Comments for Tape and String: not what you think. http://blog.tapeandstring.com Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:31:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on iBugs by Raanan Bar-Cohen http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/12/01/ibugs/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Raanan Bar-Cohen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:31:11 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/12/01/wordpress-mobile/#comment-378 Hey -- Sorry to hear you are running into trouble with the app. We did a ton of testing, and like WordPress, it's an Open Source project, which means you can grab the code and the latest version at any time and let us know if you are seeing issues. The challenge with this app with respect to people who run their own WordPress, is that no two sites are alike. You are most likely running a combination of plugins on a hosting environment that is also probably tweaked a bit by your hosting provider. Not making excuses, but with nearly 10 million self-hosted WP sites out there, it's tough to test everything :) In general, the app looks to sync w/ your blog by looking for a specific tag on your home page(RSD), which is a standard thing in WordPress. The RSD then links to your XML-RPC which facilitates the whole interaction between the app and your WordPress site. When I looked at your RSD tag link yesterday, there was something broken (http://twitter.com/raanan/status/6231398086), as it wasn't returning the proper response: http://blog.tapeandstring.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd . Today it seems OK, so I'm surprised that you are still having trouble. Did you change something ? If the app is still not working for you, would be great if you could post a few details on the support forum, and we can help troubleshoot: http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org/ . chers. Hey –

Sorry to hear you are running into trouble with the app. We did a ton of testing, and like WordPress, it’s an Open Source project, which means you can grab the code and the latest version at any time and let us know if you are seeing issues.

The challenge with this app with respect to people who run their own WordPress, is that no two sites are alike. You are most likely running a combination of plugins on a hosting environment that is also probably tweaked a bit by your hosting provider. Not making excuses, but with nearly 10 million self-hosted WP sites out there, it’s tough to test everything :)

In general, the app looks to sync w/ your blog by looking for a specific tag on your home page(RSD), which is a standard thing in WordPress. The RSD then links to your XML-RPC which facilitates the whole interaction between the app and your WordPress site.

When I looked at your RSD tag link yesterday, there was something broken (http://twitter.com/raanan/status/6231398086), as it wasn’t returning the proper response: http://blog.tapeandstring.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd .

Today it seems OK, so I’m surprised that you are still having trouble. Did you change something ?

If the app is still not working for you, would be great if you could post a few details on the support forum, and we can help troubleshoot: http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org/ .

chers.

]]> Comment on The Campaign by Ros Hodgekiss http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/11/29/the-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Ros Hodgekiss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:23:52 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=800#comment-375 Howdy, thanks for the shout-out! Our site was designed by the very talented folks over at <a href="http://www.newism.com.au" rel="nofollow">Newism</a>. We've got a behind-the-scenes blog post on the redesign <a href="http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/2701/behind-the-scenes-look-at-our-web-site-redesign/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Loving the maxi blog design and keen to hear everyone's thoughts on our site. Keep it classy! Howdy, thanks for the shout-out! Our site was designed by the very talented folks over at Newism. We’ve got a behind-the-scenes blog post on the redesign here.

Loving the maxi blog design and keen to hear everyone’s thoughts on our site. Keep it classy!

]]> Comment on Rogues by Craig http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/11/12/rogues/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Craig Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:54:55 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=753#comment-371 Thx for the comment—it's an interesting point you bring up. I'm glad this brief post resonated w/ you. Thx for the comment—it’s an interesting point you bring up. I’m glad this brief post resonated w/ you.

]]> Comment on Rogues by Tony Austin http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/11/12/rogues/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Tony Austin Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:25:52 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=753#comment-370 When I had my own business and I was doing work for Amgen and WaMu, when confronted with price issues or if I knew I was going to be the highest bid... I would tell the potential client to go to W3C and use their "HTML Validator" to check my competitions URLs for errors and to do the same for my sites. (It was self defense, okay.) The client would would freak out if they were not tech oriented after seeing error after error and I would play the "my code is W3C compliant and guaranteed to always work card" and your job will be safe withme, but will it be safe with them? That is the only thing these "rogues" or "wankers" can't compete with on a demonstrable level is Being so thorough that a mystic organization called W3C likes your code better. The client feels safe and it worked for me. When I had my own business and I was doing work for Amgen and WaMu, when confronted with price issues or if I knew I was going to be the highest bid… I would tell the potential client to go to W3C and use their “HTML Validator” to check my competitions URLs for errors and to do the same for my sites. (It was self defense, okay.)

The client would would freak out if they were not tech oriented after seeing error after error and I would play the “my code is W3C compliant and guaranteed to always work card” and your job will be safe withme, but will it be safe with them?

That is the only thing these “rogues” or “wankers” can’t compete with on a demonstrable level is Being so thorough that a mystic organization called W3C likes your code better. The client feels safe and it worked for me.

]]> Comment on Bukwild by Jeff http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/08/05/bkwld/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Jeff Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:14:52 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=553#comment-313 Thank you Craig. You nailed our thoughts exactly. We had the content so, we were able to say what was needed to be said using only our work and message. Thanks again! Thank you Craig. You nailed our thoughts exactly. We had the content so, we were able to say what was needed to be said using only our work and message. Thanks again!

]]> Comment on Bukwild by Dan http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/08/05/bkwld/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Dan Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:28:15 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=553#comment-312 Thanks for the kind words! Thanks for the kind words!

]]> Comment on Not As We Do by James http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/05/09/get-crackin/comment-page-1/#comment-56 James Thu, 14 May 2009 14:00:13 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=279#comment-56 Web developers have finally moved away from targeting a specific browser, there are no longer "Optimized for IE" or "Optimized for Netscape Navigator" stickers all over the web and it is a good thing. Write a website once in standard html/xhtml and css and it's the browsers responsibility to render it correctly. It is not the web developer's responsibility to cater to a specific browser's idiosyncrasies. Besides, the iPhone was advertised as having the "real web" not a watered down mobile version. Let it read real websites, not watered down iPhone specific ones. Web developers have finally moved away from targeting a specific browser, there are no longer “Optimized for IE” or “Optimized for Netscape Navigator” stickers all over the web and it is a good thing. Write a website once in standard html/xhtml and css and it’s the browsers responsibility to render it correctly. It is not the web developer’s responsibility to cater to a specific browser’s idiosyncrasies.

Besides, the iPhone was advertised as having the “real web” not a watered down mobile version. Let it read real websites, not watered down iPhone specific ones.

]]> Comment on Not As We Do by admin http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/05/09/get-crackin/comment-page-1/#comment-55 admin Wed, 13 May 2009 23:21:53 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=279#comment-55 Analogue's iPhone site is in-pro-duc-tion Analogue’s iPhone site is in-pro-duc-tion

]]> Comment on Not As We Do by Mulvey http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/05/09/get-crackin/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Mulvey Wed, 13 May 2009 22:45:18 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=279#comment-54 Hey, where is Analogue's iPhone optimized site?! Hey, where is Analogue’s iPhone optimized site?!

]]> Comment on Not As We Do by 33% God http://blog.tapeandstring.com/2009/05/09/get-crackin/comment-page-1/#comment-52 33% God Mon, 11 May 2009 20:11:46 +0000 http://blog.tapeandstring.com/?p=279#comment-52 Just to bump this into a business man's mind... http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2008/06/11/iphone-sales-in-2009-from-10-to-45-million/ Just to bump this into a business man’s mind…

http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2008/06/11/iphone-sales-in-2009-from-10-to-45-million/

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