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Slide 1: Lorelle VanFossen Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/
Slide 2: 260 Posts in 260 Minutes
Slide 3: Liz Strauss – Will I Break WordPress?  Liz Strauss wanted to publish 260 posts, one post a      minute, with the WordPress future post/timestamp feature. Can WordPress do it? WordPress handled it. An XML sitemap Plugin crashed – unable to keep up the publishing pace. Push WordPress. It can take it. Check Plugins, Themes, and customization as problem sources. WordPress breaks usually because you did something to WordPress. Blame accordingly so we all learn from you pushing WordPress.
Slide 5: We Love Breaking WordPress  It’s important to push WordPress as much as possible in order to break it.  By breaking WordPress, we learn more about the limitations, weaknesses, and strengths of WordPress.  Share how to fix it and all win. When you break WordPress, the community benefits.
Slide 7: Our Blogs Depend on WordPress Plugins  WordPress bloggers depend upon WordPress Plugins for our blogs to work how we want them to work.  WordPress Plugin authors push and break WordPress and we all benefit.  Celebrate and support your favorite WordPress Plugin Author.
Slide 8: WordPress Comments Suck To edit a post comment, click the name – this sucks. We want the Edit Link back or someone to create a WordPress Plugin to put the edit link back.
Slide 9: WordPress Plugins Improve Comments  Reply To From Admin Panel WordPress Plugin by Cindi of Digital Ramble (not supported)  Absolute Comment WordPress Plugin  WP Comment Remix WordPress Plugin  What if you can’t use WordPress Plugins?
Slide 10: FireFox Greasemonkey Scripts for WordPress There for you when WordPress Plugins aren’t. Have you tried a Greasemonkey Script for WordPress?
Slide 11: Greasemonkey Scripts ≠ Plugins  Works from the browser, not your WordPress blog.  Works on WordPress.org and WordPress.com blogs.  Adds functionality – easy and simple – no server load.
Slide 12: Engtech – Internet Duct Tape Marketing  Allows commenting from the WordPress Comment Ninja Comment Panel.  Works on WordPress.com and WordPress.org. No Plugins.  Can Comment, Email, or Email and Comment.
Slide 13: Engtech – Internet Duct Tape Marketing Comment Ninja
Slide 14: Auntie Akismet Comment Spam Engtech – Internet Duct Tape Marketing
Slide 15: Auntie Akismet Comment Spam Engtech – Internet Duct Tape Marketing  Analyzes Akismet Comment Spam queue.  Lists comment spam on two lines – you recognize comment spam in the first few words.  Limits visual exposure to comment spam uglies.  Speeds up comment handling in WordPress for me by 80%.
Slide 16: Auntie Akismet Comment Spam Engtech – Internet Duct Tape Marketing
Slide 17: Auntie Akismet Groups Redundancies Merges all redundant comment spam into one. Why waste time scrolling through duplicates?
Slide 18: Google Reader Preview Enhanced  Non-WordPress Tip will change your feed reading experience!  Greasemonkey Script to view a website within Google Feed Reader.  In List View, adds Preview Link  In Expanded View, click title to preview post  Allows commenting from within Google Reader
Slide 19: WordPress Themes  WordPress Theme Directory is great! Get your WordPress Themes uploaded.  The future is automatic updates, auto-uploading, and searching for Themes from WordPress Theme Directory and your WordPress blog.  We need to push WordPress Themes MORE  Push the limits on Template Tags, Conditional Tags, Functions…  Our heroes: New Inline Documentation by Peter Westwood, Jacob Santos, Mark Jaquith… Say thank you – they made breaking WordPress harder.
Slide 20: WordPress Community
Slide 21: WordPress Community The stronger the WordPress Community, the more diverse, the more we all benefit. Find fellow WordPress members. Collaborate. Share. Learn.
Slide 22: WordPress Community  Give Back with WordPress Plugins  Give Back with WordPress Themes  Volunteer on the WordPress Support Forums – Org and Com  WordPress Meetups – Frequent small social meetings  WordCamps: Country, Region, State, City, educational events
Slide 23: Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Don’t Tell You About Blogging By Lorelle VanFossen
Slide 24: Lorelle VanFossen Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/