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  • daniel_sbbs 33 posts 52 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 14:30
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    Blog from iPhone

    Anybody who knows if it is possible to make blog entries from any iPhone apps (iBlogger, BlogWriter etc) on a site containing BlogForUmbraco4?

    If possible how have you done it?

  • dandrayne 1138 posts 2262 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 14:49
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    I've not done it, but you could set up an instance of Doc2Form that publishes blog posts and put the form in a password-protected area with an iphone friendly stylesheet?

    Dan

  • Niels Hartvig 1951 posts 2391 karma points c-trib
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 14:52
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    Umbraco - and blog4umbraco - supports metablog api so most iPhone blogging apps should work.

    Anyone got experiences good or bad?

  • daniel_sbbs 33 posts 52 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 15:52
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    Tried to setup the with iBlogger but can't get it to work.

    First step:

    URL: should be link to the blog

    Second step:

    Username:

    Password:

    Access URL:

    Is this the umbraco username and password and what should the access url be (have tried with link_to_blog/umbraco/umbraco.aspx, but this doesn't work)

  • Nathan 16 posts 38 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 15:56
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    Your access url should be: link_to_blog/umbraco/channels.aspx

    I can confirm that I can post to my blog from iBlogger running BlogForUmbraco4.

  • Nathan 16 posts 38 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:01
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    I should clarify...  link_to_blog should be your domain (www.yourblog.com).

    I only recently set my site and blog up, but here's the post from iBlogger:
    http://clickm.net/blog/2010/3/19/blog

     

  • dandrayne 1138 posts 2262 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:06
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    Sweet, one more line on proposal forms from now on!

  • daniel_sbbs 33 posts 52 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:19
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    I get message: No channel found for user with id '2'.
    Have tried with the admin account aswell but nogo

  • Nathan 16 posts 38 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:31
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    @daniel sbbs - Have you successfully posted with a desktop tool like Live Writer?  I'd recommend debugging w/ something other than iBlogger.

    Have you set up the channel for the user?  If you switch to another user, then back, were the channel settings saved?  I had an issue with that, but resolved it by populating the password field as well before saving the user.

    @dandrayne - Yes, endless possibilities w/ metaweblog api support.  Love it.

  • daniel_sbbs 33 posts 52 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:41
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    @Nathan No missed the channel tab, have the same problem but doesn't help also editing the password, do I have to type something in the Name field on the content channel tab?

  • daniel_sbbs 33 posts 52 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:56
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    Yes had to type something, now everything is working

    Many thx Nathan

  • Nathan 16 posts 38 karma points
    Mar 19, 2010 @ 16:56
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    Yes, you have to set up the user's channel before you can use the metaweblog api goods.  

    Here's the details for an out of the box BlogForUmbraco4 installation:

    • Name the channel whatever you like
    • Select the "Start Node in Content - "Blog"
    • Select a Start Node in Media Library (nice to separate out the blog post images into another folder)
    • Document Type "BlogPost"
    • Description field - "Body Text (bodyText)"
    • Category field - "Tags (tags)"
    • Excerpt field - leave blank
    Hit save, click a different user, go back and ensure that the settings were saved properly (if not, you'll need to try the password workaround I mentioned earlier).
    You can go back and tweak the mapping of the fields once you get it working  (I haven't done that yet).
    HTH

  • daniel_sbbs 33 posts 52 karma points
    Mar 22, 2010 @ 08:52
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    The only problem i have with iBlogger and this setup is if I set the Category field to Tags, then when I post from iBlogger I get an error:

    "Object reference not set to an instance or an object", or If I select a tag that has alredy been entered I get "Input string was not in a correct format."

    Any ideas?

  • Stephen 204 posts 246 karma points
    Sep 22, 2011 @ 10:49
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    Hey guys I know this topic is old but I cannot find the iBlogger app anywhere, looks like it has been removed from the app store.  I have a need for my client to manage his blog from iPhone, are there any alternative options?

    S

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