That’s right the theme in use on wpcore.com (simply named Rough) has now been released for free and is available to download from Blogalized.com under a Creative Commons License.

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Since founding We Love WP in June 2007, and then selling in January 2008. We have been very busy brainstorming new ideas. We Love WP was the first gallery in the niche and we want to keep innovating new ideas that provide a useful resource to users while breaking uncharted territory at the same time.

We have 5 new projects in the pipeline of witch I’m very excited about, the first witch is now live and currently in beta is WP Source. It’s a very simple concept that aggregates the latest 5 posts from some of the most respected and popular WordPress related sites using a custom script. It’s similar to a feed reader except it’s online and it’s dedicated to WordPress related information. Great for getting a quick overview on what’s happening and the sites who have updated without having to check them all individually. We would also love to here people’s feedback on the project especially on suggestions/improvements.

Next in line for release is WP Gigs - a Free WordPress marketplace. Development has taken longer than expected but we are very happy with it so far. To give it a real marketplace feel we have developed several custom plugins for the site, and we think the extra effort put into the site will increase buyers and sellers experience. More info and beta launch will come in the following weeks.

If you would like to help beta test the marketplace send an email to contact [at] wpcore [dot] com with the subject “wpgigs beta” and someone from the team will respond with the url when it launches.

That’s two of the projects in the pipeline almost ready for public consumption. We also have 3/4 more sites/projects to launch this year but we don’t want to give to much info away just yet
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RSS and WordPress

This post will cover several aspects of using RSS for Blog owners and readers:

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication.) allows web publishers to deliver regularly changing content as an RSS Feed for whoever wants it.

Why use RSS?

It can be time consuming to keep up with all your favourite blogs, using a Feed Reader program lets you access and view the latest content from the sites you subscribe to from one application without having to navigate to each persons site in your browser.

Viewing RSS Feeds using Feed Reader Applications;

Online RSS Feed Readers:
Google Reader
GritWire
NewsAlloy
FeedLounge
Rojo

RSS Feed Readers for Macs:
NetNewsWire by newsgator (Recommended for Mac users)
Shrook - RSS Feed Reader
Vienna - Open Source mac rss reader
NewsLife - by thinkmac
Cyndicate - $29.99

Feed Readers for Windows:
FeedReader - Similar to netnewswire for Mac (Recommended for Windows users)
FeedDemon by Newsgator
Omea Reader - All in One solution
NewzCrawler -$24.95
SharpReader - Simple free solution

Feed Services:
WordPress is capable of generating RSS Feeds right out fo the box. But for a more control of your feed I recommend signing up for a FeedBurner account.
Once your account is created you will need to point your current rss feeds to your feedburner account, this is made easy using a plugin called FeedSmith.

Displaying your feedcount:

You can either use one of the feedburner chicklets or you can output your feed count with text instead of an image using the aptly named Feed Count plugin, and style it until your hearts content.

Monitoring your competitions Feed Count:
Using the nifty SK Feedburner Stats Widget for netvibes, you can enter multiple Feedburner URL’s and monitor there feedcounts to see how your shaping up against your competition, or even your own sites.

I have my feed at the top currently 6 RSS Subscribers today (not bad for a 72 hour old blog) along with some already established blogs covering the same niche below.

Plugins:

RSS Stream - displays your social feeds in a lifestream way
©Feed - Extends the feed! A report of copyright, a digital fingerprint and the IP of the feed reader can be added.
Feed WordPress - tom/RSS aggregator for WordPress
Feed Cache Pipes - Caches RSS Feeds for display on your WP sidebar.
RSS Footer - Places a link in the RSS Feeds footer linking back to your blog.

Free RSS Icons:

Feed Icons
Glass Style Icons
3D RSS Icons
Circle RSS Icons
Nyssa Brown 3D RSS Icon Pack

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What is WassUp?

WassUp is a statistics plugin for checking your stats in real time from within the admin panel. I have been following the development of WassUp for a couple of months, and It’s improved leaps and bounds since previous versions. With the latest version 1.4.7 it’s had a major overhaul and a lot of the previous bugs appear to have been resolved.

Why use it?

You could of course use other stats programs such as Awstats, google analytics, haveamint etc. But those options either take a while (up to 24 hours) before reporting results or you have to pay for a license. WassUp is a free plugin and it starts tracking your visitors as soon as you install it. There’s no modifying of code necessary. Literally once you’ve activated the plugin it will start tracking your visitors.

The fact it’s specifically made for WordPress has advantages over other statistic options, such as Widget support for displaying stats easily to your visitors.

Resources:

Download
User Guide
Support Forum

Screenshots: