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Customizing feeds in WordPress 2.x

Bruce — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:17:03 +0000

This is not as easy as it sounds, especially given that WordPress offers a variety of feed formats and the lead developer attests to its flexibility. After much frustration, a bit of help here and there, and a large dollop of trial-and-error, I finally figured out how to serve both a summary and a full-text feed, and to exclude a single category from one of them. What did work is broke Matt said: ...WordPress has the most comprehensive RSS support of any product I've seen: we produce a regular site feed, a site comments feed, a feed for every category, a comments feed for every post, a feed for every search, a feed for every month, and you can even combine and exclude categories to create a very customized category feed. All in 4+ flavors of RSS and Atom, with RSS 2.0 being the default. Were to start? I started with this post, initially modifying my root index.php file as per the following (where category id=16 is the one I want to exclude from the "9rules" feed type): The 9rules feed generated a WordPress database error; the other two feeds worked correctly! I then reverted to the original index.php file and tried Ben's suggestion (made in a comment on the above page) to use .htaccess. Whereas this worked (showing posts only in category 16): # Test to show bookmarks only RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^9rules/feed/?$ /index.php?&feed=rss2&cat=16 [R,L] This did not: # Create a feed for 9rules.com excluding bookmarks RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^9rules/feed/?$ /index.php?&feed=rss2&cat=-16 [R,L] So apparently you can't use cat=-(n) anymore; Ben subsequently confirmed ...

Alternatives to LAMP

Bruce — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:12:24 +0000

From http://www.bioneural.net :

Alternatives to LAMP: The LAMP configuration (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) is familiar to the open source universe. But just because this combination of products is comfortable, that doesn't mean that it provides the best solution for your systems. David Chisnall suggests some alternatives that might make a better match for your needs.

Virtual Ubuntu 6.06 on the Mac

Bruce — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:54:01 +0000

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The principle characteristic of a good installation process is that it "just works" with no more than a few basic on-screen instructions. No pre-preparation. No manuals. No helpline. And no more than one cup of coffee. I'm pleased to report that such a characteristic is possessed by Ubuntu 6.06 Desktop edition. Things didn't go quite so well when I tried to install the Server edition onto my Intel Mac mini. Compared to the previous incarnation (5.10), 6.06 certainly looks dapper (as in Dapper Drake). As Ken commented, the GUI is now more Mac-like than Windows-like—most especially the default desktop background! However, I was more interested in exploring the recently announced Server edition to: ... set up a standardized, certified, and supported LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server with a single command. I've installed Apache, MySQL, and PHP before from the command line under OS X using Terminal, and this isn't for the faint-hearted. A MAMP-like experience using Ubuntu would be most welcome. I enthusiastically downloaded the .iso image for the Server edition and the installation (although different from the Desktop edition) completed apparently without a hitch, using Parallels Desktop (virtualization software for Intel-based Macs). However, on rebooting I could go no further than the command prompt: It seems I am not alone in experiencing this installation issue. Good: I don't like it when it's just me!

Step-by-step iBlog to WordPress

Bruce — Mon, 29 May 2006 10:57:22 +0000

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I talked about doing it, and even tried out the some of the theory. Eleven months later I did it. This is a reconstruction of the process I went through in migrating from iBlog to WordPress. In the best tradition of reconstructions it is put togther partly from hand-written plus typed notes, old screen captures, lots of coffee, and reliance on memory. Apologies if it seems a bit dis-jointed. I should have gotten to it sooner, but you know how it is... Alternative post title: "Crossing to the Server Side" WordPress.com or WordPress.org? Having decided on WordPress, the next step is to decide if you want hand-holding (.com) or wish to bring the warp core online and experience the full power of a DIY install (.org). In a nut shell, with a WordPress.com hosted account you get: Blog stats (but you can add this functionality to a DIY installation); Askimet plug-in activated (but you can activate it for DIY using a free API key. More important is what you don't get relative to a DIY installation: The ability to import your posts from previous blogging systems; The ability to use plug-ins of your choice; The ability to edit (and create new) custom themes. The choice is yours. Sometimes being constrained is a good thing (i.e. you have better things to do than tweak code 'till the early hours); other times it is a bind. If you chose the .com option you're done reading here. Otherwise, if you dare, read on... (A) Create a WordPress development environment Download and install the MAMP local ...

New Ubuntu version coming

Bruce — Mon, 29 May 2006 07:51:46 +0000

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Ubuntu upgrade: The Server Edition of the June 1 Ubuntu release will include a mechanism to set up a standardized, certified, and supported LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server with a single command.

Apache 2 + PHP 5 + MySQL 4 under OS X 10.3.9

Bruce — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:43:49 +0000

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Following my earlier and (eventually) successful attempt to install PHP for OS X's built-in Apache 1.3 (the version in both Panther and Tiger), MySQL, and WordPress, I decided to have a go at installing an Apache 2 server. Not being overly comfortable with the command line, I first tried several Mac OS X binaries: WebServerX Kit (Apache 2.0.52, MySQL 4.1.8, PHP 5.0.3) XAMPP (Apache 2.0.53, MySQL 4.1.11, PHP 4.3.11, PHP 5.0.4) Complete Apache 2 (2.0.52) with Complete PHP (4.3.9) MAMP (Apache 2.0.50, MySQL 4.0.20, PHP 4.3.11, PHP 5.0.4) Now I'd like to tell you about the Mac OS X Terminal, my new best friend, and how it facilitated a working installation of Apache 2.0.54, PHP 5.0.4, and MySQL 4.1.11... Web development platform A clean installation of Mac OS X 10.3.9 with Developer Tools Software installed (as included with Mac OS X Panther) and with all Software Updates applied. Download and install MySQL 4.1.11-standard Download MySQL here and follow the installation procedure described under "Update" here. Once installed, start the MySQL database server. Download and build Apache 2.0.54 I am indebted to the excellent tutorial on PHPmac for these instructions, which I have modified slightly and illustrated. Begin by launching Terminal to access the BSD environment. It normally lives within the Utilities folder inside Applications. At the command prompt, type: curl -O http://apache.mirrors.esat.net/httpd/httpd-2.0.54.tar.gz Terminal will begin downloading the file to your Mac: Note that you may need to change the version number if 2.0.54 isn't the current version. When the download has finished, unzip it by typing: gnutar -xzf httpd-2.0.54.tar.gz Wait a moment until decompression is complete, then type the ...

Migrating from iBlog to WordPress

Bruce — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:58:48 +0000

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On the one hand there's iBlog, a "rough edges" application that reads RSS feeds and generates a blog composed of static web pages with no add-on tools (commenting, counters, search, etc.). It has a small user base and limited on-the-ground support but it is supremely easy to use. On the other hand, there are a number of "specialist" applications that have cared out a niche, integrating with well-established and comprehensive server-side solutions like WordPress and Movable Type. Frustrated by iBlog's inconsistencies and poor support for web standards, the time has come to consider making the transition to an alternative solution that meets my expectations. Here, I look at WordPress... Update 29.05.06: See also "Step-by-step iBlog to WordPress" here. A solution made of parts Sometimes several solutions acting in concert can be better than a single solution that does everything, but nothing all that well. There are several applications that might help a migration from iBlog. An alternative RSS reader Sometimes you'll want to create a fresh blog entry; at other times you might be reading the RSS feeds of other sites and want to "blog this". I already use NetNewsWire ($US25) which is a great RSS reader, and version 2 has support for external weblog editors such as MarsEdit and ecto. An alternative weblog editor When you choose "Post to Weblog" in NetNewsWire, your external editor opens and extracts the title, link, and description of the RSS item. Incidentally, this also works if you set iBlog as the external editor (but you'll need to edit away the ...