Today I’ve experiemented with the Open Graph Protocol. Why not write a plugin that will add the protocol to any WordPress page. Here’s my first draft.
Category: Spin Off
[caption id="attachment_149" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Research Database Schema[/caption]
One thing may lead to another. Here are some project “spring offs”. They were not planned per se. It’s the law of the triange.
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Research and Programming
Right now my research and programming go hand in hand. Saving all sources and notes in a database proved to be a very good idea. Adding new sources to the database is easy in Adminer.
Whenever new additions are made to the database, it’s a matter of seconds to compile a new bibliography file via my Python script.
Now I write, and write. Texts, notes, ideas, chapters, structures … poor out. The database is a major tool in the creative work. Quotations are made via the ID in the database. Since the value is unique there are no conflicts in the bibtex file.
In the actual texts its a matter of adding @wp_81 – or whatever the id of the relevant source may be.
All my texts are written in markdown. I can compile the texts to .pdf, .epub, .docx etc. via a Pandoc script i bash.
With this “toolbox” it’s easy to write the academic dissertation.
Right now the writing process is in a phase of “write-out”. I don’t care to finish anything. It’s like drawing a sketch on paper. But when the chapters are compiled – it turns into a report, with all the academic features: lists of content, notes, and a very precise academic bibliography.
I never thought, that writing and programming were related in this way. But it’s a fact: programming and (academic) creative writing are related.
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Research Progress: Cases and Twentyseventeen
Cases and Twentyseventeen Now I have read all the available WordPress cases on the BAAA server. I have followed the development of the Twentyseventeen core theme. In both cases the reading should be followed by interviews.
And then the next logical step is to select the most relevant cases. Each case is surrounded by a small group of stakeholders, such as:
- The business
- Contact persons in the business
- Students
- Teachers at the BAAA
Twentyseventeen is perhaps the most important case. Because here you can see the interaction between Automattic and the open source community. Twentyseventeen is integrated in the WordPress-core, therefore it is not a trivial matter.
By now I can see, that the Multimedia studens work hard with tweaking themes and child themes. Some of them even write their responsive themes from scratch.
In the end I hope, that the research will show:
- How WordPress is created.
- How WordPress solutions are used in danish and international businesses.
In the end these answers will form the answer to my initial quest: “What You Should Know About WordPress”.
