Week 8 of the Summer of Code was nothing short of a roller coaster ride. At some points I wanted to tear my hair out, other times I was jumping for joy. Here is what went down this week:
Bad: Regular Expressions Are Not My Thing
While working towards media importing this week, I had to write [...]
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SoC: AtomPub Week 8 Status
SoC: AtomPub Week 7 Status
In short, this past week of the Summer of Code has been a rebuilding and planning week. In addition to filling out midterm surveys and reports, I shifted gears toward media importing.
Why Import Media?
The first question I asked myself this week is why should TypePad’s media be imported into WordPress. This was a relatively easy [...]
SoC: AtomPub Week 6 Status
Time is flying. The conclusion of this week marks the midway point of the Summer of Code, and the supposed ready for core date I set back in the beginning of summer. So, how did I stack up?
This Week
This week saw the addition of Atom URI detection based on the straight blog URL. To detect [...]
SoC: AtomPub Week 5 Status
Another week down, another step closer to a working AtomPub importer. Unfortunately, week 5 went anything but according to plan. Sure, I fixed the bugs found at the end of last week, but new issues came to light, requiring changes in the week’s plan.
New Issues Found
Additional testing early in the week by my mentor Lloyd [...]
SoC: AtomPub Week 4 Status
Now completing the fourth week of coding, the AtomPub importer is finally starting to take shape. This week I managed to retrieve trackbacks, successfully start importing the previously retrieved data into WordPress, and added a user interface enhancement.
Trackbacks Are Go
If you remember last week, I had some difficulties getting trackbacks working. Well, thankfully that is [...]
