XML characters, smart quotes and Apache XML-RPC
I’ve been eating my own dogfood with the deliciousposter project (as you can see from my daily links). A couple days ago I posted a some links to del.icio.us and expected them to show up automatically...
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A couple of weeks ago on the DWR users list, in the context of needing to wire up DWR without using an XML file, Joe Walker pointed to a blog posting by Martin Fowler. In it, Martin discusses an...
View ArticleJSON: Making Content Syndication easier
At work we’ve been having some discussions about sharing content between two websites: the natural first option was an XML solution, in this case RSS. Site A would subscribe to the RSS feeds of the...
View ArticleXSL / CSS Processing Instructions using ROME
Have you seen the way that the smart guys at FeedBurner display RSS feeds in a browser (here’s a sample if you haven’t)? If you’re like me, the first time you see a feed they manage, you’ll probably...
View ArticleRSS, Processing Instructions and Firefox 2.0
A couple weeks ago I posted an article that describes how you can use XML stylesheets with ROME to create RSS / Atom feeds that are ‘user friendly’ (like the ones that FeedBurner produces). Firefox...
View ArticleROME and custom Generator elements
The majority of the articles I’ve seen on using ROME to create Atom and RSS feeds don’t show you how to customize the optional ‘generator’ element that both Atom and RSS support. It’s really easy. I’m...
View ArticleROME and wfw namespace elements
I created a ROME parser and generator for wfw:comment and wfw:commentRss elements today. You can read all about it here and download the source code here. Not sure what the wfw:comment or...
View ArticleDebugging SOAP / XFire with ethereal
I’ve spent way more time than I should have the last couple weeks working to help migrate a website built against Jive Forums to run against a Clearspace X instance. As part of the migration, one of...
View ArticleThe Data Life Cycle of a Blog Post
Cool flash infographic in the latest issue of Wired that shows what happens to your blog post after you click the ‘publish’ button (I’ll save you the hassle of actually viewing it: after you click the...
View Articledeliciousposter 1.02 released and fun with html entities
I fixed a bug in deliciousposter that’s probably been wrecking havoc on anyone reading this site using an aggregator for a long time. You’re probably a nerd if you’re reading this post anyway, so I’ll...
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