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Am I 2.0ish yet?

Testing graphic upload capabilities via newMediaObject handler for Community Server.

We shall see whether I need to revert to my FTP + Foldershare munge.

Update: Robert McLaws has updated the Community Server MetaBlog interface so that it supports use of the newMediaObject as a method for pushing images/video/etc. to your server.  newMediaObject enables moblogging from cell phones, as well as smart client blog post generators, like Windows Live Writer, for instance.

OK.  I've looked at Live Writer, and I like what I see.  I like the extensibility, and I like that I can use a gui to muck about with the images that I insert into the blog post (drag-and-drop, baby).

Live Writer posts to the blog software using the MetaBlog API (including the newMediaObject for adding media files).

Community Server has yet to officially implement the newMediaObject method, so individuals like Robert McLaws, Ken Robertson (qgyen.net) and Laurent KempĂ© do the heavy lifting and figure out the implementation.

So I've installed the Ken Robertson fix to Community Server, but my blog server is not completely convinced that it can handle the newMediaObject implementation, so Live Writer shrugs its shoulders and says, "Shucks!"

So I've implemented my FTP -> Foldershare -> web server fix in order to appease my security concerns while enabling my pretty graphical post editing experience.

Published Friday, September 08, 2006 11:52 AM by robrohr

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Gary McPherson said:

Be sure to check you've created the /images/robrohr folder for your images to be attached to - that path is currently hard-coded...
September 18, 2006 12:30 PM
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