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Weekend QuickTip: Feedburner URL in Header.phpJanuary 4

One thing I notice a lot of WordPress blogs forget to do, is change the default RSS Feed URL that comes standard with WordPress, to their new Feedburner Feed URL. This means your visitors maybe subscribing to the wrong feed and your subscriber count may be wrong!

Solution

If you’re using Feedburner, check your header.php file and makes sure all your RSS Feeds are pointing to the right URL.

Moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.orgJanuary 4

Jeff Chandler with a quick how-to tutorial on migrating from your WordPress.com blog to a self-hosted WordPress blog. [Link]

WordPress Pulls the Plug on Premium ThemesDecember 29 2008

First the news got out that 200 themes were pulled out out of the WordPress.org Theme Directory. The action was done overnight with no prior warning to the theme authors affected, and this sparked some responses within the community, most notable from Justin Tadlock (Automattic putting the boot to premium theme developers) and Jeff Chandler (Why Were 200 WordPress Themes Removed?). Jeff also posted to the wp-hackers mailing list inquiring about this issue, which then generated some interesting discussions as well.

Then, Matt explained what had happened. On Inquisitr’s “More Hypocrisy from Mullenweg and WordPress with new themes jihad” (wow!) post, Matt also explained that there were close to 300 themes removed, most of them were actually themes that didn’t comply with the guidelines but went in anyway. Inquisitr wasn’t the only one getting unhappy about this: some others like David Peralty (

Words for WordPressDecember 27 2008

Here’s a bit of a break from the news, tutorials, and discussions as we recover from a pleasant Christmas. We thought we’d cook up a few words to describe people who work with WordPress. Enjoy, and happy holidays!

WordPressographer (noun):
1. one who works with or studies WordPress
2. someone who blogs about a Wordpress-related topic

We consulted a WordPressographer to help develop this new widget.

WordPresser (noun):
1. also known as a theme developer; one who creates WordPress themes

After quickly creating several professional-grade themes, I can finally call myself a proficient WordPresser.

WordPressography (noun):
1. the study of WordPress (see also: WordPressographer)

One of my favorite blogs is offering a free course on WordPressography next weekend.

WordPressing (verb):
1. creating something with WordPress; turning a design or markup into a WordPress theme
2. writing a blog post from the WordPress interface to be published with WordPress

During the long hours I spend on the road you can frequently find me WordPressing about my travels.

WordPressify (verb):
1. to turn a design or markup into a WordPress theme (see also: WordPressing)

I had to quickly WordPressify this markup to meet the client’s deadline.

WordPressed (adj):

Suggest Features for WordPress 2.8December 23 2008

WordPress has put up a survey for users to help suggest features for version 2.8. Hurry up and cast your vote so your opinion counts. The survey closes at noon on December 31, 2008 UTC. [Link]