Throughout the course of a year on WeblogToolsCollection.com, there is a ton of information published about WordPress whether it be a link to something cool or a home grown guide covering a specific feature of WordPress. The purpose of this two part series is to look back at the best articles published on the site but it’s also to reflect on the achievements the software has undergone during 2009. While it’s good to keep things moving along into the future, it’s healthy to look at the past every once in awhile to measure progress.
From all of us here at WLTC, we wish you a safe and happy New Year!
January:
Plugin Review: Simple:Press Forum
Great Explanation Of Community
PHPBB And WordPress
Plugin Review: Referrer Detector
Do You Post By Email?
Plugin Review: WP Greet Box
Plugin Review: WP125
Michael Pick Of WordPress.TV
Et Tu Google? Then Fail, Net Safety
February:
Plugin Review: Autoclose
Want To Buy Sandbox?
Updated WP Plugin: Where did they […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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Alex Denning who is the man behind WPShout.com has published the last of a four-part series which asks notable members within the WordPress community four interesting questions. The questions are as follows.
Why WordPress?
What Would You Change In WordPress?
What Problems Currently Face The WordPress Community?
What Is The Future Of WordPress?
I had the opportunity to participate in this community survey with the question regarding the future of WordPress being my favorite. Here is what I had to say:
WordPress will continue to be used as a platform to do things that go far beyond blogging. As these projects end up in the showcase and acquire press, more people will begin to realize that WordPress is an excellent blogging tool but it’s by far the not only thing it is capable of doing. WordPress will continue to evolve as a framework or a platform that will enable these creative uses of the software. Hopefully […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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Macha
It is a single-column theme with bold headers and focuses on easy reading. There are no images used, it is SEO optimized, and is perfect for people that don’t want to get bogged down in all of the technicalities of other themes. There is also a widgetized footer with 3 places to put widgets in to help compensate for a lack of a sidebar.
Clear
It is minimalistic one-column theme with the widgets all arranged at the bottom. Clear was designed to make your content stand out and make everything else get out of the way.
Slidette
It comes in 3 colors (green default, blue and black) , with a slideshow and a featured first page 4 posts from a category, two columns and dynamic widgets for the sidebar on the right and in the footer.
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Original post by Perurry
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! from Flickr
We would like to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Weblog Tools Collection team and our advertisers.
Be safe, have fun and be sure to spread the cheer!
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Original post by Mark Ghosh
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blutheme
Feature rich theme with support for thumbnails, feedburner, twitter, widgets and gravatars
Crispp
Crispp is a minimal theme with clean lines that lets visitors focus on your content. A separate administrative section allows you to change the color scheme however you like. The theme is very flexible
Insanitious
Fluid width two-column theme with widgetized sidebar, gravatar and comment ready
Dusty City
Dusty City is a WordPress Theme with 5 Sidebar / Widget positions. One below the navigation, one left and right, one between them, and one at the bottom. If you combine the Theme with the Side Posts Plugin, you will have a great flexible Magazine Theme. There is also an Option Page to populate the Footer. Page in German
Santa
SantaTheme is a WordPress Theme for Christmas with one Sidebar, and one Footerbar for Ads or whatever Widget you want to place there. There is also an Option Page to populate the Footer of the Blog.
Elegant Blog
Elegant […]
Original post by Perurry
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A few days back, Jeff had told you about WordPress 2.9.1 being around the corner. The WordPress team has worked hard to get it out of the doors and a beta version of WordPress 2.9.1 is now available for downloads. It fixes bugs with scheduled posts and pingbacks which some users had been facing, due to a bug in curl.
The new version is not immediately available for downloads through the automatic upgrade, however you can download the WordPress Beta tester plugin and go to Tools->Upgrade and perform an automatic upgrade.
Please remember that this is not the final WordPress 2.9.1 release, so you might want to wait for another day or two for a stable release, if you are not comfortable using beta versions.
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Original post by Keith Dsouza
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While paying for plugins is nothing new, I’m predicting that by the end of 2010, there will be a large assortment of plugins for WordPress that will be available for purchase. As we wind down 2009, I’m already beginning to see the trend in action with at least 3 of my 31 installed plugins switching to a paid model. Each person is doing something a little different but the end result is the same. I have to pay to keep using it.
Now I don’t particularly have a problem with plugin authors charging for support or for services around the plugin but I’m seeing the plugin being bundled as part of the purchase. So in a way, you’re not only paying for the plugin, you’re paying for access to support. In most cases, the free plugin becomes dormant and I’m forced to either stick with what works until a version of […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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My name is Doug Stewart and I, together with Stephane Daury and Viper007Bond, entered and won the “mobile admin interface contest” Matt Mullenweg sponsored on the wp-hackers mailing list back at the end of 2007. Our plugin, WPhone:
…creates an option while logging in to replace the default admin interface with one designed for your phone (see screenshots).
It contains two versions of the mobile admin interface:
Rich: designed for the iPhone / iPod Touch and other phones supporting full Javascript and CSS featuring fancy AJAX and sliding menus
Lite: a lightweight, simple version designed for all other phone types (no Javascript or anything else required)
WPhone was readily picked up by the mobile computing WordPressers of the world and saw a great deal of use in its first months. Then Automattic announced the release of their iPhone/iPod Touch app and we figured that WPhone’s days were numbered. However, folks have continued to […]
Original post by dstewart
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WordPress 2.9 was released last weekend. Yesterday, I was notified that 2.9.1 is most likely around the corner due to some issues that arose because of a last-minute addition to the core of WordPress. The issues revolve around scheduled posts not firing because the cron scheduler ends up broken. The patch can be found here which is already a part of 2.9.1.
While reading the support thread, I became concerned with some of the responses that were published. For example, “How could you release an upgrade that is obviously this problem-filled?” or “WordPress should have tested 2.9 before releasing it!“. I’m not sure how many times this has to be preached to the choir but each version of WordPress is tested before it’s release to the public. That is what the Beta releases are for as well as the Release Candidates. WordPress 2.9 went through one release candidate version and two […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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As the new year is approaching, I have a Mac app giveaway that can perhaps make your freelance management less stressful. It is an app called Billings that allows you to track working time, invoice clients, manage projects, and keep track of your earnings, etc. Simply enter a comment in this post before Jan 3, 2010 for your chance to win one of the three license keys. If you are would like to buy the app, enter coupon code "webwall" to save 15% (valid until Jan 16, 2010). (more…)
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Original post by Nick La
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