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WordPress Support Forum All-star Volunteers

WordPress is an amazing open source blogging platform, built by volunteers and supported by volunteers.  This morning, I published what I hope to be the first annual WordPress Support Forum All-stars, honoring those who have gone “above and beyond” by volunteering countless hours on the forums.  If you have ever received help from one of the volunteers in the WordPress Support Forums, don’t be afraid to let them know how much you appreciated their help.

How do you get to be a WordPress Support Forum volunteer?  Just start answering questions on the forums.  I look forward to seeing you there!

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Neo is Scott Pilgrim

It sure has been a while since I’ve posted a video here, but I have to share this amazing mashup of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The Matrix Trilogy.  Plus, this gives me chance to start using Viper’s Video Quicktags again.

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Enter Weblog Tools Collection

Weblog Tools Collection, created by Mark Ghosh, has been the number one source of WordPress news for well over six years.  Just two days ago, I applied to a newly open news editor position, and I am now trilled to announce that I was hired!  In fact, my first post detailing WordPress’ impending requirements change has just been published!  You can expect most of my WordPress-related posts to be published on Weblog Tools Collection from now on, while I continue to post about items of personal interest here.

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Dragonas in Burbank

We’re just a little bit less than a week away from our next concert.  Join us on July 16th at The Park Bar, located at 2007 West Burbank Boulevard in Burbank, California.  The show starts at 8:30pm with a $7 cover.  We’re looking forward to seeing our largest crowd yet, so please bring your family and friends!

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WordPress 3.0

WordPress 3.0 has been officially released.  There’s quite a bit that has been changed, improved, and added, so watch the video and read through the release notes to find out what’s new.  I upgraded several blogs yesterday via the automated updater in a matter of seconds with no problems, but there are a few known issues, so check this thread before upgrading.

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Moving the Blog

Five years ago, I installed this WordPress blog in a subdirectory at macmanx.com/blog/, imagining that someday I would have some sort of fancy website at macmanx.com, and that this would be nothing more than just a blog.  Since then, I have spent quite a bit of time turning this blog into more than “just a blog.”  About two weeks ago, I finally made the decision to move this blog out of macmanx.com/blog/ and put it where it belongs, at macmanx.com.  The process was relatively simple using just phpMyAdmin, a plain text editor, and an FTP or SFTP client.  There were no problems during the overall process, but the cleanup took a bit longer than expected.  For the benefit of everyone reading this, I’d like to share my process, the problems that I ran in to after the move, and how I eventually resolved them.

The following instructions are Mac-specific using the plain text editor Fraise and the FTP/SFTP client Cyberduck, but they can be easily reinterpreted using any Windows or Linux-based plain text editor and FTP or SFTP client.

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The First Dragonas Concert

Our first concert has been officially declared a success by Clan Chieftain John Dragoo!  It was great to see all the people who made the trip out to North Hollywood to hear us.  If you were not able to make our first performance, we did take some photos for you, and we look forward to seeing you at our next concert.

Tune in to Clan Dragonas for the latest news, photos, and other miscellanious fun.