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WordPress Tip: iTunes Integration via last.fm

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So, you’ve got a personal blog and want to integrate your iTunes playlist into WordPress, but don’t just want to say that you’re listening to a CD – you want to display the album art too? WordPress has a few solutions that work great.  The easiest way to do that is by utilizing the “scrobbler” built into last.fm – on which an API can export just about any data you need.  Cue last.fm records and last.fm recent album artwork.

These plugins will take your last X number of CD covers from last.fm and displays them.  last.fm records has a nice caching system, and it’s one I’ve used personally, but recent album artwork has gotten a lot of positive reviews.

  • Freshly Pressed: A Wild New Plugin Appears! Custom Classes

    Freshly Pressed: A Wild New Plugin Appears! Custom Classes

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    From time to time I like to surf through the repository and try out new plugins.  It keeps me in the know and I’m able to share those plugins with you.  So, here’s what I found as I was surfing this fine Wednesday: Custom Classes Justin Tadlock is a man synonymous with great plugins, and his latest…

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  • Thursday Conversations: HTML5

    Thursday Conversations: HTML5

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    One of the best new features of 3.1 – this brings Internal Linking to the forefront, allowing you to quickly link to old posts, pages, or other content types. Admin Bar Also super important – this adds a bar to any logged in user that has commonly used functions or actions within easy reach –…

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