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SoC: AtomPub Week 5 Status

Jun 27, 2008 in Code with 5 Comments

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

Jun 20, 2008 in Code with 9 Comments

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 [...]

SoC: AtomPub Week 3 Status

Jun 13, 2008 in Code with 4 Comments

Week 3 of the Summer of Code has been by far the most productive week yet. The main focus of this week was to parse the AtomPub data into a PHP array, and I’m pleased to say this was a success.
The XML Parser
I started the week off by writing the custom XML parser I talked [...]

SoC: AtomPub Week 2 Status

Jun 6, 2008 in Code with 8 Comments

While I didn’t blog about last week’s status, significant progress has been made in parsing TypePad and Movable Type AtomPub feeds (well, parsing TypePad feeds). This week started off by completing more research on the AtomPub spec. In order to parse an AtomPub feed, I had to learn about X-WSSE authentication. From there, I found [...]

Summer of Code 2008 Kickoff

May 26, 2008 in Code with No Comments

Google’s Summer of Code 2008 is officially underway! This year I am working on creating an AtomPub-based content importer for WordPress. The goal is to import entries and other content from Movable Type and TypePad into WordPress in as few clicks as possible.
Since the AtomPub spec (RFC 5023) is so new, this should prove to [...]