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WordPress Tip: iTunes Integration via last.fm

CMDR Mitchcraft

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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.

  • WordPress: The Ultimate Content Management System (CMS)

    WordPress: The Ultimate Content Management System (CMS)

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    For years WordPress has been touted as the number one blogging platform.  And without mistake – it is.  But as we creep closer to WordPress 3.1 it’s nice to take a step back and see just how far its’ come.  From winning the CMS Hall of Fame Award to the multiple thousands of plugins that…

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  • Two Recently Updated Plugins YOU Should Be Using

    Two Recently Updated Plugins YOU Should Be Using

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    Every now and then, just because I’m the biggest WordPress dork I know, I like to just peruse the plugin database to see what’s been updated recently.  After all, how can you use new plugins if you don’t know they’re there?  I’m glad I looked when I did – I found a few plugins that…

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