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No Kym. No Beth. But have no fear, the FAIRY BLOGMOTHER is here! (We’ll remind you of that fact several times, just in case you forget.) Lorelle VanFossen joins us this week for an incredible WordCast filled with everything from 2.7 updates to WordPress on the iPhone to Martha Stewart! (Oh yeah, and there’s some laughing here and there). PLUS: The Mugshot contest winners announced! Took us long enough. All that and more this week on WordCast!

Episode 29:

• WordCamp Denver Facebook Page launched
• Lorelle’s Portand Keynote was amazing.
• State of the Blogophere 2008
• Twitter posts in your WordPress: the right way to do it.
• Martha Stewart hosts a TV show on nothing else but blogging!
• WordPress for iPhone Downloaded over 100,000 times
• 2.7 Feature Update from Ryan Boren
• Tips of the Week: Changing the number of posts displayed in WordPress, and all about WordPress MU
• Dave’s pick: Role Scoper Plugin
• Lorelle’s pick: Viper’s Video Quicktags Plugin

Thanks to Derek K. Miller for our music.

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It’s a jam-packed show this week, folks, and that makes it over an hour long. So hunker down in that chair and duct tape yourself in so you can’t get away from this week’s show! Listen for Liz Strauss, Lorelle VanFossen, and, of course, a new jingle! It’s all coming up in this week’s WordCast.

Topics and links for this week:

• WordPress sets up survey for nav options
• WTF Blog Clutter: Your Ad Here
• WordPress Buttons and Graphics now available
• Sticky Posts! on WordPress.com Yay for things that are sticky?
• Open source code okay in Premium themes?
• Dave’s pick: Redirect WordPress users to different locations after they log in
• Kym’s Pick: Vladimir’s new Insights Plugin
• WordPress 2.6.2 - UPGRADE NOW!

Our theme music is by Derek K. Miller. Thanks to all our contest sponsors, and you for listening to WordCast!

P.S. Google turns 10 this week! Happy Birthday, Google! You make our show sound so much better than it actually is.

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More things that make blogs suck. Period. But we’ve also got Martha Stewart and football on this week’s show, Beth will slightly redeem herself with her pick, and we’ll introduce a new segment! PLUS: Gaboogle!

• The death of the CAPTCHA? Lorelle thinks it’s time.
• Martha and the NFL are on WordPress now.
• Lorelle’s WordPress Wednesday has a list of some new 2.7 features
• Weblog Tools Collection offers a first look at WordPress 2.7
• Our contest is ending this week! ENTER NOW! bitwire.tv/contests
• Beth’s pick: Minimalia WordPress theme
• Kym’s pick: Gaboogle theme for WordPress!
• Dave’s pick: Maintenance Mode plugin
• Liz Strauss is holding the “Bring Back That ‘Brand New’ Blogging Feeling Event” contest. Also we love her.
• WordPress Tip of the Week: Make a link open in new windows easily.

Our theme music is by Derek K. Miller. Thanks to all our contest sponsors, and you for listening to WordCast!

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Hosts: Jeff Chandler, Kym Huynh, Beth Skinner, and Dave Moyer

That’s right, folks! The ever humble community superstar Jeff Chandler is back on WordCast, and we’ve got a great show for you, from more WTFs to Law and Order, to frowny faces. PLUS: Snort!

• Uncategorized??? WTF??? - Lorelle
• Writing code in your posts. Boring, but helpful. Whee.
• Blogger arrested for leaking Guns n’ Roses songs.
• When are magazine themes okay, and when are they not?
• Jeff Chandler joins us to discuss a heated debate: Plugin developers vs. Automattic - Who’s at fault for incompatibility?
• WP 2.7’s on the way! Here’s an awesome screenshot, thanks to Konstruktors Notes
• Jeff’s pick: Liz Strauss Comment Counter
• Kym’s pick: 21 WordPress Tips to Make You Smile
• Beth’s pick: How to Maximize Your ActiveRain Blog’s Search Engine Ranking
• Dave’s pick: Mobilize by Mippin

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