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  • Handful Of Codex Stats

    Handful Of Codex Stats

    Found a page on the Codex that had a block which contained stats for the Codex. The stats are generated dynamically so they are accurate. Wiki Time Friday, January 29, 2010 Version 1.15.1 (r53576) Articles 1,826 Wiki Pages 13,138 Page edits 77,479 Uploaded Files 350 Registered Users 80,721 Sysops 15

  • History Of Kubrick

    History Of Kubrick

    “2001 is just a visionary film in every single way,” Heilemann said. “There’s something about it that transcends every other film.” Naming the template Kubrick “seemed like a cool way” to honor the director, although Heilemann still has some reservations. “It seems almost blasphemous,” he said. “I would hate for someone to Google ‘Kubrick’ and…

  • Sports Writing Network MVN Shuts Down

    Sports Writing Network MVN Shuts Down

    Shortly after I started the WordPress Weekly podcast, I got in touch with Brandon Rosage who was the webmaster of MVN.com. MVN which stands for Most Valuable Network was built around WordPress MU with a bunch of customizations. I interviewed Brandon in episode 8 where we talked about what goes on behind the scenes on…

  • AtD Grammar And Spellchecking Bookmarklet

    AtD Grammar And Spellchecking Bookmarklet

    Raphael Mudge announced on the AfterTheDeadline blog today a pretty cool bit of news. He has released an AtD Bookmarklet that enables you to have the ability to check spelling, grammar, and misused words from your browser. The AtD button appears magically on every text field displayed on a web page. A couple things worth…

  • WordPress Trivia Winners

    WordPress Trivia Winners

    It’s time to announce the winners of the WordPress Trivia game I started back in 2009. The game was fun and although I didn’t ask as many questions as I’d like, it was a challenge to stump those who regularly contributed to the game. To all who played, I hope you had fun. The winners…

  • MaxBlogPress Feels The Ban Hammer

    MaxBlogPress Feels The Ban Hammer

    News is spreading around the community that the plugins created by MaxBlogPress have been removed from the plugin repository. Apparently, his plugins contained a forced opt-in mechanism that is, once you installed the plugin, you had to provide a name and email address in order to activate the plugin. Based on numerous complaints over the…

  • WPTavern in 2010

    WPTavern in 2010

    If I haven’t had a chance to say it to you over Twitter or on the forum, Happy New Years! With that said, time to update everyone on what’s been going on. For starters, I took on more hours at work during the holidays since I almost ran out of cash. I’m doing ok now.…

  • Why I Use VBulletin

    Why I Use VBulletin

    I’m often asked the question, why do you use VBulletin? When WPTavern was under construction, I had the chance to try out a few different pieces of forum software. During my experiments, I used phpBB3, SimplePress, and I think I gave bbPress a look through as well. At the time, phpBB3 didn’t have syndication built-in…

  • Good Luck Charles Stricklin

    Good Luck Charles Stricklin

    The immediate future of The WordPress Podcast has been determined. Joost de Valk has purchased the name and rights to The WordPress Podcast for an undisclosed amount. Over time, PressThis and The WordPress Podcast will merge together with The WordPress Podcast eventually being the mainstay of the show. Also as part of the new format,…

  • Quick Update On My Where Abouts

    Quick Update On My Where Abouts

    Just wanted to provide a quick update on what’s been going on. To make a long story short, going back to 35+ hours at the store from 4am to 12pm is taking it’s toll on me. On the side, I’ve been trying my best to put up at least one post a day on weblogtoolscollection.com…

  • WPChat – A New Hangout For WordPress Folks

    WPChat – A New Hangout For WordPress Folks

    Over the course of this past weekend, Leland of Themelab.com launched a new website called WPChat.com. The site consists of a simple design which almost takes minimalism to a new level but I like it. The chatroom loads on the index page enabling you to choose any nickname you want without registration. This has a…

  • Interview With The Fragtastic Ozh

    Interview With The Fragtastic Ozh

    Ozh has been around the block a number of times. He is known as one of the longtime veterans of WordPress throughout the community. There are a few people who I look up to as role models within the community. Ozh is one of those people. At any rate, I got the chance to send…

  • Interview With Jason DeVelvis – Winner Of 2008 Plugin Competition

    Interview With Jason DeVelvis – Winner Of 2008 Plugin Competition

    As if he rose from the dead, I finally got in touch with Jason DeVelvis, author of the WP Comment Remix plugin which took the grand prize during the 2008 WeblogToolsCollection plugin competition. I think Jason replied to a tweet of mine and once I reminded myself he was the winner, I decided to send…

  • Yoast Interviews SmashingMagazine Creator

    Yoast Interviews SmashingMagazine Creator

    Joost De Valk who hosts his own weekly WordPress podcast called PressThis recently interviewed Vitaly Friedman who is the creator of SmashingMagazine.com, one of the most popular sites dedicated to the topic of web design. During the interview, I found out that the site is run on eight different servers, two of which are media…

  • Small Potato Coming Back Again

    Small Potato Coming Back Again

    Small Potato recently announced on his personal blog yesterday that he was coming back to design WordPress themes. Not only that, but he stated he was going to compete with the commercial theme authors. A bold move by Small Potato but if anyone could do it, he could. Coming back to WordPress, I wanted to…