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A few weeks ago I published an article entitled ‘Does WordPress Scare Your Clients?’. In this article, I discussed difficulties I’ve experienced when using WordPress with clients, both as blogging software and as a tool for managing site content on a regular basis. With over 30 comments, I read many stories and suggestions about how other developers have tried to make their clients more comfortable with WordPress. Here’s a wrap-up of the best and most common suggestions I found. Read more…

Panic just released version 1.5 of the popular all-in-one website editor, Coda. Included with this release was the ability to import and export clips into and out of Coda. We took it upon ourselves to add almost every tag on the very useful WordPress function list to Coda and export them as a group for y’all to use. Just download the zip, extract, double-click the file, and you’re ready to go!

If you’re looking for individual clips, Sam Brown, the designer of the WPCandy layout, runs a nice site called Coda Clips with hundreds of useful clips.

Download the WordPress Coda Clips file

Ian Stewart has been hard at work experimenting with WordPress - first with the Thematic framework, and now with some awesome child themes. He’s also played with custom hooks and filters, and now includes some pretty helpful ones with Thematic. Confused? You probably are. Let’s get down on a more basic level and learn what Ian is doing, and then you’ll see why his latest work has been so influential. Read more…

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems web developers use with clients. Devlounge recently published a great article with some things to consider when using WordPress as a CMS. One of the biggest deciding points is functionality - will WordPress be able to do everything you need it to for your client’s site? And if not, are there plugins that will make it work? In most cases, the answer is yes, and that’s why WordPress is so great. But is it too complex? Read more…

For those of you in the San Francisco area after WordCamp 2008, there’s another WordPress-based event taking place the following day that promises to be a cavalcade of fun for everyone - a scavenger hunt! Read more…

A few days ago we wrote about two upcoming WordCamps: San Francisco and New York City. Shortly after posting, even more details emerged about the upcoming WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco, CA. This particular WordCamp is usually the biggest and greatest WordPress event of the year, showcasing an abundance of speakers, workshops, and more.

When?

WordCamp 2008 will be held in San Francisco, CA on Saturday, August 16, 2008. This year, the event is located at the Mission Bay Conference Center, just down the road from AT&T park along the shore of Mission Bay. Tickets are just $20 and include admission for the day and a free t-shirt. You can still sign up online, so get your ticket soon!

Speakers

WordCamp 2008 features a great list of speakers. Those conducting presentations at the conference include Lloyd Budd, Andy Peatling, Sam Bauers, Tom Coates, Liz Danzico, Tantek Çelik, and Chris Lea.

Topics Of Discussion

Among these speakers, a variety of topics will be discussed such as “Secure Coding with WordPress”, “Open Source business models”, “Crazyhorse, Next-generation WordPress”, “WordPress APIs — iPhone and Beyond!”, and “Hassle-free Upgrades”. Sounds like it’s going to be one hell of a party.

Gravatar Badges

Do you have a gravatar on the web? Well, this year’s WordCamp SF badges will include a gravatar (up to 512×512 pixels) with an image of your choice. If you plan on going, make sure to set up your badge before attending!

So Who’s going?

If you’re going, let us know in the comments! We’re hoping that a few people who go will either do a live blog, Twitter the event, or set up a live video feed. WPCandy is also looking for a person to do some stuff for us while at the event, so if you’re interested, please let us know!

One of the conferences we’ve seen growing in popularity lately is WordCamp. These events are great opportunities to get together and meet other WordPress users from around the area. Most of these events aren’t hosted by Automattic. Rather, they can be planned and organized by anyone who has the time, resources, and organization skills to host a conference in their area. Here are two major WordCamps coming up in the US that we thought you might like to know about. Read more…

Not long ago, our team was online 9 a.m to 4 p.m. PDT to answer your questions and keep your blog running smoothly. Soon after, we brought it up to 24-hour support, five days and week, so those across the country and across the globe wouldn’t have to wait for their answers.

The time has come for help without delay. We hereby announce 24-7 support on WordPress.com.

WordPress.com Blog

The WordPress support team has decided to go to full 24-hour, 7-day free support for WordPress.com-hosted blogs. First they were 9am to 4pm PST, then 24-hours for five days a week, and now you can get support on weekends too.

The official WordPress support team handles issues pertaining to blogs hosted on WordPress.com. If you have a WordPress.com blog, you can contact them if you come across any functionality problems or have a question about how to use the system.

If you’re looking for support for a self-hosted weblog, you can visit the support forums where there are a number of experienced developers waiting to help answer your questions.