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 under “Remote Publishing.” Turn this on and you’re ready for the next step. [Read more...]
Sep
17
WordPress XML-RPC – An Introduction
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 aggregation services that can remotely publish a Twitter feed directly to your site. [Read more...]
Jun
25
Environmental Modeling
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 background and how it applies to computer theory. [Read more...]
Jun
17
WordPress 3.0
Just a quick note to let everyone know about the new release of WordPress 3.0. This represents the culmination of several months of development by over 200 developers. And, finally, one of my contributions made the cut and was contributed to core! I’ve been building on WordPress for 3 years now, but up ’til now all of my contributions have been obscure enough to be relegated to the world of plug-ins rather than core code. No longer. Now it’s official. Just take a look at my name amongst the 218 core developers on the WP announcement page!
It is a good day 
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Mar
03
XML-RPC
Just to forewarn you, this might come across as a more technical post than I normally throw at you. Still, I did something exciting last night that I wanted to share and perhaps educate you about.
I built a custom XML-RPC server. [Read more...]
