Category Archives: PHP
Exploring the Unofficial Google Reader API
Google Reader has no official API. However, folks have figured out ways of using the existing API even though Google has not officially published any documentation. There is a Google Group: Friends of the Unofficial Google Reader API | Google Groups. … Continue reading
vCards as QR Codes with Google Chart API
Here is an example of a vCard turned into a UTF-8 encoded URL string. Once we encode it in this fashion, we can put it in a URL formatted for the Google Chart API that will generate a QR Code … Continue reading
WordPress CMS: testimonials, custom fields, and random posts
Today I had to set up a way to organize and publish the content of customer testimonials. Excerpts from these testimonials were going to appear in the left column of the page, in addition to being able to viewed in … Continue reading
Sections of a WordPress Site
Sometimes it’s useful to know whether the current post or page is within a specified hierarchical section of the site. For example, I may have a page on my site called “Super Funky”, and some child pages dedicated to James … Continue reading