[ckan-discuss] Another PHP client for the CKAN API

Mon Jul 12 20:03:06 BST 2010

>> Let me know what you think.
> 
> However I do have one idea/suggestion for how to use the library:
> making a wordpress plugin. In particular what about:

WordPress is actually already on my to-do list. ;)
<http://github.com/jeffreybarke/Ckan_client-PHP/blob/master/TODO>

> a) a sidebar (or page) widget/plugin to search CKAN packages (either
> displaying results inline or just showing a simple summary with a link
> out to main package)
> b) displaying a list of the top 10 packages for a given tag or group
> in the sidebar (or show the most recently updated/added packages in
> that tag or group ...). Again it could just  be a summary with a link
> out to the main package page

I think it's a great idea to start with some sidebar widgets, though ultimately I'd like the ability to add/edit packages from within WP.

Jeffrey