WordPress 2.8 Release Contest
WordPress 2.8 will be released today (maybe) and I thought we should celebrate with another super easy contest to win a free upgrade.
Yeah, yeah – I know the auto-upgrade works for everyone but me and three of my friends so if you don’t want the upgrade you can have an hour of my remote time. I’ll do some customizations, add some plugins, make recommendations, optimize and backup your database, or implement other tweaks and features.
But it can’t take more than an hour.
If you would like to enter the contest, all you have to do is leave a comment below saying you would like to be entered.
It would be awesome if you also joined my facebook group or sent a tweet about this contest using the button below but it’s not required.
And just like last time, everyone who enters wins! Well, sort of. All other contest entrants will win 10% of any of my services. Yay, right?
The contest will run for one week and end on June 17th. All entries will be placed in a hat or some sort of container and the winning name will be drawn by my daughter and announced on June 24th. The winner and other entrants have until July 31, 2009 to schedule the project.
Here are some of the sites that I’ve worked on before.
So let’s celebrate WordPress 2.8, my kid’s upcoming 7th birthday, and heck, even my birthday, which will be next month.
Thanks for playing :-)
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June 10, 2009 at 12:41 am
Consider me in, like sin! Thanks, Kim!
I will Tweet this, for sure.
And am I really first commenting here? Whoo-hoo.
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June 10, 2009 at 3:31 am
Yes please, do enter me.
Unfortunately, I don’t yet see 2.8 as being available and it’s already 8:30am UK time…
June 10, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Hi David – Yeah, I changed the wording. I’m sure it will be released soon. (maybe) ;-)
June 10, 2009 at 6:12 am
I would like to be entered. Thanks.
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June 10, 2009 at 7:42 am
Please enter me, and then pick me! I’ve got the auto-upgrade, but if you pick me to win I promise I’ll let you do freaky-cool stuff with our blog! And then I promise to let you talk about it, promote your business, whatever reciprocal thing we dream up! Not that it should improve my chances or anything…but I thought I’d mention all that right away! Because, you just never know. Please? LOL
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June 10, 2009 at 7:02 pm
LOL – Last time I had a contest the very first person who entered ended up being the winner.
June 10, 2009 at 7:53 am
Kim –
The auto upgrade never works for me, either. Guess I know what I’ll be doing this week …
Don’t enter me in the contest. I just wanted you to know that others share your pain.
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June 10, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Hi Regina – Oh good – now it’s me and 4 other people ;-)
June 10, 2009 at 8:10 am
Yep – I am in. Thanks Kim.
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June 10, 2009 at 8:15 am
Well i wish all the best to all contestants. And of course happy birthday to you and your daughter (but i guess we will get to say it on the appropriate time ;) )
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June 10, 2009 at 9:05 am
Contest? Some professional help upgrading to 2.8? I’m in, please!!
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June 10, 2009 at 9:11 am
Since you just finished working on my site, I’ll hang back and let someone else win. Of course, if the upgrade goes badly, as it has in the past, I may be calling on you anyway. :-)
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June 10, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Hi Dot – You could still enter and schedule your time way in the future. Or give it as a gift to a friend … LOL
June 10, 2009 at 11:19 am
I just visited wordpress website and did some search, they have released wordpress 2.8 but they called it “candidate-1 ” you can see it here: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-2-8-release-candidate-1/.
It is like a beta release I think they want people to check for bugs and looking for feedbacks than may a formal one will come out. Digging it now, and find a good article here : http://clintmaher.com/wordpress/seven-reasons-why-wordpress-28-is-better-than-ever/.
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June 10, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Well the process of releasing software most of the times follows the scheme: alpha (1,2, etc) -> beta (1,2 etc) -> release candidate (1,2 etc) -> final – stable.
Alpha mostly means unstable/unpredictable with much of the functionality even missing. Beta means it has most of the functionality (if not all) and it has bugs. Release candidate means it is most likely to be released that way but they are still looking for some hidden bugs. Hope this clarifies things…
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June 10, 2009 at 11:19 am
Happily entering myself into your contest. Great idea.
June 10, 2009 at 11:22 am
I want to enter too :)
June 10, 2009 at 11:38 am
Count me in!!
I dont know why, but I am feeling lucky :D
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June 10, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I’m in! Thanks for the contest and discount!
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June 10, 2009 at 12:42 pm
sign me up!
June 10, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Hi Kim,
Great idea for a contest. An hour of your time is really a great prize for those of us that know just enough about WP to really muck things up!
Cheers
George
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June 10, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Thanks for the notice!
Cool contest, too!
Now I’m going to send a few people your way and also Google WordPress 2.8 to see whether I want to upgrade.
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June 10, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I’m in, of course… and will shortly tweet this. :)
June 10, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Cool. I’m in. Thanks for the offer.
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June 10, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I forget too say , ” I am in” am I late?
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June 10, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Hi – It’s not too late. People will have a week to enter.
June 10, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Here’s my entry comment, and I just tweeted too! It’s super awesome of you to offer an hours worth of your time in lieu of the upgrade, if someone prefers. :)
~ Kristi
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June 10, 2009 at 5:43 pm
This is a great contest!
I never seen any contest like this before.
Auto upgrade is working for me but I am having a problem with most of my plugins so I don’t really like to upgrade my platform.
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June 10, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Sounds like a sweet contest…could use a critical eye over my setup…the backend is very unefficent…have to start applying more of what I preach(ed)
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June 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Hi Donace – I do that too. ;-) Make all sorts of recommendations before I stop and implement them for myself.
June 10, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Hi Kim,
Please enter me in the contest. I would love to utilize your services for free if I win, but I still will utilize your services if I don’t ;=)
June 10, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I would love to enter but in lieu of a word press upgrade I would like for you to just spend an hour telling me I am awesome. It would like empower me and such to more glorious bloggery.
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June 11, 2009 at 8:26 am
LOL – I almost added something like that to the article – “heck you can just chat with me for an hour if you like …” ;-)
June 11, 2009 at 9:47 am
Great idea. Please enter me to win. :-)
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June 11, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Thanks for the email Kim – count me in. I’ve already figured out the install and theme change. Diggin around – will be contacting you soon I’m sure.
Thanks again!
June 12, 2009 at 4:10 am
I would love to win the contest. I now i will be too lazy to upgrade.
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June 12, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Hi Kim,
Looks like you have lots of friends you’re working with. Good for you. You do good work. Thanks for entering me in the contest.
Sandy
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June 15, 2009 at 7:26 am
Thanks for this wonderful contest! Love you work so would be nice to win an hour of your time ;~D Have a great week!!!
June 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Just came across your anti-social site :) Seems like a great resource on WordPress and the intrecacies of *good* social integration.
Thanks for running the contest – I ceremoniously throw my hat into the ring.
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June 17, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Dear Kim,
U R 2 cool, thanks. I so wanted to have my posts up, but editing ain’t EZ.
cheers!