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How to create a podcast with WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Jason Tucker knows a thing or two about WordPress, podcasts, and media. In this writeup, he gives a thorough walkthrough of creating and distributing a podcast with WordPress. With various podcasts I've set up for client work, my process is…

The problem with almost all hosting reviews

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Brian Krogsgard
Hosting
Ryan Sullivan exposes the sad truth about most hosting reviews on his WP Site Care blog. Frankly, few are truly genuine or considerate of various potential needs customers may have. I could not agree more with his post. Sure, there…

The best things in life are not drag-and-drop

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
How many people build their own house? A few. How many people build their own car? Even less. How many people build anything for themselves anymore? Not many. So we must ask ourselves, will the web really be a better…

Why taxonomy queries are faster than post meta queries

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Brian Krogsgard
Development
I missed this when it published in March, but Taylor Lovett does a nice job explaining why taxonomy queries tend to be faster than post meta queries in WordPress. So, next time you're trying to decide whether to make some…

Jigoshop announces hosted “Pro” eCommerce partnership

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Jigoshop, a popular WordPress eCommerce plugin, has announced a partnership with Proxar IT Consulting, that offers a managed and hosted eCommerce platform for serious eCommerce customers. The plan levels are £300 for Silver, £500 per month for Gold, or a custom quote…

A series on the WordPress HTTP API

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Brian Krogsgard
Development
I always get excited when Tom McFarlin starts a new series on wpTuts+. His latest is going to take a look at the WordPress HTTP API, and his first post is up with an introduction to wp_remote_get(). Tom is one…

Official WordPress job board is back open, seeks moderators

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Brian Krogsgard
Careers
The official WordPress job board is back open. It was down for a while as the primary moderator stepped down. According to a post on the Make WordPress Meta blog by Siobhan McKeown, they are now seeking a few moderators with…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Summer edition)

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Brian Krogsgard
Careers
This is the third “Who’s hiring” post, and the last  two were very successful. I know of a few people that got full time jobs and contract work based on conversations started from those posts. I consistently find people looking…

Learn three filters a day for 365 days

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Curtis McHale
Development
Drew Jaynes hast started a new website called Filters of the Day with the goal of documenting 3 filters a day for the next 365 days. I'm sure this will be a great opportunity for us to learn more about…

The WP Conf to “fork” WordCamp Los Angeles

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Brian Krogsgard
HostingWordPress News
I was tagged in a tweet by Brad Williams that referenced The WP Conf, which is currently only a half-finished website, but is an independent WordPress conference slated for late this year, and calls itself, "a WordPress conference forked from…
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