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Attended the 1st ever Wordcamp Conference in Malaysia just yesterday. Well, won’t say much about it though…

Just go through the tweets tweeted during the session aite? It’s quite lengthy and i’ve actually removed more crap tweets/repeating tweets from the #wcmy timeline. I guessed the information below is enough to get you a picture of what happened in the event.

Note : Do view from bottom to top xD

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BY AIZAT FAIZ

@tjunkie @aizatto uses vim…a true coder #wcmy

@safirulalredha Plugin usually breaks when u enabled multi-site features WP 3.0 #wcmy

@aizatto : put screen shots, esp of admin page. It’s the deciding factor. #wcmy

@Strifemare @goldfries #wcmy this last talk was very technically engaging

@safirulalredha Browse WP plugins repos: http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org #wcmy

@icednyior There are a total of 1133 hooks. Refer to codex, plugin dir & google #wcmy

@alexleonard #wcmy plugin dev talk very fast, but a good base introduction.

@ruhanirabin WordPress Plugin development at #wcmy keep the slides in black text on white could’ve helped http://tweetphoto.com/23440841

@vironia WordPress action hooks do something while filter hooks transform (and returns value) via @aizatto #wcmy

@icednyior @aizatto : wp_enqueue_style() lets u add custom stylesheet by defining URL of said stylesheet #wcmy

@icednyior Why array callbacks = Easier for segmentation, and to avoid name conflicts to name a few. #wcmy /via @vernieman

@vernieman @icednyior Easier for segmentation, and to avoid name conflicts to name a few. #wcmy

@icednyior #wcmy add_filter() has a optional part for priority – in numbers. Smaller # = higher priority

@safirulalredha See: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards #wcmy

@vironia @aizatto giving code examples on 2 types of hooks – action and filters #wcmy

@icednyior #wcmy Faiz prefers array callbacks. Didn’t catch why. Filters have to return something.

@icednyior Add_filter has 2 parts. Hook name & call back – the latter determines what Php function to call #wcmy

@blogjunkie New post: Theme Frameworks: A Glimpse Into The Future Of WordPress Themes [WordCamp Malaysia Presentation] – http://bit.ly/bAM5VZ #wcmy

@wordcampmy Beginning WordPress plugin development by @aizatto…is it technical or geek enough? #wcmy

@icednyior WordPress prefers dashes instead of underscores for spaces #wcmy

@mahyuni @aizatto basically doing ‘actions & filters for wp for dummies’ Rockin.#wcmy

@vernieman There are 1133 hooks in WP (v2.9). Which hook do you use for plugin development? /via @aizatto #wcmy #WPdev

@vironia WordPress plugin dev talk by @aizatto now #wcmy http://yfrog.com/5ucjsj

@alexleonard #wcmy Really looking forward to this plugin development talk.

BY LIEWCF, HONGKIAT, JAMESYEANG@FRIEDBEEF

@liewcf @goldfries do NOT sell links, unless buyer allow “nofollow” #wcmy

@vernieman Malaysia’s first Facebook employee @aizatto up next – “Beginning WordPress Plugin Development” #wcmy

@aizatto new post at blog.aizatto.com: Beginning WordPress Plugin Development http://bit.ly/awXlPJ #wcmy

@tjunkie Happy Birthday @naokomc #wcmy http://twitpic.com/1pxn9o

@Ian joonian wcmy 70% of sg traffic is outbound (non-sg websites). so i don’t recommend nuffnang/advertelets. /via @abanghazrul

@mahyuni the cake is not a lie! http://twitpic.com/1pxmeq #wcmy

@liewcf “@joshuaongys: @liewcf is encouraging us to fire our boss hahahhah” Er.. Not really.. I mean “focus” #wcmy

@linus_chew @jenkinyat I had to ask that question, because #nuffnang sucks and i want to change bloggers perception on moneytization #wcmy

@clayap #wcmy Thank s@liewcf @hongkiat @friedbeef for sharing

@simonlim88 #wcmy use ipad to inform speakers on time’s up..very geeky.. http://tweetphoto.com/23437019

@naokomc Enjoyed the panel session by top bloggers who love what they do. Great job @blogjunkie & speakers @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef #wcmy

@abanghazrul #wcmy 70% of sg traffic is outbound (non-sg websites). so i don’t really recommend nuffnang/advertelets. locals place ads on adsense anwy

@linus_chew #wcmy question: How do define/charge advertisers for your ad space.

@Khairul khairul Winners don’t use Nuffnang or Advertlets. Amen. #wcmy

@whykimi #wcmy does page load speed affects traffics? I do know liewcf.com looks so plain yet it loads very fast!

@scamboy @liewcf says “beg” for comments on blog #wcmy

@tjunkie How do you promote your blog initially to generate traffic #wcmy

@goldfries #wcmy @hongkiat @icednyior most people stop even before they start making money. they’re better off not blogging. attitude no there.

@scamboy @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef says No to Affiliate ads but the moderator @blogjunkie says Yes and recommends it….hmn #wcmy

@thechannelc Give seminars. Big $$. #wcmy

@wafflehausmedia @blogjunkie $500 USD in 6 months by switching blogging strat… promoting affiliate themes. something is still broken… #wcmy

@vernieman Good and insightful questions by @blogjunkie to speakers @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef #wcmy

@Bennimaru Start off with a passion, let it come naturally #wcmy

@jtheomfg Wud love to hear abt ppl like @kennysia or @paultantk ‘s input instead of all tech bloggers. #wcmy

@icednyior @hongkiat says consistency is important. Lots of ppl stop after they didn’t make money #wcmy

@mahyuni @blogjunkie doing great job moderating blog monetisation panel #wcmy

@vernieman Just noticed: All four web geeks onstage wear glasses @liewcf @blogjunkie @hongkiat @friedbeef #wcmy @qwertyjuan

@vernieman “If you hate the look of your own site, then there’s too many ads”. /via @liewcf | LOL, I vote him for funniest personality of the day #wcmy

@icednyior @hongkiat rewards loyal rewards with contests. If ur readers are loyal, they will understand u need money #wcmy

@icednyior @friedbeef uses a WP plugin to set 1st page no ads, older posts will serve ads. #wcmy

@whykimi #wcmy Malaysia problogger talks about ads, say… How much they really earn?? Liewcf can even buy gf!!!

@wafflehausmedia @vernieman I believe it should be 80/20… Especially in aff marketing. premium content 80%, selling 20% or less! #wcmy

@vernieman Interesting insight from @friedbeef. Rewards loyal readers by reducing ads. #wcmy

@icednyior @friedbeef : focus on content first then put ads. Don’t put all ads on little content #wcmy

@vernieman “Monetising Your Blog” forum – Ideal Content to Ads ratio – 70:30 #wcmy

@dannyfoo On the spot: @friedbeef @hongkiat @liewcf moderated by @blogjunkie http://twitpic.com/1pxf2b iPhone ain’t a DSLR. #wcmy

@icednyior @liewcf : ads shld match the content. Blend well with design. This will increase clickthru #wcmy

@Bennimaru Traffic to your blog relates directly to the returns you’ll make. Provide topics/content of value to ur readers. #wcmy

@icednyior Ur niche has to be something that ppl actually has product to sell #wcmy

@icednyior Pageview doesn’t always equate money. Lower traffic blogs might earn more if it’s a niche #wcmy

@icednyior Page views a day: @friedbeef & @liewcf = 7-10k @hongkiat = 120k #wcmy

@linus_chew @alexleonard #wcmy yuppers but if you are in college wanting to be a entrepreneur #websitespark will help in a short run

@vernieman “I get 120K page views per day” /via @hongkiat #wcmy

@vernieman “My Honda City’s name is Adsense.” /via @liewcf | LOL, this guy’s funny. And rich. (Malaysia’s true fulltime pro-blogger) #wcmy

@linus_chew #wcmy my honda city is from #adsense -lol

@qwertyjuan 4 super geeks on stage now @friedbeef @hongkiat @liewcf @Blogjunkie #wcmy

@wordcampmy Forum discussion on #wcmy about Niche Blogging / Make Money Online – @hongkiat @liewcf @friedbeef and moderated by @blogjunkie

BY LAI HOONG FAI

@linus_chew @alexleonard #wcmy but its great for startup nonetheless with free tools, MSDN access but there are still clauses

@icednyior Forum discussion at #wcmy – @blogjunkie moderating. On the panel @liewcf @friedbeef @hongkiat http://twitpic.com/1pxbkw

@ruhanirabin @lightyoruichi its a good thing that microsoft is giving so much attention at wordpress #wcmy

@scamboy @chenhaw won’t it for “microsoft loves wordpress! we all love wordpress… but not everybody loves microsoft… :p #wcmy” lol!!

@vironia Not only BizSpark, Microsoft has WebsiteSpark now @faister #wcmy

@mahyuni Conflicting impressions of @faister’s presso content but no doubt his presso skills damn decent as we’re paying attention #wcmy

@scamboy Microsoft loves WordPress but WordPress loves OPEN SOURCE…. hmn #wcmy

@icednyior Windows Azure – m$ public cloud server storage supports wordpress #wcmy

@scamboy more mentions on #microsoft #silverlight and video here at #wcmy right now… Isn’t this supposed 2 be WORDPRESS + Microsoft talk?

@linus_chew #wcmy localhost server option #xampp or #wamp do we really need #azure ?

@aizatto Down the rabbit hole we go. Whats on the other end? The talk has strayed from WordPress to Silverlight to Video Encoding #wcmy

@tjunkie Looks like is a Silverlight talk more than WordPress now #wcmy

@Bennimaru Silverlight media players detect ur connection speed n cater the video quality accordinly. No buffering! #wcmy

@linus_chew #wcmy It took 5secs for IIS and silverlight to load a video and play on a localhost!

@nickywoo ms silverlight media player is open source. How can micro$oft and open source be in the same sentence? #wcmy

@ruhanirabin #silverlight on #wordpress at #wcmy http://tweetphoto.com/23431738

@scamboy Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight Silverlight WHERE IS WORDPRESS? “Microsoft” talk here… #wcmy

@icednyior Install silverlight for WP plugin, put in the name of .xap file that’s in yr wp directory and it’ll be embeded into ur post #wcmy

@khairul Silverlight plugin let you embed Silverlight app into posts. #wcmy

@manmohanjit Silverlight app demo on WordPress via the Silverlight for WordPress plugin #wcmy

@mahyuni Sliverlight for WordPress & Silverlight Gallery among MS plugins created for WordPress #wcmy

@mahyuni microsoft.com/web to download Web Installer for you to install local comp install of WP #wcmy

@vernieman MSFT: Running WP on Microsoft is a piece of cake with Web Platform Installer @faister #wcmy

@icednyior Cloud is not webhosting – imagine it as a rubberband. it expands when u need it. Pay what u use. Rated billing. #wcmy

@Bennimaru Microsoft, cloud hosting & wordpress #wcmy

BY JIMMY NGU

@wegopro #wcmy buddypress is bigger than just a community plugin….

@Bennimaru Great demo/examples presented by @thepremiumpress on geo-tagging with #BuddyPress. #wcmy

@icednyior Buddypress website – www.buddypress.org #wcmy

@icednyior My tip: Simple plugin to add map to your basic wordpress blog – www.wpgeo.com #wcmy

@mahyuni “There’s nothing more relevant than geo-relevant data” #wcmy. Eh?

@icednyior Buddypress creates a whole new type of wordpress. Bring ur site out of the box & it’s free #wcmy

@kreativethemes BuddyPress as Event Management and Geolocation tools looks promissing #wcmy

@icednyior Buddypress features easily extensible plugins – make a Flickr like site, add events feature, ratings, geolocation #wcmy

@Bennimaru Extensions for #BuddyPress: doc sharing, photo albums, tweet/face streams, ratings, geolocation, events & more #wcmy

@mahyuni Highlights of #wcmy so far – WP 3.0 previews, theme frameworks, smart talk abt SEO Downers: Pressos that are quickly becoming old.

@vernieman Check out http://irrationalgames.com built on BuddyPress + WP. #wcmy | Nice, very nice.

@icednyior U can build ur own foursquare by redefining the social layer in buddypress #wcmy

@vernieman Hmm…might consider trying out #BuddyPress for www.r3gister.org and forum. Forum uses Simple Machines tho. Potential nightmare. #wcmy

@vernieman Nice. BuddyPress is a re-definable Social Layer. Build your own Foursquare, FTW! #wcmy

@Bennimaru BuddyPress will be great for focus groups, community sites. Catering for individuals wif similar interests #wcmy

@tjunkie @jimmynguyc from ThePremiumPress up now on geo-tagging with BuddyPress…Let’s Buddy up #wcmy

@Bennimaru BuddyPress adds the “social” element to WordPress blogs. #wcmy

BY YAHYA AYOB

@vernieman Don’t use iframe. Use xfbml + javascript for FB Like button. More data output on FB wall. /via yahya_ayob #wcmy

@icednyior Plugins for social media – sociable’s facebook connect, wordbooker #wcmy

@icednyior Wp becomes social through sharing links, comments, discus #wcmy

@tianchad Yahya is sharing about self influence. Which means find a niche and kakiis to work together #wcmy

@amirulfaisyal Yahya Ayob from S’pore on social media with WordPress, #wcmy

BY LIEW CHEON FONG

@qwertyjuan “You get linked, when your content it good.” Well done @liewcf ! #wcmy

@khairul Lotsa questions coming to @liewcf. People are really interested in SEO. Or, money. #wcmy

@vernieman Shorten permalinks. Remove date/month/year if blog content is not time-specific. /via @liewcf #wcmy

@bernardyeoh @liewcf says BE NATURAL….he makes SEO sounds so cool..hehe.. #wcmy

@blogjunkie @liewcf I also like to use the Scribe SEO plugin to automatically scan & optimise my content for keywords http://bit.ly/btEH9d #wcmy

@icednyior Disable non relevant pages indexing – category/tag/archives page. Add to ur header Code : #wcmy

@icednyior Rename your image filename with keywords. Helps image search #wcmy

@tjunkie Keywords and nothing but keywords @liewcf #wcmy

@manmohanjit First paragraph should be the main keywords/summary of your post #wcmy

@manmohanjit post title + post id = good seo. Avoid duplicates with unique id’s #wcmy

@manmohanjit Remove irrelevant words from permalinks #wcmy @

@icednyior Tools for keywords – google adwords keywords or wordtracker GTrends. Yes, free #wcmy

@icednyior Choose low competition but high traffic keywords #wcmy

@nickywoo @liewcf talking about – SEO for blogs. “Get found on the search engine!” #wcmy

@vernieman Up next – SEO for blogs by @liewcf. Listen and listen good guys, if you want to make money that is! #wcmy

BY DAVID WANG

@amanfirdaus You can’t talk bout non-GPL coz it is one of the rule of the WordCamp. #wcmy

@clayap #wcmy @blogjunkie pointed out how to make life easy by using theme framework

@mahyuni Not at #wcmy? Check out @blogjunkie’s slide at slides.blogjunkie.net

@dannyfoo Theme frameworks are the future. Want-to-be Malaysia theme designers take note. #wcmy

@alexleonard #wcmy Oh, @blogjunkie I’m going to be super pedantic on a semantic note. etc are ‘elements’ not ‘tags’

@mahyuni @blogjunkie says: Learn to use hooks. Put custom functions into functions.php. Hook functions into WP actions & filters. #wcmy

@mahyuni @blogjunkie giving tip of one way of customising themes – create a custom.css file. Keep form/function separate, easier to manage #wcmy

@icednyior Create a folder for ur child theme in same folder as parent theme. #wcmy

@wordcampmy 3 types of Theme Framework: Child Theme, Upgradable Core and Custom CSS/function by @blogjunkie in #wcmy

@mahyuni @blogjunkie giving breakdown of theme frameworks & challenges with different type of f’works #wcmy

@mahyuni @blogjunkie says that theme frameworks have now made WP a viable CMS solution for businesses.#wcmy

@Bennimaru WordPress for businesses, here comes the juice #wcmy

@icednyior Y buy? Premium themes offer better support. Buy 1 framework, get multiple styles #wcmy

@mahyuni @blogjunkie noting that premium theme market has exploded to point there are even M’sian teams in the business #wcmy

@icednyior @blogjunkie explaining history of theme framework. Child themes enable upgrading of theme w/o losing ur customization #wcmy

@wordcampmy For #wcmy agenda, you may refer to http://cot.ag/9R8hED

@icednyior theme framework – solid codebase to start other projects, theme hooks (actions & filters), like developing a plugin #wcmy

@Bennimaru Theme framework is a solid codebase to build other projects with. #wcmy

@vernieman Level5′s David Wang aka @blogjunkie on stage to talk about Theme Frameworks. Woohoo! @level5creative #wcmy

BY KEVIN ZAHRI

@alexleonard wcmy @kevinzahri is picking some holes in WordPress

@Sashi #wcmy @kevinzahri mentioned how social media pulled away traffic from blogs. Good point.

@Khairul khairul WP can do many things, but not everything at its best -Kevin #wcmy

@vernieman Kevin Zahri of @EmbunWeb, Diamond sponsors, up on stage. #wcmy

BY NAOKO

@amanfirdaus With freedom comes responsibility. #spiderman #wcmy

@Bennimaru BuddyPress is wordpress’ very own social network CMS. #wcmy

@icednyior WordPress can be used as a cms. New features in wp 3.0 certainly gears towards that #wcmy

@icednyior WordPress is about sharing – code, plugins, themes, forums, documentaion, events&meetups #wcmy

@syazwanzubir Twenty Ten Theme in WP 3.0 – custom headers, bg, widgets, custom menu, post types & taxonomies #wcmy

@wordcampmy Custom taxanomies in WP 3.0 makes #WordPress a powerful CMS… #wcmy

@alexleonard #wcmy this talk of WordPress and core/plugin translations makes me wish I spoke more than one language.

@Bennimaru WordPress: 60+ core translations for ease of use. #multilanguage #wcmy

@clayap #wcmy huge 9,600 plugins and 1,100 themes available backed by large community.

@icednyior custom taxonomies in wp 3.0 – add a new category/ tag that is seperate. Eg ‘country’ #wcmy

@Bennimaru WordPress: 9600 plugins; 1100 themes. #wcmy

@nickywoo #wcmy sick of managing hundreds of blog with hundreds of logins? Now we have WordPress MU (multi-user) – makes life easier. http://mu.wordp

@Bennimaru Custom Post Types for WordPress 3.0 is a great way to categorize & define posts. #wcmy

@mahyuni WP 3.0 looks interesting. Beta already available for download. Shiny! Though the multi-widget management takes some getting used to. #wcmy

@shape_tea #WordPress is successful due to many big brands are using it..namely Techcrunch, WSJ, SAP, MTV and Mashable. #wcmy (via @wordcampmy)

@abanghazrul 79% of blogs run on WordPress http://www.abanghazrul.com/notes/wordcamp-malaysia-2010/ #wcmy

@friedbeef New wordpress 3.0 will come with a new default theme – FINALLY #wcmy http://yfrog.com/6bzihj

@mahyuni 2010dev.wordpress.com is the demo site for the live version of the new WP default theme #wcmy

@icednyior Twenty Ten default theme has custom bkgd, packaged custom headers – sounds good for clients Eg: campaigns, seasons, etc #wcmy

@vernieman Example of power of WPMU – WordPress.com – 10.6m sites / 250m monthly uniques / 2 billion pageviews #wcmy

@amanfirdaus WordPress.com have 10.6million sites, 250 million monthly uniques, and 2 billion pageviews. #WPMU #wcmy

@blogjunkie new thing i learnt from @naokomc at #wcmy – WordPress Multi Language plugin http://wpml.org/

@whykimi Uhh didnt know wordpress was so great to create magazine other than blog #wcmy

@mahyuni WordPress MU will be integrated into WP 3.0. In the words of Blizzard, Hell It’s About Time. #wcmy

@amanfirdaus Naoko talking about WordPress 3.0. It is scheduled for mid of June. The milestone shows that 93% is donw for WP 3.0. #wcmy

@mahyuni Interesting – SAP.info also runs on WP. Enterprises running it is a rather cool development, eh @sashi__ ? #bodekyourboss #wcmy

@simonlim88 #WordPress has 8.5% market share worldwide by @naokomc #wcmy

@vernieman 79% of top million sites with a blog use WordPress. Astonishing. #wcmy

@amanfirdaus In Malaysia, WordPress.com is the 12th most visited site. #alexa #wcmy

@Bennimaru 8.5% of the internet powered by WordPress. 9.2mil downloads for v2.9 #wcmy

@liewcf WordPress birthday: May 23, 2003 #wcmy

@vernieman WordPress started from GPL-license B2 project 7 years ago #wcmy #history

@mahyuni Trip down Memory Lane at #wcmy and how WordPress evolved from b2. Mic feedback annoying tho – echos. OHAI #wcmy organizers

@tjunkie talking abt wordpress history now by @naokomc #wcmy

@clayap #wcmy Naoko a happy engineer @ Automattic , WordPress.org Japanese team, Japanese WordPress book author and wordcamp organizer @naokomc said its not a job, its a passion #wcmy

@vernieman Whoopsie, Naoko’s from Michigan, and she’s a Happiness Engineer (so cute!). Google her, she’s famous! #wcmy

@luc_sohow Heh, #wcmy sign fail. Wonder what a hashfag is? /k/? http://twitpic.com/1pu0rd

@vernieman Matt from Automattic saying hi from the States and talks about WordPress3. Why is he whispering though? Is it top secret? #wcmy

@tjunkie Matt @photomatt at wordcamp #wcmy

@wordcampmy Listening to @photomatt keynote in #wcmy

@joshuatly http://twitpic.com/1ptryn – #fail so many typo #wcmy

@tjunkie Coffee Break at Wordcamp http://twitpic.com/1ptob0 #wcmy

@joshuatly Q ing for registration at wordpress.my #wcmy

@qwertyjuan Adui…#wcmy #fail http://tweetphoto.com/23388988

@wordcampmy The official hashtag is #wcmy

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Date: 22th May 2010
Time: 8am – 5pm
Venue: Bintang Ballroom, Level 5, Cititel Mid Valley

So yea, that’s about it. Too much information to digest but yeah, I did get some useful stuffs to feed my brain and it is actually a good start to further wordpress related events/conference.

However, i do reserve my thoughts on the organizers. Enough said. =)

NAOKO – Learning from WordPress
AIZAT FAIZ – Beginning WordPress Plugin Development
DAVID WANG  – Theme Frameworks: The Future Of WordPress Themes
LIEWCF - SEO for Blogs

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