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This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing how to integrate social into your WordPress website. From like boxes to sharing and logins we'll discuss it all. Show airs Feb 1 at 11am PST / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * Nextend Facebook Connect – WordPress Plugins 00:05 * Nextend Twitter Connect – WordPress Plugins 00:05 * GoogleOAuth – WordPress Plugins 00:09 * WPScan Vulnerability Database 00:11 * OnePress Social Locker – WordPress Plugins 00:16 * Mashshare.net – Grow your social traffic with this extensible social media ecosystem 00:18 * Jetpack by WordPress.com – WordPress Plugins 00:19 * Sharing – Jetpack for WordPress 00:19 * Monarch 00:20 * Sharrre – A plugin for sharing buttons 00:21 * Socialite by tmort 00:21 * ShareThis: Share Buttons and Social Analytics – WordPress Plugins 00:21 * Instagrate to WordPress « WordPress Plugins 00:23 * Show your social media posts: easy & beautiful! – WordPress Plugins 00:24 * EP122 – What WordPress comment system should I choose? – Feb 9 2015 WPwatercooler 00:27 * Brian

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be sharing with you the various tools we use to build and maintain WordPress powered websites. Show airs Jan 25 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * Aptana 00:00 * Komodo Edit | Komodo IDE 00:00 * WordPress › Advanced Code Editor « WordPress Plugins 00:00 * Atom 00:02 * PHP CodeSniffer with WordPress Coding Standards and Atom – rezzz.com | Jason Resnick 00:02 * Editing Files « WordPress Codex 00:04 * Coda 00:06 * PhpStorm IDE :: JetBrains PhpStorm 00:10 * Move work forward · Asana 00:12 * Trello 00:12 * JIRA Software – Issue & Project Tracking for Software Teams | Atlassian 00:12 * Tab Suspender – Chrome Web Store 00:16 * www.codebox.io 00:17 * Dash for iOS – Documentation Browser for 150+ APIs – Kapeli 00:17 * Dash for OS X – API Documentation Browser, Snippet Manager – Kapeli 00:17 * SassMeister | The Sass Playground! 00:20 * Velocity – The Documentation and Docset Viewer for Windows 00:20 * JMeter, Load & Continuous Performance Testing Platform 00:201 * Mobile Brows

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing the various ways you can clean up your WordPress powered websote, from unused image removal to removal of unused WordPress themes and plugins. Show airs Jan 18 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * WordPress | Remove Orphan Shortcodes | WordPress Plugins * #29580 (When a child-theme is active, the parent-theme should not be deletable.) – WordPress Trac * WordPress › WP-Optimize | WordPress Plugins * Common database optimizations for WordPress sites. · GitHub * Function Reference/strip shortcodes | WordPress Codex [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep171-cleaning-up-your-wordpress-website-5-569c49318972f” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing how to interact with tech support and how to write a support request that won't get ignored. If you do a lot of support request and get results we'd love to have you on, if you work in support and have a winning strategy please join us. Show airs Jan 11 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * Cockos Incorporated | LICEcap 00:12 * LICEcap – Download 00:13 * Recordit: Record screencasts fast & free! with GIF Support! 00:14 * Down For Everyone Or Just Me -> Check if your website is down or up? 00:18 * Is Mercury in Retrograde?: 00:19 * Support Details | Tech Support Management 00:22 * What WordPress Theme Is That? 00:26 * BuiltWith Technology Lookup 00:27 [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep170-how-to-write-a-wordpress-support-request-that-wont-get-ignored-5-5692f0da60395″ show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of WPwatercooler we'll be discussing what other WordPress related skills you should learn outside of learning Javascript deeply. Show airs Jan 4 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2015 | WordPress.tv * ActionScript (just kidding) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Nginx Guide: Introduction – Envato Tuts+ Code Article 00:07 * WP REST API Documentation 00:09 * Introduction to the JSON REST AP * An Introduction To LESS, And Comparison To Sass – Smashing Magazine 00:11 * Bootstrap WordPress Tutorials – BootstrapWP 00:11 * RegExr: Learn, Build, & Test RegEx 00:11 * #1 WordPress Page Builder Plugin – Visual Composer 00:13 * WordPress Page Builder Plugin | Beaver Builder 00:14 * Hello World – GitHub Guides 00:16 * Learn to Code and Help Nonprofits | Free Code Camp * Join the largest learning event in history – Hour of Code 00:18 * Sketch – Professional Digital Design for Mac * Swift – Overview – Apple Developer * Ultimate Guide to Learning Swift in One Day 

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing WordPress 4.4 – New Default Theme Twenty Sixteen, Responsive Images, post embeds, REST API, terms meta and other awesome nuggets. Show airs Dec 21 at 11:00 AM PST /  12:00 PM MST / 1:00 PM CST /  2:00 PM EST /  7:00 PM UTC Show Notes * Version 4.4 – WordPress Codex * Hogg Blog – Sunrises, sunsets, EDM * How to use responsive image support in WordPress 4.4 * Using the new REST API in WordPress 4.4 * WordPress › Changes to fields output by comment_form in WordPress 4.4 – Make WordPress Core * WordPress – TinyMCE Advanced « WordPress Plugins [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep167-discussing-wordpress-4-4-dec-21-2015-5-567788187dcbe” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing the various ways to run a podcast using WordPress. Show airs Dec 14 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC * Seriously Simple Podcasting -; WordPress Plugins * Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin – WordPress Plugins * Paid For EDM * Podlove Podcast Publisher – WordPress Plugins * Seriously Simple Podcasting – WordPress Plugins * Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin « WordPress Plugins * Podlove Podcast Publisher – WordPress Plugins * Discover #HamOnt Podcast * Podcast Motor – Concierge Podcast Editing Service * www.premiumbeat.com * Blue Microphones | Yeti – All-In-One Professional Recording System for Vocals * Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone: Amazon.ca: Musical Instruments, Stage & Studio * Amazon.com: Rode Podcaster Booming Kit: Podcaster, PSA1 Arm, and PSM1 shock mount: Musical Instruments * Call Recorder for Skype – The Skype Audio/Video HD Call Recording Solution for Mac – Ecamm Network [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”podcasting-with-wordpress-5-566

This week on WPwatercooler we're going to recap the events that unfolded in Philadelphia from WordPress getting it's on day, Matt's State of the Word and all of the awesome talks and events. We're talking WordCamp US 2015, join us! Show airs Dec 7 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC [timezonecalculator_output query_time="December 8 2015 11am" query_timezone="America/Los_Angeles"]   [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep165-wordpress-wordcamp-us-2015-philadelphia-recap-5-5664a14736c0b” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on WPwatercooler we will be discussing the new WordPress.com, the changed they recently did to it and how these changes work. Show airs November 30 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC Show Notes * Javascript, APIs, and the Future of WordPress – Scott Bolinger * Dance to Calypso | Matt Mullenweg * Calypso, 24 Hours Later | Matt Mullenweg * WordPress.com – A control panel for your desktop * Welcome to the New WordPress.com and WordPress.com App for Mac — WordPress.com News * The Story Behind the New WordPress.com | Developer Resources You can also watch Matt Mullenweg on a few other podcasts where he talked about Calypso * Gillmor Gang: More Gravy | TechCrunch * Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more | Post Status Transcript [Jason] – Hey, what's up everyone, this is Jason Tucker and this is WPwatercooler, episode number 164. Today's topic is the New WordPress.com. Let's go around the room real quick and get everyone introduced. We have almost a full cast and crew here. W

EP162 – How to get the most from your first WordPress WordCamp Show airs Nov 16 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep162-how-to-get-the-most-from-your-first-wordpress-wordcamp-5-5649333101020″ show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing sanitizing data stored in custom fields in WordPress, this is a continuation from our  EP159 – WordPress user generated content, what to look out for. Join us as we dig deeper into storing user generated data and sanitizing such data. * Javascript and XSS 00:03 * SQL Injections 00:04 * xkcd: Exploits of a Mom 00:05 * esc_html 00:06 * wp_kses 00:08 * Security advisory: Stored XSS in Jetpack – Sucuri Blog 00:10 * Data Validation « WordPress Codex 00:10 * Writing the Prince symbol in Unicode – parker higgins dot net 00:16 * Solid backups – WPwatercooler 00:18 * minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings · GitHub 00:20 * EP56 – Do's & don'ts of social media integration with WordPress – Oct 7 2013 WPwatercooler 00:29 [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep161-sanitizing-data-stored-in-custom-fields-in-wordpress-5-563ff1d23edce” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a replay of the live broadcast with Jason Tucker, Kevin Hoffman, Verious B. Smith III, Bridget Willard, gregdyer, and Austin Iuliano https://www.wpwatercooler.com/click/beaverbuilder/ https://business.pinterest.com/en/rich-pins https://yoast.com/rel-canonical/ http://www.learndash.com/ http://chrislema.com/elearning-on-wordpress-wp-courseware-learndash/ https://www.wpwatercooler.com/click/dynamik https://blogvault.net/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/ https://wistia.com https://www.wpwatercooler.com/click/wpengine https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/transfer-wordpress/ https://www.wpwatercooler.com/recommendations https://wordpress.org/plugins/wistia-wordpress-oembed-plugin/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we'll be discussing how to build a email newsletter using WordPress from forms to rss fed content we'll try and discuss it all. Show airs Nov 2 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 6PM UTC * Getting MailChimp to Send my Blog Posts to your Inbox 00:03 * ConvertKit 00:05 * WordPress › Event Calendar Newsletter « WordPress Plugins 00:10 * WordPress › WP Email Capture « WordPress Plugins 00:11 * ConvertKit Demo by Pat Flynn – SPI TV, Ep. 28 00:11 * Email Archives – Easy Digital Downloads 00:11 * OptinMonster 00:15 * ConvertKit 00:16 * LouisCK.net | Mailing List 00:16 * Transactional Email from MailChimp – Mandrill 00:19 * Email Delivery & Transactional Email Service | SendGrid 00:19 * Transactional Email API Service for Developers by Rackspace – Mailgun 00:21 * WordPress › SendGrid « WordPress Plugins 00:21 * Email Archives – Easy Digital Downloads 00:22 * EDD Product Updates – Easy Digital Downloads 00:23 * The best apps. Better together. – Zapier 00:26 [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep160-building-an-ema

We asked people on Twitter to submit their questions using the hashtag #AskWPBlab What are the most effective SEO WordPress plugins? Are there plans to integrate better security measures in WP core? For example, not allowing ‘admin' as a username? What's your weekly maintenance routine look like for your sites? Beyond backup and run updates, what else do you do regularly? What's your best tip for meeting wordpress people IRL? How do you find where people are and make yourself part of the group? What is it about the #WordPress community that makes it different from or better than or worse than other similar communities? What are the benefits of using #WordPress over others like Wix, Weebly, etc.? What are the most popular WP frameworks and how do you go about choosing the best one? Is there a place for newbies in the WordPress community? This is a replay of the live broadcast with Jason Tucker, Oscar Gonzalez, Adam Silver, and Bridget Willard See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on WPwatercooler we'll be discussing user generated content, dealing with sanitizing data from public facing forms and then how to display it. Last week's episode we discussed Building Directory Sites with WordPress and at the tail end of the show we found that working with user generated data tied perfectly into this. Show airs June 16 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 6PM UTC * Gravity Forms * Formidable * Blacklist Updater * Little Bobby Tables – XKCD * Buy some Ugg Boots * Advanced Custom Fields Next week we're discussing Custom Fields! [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep159-%e2%80%8b-wordpress-user-generated-content-what-to-look-out-for-5-562d864a526ba” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a replay of the live broadcast with Jason Tucker, JennyWrites, Bridget Willard, and Devin Walker See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on WPwatercooler we're discussing how to build a directory site using WordPress Show airs June 16 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 6PM UTC Posts 2 Posts « WordPress Plugins Business Directory Plugin « WordPress Plugins Search for directory « WordPress Plugins Ultimate Member « WordPress Plugins Formidable Pro Form Plugin for WordPress Gravity Forms Contact Form Builder and Lead Data Management Plugin For WordPress WP User Frontend « WordPress Plugins WordPress-WPJobBoard « WordPress Plugins WordPress Job Board Plugin Best of NJ Lifestyle: NJ Events, Weddings and Polls – The Best of Everything in One Great State Events Manager ESS « WordPress Plugins Factual | The Location Platform Enabling Mobile Personalization Watch our related episode: WordPress User Generated Content – What to look out for [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep158-building-directory-sites-with-wordpress-5-56243f8b7e495″ show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a replay of the live broadcast with Bridget Willard, Jason Tucker, Tracee Loftus, and Jonathan Denwood. We're testing SimpleLivePress Question is Vaultpress a good backup plugin? – @joel_birch * WordPress › Duplicator « WordPress Plugins * BackupBuddy – The Original WordPress Backup Plugin :: iThemes * WordPress › UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration « WordPress Plugins Question what do you mean “a tweet lasts 60 seconds”? * How to Embed Actual Tweets in WordPress Blog Posts * WordPress › Click To Tweet « WordPress Plugins * Getting your business online isn't costly with WordPress Looking for solid webhosting? * SiteGround: Quality-Crafted Hosting Services Question I just bought Genesis Framework, with the Altitude Pro child theme. Any thoughts/opinions? * Altitude Pro Theme by StudioPress Question Does Genesis framework lock you into using Genesis web developers if you need customization? Does that become an issue? Is Your New Website Layout Killing Your Engagement? * Is Your New Website Layo

This week on WPwatercooler we're going to be talking about the various solutions you can use to manage you banner ads on your WordPress website. Show airs Oct 12 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 6PM UTC Show Notes: * The AdSanity Plugin * Responsive Ads | Playground from ZURB * Can AdSanity Override AdBlocker? – The AdSanity Plugin For WordPress * WordPress › Advanced Advertising System « WordPress Plugins * Advanced Ads for WordPress * WordPress > AdRotate > WordPress Plugins [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep157-managing-ads-on-your-wordpress-website-5-561b1398537ac” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on WPblab twitter nerd Bridget Willard and IT Manager and WordPress Web Developer Jason Tucker answer the following questions: Q: My website loads slow, what can I do to speed it up? Try changing the following: * Use a caching plugin, we like WP SuperCache if that doesn't work then… * Get a new webhost, we like * Small to medium sites: Siteground * Medium to Large sites: WP Engine * Try a CDN, we like MaxCDN Q: What is a CDN? Content Delivery Network Q: Who is the best CDN? We like MaxCDN Q: What is a good CDN for photos that is cheap? Photon a module that is part of the JetPack plugin is great for a free CDN that optimizes your images. Q: Whats the best way to make sure my featured images and social images show faces in the images and won't cut them out: My Eyes are Up Here Plugin Q: I want to use Adsense on my WordPress site but I'm on WordPress.com Move to another webhost because WordPress.com doesn't allow adsense on their sites. We recommend Siteground and WP Engine, they are both great ho