Using the Bing API to Send Pings to Ping-O-Matic

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Those who use WordPress may be familiar with Ping-O-Matic for keeping blog search engines updated whenever a new post is written. I discovered that Bing had more of my posts indexed than any other search engine. I could manually submit the link for each post to Ping-O-Matic, but that would be no fun. Instead, I … Read more

Using PHP to Search for Text in Website Source Code

HTML5 validation error on Thesis 2.2.1

As I’ve mentioned before, I use the Thesis premium theme on my WordPress site, and I generally have no problems at all. However, the newest Thesis update came out, and I am getting an HTML5 validation error. Usually when this sort of thing happens, whether it be with a theme or with a plugin, I’ll … Read more

Using the Duolingo API with PHP to Get Profile Data

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For those who are interested in learning a new language, Duolingo is a great place to start. It’s free, and some recent studies suggest that it’s more effective than Rosetta Stone (which is not free). I’ve been using Duolingo for the past few months and decided to do something similar with my Duolingo profile as … Read more