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  WordPress Foundation

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  2.9 status

  2203 readersWordPress has been out in the 2.9 version for a few days now, and Donncha has just checked in the 2.9 code into the MU trunk. You can find it here: WordPressMU trunk Scroll down to the bottom of that page and there is a zip link. Do not put this on a production site yet,

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  BuddyPress Author Link

  1228 readersI’ve updated my BuddyPress Blog Author Link plugin for WordPress 3.0. I also added support for a single WordPress install. You can download it here. June 28, 2010 — Another Featured Posts update (12) July 21, 2010 — Theme Stats Updated (0) June 27, 2010 — Network Privacy (9) June 21, 2010 — Everything you

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  WordCamp Montreal

  802 readersBoth Andrea & I will be speaking at WordCamp Montreal. Andrea & I have had a fantastic time at every WordCamp we have attended and we enjoy meeting other people who use WordPress. If you have never been to one, this will be a great one for you to attend. Whatever you are doing with

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  Another Featured Posts update

  1247 readersSomeone reported that my Featured Posts plugin wasn’t working. I tracked it down to the download zip containing the old admin page vs the updated one. I updated the repository. Original plugin post Download it from the repo: Featured Posts June 29, 2010 — BuddyPress Author Link (0) July 21, 2010 — Theme Stats Updated

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  BuddyPress Child Themes

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  Should you use WPMU?

  2893 readersWith news of the merge of the Wordpress & WordPressMU codebase becoming more widespread, one of the questions I get asked with increasing frequency is should someone start a new site based on MU or should they wait for the merge. My answer? It depends. Is it time-critical? Do you need it up and running sooner rather

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  WordPress as a CMS Case Study: WNET.org

  4146 readersBack in July we posted about the remarkable project that WNET (PBS of NYC) put together with Tierra to launch 50 sites in ten months using one CMS, WordPress. Dan Goldman and Jamie Trowbridge who headed up that project, were kind enough to present a case study of how it was all done, at the

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  WordPress 3.0 beta is out

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