I've been busy, busy, busy working on my content management system, NiBuM. It's basically getting a complete overhaul. I'm getting rid of a lot of old, ugly code that I first used when learning PHP. I have a much better understanding of OOP than I did a few years ago and I'm now putting it to good use.

Since I started building my own CMS one of the biggest hurrdles I faced was XML-RPC. You can find lots of information about it here. In short, without implementing XML-RPC my CMS would not be able to do trackbacks, pings, and most importantly use 3rd-party applications to manage stuff on my site.

I've tried in the past to read about XML-RPC, but nothing made sense. There was no simple tutorial about it, or how it works, or how to set it up. That is, until, I found a wonderful SitePoint article here. Not only does the site explain XML-RPC in layman's terms, but it also shows you how to create a client-server environment with PHP.

Since reading that article, I've finally been able to start creating my own XML-RPC scripts. Right now, I'm just using the basic MetaWeBlog API, but will upgrade to a more thorough API like Movable Type in the future. Who knows, I might just create my own way down the road.