RSS 6 - Directory of Blogs and Feeds http://www.rss6.com/ 2012-02-03 18:11:36 WordPress 3.2 has been downloaded over 9 million times since it was released last July. That means that there has almost been 100,000 downloads of WordPress 3.2 each day, once again calling out to the rapid adoption rate that WordPress sees with each major release. At this rate, WordPress 3.2 will soon exceed the 15 million count that WordPress 3.1 reached just before WordPress 3.2 was released. If you aren’t using WordPress, start today and contribute to the counter’s rise! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/r0Sc87aEN9s/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:00:20 +0000 Biotodoma is a dark two-column theme. Divide is a bright and powerful theme using vibrant orange, yellow and white. OctoPink is a pink two-column theme, released in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/RYa5ESAeFWs/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:00:52 +0000 New plugins Bookings allows you to provide online booking services for your site. Updated plugins GD Pages Navigator allows you to change the way navigation works for pages and other hierarchical post type with different navigation methods. Simple Facebook Connect is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you add any sort of Facebook functionality you like to a WordPress blog. Tallyopia Analytics provides analytics that you can embed into your site using shortcodes or view in your admin dashboard. yolink Search is a drop-in replacement for WordPress search that provides relevant results. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/kSHdL9jhYyI/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:00:30 +0000 BlogoLife is a simple HTML5 and CSS3 theme for personal blogging that supports post formats, and several customization options. Brightpage is a fixed-width right-sidebar theme with a featured images slides. Farewell is a simple two-column, fixed-width, blog style template. Grace is soft, subtle, and simple in an almost totally monochromatic color schreme except for the odd touch of deep plum for title and hovered links. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/k-TmU2pkyX8/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:00:24 +0000 iThemes is launching an outstanding program designed for educators, “focusing on delivering high-quality web design tools and training to the education community.” To get the ball rolling, they’re asking for only 100 qualified educators to apply before October 1st. Those who are accepted into the beta run will receive over 150 high-quality themes, over 20 plugins, 300 hours of professional training, and more as the year continues. Not only is WordPress the most popular blogging platform today, it’s also become quite popular as a class resource. Many teachers are setting up P2-themed blogs for class discussion or simply using WordPress as a base (with no blog element) to provide class-related documents, movies, and more. As someone who was raised in a family of educators, it’s great to see a company like iThemes stepping up to provide such an all-in-one program to help other educators get started with WordPress, and it’s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/GECuvSG8MF8/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:00:53 +0000 New plugins FB Autosuggest brings the power and style of Facebook friend search to your blog. infoGeniuz Advanced Form Analytics enhances your current form plugin with hidden data that can now be added to each and every lead filling out your online forms. Updated plugins Social Media Tabs allows you to add Facebook, Google +1, Buzz, Twitter and RSS profiles and feeds to any widget area with stylish sliding tabs. WatchCount.com WordPress Plugin shows the Most Popular (or a seller’s) eBay items in a blog’s sidebar or posts. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/dvanQ8mfYIw/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:00:02 +0000 Building on the discussion from “Do You Really Need All Of Those Plugins?” I’d love to ask what is the one plugin that your blog can’t live without? There are many plugins out there for WordPress, and many of us use an excessive number of them, but there has to be one that you favor above them all. To start of the discussion, I’ll say Akismet. That may sounds like a cop-out, since it comes with every copy of WordPress, but without it I’d still be cleaning out the 39,744 spam comments that we’ve received so far this week. So, what’s your favorite plugin? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/coeTQDy6BQU/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:00:09 +0000 Assembly has fluid width, two columns, right sidebar, is widget ready, has valid XHTML, and is neutral in tone using metallic gray, steel grey, white, cream and features transparencies for depth and a modern look. picoclean is a clean, elegant, minimalistic and fast theme. Showcaser has a really clean and minimal design ideal for sharing photos and content online. thetalkingfowl is a semantic, HTML5 minimal template with plugin-free flickr and twitter feeds. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/Ypg4raxWPb0/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:00:10 +0000 New plugins bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress, available for the first time ever as a plugin. jQuery superbox image enables a lightbox effect on post images. Updated plugins BuddyPress lets users register on your site and start creating profiles, posting messages, making connections, creating and interacting in groups and much more. It’s a social network in a box. GD Unit Converter allows fast conversion of value for different units in supported categories. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/aPwBx3R9O_w/ Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:00:24 +0000 There has been some interesting discussion on how many plugins you should use on your WordPress blog, and whether that number contributes to any problems along the way. The fact of the matter is, it’s really hard to say. In most situations, using an excessive amount of plugins won’t cause any problems, but plugins use memory when they run, and shared hosting provider love to limit the memory that you can consume at any given moment. If you’re running into memory errors, there are a few things that you can try, but you should probably consider using less plugins or moving to a better host. Outside of hosting limitations, the number of plugins doesn’t play much of a role. We use 36 plugins here, and I have worked on a blog before that used 82, both without issue. If you’re running into other errors, that’s more than likely just one http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/yrylbhxwr6c/ Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:00:56 +0000 gazpoMag is a clean and featured-rich magazine style theme. Girly Girl has fluid width, two columns, left sidebar, is widget ready, has valid XHTML, and features feminine colors like rose pink, gray, and lime green. Insomnia is great for online magazines and personal blogs. PhotoClick is a one column theme for photography and personal blogs, with a three column widget-ready footer. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/ckb_zipZFu4/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:00:58 +0000 bbPress 2.0 has been released. With BuddyPress 1.5 launching just a few hours earlier, this is a great day for major WordPress-extending plugins. That’s right, there’s no more complicated installation and integration instructions. bbPress is now a WordPress plugin, and it can easily integrate with Akismet and BuddyPress too. Simply by activating bbPress 2.0, any standard WordPress theme is suddenly capable of having support forums, user profiles, topic tags, and custom topic views. Your users are able to mark topics as favorites to read them later, and can subscribe to be notified via email to topic replies, so they never miss out on the conversation. If you’re currently using the old version of bbPress, this new version comes with a handy importer to get you started, and there are importers for other forum platforms planned for the future. If you run into any trouble, please feel free to contact the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/jVd5MmBHci0/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:16:57 +0000 BuddyPress 1.5 has been released. With “hundreds of bug fixes, enhancements, and all-new features,” this is one of the largest updates that the WordPress-powered social networking platform has received in quite some time. Some highlights of this release include a new installation and update wizard, a new profile manager, integration with WordPress navigation menus, and a greatly improved default theme. Before upgrading, you may want to stop by this handy guide for some tips as well as plugin and theme compatibility reports. This release has been well tested over a few beta releases and release candidates, but if you run into any trouble, please feel free to contact the BuddyPress support forums. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/gPy9ximwQog/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:00:19 +0000 New plugins PHPLeague allows you to to manage your sports leagues and can be used for many different sports like football (soccer), basketball, handball, volleyball and even ice-hockey. Updated plugins Google XML Sitemaps will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better index your blog. Posts 2 Posts allows you to create many-to-many connections between posts of all kinds. WP-Table Reloaded enables you to create and manage tables in your admin area. No HTML knowledge is needed. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/4yceyJiZ3_U/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:00:29 +0000 Cash is designed for blogs of a financial nature. Neo_WDL has featured posts, social icons, twitter updates, threaded comments and widget support. SimpleBlogger is an easy to use, lightweight, yet advance theme that can be easily customized to make your own. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/KWdGDqoHRBY/ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:00:24 +0000 New plugins Pro Blog Stats provides a single location to monitor the performance and statistics for your blog. WP Github Gist provides the ability to embed gist and files from Github in your blog posts or pages. Updated plugins Plugin Dependencies provides static dependency management for plugins. Slick Social Share Buttons allows you to add Facebook, Twitter, Google +1, Digg, Google Buzz, Linkedin, and Stumbledupon social media buttons in a floating or slide out tab. Simple Facebook Connect is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you add any sort of Facebook functionality you like to a WordPress blog. Tallyopia Analytics provides analytics that you can embed into your site using shortcodes or view in your admin dashboard. W3 Total Cache allows you to improve site performance and user experience via caching. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/kPd8m5vdbUo/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:00:34 +0000 The weekend is just around the corner, so it may be time for yet another fun project on your WordPress blog. Are you one of the millions of bloggers using the default theme with absolutely no customizations? Are you interested in perhaps modifying it just a little to stand out from the crowd? At this year’s WordCamp San Francisco, Jane Wells gave a great presentation with an outstanding Q & A to highlight some of the basics of theme customization. If this doesn’t inspire you to change at least one element in your theme, you must really love your current theme. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/cucM8c1fv9M/ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:00:13 +0000 Idris is an elegant, modern and professional theme built with simplicity in mind. Orbit is reminiscent of space and would be suitable for sites featuring space, flight, science, technical, computer, astronomical and other related subjects. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/Ou3VOtR75pk/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:00:43 +0000 BuddyPress has been quickly moving to a major update in version 1.5. There have been hundreds of bug fixes, and steps have been takes to make BuddyPress 1.5 much more efficient and secure than its predecessor, but what are the noticeable changes that users can look forward to? Lead BuddyPress developer John James Jacoby took some time at this year’s WordCamp San Francisco to share what’s new in BuddyPress 1.5. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/QKkIwp5Er1g/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:00:06 +0000 New plugins Domain Name & Path Fixer can be used to fix broken links and image paths following a change in your domain name or WordPress path. Gallery Extended allows you to put a specific part of the gallery in a post using start and stop attributes. Insert AdSense allows you to insert ads in your post at the place of your choice in a single click. Updated plugins Benchmark Email Lite creates a newsletter signup form widget. Header Image Slider allows you to easily build a slider of your header images. UI Labs offers experimental WordPress admin UI features with the aim of building upon and enhancing the default WordPress User Interface. These are unofficial core UI experiments – who knows what could happen? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/oh4QQ0rOpJA/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:00:09 +0000