Category Archives: Programming

Amazon Simple Store in PHP with Mandatory Signed Requests

Several years ago I used Amazon software for a lot of sites. But after they changed their authentication there was a lack of documentation and I lost interest in trying to fix the old code. I kept going back to their site and forums to see if anyone had ever fixed their Simple Store example [...]

Add Author to RSS Feed in WordPress

If you have multiple authors on a WordPress blog you may want to add the Author name to the RSS feed title. Although the standard RSS feed file in WordPress contains the author if you view the RSS feed you will not be able to see the Author name through standard readers as it is [...]

Being a Website Mechanic

It is a niche I really did not plan on, but it is probably the best description of what I do on a daily basis. Thanks to the SoloBizCoach for pointing that out during one of our chats. Using the term mechanic invariably brings to mind a car mechanic, and a website mechanic is very [...]

Your Own Branded Twitter Interface

Did you know you can build your own custom Twitter interface? Since Twitter changed to 100% OAuth support you are now required to have a Twitter Application to post to Twitter. This can be seen with how a lot of the WordPress plugins work, which now require you to setup an application and save your [...]

Tracking Live Incoming Search Terms

Thinking about all the instant stuff we have on the net I thought it would interesting to watch incoming traffic generated from search engines. I setup a script on a couple test sites that email me the Domain, Search Term, Search Engine and Landing Page whenever a visitor comes from a search engine. With over [...]