Dan,

That does sound like a viable approach.  We already have wordpress
integration in the new framework that could act as a starting point,
though its not released yet.  It would take a bit of discussion for
how the user could easily configure the app to support the server
without having to enter a bunch of byzantine parameters they don't
understand, and how we could know if the server it was posting too
required auth or not, but these don't sound like huge challenges.

What timeframe are you looking to start and finish this project?

-Josh


On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Dan Staples
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> I had a brief chat on IRC with vitriolix a couple weeks ago about the 
> possibility of adding publishing options to StoryMaker 2 for 
> non-internet-connected networks. My use case is community-run wireless 
> networks providing application servers and that may or may not have internet 
> access. It would be great to have a self-hosting option for communities that 
> want to publish their StoryMaker-created content on their local network, 
> without having to rely on internet cloud services.
>
> Right now all the export options are cloud services, aside from a private 
> server via SSH. The problem with SSH though is that you would have to 
> provision user accounts ahead of time. I'd like there to be an option that 
> makes it as easy as possible for non-technical users to publish content to a 
> local server, perhaps even without the need for authentication.
>
> One idea would be a simple HTTP transport to a web server running Wordpress, 
> where the content would be added as a post. There could be a corresponding 
> Wordpress plugin that a site administrator could easily install, and 
> configure some settings such as whether to require authentication for the 
> user and whether to hold uploaded stories for moderation before publishing.
>
> Does this seem reasonable? If so, I'd be interested in working on it.
>
> -Dan
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