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WordPress 3 – challanges for plugin authors

The Setup

As I posted earlier, I started to experiment with the new WordPress 3. MultiSite version. Everything went smoothly… until I tried to play with the plugin activation in the multisite setup.

If you have WP 3 or later installed you could notice there is an improved plugin listing in the admin panel:
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Besides the earlier All – Active/Inactive tabs now we have some new ones:
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WordPress 3.0 for Internet Marketers

Was WP 3.0 really created with Internet Marketers in mind? I doubt it. However, this version 3.0 has quite a number of new features that can be very useful in your marketing efforts.

Seemingly, WordPress is already the CMS of choice for most of the internet marketing people. Marketers find it easy to use, easy to install and modify. Blogs with their constantly updated content are quickly indexed by the search engines, so almost everybody in this industry has a blog or two. Or hundreds

This is where WordPress 3.0 comes in the picture. The revolutionary change in this version was the merge between the “simple” WordPress script (used for one
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Widget Magic – Widgetize anything in your WordPress theme!

The Widget Magic is out: I published a great guide teaching how you can add widgets anywhere and everywhere in your WordPress theme.

If you are a blogger most likely you are familiar with the most popular blogging tool, WordPress (WP) and its feature called widgets. In the unlikely case that you never heard about widgets, in WP they are small blocks of information that can be placed – usually – in the sidebar by drag’n'drop. If you look at the right, on the sidebar of this blog the group of links (My websites) or the group of square ads – are put there by widgets.

Everybody loves widgets because you don’t have to edit your
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2009 Warrior Forum Event pictures from Raleigh, NC

[caption id="attachment_63" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="The speakers panel answering questions at the end of the event"]The speakers panel answering questions at the end of the event[/caption]

As I hoped the 2nd Annual Warrior Forum Networking Event was a big success (thanks Jack Tackett and the volunteers!). Unfortunately, many times I was so involved in listening to the presentations or in discussions
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Warrior Meetup in Raleigh, NC

Between 16-18 October there will be the second Annual WarriorForum Networking Event in Raleigh, NC. I decided to go and will use this occasion to visit my son, too. He lives in the area.

I am interested in most of the speakers and, hopefully, it will be an excellent occasion for networking with other IMers.

Here is the planned agenda:

Friday
5:00 6:30 Registration
6:30 7:30 Meet and Greet

Saturday
8:00 9:00 Registration
9:00 9:30 Jack Tackett
9:30 10:00 Chuck Hester – Using Social Media
10:00 11:00 Wendy Weiss –
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