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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.

  • Tuesday Conversations: Your Favorite Plugins

    Tuesday Conversations: Your Favorite Plugins

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    My old site was all about me writing stuff.  Don’t get me wrong, I love writing, but I know that I’m not the only guy out there doing this – I love learning from other people about things that I’d never known about otherwise.  Unfortunately, StumbleUpon is devoid of good WordPress articles (lots of theme…

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  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Tags vs Categories (and more)

    50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Tags vs Categories (and more)

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    This post is the fifth of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”.  During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…

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