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Building Flickr applications with PHP.

Open-source software is often of very high quality, but sometimes users must search in vain for a strong reference to guide them to and through the more advanced features. This handbook fills that gap between anticipation and production by giving those who wish to make the best use of Flickr's enormous photo cache (and of course their own favorite snaps). Practitioners and photography enthusiasts Kunkle and Morton keep the fact that readers may have had limited experience with open-source software, graphic design, photography and collaborative technology in mind as they describe the software and its attendants, discuss features, show how to install the works, including Apache, PHP and Phlickr, work with PHP and photos, organize photo sets, use semantic tags, get through Real Simple Syndication feeds and other syndication, and add collaborative features to websites with Flickr Groups. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Clear blogging; how people blogging are changing the world and how you can join them.

This guide is aimed at beginners and experienced bloggers who want to expand their site. It discusses the basics, such as reasons to blog and how to start, and provides advice from experts. Personal, professional, business, and occupational types are covered, and different services, legal rights, technologies, how to find topics, and journalism are detailed. Other topics treated are podcasting, profiting from a blog, and building readership. Using blogging for marketing is not discussed, and very little code is included. Walsh is a contract software developer specializing in desktop information systems. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)