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• What’s New in WordPress 2.8?
  Today, while browsing the WordPress website, I noticed that WordPress 2.8 Beta was available for testing. So, I decided to download it and give it a test run. Here is a list of major changes that make this release a bit different from the earlier versions.
  - By Blog Oh Blog
• A Look Around WordPress 2.8, Beta 1
  WordPress 2.8 beta one was released just the other day, and after 2.7’s big overhaul, you weren’t expecting any big changes were you? You were? Sorry. There aren’t many. But there are some, and they’re quite neat changes too. This post takes a poke around the new beta.
  - By Alex Denning on Nometech

WordPress Tutorials, Tips & How to’s

• How to Hide Your Plugin’s Custom Fields
  Many plugins use custom fields to store data about individual posts. When a plugin adds a custom fields, its key and value (or name and value) are listed in the Custom Fields meta box. For instance, a syntax hilighting plugin may set a custom field syntax_enabled on posts that use the syntax highlighting CSS.
  - By John Kolbert
• How To Display your categories in two columns
  The stadard wp_list_categories() functions echoes a list of all your categories. With this simple trick we can display the categories in two columns.
  - By JAUHARI
• Multiple WP Blogs On One WP Core
  Last Saturday I had the opportunity to listen to Mike Krotscheck talk about techniques for advanced WordPress installations. One of the most interesting things I took away from his talk was a way to install multiple WordPress blogs on one WordPress core. Note we’re not talking about WordPress MU. When you only need 2 or 3 blogs, WordPress MU can be a bit overkill, but installing these blogs on the same WordPress core can save space and make updates easier. Here’s how you do it.
  - By Will Anderson
• How to Set Up a Killer WordPress Testing Environment Locally
  If you’re a heavy WordPress developer like me, you might find that you need to create a new installation for each site that requires a strange structure or specific posts, instead of using your uniform local test WordPress installation. Cue WordPress Mu. WordPress Multi User is a platform created by the geniuses at Automattic that is basically a WordPress installation that allows multiple blogs to run using the same software.
  - By NETTUTS

WordPress Plugins

• Broken Link Checker 0.5 Available
  The latest version of Broken Link Checker for WordPress is now available on WordPress.org. If you’re already using the plugin you should get an update notification within 24 hours. Below you’ll find a list of changes and a bit commentary about the update.
  - By W-Shadow
• The Problem with Related Post Plugins
  Showing related content to your users is important. I don’t think there’s anyone disputing that (at least not that I’m listening to). The real question is “how?” How can you show your user good related content without adding a ton of extra work for yourself? This is where related posts plugins come into play.
  - By Aaron D. Campbell on WordPress Informer
• WLTC Plugin Competition: Max Image Size Control
  The next plugin in the WLTC Plugin Competition is the Max Image Size Control plugin. The concept behind this plugin is that it lets you choose the image sizes that WordPress generates when you upload the image based the post or category the image belongs to.
  - By WP Fun

WordPress Themes

• WordPress Theme Releases for 05/21
  - By Weblog Tools Collection
• WordPress Theme Releases for 05/19
  - By Weblog Tools Collection

Pro Blogging & SEO

• Banishing Spammers and Trolls With .htaccess Files
  Are you plagued by spammers and trolls inside of the comments section of your blog? If you are, I want to give you a simple little trick to kick them off your blog and keep them out by blocking their IP address.
  - By Neil Matthews on ProBlogger
• Getting Started with Search Engine Optimization – Part 3
  Internal, deep linking, home page, and back-linking are just a few of the many types of linking that you can do. Building links to your blog can be a natural process for some blogs but difficult for others. Original content can help build links, but some effort had to be done on your part to ensure that you are getting links from relevant and authoritative sites.
  - By ThemeLib
• 15 Ways to Rework Your Next Blog Post Title
  Your task today is to rework the title of the next post that you write
  - ByDarren Rowse on ProBlogger
• 5 Free Ways To Promote Your Website
  You have a website, now what? You do a search for your website but it does not appear in any search engine. It is not in Google, Yahoo! or any other directory. There are a lot of services that can help but they cost money. Social networking is a good way to promote your site but you do not have the time for that. What can be done to help promote your website without spending a whole lot of time and money? And I know you are wanting free, fast and easy.
  - By Gary Reichel on MakeUseOf
• 13 blogging lessons learned from Stephen King’s On Writing
  Stephen King’s book On Writing is a very good read. It is targeted towards writers and wanna-be writers, but it is a very inspiring book for anyone.
  - By Marko Saric on How To Make My Blog
• 5 Basic Blogging Lessons You Must Remember
  Let me ask you a question, “How many articles have you read about being a better blogger?”
  - By Arun Basil Lal on Million Clues
• The Other Side Of ProBlogging: Making Real Money Right From The Start Of Your Blogging Career
  You started a blog with the dream of making a living from writing about something you love. A month, or six months, or two years down the line, you’ve got a handful of subscribers, a few pennies accumulating in Google AdSense, and a growing sense of frustration. The gurus touted blogging as an “easy” way to make money: frankly, digging ditches is starting to look more appealing.
  - By Ali Hale on ProBlogger
• How Important is Hosting to Your Blog?
  Hosting is now largely sold to the blog community as a commodity. Advertising will always focus on one thing, and that of course is the monthly price. Yes “features” will be pushed along with this, such as 1-click installs of WordPress, unlimited hard disk space capacity, unlimited bandwidth for all your video streaming needs, and unlimited domains so you can host all of your websites in one convenient place. This is great, and I had all that, so why did I change hosting providers in a hurry?
  - By Chris Garrett on The Blog Herald
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ways of Getting Traffic to Your Blog
  Experience really counts! I’ve been blogging for a while on many different blogs. Before turning into a partial-pro blogger, I did some research on ways to get traffic my blog, and I would like to share my points of view with you. What is the good, what is the bad and what is the ugly way of generating traffic.
  - By Daily Blog Tips
• Nothing to Blog About: Are You Blogging What You Should Be Blogging?
  In the last article in this new series called Nothing to Blog About, I asked you to go back to your roots, in a sense, to start over and find that “lovin’ feeling” you’ve lost about your blog subject matter to re-energize your creative blogging spirit.
  - By Lorelle VanFossen on The Blog Herald