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Contents
- 1 Getting involved with WordPress
- 2 WordPress is not a blog
- 3 Writing for blogs
- 4 Blogging and journalism
- 5 WordPress wishlist
- 6 Living from your blog
- 7 Blog design
- 8 Open Source
- 9 Choosing web hosting
- 10 Walking with WordPress
- 11 WordPress in education
- 12 Wordpress MU
- 13 Spam
- 14 Theme and plugin security
- 15 Bifurcation
- 16 Scaling WordPress
- 17 Large companies
- 18 Hiring a WordPress professional
- 19 Plugins
Getting involved with WordPress
Development, themes, plugins, codex, testing
WordPress is not a blog
Alternative uses - podcasting, vlogging, galleries, CMS
Writing for blogs
Content, style, attracting and connecting with readers
Blogging and journalism
Differences, similarities, citizen journalism, bloggers learning from journalism and vice versa
WordPress wishlist
Future features, changes
Living from your blog
Advertising, professional blogging, offering WP support and services, platform for job
Blog design
Usability, web standards, microformats, SEO, themes
Open Source
WordPress and the Open Source movement, future of Wordpress and Open Source, Open Source software counterparts, proprietary vs GPL themes and plugins
Choosing web hosting
UK based or cheap US hosting, Fantastico, 'unlimited' bandwidth caps, best hosting deals.
Walking with WordPress
WordPress & mobile technology, adapting to a mobile audience, microblogging, mobile phone integration, live video
WordPress in education
Blogging SE and HE, Wordpress as a VLE or or platform for informal learning, Worpress and outreach
Wordpress MU
Blog networks, development, as a community building platform, future
Spam
Defeating spam, spam prevention, new spam cultures, spam tasting
Theme and plugin security
Why it matters where you get your themes & plugins from, and what you can do about it if you're not code savvy.
Bifurcation
What sort of bifurcation is going to take place between Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org and how it could impact businesses who use WordPress as a platform.
Scaling WordPress
Ways to deal with high traffic websites, how to scale a WordPress implementation.
Large companies
How developers should deal with approaches from large companies who are taking an interest in WP, having previously mostly dealt with SMEs and similar.
Hiring a WordPress professional
How to hire a WordPress professional, what to avoid, and what to look for.
Plugins
Dealing with pluginitus (the syndrome of attaching every damn plugin available to a WP site!)
