Building Web 2.0 Ready Applications with XML-RPC

For the last month at work I’ve been building an admin backend for a huge application. The application runs as a large Java XML-RPC server which takes request, performs database and cache operations and returns data.
At first I hated this idea, mainly because it was so different to the typical lamp development flow I was [...]

The World’s Finally Getting a Voice

Michael Wales has fired out a very interesting post proposing that Wordpress’ new ‘Prologue’ theme, (and maybe with other new technologies), could carve the way for a new method of communication online.
By allowing users to put in their 2 cents anyway they like, a distributed messaging system could be the next big way to communicate [...]

Creating a CMS Structure with CodeIgniter

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to build a really good CMS with CodeIgniter.
But I’m not the only one! - After searching through the CI Forums, I’ve noticed that there’s a real demand for such CMS.
About a year ago, I decided to start the ‘CodeIgnition’ Project, a CMS based on CodeIgniter. But, because [...]

CodeIgniter’s Future?

Since I use CodeIgniter pretty much every day here at doof, I’ve been thinking alot about what it could do to improve future releases, and really bring it to the foreground for a much wider reach.
Here’s a few ideas for improvements and enhancements:

New Validation Class
CI’s validation class is pretty good right now, but it isn’t [...]