On a number of my websites, I was using the old Amazon ECS web service to pull in a handful a related products based on a keyword search. I used a hacked up version of the Filzhut.de amazon_functions scripts. When March 31st of this year rolled around however, Amazon shut down the ECS service in favor the newer Associates Web Service (AWS). This was no surprise: Amazon AWS 4.0 was released back in mid-2005 (if memory serves me correctly), though it was a little buggy at first. Flash forward to 2008 and it was clear that I would have to come up with a new way to display Amazon products on my websites.

Have you ever had to develop a WordPress-powered website in a language other than English?
WordPress has the capability to serve your pages in the language of your choice. The WordPress community has already translated it into many languages, and there are themes, translation files, and support also available in many other languages.
With a client project […]

Lifestreaming became a popular buzzword in 2007 and doesn't show signs of letting up. While there are several hosted services that allow you to easily create a lifestream (as well as a myriad of WordPress plugins), you might prefer a quick and easy self-hosted solution (like Jeremy Keith's). SimplePie's got you covered!
With just two short […]

I was sifting through an old development journal (yes, the old fashioned paper kind!) and came across some notes that I had planned to turn into a blog post comparing a handful of WordPress statistics plugins. It seems a rather moot point now since I've switched almost all my sites over to Google Analytics. Nevertheless, […]

Professional Web APIs with PHP by Paul Reinheimer is a book that I first got a glimpse of at the Vancouver PHP Conference last spring. Alas, I didn't have any cash on me to pick it up, but I promised Paul that I would buy it through his website so he could pick up the […]

Mark Jaquith put out the call for a volunteer back in May to release a changed files ZIP for WordPress 2.0.11, but it doesn't look like anyone stepped up to the plate. With the MLB post-season set to begin in just a few hours, I'll take a swing at this!
WordPress 2.0.11 was released back in […]