Kevin Muldoon has put his WordPress blog, WPMods, up for sale on Flippa. At the time of this writing the auction is at $30,000, though in the comments he mentions he set the reserve price at $60,000. The Flippa auction has another five days left on its nine-day listing, a listing length which Muldoon said he chose because the last 30 day auction asked buyers to wait too long.

In the listing, Muldoon says WPMods has an average of 105,000 page views per month and an average gross revenue of $1,300 per month. Muldoon also argued for the site’s potential in the comments of the listing:

The site has not really been monetized yet. I only started selling ads via buysellads and selling paid reviews two weeks ago so it should increase beyond $2,500 very soon. It’s real strength lies not with ads but with the site being a platform to push quality WordPress products and services to WordPress users. This is something that many other websites simply don’t have.

The last WordPress site I remember seeing sold on Flippa was WPVibe. We actually discussed WPVibe, WPMods, and even as far back as WPDesigner’s sale (remember that?) on the latest episode of WP Late Night, if you’re interested in this sort of stuff.

(Oh yeah, Flippa also saw WordPress auctions with the Pro Photo Theme and We Love WP sales.)

What do you think of the WPMods auction so far? Do you think Muldoon will hit his reserve price of $60,000?

Disclaimer: WPMods is a publisher site on the Pressed Ads advertising network, which I run.

The WordCamp San Francisco 2012 sponsorship pricing page went up today, and discussion ramped up around Tony Perez’s blog post about it. He said:

My bigger issue is with the “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality. I fail to see how this camp is any different than any other. I have heard the rumors yes, the plan is to change the name and make it the one true WordPress conference. Great, then change the name and differentiate it, don’t hold it under the same name, hold everyone to one standard, and yourself to another.

Automatticians Evan Solomon and Jane Wells spoke up in the comments to respond to concerns. Wells explained, among other things, why San Francisco is still called a WordCamp:

Matt has not felt the need to change the name to differentiate, in part because most of the community already knows it’s different and in part because as the founder of WordCamp, with an event in SF, he’s attached to it.

The post and comment thread are both worth a read through, particularly if you’ve been confused about how WordCamp San Francisco differs from other WordCamps. I’d also recommend checking out Jane’s post announcing WordCamp San Francisco 2011, which further explains the thought process behind keeping it named WordCamp.

The WordCamp San Francisco 2012 sponsorship pricing page went up today, and discussion ramped up around Tony Perez’s blog post about it. He said:

My bigger issue is with the “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality. I fail to see how this camp is any different than any other. I have heard the rumors yes, the plan is to change the name and make it the one true WordPress conference. Great, then change the name and differentiate it, don’t hold it under the same name, hold everyone to one standard, and yourself to another.

Automatticians Evan Solomon and Jane Wells spoke up in the comments to respond to concerns. Wells explained, among other things, why San Francisco is still called a WordCamp:

Matt has not felt the need to change the name to differentiate, in part because most of the community already knows it’s different and in part because as the founder of WordCamp, with an event in SF, he’s attached to it.

The post and comment thread are both worth a read through, particularly if you’ve been confused about how WordCamp San Francisco differs from other WordCamps. I’d also recommend checking out Jane’s post announcing WordCamp San Francisco 2011, which further explains the thought process behind keeping it named WordCamp.

I’m happy to say Joshua Strebel (of Page.ly and now PressNomics fame) joined the regular WP Late Night crew last night. We discussed the new conference, theme business models, and we torture you with yet another top ten list. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. (We had trouble getting Josh in clearly for the first 5 or 10 minutes, but it gets way better after that.)

This episode is sponsored by ThirstyAffiliates.com, who are now running a 30% off special on the plugin. Also sponsored by MonsterThemes.com, where a membership is currently $22/year. Big thanks to both of them for sponsoring WP Late Night!

This particular show was also recorded in video format. You can watch that on Spreecast. You can also subscribe to this as a podcast on iTunes, or just download the MP3 directly. If you prefer you can also subscribe to the RSS feed itself.

Show notes are just after the jump.

Episode #7 Show Notes

• PressNomics coverage on WPCandy
• PressNomics website
• WPMods for sale on Flippa
• Tung Do’s WPDesigner.com sale
• Love this photo of JJJ
• DevPress goes from $5 to $30 per year
• DevPress split from four folks to 1
• Jake Caputo experiments with ThemeThrift “pay what you want” model
• Pink Pony unmasked? in the WPCandy forums
• Gravity Wiz
• The WWW5K
• Josh’s pick: Type Case plugin 
• Preserve Editor Scroll Position plugin
• Tweet old post plugin
• PressTrends plugin

Future shows

Every episode of WP Late Night is recorded live on the WPCandy Stream. Last night we had over 50 people hanging out in the chat room and on Spreecast, and it adds to every show we do. Check out the broadcast schedule for more information on when exactly we’ll be going live in the future.

If you’d like to get in touch with the show for the mailbag segment, or anything else really, here’s how:

• Leave a comment on this post, we’ll see it.
• Shoot an email over to wplatenight@wpcandy.com.
• Leave a voicemail for us at 815-322-WPLN.
• Tweet about us using the #wplatenight hashtag.

I’m happy to say Joshua Strebel (of Page.ly and now PressNomics fame) joined the regular WP Late Night crew last night. We discussed the new conference, theme business models, and we torture you with yet another top ten list. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. (We had trouble getting Josh in clearly for the first 5 or 10 minutes, but it gets way better after that.)

This episode is sponsored by ThirstyAffiliates.com, who are now running a 30% off special on the plugin. Also sponsored by MonsterThemes.com, where a membership is currently $22/year. Big thanks to both of them for sponsoring WP Late Night!

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This particular show was also recorded in video format. You can watch that on Spreecast. You can also subscribe to this as a podcast on iTunes, or just download the MP3 directly. If you prefer you can also subscribe to the RSS feed itself.

Show notes are just after the jump.

Episode #7 Show Notes

• PressNomics coverage on WPCandy
• PressNomics website
• WPMods for sale on Flippa
• Tung Do’s WPDesigner.com sale
• Love this photo of JJJ
• DevPress goes from $5 to $30 per year
• DevPress split from four folks to 1
• Jake Caputo experiments with ThemeThrift “pay what you want” model
• Pink Pony unmasked? in the WPCandy forums
• Gravity Wiz
• The WWW5K
• Josh’s pick: Type Case plugin 
• Preserve Editor Scroll Position plugin
• Tweet old post plugin
• PressTrends plugin

Future shows

Every episode of WP Late Night is recorded live on the WPCandy Stream. Last night we had over 50 people hanging out in the chat room and on Spreecast, and it adds to every show we do. Check out the broadcast schedule for more information on when exactly we’ll be going live in the future.

If you’d like to get in touch with the show for the mailbag segment, or anything else really, here’s how:

• Leave a comment on this post, we’ll see it.
• Shoot an email over to wplatenight@wpcandy.com.
• Leave a voicemail for us at 815-322-WPLN.
• Tweet about us using the #wplatenight hashtag.

Late last night, right around the time we wrapped up recording WP Late Night #7 with Joshua Strebel, WordPress Lead Developer Ryan Boren broke the news of 3.4 Beta 4 on the WordPress news blog. His post was beautifully brief, so much so that I don’t feel bad quoting it in its entirety here:

Less bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers. Download, test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything

Can’t beat that, right? For those seeking more than brevity, though, here are a few things you might want to know. First, the list of tickets for the 3.4 milestone on Trac is getting smaller and smaller, now entirely fitting on a single (large) monitor. Second, you should remember how to handle betas, and of course don’t run it live. Third, it’s about that time to start taking bets on just when 3.4 final will land in the comments below.

By the way, who’s been testing the new version so far? What do you think of the theme customizer?

Late last night, right around the time we wrapped up recording WP Late Night #7 with Joshua Strebel, WordPress Lead Developer Ryan Boren broke the news of 3.4 Beta 4 on the WordPress news blog. His post was beautifully brief, so much so that I don’t feel bad quoting it in its entirety here:

Less bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers. Download, test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything

Can’t beat that, right? For those seeking more than brevity, though, here are a few things you might want to know. First, the list of tickets for the 3.4 milestone on Trac is getting smaller and smaller, now entirely fitting on a single (large) monitor. Second, you should remember how to handle betas, and of course don’t run it live. Third, it’s about that time to start taking bets on just when 3.4 final will land in the comments below.

By the way, who’s been testing the new version so far? What do you think of the theme customizer?

Trim is simple, professional, versatile and fast. We have had a lot of requests for a less stylistic, lightweight design, and that is exactly what we created with this latest theme. Trim might be simple, but with that simplicity comes a sense of balance and crispness that I find quite refreshing. Coupled with a bunch of great features, I am confident that Trim will prove useful for a variety of our users.

Live DemoFeatures Info

Fully Responsive Design

Trim features a fully responsive design. This means that the theme will adapt to various screen sizes to insure that your content is readable on any device. The theme will display beautifully on your desktop computer, as well as your mobile phone. The theme even includes different designs for portrait and landscape modes.

The theme will also adapt to tablet displays. Your website will display beautifully and readable on your iPad. No longer will your visitors need to zoom and scroll around to read or navigate your website.

Lightweight and Super-Fast!

Trim is called “trim” for a reason. It is stripped down and optimized to be fast loading and lightweight. I put my graphic-heavy style on a diet and slimmed this theme into shape. We used CSS3 wherever possible to avoid using too many images. In fact, the entire theme only contains a few tiny graphics!

Tons of Customization Options

Trim comes packaged with our CSS control panel, allowing you to easily adjust your website’s colors and fonts. You can adjust your background using any possible color, choose from our many pre-made textures, or even upload your own custom background image. Choose from dozens of fonts and adjust your body and heading color with a click on your mouse.

I hope that everyone puts the theme to good use! Please leave a comment and let us know what you think

WordPress 3.4 Beta 4 has been released, with quite possibly the most brief, and yet most simply descriptive, release announcement yet. I’ll take the liberty of forever preserving it below in all its glory:

Less bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers. Download, test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything

So, let’s break that down just a bit in case you’re not yet familiar with what’s going on. First, WordPress 3.4 Beta 4 has less bugs and is a bit snappier and cleaner than the previous beta releases, but the same disclaimers are still valid. This is not yet meant for live sites, but please do take a few swings at it on a test installation, especially if you are a plugin or theme developer. If you find any bugs, please report them, and contact the support forums if you need any help.

WordPress.org support forum wizard Ipstenu, on her blog:

For most blogs, you really don’t need plugins. If you pull your site back to the things youmust have, you get a better understanding of what your site is. Once you look at your site ‘naked,’ with no plugins at all, you can start to add plugins back in.

I’m reminded of my editorial on using plugins. I agree with her here, though my editorial looks at plugin usage from a different angle.