Things to do with the blog
Wednesday 19th July 2006 (viewed 3964 times)
I’ve got myself a little list of things I want to do with my blog. What better way to keep track of it than with a post!
- Export my Outlook to a calendar visible on the blog.
- Install a Google analytic sidebar widget.
Make updates of the blog available through email.Done 2006-10-10
A page that shows which plugins I have installed.Done 2006-10-11- Install Edit N Place when I get it to parse UTF-8 correctly.
- Figure out how to implementing a ‘Unread posts/comments’-page.
- Rethink if I really want to use Technocrati tags on my page.
That’s it for now, I think. I’m currently working on nr 1, seems most fun!
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Caroline wrote,
Nice to see that the calendar trend is striking other blogs as well.
Seriously, I think that all of the things on the list sounds like really good ideas. I’m excited to see how this will develop.
July 19th 2006 at 19:37 (7:37 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.4 on 
Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,
Yeah! When Hannes fixed one for your blog it was a catalysator for me to get mine fixed aswell
Me too! Excited that is! I hope it goes well! *watches enthusiatically as… nothing happens*
July 20th 2006 at 02:01 (2:01 am) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.4 on 
Windows XP
Hannes wrote,
Let me know if you’d like any code from me. The calendar rendering was stolen from the original WP-calendar though
Getting the data from Outlook doesn’t seem to hard. Export to CSV-file and then parse it and add it into a database, or whatever backend you want to use. Python is nice for parsing files, *hint* *hint*
July 20th 2006 at 11:11 (11:11 am) — Using
Internet Explorer 6.0 on 
Windows 2000
Hannes wrote,
Correction: Mostly stolen. I have of course edited it quite a bit.
July 20th 2006 at 11:29 (11:29 am) — Using
Internet Explorer 6.0 on 
Windows 2000
Caroline wrote,
And there are even a few existing WP plugins that might do part of the work, I think, depending on how you want it to behave.
July 20th 2006 at 12:06 (12:06 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.4 on 
Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,
Thanks Hannes, I might do that!
Ah, yes, I don\’t want to manually export the data everytime I update Outlook. It is too arduous a task for me to do regularly. Might do it 2 or 3 times, and then I would \”forget\” about it, and never do it again
Right now I\’m leaning into installing a WebCalendar on this Linux-server and then using RemoteCalendar to sync the Outlook with that calendar. But WebCalendar seems a little too bulky for that. I would love a small calendar that parses iCal-format, because I could use RemoteCalendar to sync to it :P
Yep, there are some plugins! I have checked them out, and perhaps end up using one
July 21st 2006 at 00:32 (12:32 am) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.4 on 
Windows XP
Hannes wrote,
Hmm, but the iCal format should be quite easy? I bet your 1337 programming skills can create something. :pom:
July 23rd 2006 at 21:58 (9:58 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.3 on 
SuSE Linux
Mika Perälä wrote,
July 24th 2006 at 14:54 (2:54 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.4 on 
Windows XP