WordPress trademark transferred to the WordPress Foundation
Matt Mullenweg has announced that Automattic has transferred the WordPress trademark to the non-profit WordPress Foundation , which is, according to the post, dedicated to “promoting and ensuring access to WordPress and related open source projects in perpetuity.” Regarding the transfer, Mullenweg wrote: “It’s important for me to know that WordPress will be protected and that the brand will continue to be a beacon of open source freedom regardless of whether any company is as benevolent as Automattic has been thus far.
WP Classroom returns with new classes
WordPress training site WP Classroom is back with two new courses for September– WordPress for Beginners and Extending WordPress for Beginners .
Jane Wells on Dev Chat: “Not a weekly social gathering”
In preparation for the Developer Chat later today, Jane Wells posted an explanation of the purpose of these chats on the WordPress development blog.
WordCamp NYC is looking for speakers
Jane Wells has announced on the WordCamp NYC blog that they are now accepting speaker proposals. WordCamp NYC is focused on local speakers this year , so anyone in the New York area is particularly encouraged to submit ideas. Anyone interested in speaking is being asked to comment on their blog with their proposed topic and experience
Use Campaign Monitor with Contact Form 7
The official Campaign Monitor blog recently reported on Joshua Bettigole’s Campaign Monitor Add-On for the popular form management plugin Contact Form 7. Rather than having to regularly export form entries and import them into Campaign Monitor to keep a subscriber list updated, the add-on extends Contact Form 7 and enables it to synchronize forms with a Campaign Monitor subscriber list.
WooThemes is sponsoring WordCamp Philippines and giving away tickets
WooThemes is co-presenting this year’s WordCamp Philippines and have announced that they are giving away 5 tickets to the event. Those interested have two ways to enter. Three winners will be chosen from a blog contest in which entrants are asked to visit the WooThemes gallery, choose their favorite design, publish a blog post about it and then comment on the contest post letting them know about it.
WordCamp Austin set for December 4, 2010
The Austin WordCamp has been officially announced and will be held December 4, 2010 at St. Edwards University. Registration is now open and tickets are available for $30 each.
Glenn Beck launches website using WordPress
Conservative radio and television personality Glenn Beck has launched a website built on the WordPress platform. The Blaze covers “news, information and opinion” and is backed by both Beck and a “dedicated team of writers, journalists and video producers.” In a message to its readers, Beck revealed his reasons for launching the site: “Too many important stories are overlooked
WordCamp NYC 2010 announced, date set
Jane Wells updated the WordCamp NYC blog to officially announce the dates for the 2010 event today. WordCamp NYC will be held October 16-17 at Bratuch College, in New York City. There are two other conferences happening the same weekend: BlogWorldExpo in Las Vegas and an open source conference in Pennsylvania
WordPress Shop becomes WPSwagStore.com
For a couple of weeks now we have been refreshing the official WordPress shop website every day, only to see the same holding page (above) for a few weeks. But in the last few days the (now) old URL shop.wordpress.net has started redirecting to WPSwagStore.com . It’s likely safe to assume the shop has been renamed to the WordPress Swag Store, and it in turn is getting a facelift
