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Give people the tools they need to succeed. This can be interpreted on a lot of levels,  but personally I&#8217;ve found at the most base <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html\">the freedoms provided by the GPL</a> and other open source licenses are incredibly empowering.</li>\n<li>Celebrate the successes. Talk, connect, promote, and embrace the people who are creating things on top of your creation. (The best revenge against someone doing something bad is helping create something awesome.)</li>\n<li>Provide a way for people to choose to help you, and try to remove as much friction from that process as possible. Now that you&#8217;ve ignored the bad people and delighted the good, by their very nature they&#8217;ll want to give something back.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The success stories around this model are numerous and growing every day. People can and do rip-off the entire Wikipedia, but it&#8217;s still become one of the top ten sites on the internet and a marvel of what can happen when you let go. (Not to mention it is run entirely on open source software.) WordPress itself was built on top of a pre-existing GPL product called b2/cafelog. Anyone can run the software behind our hosted service WordPress.com and create competitive sites, and many have, but it hasn&#8217;t hurt us one bit. Linux, GNU, and the thousands of related desktop projects haven&#8217;t taken a bit longer than folks had hoped, but the impact they&#8217;re having, especially on emerging economies, is dramatic. The list goes on and on. It&#8217;s not hard to join the movement, but first you have to figure out who you&#8217;re fighting, who you&#8217;re trying to help, and if the price of freedom is something you&#8217;re willing to embrace.</p>\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:24:\"Matt: Guardian on Splogs\";s:4:\"guid\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/guardian-on-splogs/\";s:4:\"link\";s:51:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/16/guardian-on-splogs/\";s:11:\"description\";s:539:\"<p>The Guardian: <a href=\"http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123675,00.html\">Why Google is the service of choice for sploggers</a> examines spam, splogs, Blogger, and WordPress.com. As you may tell from the title, it&#8217;s overly harsh on Google, but nonetheless has some interesting commentary and information. Like I said last time someone wrote about this, I would never suggest WP.com is splog-free because I delete too many of them myself, but it is a problem we take very seriously and are ever vigilant against.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:03:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:539:\"<p>The Guardian: <a href=\"http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123675,00.html\">Why Google is the service of choice for sploggers</a> examines spam, splogs, Blogger, and WordPress.com. As you may tell from the title, it&#8217;s overly harsh on Google, but nonetheless has some interesting commentary and information. Like I said last time someone wrote about this, I would never suggest WP.com is splog-free because I delete too many of them myself, but it is a problem we take very seriously and are ever vigilant against.</p>\";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:54:\"Lorelle on WP: Fighting Registration Spam in WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:80:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/fighting-registration-spam-in-wordpress/\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/fighting-registration-spam-in-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:6814:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Most WordPress blogs are protected by the best anti-spam triangle of comment spam defenders: <em><a href=\"http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/\" title=\"Bad Behavior Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Bad Behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/\" title=\"Spam Karma 2 Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Spam Karma 2</a> and <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a></em>.</p>\n<p>However, little or nothing is available to help prevent <em>registration spam</em>.</p>\n<p>Registration spam differs from comment spam as it comes through the WordPress login form, not blog comments. WordPress blogs which require registration to comment, contribute, or participate have little or no protection from spammers hammering away at their registration forms.</p>\n<p>There are WordPress Plugins for contact forms which include spam protection such as <a href=\"http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/wp-contactform\" title=\"WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page\">WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page</a>, based upon Ryan Duff&#8217;s popular WordPress Contact Form. But a contact form isn&#8217;t your blog&#8217;s registration, thus doesn&#8217;t help.</p>\n<p>There are several WordPress Plugins and hacks which will block registration attempts based upon a blacklist. The problem with this is that you have to put the blacklist together and keep it updated. Spammers are constantly changing their IP addresses and other information to get past blacklists which seem to be obsolete before they are published. This method is a nice band aid, but it isn&#8217;t effective in the long run.</p>\n<p>There are also some hacks to the WordPress code you can use to put a form of CAPTCHA or test into the Registration screens from <a href=\"http://exilefromgroggs.blogspot.com/2007/01/blocking-spam-registrations-in.html\" title=\"Exile from Groggs - Blocking Spam Registrations in WordPress 2.1\">Exile from Groggs</a> and <a href=\"http://raz-soft.com/display-english-posts-only/wordpress-hack-a-way-to-stop-the-bots-from-registering/\" title=\"a way to stop the bots from registering\">Raz-Soft</a>. This involves changing the core programming code for WordPress, something few want to do.</p>\n<p>There is also the <a href=\"http://www.jameskelly.org/wordpress-plugins/custom-login-and-registration-forms-plugin/\" title=\"Themed Login Plugin\">Themed Login WordPress Plugin</a> which allows the administrator to &#8220;theme&#8221; the WordPress login, adding words and design elements to customize the look, but it doesn&#8217;t add any way of testing the registrant for validity.</p>\n<p>There is an idea on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/\" title=\"WordPress Ideas\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Ideas</a> pages for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">improving WordPress registration protection</a> in the core programming. Because this issue applies to so many, any WordPress blog with more than one blogger, required registration to comment or contribute, and private blogs, I think it&#8217;s a good idea.</p>\n<p>My recommendation would be to get <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a> to cover registration as well as comments. </p>\n<p>As a last resort, many are hunting for a WordPress Plugin that will add a CAPTCHA or quiz test to the registration login form for WordPress. I&#8217;ve not found one. Have you?</p>\n<p>Is this an issue that you have to deal with on your WordPress blog? If so, and you&#8217;d like to see something added to the WordPress core programming, let your voice be heard on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33&amp;page\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">idea post for improving WordPress registration protection</a>. </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+tips\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress tips</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=akismet\" rel=\"tag\">akismet</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=bad+behavior\" rel=\"tag\">bad behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=spam+karma\" rel=\"tag\">spam karma</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=comment+spam\" rel=\"tag\">comment spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=anti-spam\" rel=\"tag\">anti-spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=security\" rel=\"tag\">security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+security\" rel=\"tag\">blog security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+security\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=captcha\" rel=\"tag\">captcha</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=prevent+registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">prevent registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+registration\" rel=\"tag\">blog registration</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:34:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:6814:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-tips/\" title=\"WordPress Tips\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/wordpresstips.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" /></a>Most WordPress blogs are protected by the best anti-spam triangle of comment spam defenders: <em><a href=\"http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/\" title=\"Bad Behavior Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Bad Behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/\" title=\"Spam Karma 2 Comment Spam Fighting Tool\">Spam Karma 2</a> and <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a></em>.</p>\n<p>However, little or nothing is available to help prevent <em>registration spam</em>.</p>\n<p>Registration spam differs from comment spam as it comes through the WordPress login form, not blog comments. WordPress blogs which require registration to comment, contribute, or participate have little or no protection from spammers hammering away at their registration forms.</p>\n<p>There are WordPress Plugins for contact forms which include spam protection such as <a href=\"http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/wp-contactform\" title=\"WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page\">WordPress Contact Form with Spam Protection Plugin Project Page</a>, based upon Ryan Duff&#8217;s popular WordPress Contact Form. But a contact form isn&#8217;t your blog&#8217;s registration, thus doesn&#8217;t help.</p>\n<p>There are several WordPress Plugins and hacks which will block registration attempts based upon a blacklist. The problem with this is that you have to put the blacklist together and keep it updated. Spammers are constantly changing their IP addresses and other information to get past blacklists which seem to be obsolete before they are published. This method is a nice band aid, but it isn&#8217;t effective in the long run.</p>\n<p>There are also some hacks to the WordPress code you can use to put a form of CAPTCHA or test into the Registration screens from <a href=\"http://exilefromgroggs.blogspot.com/2007/01/blocking-spam-registrations-in.html\" title=\"Exile from Groggs - Blocking Spam Registrations in WordPress 2.1\">Exile from Groggs</a> and <a href=\"http://raz-soft.com/display-english-posts-only/wordpress-hack-a-way-to-stop-the-bots-from-registering/\" title=\"a way to stop the bots from registering\">Raz-Soft</a>. This involves changing the core programming code for WordPress, something few want to do.</p>\n<p>There is also the <a href=\"http://www.jameskelly.org/wordpress-plugins/custom-login-and-registration-forms-plugin/\" title=\"Themed Login Plugin\">Themed Login WordPress Plugin</a> which allows the administrator to &#8220;theme&#8221; the WordPress login, adding words and design elements to customize the look, but it doesn&#8217;t add any way of testing the registrant for validity.</p>\n<p>There is an idea on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/\" title=\"WordPress Ideas\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress Ideas</a> pages for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">improving WordPress registration protection</a> in the core programming. Because this issue applies to so many, any WordPress blog with more than one blogger, required registration to comment or contribute, and private blogs, I think it&#8217;s a good idea.</p>\n<p>My recommendation would be to get <a href=\"http://akismet.com/download/\" title=\"Akismet Comment Spam Fighter\">Akismet</a> to cover registration as well as comments. </p>\n<p>As a last resort, many are hunting for a WordPress Plugin that will add a CAPTCHA or quiz test to the registration login form for WordPress. I&#8217;ve not found one. Have you?</p>\n<p>Is this an issue that you have to deal with on your WordPress blog? If so, and you&#8217;d like to see something added to the WordPress core programming, let your voice be heard on the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=33&amp;page\" title=\"Improve WordPress Registration Anti-Spam\">idea post for improving WordPress registration protection</a>. </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+tips\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress tips</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=akismet\" rel=\"tag\">akismet</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=bad+behavior\" rel=\"tag\">bad behavior</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=spam+karma\" rel=\"tag\">spam karma</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=comment+spam\" rel=\"tag\">comment spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=anti-spam\" rel=\"tag\">anti-spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=security\" rel=\"tag\">security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+security\" rel=\"tag\">blog security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+security\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress security</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=captcha\" rel=\"tag\">captcha</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=prevent+registration+spam\" rel=\"tag\">prevent registration spam</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=blog+registration\" rel=\"tag\">blog registration</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:17:\"Matt: Paul Davies\";s:4:\"guid\";s:44:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/15/paul-davies/\";s:4:\"link\";s:44:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/15/paul-davies/\";s:11:\"description\";s:228:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/03/paul_davies/\">Paul Davies says</a> &#8220;people are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning and purpose.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:17:52 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:228:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/03/paul_davies/\">Paul Davies says</a> &#8220;people are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning and purpose.&#8221;</p>\";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/15\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-715/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/15/wordpress-theme-releases-for-715/\";s:11:\"description\";s:474:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.mu/65.html\">Collapsing Blue</a> is a 2-column, minimalistic theme that features a collapsible sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://antbag.com/networker-theme-for-wordpress/\">Networker</a> is a 3-column, widget- and adsense-ready theme with both sidebar columns sitting on the right-hand side.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/4387/pop-blue/\">PopBlue</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a clean and simple look.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:45:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:474:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.mu/65.html\">Collapsing Blue</a> is a 2-column, minimalistic theme that features a collapsible sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://antbag.com/networker-theme-for-wordpress/\">Networker</a> is a 3-column, widget- and adsense-ready theme with both sidebar columns sitting on the right-hand side.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/4387/pop-blue/\">PopBlue</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a clean and simple look.</p>\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Andy Skelton: Two days from Potsdam\";s:4:\"guid\";s:59:\"http://andy.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/two-days-from-potsdam/\";s:4:\"link\";s:59:\"http://andy.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/two-days-from-potsdam/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4320:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Two days ago in the morning I left Potsdam with a hangover. This evening I rode through St. Louis and came to rest at the Columbia Fairfield close to the center of Missouri. That makes about 1,200 miles in two days. My next important rendezvous is in Colorado Springs on Monday, just over 700 miles from here. I can be there tomorrow (Sunday) if I push hard.</p>\n<p>Here is a counter-intuitive phrase that is familiar to many motorcyclists: stop to go faster. It means get off the bike often to keep fatigue away. Riding tired is bad, mmkay? A few minutes spent laying in the grass (intentionally) will make the next hour of riding much, much more comfortable.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had enough of sunny days, though. It&#8217;s time for some clouds. I switched to an open-face helmet in Vermont and I underestimated the amount of protection lost thereby. I now have sunscreen and I apply it frequently (six times per day enough?) but it was three riding hours too late. Once again I wish my skin were dark.</p>\n<p>I have the classic &#8220;raccoon eyes&#8221; look that comes from wearing good sunglasses in the sun. Today I thought about this and realized there is more to it than the shade the glasses provide. My sunglasses fit very well. Their shadow on my face is very sharp because the lenses almost touch the skin. Glasses with more open space there and above my eyes would not cover my field of vision as completely but they would lessen the raccoon eyes effect by keeping the shadow&#8217;s edge from always hitting the same spot. This is what I get for buying glasses that fit very well! (And also from not wearing enough sunscreen.)</p>\n<p>I suppose the raccoon eyes are also worsened (given more contrast) by sunlight that reflects off the lenses and strikes my face. The areas of my cheeks just under the glasses seem to have gotten much more exposure than the rest. I have about two weeks of beard growth and that helps keep the sun off but unfortunately I cannot grow enough hair on the outside of my nose.</p>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough about my sunburn. Please don&#8217;t mention it, especially if you are my mother. It&#8217;s not very bad and I&#8217;ve had much worse.</p>\n<p>The arch in St. Louis was very nice to look at. I could see it from several miles away and then I-70 passed within a few hundred yards of its base, so the views were plenty and good. Now I&#8217;m out of nice things to say about St. Louis. Don&#8217;t drive through it just to see the arch. The arch disappears behind you and the next ten miles of highway are a hell of insane drivers and invisible lane markings. Get a nice view from far away and then avoid the city, or else stay long enough to find more good things to counteract the stress of driving there.</p>\n<p>That little stretch of road reaffirmed my desire to stay away from cities when traveling long distances. Today I also reaffirmed my desire to stay away from Arby&#8217;s, Waffle House, and bridges maintained by the Illinois DOT.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://mindfulmusings.net/weblog/\">Mark Ghosh</a>, owner of <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, was a terrific host; he put me up for the night in his house near Toledo and the accommodations and hospitality were just great. It&#8217;s too bad we didn&#8217;t have more time to talk. Mark has been a WordPresser almost since WordPress began but until yesterday he had never met another WordPresser in person. WordPress APB: if you&#8217;re ever near Toledo, try to meet Mark Ghosh.</p>\n<p>Today was my first day riding with an in-helmet audio system. The Goldwing has AM/FM/Cassette and a CB radio. The SQL knob (squelch) is a nice touch: it mutes the stereo when the CB signal is above the SQL threshold. I haven&#8217;t transmitted anything yet but I&#8217;ve tried to listen to others. It&#8217;s hard for me to discern words due to the ambient noise level. I might have to modify the headset for a better fit. Anyway, I like hearing reports of &#8220;bears&#8221; or the lack of them. Long way to go, short time to get there&#8230;</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> is next Saturday and I am scheduled for a musical interlude. Does anybody in San Francisco have a 6-string acoustic cutout guitar that I can borrow?</p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:53:55 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Andy\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4320:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Two days ago in the morning I left Potsdam with a hangover. This evening I rode through St. Louis and came to rest at the Columbia Fairfield close to the center of Missouri. That makes about 1,200 miles in two days. My next important rendezvous is in Colorado Springs on Monday, just over 700 miles from here. I can be there tomorrow (Sunday) if I push hard.</p>\n<p>Here is a counter-intuitive phrase that is familiar to many motorcyclists: stop to go faster. It means get off the bike often to keep fatigue away. Riding tired is bad, mmkay? A few minutes spent laying in the grass (intentionally) will make the next hour of riding much, much more comfortable.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had enough of sunny days, though. It&#8217;s time for some clouds. I switched to an open-face helmet in Vermont and I underestimated the amount of protection lost thereby. I now have sunscreen and I apply it frequently (six times per day enough?) but it was three riding hours too late. Once again I wish my skin were dark.</p>\n<p>I have the classic &#8220;raccoon eyes&#8221; look that comes from wearing good sunglasses in the sun. Today I thought about this and realized there is more to it than the shade the glasses provide. My sunglasses fit very well. Their shadow on my face is very sharp because the lenses almost touch the skin. Glasses with more open space there and above my eyes would not cover my field of vision as completely but they would lessen the raccoon eyes effect by keeping the shadow&#8217;s edge from always hitting the same spot. This is what I get for buying glasses that fit very well! (And also from not wearing enough sunscreen.)</p>\n<p>I suppose the raccoon eyes are also worsened (given more contrast) by sunlight that reflects off the lenses and strikes my face. The areas of my cheeks just under the glasses seem to have gotten much more exposure than the rest. I have about two weeks of beard growth and that helps keep the sun off but unfortunately I cannot grow enough hair on the outside of my nose.</p>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough about my sunburn. Please don&#8217;t mention it, especially if you are my mother. It&#8217;s not very bad and I&#8217;ve had much worse.</p>\n<p>The arch in St. Louis was very nice to look at. I could see it from several miles away and then I-70 passed within a few hundred yards of its base, so the views were plenty and good. Now I&#8217;m out of nice things to say about St. Louis. Don&#8217;t drive through it just to see the arch. The arch disappears behind you and the next ten miles of highway are a hell of insane drivers and invisible lane markings. Get a nice view from far away and then avoid the city, or else stay long enough to find more good things to counteract the stress of driving there.</p>\n<p>That little stretch of road reaffirmed my desire to stay away from cities when traveling long distances. Today I also reaffirmed my desire to stay away from Arby&#8217;s, Waffle House, and bridges maintained by the Illinois DOT.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://mindfulmusings.net/weblog/\">Mark Ghosh</a>, owner of <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, was a terrific host; he put me up for the night in his house near Toledo and the accommodations and hospitality were just great. It&#8217;s too bad we didn&#8217;t have more time to talk. Mark has been a WordPresser almost since WordPress began but until yesterday he had never met another WordPresser in person. WordPress APB: if you&#8217;re ever near Toledo, try to meet Mark Ghosh.</p>\n<p>Today was my first day riding with an in-helmet audio system. The Goldwing has AM/FM/Cassette and a CB radio. The SQL knob (squelch) is a nice touch: it mutes the stereo when the CB signal is above the SQL threshold. I haven&#8217;t transmitted anything yet but I&#8217;ve tried to listen to others. It&#8217;s hard for me to discern words due to the ambient noise level. I might have to modify the headset for a better fit. Anyway, I like hearing reports of &#8220;bears&#8221; or the lack of them. Long way to go, short time to get there&#8230;</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> is next Saturday and I am scheduled for a musical interlude. Does anybody in San Francisco have a 6-string acoustic cutout guitar that I can borrow?</p>\n</div>\";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:74:\"Lorelle on WP: WordPress Community Podcast Meetup and WordCamp Report News\";s:4:\"guid\";s:100:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/wordpress-community-podcast-meetup-and-wordcamp-report-news/\";s:4:\"link\";s:100:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/wordpress-community-podcast-meetup-and-wordcamp-report-news/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4231:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m Attending WordCamp 2007 badge\" align=\"right\" />A <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a> will be Friday, July 20 at 1PM at the  Crossroads Cafe, 699 Delancey Street (close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38) for WordPress and WordPress Community Podcast fans in anticipation of WordCamp 2007.</p>\n<p>This news comes from <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" title=\"The WordCamp Report\">The WordCamp Report</a>, a great source for information on WordCamp 2007. Authored by Charles Stricklin of the <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/\" title=\"WordPress Community Podcast\">WordPress Community Podcast</a> and Patrick Havens, it is stuffed with a growing number of posts about the upcoming event in San Francisco.</p>\n<p>I can assume that there might be some live reports from the conference on this blog, too.</p>\n<p>Recent posts include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/lorelle-vanfossen-is-speaking/\" title=\"Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?\">Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-donncha-o-caoimh/\" title=\"Who is Donncha O Caoimh?\">Who is Donncha O Caoimh?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-charles-stricklin/\" title=\"Who is Charles Stricklin?\">Who is Charles Stricklin?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-mark-jaquith/\" title=\"Who is Mark Jaquith?\">Who is Mark Jaquith?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/10/so-who-is-matt-mullenweg/\" title=\"So who is Matt Mullenweg?\">So who is Matt Mullenweg?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/09/wordcamp-2007-registration-closes/\" title=\"WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!\">WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/06/the-casting-call/\" title=\"The Casting Call\">The Casting Call</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+conference\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress conference</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+reports\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp reports</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:18:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4231:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m Attending WordCamp 2007 badge\" align=\"right\" />A <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a> will be Friday, July 20 at 1PM at the  Crossroads Cafe, 699 Delancey Street (close to the Embarcadero and Pier 38) for WordPress and WordPress Community Podcast fans in anticipation of WordCamp 2007.</p>\n<p>This news comes from <a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/\" title=\"The WordCamp Report\">The WordCamp Report</a>, a great source for information on WordCamp 2007. Authored by Charles Stricklin of the <a href=\"http://wp-community.org/\" title=\"WordPress Community Podcast\">WordPress Community Podcast</a> and Patrick Havens, it is stuffed with a growing number of posts about the upcoming event in San Francisco.</p>\n<p>I can assume that there might be some live reports from the conference on this blog, too.</p>\n<p>Recent posts include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/wordpress-podcast-meetup/\" title=\"WordPress Podcast Meetup\">WordPress Podcast Meetup</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/12/lorelle-vanfossen-is-speaking/\" title=\"Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?\">Lorelle VanFossen is Speaking?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-donncha-o-caoimh/\" title=\"Who is Donncha O Caoimh?\">Who is Donncha O Caoimh?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-charles-stricklin/\" title=\"Who is Charles Stricklin?\">Who is Charles Stricklin?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/11/who-is-mark-jaquith/\" title=\"Who is Mark Jaquith?\">Who is Mark Jaquith?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/10/so-who-is-matt-mullenweg/\" title=\"So who is Matt Mullenweg?\">So who is Matt Mullenweg?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/09/wordcamp-2007-registration-closes/\" title=\"WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!\">WordCamp 2007 Registration Closes… no wait its back up!</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordcamp.info/2007/07/06/the-casting-call/\" title=\"The Casting Call\">The Casting Call</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+conference\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress conference</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+reports\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp reports</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordcamp+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:18:\"Matt: Cluster Tail\";s:4:\"guid\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/cluster-tail/\";s:4:\"link\";s:45:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/cluster-tail/\";s:11:\"description\";s:242:\"<p><a href=\"http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2007/07/14/announcement-cluster-tail-released\">Cluster Tail</a> &#8220;multiplexes lots of SSH connections, to invoke <code>tail -f</code> on a large set of machines or log files.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:26:10 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:242:\"<p><a href=\"http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2007/07/14/announcement-cluster-tail-released\">Cluster Tail</a> &#8220;multiplexes lots of SSH connections, to invoke <code>tail -f</code> on a large set of machines or log files.&#8221;</p>\";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:19:\"Matt: Love and Hate\";s:4:\"guid\";s:46:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\";s:4:\"link\";s:46:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/14/love-and-hate/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2569:\"<p>One of my favorite funny graphics from the on-hiatus Creating Passionate Users <a href=\"http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/be_brave.html\">was this one from the entry <em>Be brave or go home</em></a>. Because on <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">this entry on my blog</a> a few days ago the part of the blogosphere that makes money from ad-embedded themes has  been viciously attacking me personally. Attempted assassinations are never fun, at least for the person on the receiving end, but overall I&#8217;m happy for a few reasons:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of the paid links in themes are to the same URLs I see in <a href=\"http://akismet.com/\">Akismet</a>, so I know that there is at least some overlap between the people financing these themes and attacking our blogs, and any way we can fight them is good.</li>\n<li>I know that this is something <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\">the majority of the WordPress community has voted for</a>.</li>\n<li>I am hopeful we&#8217;ll stop seeing <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/125506\">threads like this in the support forum</a>. &#8220;I installed the ecologici theme found here [link to wordpress.net] I customized it, no problems. I went to add my scripts to the footer and found this code&#8230;&#8221;</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when it&#8217;s from people who have significant financial interests in seeing sponsored themes continue. They&#8217;re just trying to protect their money.</li>\n<li>That they&#8217;re making so much noise is an indication we&#8217;re doing something meaningful.</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when they&#8217;re from people with questionable personal practices. [1]</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Still, there is a lot of hard work ahead.</p>\n<p>[1] For example one attack post from &#8220;Franky&#8221; on a blog called Wisdump (didn&#8217;t that used to be run by the awesome Paul Scrivens?) I noticed it was loading a little slow, then I saw <a href=\"http://pingomatic.com/\">pingomatic.com</a> in my address bar. I looked at his source and saw he had embedded a 1&#215;1 pixel iframe loading the ping page for Ping-O-Matic on every one of his pages. I must admit this is clever, it utilizes the distributed network of everyone who visits your site to attack Ping-O-Matic and spam the ping servers, and of course IP blocking is useless because it&#8217;s coming from the regular folks on your site. But it is also extremely skeevy. (And I believe a little bit of JS on the ping page should fix that right up.)</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:17:02 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2569:\"<p>One of my favorite funny graphics from the on-hiatus Creating Passionate Users <a href=\"http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/be_brave.html\">was this one from the entry <em>Be brave or go home</em></a>. Because on <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\">this entry on my blog</a> a few days ago the part of the blogosphere that makes money from ad-embedded themes has  been viciously attacking me personally. Attempted assassinations are never fun, at least for the person on the receiving end, but overall I&#8217;m happy for a few reasons:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of the paid links in themes are to the same URLs I see in <a href=\"http://akismet.com/\">Akismet</a>, so I know that there is at least some overlap between the people financing these themes and attacking our blogs, and any way we can fight them is good.</li>\n<li>I know that this is something <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\">the majority of the WordPress community has voted for</a>.</li>\n<li>I am hopeful we&#8217;ll stop seeing <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/125506\">threads like this in the support forum</a>. &#8220;I installed the ecologici theme found here [link to wordpress.net] I customized it, no problems. I went to add my scripts to the footer and found this code&#8230;&#8221;</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when it&#8217;s from people who have significant financial interests in seeing sponsored themes continue. They&#8217;re just trying to protect their money.</li>\n<li>That they&#8217;re making so much noise is an indication we&#8217;re doing something meaningful.</li>\n<li>The attacks sting less when they&#8217;re from people with questionable personal practices. [1]</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Still, there is a lot of hard work ahead.</p>\n<p>[1] For example one attack post from &#8220;Franky&#8221; on a blog called Wisdump (didn&#8217;t that used to be run by the awesome Paul Scrivens?) I noticed it was loading a little slow, then I saw <a href=\"http://pingomatic.com/\">pingomatic.com</a> in my address bar. I looked at his source and saw he had embedded a 1&#215;1 pixel iframe loading the ping page for Ping-O-Matic on every one of his pages. I must admit this is clever, it utilizes the distributed network of everyone who visits your site to attack Ping-O-Matic and spam the ping servers, and of course IP blocking is useless because it&#8217;s coming from the regular folks on your site. But it is also extremely skeevy. (And I believe a little bit of JS on the ping page should fix that right up.)</p>\";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:51:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Generator\";s:4:\"guid\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/14/wordpress-plugin-generator/\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/14/wordpress-plugin-generator/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1053:\"<p>Speaking of the WordPress Plugin Competition and writing new plugins, here is a <a href=\"http://web.forret.com/tools/wp-plugin.asp\">WordPress Plugin Generator</a>. Intriguing name, isn&#8217;t it? No, it does not write all Wordpress plugins for you on demand and no it does not have AI. <em>This tool will help you create a template for your own Wordpress plugin.</em> and it literally does just that. If you are new to Wordpress or to writing plugins and you want a quick and dirty template with some of the fixin&#8217;s, the WordPress Plugin Generator is your ticket to your plugin&#8217;s inception. The tweakable features include the name of the plugin, some rudimentary and commonly used locations for result insertion on your blog, the framework for a config page, wpdb integration and comment and GPL in the header. It is definitely a good starting point.</p>\n<p>A word of friendly warning, the page&#8217;s style is completely broken on my Firefox. Thanks to a <a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/\">tip from Andy of Blaze New Media</a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:25:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1053:\"<p>Speaking of the WordPress Plugin Competition and writing new plugins, here is a <a href=\"http://web.forret.com/tools/wp-plugin.asp\">WordPress Plugin Generator</a>. Intriguing name, isn&#8217;t it? No, it does not write all Wordpress plugins for you on demand and no it does not have AI. <em>This tool will help you create a template for your own Wordpress plugin.</em> and it literally does just that. If you are new to Wordpress or to writing plugins and you want a quick and dirty template with some of the fixin&#8217;s, the WordPress Plugin Generator is your ticket to your plugin&#8217;s inception. The tweakable features include the name of the plugin, some rudimentary and commonly used locations for result insertion on your blog, the framework for a config page, wpdb integration and comment and GPL in the header. It is definitely a good starting point.</p>\n<p>A word of friendly warning, the page&#8217;s style is completely broken on my Firefox. Thanks to a <a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/\">tip from Andy of Blaze New Media</a></p>\";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Donncha: Have you completed your WordCamp registration?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:75:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/07/14/have-you-completed-your-wordcamp-registration/\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/2007/07/14/have-you-completed-your-wordcamp-registration/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1528:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordcamp.org/\"><img align=\"right\" src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m going to WordCamp\" border=\"0\" /></a>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m off to San Francisco in a few days time for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> and I&#8217;ll finally meet some of the newer <a href=\"http://automattic.com/about/\">members</a> of the company. Actually, that would be almost half the company. Did I mention that Automattic is a rapidly growing organisation?</p>\n<p>Anyway, registration for WordCamp is now closed, but a number of people still haven&#8217;t filled in their details, despite having paid for tickets! If you paid your $25 but never filled in a form with your tshirt size and blog URL then check your email. There&#8217;s a link there you should click! Your name will also appear on the <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendees/\">attendees</a> when you are done. I&#8217;m going to send out reminder emails tomorrow but please save me some time copying/pasting of emails and ID codes and fill in the form first!</p>\n<p>See you at WordCamp!</p>\n<p>PS. If you live in Ireland, leave a comment here. I&#8217;ll pick out 5 comments at random and once I&#8217;ve verified that your mailing address is in Ireland, I&#8217;ll pop a couple of WordPress stickers in the post to you.</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/irishblogs/\" rel=\"tag\">irishblogs</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:44:38 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1528:\"<p><a href=\"http://wordcamp.org/\"><img align=\"right\" src=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendee.gif\" alt=\"I\'m going to WordCamp\" border=\"0\" /></a>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m off to San Francisco in a few days time for <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp</a> and I&#8217;ll finally meet some of the newer <a href=\"http://automattic.com/about/\">members</a> of the company. Actually, that would be almost half the company. Did I mention that Automattic is a rapidly growing organisation?</p>\n<p>Anyway, registration for WordCamp is now closed, but a number of people still haven&#8217;t filled in their details, despite having paid for tickets! If you paid your $25 but never filled in a form with your tshirt size and blog URL then check your email. There&#8217;s a link there you should click! Your name will also appear on the <a href=\"http://2007.wordcamp.org/attendees/\">attendees</a> when you are done. I&#8217;m going to send out reminder emails tomorrow but please save me some time copying/pasting of emails and ID codes and fill in the form first!</p>\n<p>See you at WordCamp!</p>\n<p>PS. If you live in Ireland, leave a comment here. I&#8217;ll pick out 5 comments at random and once I&#8217;ve verified that your mailing address is in Ireland, I&#8217;ll pop a couple of WordPress stickers in the post to you.</p>\n<a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/irishblogs/\" rel=\"tag\">irishblogs</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordcamp2007/\" rel=\"tag\">wordcamp2007</a>, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/tag/wordpress/\" rel=\"tag\">WordPress</a>\";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:16:\"Matt: Gelato CMS\";s:4:\"guid\";s:43:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/gelato-cms/\";s:4:\"link\";s:43:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/gelato-cms/\";s:11:\"description\";s:420:\"<p><a href=\"http://gelatocms.com/\">Gelato CMS</a> is an open source implementation of the tumblelog concept, as popularized on <a href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/\">Tumblr</a>. I&#8217;m a big fan of the Tumblelog concept, it&#8217;s not dissimilar to what I do here and on <a href=\"http://matt.wordpress.com/\">matt.wordpress</a>, but I&#8217;d love to see it implemented as a WordPress theme. <cite>Hat tip: Ryan.</cite></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:14:09 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:420:\"<p><a href=\"http://gelatocms.com/\">Gelato CMS</a> is an open source implementation of the tumblelog concept, as popularized on <a href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/\">Tumblr</a>. I&#8217;m a big fan of the Tumblelog concept, it&#8217;s not dissimilar to what I do here and on <a href=\"http://matt.wordpress.com/\">matt.wordpress</a>, but I&#8217;d love to see it implemented as a WordPress theme. <cite>Hat tip: Ryan.</cite></p>\";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:12:\"Matt: On PHP\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/on-php/\";s:4:\"link\";s:39:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/13/on-php/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3795:\"<p><a href=\"http://php.net/\">PHP.net</a> has announced that they will stop development of PHP4 at the end of this year, and end security updates on 2008-08. (In 2007, their site still doesn&#8217;t have obvious permalinks. They do have a RSS 1.0 feed though, remember those?)</p>\n<p>PHP 4.0 was release in May of 2000, by 2004 when the first version of PHP 5.0 was released, PHP 4 had achieved complete dominance and was completely ubiquitous in both script and hosting support.</p>\n<p>Fast forward 3 more years and PHP 5 has been, from an adoption point of view, a complete flop. Most estimates place it in the single-digit percentages or at best the low teens, mostly gassed by marginal frameworks. Even hosted PHP-powered services who have no shared host compatibility concerns like 30boxes, Digg, Flickr, and WordPress.com, have been slow to move and when they do it will probably be because of speed or security, not features.</p>\n<p>Some app makers felt sorry for PHP 5 and decided to create the <a href=\"http://gophp5.org/\">world&#8217;s ugliest advocacy site</a> and turn their apps in to protest pieces at the expense of their users. (Hat tip: <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4591#comment:1\">Mark J</a>.) They say &#8220;Web hosts cannot upgrade their servers to PHP 5 without making it impossible for their users to run PHP 4-targeted web apps&#8221; ignoring the fact that there isn&#8217;t a released PHP app today that isn&#8217;t PHP 5-compatible and recent upgrade issues <a href=\"http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39381\">have been caused by PHP itself</a> in point releases. (See <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3354\">WP#3354</a>.) It&#8217;s easy to always promote the newest thing, but why, and is it for us or our users?</p>\n<p>Now the PHP core team seems to have decided that the boost their failing product needs is to kill off their successful one instead of asking the hard questions: <strong>What was it that made PHP 4 so successful?</strong> What are we doing to emphasize those strengths? Why wasn&#8217;t PHP 5 compelling to that same audience? Are the things <a href=\"http://jero.net/articles/php6\">we&#8217;re doing in PHP 6</a> crucial to our core audience or simply &#8220;good&#8221; language problems to solve? Will they drive adoption? How can we avoid releasing (another) <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr#Failure_in_the_marketplace\">PCjr</a>?</p>\n<p>I wonder if PHP 5+ should be called something other than PHP. A unique name would have allowed the effort to stand on its own, and not imply something that&#8217;s an upgrade from what came before when in many cases it&#8217;s just different, not better,  from an end-user perspective. Continue to maintain PHP 4 as like a PHP-lite. Make it harder, better, faster, <a href=\"http://www.kanyewest.com/?content=video_stronger\">stronger</a>.</p>\n<p>For all the noise though, <strong>this isn&#8217;t a big deal</strong>. It&#8217;s easy to forget that PHP 4 hasn&#8217;t had any real innovation in the past 3 years while at the same time apps and services built on top of it have created some of the richest and most compelling user experiences the web has seen. (<span class=\"hw\">Née Web 2.0.) </span>None of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/?show=popular\">most requested features for WordPress</a> would be any easier (or harder) if they were written for PHP 4 or 5 or Python. <strong>They&#8217;d just be different.</strong> The hard part usually has little to do with the underlying server-side language.</p>\n<p>Someday on our mailing lists I hope half the words wasted pontificating on &#8220;language version wars,&#8221; which are even duller than language wars, go toward design, copywriting, information, performance &#8212; the things that truly matter.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:08:31 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3795:\"<p><a href=\"http://php.net/\">PHP.net</a> has announced that they will stop development of PHP4 at the end of this year, and end security updates on 2008-08. (In 2007, their site still doesn&#8217;t have obvious permalinks. They do have a RSS 1.0 feed though, remember those?)</p>\n<p>PHP 4.0 was release in May of 2000, by 2004 when the first version of PHP 5.0 was released, PHP 4 had achieved complete dominance and was completely ubiquitous in both script and hosting support.</p>\n<p>Fast forward 3 more years and PHP 5 has been, from an adoption point of view, a complete flop. Most estimates place it in the single-digit percentages or at best the low teens, mostly gassed by marginal frameworks. Even hosted PHP-powered services who have no shared host compatibility concerns like 30boxes, Digg, Flickr, and WordPress.com, have been slow to move and when they do it will probably be because of speed or security, not features.</p>\n<p>Some app makers felt sorry for PHP 5 and decided to create the <a href=\"http://gophp5.org/\">world&#8217;s ugliest advocacy site</a> and turn their apps in to protest pieces at the expense of their users. (Hat tip: <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4591#comment:1\">Mark J</a>.) They say &#8220;Web hosts cannot upgrade their servers to PHP 5 without making it impossible for their users to run PHP 4-targeted web apps&#8221; ignoring the fact that there isn&#8217;t a released PHP app today that isn&#8217;t PHP 5-compatible and recent upgrade issues <a href=\"http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39381\">have been caused by PHP itself</a> in point releases. (See <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3354\">WP#3354</a>.) It&#8217;s easy to always promote the newest thing, but why, and is it for us or our users?</p>\n<p>Now the PHP core team seems to have decided that the boost their failing product needs is to kill off their successful one instead of asking the hard questions: <strong>What was it that made PHP 4 so successful?</strong> What are we doing to emphasize those strengths? Why wasn&#8217;t PHP 5 compelling to that same audience? Are the things <a href=\"http://jero.net/articles/php6\">we&#8217;re doing in PHP 6</a> crucial to our core audience or simply &#8220;good&#8221; language problems to solve? Will they drive adoption? How can we avoid releasing (another) <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr#Failure_in_the_marketplace\">PCjr</a>?</p>\n<p>I wonder if PHP 5+ should be called something other than PHP. A unique name would have allowed the effort to stand on its own, and not imply something that&#8217;s an upgrade from what came before when in many cases it&#8217;s just different, not better,  from an end-user perspective. Continue to maintain PHP 4 as like a PHP-lite. Make it harder, better, faster, <a href=\"http://www.kanyewest.com/?content=video_stronger\">stronger</a>.</p>\n<p>For all the noise though, <strong>this isn&#8217;t a big deal</strong>. It&#8217;s easy to forget that PHP 4 hasn&#8217;t had any real innovation in the past 3 years while at the same time apps and services built on top of it have created some of the richest and most compelling user experiences the web has seen. (<span class=\"hw\">Née Web 2.0.) </span>None of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/?show=popular\">most requested features for WordPress</a> would be any easier (or harder) if they were written for PHP 4 or 5 or Python. <strong>They&#8217;d just be different.</strong> The hard part usually has little to do with the underlying server-side language.</p>\n<p>Someday on our mailing lists I hope half the words wasted pontificating on &#8220;language version wars,&#8221; which are even duller than language wars, go toward design, copywriting, information, performance &#8212; the things that truly matter.</p>\";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:61:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Competition Updates\";s:4:\"guid\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-competition-updates/\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-competition-updates/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1329:\"<p>The <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/\">WordPress Plugin Competition</a> is going strong with <strong>15 plugins announced</strong> and actively being developed and at least five more in the works. I am hoping that more developers will throw their hats into the arena in the next couple of weeks. Remember the <strong>last date of the competition is the 31st of July</strong>. That means that if you are planning to enter the competition, you will need to have submitted your plugin to me via email by the end of that day.</p>\n<p>I have added a ChipIn widget to the competition blog to collect donations for prizes and I thank every sponsor and donor. We have some <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/plugin-competition-prizes/\">really great sponsors for the competition</a> and so far the <strong>prizes are eclectic and pretty cool</strong>. We have also collected almost <strike><strong>$900</strong></strike> <strong>$1000</strong> from various donors as prizes for the competition. I am hesitant to put together the final three sets of prizes because I am hoping we have some <strong>more donations</strong> and a few <strong>more contestants</strong>.</p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone that has helped to publicize the competition and to everyone who has helped me put it together for the community.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:15:17 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1329:\"<p>The <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/\">WordPress Plugin Competition</a> is going strong with <strong>15 plugins announced</strong> and actively being developed and at least five more in the works. I am hoping that more developers will throw their hats into the arena in the next couple of weeks. Remember the <strong>last date of the competition is the 31st of July</strong>. That means that if you are planning to enter the competition, you will need to have submitted your plugin to me via email by the end of that day.</p>\n<p>I have added a ChipIn widget to the competition blog to collect donations for prizes and I thank every sponsor and donor. We have some <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/plugin-competition-prizes/\">really great sponsors for the competition</a> and so far the <strong>prizes are eclectic and pretty cool</strong>. We have also collected almost <strike><strong>$900</strong></strike> <strong>$1000</strong> from various donors as prizes for the competition. I am hesitant to put together the final three sets of prizes because I am hoping we have some <strong>more donations</strong> and a few <strong>more contestants</strong>.</p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone that has helped to publicize the competition and to everyone who has helped me put it together for the community.</p>\";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:41:\"Lorelle on WP: Announcing WPMUDEV Premium\";s:4:\"guid\";s:67:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/announcing-wpmudev-premium/\";s:4:\"link\";s:67:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/announcing-wpmudev-premium/\";s:11:\"description\";s:9444:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://incsub.org/\" title=\"Incorporated Subversion\">James Farmer of Incorporated Subversion</a> and <a href=\"http://www.edublogs.org/\" title=\"Edublogs\" rel=\"tag\">Edublogs</a> announces <a href=\"http://incsub.org/blog/2007/introducing-wpmudev-premium\" title=\"Introducing WPMUDEV Premium\">WPMUDEV Premium</a>.</p>\n<p>Before you run thinking this a terrifying new language, WPMUDEV stands for <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\"><em>WordPressMU Development Premium</em></a>, a &#8220;custom&#8221; version of <a href=\"http://mu.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPressMU\">WordPressMU</a>, the extraordinary blogging platform that has morphed into that which runs Edublogs, similar to <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress.com\">WordPress.com</a>.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have put together WPMUDEV Premium based upon what they developed with <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs and their associated blogging services</a>, like  <a href=\"http://learnerblogs.org/\" title=\"Learner Blogs - free blogs for school students\">learnerblogs</a> for school students, <a href=\"http://uniblogs.org/\" title=\"Uniblogs - Free blogs for university students\">uniblogs.org</a> for university and college students, and <a href=\"http://eslblogs.org/\" title=\"ESLblogs - Free blogs for those teaching English as a second or foreign language\">eslblogs</a> for those involved in teaching English as a second language and English as a foreign language.</p>\n<p>WordPressMU is not appropriate for those who wish to have multiple blogs or the average WordPress blogger. WordPressMU is designed for memberships, associations, groups, and companies to bring blogs to their members and employees. </p>\n<p>Before WordPress.com was Edublogs, the first fully functional version of WordPressMU to be put to the test. WordPress.com has built up their WordPressMU model to include over 1 million bloggers and many <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/vip-hosting/\" title=\"WordPress.com VIP Hosting Service\">WordPress.com VIP Hosted blogs</a> including several from CNN and Yahoo. Farmer and Billits have taken and expanded the WordPressMU program to host four different free blogging services with tens of thousands of bloggers from all over the world and all ages, and they want to bring that expertise to other groups and businesses for a modest support and development fee.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have developed a variety of hacks and customization features, along with some excellent WordPress Plugins for WordPressMU into a support package deal. All the work has been done, including over two years of development and testing. With so much of the work being done, there is little the administrator has to do other than administrative monitoring and decisions. The hardest work will be recruiting new bloggers - oh, and explaining what a blog is.</p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a joint project between Andrew Billits and myself that aims to find a way to provide complex custom plugins, materials, hacks and support for WordPress MultiUser (WPMU) for a fraction of the amount you’d have to pay a developer.</p>\n<p>It’s already stuffed full of goodies; there’s the multi-database code that’s used on Edublogs (happily supporting 50,000 blogs on the one domain), mu-plugins to give you the lowdown on all your user activity (active users, posts, comments and more!), unbranded support videos for you to use on your WPMU site and a new bumper theme pack with uploadable headers a gogo.</p>\n<p>And lots, lots, lots, more… which we’re going to be adding to all the time.</p>\n<p>Plus there are comprehensive support forums to back up all of the code there.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Trust me, there is a lot of work involved in developing such a multi-user blogging system, especially with all the bells and whistles James and Andrew have put together.</p>\n<p>WPMUDEV Premium is actually very affordable. They have a monthly pricing schedule which begins by the month at USD $50 and then scales back for a year of program and support for $250, a $350 savings off the monthly rate.</p>\n<p>Here are the features with more on the way:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple Databases</li>\n<li>Mass Email Service</li>\n<li>WordPress Theme Packs</li>\n<li>Support for hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands&#8230;who knows how many blogs</li>\n<li>A Variety of WordPress Plugins which add more features such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Blog Activity Monitor</li>\n<li>Administration Ads</li>\n<li>Administration Messages</li>\n<li>User Activities</li>\n<li>Avatars</li>\n<li>Friends (connecting blog users)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Customer Support</li>\n<li>Upgrade Support</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You can learn more about what is offered in their new <a href=\"http://wpmudev.org/faq-premium.php\" title=\"FAQ for WPMUDEV Premium\">FAQ</a> and expect more information on <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\">WordPressMU Development Premium</a> as this grows and expands.</p>\n<p>Again, this is not for typical bloggers. This is for groups and businesses who want to bring blogs to their members.</p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/james-farmer-takes-on-edublogsorg-full-time/\" title=\"James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time\">James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/are-blog-comments-getting-you-down/\" title=\"Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?\">Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/the-wonderful-world-of-wordpress-products/\" title=\"The Wonderful World of WordPress Products\">The Wonderful World of WordPress Products</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/one-year-anniversary-review-blogging-about-bloggers/\" title=\"Blogging About Bloggers\">One Year Anniversary Review: Blogging About Bloggers</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/one-year-anniversary-review-in-the-beginning-wordpress-begot-wordpressmu-begot-wordpresscom/\" title=\"In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com\">One Year Anniversary Review: In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=james+farmer\" rel=\"tag\">james farmer</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+multiuser\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress multiuser</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=multi-user+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">multi-user blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=andrew+billets\" rel=\"tag\">andrew billets</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wpmudev+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wpmudev premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+development\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu development</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+business+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional business blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=corporate+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">corporate blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=membership+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">membership blogs</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:40:19 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:9444:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://incsub.org/\" title=\"Incorporated Subversion\">James Farmer of Incorporated Subversion</a> and <a href=\"http://www.edublogs.org/\" title=\"Edublogs\" rel=\"tag\">Edublogs</a> announces <a href=\"http://incsub.org/blog/2007/introducing-wpmudev-premium\" title=\"Introducing WPMUDEV Premium\">WPMUDEV Premium</a>.</p>\n<p>Before you run thinking this a terrifying new language, WPMUDEV stands for <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\"><em>WordPressMU Development Premium</em></a>, a &#8220;custom&#8221; version of <a href=\"http://mu.wordpress.org/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPressMU\">WordPressMU</a>, the extraordinary blogging platform that has morphed into that which runs Edublogs, similar to <a href=\"http://www.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"WordPress.com\">WordPress.com</a>.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have put together WPMUDEV Premium based upon what they developed with <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs and their associated blogging services</a>, like  <a href=\"http://learnerblogs.org/\" title=\"Learner Blogs - free blogs for school students\">learnerblogs</a> for school students, <a href=\"http://uniblogs.org/\" title=\"Uniblogs - Free blogs for university students\">uniblogs.org</a> for university and college students, and <a href=\"http://eslblogs.org/\" title=\"ESLblogs - Free blogs for those teaching English as a second or foreign language\">eslblogs</a> for those involved in teaching English as a second language and English as a foreign language.</p>\n<p>WordPressMU is not appropriate for those who wish to have multiple blogs or the average WordPress blogger. WordPressMU is designed for memberships, associations, groups, and companies to bring blogs to their members and employees. </p>\n<p>Before WordPress.com was Edublogs, the first fully functional version of WordPressMU to be put to the test. WordPress.com has built up their WordPressMU model to include over 1 million bloggers and many <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/vip-hosting/\" title=\"WordPress.com VIP Hosting Service\">WordPress.com VIP Hosted blogs</a> including several from CNN and Yahoo. Farmer and Billits have taken and expanded the WordPressMU program to host four different free blogging services with tens of thousands of bloggers from all over the world and all ages, and they want to bring that expertise to other groups and businesses for a modest support and development fee.</p>\n<p>James Farmer and Andrew Billits have developed a variety of hacks and customization features, along with some excellent WordPress Plugins for WordPressMU into a support package deal. All the work has been done, including over two years of development and testing. With so much of the work being done, there is little the administrator has to do other than administrative monitoring and decisions. The hardest work will be recruiting new bloggers - oh, and explaining what a blog is.</p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a joint project between Andrew Billits and myself that aims to find a way to provide complex custom plugins, materials, hacks and support for WordPress MultiUser (WPMU) for a fraction of the amount you’d have to pay a developer.</p>\n<p>It’s already stuffed full of goodies; there’s the multi-database code that’s used on Edublogs (happily supporting 50,000 blogs on the one domain), mu-plugins to give you the lowdown on all your user activity (active users, posts, comments and more!), unbranded support videos for you to use on your WPMU site and a new bumper theme pack with uploadable headers a gogo.</p>\n<p>And lots, lots, lots, more… which we’re going to be adding to all the time.</p>\n<p>Plus there are comprehensive support forums to back up all of the code there.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Trust me, there is a lot of work involved in developing such a multi-user blogging system, especially with all the bells and whistles James and Andrew have put together.</p>\n<p>WPMUDEV Premium is actually very affordable. They have a monthly pricing schedule which begins by the month at USD $50 and then scales back for a year of program and support for $250, a $350 savings off the monthly rate.</p>\n<p>Here are the features with more on the way:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple Databases</li>\n<li>Mass Email Service</li>\n<li>WordPress Theme Packs</li>\n<li>Support for hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands&#8230;who knows how many blogs</li>\n<li>A Variety of WordPress Plugins which add more features such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Blog Activity Monitor</li>\n<li>Administration Ads</li>\n<li>Administration Messages</li>\n<li>User Activities</li>\n<li>Avatars</li>\n<li>Friends (connecting blog users)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>Customer Support</li>\n<li>Upgrade Support</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You can learn more about what is offered in their new <a href=\"http://wpmudev.org/faq-premium.php\" title=\"FAQ for WPMUDEV Premium\">FAQ</a> and expect more information on <a href=\"http://premium.wpmudev.org/\" title=\"WordPressMU Development Premium\" rel=\"tag\">WordPressMU Development Premium</a> as this grows and expands.</p>\n<p>Again, this is not for typical bloggers. This is for groups and businesses who want to bring blogs to their members.</p>\n<h4>Related Articles</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/james-farmer-takes-on-edublogsorg-full-time/\" title=\"James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time\">James Farmer Takes on Edublogs.org Full-Time</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/are-blog-comments-getting-you-down/\" title=\"Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?\">Are Blog Comments Getting You Down?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/the-wonderful-world-of-wordpress-products/\" title=\"The Wonderful World of WordPress Products\">The Wonderful World of WordPress Products</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/one-year-anniversary-review-blogging-about-bloggers/\" title=\"Blogging About Bloggers\">One Year Anniversary Review: Blogging About Bloggers</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/edublogsorg-providing-free-blogs-to-educators-and-students/\" title=\"Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students\">Edublogs.org - Providing Free Blogs to Educators and Students</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/one-year-anniversary-review-in-the-beginning-wordpress-begot-wordpressmu-begot-wordpresscom/\" title=\"In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com\">One Year Anniversary Review: In the Beginning WordPress Begot WordpressMU Begot Wordpress.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=james+farmer\" rel=\"tag\">james farmer</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+multiuser\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress multiuser</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=multi-user+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">multi-user blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=andrew+billets\" rel=\"tag\">andrew billets</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wpmudev+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wpmudev premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+development\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu development</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpressmu+premium\" rel=\"tag\">wordpressmu premium</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=professional+business+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">professional business blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=corporate+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">corporate blogs</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=membership+blogs\" rel=\"tag\">membership blogs</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/13\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-713/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/13/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-713/\";s:11:\"description\";s:867:\"<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/Blogscout-Stats/#plugin_2639\">BLogscout</a> shows the statistics tracked by the german tracking-service http://www.blogscout.de. The plugins saves the access codes for the blogscout-counter and loads the stats in an IFRAME.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/easytextboxlink/#plugin_2641\">Easy Textbox Link</a> inserts a text box at the end of every post containing the title of the post and a permanent link to the entry. When a user mouses over the text box or clicks the text box the contents are highlighted in their entirety; this makes copying and pasting to a web page, blog or instant message incredibly easy.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/gametrailers/#plugin_2640\">Gametrailers WordPress plugin</a> allows you to embed the high quality gametrailers.com gaming videos into your blog posts</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:45:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:867:\"<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/Blogscout-Stats/#plugin_2639\">BLogscout</a> shows the statistics tracked by the german tracking-service http://www.blogscout.de. The plugins saves the access codes for the blogscout-counter and loads the stats in an IFRAME.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/easytextboxlink/#plugin_2641\">Easy Textbox Link</a> inserts a text box at the end of every post containing the title of the post and a permanent link to the entry. When a user mouses over the text box or clicks the text box the contents are highlighted in their entirety; this makes copying and pasting to a web page, blog or instant message incredibly easy.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/gametrailers/#plugin_2640\">Gametrailers WordPress plugin</a> allows you to embed the high quality gametrailers.com gaming videos into your blog posts</p>\";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Burn Feeds for Cellular Phones\";s:4:\"guid\";s:84:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/burn-feeds-for-cellular-phones/\";s:4:\"link\";s:84:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/burn-feeds-for-cellular-phones/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1998:\"<p><a href=\"http://buzme.buzmob.com/\">Buzz Me</a> is a service that allows you to &#8220;burn&#8221; your feed for mobile phones. I first saw this service on <a href=\"http://performancing.com/\">Performancing</a> and it looked interesting. The service is fairly flexible and you can burn feeds of almost any blog or website that offers a feed on its own. It generates a feed page for your mobile phone that you can visit at your leisure to read your favorite feeds. Though I have some technical questions about the service, the <a href=\"http://blog.buzmob.com/reader-faq/\">FAQ page</a> (on Wordpress) explains the nuances in some detail and there is a <a href=\"http://www.buzmob.com/\">page for publishers</a> to offer up the service to their readers. I had trouble finding a name or brand that was consistent which I thought was odd and I am assuming they want to call their service Buzz Me. I stopped short of signing up because their terms of service put me off a bit with the all encompassing clause for future monetization of the service.</p>\n<p>The idea is interesting and a phone news reader is something of a novelty. <a href=\"http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-can-now-use-google-reader-from.html\">Google Reader is already available for your mobile phone</a> and this product should perform the same. However, it got me thinking. It would be relatively easy to write a cell phone notification plugin for Wordpress blogs. It would be a time sensitive, opt-in service that could be used to alert readers of updates, track particular posts, comments or even link back to a <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">mobile version</a> (Wordpress Mobile Edition. Alex, you really need permalinks for your individual projects) of your blog from each alert. Most of the code exists in various plugins and Wordpress&#8217; excellent plugin framework would do the rest.</p>\n<p>Would you (or do you already) read feeds on your mobile phone? Once I get my Treo 755p, I know I will.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:30:41 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1998:\"<p><a href=\"http://buzme.buzmob.com/\">Buzz Me</a> is a service that allows you to &#8220;burn&#8221; your feed for mobile phones. I first saw this service on <a href=\"http://performancing.com/\">Performancing</a> and it looked interesting. The service is fairly flexible and you can burn feeds of almost any blog or website that offers a feed on its own. It generates a feed page for your mobile phone that you can visit at your leisure to read your favorite feeds. Though I have some technical questions about the service, the <a href=\"http://blog.buzmob.com/reader-faq/\">FAQ page</a> (on Wordpress) explains the nuances in some detail and there is a <a href=\"http://www.buzmob.com/\">page for publishers</a> to offer up the service to their readers. I had trouble finding a name or brand that was consistent which I thought was odd and I am assuming they want to call their service Buzz Me. I stopped short of signing up because their terms of service put me off a bit with the all encompassing clause for future monetization of the service.</p>\n<p>The idea is interesting and a phone news reader is something of a novelty. <a href=\"http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-can-now-use-google-reader-from.html\">Google Reader is already available for your mobile phone</a> and this product should perform the same. However, it got me thinking. It would be relatively easy to write a cell phone notification plugin for Wordpress blogs. It would be a time sensitive, opt-in service that could be used to alert readers of updates, track particular posts, comments or even link back to a <a href=\"http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress\">mobile version</a> (Wordpress Mobile Edition. Alex, you really need permalinks for your individual projects) of your blog from each alert. Most of the code exists in various plugins and Wordpress&#8217; excellent plugin framework would do the rest.</p>\n<p>Would you (or do you already) read feeds on your mobile phone? Once I get my Treo 755p, I know I will.</p>\";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Matt: WPMU-based Social Network\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/12/wpmu-based-social-network/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/12/wpmu-based-social-network/\";s:11:\"description\";s:326:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/articles/chickspeak-a-wordpress-mu-based-social-network\">Chickspeak is a WordPress MU based social network</a>. &#8220;I recently completed my biggest project yet; a fully fledged social network aimed at female college students. The difference? It’s built on Wordpress MU.&#8221;</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:58:23 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:326:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.blazenewmedia.com/articles/chickspeak-a-wordpress-mu-based-social-network\">Chickspeak is a WordPress MU based social network</a>. &#8220;I recently completed my biggest project yet; a fully fledged social network aimed at female college students. The difference? It’s built on Wordpress MU.&#8221;</p>\";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:76:\"Lorelle on WP: Help! Lorelle Needs a Parking Spot in San Francisco Next Week\";s:4:\"guid\";s:101:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/help-lorelle-needs-a-parking-spot-in-san-francisco-next-week/\";s:4:\"link\";s:101:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/help-lorelle-needs-a-parking-spot-in-san-francisco-next-week/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3092:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/snowspearfishsodakota.jpg\" alt=\"Lorelle in motor home 21 foot Class C in snow in South Dakota\" align=\"right\" />I thought I had all my arrangements set for WordCamp next week but things are now a bit of a mess logistically. I&#8217;m looking for a parking spot or semi-level driveway in the San Francisco area (as close to downtown as possible) from about Tuesday or Wednesday of next week through Tuesday of the following week.</p>\n<p>I am driving a 21 foot Class C motor home, the equivalent of a small truck and camper, and can fit within a slightly longer parking space than a &#8220;normal American car&#8221;. </p>\n<p>In a perfect world, access to electricity and a shower would be wonderful but I&#8217;m traveling fairly self-contained. I have a friend to stay with if I can&#8217;t stay in the motor home, so just a parking spot would be fine if my perfect world isn&#8217;t met.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be hitting the road Saturday, so this is an emergency plea for help. Email me at <a href=\"mailto:&#x6c;&#111;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#101;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#119;&#111;&#114;&#100;&#112;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#x73;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">&#x6c;&#x6f;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6f;&#110;&#x77;&#x6f;&#114;&#100;&#x70;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#115;&#x40;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;</a> or call me at 918-812-0236. </p>\n<p>Anyone interested in having Lorelle in their driveway next week? <img src=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:28:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3092:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/snowspearfishsodakota.jpg\" alt=\"Lorelle in motor home 21 foot Class C in snow in South Dakota\" align=\"right\" />I thought I had all my arrangements set for WordCamp next week but things are now a bit of a mess logistically. I&#8217;m looking for a parking spot or semi-level driveway in the San Francisco area (as close to downtown as possible) from about Tuesday or Wednesday of next week through Tuesday of the following week.</p>\n<p>I am driving a 21 foot Class C motor home, the equivalent of a small truck and camper, and can fit within a slightly longer parking space than a &#8220;normal American car&#8221;. </p>\n<p>In a perfect world, access to electricity and a shower would be wonderful but I&#8217;m traveling fairly self-contained. I have a friend to stay with if I can&#8217;t stay in the motor home, so just a parking spot would be fine if my perfect world isn&#8217;t met.</p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be hitting the road Saturday, so this is an emergency plea for help. Email me at <a href=\"mailto:&#x6c;&#111;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#101;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#119;&#111;&#114;&#100;&#112;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#x73;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">&#x6c;&#x6f;&#114;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6f;&#110;&#x77;&#x6f;&#114;&#100;&#x70;&#x72;&#101;&#x73;&#115;&#x40;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;</a> or call me at 918-812-0236. </p>\n<p>Anyone interested in having Lorelle in their driveway next week? <img src=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" class=\"wp-smiley\" /> </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Easier feed migration from Blogger\";s:4:\"guid\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/easier-feed-migration-from-blogger/\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/easier-feed-migration-from-blogger/\";s:11:\"description\";s:638:\"<p>Feedburner announced today that they are now offering <a href=\"http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/07/feedburner_integration_for_blo.php\">FeedBurner Integration for Blogspot Blogs</a> but what they failed to mention was that now you can redirect the feed of your BlogSpot blog to any other URI. That should make a move from Blogger to Wordpress (or any other blogging tool) completely transparent to your feed consumers. You could also insulate against or prepare for a future migration and move your feed over to another source. Thanks to <a href=\"http://labnol.blogspot.com/\">Digital Inspiration</a> for the tip.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:00:27 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:638:\"<p>Feedburner announced today that they are now offering <a href=\"http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/07/feedburner_integration_for_blo.php\">FeedBurner Integration for Blogspot Blogs</a> but what they failed to mention was that now you can redirect the feed of your BlogSpot blog to any other URI. That should make a move from Blogger to Wordpress (or any other blogging tool) completely transparent to your feed consumers. You could also insulate against or prepare for a future migration and move your feed over to another source. Thanks to <a href=\"http://labnol.blogspot.com/\">Digital Inspiration</a> for the tip.</p>\";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:67:\"Lorelle on WP: It’s Official. Sponsored WordPress Themes Are Out.\";s:4:\"guid\";s:88:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/its-official-sponsored-wordpress-themes-are-out/\";s:4:\"link\";s:88:\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/its-official-sponsored-wordpress-themes-are-out/\";s:11:\"description\";s:8079:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/\" title=\"WordPress News\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png\" alt=\"WordPress News\" align=\"right\" /></a><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\" title=\"WLTC High Ground\">Matt Mullenweg has made the WordPress policy on sponsored WordPress Themes</a> official:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from http://themes.wordpress.net.</p></blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s not alone. <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\" title=\"Mark Ghosh of Weblog Tools Collection banning sponsored WordPress Themes\">Mark Ghosh on Weblog Tools Collection</a> declared that he would no longer feature sponsored WordPress Themes on <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\" title=\"Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, one of the most important sources for news on new WordPress Themes.</p>\n<p>In theory, this means that all WordPress Themes listed on the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Viewer\">WordPress Theme Viewer</a>, the official source for WordPress Themes, and those in the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes/Theme_List\" title=\"Codex WordPress Theme List\">Codex WordPress Theme List</a> which contain sponsored links, will be removed by July 21, 2007, unless their authors remove them first.</p>\n<p>For more information on previous discussions of the issue of sponsored WordPress Themes, see:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/04/12/plugin-authors-get-no-love/\" title=\"Plugin Authors Get No Love\">Plugin Authors Get No Love</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On Sponsored Themes\">Weblog Tools Collection featuring Matt Mullenweg - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\" title=\"vote on this WordPress Idea to remove sponsored themes\">WordPress Idea Discussion to remove sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes\">Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://blogdesignsolutions.com/2007/03/31/wordpress-theme-sponsorship/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Sponsorship\">xMark Blog - WordPress Theme Sponsorship</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/04/05/deteriorating-community/\" title=\"Deteriorating Theme Community from Small Potato at WP Designer\">WP Designer - Deteriorating Theme Community</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/26/my-take-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes\">WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://kzkw.net/blog/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On sponsored themes\">One Woman Show - On sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://buzzdroid.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-beware-the-sponsored-link-theme-do-you-know-where-your-pagerank-is-going/\" title=\"Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?\">Buzzroid - Wordpress: Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/\" title=\"Text links and PageRank\">Matt Cutts - Text links and PageRank</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics/\" title=\"Theme Ethics from h4X3d.com\">h4X3d.com - Theme Ethics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics-part-2/\" title=\"Theme Ethics Part 2\">h4&#215;3d.com - Theme Ethics Part 2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\" title=\"Sponsored themes from Mark at Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection - Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes-a-great-business-model/\" title=\"Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model\">Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/12/wordpress-sponsored-themes-controversy/\" title=\"Wordpress sponsored themes controversy\">Spontaneous Monotony - Wordpress sponsored themes controversy</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/12/i-vote-to-remove-sponsored-themes-from-wordpressorg/\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://webernetarchitect.com/tempest-in-a-teacup-or-baby-momma-drama-over-sponsored-templates/\" title=\"Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates\">Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/04/09/the-other-point-of-view-%e2%80%93-a-designers-opinion-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes\">HeadSetOptions - The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713795/On-Sponsored-Themes\" title=\"TailRank - On Sponsored Themes\">TailRank - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713772/Remove-Sponsored-Themes-from-WordPress-org\" title=\"TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/search/sponsored+themes\" title=\"Technorati - Sponsored Themes Discussion\">Technorati - Sponsored Themes Tags</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=matt+mullenweg\" rel=\"tag\">matt mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=official+wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">official wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=weblog+tools+collection\" rel=\"tag\">weblog tools collection</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:39:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:17:\"Lorelle VanFossen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:8079:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-news/\" title=\"WordPress News\"><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/wpnews1.png\" alt=\"WordPress News\" align=\"right\" /></a><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\" title=\"WLTC High Ground\">Matt Mullenweg has made the WordPress policy on sponsored WordPress Themes</a> official:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from http://themes.wordpress.net.</p></blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s not alone. <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\" title=\"Mark Ghosh of Weblog Tools Collection banning sponsored WordPress Themes\">Mark Ghosh on Weblog Tools Collection</a> declared that he would no longer feature sponsored WordPress Themes on <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/\" title=\"Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection</a>, one of the most important sources for news on new WordPress Themes.</p>\n<p>In theory, this means that all WordPress Themes listed on the <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Viewer\">WordPress Theme Viewer</a>, the official source for WordPress Themes, and those in the <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes/Theme_List\" title=\"Codex WordPress Theme List\">Codex WordPress Theme List</a> which contain sponsored links, will be removed by July 21, 2007, unless their authors remove them first.</p>\n<p>For more information on previous discussions of the issue of sponsored WordPress Themes, see:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/04/12/plugin-authors-get-no-love/\" title=\"Plugin Authors Get No Love\">Plugin Authors Get No Love</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On Sponsored Themes\">Weblog Tools Collection featuring Matt Mullenweg - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=553\" title=\"vote on this WordPress Idea to remove sponsored themes\">WordPress Idea Discussion to remove sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes\">Sassy Lawyer - Sponsored WordPress Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://blogdesignsolutions.com/2007/03/31/wordpress-theme-sponsorship/\" title=\"WordPress Theme Sponsorship\">xMark Blog - WordPress Theme Sponsorship</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/04/05/deteriorating-community/\" title=\"Deteriorating Theme Community from Small Potato at WP Designer\">WP Designer - Deteriorating Theme Community</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/26/my-take-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes\">WPDesigner - My Take on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://kzkw.net/blog/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"On sponsored themes\">One Woman Show - On sponsored themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://buzzdroid.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-beware-the-sponsored-link-theme-do-you-know-where-your-pagerank-is-going/\" title=\"Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?\">Buzzroid - Wordpress: Beware The Sponsored Link Theme - Do You Know Where Your PageRank Is Going?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/\" title=\"Text links and PageRank\">Matt Cutts - Text links and PageRank</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics/\" title=\"Theme Ethics from h4X3d.com\">h4X3d.com - Theme Ethics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/theme-ethics-part-2/\" title=\"Theme Ethics Part 2\">h4&#215;3d.com - Theme Ethics Part 2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\" title=\"Sponsored themes from Mark at Weblog Tools Collection\">Weblog Tools Collection - Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/06/sponsored-wordpress-themes-a-great-business-model/\" title=\"Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model\">Blog Herald - Sponsored WordPress Themes: A Great Business Model</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/2007/04/12/wordpress-sponsored-themes-controversy/\" title=\"Wordpress sponsored themes controversy\">Spontaneous Monotony - Wordpress sponsored themes controversy</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/04/12/i-vote-to-remove-sponsored-themes-from-wordpressorg/\" title=\"Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">Sassy Lawyer - I Vote To Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://webernetarchitect.com/tempest-in-a-teacup-or-baby-momma-drama-over-sponsored-templates/\" title=\"Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates\">Webernet Architect - Tempest in a Teacup or Baby Momma Drama Over Sponsored Templates</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/04/09/the-other-point-of-view-%e2%80%93-a-designers-opinion-on-sponsored-themes/\" title=\"The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes\">HeadSetOptions - The Other Point of View – A Designers Opinion on Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713795/On-Sponsored-Themes\" title=\"TailRank - On Sponsored Themes\">TailRank - On Sponsored Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://tailrank.com/1713772/Remove-Sponsored-Themes-from-WordPress-org\" title=\"TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org\">TailRank - Remove Sponsored Themes from WordPress.org</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.technorati.com/search/sponsored+themes\" title=\"Technorati - Sponsored Themes Discussion\">Technorati - Sponsored Themes Tags</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/sig.gif\" alt=\"\" /><img src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/9rules.gif\" alt=\"Member of the 9Rules Blogging Network\" /><br />\n<hr />\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><b>Site Search Tags:</b> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=wordpress+sponsored+themes\" rel=\"tag\">wordpress sponsored themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=sponsored+wordpress+themes\" rel=\"tag\">sponsored wordpress themes</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=matt+mullenweg\" rel=\"tag\">matt mullenweg</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=official+wordpress+news\" rel=\"tag\">official wordpress news</a>, <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/index.php?s=weblog+tools+collection\" rel=\"tag\">weblog tools collection</a> <br /><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rss.png\" alt=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\" /></a> <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/feed/\" title=\"Feed on Lorelle on WordPress\">Subscribe</a>  <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/LorelleOnWordpress\" title=\"Feedburner Lorelle on WordPress Feed\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feedburnericon.gif\" alt=\"Feedburner icon\" />Via Feedburner</a>  <a href=\"http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=182399\" title=\"Lorelle on WordPress - full site feed email subscription\"><img class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http://lorelle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/email.gif\" alt=\"\" />Subscribe by Email</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/about/\" title=\"Copyright Protected by Brent and Lorelle VanFossen\">Copyright Lorelle VanFossen</a>, member of the <a href=\"http://9rules.com/\" title=\"Member of 9Rules Blogging Network\">9Rules Network</a>, and author of <a href=\"http://lorelle.wordpress.com/books/blogging-tips/\" title=\"Blogging Tips Book By Lorelle VanFossen\"><em>Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won\'t Tell You About Blogging</em></a>.</font></p>\n</div>\";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/12\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-theme-releases-for-712/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-theme-releases-for-712/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1323:\"<p><a href=\"http://neverblog.net/thens-wordpress-theme/\">@thens</a> is a 2-column theme that evokes the ancient city.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/left-sidebar/4326/big-blue-01/\">Big Blue</a> is a sharp-looking 3-column, widget-ready theme with a feel a bit like the WordPress admin dashboard.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://rayedwards.com/wordpress-themes/direct-response-web-20-free-wordpress-theme/\">Direct Response Web 2.0</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a Web 2.0 look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deafmusician.com/dm-bloodless/\">DM-Bloodless</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme ready for use with adsense.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/feather/\">Feather</a> is a one-column theme with rainbowish colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.myokyawhtun.com/2007/07/11/genman-wordpress-theme.html/\">Genman</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a professional look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designer-daily.com/new-wordpress-theme-gone-fishing-185\">Gone Fishing</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with blue accents colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.va4business.com/business/64/free-premium-wordpress-blog-theme-talian-released-an-elegant-theme-that-is-very-much-close-to-my-heart/\">Talian</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready, green-and-black theme optimized for SEO and adsense readiness.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:00:21 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1323:\"<p><a href=\"http://neverblog.net/thens-wordpress-theme/\">@thens</a> is a 2-column theme that evokes the ancient city.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/left-sidebar/4326/big-blue-01/\">Big Blue</a> is a sharp-looking 3-column, widget-ready theme with a feel a bit like the WordPress admin dashboard.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://rayedwards.com/wordpress-themes/direct-response-web-20-free-wordpress-theme/\">Direct Response Web 2.0</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with a Web 2.0 look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://deafmusician.com/dm-bloodless/\">DM-Bloodless</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme ready for use with adsense.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/feather/\">Feather</a> is a one-column theme with rainbowish colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.myokyawhtun.com/2007/07/11/genman-wordpress-theme.html/\">Genman</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with a professional look.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designer-daily.com/new-wordpress-theme-gone-fishing-185\">Gone Fishing</a> is a 2-column, widget-ready theme with blue accents colors.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.va4business.com/business/64/free-premium-wordpress-blog-theme-talian-released-an-elegant-theme-that-is-very-much-close-to-my-heart/\">Talian</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready, green-and-black theme optimized for SEO and adsense readiness.</p>\";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/12\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-711/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/12/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-711/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1129:\"<p><a href=\"http://kamajole.dk/blog/plugins/comment-highlighter/\">Commen Highlighter</a> is a plugin which can be used to add different style classes to comments. There are already plugins/hacks/alterations that adds a style to all comments written by the blog owner, adds a different style to every other comment, etc. This plugin takes it a bit further.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogclout.com/blog/goodies/feed-footer-plugin/\">Feed Footer</a> allows you to add footers under all your blog posts in your RSS feed.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/blog/gt-wp-plugins\">Gossamer Threads Tag Cloud</a> allows you to create tags for your posts and display them in a cloud on the sidebar. Tags with more hits are displayed in a bigger font to express popularity or emphasis. Tags can also be displayed underneath the post entry.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.schlunzen.org/iperss/\">ipeRSS</a> allows you to add your images from ipernity directly to your Blog (as a site, in an article, in th esidebar, etc.). If you want to add the images as a site or in an article you need something similar to Exec-PHP or runPHP.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:45:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1129:\"<p><a href=\"http://kamajole.dk/blog/plugins/comment-highlighter/\">Commen Highlighter</a> is a plugin which can be used to add different style classes to comments. There are already plugins/hacks/alterations that adds a style to all comments written by the blog owner, adds a different style to every other comment, etc. This plugin takes it a bit further.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.blogclout.com/blog/goodies/feed-footer-plugin/\">Feed Footer</a> allows you to add footers under all your blog posts in your RSS feed.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/blog/gt-wp-plugins\">Gossamer Threads Tag Cloud</a> allows you to create tags for your posts and display them in a cloud on the sidebar. Tags with more hits are displayed in a bigger font to express popularity or emphasis. Tags can also be displayed underneath the post entry.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.schlunzen.org/iperss/\">ipeRSS</a> allows you to add your images from ipernity directly to your Blog (as a site, in an article, in th esidebar, etc.). If you want to add the images as a site or in an article you need something similar to Exec-PHP or runPHP.</p>\";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Matt: Power to the People\";s:4:\"guid\";s:52:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/11/power-to-the-people/\";s:4:\"link\";s:52:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/11/power-to-the-people/\";s:11:\"description\";s:318:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040408,00.html\">Power to the People</a>, examines using an appeal to the masses to justify mediocrity. You could turn this article into a technology Madlib, substituting big tech companies, web 2.0 products, and &#8220;users&#8221; for the various entertainment terms.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:41:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:318:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040408,00.html\">Power to the People</a>, examines using an appeal to the masses to justify mediocrity. You could turn this article into a technology Madlib, substituting big tech companies, web 2.0 products, and &#8220;users&#8221; for the various entertainment terms.</p>\";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:20:\"Akismet: Two Billion\";s:4:\"guid\";s:47:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\";s:4:\"link\";s:47:\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\";s:11:\"description\";s:695:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Spam <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">is growing</a>.</p>\n<p>From 0 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2005/12/30/one-meeelllion/\">1,000,000</a>: 70 days</p>\n<p>From 1,000,000 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2006/07/08/one-hundred-million/\">100,000,000</a>: 190 days</p>\n<p>100,000,000 to <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/03/22/one-billion-spams/\">1,000,000,000</a>: 257 days</p>\n<p>1 billion to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\">2 billion</a>: 108 days</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how fast that last billion went. To celebrate we made a <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">new chart showing total spam blocked over time</a>.</p>\n</div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:40:21 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:695:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><p>Spam <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">is growing</a>.</p>\n<p>From 0 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2005/12/30/one-meeelllion/\">1,000,000</a>: 70 days</p>\n<p>From 1,000,000 to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2006/07/08/one-hundred-million/\">100,000,000</a>: 190 days</p>\n<p>100,000,000 to <a href=\"http://photomatt.net/2007/03/22/one-billion-spams/\">1,000,000,000</a>: 257 days</p>\n<p>1 billion to <a href=\"http://blog.akismet.com/2007/07/11/two-billion/\">2 billion</a>: 108 days</p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how fast that last billion went. To celebrate we made a <a href=\"http://akismet.com/stats/\">new chart showing total spam blocked over time</a>.</p>\n</div>\";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:22:\"Matt: WLTC High Ground\";s:4:\"guid\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\";s:4:\"link\";s:49:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/wltc-high-ground/\";s:11:\"description\";s:351:\"<p>A round of applause for Mark Ghosh of Weblogs Tool Collection <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">for taking a stand against sponsored themes</a>. Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">themes.wordpress.net</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:37:11 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:351:\"<p>A round of applause for Mark Ghosh of Weblogs Tool Collection <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\">for taking a stand against sponsored themes</a>. Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from <a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/\">themes.wordpress.net</a>.</p>\";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:69:\"Weblog Tools Collection: No Sponsored themes on WeblogToolsCollection\";s:4:\"guid\";s:98:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\";s:4:\"link\";s:98:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/no-sponsored-themes-on-weblogtoolscollection/\";s:11:\"description\";s:741:\"<p>We will not promote sponsored themes on WeblogToolsCollection any more. There are a bunch of reasons for this decision much of which has been <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\">rehashed</a> in the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\">past</a>. Things have gone downhill since then. I cannot hope to please everyone and I do not apologize or repent for this decision. I believe that this is in the best interest of the community and this is the best way I can serve my readers.</p>\n<p>I strongly urge sponsored theme authors to reconsider their means and I laud those who choose to offer their themes to the community without sponsored links.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:45:22 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:741:\"<p>We will not promote sponsored themes on WeblogToolsCollection any more. There are a bunch of reasons for this decision much of which has been <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/12/on-sponsored-themes/\">rehashed</a> in the <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/09/sponsored-themes/\">past</a>. Things have gone downhill since then. I cannot hope to please everyone and I do not apologize or repent for this decision. I believe that this is in the best interest of the community and this is the best way I can serve my readers.</p>\n<p>I strongly urge sponsored theme authors to reconsider their means and I laud those who choose to offer their themes to the community without sponsored links.</p>\";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Matt: Automattic and Six Apart\";s:4:\"guid\";s:57:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/automattic-and-six-apart/\";s:4:\"link\";s:57:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/10/automattic-and-six-apart/\";s:11:\"description\";s:175:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Read/WriteWeb has a good article about Automattic and Six Apart</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:18:55 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:175:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Read/WriteWeb has a good article about Automattic and Six Apart</a>.</p>\";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Six Apart and Automattic Compared\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/six-apart-and-automattic-compared/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/six-apart-and-automattic-compared/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1167:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Six Apart &amp; Automattic Compared</a>: A comparison of two of the three blogging juggernauts on the web. Though the comparison is mildly interesting from a historical novice&#8217;s point of view, I think the article is missing a few things. Since it was written by a business professor, I would have expected more analysis and forecasts rather than a rehashing of the past events in a company history narrative. Furthermore, a story of MT and WP does not make sense without Blogger and it should have been included.</p>\n<p>There are very interesting business model and structure type details of all three companies that I believe are instrumental in their success in each of their arenas and the underlying competitive tension amalgamated with a deep sense of respect and jealousy among each of the competitors would have made for very interesting business reading. In spite of my perceived shortcomings, <a href=\"http://carthik.net/\">Carthik</a> is mentioned in the article (which made my day) and it is worth a quick read if you are new to either company.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:00:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1167:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_platforms_head_to_head_six_apart_automattic.php\">Six Apart &amp; Automattic Compared</a>: A comparison of two of the three blogging juggernauts on the web. Though the comparison is mildly interesting from a historical novice&#8217;s point of view, I think the article is missing a few things. Since it was written by a business professor, I would have expected more analysis and forecasts rather than a rehashing of the past events in a company history narrative. Furthermore, a story of MT and WP does not make sense without Blogger and it should have been included.</p>\n<p>There are very interesting business model and structure type details of all three companies that I believe are instrumental in their success in each of their arenas and the underlying competitive tension amalgamated with a deep sense of respect and jealousy among each of the competitors would have made for very interesting business reading. In spite of my perceived shortcomings, <a href=\"http://carthik.net/\">Carthik</a> is mentioned in the article (which made my day) and it is worth a quick read if you are new to either company.</p>\";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 7/10\";s:4:\"guid\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-710/\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-710/\";s:11:\"description\";s:955:\"<p><a href=\"http://bavatuesdays.com/div-share/\">divShare</a> allows you to integrate the file upload and storage site with your WordPress and WPMu installation.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://michael.hinnerup.net/blog/category/jalbum-plugin/\">JAlbum</a> allows you to integrate JAlbum galleries directly into your posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/MultiUploader%204%20Wordpress\">MultiUploader</a> allows you to attach many files at once.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://my-first-million-dollars.com/index.php/my-wordpress-plugin/\">Ultimate Progress Bar</a> creates customizable progress meters to show progress of Your projects.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/zorpia_hot_box/#plugin_2632\">Zorpia Hot Box</a> lets users publish articles of your website to Zorpia.com directly, vote the published articles of your website, show voted points to each article with the widget, and allow for configuration of theme &#038; style of the widget.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:45:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:955:\"<p><a href=\"http://bavatuesdays.com/div-share/\">divShare</a> allows you to integrate the file upload and storage site with your WordPress and WPMu installation.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://michael.hinnerup.net/blog/category/jalbum-plugin/\">JAlbum</a> allows you to integrate JAlbum galleries directly into your posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/MultiUploader%204%20Wordpress\">MultiUploader</a> allows you to attach many files at once.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://my-first-million-dollars.com/index.php/my-wordpress-plugin/\">Ultimate Progress Bar</a> creates customizable progress meters to show progress of Your projects.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/zorpia_hot_box/#plugin_2632\">Zorpia Hot Box</a> lets users publish articles of your website to Zorpia.com directly, vote the published articles of your website, show voted points to each article with the widget, and allow for configuration of theme &#038; style of the widget.</p>\";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 7/10\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-710/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/10/wordpress-theme-releases-for-710/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1784:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/bomb/\">Bomb</a> is a 2-column theme with a fixed background featuring a bomb with smoke fading away.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designadaptations.com/notebook/wordpress-theme-into-the-ocean\">Into the Ocean</a> is a gorgeous 2-column theme that supports Ultimate Tag Warrior.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/no-images/4309/losemymind-10/\">LoseMyMind</a> is a single-column theme with a javascript-powered module at the bottom for showing typical sidebar content.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/bugclimb-theme/\">BugClimb</a> is a 2-column, green theme with a nice shot of a ladybug.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dirjournal.com/wp-themes/cleanbright-free-wordpress-theme/\">Cleanbright</a> is a 2-column, simple theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/07/08/deserted-3c-3-column-wordpress-widget-ready-theme/\">Deserted</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themey.com/life-wordpress-theme/\">Life</a> is a 2-column theme with bold colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/right-sidebar/4314/poker-theme-2-10/\">Poker #2</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme for poker fans.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.jetpacked.com/omega3-wordpress-theme-release/\">Omega 3</a> is a 3-column, fluid theme with a very clean look.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/redcarpet-theme/\">RedCarpet</a> is a 2-column theme with red, white, and blue colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:45:20 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Jim Stitzel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1784:\"<p><a href=\"http://www.h4x3d.com/themes/bomb/\">Bomb</a> is a 2-column theme with a fixed background featuring a bomb with smoke fading away.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://designadaptations.com/notebook/wordpress-theme-into-the-ocean\">Into the Ocean</a> is a gorgeous 2-column theme that supports Ultimate Tag Warrior.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/no-images/4309/losemymind-10/\">LoseMyMind</a> is a single-column theme with a javascript-powered module at the bottom for showing typical sidebar content.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/bugclimb-theme/\">BugClimb</a> is a 2-column, green theme with a nice shot of a ladybug.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dirjournal.com/wp-themes/cleanbright-free-wordpress-theme/\">Cleanbright</a> is a 2-column, simple theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.headsetoptions.org/2007/07/08/deserted-3c-3-column-wordpress-widget-ready-theme/\">Deserted</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themey.com/life-wordpress-theme/\">Life</a> is a 2-column theme with bold colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://themes.wordpress.net/other/right-sidebar/4314/poker-theme-2-10/\">Poker #2</a> is a 3-column, widget-ready theme for poker fans.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.jetpacked.com/omega3-wordpress-theme-release/\">Omega 3</a> is a 3-column, fluid theme with a very clean look.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.freestylez.co.uk/redcarpet-theme/\">RedCarpet</a> is a 2-column theme with red, white, and blue colors.  <strong>(Contains sponsored links.)</strong></p>\";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Matt: Megatrondon, iPhone AIM Client\";s:4:\"guid\";s:62:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/09/megatrondon-iphone-aim-client/\";s:4:\"link\";s:62:\"http://photomatt.net/2007/07/09/megatrondon-iphone-aim-client/\";s:11:\"description\";s:315:\"<p><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Blaze\">Just Blaze</a>, hip-hop producer and WordPress user, <a href=\"http://www.themegatrondon2.com/2007/07/08/phone-time/\">has reviewed the iPhone</a>. Includes a video of an AIM client at the end, is that <a href=\"http://www.ebuddy.com/mobile/aim.php\">ebuddy</a>?</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:54:37 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:315:\"<p><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Blaze\">Just Blaze</a>, hip-hop producer and WordPress user, <a href=\"http://www.themegatrondon2.com/2007/07/08/phone-time/\">has reviewed the iPhone</a>. Includes a video of an AIM client at the end, is that <a href=\"http://www.ebuddy.com/mobile/aim.php\">ebuddy</a>?</p>\";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:63:\"Weblog Tools Collection: The “More” Tag on a WordPress Page\";s:4:\"guid\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/09/the-more-tag-on-a-wordpress-page/\";s:4:\"link\";s:86:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/07/09/the-more-tag-on-a-wordpress-page/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1207:\"<p><a href=\"http://rockinthemes.com/\">Nathan Rice</a> wrote about WordPress&#8217;s ability to <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/21/query_posts-and-your-homepage-design/\">make any page a homepage</a>.  One problem I ran into using the technique of pages was the inability to use the <code>&lt;!--more--&gt;</code> tag to display partial posts.  Apparently this is default behavior (for good reason) on pages.  However, when using Nathan&#8217;s technique, I found myself in a unique situation where I only wanted to show a partial post (on a page) if the post was making use of the <code>&lt;!--more--&gt;</code> tag (apparently, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/113544\">I&#8217;m not alone</a>).</p>\n<p>The technique is rather simple.  Simply declare a variable named <strong>$more</strong> as a global and set it to <strong>false</strong> right before showing your content.  If you wish to resume normal behavior after the content is shown, simply set the variable back to <strong>true</strong>. </p>\n<blockquote><p><code>\n<pre>\n&lt;?php global $more; $more = false; ?&gt;\n&lt;?php the_content(\'Continue Reading\'); ?&gt;\n&lt;?php $more = true; ?&gt;\n</pre>\n<p></code></p>\n</blockquote>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:30:26 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:14:\"Ronald Huereca\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1207:\"<p><a href=\"http://rockinthemes.com/\">Nathan Rice</a> wrote about WordPress&#8217;s ability to <a href=\"http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/21/query_posts-and-your-homepage-design/\">make any page a homepage</a>.  One problem I ran into using the technique of pages was the inability to use the <code>&lt;!--more--&gt;</code> tag to display partial posts.  Apparently this is default behavior (for good reason) on pages.  However, when using Nathan&#8217;s technique, I found myself in a unique situation where I only wanted to show a partial post (on a page) if the post was making use of the <code>&lt;!--more--&gt;</code> tag (apparently, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/113544\">I&#8217;m not alone</a>).</p>\n<p>The technique is rather simple.  Simply declare a variable named <strong>$more</strong> as a global and set it to <strong>false</strong> right before showing your content.  If you wish to resume normal behavior after the content is shown, simply set the variable back to <strong>true</strong>. </p>\n<blockquote><p><code>\n<pre>\n&lt;?php global $more; $more = false; ?&gt;\n&lt;?php the_content(\'Continue Reading\'); ?&gt;\n&lt;?php $more = true; ?&gt;\n</pre>\n<p></code></p>\n</blockquote>\";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:66:\"Dougal Campbell: Sandbox Designs Competition: deadline approaching\";s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/09/sandbox-designs-competition\";s:4:\"link\";s:69:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/07/09/sandbox-designs-competition\";s:11:\"description\";s:2149:\"<p>\nI\'ve mentioned the <a href=\"http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/\">Sandbox</a> theme for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress</a> a couple of times before, but I\'ve neglected to point out the <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/\">Sandbox Designs Competition</a> that is going on right now. A few weeks ago, the total prize money stood at over $1600, with 1st prize netting $750.\n</p>\n<p>\nSandbox has a really good structure, with <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/wp-content/uploads/readme.html#functions\">lots of semantic classes</a> (and <a href=\"http://microformats.org/\">microformats</a>) added at key points. This allows the clever theme designer to turn their site into a chameleon. You can theme based on the type of page being viewed (blog posts, single post, pages, archives, categories, search page, etc.). And you can theme certain posts based on their categories, their authors, or even by the season, or time of day when the post was published. \n</p>\n<p>\nI\'m hoping that we\'ll see some really stunning designs that use these capabilities in interesting ways. There\'s a strong chance that Sandbox will be included as a standard theme in a future WordPress release, which would expose your work to an extremely large audience. How\'s <em>that</em> for some extra incentive? Do you think you have good <acronym title=\"Cascading Style Sheets\"><span class=\"caps\">CSS</span></acronym> chops? Design your entry and <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/details/how-to-submit/\">get it submitted</a>. Just make sure you get your entry in before  the July 29 deadline. And note that the deadline is 12:00am UTC, which is July 28, 8:00pm EDT, or 5:00pm PDT.\n</p>\n<p>\n<acronym title=\"For What Its Worth\"><span class=\"caps\">FWIW</span></acronym>, this site is running Sandbox (albeit, an older, and slightly customized version). But I certainly wouldn\'t try to hold this site up as a paragon of good design. Make something better, okay?\n</p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=822&amp;akst_action=share-this\" title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_822\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This</a>\n</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:25:56 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"Dougal\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2149:\"<p>\nI\'ve mentioned the <a href=\"http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/\">Sandbox</a> theme for <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/\">WordPress</a> a couple of times before, but I\'ve neglected to point out the <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/\">Sandbox Designs Competition</a> that is going on right now. A few weeks ago, the total prize money stood at over $1600, with 1st prize netting $750.\n</p>\n<p>\nSandbox has a really good structure, with <a href=\"http://www.sndbx.org/wp-content/uploads/readme.html#functions\">lots of semantic classes</a> (and <a href=\"http://microformats.org/\">microformats</a>) added at key points. This allows the clever theme designer to turn their site into a chameleon. You can theme based on the type of page being viewed (blog posts, single post, pages, archives, categories, search page, etc.). And you can theme certain posts based on their categories, their authors, or even by the season, or time of day when the post was published. \n</p>\n<p>\nI\'m hoping that we\'ll see some really stunning designs that use these capabilities in interesting ways. There\'s a strong chance that Sandbox will be included as a standard theme in a future WordPress release, which would expose your work to an extremely large audience. 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