WordCamp San Francisco 2009: State of the Word – Q&A
by Patrick HavensAfter a very filling lunch Matt Mullenweg, remember ma.tt, somehow seemed to bound on stage. Well okay once dragged away from his iPhone.
Slide:
m(-@-)mullenweg.com
ma.tt
@photomatt
http://bit.ly/mattbook
Career Coach got up and asked Matt got asked to speak.
Now QUESTIONS
Q: Organization wants to use WordPress but is worried translation.
A: GlotPress translation service created by WordPress
Q: Migrating from Blogger to WordPress
A: Use the built in importer, it works very well.
Q: Why should they convert from Text Pattern to WordPress.
A: Its liked but WordPress can allow a lot of options.
Q: User level going to be strengthed or improved.
A: There are plugins but maybe they need to work on that some.
Q: Journalists and WordPress
A: The core can work decent, NY Times had no suggestion on plugins. But the pending posts as such allows editors to then edit and post.
Q: Widget Directory
A: Its a popular tag in plugins search, so they may add it but it can be searched for.
Q: What js library does he like suggest.
A: he suggests xpath
Q: Migrating pixel post to WordPress?
A: Will see if he can get some work on it.
Q: Questions about GPL plugins and a paid element?
A: They won’t run a store themselves but have no problem with it.
Q: Controlling plagerism?
A: Report to wp.com and they’ll have it down within 24 hours. If elsewhere contact Google and they are good about taking it out of the index.
Q: Why are plugins not avaiable on WordPress.com?
A: Main reason is security reasons. Also scalability. He’s debated it but all code would need code reviews or rebuilds.
Q: two question. Bliki is a WordPress wiki.
A: He hasn’t forgotten it, but no one is working on it.
Q: Google Wave
A: hasn’t had time to watch whole video but is curious of a wp combo.
Q: What makes a core.
A: What do most people use in WordPress and what’s cool. As long as it’s light-weight.
Q: OracleDB support.
A: They are looking at different database options. There are some working on a SQL layer so that other DBs could be used.
Q: Usage of different php versions?
A: php5 is now above 80%
Q: Simple non authed image posts.
A: A plugin author has done that and will tag a sample later.
Q: How does he see WP evolving.
A: He doesn’t see being enterprise but he is already seeing it being scalable and being used as a CMS more and more.
Q: Will the search being improved or
Just switching to Google.
A: Matt is using Google personally. They have a home grown that works pretty well for .com and may improve it and supply as a plugin.
Q: What is p2?
A: A wordpress theme like twitter.
Q: Caching
A: They have been working on scability and end-user experience. 2.8 has been all about making every byte count.
Final Question
Q: Post Revisions and db size?
A: They will grow but in the config file you can adjust how much you can limit how much is saved. They may switch to saving diffs later.
