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CapTimes Redesign
Blow by blow account of the refactoring of captimes.com
Using the Yahoo search API
Timothy Nott —I rushed through a first attempt to get the Yahoo search API up and running.
It was fairly easy to do. I had to:
- Sign up for a Yahoo account
- Apply for an application id
- Download the SDK (ok, I could have read the site docs and skipped this part)
- Write some code
I've set up a page for those of you who are interested in seeing application development in progress (warning: it ain't pretty).
Right now the search is rudimentary. I have not found a means by which to limit the search to CapTimes content, so I'm fudging it by adding the words "The Capital Times" and "Evjue Foundation" to every search. These phrases show up on the majority of our content in the sidebar and footer.
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As we transition from a daily paper with a website to a breaking news website and a weekly news and opinion magazine, we will blog our progress and seek your feedback.
