Googlemaps Geocoding API
We recently completed a geocoding-caching system that geocodes (determines Latitude and Logitude) a user’s location input. This means that the user can type in a zip code, city/state or complete address/city/state/zip and the system will determine a Longitude and Latitude of the centerpoint of the area requested. In this case the result will be used to place a location on a google map. The process I developed performs initial location lookups using the google map geocode API and employs a good/bad caching system that retains the lookups locally.
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YUI Yahoo User Interface
For this new project we decided to work with the YUI (Yahoo User Interface) Javascript library. For the widgets provided, the YUI makes javascript development extremely fast and bug free. The documentation was extremly clear and contained plenty of examples.
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Wordpress MU or Standalone?
We have been evaluating both Wordpress and Wordpress MU (multiuser). Wordpress MU allows us to setup a domain (or sub domian) and then provide users the ability to create their own blogs instantly. Using Apache wildcard virtualhosts in conjunction with DNS wildcards allows the system to provide users with instant sub-domain hosts of their own which is pretty cool. But is Wordpress MU the answer for a single point install for all blogs that we host? Short answer is not at this time.
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