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This past week, several people related to the WordPress project have been discussing their motivations for working with free and open source software. There have people explaining the new business leads they get from being prominently listed as open source developers. There have been others lamenting the fact that free development is, by nature, free.…
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Those of you paying close attention probably noticed that I neglected to list a couple of the MetaWeblog API calls last week. That’s because they’re duplicated by calls in the “wp” namespace, and I want to keep everything you can call with a “native” WordPress method in one group. Luckily, none of the MovableType API…
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As odd as it may sound, WordPress’ XML-RPC system is built on others. This makes sense from a development standpoint – why reinvent the wheel when others have done such a great job? But it can be incredibly confusing and downright frustrating when you start working with the WordPress API and have to turn to…
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The most important thing to know about WordPress’ XML-RPC interface is how to send and receive data through it. The interface is turned off by default for security purposes, so when you’re ready to start using it, you’ll have to manually turn it on. Go to Settings » Writing and look for the XML-RPC option…
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I’ve seen a lot of conversations over the past two months regarding WordPress’ built-in XML-RPC functionality. What most of you might not know is that you can write to, read, and administer a WordPress site from anywhere. There are iPhone applications for creating and revising content. There are desktop applications for moderating comments. There are…
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I am a huge fan of open source development. From the developer side of things, it means there are limitless tools at my disposal for creating the next knock-your-socks off application. I can build just about anything with insanely powerful libraries of code that the big guys like Microsoft can’t touch. It’s an amazing power,…
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A few weeks ago, I published a tutorial regarding using the Google Reader API in PHP projects. Since that time, Google has changed the authentication portion of their API somewhat, so I need to revise my instructions just a bit. And some day in the future, I’ll even post a tutorial on how to use…
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I was taught some time ago to always focus on decoupling my code. Your server and the client (browser) should not need to know anything about the structure of one another. They can pass information back and forth, but that should be the full extent of their integration. There are several reasons for this, but…
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Last week, I proposed the idea that each of us is walking around with a model of the world inside our heads. Every experience we have, every object we see, and every event we witness help build and refine this model, giving us the ability to predict future behavior and make decisions based on past…
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The other day I came to an interesting revelation about the way we see the world. Actually, it’s more a theory on development based on the way I think we see the world. All the same, it has some great applications on both software development and marketing strategy. Today, though, I’ll focus more on the…