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January 18, 2009

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WordPress links week 3 – 2009

Already we are in week 3 of 2009, time fly’s ;) And here are this weeks links from the WordPress community (and some others). Happy surfing everyone :)

PS! This post is updated several times every day, so keep coming back ;)

January 18th

General

WordPress News: Buddy Press Almost Ready, WordCamp Las Vegas Success, Plugin Author Tips, WordPress Tattoo

Matt Mullenweg’s New Year’s Resolutions set a plan for WordPress in 2009. BuddyPress nearing release from beta. WordCamp Las Vegas was a resounding success. This weekend is WordCamp Jakarta. Next weekend is skiing and WordPress at WordCamp Whistler. BlogSecurity makes predictions for security issues facing WordPress in 2009. WordPress shines at the People’s Choice Awards. Are you a Plugin author? Got information you have to know about the future of developing WordPress Plugins. WordPress.com now offers Subscribe to Comments WordPress Plugin on every WordPress.com blog. Google offers method for converting between blog platforms, including WordPress. Want to have your say in where Ed Morita puts a permanent WordPress tattoo on his body? And more WordPress news.
- By Lorelle VanFossen on The Blog Herald

Tips/Tutorials/How to’s

Better Image Caching with CSS

I have written previously on the fine art of preloading images without JavaScript using only CSS. These caching techniques have evolved in terms of effectiveness and accuracy, but may be improved further to allow for greater cross-browser functionality. In this post, I share a “CSS-only” preloading method that works better under a broader set of conditions
- By Perishable Press
Writing Decisions: Headline tests on the Highrise signup page

We’ve been rotating some headlines and subheads on the Highrise signup page to see if they have an effect on signups. Answer: They do, sometimes significantly.
- By 37signals
How to use a custom blurb when listing pages

In this recipe, I’m going to show you how to get a list of pages along with a custom key from each page, used to create a description.
- By WP Recipes

Themes

WordPress Post Content Sandbox Content Updated

The thirteenth blog post published on Lorelle on WordPress was Designing a WordPress Theme – Building a Post Sandbox. This post continues to be useful to WordPress Theme developers and testers, so I’ve updated it and included an easier-to-use sandbox post text file.
- By Lorelle VanFossen

Plugins

Top 10 Wordpress Plugins – January 2009

Well here’s the first of my monthly Top 10 Wordpress Plugin roundups of 2009. Some plugins are the same as previous months, and this is because they can’t be bettered and so must remain.
-By Enterprise Mastermind
Plugin Review: WP Greet Box

This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer URL.
- By Weblog Tools Collection
Critical Review of Dyasonhat’s Premium Smart Sort WordPress Plugin

After hearing about the recently released “premium” version of Dyasonhat’s Smart Sort Plugin for WordPress, I just had to give it a try. Occasionally working on projects requiring customized ordering of posts, I like to keep my utility belt well-equipped with any plugins or code techniques that will facilitate the process of man-handling post order. In this article, I discuss my experience with WP Smart Sort Premium.
- By Perishable Press

SEO

Making Wordpress SEO Friendly

Wordpress in my opinion is one of the best content management systems around. It’s simple installation and ease of use make it a great system for beginners but also can be quickly customised and easily changed to suit the needs of an advanced user.
- By Website Building Tuts
Quick Way to Measure Brand Impact

Google keyword tool is a fantastic tool for market research. If you type a keyword you will get an estimated monthly number of searches on Google for the target keyword. Which means it can be used as very effective brand awareness research tool.
- By Vladimir Prelovac

Inspiration

Beautiful and Creative Examples of Vibrant Web Designs

In this collection, you’ll find 30 brilliant (alright – pun intended) web designs with vivid and colorful themes that evoke feelings of vivacity and dynamism – to inspire your color palette.
- By Six Revisions

Freebies

Twitter Icons – 22 Icon Sets (323 Icons Total) + More

I’ve put together a huge package of Twitter Media for our JungleJar viewers. Included in this set of media are 22 Icon Sets, 1 Vector Set, 1 Vector Tutorial, and 6 Wallpapers.
- By JungleJar