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Oct
15

WordPress XML-RPC — MovableType API

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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 calls are duplicated, so I can do them all in one pass. [Read more...]

Oct
08

WordPress XML-RPC – MetaWeblog API

By | Development, Focus

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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 metaWeblog’s or Blogger’s documentation to figure something out.

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Jul
16

Google Reader – Revisited

By | Development, Focus

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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 oAuth with the Google API as well. [Read more...]

May
21

Google Reader API – A Brief Tutorial

By | Development

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A few days ago, I asked a question on Stack Overflow regarding the Google Reader API.  What I wanted to do was build a WordPress plug-in that would import my feeds from Google Reader into my dashboard.  I’ve already pulled in my site statistics and Facebook, Google Reader is the last holdout keeping me from managing all of my online stuff in one spot. [Read more...]