- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community by Davidperalty http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/ - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:43 +0000 No More SimplePie Development http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/no-more-simplepie-development-2009-09-28/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/no-more-simplepie-development-2009-09-28/ David Peralty

I’ve used SimplePie for a few projects, and so I was sad to find out, via WPTavern, that SimplePie is shutting down development. So effective immediately, we are ceasing development of SimplePie and shutting down the project. We will shortly...

]]> I’ve used SimplePie for a few projects, and so I was sad to find out, via WPTavern, that SimplePie is shutting down development.
So effective immediately, we are ceasing development of SimplePie and shutting down the project. We will shortly be push

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:43 +0000 TechnologyBlogging NewsInteresting No Long Term Suport Version of WordPress Planned http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/no-long-term-suport-version-of-wordpress-planned-2009-09-22/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/no-long-term-suport-version-of-wordpress-planned-2009-09-22/ David Peralty

One of the things that was discussed on a recent episode of WordPress Weekly Podcast was the idea of bringing back a long term support (LTS) release of WordPress like they did with the 2.0 branch up until recently. This made many companies feel...

]]> One of the things that was discussed on a recent episode of WordPress Weekly Podcast was the idea of bringing back a long term support (LTS) release of WordPress like they did with the 2.0 branch up until recently. This made many companies feel secure in

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:22:01 +0000 TechnologyWordPress News Short Inside View of StudioPress http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/short-inside-view-of-studiopress-2009-09-22/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/short-inside-view-of-studiopress-2009-09-22/ David Peralty

Jeff appears to have a great article up regarding StudioPress, and it helps answer some common questions about the company, its goals, and direction. If you are interested in knowing what Brian Gardner thinks of his critics, outsiders views on his...

]]> Jeff appears to have a great article up regarding StudioPress, and it helps answer some common questions about the company, its goals, and direction. If you are interested in knowing what Brian Gardner thinks of his critics, outsiders views on his goals,

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:15:46 +0000 TechnologyWordPress Themes Epic Episode of WordPress Weekly Podcast http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/epic-episode-of-wordpress-weekly-podcast-2009-09-18/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/epic-episode-of-wordpress-weekly-podcast-2009-09-18/ David Peralty

Recently, Jeff and I had a great episode of WordPress Weekly that I hope more people will listen to. The episode contains our thoughts on WordPress releases, its user base and its management of press due to hacks. I got a little heated during the...

]]> Recently, Jeff and I had a great episode of WordPress Weekly that I hope more people will listen to. The episode contains our thoughts on WordPress releases, its user base and its management of press due to hacks. I got a little heated during the podcast,

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:12:20 +0000 TechnologyPodcasting NewsWordPress News WordPress Role Management: New Plugin http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/wordpress-role-management-new-plugin-2009-09-17/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/wordpress-role-management-new-plugin-2009-09-17/ David Peralty

I’ve never been happy with how WordPress deals with user permissions and roles. I’ve always wanted to customize it further, and while it is supposedly possible to do without a plugin, having a nice user interface makes the world of...

]]> I’ve never been happy with how WordPress deals with user permissions and roles. I’ve always wanted to customize it further, and while it is supposedly possible to do without a plugin, having a nice user interface makes the world of difference.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:24 +0000 TechnologyWordPress Plugins RSS Cloud and WordPress http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/rss-cloud-and-wordpress-2009-09-16/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/rss-cloud-and-wordpress-2009-09-16/ David Peralty

I’ve never had much issue with RSS, but some people say it was a dying format. Unlike the “real time web” of Twitter, Facebook and other services, the data from RSS wasn’t getting polled often enough to be useful. Heaven...

]]> I’ve never had much issue with RSS, but some people say it was a dying format. Unlike the “real time web” of Twitter, Facebook and other services, the data from RSS wasn’t getting polled often enough to be useful. Heaven forbid you

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:23:58 +0000 TechnologyWordPress News Screencast: WordPress 2.9 Image Editing http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/screencast-wordpress-29-image-editing-2009-09-15/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/screencast-wordpress-29-image-editing-2009-09-15/ David Peralty

For the longest time, I’ve been waiting for WordPress to handle images better, and allow built in editing tools. Most people don’t have Photoshop, or even understand how to use most basic image editing tools like Irfanview, and so...

]]> For the longest time, I’ve been waiting for WordPress to handle images better, and allow built in editing tools. Most people don’t have Photoshop, or even understand how to use most basic image editing tools like Irfanview, and so building in

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:17:13 +0000 TechnologyWordPress Tools WordPress Cheat Sheet http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/wordpress-cheat-sheet-2009-09-15/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/wordpress-cheat-sheet-2009-09-15/ David Peralty

There are numerous cheat sheets for WordPress, and they’ll continue to be created, edited and re-released, but I wanted to highlight a new one for those in search of one that fits the bill for WordPress 2.8.x. Ekin Ertac has created a new...

]]> There are numerous cheat sheets for WordPress, and they’ll continue to be created, edited and re-released, but I wanted to highlight a new one for those in search of one that fits the bill for WordPress 2.8.x.
Ekin Ertac has created a new sheet enti

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:13:04 +0000 TechnologyWordPress Tips A Story of Fear: WordPress Hacks http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/a-story-of-fear-wordpress-hacks-2009-09-14/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/a-story-of-fear-wordpress-hacks-2009-09-14/ David Peralty

I went away from home, on a micro weekend vacation, and on arrival to where I was staying there were numerous e-mails waiting in my account. It seems as though old versions of WordPress were being hacked and many clients and friends wanted their...

]]> I went away from home, on a micro weekend vacation, and on arrival to where I was staying there were numerous e-mails waiting in my account. It seems as though old versions of WordPress were being hacked and many clients and friends wanted their versions

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:36 +0000 TechnologyWordPress News An Introduction to Custom Fields http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/an-introduction-to-custom-fields-2009-09-03/ http://davidperalty.instablogs.com/entry/an-introduction-to-custom-fields-2009-09-03/ David Peralty

One of the most confusing thing about WordPress is custom fields. The shame of it is that custom fields are one of the most powerful features of WordPress, allowing you to do all kinds of very interesting things. Over on WordPress.tv, there is now...

]]> One of the most confusing thing about WordPress is custom fields. The shame of it is that custom fields are one of the most powerful features of WordPress, allowing you to do all kinds of very interesting things.
Over on WordPress.tv, there is now a vide

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