It’s exciting to be here at WordCamp Columbus, at the very cool Columbus State Community College. Since WPCandy is here, you know what that means: another WPCandy WordCamp liveblog.
What are we waiting for? Liveblog starts just after the jump.
Ryan Imel at 2:13 pm -- Saturday
#wccbus It’s fascinating how everyone’s at different skill levels. Ryan Imel at 1:50 pm -- Saturday
Slides for my WordCamp Columbus #wccbus talk: http://t.co/HYPgOPz Licensing and Business Models for Premium Plugins (also WCPhilly slides) Ryan Imel at 1:39 pm -- Saturday
Ryan Imel at 12:53 pm -- Saturday
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Nacin’s still tearing it up, going over the various ways to contribute to WordPress that aren’t code contributions. Meanwhile, a video from an earlier giveaway here is now up.
Ryan Imel at 12:43 pm -- Saturday
Don’t you wish all software came with these freedoms? So do we. Ryan Imel at 12:36 pm -- Saturday
Nacin’s WordPress 3.3 wishlist:
- Enhancements to media uploader/manager
- Easier updates (truly automatic WordPress updates)
- Improved developer APIs: settings API, metaboxes, etc.
- Performance upgrades
Ryan Imel at 12:34 pm -- Saturday
All of 3.2 development has taken place in 3 months so far, to the day. Their goal is 4-6 months.
Ryan Imel at 12:32 pm -- Saturday
Three cheers for no IE6 support for @ #wccbus Ryan Imel at 12:31 pm -- Saturday
“Something we’re actually working on are partial updates. Which you don’t even need to know about. I don’t even know why I’m telling you.”
Ryan Imel at 12:19 pm -- Saturday
Talking about the last year of WordPress. 3.0, The Merge, custom post types, etc.
Big year.
Ryan Imel at 12:18 pm -- Saturday
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Nacin’s talk on contributing to WordPress is about to begin.
Ryan Imel at 10:56 am -- Saturday
I mean, I was a bit surprised by all the cursing. Just relentless, truly offensive cursing.
Not really, of course.
Ryan Imel at 10:56 am -- Saturday
This was the first time I’ve seen Lance speak. He does a great job!
Ryan Imel at 10:50 am -- Saturday
Coined the term “Tadlock-esque” post. Means a solid tutorial/explanatory post. Approval tendered.
Ryan Imel at 10:50 am -- Saturday
Recommends becoming a part of the Theme Review Team. Testing themes makes you a better theme creator.
Ryan Imel at 10:49 am -- Saturday
Now daily workflow, importance of a process.
- Lance uses the Theme Testing Process from the Codex.
- Also the Theme Unit Test.
Ryan Imel at 10:47 am -- Saturday
Mentions testing theme content and the plugin Theme Test Drive.
Ryan Imel at 10:45 am -- Saturday
Content = Destruction Hammer. Use a lot of it. Or alot.
Ryan Imel at 10:43 am -- Saturday
Showing how to break a theme now. Let’s count the ways:
- Insert a huge image into a post or page.
- Add tons and tons of menu items. Like, 100.
- Super long titles. Long URL or word, full sentence, etc.
Ryan Imel at 10:39 am -- Saturday
General Motors tests their vehicles in extreme conditions because they want to break their cars. They want to break them to improve them. Same goes for themes.
Ryan Imel at 10:37 am -- Saturday
“I’m a theme breaker and I’d like you to be one too.”
Ryan Imel at 10:37 am -- Saturday
Cheers as the projector starts working 
. That will definitely help with a visual presentation.
Ryan Imel at 10:33 am -- Saturday
Lance is going to focus on visually breaking a theme, and not so much code. Fits the design track well.
Ryan Imel at 10:30 am -- Saturday
Break Your Theme with @ is packed. Bring your own chair . #wccbus See what I mean?
Ryan Imel at 10:30 am -- Saturday
Ryan Imel at 10:27 am -- Saturday
Definitely a full room for Lance’s talk. A number of people had to grab chairs and bring them in–myself included.
Ryan Imel at 10:19 am -- Saturday
Wrapping up this talk, Brian did a solid job. Heading over to Lance Willett’s talk next.
Ryan Imel at 10:18 am -- Saturday
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Brian is emphasizing the importance of backups in the interest of security. The easiest way to fix a security problem is to wipe out what’s there and jump back to a version pre-hack.
Ryan Imel at 9:59 am -- Saturday
You guys are either seriously bored in your sessions or captivated right now! #wccbus tweets have slowed down in last 10 minutes! Ryan Imel at 9:57 am -- Saturday
So I wasn’t aware that back in 2006 someone guessed Matt Mullenweg’s blog password. I guess it wasn’t that secure at the time.
Ryan Imel at 9:40 am -- Saturday
Brian’s going through various definitions/techniques used to “hack” websites. Fun horror stories.
Ryan Imel at 9:37 am -- Saturday
Glad I caught Brian’s hat before he took it off.
Ryan Imel at 9:28 am -- Saturday
Next up is Brian Layman with his talk: “Advanced Security: How to keep your blog from being hacked, stolen, or otherwise violated.”
Ryan Imel at 9:25 am -- Saturday
#wccbus I don’t know how anybody tweeted during the 100 Things preso. Too much stuff coming at ya. Ryan Imel at 9:14 am -- Saturday
OH: “I make more money developing with Drupal because it’s more complicated and I can charge people more.”
Ryan Imel at 9:13 am -- Saturday
Speaking of WordCamp logos–which we weren’t–we might need to add a new one to our list. I’m not sure what we would call this Columbus monster/muppet/thing.
Ryan Imel at 9:10 am -- Saturday
“It’s also important when you do stuff like this that you don’t freak users out.”
Ryan Imel at 9:09 am -- Saturday
Pretty much every liveblog someone asks how we do it here. We use the awesome Live Blogging plugin from Chris Northwood.
Ryan Imel at 9:07 am -- Saturday
A blogger at ARoundEgg (would love to use a name, but can’t find one there, bleh) is saving notes from presentations he/she visits. Looks like they were in the design track this session.
Ryan Imel at 9:04 am -- Saturday
Luke’s on Twitter as @lukepilon. Wrapping things up, was definitely a solid overview of how to use location-aware stuff in a useful way.
Ryan Imel at 9:01 am -- Saturday
@ w00t! Glad you made it. Now I’m happy I have a WPCandy slide in my deck. Ryan Imel at 9:00 am -- Saturday
Good message from Luke: don’t just use location to say
Hello [city] visitor!
Lame, not worth it, nobody likes that. Instead cater specific content to those special locations and show them that.
Ryan Imel at 8:58 am -- Saturday
You know I think that’s the first time I’ve actually used Blackbird Pie myself. Always thought it was a cool idea, but never used it myself. Okay, enough metaliveblog.
Ryan Imel at 8:56 am -- Saturday
The marketing sessions are in room 404. First up on that track, irony. #wccbus
Ryan Imel at 8:52 am -- Saturday
Also peering over the schedule for the rest of the day. It looks like my picks for the day will be:
- Break Your Theme, Lance Willet’s talk,
- Custom Post Types in Plugins with Gregg Henry,
- Measure Twice, Blog Once: Analytics, Adam Ware,
- and How to become a Beta-tester for WP, with Kim Parsell
There are also a couple of open discussions in the schedule, which I may peek in on to see what’s happening there.
Ryan Imel at 8:50 am -- Saturday
Now talking HTML5 Geolocation. Slow adoption, but hey we know that right?
Ryan Imel at 8:49 am -- Saturday
Mentioning GeoPosty now, which I honestly haven’t played with before. Sounds like it needs to be on The Daily Plugin soon.
Ryan Imel at 8:46 am -- Saturday
There’s also a camera w/ a mic recording his session here, so I can only assume that’s the case in every room. Good for everyone.
Ryan Imel at 8:42 am -- Saturday
I arrived a bit late this morning, but in time to catch the first session with Luke Pilon in the development track talking about location based integration with WordPress. Pretty cool so far, a very intimate developer group in this room, probably a dozen or so.
