Not answered Metablog API

Filip

Posted on Mar 17, 2008 (permalink)

Hi,

would be nice to have some kind of Metablog API for Sitefinity. Any plans for that? :)

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Telerik Admin

Posted on Mar 19, 2008 (permalink)

Hello Filip,

Thank you for getting in touch with us.

We are not really sure what exactly do you mean by Metablog API, so it would be really helpful if you could describe what is the functionality you would like to have.

You could find all API references in the Developer Manual, API Reference section. You could take a look at the Blog Module API (Telerik.Blogs assembly). Since Blogs is based on Generic Content, you could find instructions on how to add meta tags/fields to Generic Content Based modules in the topics in the Developer Manual, Modules -> Built-in Modules -> Generic Content Based Modules section. Please explain if this is not what you meant.

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely yours,

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Filip

Posted on Mar 19, 2008 (permalink)

I ment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaWeblog API, which is very usefull if you want to use tools like Microsoft Windows Live Writer. Its RFC standard - http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi .

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Telerik Admin

Posted on Mar 20, 2008 (permalink)

Hi Filip,

Thank you very much for the elaboration.

We are currently working on implementing functionality similar to that described in the Wikipedia article. Unfortunately, for now, we could not commit to any time framework for officially providing this.

Best wishes,

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Brook

Posted on Mar 28, 2008 (permalink)

I would also like to request this as an add for the future. CommunityServer has in place and it works great. DNN also has a LiveWriter module available.

Does anyone know of a similar product to LiveWriter that runs on a Mac OS?

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Telerik Admin

Posted on Mar 28, 2008 (permalink)

Hi Guys,

It is important for us to comply with the latest technologies and we realise that the meta weblog API can be valuable for our clients. That is why we have almost finished implementing the API in Sitefinity. It will soon be included and available for use.

Sincerely yours,
Yasen
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Developer

Posted on Apr 30, 2008 (permalink)

Any updates on the status of this? I am really looking forward to this. We are currently implementing blogs and would love to see this included. This is much easier for our bloggers.

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Filip

Posted on May 2, 2008 (permalink)

Its allready in since SP1, prolly beta. Its working with Live Writer, but not every feature. Handler is in config - blogs/metablog.ashx

Have fun :)

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Telerik Admin

Posted on May 2, 2008 (permalink)

Hi Guys,

Metablog API will be released in our next Service Pack and it will work with Windows Live Writter tool.

Filip, thanks for the input.

Sincerely yours,
Atanas
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Developer

Posted on May 3, 2008 (permalink)

Awesome and thanks both of you? One final question...Any ETA on the release date? We want to move a bunch of blogspot blogs under the umbrella of our site, but I see this as a hindrance. No big deal, but just wondering if there was a projected date? Also, any chance of us helping beta test? We are willing to play?

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Telerik Admin

Posted on May 3, 2008 (permalink)

Hi Developer,

We are planning on releasing the Service Pack 2 in the second part of this month. I hope that time frame will be satisfactory for your current project.

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Brook

Posted on Sep 25, 2008 (permalink)

Are all of the 'parts' in place for the Live Writer tool in SP2 Hotfix?

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Telerik Admin

Posted on Sep 26, 2008 (permalink)

Hello Brook,

yes the Live Writer support is fully functional. As a matter of a fact all the guys and girls on blogs.telerik.com are using Live Writer for their everyday blogging.

I hope you'll find this information helpful. Let us know if there is anything else we can do for you.

Greetings,
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Gabe Sumner MVP

Posted on Oct 3, 2008 (permalink)

Somehow I missed this whole thread and I'm just now discovering it.

The combination of Windows Live Writer & Sitefinity is extremely useful. If you're blogging on the Sitefinity platform I strongly encourage you to give this combination a look.

You can read the KB article on this subject here:

http://www.sitefinity.com/help/developer-manual/generic-content-based-blogs-metablog-api.html

I also wrote a blog post about this as well:

http://blogs.telerik.com/GabeSumner/Posts/08-10-03/Blogging_with_ease_using_Sitefinity_amp_Windows_Live_Writer.aspx

Filip, Brook & Developer; thanks so much for requesting this! It's a really handy feature!

Gabe Sumner

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