Blogging RollerDave Johnson on blogging, open source and JavaApproaches to blog customization- November 30, 2006 One of the things that new bloggers tend to complain about is theme customization. It's just too hard to customize the look and feel of your blog. And that's true even if you just want to make a couple of minor tweaks like changing a banner image, changing a background color or adding a "widget" to your sidebar. In this post, I briefly review how a couple of popular blog servers enable blog customization.http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/approaches_to_blog_customization Couple more RSSAtom articles online- November 12, 2006 The Server Side posted an excerpt from RSS and Atom in Action last week. Chapter 2: Development kick-start explains how to setup the Blogapps Server and how to post to just about any blog server via MetaWeblog API from Java and C. And if you're interested in that, then you'll also be interested in The Blogapps Project, which was published on Java.net last month.On the O'Reilly site, Mark Woodman's How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed is now available as an O'Reilly Short Cut, a 56-page PDF for $7.99....http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/couple_more_rss_atom_articles DDJ Swain's Cafe on blogs.sun.com- November 12, 2006 Mike Swaine in Dr. Dobb's Journal: But employee blogs are turning out to be a good place to go to track what's really going on. When Sun partnered with the University of Kent on the NetBeans IDEBlueJ Edition, Ian Utting of U Kent vlogged in Sun's blog space about this beginner's Java tool. Incensed by rumors that Java doesn't work on Windows Vista, Sun's Chet Haase blogged to the contrary. And, responding to a high-news-value development, CEO Jonathan Schwartz links to YouTube video of...http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/swains_cafe_on_blogs.sun.com New RSS and Atom articles online- November 8, 2006 The second installment of James Snell's developerWorks article on Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) is online. In part 2 he shows how to post to an Atom server and one of his examples is Roller. If you want to try Snell's example code with Roller, but you don't want to go through the trouble of installing full-on RollerTomcatMySQL, try the super easy-to-install Blogapps Server bundle. Here are links to parts 1 and 2 of Snell's article: Getting to know the Atom Publishing Protocol, Part 1Create...http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/new_rss_and_atom_articles Raleigh blogger meetup: Tuesday at Helios Coffee- November 6, 2006 We've got a new meeting place, Helios Coffee in the Glenwood South area of Raleigh. Please join us to talk blogging, podcasting, politics, tech or whatever else is on your mind.Time: Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006 - 6:30PMPlace: Helios Coffee, 413 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC (map)http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/raleigh_blogger_meetup%3A_tuesday_at Pebble 2.0- November 3, 2006 Pebble 2.0 is available. Pebble "is a lightweight, open source, Java EE blogging tool designed for individuals and small groups" developed by Simon Brown. No database required.http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/pebble_2.0 |