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Earlier on today, literally hours ago, tickets for WordCamp San Diego (on March 24th and 25th) went on sale. Now if you’re not quick, then you’re going to be disappointed and (possibly) miss out completely. They started off with 200 tickets, and at the time of writing this only 40 tickets remain!
So I suggest you stop reading, go order you ticket(s), and then come back. Sound cool?
Right, got them? Good. Let’s continue.
Last weekend, when everyone else was taking a break, John James Jacoby took the time out to refresh the BuddyPress Codex along with creating the new bbPress Codex too. Both are running on WordPress.
In the announcement made on the BuddyPress.org blog Jacoby said:
You may not know it but we’ve had a codex here at BuddyPress.org since the early days. It’s mostly made life really difficult and forced everyone into the forums or to other sites for help. Today, I’m really happy to report that the core team has spent some time this weekend to finally refresh the BuddyPress Codex.
No official announcement was posted on the bbPress blog, but it was mentioned on Twitter.
Ever find yourself wanting to query the “standard” post format within WordPress and not having much luck? It turns out there’s a Trac Ticket for this very subject. But for now, Alex King came up with a way for it to work with WP_Query calls. Go have a look at his code.
Earlier this week Storify.com announced their brand new plugin for WordPress, which integrates with your site allowing you to use your account from within your Dashboard. It seems this particular feature is highly requested by Storify users who also blog with WordPress.
You might be wondering just who, or rather what, Storify are? In short, you would use Storify to drop in social media stories on your blog, instead of using something like Twitter Blackbird Pie. You also might have seen Storify used regularly by the White House, New York Times, Washington Post, and many others, gathering all the social going-ons and delivering it all in one place. To quote their about page:
Storify helps its users tell stories by curating social media.
I like that. I like it a lot.
With the number of WordPress events with many attendees and chatter happening on social networks, I can imagine the WordPress community really jumping on board and taking advantage of Storify now. Have you ever used Storify.com before? Does the plugin make it more appealing than it might be otherwise?
Following up on the very successful WordUp Edinburgh last year Martin Young and Taryn Wallis announced their next un-conference event for WordPress fans in the United Kingdom. This time the event is in Glasgow, and more specifically within the IET Glasgow: Teacher Building in St. Enoch Square.
The venue’s capacity is 125 people so it should be able to handle anyone who wants to attend, which is what the organizers like about it. ”We had to turn people away who wanted to come along [to Edinburgh], and then 12 people who had booked a place didn’t turn up, so it was very frustrating to have had to turn people away,” Young said.
Due to the higher cost of this event’s venue (and, the organizers hope, to increase attendance from those committed) you can pick up your ticket for a small sum of £5 (plus the Eventbrite Fee of £0.78). This entitles you entry to WordUp Glasgow, your lunch (sandwiches I’m told), and refreshments throughout the day.
Do you have your ticket yet?
You may have thought WordPress couldn’t do such things, but they have all been possible since WordPress 2.9 was released. But do you take advantage of the image manipulation within WordPress? WPBeginner has covered all the ways you can within WordPress.
It’s been a while in the works, but WordPress for Android 2.0 has finally been released. Heck, I drafted this entire post on my Android (edited on the PC), just to really take it for a test run. While I probably wouldn’t recommend it for huge posts, I got there in the end.
So what’s new? Well I’m glad you asked:
Be sure to check out the accompanying video for a hands-on feel of the new app.
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Are you using WordPress to run your business website and looking for an easy way to display your business hours on your site? What a coincidence, because Kevin Muldoon of WPMods.com has posted about two simple plugins that’ll help you do just that.
Jane Wells has announced that it’s time again for the WordPress Core Team meetup, which is again being held in the lovely setting of Tybee Island, Georgia. Meetups are one of the few times where many (if not all) of the WordPress core developers can actually work in the same room. What’s also cool about this particular meetup is the group will be taking questions via this WordPress.org support forum thread and answering them via video for WordPress.tv. If there’s anything you’ve wanted to ask the core team, but haven’t had a chance to before, you can do so now.
The core team will also be using the #wptybee hashtag while at the meetup, so you can follow their progress on Twitter that way as well.
So spill it: what question(s) do you hope the WordPress Core Team will answer?
