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WordPress 3.0.1 Released
The folks at WordPress.org have released WordPress 3.0.1. This release addresses about 50 minor issues. You should upgrade your site immediately. From WordPress.org: This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make it one of the best and most stable [...]
Understanding your website stats
All of our web hosting packages include web statistics, using the popular AWStats sofware. This document explains the terminology used in the reports. Items of specific note are: Unique Visitors Number of Visits Pages Pages/Visit Hits Bandwidth Here is a brief explanation of these terms: Unique Visitors – A unique visitor is a person that [...]
WordPress 3.0 Released
Today is a day that many WordPress users have been waiting for! The release of WordPress 3.0. The new release contains many fantastic features, including: a new default theme (Twenty Ten) powerful menu management custom post types and taxonomies a bulk upgrader for plugins multi-site capabilities The upgrade is quick and painless. Here is a [...]
WordPress as a CMS: Slides from WordCamp Vancouver
I was lucky enough to participate on a panel to discuss WordPress as a CMS. Tris Hussey was the moderator of the panel, with two highly talented WordPress peeps: Cameron Cavers and Christine Rondeau also participating. Here are our slides from the talk: WordCamp Vancouver – WordPress as a CMS (PDF format)
WordCamp Victoria: Custom Post Types in WordPress 3
WordCamp Victoria was held on May 15, 2010, and I was fortunate enough to present my talk on a great new feature of WordPress 3, Custom Post Types. Here are the slides (via SlideShare): WordPress 3 Custom Post Types View more presentations from Dave Zille. In my talk, I mentioned that I would provide framework code [...]
Announcing Learn it Today: WordPress training in Vancouver
We are very excited to announce the launch of Learn it Today, a new initiative which we are working on with Melissa at Fine Lime Designs. LIT will offer online and classroom based WordPress training in the Vancouver area, with the first classroom based classed running in September. As Melissa says in her blog: We [...]
WordCamp Victoria
WordCamp Victoria is taking place on May 15, 2010. WordCamps are always excellent events for bloggers and users of WordPress of any level, whether beginner, expert, or in between. There is always something for everyone at WordCamp! From the WordCamp Victoria website: WordCamps are informal, community-organized events. Everyone from casual users to core developers [...]
WordPress 2.9.2 Released
A security update to WordPress, has been released in the form of WordPress 2.9.2. You should update your WordPress site right away. From the WordPress Blog: Thomas Mackenzie alerted us to a problem where logged in users can peek at trashed posts belonging to other authors. If you have untrusted users signed up on your [...]
3 Cool Features of WordPress 2.9
One of the most exciting WordPress upgrades in recent memory was recently released. WordPress 2.9 brings several exciting new features to your WordPress based site. Here are 3 quick videos demonstrating some of the key new features: ”Trash” feature: If you accidentally delete a post or comment, you can bring it back from the Trash. [...]
WordPress 2.9.1 Released
We haven’t even had a chance to complete our WordPress 2.9 feature tour (a work in progress!), but the good folks at WordPress.org have released WordPress 2.9.1. This release addresses some minor issues, and some problems with scheduled posts. Head on over and download WordPress 2.9.1, or hit update from the Tools -> Upgrade menu [...]
