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We here at WordCast sure know our stuff and are constantly looking for new stuff to know, just so we can share the coolest insider secrets, tips, and how-tos with you. Interesting social media sites and services, new ways to make money on a blog, helpful WordPress plugins, you’ll find it all here. Make sure to follow @WordCast on Twitter for the very latest as it happens.
Travel Oregon: An Example in Creating Loyal Customers
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 16 2010 at 4:03 am | No Comments »
The Travel Oregon official tourism site provides a great lesson platform for design, interaction, and social media, and Lorelle shares her experience and lessons learned.
Future of Google Wave in New API Competition?
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 9 2010 at 2:03 pm | 1 Comment »
A new Google Wave API competition might heat up interest again in the collaborative documentation program. What would you like to see Google Wave do beyond it’s current functionality?
Commit: The Story of Writing a WordPress Patch | aaron.jorb.in
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 6 2010 at 4:30 am | 2 Comments »
Ever wonder what it really takes to report a bug in WordPress you know you have the solution to, and how long it takes to make the change permanent in the WordPress core? Aaron Jorb takes us through his experience step-by-step.
Do We Really Know What the Future of Blogging Will Be?
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 4 2010 at 8:00 am | 2 Comments »
Pew Research recently released a study on trends in blogging, looking at the future of blogging. Where will it be? Do you know? Blogging has survived a wide range of attacks and technological improvements, but what lies ahead in the blogging industry now that traditional media has entered the fray – along with everyone else.
Learn to Write WordPress Plugins in 20 Minutes (video)
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 3 2010 at 9:08 am | No Comments »
At WordCamp Phoenix 2009, John Hawkins shared with users a simple way to get started with a task that’s daunting to most WordPress users: writing a WordPress plugin. While you probably won’t be making huge developmental masterpieces after watching this video, it might be a good kick-start.
Around the WordPress Community: Post Thumbnails, Videos, Permalinks, Multiple Bloggers Blog, and Designing for iPad
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Feb 24 2010 at 4:43 am | 1 Comment »
This week our wander through the fields of the WordPress Community include a guide on using the new post thumbnail feature in WordPress, great videos from WordCamp New York, improving your permalink structure, tips for multiple author blogs, a look at some of the most influential designers in the world, and designing website tips for the iPad.
What Webinar Leaders Need to Learn from Social Media and Bloggers
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Feb 23 2010 at 4:30 am | No Comments »
Bloggers tend to thrive on the “social web” and now Beth Kanter is bringing the social web experience to the webinar industry, offering tips on how to maximize the social web to improve participant enthusiasm and engagement.
WordPress Wrangles
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Feb 22 2010 at 4:22 am | 3 Comments »
We all have our pains and suffering with our WordPress blogs, but Dave Thackeray came up with a novel way to tell the story of his WordPress woes. We’re looking for your innovative “WordPress Wrangles” to share in an upcoming article. Come join the fun and help us showcase your WordPress story.
Around the WordPress Community: The Perfect Sidebar, SQL Queries, Videos, and WordPress CMS Style
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Feb 16 2010 at 6:35 pm | No Comments »
A peek around the WordPress Community this week finds some great articles on the perfect sidebar for your WordPress Theme, WordPress SQL queries you need to know for MySQL, video tutorials for WordPress, and come CMS stuff for WordPress.
Reasons Why Some WordPress Plugins are Removed from the Official Directory
By WordCast Team, posted Feb 12 2010 at 11:54 am | 1 Comment »
In “How to Get Your Plugin Removed from the Directory” by Mark Jaquith, he offers a tongue-in-cheek explanation of what it may take to get your WordPress Plugin removed from the WordPress Plugin Directory.
For the most part, the list makes sense. Don’t do anything illegal, incompatible with the WordPress GPL license, no spam or hidden [...]