For some reason, Dave can’t talk. However, he can type well enough to write this, and also the show notes from this lovely episode in which we talked about WordPress 2.8.1, stupid backwards ideas, surveys that are already closed, and delicious plugins. Yum!

Episode 60

WordPress 2.8.1 released, along with the corresponding version of MU

The Great Smiley Debate

ThePrintBlog closing

Vote for 2.9 media features… oops! Too late!

Kym’s pick: Drafts Dropdown plugin

Dave’s pick: Widget Block plugin

We took a little step down from our rage of last week, but Kym put on a french accent for a lot of the episode, so you still have some sort of entertainment. From the 1.0 release of bbPress, to the concept of desktop blogging, to possibly illegal themes, it’s all in this week’s WordCast.

Episode 59

bbPress 1.0 finally released!

The best ways to post to WordPress

15 desktop blogging apps

Why aren’t you listening to Aimless Agenda?

Celebrity Pressers: Danielle Steel, Ryan Block, Sean O’Brian

Tip of the Week: The basics of user registration on your blog

Kym’s pick: Facebook Look 2 theme

Fan WordCast and Bitwire Media on Facebook!

Dave’s pick: Lifestream WordPress Theme (not here yet)

Emails:

Hi Guys – Love the podcast.

I’m wondering if you can recommend a plug-in for me.  I have a
directory of about 500 contacts and I would like to display them in a
search-able fashion on my Wordpress site.

Do you know of any address book or directory type plugin that would
allow users to search based on a key word from a specific contact?  I
know I can paste the info into a page but then when something on the
page is searched for the result brings up the page and not the
specific location on the page.  With a list of 500 that type of search
is quite useless.  I guess there is the option to put each contact
into a separate post but there has to be a better way.

Any help is appreciated.  Keep up the good work.

Justin

We recommended WP Contact Manager or a Business Directory plugin

We were pretty dang angry this week for some reason. Dave’s hating on the Virtual WordCamp, Kym’s hating on Jane Fonda, and we’re all hating on the Air Force. But we still love you! ;)

Episode 58

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2 released

Virtual WordCamp (WTF???)

BuddyPress 1.02 released

WordPress Plugin Competition 2009 rolls along

Celebrity Pressers: Jane Fonda, Jane Monheit, The US Air Force

Tip of the Week: Make sure you set your timezone in your WordPress

Kym’s pick: Nature WordPress Theme

Dave’s pick: Redirection plugin

We hope we don’t offend any other capitans out there, but our favorite one is definitely the WordPress superhero we found this week. We talk about signs that you might be a WordPress Geek, WordPress as a CMS (again), and even rag on some billionaires.

Episode 57

You might be a WordPress Geek if…

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 1 released

Drupal shop gives props to WordPress

FTC to go after paid endorsements

Tip of the Week: Threaded Comments in WordPress (Settings>>Discussion, “Enable threaded (nested) comments” checkbox)

WordPress Superhero: El Capitan WordPress

Celebrity Pressers: Andy Roddick, Sir Richard Branson

Kym’s pick: Plugin Updates Email Notifier plugin

Dave’s pick: Logout Password Protected Posts plugin

Our theme music is courtesy Derek K. Miller

WordPress 2.8 is here, and we’re devoting half the show to it! Of course, we couldn’t do so without the help of WordPress’s own Jane Wells, who joins us today to chat about the release. All the news in the latest and greatest version of WordPress, plus much, much more in this week’s WordCast.

Episode 56

WordPress 2.8 released!

Tip of the Week: Give WordPress mobile support

• WordPress Mobile Pack
• MobilePress
• WPTouch

Kym’s pick: WP Antivirus

Dave’s pick: AskApache Password Protect

Thanks to Derek K. Miller for our theme music

WordCast is back after being on the road, and we’re proud to say that we’re not flash-using Frenchies (though we love the non-ugly website French people, don’t worry). Join Dave and Kym once again for all the latest news in WordPress dev, and find out all about a new tool to make a PHP widget quick and easily. PLUS: It’s all about the cow.

Episode 55

WordPress.org to get WordPress MU’s features

WordPress 2.8 RC1 released, 2.8 to come out tomorrow

BuddyPress 1.0.1 released

Interview: Glenn Bennett of Widgetifyr

Celebrity Pressers: The Ford Story, GigaOM Pro, Ben & Jerry’s

Tip of the Week: WordPress category basics

Kym’s pick: Publish posts from Yahoo! Mail

Dave’s pick: Google Ad Manager

Our theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller

We love alliteration this week on WordCast, therefore we can’t stop. But no worries, WordPress will still be working its’ wonderful part in this week’s wacky wonderfest. (Darn… did it again.) From Twitter to space (to Twitter in space) and everything WordPress in between, you won’t want to miss a minute.

Episode 54

Mike Massimino sends the first Tweet from space!

Toilet Twitters every time it’s flushed

Twitter @replies changed, but it was just a server issue.

Celebrity Pressers: The US Army, Chris Pirillo

WordPress 2.8 beta released

Tip of the Week: Permalinks (Codex Info Page with Troubleshooting)

Kym’s pick: WP sIFR Plugin

Dave’s pick: ImageShack Offloader Plugin

Thanks to Derek K. Miller for our music.

Kym Huynh and Jonathan Bailey come together this week to bring you the latest WordPress controversy; what’s this? A Twitter fight? New releases abound this week in the WordPress community including the much anticipated BuddyPress from Andy Peatling to a theme development series by Ian Stewert. PLUS: The exclusive release of the latest WordPress rap!

Episode 53

Twitter Fight Between WordPress and Chris Pearson (Thesis)?

Jane Wells Says the Header Won’t Change for WordPress 2.8 and Jeff Chandler Gives His Opinions

WordCampUK Registrations Open

WordCamp Toyko 2009 Has Some Great Talks: (1) Lightning Talks on WordPress Themes; (2) Examples of Useful Shortcodes; and (3) How to Develop Plugins in 20 Minutes!

Andy Peatling’s BuddyPress 1.0 Hits the Shores and we Love It. Very Much!

Smarter Theme Development with Ian Stewart

BuddyPress and bbPress Integration. Neato!

Celebrity Pressers: Author of Mimbo – Darren Hoyt

Tip of the Week: Forcing CSS Changes to “Go Live” Immediately

Jonathan’s Pick: WPtouch – Automatic WordPress on iPhone, iPod & Android

Kym’s Pick: Minimalist Love; A Typographer’s Dream!

Exclusive: The Peeps of WordPress Rap

Thanks to Derek K. Miller for our music.