After the release of the 2nd beta of Windows Live Writer, one of the other changes I noticed was that the blog side panel was now customised for WordPress. It had a little WordPress icon & it knew where the admin page was located. This, I discovered, was due to the fact that WLW now has an API for customising this panel with a manifest file. The WordPress.com blogs already have one done for them, with custom buttons to their comments & stats, but I figured, why not the rest of us WordPress users too.
So I have a very beta plugin that will generate a wlwmanifest file for your blog. It utilises a lot of the imagery from the WordPress.com one, so I hope they don’t mind. You can download the plugin here. Here’s the page for it on WordPress.org.
This is very much a case of me working out an idea. If you have any suggestions for what this can do, please leave a comment. I’ve got a couple of ideas, but we’ll see how it goes. It’s all together possible that this may be in the pipeline for the WordPress core, and that would be great.
[inspired by Tim Heuer's subtext version]
Glenn;
Thanks a lot for the plugin. I ahve already implemented it. Any additional ideas?
Yeah, I’d like to implement a few additional buttons to show the latest comments or stats or something like that…
When I get some spare time!
Glenn;Thanks a lot for the plugin. I ahve already implemented it. Any additional ideas?
Yeah, I’d like to implement a few additional buttons to show the latest comments or stats or something like that…When I get some spare time!
What I would really love to see is a way to upload images and files through Live Writer and have it associated with the blog entry, just as it would be if you were uploading it from WordPress’ upload function.
Forgot to say…
This is a great plugin… THANKS!!!!!
What I would really love to see is a way to upload images and files through Live Writer and have it associated with the blog entry, just as it would be if you were uploading it from WordPress’ upload function.
Forgot to say… This is a great plugin… THANKS!!!!!
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I agree with Phoat…
1) Thanks for the plugin!
2) An upload feature would be wicked
3) An associated links at the bottom of the post would be cool too!
WLW with WordPress 2.5 does upload images automatically that you put into the post.
I agree with Phoat…1) Thanks for the plugin!2) An upload feature would be wicked3) An associated links at the bottom of the post would be cool too!
WLW with WordPress 2.5 does upload images automatically that you put into the post.
Good post, i was thinking of going on word press and leaving my blogger software behind. i am thinking about. anyway 5/5 thanks
This plugin is extremely useful for me. Please keep in on.