Oooops, the function already exists, and has been for a long time.

bTonga fails, refuses to use it, because (at least up till 0.7.0.2) bTonga expects that mt.supportedMethods actually exists (and will return newmediaobject as one of the supported method apis)

Now that I look at it, this is a pretty stupid assumption since supportedMethods is a MoveableType API whereas newMediaObject is a MetaweblogAPI.

Why use newmediaobject ? Security ?

One advantage of the Xaraya implementation of the newmediaobject method is that the file is stored "off the grid." The image is not directly available through a standard file URL. The file, as is in my nomoa.com configuration, stored outside the webserver document path and accessed through a module call.

This feature has some security benefits for multi-user sites. Unfortunately, everything gets dumped into a single directory and can get real messy if you have a lot of images being published through this methd.

MoveableType 3.3

One too many references to 'tags' that were uncomfortable, so we've looked it up and after reading the first two pages I still can't see how meta data in tags is any different to meta data in keywords (although this may be related to Xaraya which seems to see these as synonyms, aka tags is keywords is tags.)

The full documentation is over at Six Apart's Developers Site, link:

There's still a lot more to read, to understand, but I better put this link here to make sure I remember where it is to read.

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Windows Live Writer supports NewMediaObject (like a lot of other blog clients, except mine) and has a nice rich environment for touching up your image before uploads (like a lot of other blog clients, except mine)

The big selling point for WLW ? It's FREE as in beer.

Now, that's asking for getting used, but unfortunately my main squeeze blog engine (actually its an Application Framework or something like that) is using Xaraya http://www.xaraya.com and as yet we're still not upgraded to supporting NewMediaObject.

What's new media object ? no, it's NewMediaObject or newMediaObject or mt.newMediaObject or something like that (but without the spaces.)

NewMediaObject is an MT (MoveableType) xmlrpc function/method call that allows you to upload files through your xmlrpc and not requiring FTP. It's great, but it misses a few issues like how to manage the sprawll of those files on your server once you get to the 100th image or the 10th all on your kid, i.e. kid1, kid2, kid...

Now, if only I could pack the wife and kids away for a couple of days (and all those annoying realities of life) I could probably refresh that VMWare image I had around here somewhere to try and get NewMediaObject supported in Xaraya. Unfortunately, there's only 24 hours in a day and we can just pray and hope (or was that hope and pray ?)

Go Nomoa!!!

Of course, I could just get my backside up and fix the FTP server on nomoa.com. Nomoa.com got moved to a new machine (actually a 5 year old one) and we haven't got that FTP server installed/working as yet. Maybe tomorrow ...

Ecto 2.0, an update to another successful blog client over at http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/ has been released.

The ecto 2.0 is officially released and available for download! It has been a long development process, far longer than I anticipated or wished, but I think the result is pretty good. Although the application does not look much different outwardly, there are many code rewrite under the skins.

This upgrade is free for all registered users.

• What's new
• WYSIWYG editing.
• Spellcheck as you type.
• Upload caching and setting presets.
• Find & Replace.
• New installer which will automatic download and install the new .Net Framework 2.0 during ecto's installation if required.
• Better font scaling for those who use the Large Fonts settings.
• Many other UI improvement and bug fixes.

...

purchase
To purchase a copy of ecto, visit the eSellerate online store or click on the image below. A registration code will be sent shortly after the purchase is completed. You can also use PayPal in this store.

A copy of ecto costs $17.95. We also offer volume discounts and if you purchase a copy for MacOSX, you can purchase one for Windows for 50% off (and vice versa, obviously).

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bTonga is a WYSIWYG blog client for Windows XP.

bTonga lets you create and manage your BLOG offline.

bTonga currently supports MoveableType compatible BLOG/CMS Engines including: Xaraya, Wordpress and the Metawebog API also supported by the above servers. MSN Spaces is also supported and we mention only these as they are the three I have used and we expect it should work with others.

System Requirements: .Net Framework 2.0

Useability Update. Release 0.7.0.1

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bTonga - What is it ?

bTonga is a WYSIWYG MoveableType/Metaweblog client for .NET 2.0

Which essentially means that if you have installed .NET Framework 2.0 on your machine then this program can be used for your offline creation and management (?) of your BLOGS. MoveableType compatible BLOG/CMS Engines include: Xaraya, Wordpress. We're also supporting Metawebog and appreciate any testing such as MSN Spaces (I can only vouch for these as they are the three I have used, although we would expect it should work with others.)

Requirements: .Net Framework 2.0

Release 0.7.0.0

Binary Installer (.zip)  bTonga_0_7_0_0.zip (about 896Kb)

GPG Signature (.asc) bTonga_0_7_0_0.zip.asc (about 1Kb)

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