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- WordPress.com Introduces Import from PosterousYesterday
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Having several blogs can be a bit hard to maintain, and micro blogging services like Posterous and Tumblr provide a quicker way to post content to the web. However, WordPress has added features which are similar to Posterous, in the form of posting by email to WordPress.com blogs.
If you have started using that feature and are looking to import data from your old Posterous blog to your WordPress.com blog, you will now be able to do it using the Posterous importer. To import content from your Posterous blog to WordPress, login to your dashboard and go to Tools -> Import, click on the link for Posterous importer to being the process of importing data to your WordPress.com blog.
More info and details at the Official WordPress.com blog.
- Where Is The Line Drawn?Yesterday
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Cory Miller who is one of the guys behind iThemes.com has published a long but excellent piece regarding his thoughts on why there needs to be a commercial WordPress plugin market. Honestly, I think Cory’s post has been the best on the subject and I don’t disagree with much of what he said. In terms of supporting the commercial interest of plugin authors from the plugin repository, there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. We already know that theme authors who sell their themes under the GPL license have been rewarded via a commercial themes page on WordPress.org. Back in July of 2009, the BlogHerald asked Matt if the same thing would happen for plugins:
Commercial plugins are already seamlessly integrated with the plugin directory.
I don’t know exactly what that means but if we take a look at the page that lists the restrictions and qualifications to be hosted on the repository, there are no rules against commercialization. Since commercial plugins/authors ARE indeed part of the WordPress community, how should the plugin repository reflect that, if at all? All plugins within the repository are free of charg
- WordPress Theme Releases for 02/07February 7
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Neoclassical
Two column revamped version of the Neoclassical theme with support for automatic thumbnail generation and 125×125 ads
ProSmooth Series
A professionally designed classy and clean design with a smooth and elegant accented color scheme. Designed to be light weight and fast loading, featuring a fixed width centered layout that’s compatible with the latest wordpress and widget ready.
Unfocus Green
Two column, fixed width theme in simple shades of green
Dark Forest
- WordPress Plugin Releases for 04/02February 5
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New Plugins
This plugin provides users with a to-do list feature. You can configure the plugin to have private to-do lists for each user or for all users to share a to-do list. The shared to-do list has a variety of settings available. You can assign tasks to a specific user and have only those tasks that were assigned viewable to a user. You can also assign different permission levels using capabilities.
Leave-a-Note Visual Commenting
Leave-a-Note is a plugin for Wordpress, that transforms your comment section into a visual representation, making each comment a little post-it notes.
This plugin provides a number of template tags to get browser info, including conditional statements to test for each browser, versions of Internet Explorer, mobile browsers, and iPhone visitors.
Technical Support for WordPress is a way to provide quality support to your clients. After setting up a WordPress powered website for your client, install the Technical Support plugin, which will enhance your client’s Dashboard with a new widget for submitting support tickets directly to your e-mail.
- My Thoughts on Premium PluginsFebruary 4
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Most of you have heard by now of the departure of Lester Chan from WordPress plugin development. While he will continue to update his plugins as needed, all support will be terminated.
As a plugin author myself, I’m not surprised by this news. With the world economy still in the pits, more plugin authors are feeling the crunch. While they would like to release free plugins for all, at the end of the day, there are bills to pay and mouths to feed.
Within this article (rant?), I will go over the types of plugins I would pay for, an argument for paying for plugins, and go over several business models I see popping up.
Plugins I Would Pay For
Here are several categories that make a plugin something I would pay for (yours will undoubtedly be different).
- The plugin is a timesaver – Plugins such as Akismet and WP Spam Free save me from having to deal with SPAM.
- The plugin provides peace of mind – Plugins such as WordPress Database Backup and W3 Total Cache provide peace of mind. My data gets backed up, and my blog is protected from an influx of traffic.
- The plugin helps my readers – Plugins such as