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New WordPress plugin: ComparePress

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It’s always exciting to see a project you work on take flight. Such is the case with a new plugin in the WordPress repository called ComparePress.

We recently had the opportunity to work with Andy Symonds from The Blog House. He was in the final stages of development on his plugin and was looking for some colaboration to finish things up. While he did the lion’s share of the work, we were happy to step in and offer some assistance along the way.

Andy explains the plugin best: “ComparePress allows any WordPress based site or blog to replace their existing text based ads with an affiliate marketing based, SEO, price comparison system which adds 1000s of intelligent price comparison pages to their blog. By having this detailed and relevant comparison data, users will stay on the site for longer and the system also gives the site owners the potential to earn a greater share of the true worth of their traffic.”

The plugin was launched with 1 module that offers content for UK based sales. They are working on additional modules and are hoping to have US based solutions in place real soon.

Congratulations on your plugin, Andy! We wish you all the best!

9seeds travels to Miami

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If you are going to be in Miami, FL on February 20th, you should head over to the University of Miami School of Communication to take part in WordCamp Miami 2010. Your $30 ticket will get you a t-shirt, lunch, swag bag, oh yeah, and a jam-packed day of sessions covering anything and everything WordPress.

The list of speakers for WordCamp Miami is an impressive one including developers, designers and even some staffers from Automattic. We are very excited to send Shayne Sanderson to represent 9seeds. Shayne will be giving a presentation on using WordPress and eCommerce.

For a complete list of speakers and list of sessions, head over to WordCampMia.com.

If you can’t make it to Miami, follow along on Twitter using hashtag: #wcmia

I can has plugin?

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Last month at Blog World Expo I ran in to Ben Huh. For those who may not know, Ben is the CEO of Pet Holdings, Inc., the company behind the wildly popular blogs I Can Has Cheezeburger?, Fail Blog and dozens more. I told Ben about our new WordPress plugin development company and he said, “We need a WordPress Plugin!” How great is our timing?

I present to you, LOLPress!

LOLPress is a free WordPress plugin that adds a tooltip pop-up to images in your WordPress blog pages and posts giving you the option to add a caption to the photo and submit it to the cheezburger network. You can also click to see previous captions created by others using the same photo.

You can see a demo of the plugin in action on 606diaries.com

Download the plugin and let us know what you think!

Happy LOLing!

9seeds in Phoenix and New York

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One of the things we enjoying doing most is traveling to WordCamp events, doing presentations and meeting the amazing group of WordPress users, designers and developers that come out for a great day of learning and networking! November brings us two opportunities and we’re hoping you can join us!

November 13 – WordCamp Phoenix
We are proud to be sending John Hawkins to Phoenix where he’ll give a presentation on creating a WordPress plugin. The team at GoDaddy is sponsoring the event and they are definitely doing it up right! They will be live streaming the sessions so you can catch the sessions even if you aren’t able to make it out to the event. You can also follow along on Twitter with the hashtag: #PhxWC

(Note: If you plan on being at the show and want to talk about a WordPress project with John, please catch him in the morning as he’ll be heading to the airport shortly after his presentation.)

November 14 – WordCamp New York
We were very excited to receive an invite to speak at what is shaping up to be one of the largest WordCamp events of the year. With 50 speakers and 8 session tracks, this is going to be an amazing 2 days in the Big Apple! Be sure to get there early as John Hawkins will first on stage in the beginning developer track where he’ll give a presentation on creating your first WordPress plugin. Shayne Sanderson will also be on hand to answer questions you have about your WordPress site. Follow along on twitter with the hashtag: #wcnyc

We hope to see you at one (or both) of these events!

The launch of 9seeds

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It’s been said that anything worth doing is worth doing right. Sometimes that means you need to put projects on hold because you don’t have proper people ready, willing and able to join forces to make that project a success. But when you finally find the right people, doing it right seems to happen with very little effort.

A bit of history

A few months ago I was approached with an opportunity to work on a project that I immediately realized as something I wanted to be a part of. Unfortunately, by myself, I just didn’t have the time or skills to complete the project in the way I know it needs to be done in order to be a success. So I shelved it.

Fast forward a few weeks. I took a trip to Los Angeles to take part in WordCamp L.A. While there I had a meeting with Shayne and Todd and gave them an overview of the project. They, too, were both immediately excited. Having known Todd for several years and having worked closely with Shayne on projects over the last couple months, I knew that I had found the missing pieces.

Thus, 9seeds was born!

Our project is underway and we expect to launch in the next 4-6 weeks. It will be the first in a series of custom WordPress plugins. Until then, if you need a custom WordPress plugin, a unique theme for your business, or if you just need some help with your existing website, give us a call. We’ll be happy to help.

Cheers,

John