Test post

This is a test post to make sure I didn’t break anything.

Using the OPML Editor with WordPress

This is a progress report on the connection between the OPML Editor and wordpress.com.

First, as you can see from this screen shot, I am using the editor to write this post. That’s a good sign.

It’s quite primitive, note that I have to enter the HTML code to start a new paragraph. But the basic connection is there, using the Metaweblog API, and the next steps will be adding new features to make things a bit more automatic, and perhaps easier to set up.

Note that I’ve got a special icon for a WordPress post. It’s pretty ugly. I stole it from another nodetype. If there are any good icon designers out there, start thinking about what a good icon for WordPress might look like.

Also, this same approach will work for all blogging tools. But since both WP and the OPML Editor are GPL apps, I want to work on the connection between the two. (Also because Matt M likes spicy noodles.)

PS: The tool is working so well I thought I’d release the source.

I’ve got a feeling

This is my first outline-authored WordPress blog post. Let’s see if it works. Yes indeed it did work. Now to see if we can update the post once it’s been published.

First thing on my to-do list

Does WordPress.com support the Metaweblog API?

I want to create and edit my posts in the OPML Editor, of course. ;->

We’re both happy members of the GPL family, so we should connect up, of course, right?

Right!

I have WordPress

Welcome to my new WordPress blog.

Hey they have a nice way of working with pictures! Wowo, that was easy.

That’s a picture of Jack Benny. He was a famous comedian of the 20th Century.