August, 2011

  1. WordPress GUIDs Must Be URLs

    If you are customizing the GUID value of a post in WordPress, make sure you maintain the format of the GUID as a valid URL format. There are security checks on the value that enforce the URL format. If you pass in a UUID as the GUID value when creating a post, your value will…

  2. Ask Barry – WCSF 2011 →

    Barry gave a great Q&A session about how WordPress.com scales at WordCamp SF. There are notes on his answers here, and he said he’ll try to answer some of the others online that he couldn’t get to during the talk.

  3. WordCamp SF

    Devin and I are in San Francisco for WordCamp this weekend. I’m looking forward to catching up with some old friends and meeting some new folks in the WordPress community. I’ve also got a couple of core tickets to lobby on – look out Nacin! I’m always happy to talk about the technical details of…

  4. WordPress + Twitter + Facebook = Social

    Social is a new WordPress plugin that makes it easier for you to connect your WordPress site to other social web networks. Download This thing is really cool, for a number of reasons. I’ll dive into those in a bit, but first head on over to the MailChimp blog to see the official release announcement.…

  5. Keyboard Command to Sleep in Lion

    If you used to choose the Sleep option with TAB key after hitting the POWER button on your Mac, Lion may have your muscle memory befuddled. Never fear, there is a better way: just hit the “s” key after the POWER button, and that Sleep button will get selected without the TAB key two-step. Additional…