Writer 2011 creates categories from what the blog tells it. It may be that if I use tags those will actually show up as categories. There is a way to make a custom XML file that goes at the root of the blog that instructs Writer about what works and doesn't work with the particular blog. This will improve the blog-specific customization. I have used those with Movable Type with reasonable success. Not sure what else would work with the Roller XMLRPC.
I intentionally did not use tags because I didn't know who they might be pinged to or how to tell Writer about it. I'm currently set up so Writer posts to de.licio.us in some odd way. Hmm, I think I am in over my head. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 16:37 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Blog Created > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2011 9:00 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Blog Created > > And I can confirm that it is working, the full-post Atom feed is working, and > I > can author from Windows Live Writer 2011. (For that last, praise be!) Yeah that is good, but not yet perfect. > > <https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/ooo_there_rsquo_s_a> > > It looks like the CSS needs some tweaking: the right side bar drops down > depending on text width in the post content, the well-known CSS-blog-post > bugaboo. I have to make by browser window pretty wide before the sidebar > reappears adjacent to the content. I didn't enter anything that couldn't have > line-wrapped sooner, so this is apparently somewhere in the styling. likely, I'll see what I can do. > > There are some differences between the Roller 5.0.0 documentation and > how this blog is set up that would have been handy to know. I wouldn't trust the documentation as far as I can throw it ;) That said, what sort of differences are you thinking about? > > When I saw that there were no options to switch between wysiwyg and raw > HTML modes, I was pretty certain that I was looking at a browser edit > window that expected raw HTML. It must be in the Apache chromosomes. > Or RTE was turned off in the Admin area, now enabled. > That is what drove me to see if I could get Windows Live Writer to hook up. > It > managed to fish the styles from the site, but it was not able to connect with > categories or tags. There might be ways to get that working, but I am > content for now. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1708 is possibly related. Try creating them manually in Writer to match. > > The Facebook button works (need Google+ now too, I suppose). I didn't try > the twitter button because that happens with a Live Writer plug-in I use. Another good plugin. > > The aggregation into the https://blogs.apache.org page is working too. Xlnt (and expected!) > > Next Exercise: See if the track-backs as comments work from elsewhere. Track backs are configurable. Gav... > > - Dennis > > Ah: Small victories are such wonderful things. If I'm doing it wrong, just > don't > tell me, K? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 15:14 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Blog Created > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2011 8:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Blog Created > > > > Hi All, > > > > https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/ > > > > Currently I have invited: > > > > Dave and Andy as Admins > > Dennis as Author > > > > Also I have now added some more: > > khirano, rbircher, robweir, clippka > > All as Authors. > > (Note to Rob, no specific 'Editor' role but the Author role > will allow you to edit and tweak other posts.) > > and to continue ... > > > Anyone else wants an account please let me know. > > (And let me know your Apache ID too as I'll send the invite to your > Apache > > Address.) > > > > Thanks > > > > Gav... > > >
