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Enabling Markdown on WordPress.com Sites
On support.wordpress.com see Enabling Markdown
Be sure to post using the HTML Tab.
To use markdown, also see my Markdown Tagged Posts on JoeCodeswell.wordpress.com
Ways to split longer WordPress posts
These are ways to make longer posts easier to digest for readers. They are ways to split longer posts to keep readers engaged.
We often think that our attention spans have grown shorter with the onslaught of digital media, but in fact longform writing — on WordPress.com and beyond — is alive and well. It’s sometimes challenging, however, to display longer pieces in a way that keeps your readers engaged.
If you’re looking for tips on presenting your latest longform creation, this post from last year, by Daily Post contributor Elizabeth, will introduce you to some nifty features built into your site. Whether you’re working on a meaty piece of prose for Blogging U.’s Writing 201 course, or just often have a lot to say, you should try these out.
Today, we’ll cover three features that can help you break up and organize longer posts, so that they display more cleanly and are easier for your readers to digest. We hope these tips come in handy!
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web2py TO WordPress API with OAuth2
web2py TO WordPress API with OAuth2
This is an example of a web2py app using the WordPress.com REST API with OAuth2.
You need to go to developer.WordPress.com to setup your app.
N.B. I tested this on my website, however, if I messed up with writing this article, please let me know in the comments.
I found some hints on github Automattic
Love and peace,
Joe
controllers
default.py
import datetime, random, string
import urllib, urllib2
import requests
# TODO: Replace these globals with your own.
HOST = 'yoursite.com' # REGISTER with developer.wordpress.com
APPNAME = 'yourappname' # REGISTER with developer.wordpress.com
CLIENT_SECRET = 'BIG.LONG.STRING' # GET FROM developer.wordpress.com
CLIENT_ID = '12345' # GET FROM developer.wordpress.com
def authorize_blog():
"""
Initiates retrieval of OAuth2 credentials which
allows your user to aurhorize her blog for use by your app.
Generates an HTML page containing a WordPress Authorize button which
holds a redirect_uri callback to your app.
When your user presses this button, she is sent to WordPress.com, where,
IF she AUTHORIZES one of her blogs:
WordPress.com will send OAuth2 credentials to YOUR callback URL.
see: http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oauth2/
"""
# see [OAuth2 state Article on stackoverflow] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11071482/oauth2-0-server-stack-how-to-use-state-to-prevent-csrf-for-draft2-0-v20)
state = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits) for x in range(30))
state = str(datetime.datetime.now()).replace(':', '.').replace(' ', '') + '_' + state
session.state = state
params = {
"response_type": "code",
"client_id": CLIENT_ID,
"redirect_uri": URL(f='connected', scheme='http', host=HOST, url_encode=False),
"state": state,
}
authorize_url_0 = URL(a='oauth2', c='authorize', f='', vars=params, scheme='https', host='public-api.wordpress.com', url_encode=False)
# The web2py URL function inserts an (in this case) UNNEEDED reference to the current web2py app.
# This string function gets rid of that reference.
authorize_url = authorize_url_0.replace(APPNAME+'/', '',1)
thehtml = XML(
'<html><body><h2>Connect FROM YourWebsite.com TO WordPress.com</h2><a href="' +
authorize_url +
'"><img src="//s0.wp.com/i/wpcc-button.png" width="231" /></a></body></html>'
).xml()
return thehtml
def connected():
"""
1. Receive request.vars.code == a "time-limited code that your application can exchange for a full authorization token."
see: http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oauth2/
This is a time-limited code that your application can exchange for a full authorization token.
To do this you will need to pass the code to the token endpoint by making a POST request to the token endpoint:
You are required to pass
client_id,
client_secret, and
redirect_uri for web applications.
These parameters have to match the details for your application, and
the redirect_uri must match the redirect_uri used during the Authorize step (above).
grant_type has to be set to "authorization_code".
2. Convert time-limited code into OAuth2 full authorization credentials.
[NOT SHOWN: how to store credentials in db]
3. For demo purposes, list the blog with the credentials.
"""
# 1. Receive request.vars.code
code = request.vars.code # returned from WordPress.com
if not code:
redirect(URL('index'))
# see [OAuth2 state Article on stackoverflow] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11071482/oauth2-0-server-stack-how-to-use-state-to-prevent-csrf-for-draft2-0-v20)
state = request.vars.state
if not state:
return dict(message='Warning! State variable missing after authorization.')
if (not session.state):
return dict(message='Warning! No session.atate! WHY NOT??? variable missing after authorization.')
if state != session.state:
return dict(message='Warning! State mismatch. Authorization attempt may have been compromised. This: ' + state + ' should be: ' + session.state)
# 2. Convert time-limited code
# TODO: Replace values client_id, client_secret with YOUR's, previously received from dev.WordPress.com setup.
payload = { 'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET,
'redirect_uri': 'http://'+HOST+'/'+APPNAME+'/default/connected',
'grant_type': 'authorization_code',
'code': request.vars.code,
}
# Call the token endpoint
rsp_token_request = requests.post("https://public-api.wordpress.com/oauth2/token", data=payload)
# 'Response [200]' means SUCCESS
if not 'Response [200]' in str(rsp_token_request):
return dict(message='Problem! "Response [200]" not in response!')
jsonDict = rsp_token_request.json()
access_token = jsonDict['access_token']
blog_id = jsonDict['blog_id']
blog_url = jsonDict['blog_url']
# TODO: [NO SHOWN] Store access_token, blog_id, blog_url in the db for further use.
# For demo purposes, we will use these credentials here, to list this blog.
base_url = 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/' + blog_id
payload = {}
payload['http_envelope'] = 'true'
url_values = urllib.urlencode(payload)
full_url = base_url + '?' + url_values
req = urllib2.Request(full_url)
req.add_header('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + access_token)
rsp = urllib2.urlopen(full_url)
the_info_page = rsp.read()
m = ''
m += "the_info_page = %s||"%(the_info_page)
content = BEAUTIFY(m.split('||'))
return dict(content=content)
models
I omit model code in this article, assuming you can store your credentials for further use. If you needd assistance, contact me by a comment.
views/default
connected.html
{{left_sidebar_enabled,right_sidebar_enabled=False,False}}
{{extend 'layout.html'}}
{{if 'message' in globals():}}
<h3>{{=message}}</h3>
{{elif 'content' in globals():}}
{{=content}}
{{pass}}
My WordPress Markdown
WordPress Markdown Links
- WordPress.com’s Markdown Extra and Markdown on WordPress.com
- WordPress.com’s Writing & Editing Markdown quick reference
- WordPress.com’s Slightly Modified Markdown Version is Markdown Extra
- Markdown Syntax
- WordPress.com’s Posting Source Code
- My Posting Source Code on WordPress
- WordPress.com’s Writing & Editing Markdown
- Write (More) Effortlessly With Markdown by Matt Wiebe
- N.B. Can’t upload zip files into free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
- Change a Post’s Date
My Markdown
## Source Code i am confused
re NOT html encodding quotes and angle brackets
sometimes backticks work
sometimes shortcodes work
see this post below &
https://joecodeswell.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/python-code-creates-a-database-from-csv/
both SOMETIMES work & SOMETIMES FAIL
3 backticks(quotes and angle brackets get html encoded)
backtick backtick backtick python
if a < 'B': print("happy")
BLA BLA BLA
backtick backtick backtick
USE A SHORTCODE
if a < 'B': print("happy")
BLA BLA BLA
[/code ]
## Publishing Rules
- I'll use "- " Item for UNordered lists
- I'll use "1. " Item for Orderded lists
- I'll use Definition Lists:
Apple
: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in
the family Rosaceae.
Orange
: The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.
- **In all source code Markdown**, I'll replace "" with "", because "" DISAPPEARS when MD is rendered
- I’ll publish in the Text Editor NOT the Visual Editor
- For Main Headings: Header 2 == ## SPACE Item
- For Links I'll use [Kathleen Battle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Battle "Kathleen Battle")
- For Anchored Main Headings: ## SPACE Item { # item} N.B. "}" must be at EOL.
- For Links to Anchors: [Item ](# item)
- For Sub Headings: Bold == **Item**
To add an image
: I'll place the cursor in the Text Tab and click on the Add Media Button way at the top of the edit page.
For posting code
: I'll choose from these code types: actionscript3, bash, clojure, coldfusion, cpp, csharp, css, delphi, erlang, fsharp, diff, groovy, html, javascript, java, javafx, matlab (keywords only), objc, perl, php, text, powershell, python, r, ruby, scala, sql, vb, xml .
Code under a Numbered List Item
: See Example Below:
Get started with PySparkling Steps
1. Download Spark
1.1 DONE
2. Point SPARK_HOME to the existing installation of Spark and export variable MASTER.
backtick backtick backtick bash
>echo %SPARK_HOME%
...\Downloads\ApacheSpark\spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6
>echo %MASTER%
local-cluster[3,2,1024]
>
backtick backtick backtick
3.
Block Quote
> Nice post and great question Joe.
> Spot checking is to discover which algorithms look good on one given dataset. Not across datasets.
> You may need to group algorithms by their expectations then prepare data for each group.
> Most machine learning algorithms expect data to have numeric input values and an integer encoded or one hot encoded output value for classification. This is a good normalized view of a dataset to construct.
> Here’s a tutorial that shows how to spot check 7 machine learning algorithms on one problem in Python, [Spot-Check Regression Machine Learning Algorithms in Python with scikit-learn](http://machinelearningmastery.com/spot-check-regression-machine-learning-algorithms-python-scikit-learn/).
Let’s see how the above renders
Source Code
backticks
if a < 'B': print("happy")
BLA BLA BLA
shortcode
if a echo %SPARK_HOME%
…\Downloads\ApacheSpark\spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6
>echo %MASTER%
local-cluster[3,2,1024]
>
```
- Item Three
Block Quote
Nice post and great question Joe.
Spot checking is to discover which algorithms look good on one given dataset. Not across datasets.
You may need to group algorithms by their expectations then prepare data for each group.
Most machine learning algorithms expect data to have numeric input values and an integer encoded or one hot encoded output value for classification. This is a good normalized view of a dataset to construct.
Here’s a tutorial that shows how to spot check 7 machine learning algorithms on one problem in Python, Spot-Check Regression Machine Learning Algorithms in Python with scikit-learn.
WordPress for Programmers & My New Theme
Overall
WordPress for Programmers & Coders: Advice, Themes & Plugins.
Themes
google: best free wordpress themes for programmer
Now I use: “Silver is the New Black” – Silver is the New Black. Howdy! This theme, Silver is the New Black, is now retired.
I am going to try these until i get one i like. But first
google how to backup my wordpress.com blog
-
Export Your Content to Another Blog or Platform – wordpress.com
-
WordPress.com Forums » Support – How Can I Backup my Blog For backups:
- (1) The Safe Bet – Use an Offline Blog Editor
- (2) Subscribe to Your Blog’s RSS Feeds if you provide full posts in the feed.
- (3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
- (4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
-
Offline Editing
-
Backing Up Your WordPress.com Blog
I am now doing Download your content
I Choose the New Theme
[copied from my notes in MS Word]:
· OneColumn
· White Paper
· WP Jurist
· Best Theme
None of the above show up for free in wordpress.com
I try
· TRVL – it’s OK [too dark, nice and wide & big]
· Truly Minimal – seems better than TRVL – I like it – my pic shows up – Python Notes page might be a bit goofy ala code – kind of OK
· Ryu – TOO BIG – NO MAYBE
· Superhero – not bad – goofy black bar follows down NG!– Truly Minimal is better
· Responsive – Feature-full theme with numerous page layouts, widget areas, custom menu areas, breadcrumb naviagtion, a homepage template, social icons, and responsive CSS. PRETTY GOOD
· Forever – I am using this in the web2py book – not for here
· White as Milk – NO GOOD
· Sapphire – bad paragraph spacing like my present theme
·
between Responsive & Truly Minimal
Responsive – looks confused with my formatting
Truly Minimal – looks less confused with my formatting
I choose Truly Minimal
Result – Better than a jab in the eye with a sharp stick. The pages aren’t compact enough top to bottom.
Posting Source Code on WordPress
backtick backtick backtick python def example_func(): """This is an example_func inside backtick backtick backtick python l_squareBracket /code r_squareBracket language can = "python" or "html" or ??? """ pass backtick backtick backtick
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