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HappySnaps from Melbourne; WordCamp Melbourne trip

Just some raw unedited snaps from Melbourne, Yes, I call these Happy Snaps

WordCamp Gold Coast 2011 Status

Update: Just a quick update for those coming from search engines, the WordCamp Gold Coast website is up and running at: http://2011.goldcoast.wordcamp.org/ head over there for updated information :) – D

Hi All,

Just thought I’d let everyone know that we’ve (Me, Bronson, Lachlan and Brent) decided upon a date and venue for WordCamp Gold Coast 2011!

Yes, Fantastic news right? But the catch, Well, There is no catch! Other than the fact neither will be announced until we’ve got everything finalised and deposits paid.

So sit tight, It’s a-happening ( October – Novemberish ), We’re currently in the paperwork section of a few things, so once we’ve got our website up and running with details of the event I’ll be posting another update to give a callout to potential sponsors and all that jazz!

Also, Don’t forget about the Brisbane WordPress meetup’s,  being held monthly, we’re getting a nice flow of regular users, Designers, Developers and everything in between now, The next meetup is the 7th of July at the Edge in Southbank  and is more than just a Evening meetup, We’re planning a full day of workshops! It’ll consist of a drop-in session where people can come along and chat with WordPress people, Network, get some tips on their own sites, people are putting their hands up to help out with marketing your website, etc, so it’s looking to be a great day for those of you who might only be able to spare an hour or 2 at some point on your Saturday :)  (But if you’re one of the few that only comes along for the evening chats in the Pub, I’m sure we can still accommodate you :))

WordCamp Melbourne 2011 went off

Last weekend was WordCamp 2011, Lots of things were said and done, there was an afterparty that not many talk about (and many suspect the organisers were still drunk the next day), and of course – there were talk from a lot of interesting people.

But of course, this isnt to write about those people, the events, or anything else, this is purely a post to post up a few things which I mentioned.

First part, My presentation: How to become a WordPress Surgeon: An introduction to WordPress Core Contributing. – in reality, it was decided 5 minutes before hand the content, so give me some slack :)


Direct Link: http://wcmelb.blip.tv/file/4826938/

Now the links I promised:

  • Search and Replace – An excellent plugin for replacing text throughout WordPress, good for updating old links from other domains
  • Core Control – A Plugin of mine which allows you to see inside a bit of WordPress, The main use for this today is determining which HTTP Transport is in use, and the ability to disable those which are malfunctioning.
  • Theres another plugin which is useful when changing permastructures to distinctivly different structs, in most cases the canonical redirect takes care of it, but it’s not 100% perfect, I cant find the plugin, but Advanced Permalinks looks like it’ll do the job, But might not be compatible with 3.0/3.1, and might be overkill really.. but search the Permalinks tag on the extend directory and see what you can find.

And links that are just awesome:

Disable plugin update notification for a specific plugin in WordPress 3.1

Just  quick sniplet of code to drop into a plugin file to disable plugin update notifications.

The reason i’ve written this is a plugin which has been heavily modified has a update, and, wanted to stop hearing about it; Sure, I could’ve just changed the name, but this felt more Politically Correct (and isn’t that what we’re all supposed to do!?)

So, The code:

add_filter('site_transient_update_plugins', 'dd_remove_update_nag');
function dd_remove_update_nag($value) {
 unset($value->response[ plugin_basename(__FILE__) ]);
 return $value;
}

Have fun, and happy Hacking!