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Bits and pieces about WordPress and the development of this blog - all comments are welcome!

WordCamp UK 2008 comes to a close

WordCamp UK 2008 has now finished - but details of presentations will be compiled and archived for reference on this blog. Many thanks to everyone involved, especially all the speakers for provoking some very lively debate at times!

To ensure that content you wish to share is correctly found and integrated, please ensure you use the tag wordcampuk for all material, eg as a Flickr tag for images.

WordPress 2.6 released

Hours after the official public release of WordPress 2.6, codename “Tyner” after jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, the WordCamp UK blog has upgraded - it would have been rude not to! How could I resist Wiki-like post revisions and Google Gears integration! Released almost a month early, it not only shows a solid commitment from the core dev team, but also neatly ties up with WordCamp UK 2008 this weekend!

The major features are explained in the video below:

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Editable points of interest map on Google and blog

Andy - who kindly arranged the sponsorship package from Namesco, WordCamp UK 2008’s main sponsor has setup a Google map with some points of interest for visitors to WordCamp UK 2008. The best part is - it’s editable!

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WordPress 2.6 poll - what’s your plan?

With WordPress 2.6 likely to be launched just before WordCamp UK 2008 - we thought it might be interesting to see how you feel about this, and what your upgrade plan is, so a new poll has been created!

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WordCamp UK 2008 blog - join in!

After tightening the bolts on this WordPress blog, I’m pleased to announce that it’s fully open and will act as the main central blog for WordCamp UK 2008.

I welcome delegates and speakers to join this blog - you will be able to create posts (not pages I’m afraid!) and amend your comments.

I would particularly welcome any publishers from the West Midlands and Birmingham area to create location specific content for visitors to Birmingham!

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