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<h3>WordPress Coffee Mug</h3>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpcoffeemug.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpcoffeemug.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="wpcoffeemug" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13394" /></a>The new <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/wordpress/products/wp-powered-by-coffee-mug" target="_blank">WordPress coffee mug</a> is available from the WordPress swag store. I gifted one to myself and can say that it&#8217;s just as handsome and shiny as it appears to be in the picture. The back says, &#8220;Proudly Powered by Coffee.&#8221; This cup is the perfect size &#8211; it contains the exact amount of coffee I can drink before it gets cold.<span id="more-12551"></span></p>
<h3>A License to Sublime Text</h3>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sublime.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sublime.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="sublime" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13402" /></a>The <a href="http://www.sublimetext.com/" target="_blank">Sublime Text</a> editor is a best friend to many people who write code. Many developers consider it to be the holy grail of text editing tools. </p>
<p>If you can sneak around and verify that your friend is using an unlicensed copy, a surprise <a href="https://www.sublimetext.com/buy" target="_blank">license</a> given as a gift will delight the socks off of him or her. </p>
<h3>Jetpack Battery Pack</h3>
<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jetpack-battery-pack.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jetpack-battery-pack.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="jetpack-battery-pack" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13411" /></a>The <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/wordpress/products/jetpack-battery-pack" target="_blank">Jetpack Battery Pack</a> is a fancy, portable external battery charger. Emblazoned with the Jetpack logo, this unique gift provides a quick charge to cell phones and other mobile devices. The Jetpack Battery Pack is only available from the WordPress Swag Store.</p>
<h3>A Treehouse Membership</h3>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/treehouse.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/treehouse.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="treehouse" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13410" /></a><a href="https://teamtreehouse.com/" target="_blank">Treehouse</a> is a place where the WordPress fan in your life can pick up new skills by enrolling in courses that teach everything from design to mobile development to business skills. Technology enthusiasts love to learn new things and a gift <a href="https://teamtreehouse.com/subscribe/plans?trial=yes" target="_blank">membership</a> might be just the right avenue. Also, Treehouse donates an account to a public school student for every new Gold account purchased. </p>
<h3>BuddyPress Theme Development</h3>
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<h3>Gravity Forms</h3>
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<h3>Professional WordPress Plugin Development</h3>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pwpd.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pwpd.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="pwpd" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13423" /></a>If you&#8217;ve got an aspiring WordPress plugin developer on your gift list, the Professional WordPress Plugin Development book is an excellent choice. There&#8217;s certainly a lot to learn for free online but sometimes it helps to have information in a book to take you through different topics in an organized way. Professional WordPress Plugin Development is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Professional-WordPress-Plugin-Development-Williams/dp/0470916222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387319815&sr=8-1&keywords=professional+wordpress+plugin+development" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a> via paperback or kindle. </p>
<h3>A CodePen Account</h3>
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<h3>WordPress T-Shirt</h3>
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<h3>The Gift of Time</h3>
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The <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> plugin code is now available on <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/Jetpack" target="_blank">github</a> and the team <a href="https://twitter.com/Viper007Bond/status/412731744962359296" target="_blank">welcomes</a> your pull requests. With the addition of Jetpack, Automattic now has <a href="https://github.com/Automattic" target="_blank">106 public repositories</a> on github. That&#8217;s a lot of shared code! </p>
<p>Jetpack has been downloaded nearly eight million times since its debut on WordPress.org. If you&#8217;ve enjoyed using Jetpack and have some ideas for improving it, github is a great way to contribute back to the plugin. Your code will improve the Jetpack experience on millions of websites. There are also other ways to contribute without writing any code:<span id="more-13357"></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contact-support/" target="_blank">Join</a> the Jetpack Beta Test group</li>
<li>Lend a hand answering questions in the Jetpack <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack" target="_blank">support forum</a></li>
<li>Report bugs, with reproduction steps, or post patches on Jetpack&#8217;s <a href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/newticket?component=jetpack" target="_blank">trac</a></li>
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<h3>Learn the Basics of Contributing to Open Source Software with Jetpack</h3>
<p>Jetpack probably has one of the most organized <a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/" target="_blank">guides to contribution</a> that I have ever seen for an open source plugin project. The team has created contribution opportunities for users and developers at all levels. The guide outlines ways to <a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#contribute" target="_blank">contribute at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels</a>. </p>
<p>What really stands out about the Jetpack contribution guide is that it actually teaches you the basics of contributing to an open source project, including topics such as:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#source" target="_blank">How to check out the source code</a> &#8211; Learn how to install and navigate subversion</li>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#bugs" target="_blank">How to create a great bug report</a> &#8211; Learn the anatomy of a Trac ticket and how to submit tickets</li>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#patch" target="_blank">How to write and submit a patch</a> &#8211; Get step-by-step instructions for submitting a patch</li>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#practices" target="_blank">Best practices for WordPress development</a> &#8211; Get more information on PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding standards</li>
</ul>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:84:"WPTavern: WordPress Plugin Authors: Be Up Front and Honest With Users About Tracking";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:32:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=13276";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:97:"http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-plugin-authors-be-up-front-and-honest-with-users-about-tracking";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:5656:"<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TrackerTransparency.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13276]" rel="thumbnail"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-13356" alt="Tracker Transparency" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TrackerTransparency.jpg?resize=148%2C93" /></a>Plugins collecting information and phoning home to a third-party without the user’s consent is a serious issue in the WordPress community. The <a title="http://wordpress.org/plugins/about/guidelines/" href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/about/guidelines/">WordPress plugin repository guidelines</a> are clear on this matter specifically, <strong>point number seven</strong> and its sub points. Pooria Asteraky has <a title="http://pooriast.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/trackers-wordpress-plugin/" href="http://pooriast.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/trackers-wordpress-plugin/">published a post</a> that explains why there needs to be more transparency across the WordPress community as a whole as it relates to &#8216;<em>trackers</em>&#8216; being installed on users sites via WordPress plugins. <span id="more-13276"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ghosterylogo.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13276]" rel="thumbnail"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-13367" alt="Ghosterylogo" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ghosterylogo.jpg?resize=219%2C75" /></a>According to Pooria, trackers are referred to as tracking codes that collect information such as statistics. After installing a WordPress plugin that provided social sharing buttons, he discovered through the use of <a title="http://www.ghostery.com/" href="http://www.ghostery.com/">Ghostery</a>, that there were thirteen trackers installed on the website. Five of which had nothing to do with social networks. The rest of the post goes on to explain why this is not a good thing for the WordPress community and calls on webmasters, plugin authors, and everyone else on the web to be completely transparent regarding the trackers that are being used on their sites.</p>
<h3>The Community Does A Good Job Policing Itself</h3>
<p>WordPress is open source and so are all of the plugins hosted within the plugin repository. While there are plugin reviewers that voluntarily do their best to make sure nothing malicious ends up in the repository, some plugins slip through the cracks. However, because of the size of the WordPress userbase and how easy it is to look at the plugin&#8217;s code, those plugins usually don&#8217;t last long in the wild. If you come across a plugin that you think is doing something malicious and it&#8217;s on the WordPress plugin repository, contact <em>plugins at wordpress.org</em>. Someone from the review team will take a look at the issue and act accordingly.</p>
<h3>Complete Transparency Is A Pipe Dream</h3>
<p>Near the end of the post, Pooria outlines the final goal of transparency.</p>
<blockquote><p>The final goal of transparency is to encourage all WordPress Users ( Webmasters) to publicly announce all the trackers and cookies of their sites to the public ( visitors and viewers of WordPress Sites).</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a goal that in my opinion, will never be realized. Otto makes a <a title="http://pooriast.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/trackers-wordpress-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1391" href="http://pooriast.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/trackers-wordpress-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1391">number of points I agree with</a>. I think it&#8217;s asking too much for webmasters to list out ad scripts, cookies, trackers, analytics, etc to their website for public display. In fact, it should be assumed that any webpage a user visits will be running some sort of statistic gathering software or leave cookies behind in the browser. This is the nature of the web. It&#8217;s not like users don&#8217;t have an option to combat these assumptions. There are a myriad of tools available such as browser extensions, desktop software, and privacy settings within the browser.</p>
<h3>The Correct Way To Gather Usage Info Within Plugins</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to track users of your plugin, I highly suggest going about it the same way as Joost de Valk. <a title="http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/" href="http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/">WordPress SEO</a> developed by Joost de Valk will ask users after they have activated the plugin for the first time whether or not they want to enable tracking.</p>
<div id="attachment_13369" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/YoastSEOTracking.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13276]" rel="thumbnail"><img class="size-full wp-image-13369" alt="Yoast SEO Tracking" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/YoastSEOTracking.jpg?resize=327%2C235" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tracking Done The Right Way</p></div>
<p>This is an acceptable method within the WordPress plugin repository guidelines as it&#8217;s asking for the users consent.</p>
<h3>Be Up Front and Honest With Users</h3>
<p>Between the plugin review team and the WordPress community, most users don&#8217;t have anything to worry about. It&#8217;s not that gathering usage information is bad as it&#8217;s a wonderful way to track data to improve software. What&#8217;s bad is gathering that information without anyone knowing it&#8217;s taking place. As a plugin author, do the right thing. Be up front and honest about gathering usage data. Give users the choice and for those users that enable tracking, don&#8217;t give them a reason to lose their trust.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:56:25 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6:"Jeffro";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:6;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:78:"WPTavern: BuddyPress 1.9 “Sammy” Released With New Notifications Component";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:32:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=12892";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:86:"http://www.wptavern.com/buddypress-1-9-sammy-released-with-new-notifications-component";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4659:"<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sammys.png" rel="prettyphoto[12892]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sammys.png?resize=296%2C300" alt="sammys" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-13360" /></a>BuddyPress 1.9 was <a href="http://buddypress.org/2013/12/buddypress-1-9-sammy/" target="_blank">released</a> to the world today thanks to many volunteer contributors who worked hard to make it happen. This release pays tribute to Sammy&#8217;s Pizza in Providence, Rhode Island, where lead developer John James Jacoby has enjoyed many fine pizza pies.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a quick tour of the three main highlights of this release.</p>
<h3>New Notifications Component</h3>
<p>BuddyPress is introducing a new component for the first time in two years. The 1.9 release has moved notifications to its own component so that they&#8217;re all centralized in one place.<span id="more-12892"></span></p>
<div id="attachment_13294" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/notifications.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12892]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/notifications.jpg?resize=646%2C498" alt="BuddyPress Notifications" class="size-full wp-image-13294" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">BuddyPress Notifications</p></div>
<p>Notifications also have an improved API in 1.9 so that developers can easily tie their extensions into them. </p>
<h3>Dynamic Menu Items</h3>
<p>BuddyPress site admins will be thrilled to find that 1.9 includes <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/buddypress-1-9-will-include-dynamic-menu-links" target="_blank">dynamic menu links</a>. It&#8217;s now easier than ever to build menus with dynamic links such as &#8220;My Profile&#8221; or &#8220;Settings&#8221; that are specific to logged-in users. Dynamic menu items are separated into logged-in and logged-out user links. </p>
<div id="attachment_9961" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bp-menus.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12892]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bp-menus.jpg?resize=732%2C715" alt="Dynamic BuddyPress Menus" class="size-full wp-image-9961" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dynamic BuddyPress Menus</p></div>
<p>If you previously used a plugin to generate dynamic menu items, you can now delete it and use the built-in BuddyPress links at <strong>Dashboard > Appearance > Menus</strong>.</p>
<h3>New Widgets</h3>
<p>BuddyPress 1.9 introduces three new core widgets to help you customize your social network:</p>
<p><div id="attachment_13296" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/friends-widget.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12892]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/friends-widget.jpg?resize=225%2C274" alt="Friends Widget" class="size-full wp-image-13296" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Friends Widget</p></div>
<ul>
<li><strong>Friends Widget:</strong> A list of recently active, popular and newest friends of the displayed member.</li>
<li><strong>Log In Widget:</strong> Adds a simple “Log In” form and/or &#8220;Log Out&#8221; link</li>
<li><strong>Sitewide Notices Widget:</strong> Displays Sitewide Notices from the Private Messaging component.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Goodies</h4>
<p>BuddyPress 1.9 reinstates the bp_redirect_canonical() functionality. phpDoc inline documentation has been improved as well as compatibility with the develop.svn.wordpress.org unit-test suite. </p>
<p>On top of all that, the <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/buddypress-codex-completely-revamped-with-new-design-tutorials-and-guides" target="_blank">BuddyPress Codex has been completely revamped</a> with a design refresh and loads of new tutorials and guides.</p>
<p>The BuddyPress core team is already cooking up new ideas for the 2.0 release but will take some time off for the holidays before getting started. The team will be sending out a brief questionnaire after the beginning of the new year to get community input before setting the goals for BuddyPress 2.0. If you&#8217;re keen on shaping the future of BuddyPress, watch for that questionnaire and make sure to voice your opinion. In the meantime, enjoy all the <a href="http://codex.buddypress.org/developer/releases/version-1-9/" target="_blank">new goodies packaged into 1.9</a>. It&#8217;s already fully compatible with WordPress 3.8 so you&#8217;re safe to upgrade to the very latest.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:47:29 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:10;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<h3>What&#8217;s new in 1.9</h3>
<p><em>Notifications</em></p>
<p>BuddyPress has always come packaged with the ability to alert members of relevant goings-on. Things like friend requests, private messages, and group invitations, have been routed through a very simple core process that alerts members via email and a bubble in the top toolbar area. In BuddyPress 1.9, Notifications graduates to a full component, complete with a user interface for seeing past notifications, an improved API for developers to interface with them, and lays the foundation for future improvements and integrations to this functionality.</p>
<p><em>Navigation Integration</em></p>
<p>Since WordPress 3.0, site administrators have been able to easily create and manage the navigational elements of their sites, and until now, BuddyPress&#8217;s components have been unavailable as options. In BuddyPress 1.9, we&#8217;re introducing context aware navigation menu items that are only available for either logged in or logged out users, allowing your menus to dynamically adjust for your members. We think this is really cool, and is a feature that will really help integrate BuddyPress into existing installations.</p>
<p><em>Widgets</em></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve added a few more widgets to help connect your community to the rest of your site:</p>
<ul>
<li>Friends Widget: a list of recently active, popular, and newest friends of the displayed member.</li>
<li>Log In Widget: adds a simple “Log In” form to your site.</li>
<li>Sitewide Notices Widget: display Sitewide Notices from the Private Messaging component.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Developer Bits</em></p>
<p>BuddyPress 1.9 includes improvements to make it easier to develop plugins and themes for BuddyPress:</p>
<ul>
<li>Improved inline documentation for developers that are crazy enough to go snooping through the code.</li>
<li>Improved compatibility with develop.svn.wordpress.org unit-test suite</li>
<li>We&#8217;ve brought back <code>bp_redirect_canonical()</code> for helping redirect to top level/default members sections.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Sammy&#8217;s Pizza</h3>
<p>On the east side of Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A, on historic Hope St. just a few blocks north of Brown University, sat Sammy&#8217;s Pizza, home to one of the most delicious pizzas I&#8217;ve ever tasted. Sammy&#8217;s was my neighborhood hangout for the 2 years I spent in Providence, and not a day went by I didn&#8217;t stop in and at least say hello. The owner expanded into the next-door property and transformed Sammy&#8217;s into a gorgeous restaurant now known as The Kitchen Bar, where Sammy still continues baking the best pies in New England (in my opinion, anyways.) BuddyPress 1.9 is named &#8220;Sammy&#8221; in honor and memory of the great times I spent with some of my favorite people, eating my favorite foods, in one of my favorite places. If you happen to be in the area, stop in and tell Sammy I say hello!</p>
<h3>Kudos</h3>
<p>BuddyPress wouldn&#8217;t be what it is without the continued efforts of a volunteer staff of contributors. If it&#8217;s development, design, wireframes, UI, UX, you name it, these people helped make it happen for BuddyPress 1.9:</p>
<p><a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/AliMH/">AliMH</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/asakurayoh/">asakurayoh</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/boonebgorges/">boonebgorges</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/burakali/">burakali</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dcavins/">dcavins</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ddean/">ddean</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/DennisSmolek/">DennisSmolek</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dimensionmedia/">dimensionmedia</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/djpaul/">DJPaul</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dtc7240/">dtc7240</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ericlewis/">ericlewis</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/gametako/">gametako</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/geoffroycochard/">geoffroycochard</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/graham-washbrook/">graha washbrook</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/hanni/">hanni</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/haykayltduk/">haykayltduk</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/henrywright/">henrywright</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/hnla/">hnla</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/imath/">imath</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/">johnjamesjacoby</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jessjurick/">jessjurick</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/lenasterg/">lenasterg</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/mboynes/">mboynes</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/megainfo/">megainfo</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/Mike_Cowobo/">Mike_Cowobo</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/modemlooper/">modemlooper</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/olivM/">olivM</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/needle/">needle</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/netweblogic/">netweblogic</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/r-a-y/">r-a-y</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ryderlewis/">ryderlewis</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/sbrajesh/">sbrajesh</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/sgr33n/">sgr33n</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/sooskriszta/">sooskriszta</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/terraling/">terraling</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/tomdxw/">tomdxw</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/trishasalas/">trishasalas</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/vhauri/">vhauri</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/williamsba1/">williamsba1</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/wpdennis/">wpdennis</a></p>
<h3>Fin</h3>
<p>This release cycle, significant effort has gone into improving our documentation. The <a href="http://codex.buddypress.org">BuddyPress Codex</a> is the place to get answers about how things work, how to extend the codebase, and to learn a bit about the history of the project. If you think you&#8217;ve found a bug, or want to help improve the software, head over to <a href="http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org">buddypress.trac.wordpress.org</a> and lend a hand.</p>
<p>Download BuddyPress 1.9 &#8220;Sammy&#8221; today from the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress">wordpress.org plugin repository</a>, or from your WordPress Dashboard.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:21:43 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:17:"John James Jacoby";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:11;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>WPSessions.com provides monthly, high quality presentations from experts in the WordPress community. Every presentation is broadcast live to viewers around the web and recorded for indefinite long-term viewing. Each session focuses on a single topic, bringing together 3 different presenters to discuss the topic’s many facets at an extremely low-cost per event. To learn more about Brian Richards and what WPSessions is all about, <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/introducing-wpsessions-by-brian-richards" title="http://www.wptavern.com/introducing-wpsessions-by-brian-richards">check out this interview</a> from June of 2013. </p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:25:33 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6:"Jeffro";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:12;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>Here&#8217;s a quick sample of a site&#8217;s scripts before installing the plugin:</p>
<pre class="brush: xml; title: ; notranslate">&lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://example.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.10.2'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://example.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://example.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui/jquery.ui.core.min.js?ver=1.10.3'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
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&lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://example.comm/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui/jquery.ui.tabs.min.js?ver=1.10.3'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</pre>
<p>The plugin automatically changes the script URLs in use to call the ones hosted on WordPress.com:</p>
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<p>Don&#8217;t look for a settings panel, as it doesn&#8217;t come with any options. You simply install the plugin, activate it and you&#8217;re good to go. Everything happens automatically in the background. <strong>As a general warning, make sure to check through your site after installing this in case anything has broken.</strong> In my tests everything worked fine but if you&#8217;re running an older version of WordPress, it may not work predictably. The plugin is still in development and will likely receive updates to improve it over time.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s tough to say how much of a performance boost you&#8217;ll get and how much bandwidth you&#8217;ll save by installing this plugin, because it depends on which scripts you have active on your website and how heavy your traffic is. However, every small bit helps, especially if you&#8217;re not already using a CDN. Install the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/use-wpcom-libraries/" target="_blank">Use WordPress.com Libraries</a> plugin for free from the WordPress plugin directory.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:15:08 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:13;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>In 2008, Automattic created a WordPress theme entitled <a title="http://theme.wordpress.com/retired/prologue/" href="http://theme.wordpress.com/retired/prologue/">Prologue</a>. A year after its launch, Automattic released <a title="http://p2theme.com/" href="http://p2theme.com/">P2</a> to take the place of Prologue. P2 was a revolutionary theme as it enabled communication to happen in near real-time and arranged comments so that they were equally as important as blog posts. From 2009 to 2013, P2 handled <strong>80%</strong> of the communication that took place within the company. Earlier this year at WordCamp San Francisco, Beau Lebens who works at Automattic announced the successor to P2. It won&#8217;t be a theme. Instead, it will be a plugin entitled <a title="http://geto2.com/" href="http://geto2.com/">o2</a>. <span id="more-13244"></span></p>
<p>o2 is named after the section of the <a title="http://ma.tt/2011/09/automattic-creed/" href="http://ma.tt/2011/09/automattic-creed/">Automattic creed</a> that states &#8220;<em>I will communicate as much as possible, because it’s the oxygen of a distributed company</em>&#8220;. o2 was built from the ground up around the idea that communication is oxygen. In this light, the features of o2 make total sense:</p>
<ul>
<li>Intended to be used within a network</li>
<li>Focused on the client side or frontend</li>
<li>Native infinite scroll</li>
<li>Improved real time commenting</li>
<li>Cross-site Search (Search multiple o2 instances within a network)</li>
<li>Cross-posting (Post on more than one o2 site at the same time)</li>
<li>Keyword + Name Notifications</li>
<li>Shared Tags</li>
<li>Email Integration (Post and comment by email)</li>
<li>Drag and drop media uploading</li>
<li>Jetpack Integration</li>
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<p>While o2 is a plugin it will ship with a default theme called <strong>Breathe</strong> based on the <a title="http://underscores.me/" href="http://underscores.me/">Underscores starter theme</a>. o2 is being built as a platform so developers will be able to create plugins and themes to extend its capabilities.</p>
<h3>The Progress Of o2</h3>
<p>One of the downsides to o2 is that it will initially not contain any of the network functionality that was mentioned in <a href="http://wordpress.tv/2013/08/08/beau-lebens-taking-wordpress-to-the-front-end-with-o2/" title="http://wordpress.tv/2013/08/08/beau-lebens-taking-wordpress-to-the-front-end-with-o2/">Beau Lebens WordCamp</a> session. When I asked Beau to clarify, he responded:</p>
<blockquote><p>The initial version is not using websockets, but the AJAX polling is much more efficient and reliable (and accurate) than it ever was in P2.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll still be playing with websockets at some point, but it hasn&#8217;t proven to be critical to making a great experience thus far, so we&#8217;ve pushed it back a bit as a priority. Instead, the commenting system will be an up to date version of P2 which gives us a better foundation to work on top of.</p></blockquote>
<p>The initial announcement was on August 8th, 2013 but o2 has yet to be released. I reached out to Beau Lebens to get a status update on the project and asked when we might see it become available for public use. He told me that the team is very close to starting a controlled beta or alpha on WordPress.com. Testing will continue into the new year. Once the initial testing program concludes, we&#8217;ll likely see something made available for self installed WordPress users. We can expect this to happen sometime around <strong>February or March of 2014</strong>. Beau Lebens points out that these release dates are very rough estimates, and it depends largely on how things go with the initial trial group.</p>
<h3>Watch Beau Lebens at WordCamp San Francisco 2013 Announce The o2 Plugin</h3>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/prettypress/" title="PrettyPress" target="_blank">PrettyPress</a> is one that landed in the WordPress plugin repository over the weekend. The plugin offers a live front-end preview of your post while you&#8217;re typing. <span id="more-13267"></span></p>
<div id="attachment_13272" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/prettypress-live-preview.png" rel="prettyphoto[13267]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/prettypress-live-preview.png?resize=900%2C463" alt="PrettyPress Live Preview" class="size-full wp-image-13272" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">PrettyPress Live Preview</p></div>
<p>Essentially, it&#8217;s a Ghost-style editor without the Markdown. You could, however, install another plugin to add Markdown capabilities.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-3-8-parker-released" title="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-3-8-parker-released">WordPress 3.8 Released</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wptavern.com/get-more-admin-color-schemes-for-wordpress-3-8" title="http://www.wptavern.com/get-more-admin-color-schemes-for-wordpress-3-8">Get More Admin Color Schemes For WordPress 3.8</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wptavern.com/coming-soon-an-issues-tracker-for-wordpress-documentation" title="http://www.wptavern.com/coming-soon-an-issues-tracker-for-wordpress-documentation">Coming Soon: An Issues Tracker for WordPress Documentation</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wptavern.com/jetpack-2-7-introduces-google-publicize-support-and-adds-cloudup-oembed" title="http://www.wptavern.com/jetpack-2-7-introduces-google-publicize-support-and-adds-cloudup-oembed">Jetpack 2.7 Introduces Google+ Publicize Support and Adds Cloudup oEmbed</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wptavern.com/envato-to-re-focus-on-community-after-earning-140m-in-2013" title="http://www.wptavern.com/envato-to-re-focus-on-community-after-earning-140m-in-2013">Envato To Re-Focus On Community After Lifetime Earnings Reach $140M</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9bmvLB3RpG4DFZ0PCkAJbCMkn_Il06ns" title="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9bmvLB3RpG4DFZ0PCkAJbCMkn_Il06ns">WordSesh 2 Video Playlist</a></p>
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<p><strong>Next Episode:</strong> Friday, December 20th 3 P.M. Eastern &#8211; Special Guest Chris Lema</p>
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<p><strong>Listen To Episode #131:</strong><br />
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<div id="attachment_13249" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/en-gb-colours.png" rel="prettyphoto[13247]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/en-gb-colours.png?resize=466%2C303" alt="en-gb Translation" class="size-full wp-image-13249" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">en_gb Translation</p></div>
<p>The easiest way to get an installation that uses proper English is to download the full package from the <a href="http://en-gb.wordpress.org/" target="_blank">en_GB WordPress homepage</a>. This download offers the latest version of WordPress with the British translation files already in place and referenced in <em>wp-config.php</em>. Please note that installing this entire zip package is only useful if you&#8217;re starting from scratch.<span id="more-13247"></span></p>
<h3>How to Manually Add Translation Files for an Existing Site</h3>
<p>If you have an existing site where you&#8217;d like to add British translation files, here&#8217;s how:</p>
<p><strong>Step 1.</strong> Download the British English .mo language file from the en_GB homepage. You can pull this out of the /languages/ folder in the package. As a bonus, if you&#8217;re using Twenty Fourteen, you can also find a theme translation within this folder. </p>
<p><strong>Step 2.</strong> Create a new directory under wp-content called languages:  <strong>/wp-content/languages/</strong></p>
<p><strong>Step 3.</strong> Upload the en_GB.mo file to the languages directory.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4.</strong> Add this line to your <em>wp-config.php</em> file in the languages section: </p>
<pre>define('WPLANG', 'en_GB');</pre>
<p>Save your changes to <em>wp-config.php</em> and upload it to your server. You should now have proper English displayed throughout your installation.</p>
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<p>Now imagine that thousands of others also share this genetic disease but you won&#8217;t ever be able to meet with them in person. You won&#8217;t be able to get together to share stories, a shoulder, a helping hand, a hug, or build a community of support and encouragement.<span id="more-12941"></span></p>
<p>This is the reality for those living with cystic fibrosis. People with CF are not allowed to have contact with one another. Because of a high susceptibility to lung infections, they can easily infect each other just by hanging out. Highly resistant bacteria can be shared between those with CF that can lead to serious declines in lung function and more vicious illnesses that are harder to treat, ultimately reducing life expectancy.</p>
<p>This is the issue being tackled by BuddyPress developer, consultant and community builder Bowe Frankema. Bowe lives with cystic fibrosis and has mounted a campaign to create a social network dedicated to bringing this community together virtually, since they cannot meet together in person. </p>
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<p>We were able to catch up with Bowe and ask him some questions about this project, CFCommunity.net, what it will mean for the cystic fibrosis community, the technology behind it, and what the open source community has meant to him personally. </p>
<p><strong>Tavern:</strong><em> When did it occur to you that BuddyPress and WordPress would be a perfect fit for the CF Community?</em></p>
<p><strong>Bowe:</strong> The first time I visited the BuddyPress Community forums back in 2009. I already tried out BuddyPress, but wasn’t sure if it could do the job. The software was still in it’s early days and the learning curve was through the roof! I did have experience in web development and community building so I got just enough of it, to dive in deeper. </p>
<p>I visited the support forums to ask some questions, and was blown away by the community there. <span class="pullquote alignleft">Seeing this group of people working together to create software that was free for anyone to use, baffled me. Where was the catch? Why were these people doing this for free? </span></p>
<p>BuddyPress introduced me to the concept of Open Source and working together on creating something that benefits everyone. As soon as I “got” it I never looked back and knew that I wanted to build CFCommunity on WordPress/BuddyPress. </p>
<p><strong>Tavern:</strong> <em>Will you be building / designing the site yourself? Or will you be getting a team to help you?</em></p>
<p><strong>Bowe:</strong> This is definitely a team effort. It’s funny that I’m able to type that with so much confidence, because it took me a long time to get to this point. I had the crazy idea that a non-profit project could be developed, managed and funded by this one guy, who also happens to have CF and can’t even work full time. It’s funny how your ambitions can make you set these unrealistic goals. As soon as I started talking about CFCommunity to my friends, they had these amazing ideas on how to make it happen. </p>
<p>Registering as an official cause, doing a crowdfunding campaign and helping getting the word out, it’s all done with the help of the input of my friends. Especially Mason and Siobhan have been great friends and mentors! </p>
<p>If we reach our goal we’ll be starting the development fairly soon. We’re still looking for a BuddyPress/WordPress plugin developer and someone who’s experienced with WP/BP Theme Development. </p>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/registration.jpg" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/registration.jpg?resize=560%2C212" alt="registration" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13236" /></a></p>
<p>Besides the geek stuff there’s a lot of work we need to put in building the community. Translations, finding moderators, writing quality copy and getting the word out. It’s going to be fun :-)</p>
<p><strong>Tavern:</strong> <em>What kinds of new plugins will you need to create to serve the CF community specifically?</em></p>
<p><strong>Bowe:</strong> We have a few very specific plugins in mind that we’d like to develop for the community. Here’s some of them:</p>
<p><em>I’m in the hospital :-(</em> &#8211; This is a button on your profile that you press when you’re in the hospital. You can put in your address + room number and your friends will get notified. They will then be able to quickly send you a physical get well card or an e-card. </p>
<p><em>Memorial Profiles</em> &#8211; The world of CF can be very grim, and over the years we’ve lost some of our friends due to CF. We have created memorial pages for those we lost, where we share stories, pictures and memories. We’d like to have a place for this on CFCommunity. We have ideas for doing this in such a way that a memorial page remains private for a small group of friends connected to the person who passed away. </p>
<p><em>Donations / Supporter Sytem</em> &#8211; A lightweight plugin that simply allows users to make recurring donations to our community. These supporters are automatically listed on a special page and have a special badge on their profile. </p>
<p><em>Cause/Organisation Groups</em> &#8211; We’d like to give CF related causes the ability to create a group similar to a Discussion Group. The big difference is that they would be able to tell something about their cause. The biggest benefit for having these pages for CF related causes/organisations is making it very easy for our members to find places they could contact for information or support. </p>
<p><em>Welcome Messages</em> &#8211; On CFCommunity we will have hosts who are welcoming our new members. In order to help new members we’ll automatically send them a welcome message in their native language by one of the hosts assigned to that country. </p>
<p>These are a few unique plugins, but a ton of time is also spent on integrating and extending existing plugins that are perfect for our cause. One of the things we’re most excited about is using the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/achievements/" target="_blank">Achievements</a> plugin to reward our members for things like taking their meds, gaining weight or exercising.</p>
<p><strong>Tavern:</strong> <em> If you&#8217;re able to reach your funding goals, how long do you think it will take to build out the new CF Community site? And have you thought about a stretch goal?</em></p>
<p><strong>Bowe:</strong> We’re aiming for a launch at the end of spring. The last 30% is always the hardest, and we have quite a bit of challenges to solve. It’s not just a technical thing, a lot of things are related to community building and finding the right people to lead the way. We’re planning to write about this process in more detail as the CFCommunity comes closer to launch!</p>
<p>If we go over our funding goal one of the first things I’d like to do is create a similar plugin as Commons in a Box but then for causes. Basically it would be a plugin suite + theme that would allow anyone to quickly start a social network for their cause. I think it would be awesome to drastically lower the barrier for people to create these types of communities. I honestly believe WordPress is the perfect platform for these type of communities, so I hope we’ll get to that point after we’ve launched CFCommunity. </p>
<p><strong>Tavern:</strong> <em>How has being involved with the WordPress and BuddyPress community changed your life?</em></p>
<p><strong>Bowe:</strong> Story time! Average life expectancy for people with CF is around 40, I never realized how much everything I did was influenced by this. I badly wanted to leave my mark on everything I did. I was driven by an unhealthy fear of missing out on life. My entire life I had been taking shortcuts to achieve as much as possible in the shortest amount of time. </p>
<p>This is something that I’ve heard from many of my friends with CF, we’re simply not allowing ourselves to plan a real future for ourselves. <span class="pullquote alignleft">Often friends and family would praise me for being so driven and ambitious but I was driven by the fear that I was in the prime time of my life.</span> I neglected my treatments, skipped my meds and was constantly asking too much of my body. I certainly wasn’t in the best state of mind.  </p>
<p>Things changed when I met an old friend who strongly advised me to see a different doctor. He really helped me change my perspective on life and helped me to stay motivated.</p>
<p>I needed to start planning for the future, think long-term and manage my energy. Find things that would give meaning to my life but are actually achievable and do not have a negative impact on my health. Plan for the future. I decided that I wanted to plan a large part of my future around WordPress.</p>
<p>WordPress has allowed me to build my career doing the things I’ve always loved doing; being creative, working with people, and give weight to my work through meaningful projects . </p>
<p>I’ve made real friends through WordPress and most of these friends are now helping me with CFCommunity.</p>
<p><span class="pullquote alignleft">WordPress allows me to have an impact on others through my work. It has given me the chance to see the world through WordCamps and BuddyCamps.</span> It allows me to stand on my own feet and move from a small city in the Netherlands to the amazing city of Berlin. It allows me to work in my own pace and from anywhere. </p>
<p>It’s an amazing idea that my work has impact on others across the world, and I have WordPress and it’s community to thank for it. </p>
<p><strong>Tavern:</strong> <em>What is your ultimate hope for this community, on a heart level, where do you want it to go? In what ways do you hope that it will improve the lives of people with CF?</em></p>
<p><strong>Bowe:</strong> When I was twelve my parents heard about these summer camps for kids with Cystic Fibrosis and thought it would be a good idea to sent me there. Those weeks have taught me more about living with CF than any doctor, family member or book could ever tell me. For seven days a year I would spent time with kids who truly understood what it was like being different. </p>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bowe.jpg" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bowe.jpg?resize=560%2C298" alt="bowe" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13217" /></a></p>
<p>While I was running around on the field playing a game of soccer with the well kids, we had ill kids, those who were sick at the time, cheering for us on the side of the field with IVs in their arms. I learned to accept CF as part of me, and be grateful that I was doing so well compared to others.</p>
<p><span class="pullquote alignleft">The idea that kids who are struggling with coming to grips with their Cystic Fibrosis, would never be able to experience what it was like to be accepted and understood in such a profound way really got to me.<br />
</span><br />
So my ultimate goal with CFCommunity is to create something that could help people affected by CF to go through life a little easier. Last year my cousin gave birth to a beautiful girl who sadly also has CF. She’ll never be able to meet others with CF in real life and I know one day she’d like to meet others with CF. I want to create that place for her and everyone else affected by CF. How awesome would it be if she knew it was her uncle who made that happen? Being in a position to do these things is proof that I made the right decision to make WordPress such a big part of my life :-)</p>
<h3>Help Make the CFCommunity a Reality</h3>
<p>The project has already garnered the backing of some serious talent, including Mason James, Siobhan McKeown, Tom Wilmot, Tammie Lister and Sarah Smit. The campaign is also offering a number of awesome WordPress perks from companies like <a href="https://wpremote.com/" target="_blank">WP Remote</a>, <a href="http://thewpvalet.com/" target="_blank">WP Valet</a>, <a href="http://siteground.com" target="_blank">SiteGround</a> and <a href="http://hmn.md/" target="_blank">Human Made</a>. </p>
<p>Those involved in the WordPress and BuddyPress community are in a unique position to help make a difference in the lives of those impacted by cystic fibrosis, whether it&#8217;s through support, a plugin donation, getting the word out or helping to fund the project. If you want to get behind this project to build <a href="http://cfcommunity.net/" target="_blank">CFCommunity.net</a> and help Bowe change the world, visit their <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cfcommunity-net-a-social-network-for-people-with-cystic-fibrosis">IndieGoGo Campaign</a>. </p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:22:31 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:28;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>At the time of the WordCamp, I had been really busy at work, so I hadn&#8217;t had as much time to rehearse or revamp my slide deck as I had wanted. Despite that, I feel like the talk went off pretty well, especially about halfway in, when I started fielding questions from the audience. I was able to relax more when I was answering questions than when I was concerned about remembering which slide was coming up next.</p>
<p>Towards the very end, I realized that we were coming up against the session&#8217;s time limit, so I hurried through the last few slide points. But overall, I felt like it went pretty well.</p>
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<p>One of the challenges of migrating a WordPress site is performing a search and replace within the database to update all of the links to the new URL. There are even more links to update on a multisite installation and you&#8217;re often working with a larger database. Today we&#8217;re going to look at a few handy tools that will make your life much easier when migrating a site. The tool you select usually depends on when you prefer to perform the search and replace.<span id="more-13165"></span></p>
<h4>Migrate DB Plugin: Requires Admin Access</h4>
<p>If you have access to the WordPress admin, one of the easiest ways to make the changes up front is to use the Migrate DB plugin. Jeff recently <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-plugin-review-wp-db-migrate" target="_blank">reviewed</a> it if you&#8217;d like to read more about how the plugin works. Essentially, you input your new URL and file path and the plugin exports an updated version of the database, which you would then import into an empty database on your new server.</p>
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<h4>Search and Replace WordPress Plugin: Requires Admin Access</h4>
<p>In the event that you&#8217;ve already moved the site over to the new server and have already imported the database, you have a couple different options for performing your search and replace. One of them is to use phpmyadmin or a similar tool to update the home and site URLs so that you can get back into the WordPress admin. At that point you could use a plugin such as <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/" target="_blank">Search and Replace</a> to update URLs, site name or anything else that&#8217;s necessary.</p>
<p>This plugin lets you search over all or perform a more specific search in ID, post-content, GUID, titel, excerpt, meta-data, comments, comment-author, comment-e-mail, comment-url, tags/categories and categories-description.</p>
<h4>Search and Replace DB Script: Does Not Require Admin Access</h4>
<p>Another option that I&#8217;ve used many times is the <a href="http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/" target="_blank">Search and Replace DB</a> tool. It&#8217;s not a WordPress plugin, but it&#8217;s very easy to use. This script preserves serialized PHP strings when performing a search and replace. You upload the script to your site, scan all the tables and then input what you want to find and replace.</p>
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<p>Although you can use this script with Drupal, Joomla or any similar CMS, it was made to work nicely with the unique requirements of WordPress migrations and includes a few key features:</p>
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<li>Handles multiple nested serializations (sometimes present in transient values)</li>
<li>Handles multi-byte Unicode changes safely (important for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name" target="_blank">internationalized domain names</a>)</li>
<li>Option to skip guid column for migrating sites that are already live</li>
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<p>The important thing to remember after using the <a href="http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/" target="_blank">Search and Replace DB script</a> is that you must remember to remove it from your website once you&#8217;re finished. Otherwise, it poses a serious security risk.</p>
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<p>If you don&#8217;t find a favorite among the default color schemes, there are more options available using a plugin. A small group of designers have collaborated to bring WordPress users even more color schemes via <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-color-schemes/" title="Admin Color Schemes plugin" target="_blank">Admin Color Schemes</a>, which is receiving more interest now that 3.8 has been released. The plugin adds eight additional color schemes. If you install it, you&#8217;ll see the new colors available under your profile&#8217;s personal options in the admin.<span id="more-13179"></span></p>
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<p>You can click through the various color schemes to &#8220;try them on&#8221; instantly. These additional schemes were created by professional designers Kate Whitley, Dave Whitley, Mel Choyce, and Kelly Dwan. There&#8217;s something for everyone here, from primary colors to pastels to nature-inspired palettes. </p>
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<h4>Create Your Own Color Schemes</h4>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-99" alt="statwrangling" src="http://pingomatic.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/statwrangling.png?w=600&h=267" width="600" height="267" /></p>
<p>Here are snippets from <a href="https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/cristian-mihai/" target="_blank">a great Q&amp;A</a> with author <a href="http://cristianmihai.net/" target="_blank">Cristian Mihai</a>.</p>
<h3>What&#8217;s your secret to building such a large following?</h3>
<blockquote><p>The secret is to do something you’re passionate about, something you care deeply about. Because if you do so, odds are that someone else will relate to what you’re doing. If every post you write means something to you, it’ll undoubtedly mean something to other people, too.</p>
<p>Another key aspect is consistency. It’s not all about quantity — posting every day, for instance — but also about quality. Readers should know what to expect every time they get notified that you posted something new on your blog.</p>
<p>Blogging is not a numbers game. Yes, as you become more popular it’s easy to lose track of things; it becomes more and more difficult to realize that those numbers are actually people. Every like, comment, and follow is an action performed by another human being.</p>
<p>Statistics only offer you a cold perspective of what’s going on with your blog, but what matters more is the level of interaction that you manage with fellow bloggers. Also, if you think too much about followers and such, you’re going to try too hard. And you’re going to fail.</p></blockquote>
<h3>What types of posts perform better?</h3>
<blockquote><p>It’s almost impossible to determine why some posts perform better than others. Sometimes it’s ironic, because you worked really hard on a certain piece — did a lot of research, tried to make it all come together in the most attractive way possible — and you just don’t get people to care enough to leave a comment. Other times, the exact opposite happens.</p>
<p>Popularity simply means how many people relate to what you’re doing. Engagement means how many people care enough — whether they agree or disagree — to actually respond. The goal is to figure out what it is that makes people follow your blog. What type of posts do they enjoy reading most? That’s when your stats may prove useful. If you analyze the posts that perform better, you’ll see they’re often similar in theme, structure, and so on. That’s what readers want most.</p></blockquote>
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<h2 class="aligncenter">Introducing a modern new design</h2>
<p><img class="wp-image-2951 aligncenter" alt="overview" src="http://i0.wp.com/wpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/overview.jpg?resize=623%2C193" /></p>
<p>WordPress has gotten a facelift. 3.8 brings a fresh new look to the entire admin dashboard. Gone are overbearing gradients and dozens of shades of grey — bring on a bigger, bolder, more colorful design!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-2856" alt="about-modern-wordpress" src="http://i2.wp.com/wpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/design.png?resize=623%2C151" /></p>
<h3>Modern aesthetic</h3>
<p>The new WordPress dashboard has a fresh, uncluttered design that embraces clarity and simplicity.</p>
<h3>Clean typography</h3>
<p>The Open Sans typeface provides simple, friendly text that is optimized for both desktop and mobile viewing. It’s even open source, just like WordPress.</p>
<h3>Refined contrast</h3>
<p>We think beautiful design should never sacrifice legibility. With superior contrast and large, comfortable type, the new design is easy to read and a pleasure to navigate.</p>
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<h2 class="aligncenter">WordPress on every device</h2>
<p><img class="alignright  wp-image-2984" alt="responsive" src="http://i2.wp.com/wpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/responsive.jpg?resize=255%2C255" />We all access the internet in different ways. Smartphone, tablet, notebook, desktop — no matter what you use, WordPress will adapt and you’ll feel right at home.</p>
<h3>High definition at high speed</h3>
<p>WordPress is sharper than ever with new vector-based icons that scale to your screen. By ditching pixels, pages load significantly faster, too.</p>
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<h2 class="aligncenter">Admin color schemes to match your personality</h2>
<p><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-2954" alt="colors" src="http://i0.wp.com/wpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/colors.jpg?resize=623%2C339" /></p>
<p>WordPress just got a colorful new update. We’ve included eight new admin color schemes so you can pick the one that suits you best.</p>
<p>Color schemes can be previewed and changed from your Profile page.</p>
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<h2 class="aligncenter">Refined theme management</h2>
<p><img class="alignright  wp-image-2967" alt="themes" src="http://i0.wp.com/wpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/themes.jpg?resize=360%2C344" />The new themes screen lets you survey your themes at a glance. Or want more information? Click to discover more. Then sit back and use your keyboard’s navigation arrows to flip through every theme you’ve got.</p>
<h3>Smoother widget experience</h3>
<p>Drag-drag-drag. Scroll-scroll-scroll. Widget management can be complicated. With the new design, we’ve worked to streamline the widgets screen.</p>
<p>Have a large monitor? Multiple widget areas stack side-by-side to use the available space. Using a tablet? Just tap a widget to add it.</p>
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<h2 class="aligncenter">Twenty Fourteen, a sleek new magazine theme</h2>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2789" alt="The new Twenty Fourteen theme displayed on a laptop. tablet and phone" src="http://i0.wp.com/wpdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/twentyfourteen.jpg?resize=692%2C275" /></p>
<h3>Turn your blog into a magazine</h3>
<p>Create a beautiful magazine-style site with WordPress and Twenty Fourteen. Choose a grid or a slider to display featured content on your homepage. Customize your site with three widget areas or change your layout with two page templates.</p>
<p>With a striking design that does not compromise our trademark simplicity, Twenty Fourteen is our most intrepid default theme yet.</p>
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<h2>Beginning of a new era</h2>
<p>This release was led by Matt Mullenweg. This is our second release using the new plugin-first development process, with a much shorter timeframe than in the past. We think it’s been going great. You can check out the features currently in production on the <a title="Make WordPress Core" href="http://make.wordpress.org/core/" target="_blank">make/core blog</a>.</p>
<p>There are 188 contributors with props in this release:</p>
<p><a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/aaronholbrook">Aaron Holbrook</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jorbin">Aaron Jorbin</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/adamsilverstein">adamsilverstein</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/admiralthrawn">admiralthrawn</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ahoereth">Alexander Hoereth</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/sabreuse">Amy Hendrix (sabreuse)</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin">Andrew Nacin</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/azaozz">Andrew Ozz</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/aralbald">Andrey Kabakchiev</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/apeatling">Andy Peatling</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ankitgadertcampcom">Ankit Gade</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/atimmer">Anton Timmermans</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/fliespl">Arkadiusz Rzadkowolski</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/aubreypwd">Aubrey Portwood</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/bassgang">bassgang</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/empireoflight">Ben Dunkle</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/bananastalktome">Billy (bananastalktome)</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/binarymoon">binarymoon</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/bradyvercher">Brady Vercher</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/kraftbj">Brandon Kraft</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/rzen">Brian Richards</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/bpetty">Bryan Petty</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/calin">Calin Don</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/carldanley">Carl Danley</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/sixhours">Caroline Moore</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/caspie">Caspie</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisbliss18">Chris Jean</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/iblamefish">Clinton Montague</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/corphi">Corphi</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dbernar1">Dan Bernardic</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/danieldudzic">Daniel Dudzic</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/datafeedrcom">datafeedrcom</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/drw158">Dave Whitley</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32">Dion Hulse</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90">Dominik Schilling (ocean90)</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dougwollison">Doug Wollison</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/drewapicture">Drew Jaynes</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/dziudek">dziudek</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ericlewis">Eric Andrew Lewis</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ethitter">Erick Hitter</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ericmann">Eric Mann</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/evansolomon">Evan Solomon</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/faison">Faison</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/frank-klein">Frank Klein</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/garyj">Gary Jones</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/pento">Gary Pendergast</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/soulseekah">Gennady Kovshenin</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/georgestephanis">George Stephanis</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/gnarf37">gnarf37</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/tivnet">Gregory Karpinsky</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/hanni">hanni</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/helen">Helen Hou-Sandi</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn">Ian Dunn</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/isaackeyet">Isaac Keyet</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jdgrimes">J.D. Grimes</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jacklenox">Jack Lenox</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/janhenckens">janhenckens</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jblz">Jeff Bowen</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffr0">Jeff Chandler</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jenmylo">Jen Mylo</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/buffler">Jeremy Buller</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyfelt">Jeremy Felt</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jeherve">Jeremy Herve</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jpry">Jeremy Pry</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jayjdk">Jesper Johansen (jayjdk)</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jhned">jhned</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jim912">jim912</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/jartes">Joan Artes</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/joedolson">Joe Dolson</a>, <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/joen">Joen Asmussen</a>, <a 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Also thanks to <a href="http://benmorrison.org/">Ben Morrison</a> and <a href="http://christineswebb.com/">Christine Webb</a> for help with the video.</p>
<p>Thanks for choosing WordPress. See you soon for version 3.9!</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:45:07 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:38;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:45:"WPTavern: WordPress 3.8 “Parker” Released";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:32:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=11632";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:53:"http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-3-8-parker-released";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9584:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2013/12/parker/" title="http://wordpress.org/news/2013/12/parker/">WordPress 3.8 &#8220;Parker&#8221; has been released</a>, named for jazz artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker">Charlie Parker</a>. Version 3.8 has been in the oven for 49 days. This marks the second release that contains features that started off as plugins first, a <a title="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-core-development-goes-to-warp-speed-with-features-as-plugins-model" href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-core-development-goes-to-warp-speed-with-features-as-plugins-model">development practice</a> we&#8217;ve covered on WPTavern at great length. It&#8217;s important to note that after upgrading to WordPress 3.8, you are strongly encouraged to disable and remove any of the features that started off as plugins. For example, since MP6 was merged into core, it&#8217;s no longer needed and will automatically be disabled after you upgrade.</p>
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<h3>A New Theme Experience (Formerly Known As THX)</h3>
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<p>Browsing and switching themes from the backend of WordPress is now a much better experience thanks to a completely revamped themes page. The themes page now has larger thumbnails making it easier to browse themes at a glance. Clicking the theme details link displays a large screenshot of the theme as well as a detailed description on the right hand side.</p>
<h3>Widgets Area Chooser (Formerly Known As The Widget Area Chooser Plugin)</h3>
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<p>The days of scrolling endlessly to manage Widgets are over. WordPress 3.8 enhances the Widget management pages in a few key areas. Sidebars now make better use of free space on wide screen monitors by adding a side-by-side display. You no longer have to drag widgets into the sidebar, although you&#8217;ll still be able to. An alternative method is to click on the widget and select the sidebar you&#8217;d like to have it displayed on. Select the sidebar location and click the add widget button. This is a huge improvement, especially for those who use a lot of widgets.</p>
<h3>A Refined Dashboard With Widget Improvements (Formerly Known As DASH)</h3>
<p>The WordPress 3.8 dashboard has reworked a number of widgets to make them more useful. During the development phase, the <a title="http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2013/10/11/dash-update-4/" href="http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2013/10/11/dash-update-4/">incoming links widget was removed</a> since it routinely didn&#8217;t work. The WordPress Blog, Other WordPress News, and Plugins widgets were combined to form the new WordPress News widget. The Right Now widget has been renamed to &#8220;<em>At a Glance</em>&#8220;. This widget shows how many posts, pages and comments are on the site as well as the current version of WordPress installed. Akismet stats now make up the bottom portion of the widget.</p>
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<p>Recent Comments was merged into the new Activity widget which also shows any scheduled posts and the five most recently published posts. Last but not least, QuickPress was renamed to Quick Drafts which also houses the Recent Drafts widget. There is no longer an option to specify how many columns the dashboard has. Instead, the number of columns will automatically change based on the available screen real estate. Developers can hook into the activity widget and add additional information to it.</p>
<h3>WordPress Backend Redesign (Formerly Known As MP6)</h3>
<p>The most noticeable change in WordPress 3.8 is the renovated backend design. This redesign has been <a title="http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2013/03/09/as-a-continuation-of-the-work-begun-in/" href="http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2013/03/09/as-a-continuation-of-the-work-begun-in/">nine months in the making</a> with the creation of the MP6 plugin. The new design is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. Typography has gotten some major improvements thanks to the use of Open Sans.</p>
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<p>If dark colors are not your style, WordPress 3.8 ships with eight different color schemes. My personal favorite is Midnight. It&#8217;s possible that in the near future, a large number of color schemes will be available via an add-on plugin.</p>
<h3>The New Default Theme TwentyFourteen</h3>
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<p>TwentyFourteen marks the first time a new WordPress default theme is available for a full year. TwentyFourteen, previously known as Further, was originally created as a theme for WordPress.com. Based on Further&#8217;s success, it became an ideal candidate to be turned into the default theme. The theme is based around a magazine concept and includes up to six featured content blocks. Use the three widget areas to customize your website, and change your content’s layout with a full width page template and a contributor page to show off your authors.</p>
<h3>Responsive Admin Design</h3>
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<p>The backend of WordPress 3.8 is now responsive. The WordPress backend now adapts to any device such as a smartphone, tablet, notebook, or desktop. This is incredibly helpful to those who use WordPress mobile apps on smartphones and need to access specific administrative functions in the backend of WordPress. In previous versions, navigating through the backend on a mobile device was painfully slow. Some of the increase in speed can be attributed to using vector-based icons that scale to your screen. By discarding pixels, pages load faster.</p>
<h3>WordPress 3.8 Is The Best Release Yet</h3>
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<p>Last month 10up announced they were sponsoring Helen Hou-Sandi to work on core WordPress full time.  This has been a very positive trend, with Bluehost and DreamHost also dedicating full time positions to core WordPress development.  At Automattic we have entire team of people working on the WordPress.org project.</p>
<p>Not everyone is in a position to have a full time developer or designer dedicated just to the WordPress project.  There are other ways of helping though.  A good example is <a href="http://www.wpsitecare.com/giving-back-wordpress/" title="Funny how different people get the same good idea at the same time.">WP Site Care, who is dedicating time each week for employees to help in the WordPress support forums</a>.  Ryan Sullivan summed it up nicely at the end of his announcement:</p>
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I also realized that everyone has a place. We don’t employ anyone with core contributor skills here (yet), but we’re damn good at support, and that’s something we can give back in a very meaningful and effective way.</p>
<p>So I’m proud to announce that all WP Site Care team members will be contributing time weekly to the WordPress Support Forums and Docs.
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<p>Back in June, 2013 WPEngine <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/photoflame42/wordcamp-chicago" title="http://www.slideshare.net/photoflame42/wordcamp-chicago">participated in a session</a> at WordCamp Chicago that was filled with WordPress statistics and trends. The results from that survey have <a href="http://wpengine.com/2013/12/11/measuring-wordpress-adoption-infographic/" title="http://wpengine.com/2013/12/11/measuring-wordpress-adoption-infographic/">now been published as an infographic</a>. I think the most impressive stat is that there is <strong>one WordPress site for every 101 people in the world</strong>. According to the graphic, that&#8217;s essentially the population of Shanghai, Mumbai, Moscow, Mexico City, Tokyo, New York City, London, and Los Angeles combined. <span id="more-13135"></span> </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in more statistics, Matt Mullenweg conducted a survey shortly before WordCamp San Francisco 2013 and shared the results in his State Of The Word presentation. </p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:77:"WPTavern: Envato To Re-Focus On Community After Lifetime Earnings Reach $140M";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:32:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=13102";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:82:"http://www.wptavern.com/envato-to-re-focus-on-community-after-earning-140m-in-2013";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3498:"<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/EnvatoLogo.jpg" rel="thumbnail"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-13106" alt="Envato Logo" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/EnvatoLogo.jpg?resize=222%2C47" /></a>Collis Ta&#8217;eed, CEO of Envato, has <a href="http://inside.envato.com/2013-envato-wrap-up/" title="http://inside.envato.com/2013-envato-wrap-up/">published a wrap up</a> of what the company accomplished during 2013. Alongside some big numbers, Collis reflects on the past seven years of Envato&#8217;s existence. <em>&#8220;When I look back at the seven years of Envato&#8217;s life so far, I certainly underestimated what this company and community was capable of achieving. This in turn makes me wonder how much more we can do in the next seven.&#8221;</em> Envato is the parent company of a number of successful marketplaces such as <a title="http://themeforest.net/" href="http://themeforest.net/">ThemeForest</a> and <a title="http://codecanyon.net/" href="http://codecanyon.net/">CodeCanyon</a>. <span id="more-13102"></span></p>
<p><strong>Some of their impressive stats for 2013 include:</strong></p>
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<li>Their community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors took their lifetime earnings with Envato past $140,000,000.</li>
<li>There are over 720 hours of educational video content and 16,000 free tutorials and articles</li>
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<h3>Communities Can Turn Against You In A Flash</h3>
<p>The marketplaces have provided a number of opportunities for developers to make money that otherwise, didn&#8217;t exist. Their community has played a large role in Envato&#8217;s success. After reading the Envato wrap up post, it&#8217;s clear that Collis and team realize this. </p>
<blockquote><p>Now that we know who we want to be, we have to live up to it. That&#8217;s why I believe that we are now entering a new phase of Envato&#8217;s life, that I would call Community-Building.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s awesome to see the company embracing their community and watching it pay off for both parties. However, a word of caution: A community can be a fickle thing. Envato has proven that a community can be forgiving if large changes are discussed before their implementation. A great example is when Envato <a href="http://notes.envato.com/news/survey-results-about-gpl-opt-in-choice/" title="http://notes.envato.com/news/survey-results-about-gpl-opt-in-choice/">changed the licensing options</a> for theme and plugin authors on ThemeForest and CodeCanyon. While everyone didn&#8217;t agree with the decisions made, members had a chance to voice their opinions and participate in the discussion. Envato needs to continue giving their community the opportunity to decide which direction the ship travels. </p>
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<p>However, the Jetpack team has packed more into this release than they let on in the <a href="http://jetpack.me/2013/12/11/jetpack-2-7-publicize/" target="_blank">announcement</a>. Here&#8217;s a quick overview of the major enhancements and bug fixes included in 2.7.<span id="more-13091"></span></p>
<h4>Cloudup oEmbed Support</h4>
<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cloudup.png" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cloudup.png?resize=150%2C150" alt="cloudup" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-12353" /></a>Last week we <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/new-plugin-adds-cloudup-oembed-support-for-wordpress" target="_blank">featured the new Cloudup oEmbed plugin</a> that allows you to simply paste a <a href="http://cloudup.com" target="_blank">Cloudup</a> URL on its own line to insert content.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s convenient to have this packed into Jetpack because Cloudup usage is likely to explode after it&#8217;s out of beta. If you previously installed the plugin for Cloudup oEmbed, you can now delete it if you&#8217;re running Jetpack. If you haven&#8217;t yet tried the Cloudup file sharing service, you can <a href="https://cloudup.com/signup/manual?code=matt" target="_blank">use this link</a> to sign up as a beta user.</p>
<h4>G+ Publicize for Profiles and Pages</h4>
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<p>In order to test out the new G+ Publicize feature we linked it up to our brand new <a href="https://plus.google.com/106331420450854425959/" target="_blank">WP Tavern page</a> where you can follow us for all the latest WordPress news. During this process, we discovered that posts automatically share privately from the WordPress app created, unless you change the app&#8217;s privacy setting to public. Your G+ page settings should have a menu item where you can edit the privacy of posts shared.</p>
<p>If you publish a high volume of content, then you know it&#8217;s a pain to manually share your posts on every social network. Jetpack&#8217;s new G+ Publicize Support allows you to mark one thing off your daily list.</p>
<h4>Enhancements and Improvements for Upcoming WordPress 3.8 Release</h4>
<p>Jetpack 2.7 includes some enhancements and fixes that will get your site ready for WordPress 3.8 and the new default theme. This release adds infinite scroll support for Twenty Fourteen. It also has some fixes for Jetpack&#8217;s <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/featured-content/" target="_blank">Featured Content</a> module:</p>
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<h3>What is a documentation issues tracker?</h3>
<p>A docs issues tracker is to documentation what trac is to code. The issues tracker provides a central place where users and contributors can report and track progress on issues specific to documentation.<span id="more-13064"></span></p>
<p>The Drupal project has a <a href="https://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation" target="_blank">nice example</a> if you want to see one in action.</p>
<p>The idea originated with the WordPress Docs Team. When Siobhan McKeown <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/2013/08/15/an-issue-tracker-for-documentation/" target="_blank">outlined</a> the idea for the tracker, she cited two important problems that the issues tracker will solve:</p>
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<li>More and more contributor days are happening and our issue tracker will be a place where organizers can find tasks for the day</li>
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<p>Example issues one might report include documentation that&#8217;s out of date, incomplete docs, pages that need editing, missing sections, a dead link, code examples that are broken or need updating.</p>
<p><a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/karmatosed" target="_blank">Tammie Lister</a> designed a mockup of the tracker planned for WordPress:</p>
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<p>As you can see, it&#8217;s simpler than trac in many ways and designed to be easy for anyone to quickly create a report on an issue.</p>
<h3>The Docs Tracker is Now in Development</h3>
<p><div id="attachment_13067" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sam.jpeg" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sam.jpeg?resize=150%2C150" alt="Samuel Sidler" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-13067" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Samuel Sidler</p></div>I had the chance to chat with <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler" target="_blank">Samuel Sidler</a>. He is helping to organize the tracker project, which is code named &#8220;Documentron&#8221;.</p>
<p>To get an understanding of the system that contributors have been using so far, I asked him how documentation issues are currently being resolved. It seems that right now, there is no central place for everyone to jump in and work together. He replied:</p>
<blockquote><p>Currently, documentation issues are resolved and tracked manually by individual contributors. There isn&#8217;t an easy way to report issues or request new documentation. The documentation issue tracker will allow two things: 1) anyone can report an issue with documentation and 2) the docs team can track all open issues to have a better picture of the state of documentation across the project.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sidler believes that the new issues tracker will help open up contribution to WordPress docs in a major way. <strong>&#8220;The tracker is focused on making things easier for the docs team first and foremost. But any community member will be able to report issues to it, opening the door to participation,&#8221;</strong> he said. Besides the Docs Team, he anticipates that the Support Team will also be likely to use the tracker for the documentation they manage.</p>
<p>The designs have been finalized and Sidler reports that Otto has happily agreed to develop the new tracker. How soon will we see it in use on WordPress.org? Sidler says, &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to say exactly how long an issue tracker will take to build, especially with the upcoming holidays, but we&#8217;re closer than we&#8217;ve ever been.&#8221; The plan is to roll it out in beta first and Sidler will be organizing users for testing. &#8220;We&#8217;ll put links on a few docs to test the reporting interface with end users before rolling it out to all documentation.&#8221;</p>
<p>A documentation issues tracker is a must-have tool for any large open source project. Sidler is hoping that it will streamline issue management. </p>
<blockquote><p>Ideally, more issues will get reported and then fixed with an issue tracker in place. Having an easy way for anyone to report an issue should increase the number of reported issues. Likewise, having a central place to track issues will make them easier to fix.</p></blockquote>
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<p>The <a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com" target="_blank">WordPress StackExchange</a> community is currently <a href="http://meta.wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/3709/community-promotion-ads-2014/" target="_blank">voting</a> on ads to display in the sidebar of its forums for 2014. Every year the Community Promotion Ads are reset in December. These ads serve to promote anything that the community deems to be important. Usually, the ads are dedicated to promoting information and resources that benefit those in the community as well as potential new members who might be visiting. To be clear, these are not ads dedicated to commercial products.</p>
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<h4>Cast Your Vote for the Most Useful Community Promotion Ads</h3>
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