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1. Transformr 0.5 is live

   Posted by Martin, about 1,272 days ago.

   Transformr version 0.5 is live. The 0.5 update introduces a set of performance tweaks and the ability to parse HTML fragments.

   Transformr should be also a lot easier to install on your on your own server chiefly because Transformr no longer uses the PHP tidy package, which for some reason is not included with a lot of hosting packages. Don't worry Transformr will still parse your malformed html because tidy does still exist to some extent via the W3C online Tidy service, but only when it fails to parse the source document. For best results though validate your document first (sorry I wasnt preaching).

   At the moment Transformr will transform the following microformats:

   • hCard.
   • hCalendar.
   • hReview.
   • hAtom.
   • geo.

   The following microformats are also supported but are classed as experimental and shouldn't really be used in a production environment because support may be removed or changed at some point (but its up to you) they are:

   • hAudio.
   • hMedia.
   • XFN.
   • rel-enclosure.

   I am planning to write some stuff about the url conversions over on the new Transformr Wiki over the next couple of weeks, and some insights about what Transformr will support in future, like file uploads, tiny url's and microformats by direct input.

   What's also new for this version (0.5.X) is the source code has moved from Google Code to GitHub, because SVN is so complex compared GIT, which is amazingly simple shame I never got round to it sooner oh well. You grab a copy of the code at http://github.com/WebOrganics/TransFormr, and have fun

   Tags: microformats transformr

   Comments: 0

2. Ubiquity the best thing since Web2.0

   Posted by Martin, about 1,721 days ago.

   

   Ubiquity is

   a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily

   And it does, it gives you the ability to insert maps into your email by simply typing "map" and then a location and then clicking "Insert map in page" which will basically insert the map in any editable page, so simple.

   Ubiquity has just over fifty commands to start you off, covering most common web tasks, such as the twitter command which lets you update your twitter status via your web browser, which I guess to people who use twitter is worth the xpi install alone.

   There are already a quite a few more commands in the wild for ubiquity at Mozilla Labs Including five new commands for Transformr under the Microformats heading. If you cant find what you need and fancy creating a few commands of your own, there is a super easy developer tutorial to help get you going, still seems too much you can always watch for new commands in the Herd.

   Already in just a few days Ubiquity has moved on to version 0.1.1 and development is moving on fast, if you fancy giving Ubiquity a whirl you can install the latest version Ubiquity 0.1.1 by clicking the previous link. Seems like paradise getting what you want from the web for a change? it is.

   Tags: ubiquity microformats transformr

   Comments: 5

3. Microformats TransFormr

   Posted by Martin, about 1,827 days ago.

   

   I am Pleased to announce TransFormr by WebOrganics

   TransFormr combines all the tools available at the former tools.weborganics, all of X2V and a few Custom Rdf Dialects along with a few "experimental" formats!

   TransFormr is not a universal microformats transformer, just near enough, the easiest way to use TransFormr is to use the auto detect feature eg: http://transformr.co.uk/detect/http://tantek.com/. For more information about extracting individual formats please visit transformr.co.uk.

   Tags: transformr microformats

   Comments: 0