Update to Google Docs to WordPress plugin
A few weeks ago, unbeknownst to me, Google made a (wise) change to its APIs to require SSL for all API calls. This caused parts (but not all, apparently) of the Docs to WordPress plugin to stop...
View ArticleSetting the head of a post using a delimiter in your doc
I’ve gotten a lot of requests from people using our Docs to WordPress plugin on how to set a headline that’s different from the title of your Doc, such as we do at the BDN using a pipe. This isn’t a...
View ArticleGetting from WordPress to InDesign, part 1
This, I know, is the code a lot of people have been waiting for. It hasn’t been posted till now mostly because I’ve been trying to package everything to make it plug-and-play. At a certain point it was...
View ArticleKnight News Challenge
Just a quick shoutout: The BDN is very honored that our submission to the Knight News Challenge made it to Round 2. Our proposal is to take what we’ve done at the BDN, rewrite the code now that we have...
View ArticleUpdates to the Docs to WordPress plugin forthcoming. What would you like to see?
I will be working shortly on some upgrades to the Docs to WordPress plugin and wanted to get some input on what people would like to see in the next version. There have been a lot of great ideas...
View ArticleNew Beta version of Docs to WordPress
I’m working on a new version of the Docs to WordPress plugin and would love it if a few people could field test it to make sure I didn’t screw anything up. There were mostly a few simple fixes, though...
View ArticleGoogle Drive to WordPress (to InDesign), refined
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. We’ve been busy refining our existing systems in the newsroom and tackling inefficiencies in other departments. At the BDN, we often try to drill down to what...
View ArticleWe’re hiring! Data geeks and news hackers
We’re looking for data analysts and coders to join the BDN’s new Research & Innovation Department. The BDN is dedicated to rethinking how “legacy” media operate. If you enjoy working on multiple...
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WordPress to Indesign: The final countdown
We’ve had a lot of requests for us to open source the WP Browser, the final piece of getting a post from Google Docs to WordPress and into Indesign. We hadn’t up till this point because it was a...
View ArticleWordCamp Maine 2014 talk: WordPress as an application platform
If you’re interested in seeing the code behind our applications, browse around on the blog or visit our Github.
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