Development Update
Development on BloGTK 2.0 has been very slow lately as my day job has taken priority and I’ve been dealing with an annoying problem with the account settings panel. The good news is that the code is now working (but needs more testing to be sure), and I can move on to adding more polish.
BloGTK 2.0 will use RSD introspection to try and configure most of the settings to a blog with nothing more than the address. That means that most users won’t have to worry about endpoints, blog IDs, or picking the right API. Even though BloGTK is geared towards more technical users, that saves a lot of guesswork.
In WordPress news, WordPress 2.6 is out. Those of you who are upgrading will not have a problem with BloGTK, but if it is a new install, you will need to activate XML-RPC in the settings to use BloGTK or another remote blogging tool.
Finally, once BloGTK 2.0 is in a semi-feature complete state, I’ll be putting the code up in a public Subversion repository for testing. The old BloGTK was written in a time where version control was a major pain—finally I’ve done the right thing and started using an internal Subversion repository for development.
As before, there’s no definitive ETA for release. I was hoping to have something in time for the Ubuntu 8.10 release, but that looks doubtful. With BloGTK, I pushed the app out the door, and made a lot of rookie mistakes and poor design decisions. I want 2.0 to be more polished and professional. That means taking the time to try to get it right before letting it loose.
Tags: BloGTK, development, Updates, WordPress
July 25th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Hi,
I *thought* I’d submitted a comment last week or earlier, but seems I messed it up somehow. I’m looking forward to this, because
- I run a WordPress joint;
- I want to learn Python; and
- I want to contribute to a project.
To that end, I’d love to help test, if you need it. I’m greener than green @ Python, but learning; and run a Slackware 12.1 system, so I’m reasonably able to configure and communicate technicalities.
Thanks for the efforts.
Daniel
July 26th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Hi there,
I see what’s happened. For some reason, your loop’s putting “No Comments” indiscrimately, whether there are comments or not.
Daniel
July 26th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Sorry, but I forgot that comment moderation was on… you should be able to post new comment without it getting moderated from now on.
Thanks for the offer to help! There will definitely be opportunities for testing coming up, even if you don’t know much about Python.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Hi there!
I was looking for some software that deals with my wordpress blog, found “Post Blog Entry” that works perfectly for text only, then found your app, it looks so awesome!
It’s the only app missing on my computer to replace Windows Live Writer correctly.
Thanks to everyone for the efforts, keep on going!
K3nny.fr