WordPress 2009 SuiteWordPress 2009 SuiteAutomattic has raised $29.5 million in funding and will

invest it in extending its social features

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Ashley ShawCompany| LightSpeed

Product | FeedMyMediaBased on WordPress

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gravatars, plugins, social networking,

open source, edit, wordpress-mu, stats, themes, collaboration, blogs,

categories, tagging, bbpress,

wordpress.com, RSS, akismet,

buddypress, gravatars

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WordPress MU◦Plugins◦Themes◦Examples

BuddyPress◦Example

bbPress◦Examples

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WordPress MUWordPress MU

Ever dream of running hundreds of thousands of blogs with a single install of WordPress?

Who is WordPress MU ideal for?◦ Newspapers and magazines◦ Universities◦ Blog networks◦ Niche-specific blog hosts

Features◦ Everything WordPress does◦ Scaling to tens of millions of pageviews per day◦ Unlimited users and blogs◦ Different permissions on different blogs

PluginsPlugins

Plugins are tools used to extend WordPress

Automattic | WordPress Masters◦ Akismet◦ Gravatars◦ WordPress.com Stats

Joost de Valk | Dutch SEO & Plugin Guru◦ Analytics◦ SEO◦ General Utilities

Alex King | Crowd Favourite Founder◦ ShareThis◦ Popularity◦ Twitter Tools

Arne Brachhold | German Developer◦ Google Sitemap Generator

ThemesThemes

WordPress.comWordPress.com3,215,952 blogs with 129,961 new posts today

Edublogs.orgEdublogs.org

Blogging for teachers and students, made easy by incsub

BuddyPressBuddyPress

Transforms a vanilla installation of WordPress MU into a social network platform

Changes WordPress MU focus to member profiles, not blogs

FeaturesFeatures

ChickSpeak.comChickSpeak.com

Public & Private Journaling Member Profiles Private Messaging Forums Submit Story Ideas and Get Published Comment on Articles

bbPressbbPress

Focused on: ◦Web standards◦Ease of use◦Ease of integration◦Speed

Forum software with a twist ◦Simple interface◦Customizable templates◦Highly extensible◦Spam protection◦RSS Feeds

Extensive plugin system

WordPress.org ForumsWordPress.org Forums

WordPress support forums most prominent example of bbPress

Technorati.com ForumsTechnorati.com Forums

Slick looking support forum with rocking design integration

Covert Paintball CommunityCovert Paintball Community

Importers of Paintball equipment and have a retail shop based in Claremont

Paintball players build member profiles:◦Photos◦Venue◦Tactics◦Equipment◦Tips & tricks

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WordPress Suite 2009 | 5 min install:◦WordPress MU with BuddyPress ◦bbPress MU plugging into multiuser◦Much more.....

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