Want to move your blog to another publishing platform? Well now Google has made it easier for you. Last Friday, the Data Liberation Team announced the Google Blog Converters project on their Open Source Blog.
Google made data portability a lot easier for Blogger users a month ago and with this announcement it appears they are offering easier portability solutions to WordPress, Movable Type, and LiveJournal users as well.
Friday's release provides Python libraries and runnable scripts that convert between the export formats of the above platforms. Future plans include synchronization tools between services that don't offer import/export features as well as support for BlogML.
Google has also released templates for hosting the conversions on Google App Engine.
Take a look at the examples hosted on Google App Engine:
- Blogger to WordPress
- WordPress to Blogger
- LiveJournal to Blogger
But beware the caveat noted in the readme file:
"There is a limit to the size of a downloaded file on appspot.com of 1 MB of data. Thus, these hosted applications should only be used for reference or for the conversion of small blog export files."
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Uses for Joomla in Corporate America
The basic package for Joomla can be easily installed by people that are not knowledgeable of anything that deals with computers or the internet. Corporate America functions on numbers that are related to revenues, and the multimedia software programs can be modified to keep track of record sales if the need arises.
There is a large group of individuals that live their life creating programming codes that are based on the Joomla software, and these creative people want to share their creative endeavors with the rest of the world. The core management software team online mba course organizes and updates Joomla throughout the year, is not focused on profits but they are focused on making sure that the open source standing that Joomla is made from continues for many years to come.
Corporations work on some of the same concepts that the developers for Joomla do. They both have instituted training programs, and will routinely offer clients and guests the opportunity to use online mba course product free of charge. Joomla is very popular because it is free, and that is the way that the developers want to keep it. The training programs for Joomla ensure that every user has a positive experience.
Positive experiences can produce outstanding results in both worlds. Some of the best computer programming occurs online mba program a developer is relaxed and happy about the job he has undertaken. As evidenced by the surmountable amount of extensions that are available for download, the developers at Joomla are very happy.
This in turn makes Corporations very happy because they have more opportunities to take advantage of free extension programs that might help them with their inventory control systems, or help them online computer courses an exquisite product catalog that can be displayed on the internet and incorporated with the corporate ecommerce website.
Corporate America might not be aware of Joomla but they have been ready for the large number of choices that are offered by this outstanding content management system. The easy installation and user friendly online mba program might make some corporate shake their heads in wonder. Some corporations might feel that their requirements and needs can never be met through an online software application, and are jubilant when they find out that they have been wrong for a long time.
Some corporations use the Joomla templates to collect data on all of the visitors to their websites, and other areas of the corporation at a higher level might use the reporting tools to keep tabs on their bottom line and know in an instant if their quarterly projection on profits needs to be adjusted or left where they are online mba program another few months. They might choose one of the extensions files of Joomla as a banner advertising system that will increase their profits further than recent projections and corporations like that aspect of Joomla very well indeed.
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There is a large group of individuals that live their life creating programming codes that are based on the Joomla software, and these creative people want to share their creative endeavors with the rest of the world. The core management software team online mba course organizes and updates Joomla throughout the year, is not focused on profits but they are focused on making sure that the open source standing that Joomla is made from continues for many years to come.
Corporations work on some of the same concepts that the developers for Joomla do. They both have instituted training programs, and will routinely offer clients and guests the opportunity to use online mba course product free of charge. Joomla is very popular because it is free, and that is the way that the developers want to keep it. The training programs for Joomla ensure that every user has a positive experience.
Positive experiences can produce outstanding results in both worlds. Some of the best computer programming occurs online mba program a developer is relaxed and happy about the job he has undertaken. As evidenced by the surmountable amount of extensions that are available for download, the developers at Joomla are very happy.
This in turn makes Corporations very happy because they have more opportunities to take advantage of free extension programs that might help them with their inventory control systems, or help them online computer courses an exquisite product catalog that can be displayed on the internet and incorporated with the corporate ecommerce website.
Corporate America might not be aware of Joomla but they have been ready for the large number of choices that are offered by this outstanding content management system. The easy installation and user friendly online mba program might make some corporate shake their heads in wonder. Some corporations might feel that their requirements and needs can never be met through an online software application, and are jubilant when they find out that they have been wrong for a long time.
Some corporations use the Joomla templates to collect data on all of the visitors to their websites, and other areas of the corporation at a higher level might use the reporting tools to keep tabs on their bottom line and know in an instant if their quarterly projection on profits needs to be adjusted or left where they are online mba program another few months. They might choose one of the extensions files of Joomla as a banner advertising system that will increase their profits further than recent projections and corporations like that aspect of Joomla very well indeed.
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Drupal Administration theme 1.0 released for Drupal 5 and 6
The Drupal 5 version gives you the possibility to use the administration theme when editing posts. This feature was introduced in Drupal 6 core and is with this module now available in Drupal 5.
Use the administration theme on more pages then possible with Drupal 5 or Drupal 6 core. You can allow the theme on a predefined set of pages and on a custom set of pages. The inverse is also possible: specifying a set of custom pages on which you don't want to use the theme. An example of this might be that you want to use the administration theme (all pages having a path starting with "admin" (admin/*)) but not on "admin/content/node".
Hooks! All modules can now add some pages to the administration theme settings page using the hook_admin_theme hook. By doing so you give inexperienced users the possibility to just tick a checkbox to use the administration theme.
A permission is introduced to allow or disallow certain users to use the administration theme.
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Use the administration theme on more pages then possible with Drupal 5 or Drupal 6 core. You can allow the theme on a predefined set of pages and on a custom set of pages. The inverse is also possible: specifying a set of custom pages on which you don't want to use the theme. An example of this might be that you want to use the administration theme (all pages having a path starting with "admin" (admin/*)) but not on "admin/content/node".
Hooks! All modules can now add some pages to the administration theme settings page using the hook_admin_theme hook. By doing so you give inexperienced users the possibility to just tick a checkbox to use the administration theme.
A permission is introduced to allow or disallow certain users to use the administration theme.
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Ultra Light Startups: Open Source Content Management Systems
"The cost of launching a tech venture is continually falling, due to a large number of interrelated technical, social, and financial factors." - The statement couldn't be more true, it's simply becoming easier and less expensive to build and launch a startup compared to 5 years ago, or even last year. It's part of the reason why there are more startups founded in undergraduate universities, business grad schools, and by young entrepreneurs who have small savings, if any, to seed their ideas. At the same time, some of these early stage companies create very viable and attractive investment opportunities for venture capitalists. Earlier this week, I spoke with Bijan Sabet, General Partner at Spark Capital who not only agrees that "students make for great investments", but also invests in those young entrepreneurs. He's led investments in Tumblr, which was started by David Karp when he was 19, and Twitter.
The notion that startups could be started with little startup capital spurred Graham Lawlor (currently studying for his masters at NYU), to found the Ultra Light Startups group. (I was fortunate to meet Graham a short while back at the Web 2.0 conference in New York City. We kept in touch because our common interests and that our two projects have a lot in common.) Graham describes Ultra Light Startups as "a group of entrepreneurs who explore these perpetually evolving factors and refine techniques to launch technology ventures - minimizing cost and time associated with testing ideas in the marketplace." I absolutely love the idea and have given thought to helping him start one in Boston, but I just haven't had time to give it as much attention as I would like.
The startup group meets once a month and hosts on average 30-50 tech entrepreneurs who come to actively share ideas, network, and participate in discussions that focus on a particular "ultra light startup" technique. Last month, they ran one on SEO and SEM. On December 4th, they'll have a panel and forum discussing open source content management systems, such as Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress, and how you can utilize them for your startup. Part of my job at Acquia is to discuss prospects' web initiatives and how Drupal can help them build their websites, whether its a large media site, social network, or application. I have talked to a large number of startups who are using Drupal not only because it saves them time and money, but because it is a very extensible and powerful open source platform. Open source strategies have proven to be critical underpinnings of some of todays most successful companies...Google leverages OS and many applications on the web are built off PHP, just look at Facebook.
What are the characteristics of an Ultra Light Startup?
* Low permanent headcount, low overhead, low budget
* The use of outsourcing, offshoring and outsourcing marketplaces (e.g. Guru.com, Elance, oDesk)
* Use of off-the-shelf and open source software and platforms (e.g. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, MediaWiki) and their ecosystems
* Minimizing hardware costs and maximizing flexibility with cloud/network computing
* Leveraging infrastructure and communities provided by the diverse set of existing and social platforms and devices
* Viral/guerilla/social marketing
* Any other low-cost, high-flexibility techniques
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The notion that startups could be started with little startup capital spurred Graham Lawlor (currently studying for his masters at NYU), to found the Ultra Light Startups group. (I was fortunate to meet Graham a short while back at the Web 2.0 conference in New York City. We kept in touch because our common interests and that our two projects have a lot in common.) Graham describes Ultra Light Startups as "a group of entrepreneurs who explore these perpetually evolving factors and refine techniques to launch technology ventures - minimizing cost and time associated with testing ideas in the marketplace." I absolutely love the idea and have given thought to helping him start one in Boston, but I just haven't had time to give it as much attention as I would like.
The startup group meets once a month and hosts on average 30-50 tech entrepreneurs who come to actively share ideas, network, and participate in discussions that focus on a particular "ultra light startup" technique. Last month, they ran one on SEO and SEM. On December 4th, they'll have a panel and forum discussing open source content management systems, such as Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress, and how you can utilize them for your startup. Part of my job at Acquia is to discuss prospects' web initiatives and how Drupal can help them build their websites, whether its a large media site, social network, or application. I have talked to a large number of startups who are using Drupal not only because it saves them time and money, but because it is a very extensible and powerful open source platform. Open source strategies have proven to be critical underpinnings of some of todays most successful companies...Google leverages OS and many applications on the web are built off PHP, just look at Facebook.
What are the characteristics of an Ultra Light Startup?
* Low permanent headcount, low overhead, low budget
* The use of outsourcing, offshoring and outsourcing marketplaces (e.g. Guru.com, Elance, oDesk)
* Use of off-the-shelf and open source software and platforms (e.g. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, MediaWiki) and their ecosystems
* Minimizing hardware costs and maximizing flexibility with cloud/network computing
* Leveraging infrastructure and communities provided by the diverse set of existing and social platforms and devices
* Viral/guerilla/social marketing
* Any other low-cost, high-flexibility techniques
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
WordPress 2.6.5 in detail
WordPress 2.6.5 has been released and includes a number of changes including one security fix, here is a list of the changes in detail:
* Added a check for the correct post_type to blogger.editPost and blogger.deletePost (#8267).
* Updates to update_post_meta() and delete_post_meta() to ensure they work correctly with post revisions and don’t create the meta on the revision instead of the post (#7925).
* Protection for a very difficult to exploit XSS issue (#8291).
* Fix for an XSS issue with the Atom and RSS feeds on some hosting setups ([9754], [9770]).
For a complete list of all the changes you can read this section of the branches/2.6 log on the WordPress bug tracker.
Note that we have skipping version 2.6.4 and jumped from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds.
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* Added a check for the correct post_type to blogger.editPost and blogger.deletePost (#8267).
* Updates to update_post_meta() and delete_post_meta() to ensure they work correctly with post revisions and don’t create the meta on the revision instead of the post (#7925).
* Protection for a very difficult to exploit XSS issue (#8291).
* Fix for an XSS issue with the Atom and RSS feeds on some hosting setups ([9754], [9770]).
For a complete list of all the changes you can read this section of the branches/2.6 log on the WordPress bug tracker.
Note that we have skipping version 2.6.4 and jumped from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that made the rounds.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Drupal CMS Customization and Development
Drupal is a free and open source modular framework and content management system (CMS) written in PHP. Drupal, like many modern CMSs, allows the system administrator to create and organize content, customize the presentation, automate administrative tasks, and manage site visitors and contributors.
If you want a blog, if you are looking for a professional website for your company then drupal is a good option for you.
Why Choose Perception System?
We have skilled and professional developers/programmers for drupal development work having more than 3 years of experience in PHP. Our developers have customized and integrated drupal on many corporate websites and due to its prominence most of the clients prefer drupal (CMS). We have a team of drupal designers to design drupal themes and free templates.
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If you want a blog, if you are looking for a professional website for your company then drupal is a good option for you.
Why Choose Perception System?
We have skilled and professional developers/programmers for drupal development work having more than 3 years of experience in PHP. Our developers have customized and integrated drupal on many corporate websites and due to its prominence most of the clients prefer drupal (CMS). We have a team of drupal designers to design drupal themes and free templates.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Microsoft Moves to Embrace Open Source CMS
Microsoft, a company that isn’t known for working tightly with the open source world, has announced the Microsoft Web Installer. This beta application is aimed at helping Web site administrators install and configure widely-used Web Applications onto a Windows-powered server.
Surprisingly, Microsoft is aiding administrators with installing popular open source software packages — including WordPress, Drupal, DotNetNuke, phpBB and Graffiti CMS.
What Microsoft Web Application Installer Does
The Microsoft Web Platform, as it’s called, is meant to make installing complex Web applications quick and easy. The program will check your target server for necessary pre-requisite software packages, download necessary components, and install and configure the applications on your server.
Oddly enough, the supported applications utilize MySQL and PHP, which are competing products of Microsoft’s SQL Server database engine and ASP.NET Web programming model.
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Surprisingly, Microsoft is aiding administrators with installing popular open source software packages — including WordPress, Drupal, DotNetNuke, phpBB and Graffiti CMS.
What Microsoft Web Application Installer Does
The Microsoft Web Platform, as it’s called, is meant to make installing complex Web applications quick and easy. The program will check your target server for necessary pre-requisite software packages, download necessary components, and install and configure the applications on your server.
Oddly enough, the supported applications utilize MySQL and PHP, which are competing products of Microsoft’s SQL Server database engine and ASP.NET Web programming model.
Read More...
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