Tag Archives: Weblog Tools

Weblog Tools Collection: A New Way to Install Plugins

There are two ways to install plugins in WordPress 3.0. You can either search for and install plugins via Plugins/Add New in your admin panel, or search for and download plugins from the plugin directory, then upload them to /wp-content/plugins/. Now, thanks to Mark Jaquith, there’s a new way to install plugins. The new [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 07/27

The ClearCut WordPress Theme is a highly configurable WP theme for artful or portfolio sites with an unusual and unique layout, featuring a two column fluid theme layout, enabled with custom cufon fonts, options panel, css3, page navigation, and related posts. Cold Water is a cool and clean looking blog theme that has a large [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: Thesis Adopts a Split GPL License

Thesis has officially adopted a split GPL license, putting an end to the explosive debate between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and Thesis developer Chris Pearson which launched a community-wide discussion on the GPL and WordPress themes. To clarify the split GPL license, Chris Pearson adds, “the PHP is GPLv2 and the CSS, JS, and images are [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 07/25

New plugins Foursquare map Foursquare is rising in popularity, and will continue to grow. This plugin makes it easy to share your last check-in location without needing to worry about giving away personal info, and you don’t need to be an expert in mapping APIs! Vanityvid Vanityvid is a service that turns avatars into videos. [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Bids Farewell to PHP 4 and MySQL 4

After five years of dedicated support, WordPress will be leaving PHP 4 and MySQL 4 behind for the far more current and secure PHP 5 and MySQL 5. WordPress 3.2, planned to launch during the first half of 2011, will be the first release to require PHP 5.2 or higher and MySQL 5.0.15 or [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 3.0 Twenty Ten Theme Updated

Just in case you missed it the default theme in WordPress 3.0 has been updated to version 1.1.  If your running WordPress 3.0 you should find an update indicator in your admin panel under Dashboard > Updates. So when I saw this update a couple of days ago I went off in search of what [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 3.0 – 10 Million Downloads and Counting

About a month ago I posted about how fast WordPress 3.0 was being downloaded and there was a terrific discussion about the sheer amount of data that was being grabbed to get at the 3.0 version of WordPress.  We even had some comments as to why it was being downloaded at that scale. Well as [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: When Your Blog Gets Splogged, It’s More Than GPL.. Right?

Yesterday, I wrote about a problem Matt had about the GPL license with the Thesis Theme. Though I am not biased and seriously do not want to get into an argument about it, let me put forth an argument that I think is really worth thinking about. Many of you reading this blog and probably [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: What’s Your Take On the GPL Argument Between Matt and Thesis?

If you have been on Twitter today, you might have come across a huge argument between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and Thesis theme developer Chris Pearson. Matt is unhappy that unlike other premium themes, Thesis does not distribute/sell their themes under the GPL licensing system. We have discussed about exploring GPL and the risks through [...]

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 07/12

Shades A simple clean theme framework to work from, designed ideally for light colored backgrounds and easily adapted to darker layouts. Now with Threaded Comments and sticky post Diabolique Lagoon 3 column, widget ready theme with threaded comments with 10 background types Universe Universe is a pure, two column, widget ready theme based on Universe [...]

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