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This is Episode 2 of our WPwatercooler show.

* Twenty Twelve theme released to the repo – mixed feelings from all of the panel.
* WordPress 3.5 beta 1

* Overhaul of the media library
* XMLRPC enabled – They did this to allow their mobile apps to work with WordPress installation without users having to enable it.
* Comparing the changes to the new changes in the Facebook Images

* We feel this is not finished yet, which is isn't.


* Links “blogroll” functionality removed.
* Privacy settings moved
* Press This


* Jetpack Mobile Theme

* Problems with Jetpack conflicting


* Quality Control – webapp for WordPress

* Customizing can be a pain with most webapps which makes it harder for the developer to recommend them to clients.


* AppSumo – Great place to get deals for WordPress related stuff
* InfiniteWP is the new hotness

* A few of us host it on a webserver
* Security questions regarding it
* Jason had issues with Deny ALL, Allow specific IP
* Most of us charge our clients to do maint agreements by leveraging InfiniteWP


* Themes that suck –  Avada | Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme
* Justin Tadlock brings the awesomeness – Unique: Customizable WordPress Magazine Theme
* Bloated themes

* The “plugin in a theme” makes things hard for a developer to work with
* Making a newly installed theme look like the demo requires lots of work and confuses users
* Documentation, Documentation, Documentation and Documentation!
* Woothemes take work to make them look like the demo
* ThemeForest take work to make them look like the demo
* It shouldn't take a consultant to make easy changes to a theme that should work “out of the box”
* Not documenting the prerequisite plugins


* Post Type Switcher doesn't work with Press This.
* You can download this show as an Audio Podcast in iTunes.

 

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