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Upgrading to WordPress 3.0 and Adding Multi-Site

WordPress 3.0, code name “Thelonious”, has been released, and it brings multi-site functionality as part of the core. As someone with far too many blogs of my own, I thought this would be a great time to start switching them all over, and let you know what you’re in for if you choose to do [...]


Using Google Analytics on Facebook Fan Pages

Can you use Google Analytics on Facebook fan pages and fan page walls? You betcher sweet ass you can.


An Open Letter to Rackspace Cloud Hosting

I just received an automated email from Rackspace that made my brain melt. It’s no secret that a lot of websites have been hacked lately. One thing they seem to have in common is that they’re all running WordPress, and a lot of them are hosted at the Rackspace Cloud.


Microsoft Web Developer’s Summit 2009

I had the opportunity this week to go out to Redmond, Washington to attend the Microsoft Web Developer’s Summit at the MS headquarters. For this summit, about 25 leaders in the PHP (and PHP project) community were invited out to sit down with members of the MS product development teams and provide critical, honest feedback [...]


Web 2-Point-Owned: Apple.Com’s XSS Exploit

Earlier today, we got a glimpse of what happens when a big company forgets to cross their t’s and dot their i’s. And in programming, that means failing to validate user-entered data before displaying it on-screen.


Big Changes to the Facebook Platform

Last night, during a webcast, Facebook announced some upcoming significant changes to the Facebook platform. Most are good, a few may be frustrating, but here they are. These changes will start to be rolled out in November & December and will continue into the first and second quarter of 2010.


Awesome Gift Guide for the Geeks in Your Life

If you’re a non-geek, trying to shop for the geeks in your life can be daunting, but we’re here to help! While there are different kinds of geeks, we assure you that buying any of this stuff as gifts for your favorite geek will definitely give you a charisma point bonus and earn you some [...]


Trying Out Disqus

I’ve decided to move the comment system on Snipe.Net over to Disqus. I like it so far, but I’ve run into a few glitches and challenges that I thought I’d share with you. (Also, it explains why things may look funny here for a few days while I work out the display kinks.)


Extending Facebook Static FBML Tabs with Dynamic Content

This tutorial walks you through how to use DynamicFBML to do simple content replacement that will allow you to fit more content into your tabs. You can create image or video galleries, or even an entire micro-site inside your Static FBML tab without a lot of complicated scripting.


Writing Your First Twitter Application with OAuth

If you’re interested in writing a web-based Twitter application but aren’t sure where to start, the Twitter OAuth library from Abraham Wiliams makes authenticating with OAuth and Twitter a breeze.


Changes to Facebook’s Newsfeed/Wall

With the most recent API changes, specifically the one that changed the way fan pages behave so that they look and behave more like Facebook user profiles, Facebook also made a significant change in how newsfeeds work in applications.