WordPress Plugins Holiday Displays, Product Comparison & Special Guest Dave Jackson

Summary: WordPress Plugins from A to Z Episode 99 It’s episode #99 and we’re talking plugins for Product Comparison, Holiday Displays, Unique ways to show a portfolio or sponsors, and we talk with Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting and Weekly Web Tools. It’s all coming your way next on Wordpress Plugins A-Z. WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast Can also be found at WPPluginsAtoZ.com WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast can be found on Stitcher Radio Click here to Download app or listen online Now. WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast can be found on the iTunes Store here.   John’s & Marcus Rant: Coming soon the WordPress Medic Podcast where I will be discussing in depth how to help your ailing Wordpress website help you through those tough times and interviews with experts from all over the World. Dont forget to head over to Social media camp Victoria @ http://socialmediacamp.ca/ and support me by commenting on my posts as linked below or even retweet them as it is a contest. http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/12/deck-your-wordpress-with-boughs-of-holly-for-a-wordpress-christmas/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/11/customize-your-wordpress-login-with-social-logins/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/10/wordpress-photo-galleries-made-easy/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/10/tune-wordpress-with-these-4-tools/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/11/useful-facebook-comments-on-your-wordpress-website/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/09/speed-up-wordpress-with-a-few-simple-clicks/ Looks like Marcus won WordPress 3.5 dropped today just shy of 30mil downloads of 3.4 Interesting Sites Running Wordpress: CIO.GOV is the home page for the US Government’s Chief Information officer, and it’s powered by Wordpress! I guess with someone smart enough to use Wordpress at the help of the USA’s information technology that at least one government worker’s salary is money well spent. Listener Feedback / Audio Clips We have a few clips submitted over the last week that we’ll include on a future show, but be sure to visit our site and leave feedback about the show or any questions you may have about plugins or Wordpress needs you’re looking for help on. World of WordPress News and other interesting WordPress related posts: Wordpress 3.5 “Elvin” dropped today, named after Elvin Jones a prominent Jazz drummer. The biggest improvements is in dealing with Media. You can now edit the meta data of all your images, reorder them with drag and drop capability and there are improved upload options as well. 3.5 also includes the new Twenty Twelve theme, a responsive, retina ready Wordpress theme that’s worth playing around with. New users will also find a refreshing welcome screen, showing them a few tasks to get them started using Wordpress. There are also a lot of developer enhancements and additions that have been made, so look for a flurry of really cool plugins coming your way that take advantage of all these new capabilities, and as always you’ll hear about those first on Wordpress Plugins A-Z. -- And today we’re featuring a guest plugin analyst, we’re joined by Dave Jackson, the founder and host of The School Of Podcasting, Weekly Web Tools, The Marketing Musician Podcast and many others. Dave is not only an experienced podcast coach and instructor, but he’s also a rabid Wordpress enthusiast and advocate going back nearly seven years.   **WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John** More ways to decorate your website for the holidays While I may have covered these last year I thought it would be nice to mention them again.   Snow, balloons and more Snowflakes (and more) falling down your blog! Inspired by the unforgettable xsnow. Since 0.8.0 images can float upwards too. You can add a little holiday cheer with some snow, balloons and more… like  falling Santas, trees or snow flakes all over. Add this great little plugin, which is also good for other festive occasions. A special treat of this plugin is you can limit it to specific pages.