Wordpress 2.8 was released yesterday. In this special audio only podcast I tackle what’s new, and should you upgrade right away or wait? Also I’m using a new content delivery network – blip.tv.
You can download the file here, or once I get it figured out I’ll put the player up at the top of this post.

In this episode I show you how to install Wordpress on your computer using MAMP for Mac or XAMPP for Windows. This lets you experiment with things in a safe environment, without worrying about messing up your live web site. 

I’m trying a new host for my files – blip.tv.  This is a big download, over 400mb. Please let me know if you have any trouble.  Tomorrow sometime when the file finishes converting I’ll update this post so you can watch the video right on this site.

Download the file here

At wordcamp, Timothy Ferriss very quickly mentioned crazyegg – a heatmap click tracking solution.  I checked it out and prices start at $10 a month. Too rich for my blood, so I did a bit of googling and found: Clickheat, a free version of crazyegg. It’s so free it’s on Sourceforge as open source, very cool.  I’ve installed it on a few of my blogs, and once I have it all figured out, I’m going to do a howto on how to install and use it.

In this episode I walk you through making changes to a Wordpress theme, including editing the style.css and index.php. I show you how to edit some static content and change a header graphic, and describe how I go about hacking an unfaimilar theme. 

Download the episode here. Yay, Now you can view the video right here thanks to my new best friend, Blip.TV!