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The Results Are In – Last week, I reported that there was a survey available to where users of WordPress could vote for which icon pack looked the best with the new User Interface. Well, the results are in and it looks like the icon set that was labeled BD in the survey has taken the crown. VS came in a close second while all of the other icon packs didn’t stand a chance. The winning icon sets by Ben Dunkle and Verena Segert will be incorporated into WordPress 2.7 RC1. However, the team has implied that it would be great if someone could come up with a plugin that would allow individuals to upload the icon pack of their choosing. – http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/the-results-of-project-icon/

WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 Released – WordPress 2.7 beta 3 was released back on November 15th. Since beta 2, there have been over 160 changes within the core code. Many of these changes are appearance and bug fixes. The changelist is too long to discuss here but be sure to check out the show notes which will contain a link to the official announcement with the list of changes. By the way, if you happen to be using WordPress beta 2, this would be a good opportunity for you to test out the core upgrade function in WordPress.- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-27-beta-3/

Two Big Newcomers – Since last week, WordPress has welcomed a few big names to the WordPress family. These are the Wall Street Journal Magazine, Portland.com and Instapundit. These sites are huge and generate an enormous amount of traffic. Many people think WordPress is a resource hog or runs terrible on sites that generate tons of traffic. When you see major sites like the ones I listed choosing to go with WordPress, I think that puts an end to that argument.- http://publisherblog.automattic.com

Plugin Of The Week – WPTuner – WP Tuner for WordPress is a powerful and easy way to answer hard questions about why your blog is slow or cranky. What’s causing the slowdown? Is it a plugin? Is it your host? This plugin will help you find out. Used with a bit of common sense, this powerful plugin helps blog administrators as well as software developers improve their WordPress blog performance -
One caveat with this particular plugin is that it’s not for the faint of heart. While I was able to understand what the plugin was showing me, it may not be that obvious to you. Be sure to read the plugins readme file and the associated help documents before using it.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptuner/

Ask Jeff – A few weeks ago, I put out the call for anyone who has a question regarding WordPress whether it be wanting to know if a plugin existed for a particular purpose, a theme, or a technical question, and you delivered. Here is the first question which was submitted by lledslinger and he wants to know if there is a plugin available for setting up a link page on WordPress for link sharing.
Answer: Based on my research, no. However, there are a few things you can do to sort of perform a work around. The first is using a plugin called WordPress Link Directory (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-link-directory/). This plugin enables you to setup your own link directory where visitors can submit their links through a submission form and then you approve them. The downside to this method is that this is a full blown link directory and not something you can just add to a PAGE within your WordPress installation.
The other thing you can try doing is to use a plugin called TDO Mini Forms (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/). TDO Mini Forms is a very powerful plugin that enables you to create a custom form where your visitors would then be able to submit there links to. You can even notify the submitter through this plugin if their submission was approved.

To sum things up, there is no solution available for your particular use case of WordPress. However, simply adding a submission form and adding the links manually to a page or to a specific blogroll shouldn’t be that difficult or time consuming if you have a low trafficked website.

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