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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.

  • A Look Back at WordPress

    A Look Back at WordPress

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    …we’ve come a long way from this: …to this… …with a brief stop here… …and to where we are today! And how sweet it is! (thanks to Ozh for a wonderful post – if you aren’t familiar with WordPress, head to his site for a history lesson!)

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  • WordPress 2.7

    WordPress 2.7

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    WordPress 2.7 is nothing short of amazing.  The WordPress team (and 150 others from the community) went back to the drawing board and redesigned the interface from the ground up.  It’s absolutely beautiful, and a testament to great design and an amazing user interface.  But it’s not just pretty, it’s awesome under the hood! Never…

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