Using Elgg’s REST-like API

Another one of Elgg‘s less documented but very powerful features is the ability to expose functionality from the core and user modules in a standard way via a REST like API. This gives you the opportunity to develop interoperable web services and provide them to the users of your site, all in a standardised way. […]

Marcus Povey

Another one of Elgg‘s less documented but very powerful features is the ability to expose functionality from the core and user modules in a standard way via a REST like API. This gives you the opportunity to develop interoperable web services and provide them to the users of your site, all in a standardised way. […]

The case for OpenID lite

Recently – both in my roll as a developer on the Elgg project, and as one of the organisers of Barcamp Transparency – I have found myself having to sign up for a whole bunch of accounts for various sites. Each one asks me to fill in a profile, and each time I end up […]

Marcus Povey

Recently – both in my roll as a developer on the Elgg project, and as one of the organisers of Barcamp Transparency – I have found myself having to sign up for a whole bunch of accounts for various sites. Each one asks me to fill in a profile, and each time I end up […]

Bug tracking

Over on his blog, my good friend and colleague Ben has written a good post about bugtrackers. He is essentially complaining that there are currently none available that are good for both developers and end users. Broadly speaking I agree with him. The two main players – Bugzilla and Trac – are both lacking. Bugzilla’s […]

Marcus Povey

Over on his blog, my good friend and colleague Ben has written a good post about bugtrackers. He is essentially complaining that there are currently none available that are good for both developers and end users. Broadly speaking I agree with him. The two main players – Bugzilla and Trac – are both lacking. Bugzilla’s […]