The new set of XMLRPC methods is primarily aimed at enabling mobile blog apps and other clients the ability to support custom posts and taxonomies that is now de rigour is themes and plugins and includes:

• wp.getPosts
• wp.getTaxonomies
• wp.getTaxonomy
• wp.getTerm
• wp.deleteTerm
• wp.editTerm
• wp.getTerms
• wp.getPostTypes
• wp.getPostType

This new set of methods brings the WordPress API out from under the shadow of blogger, metaWeblog and MovableType APIs and moves the WordPress API into a class of its own. They will enable mobile apps to move beyond supporting lowest common denominator functionality of simple posts and start supporting the full power of WordPress which is its extensibility through themes and plugins.

The wp.getPosts method is a great addition to the API and supports filters. The big bugbear with metaWeblog.getRecentPosts was that it did not support an offset. This meant that if you wanted to see the 1000th post you had to get all 1000 posts. This issue is fixed in wp.getPosts which supports filters such as post_type, post_status, number (of posts to retrieve), and offset.

Another important addition to the API for mobile blog apps is the addition of feature image support for blog posts. This will be well received by the community in general but will be particular welcomed by the photo blogging community.

Media Library support was added in 3.01 with the addition of wp.getMediaLibrary and wp.getMediaItem but did not include the attachment Id which prevented the ability to edit or delete library items. The 3.4 API fixes this deficiency. Another nice fix is the addition of default image size, comment and ping status in wp.getOptions method.

The one problem that I see in the new API is that the response to wp.getPostType does not give any details on the custom fields associated with a post type. We must therefore ask how can we collect data through the mobile interface if we don’t know what data (custom fields) to collect? Frustratingly, if you do know what the custom fields are and collect the data it can be published using by wp.newPost and the new wp.getPosts returns all custom fields.

This means that we will be able to edit posts with custom fields but not, at least easily, create new posts with custom fields.

Take for example, a blog that has the  Yoast, search engine optimisation plugin(SEO)  installed which enables the definition of meta title and meta description (and optionally meta keywords.) When adding a new post, the back-end provides “meta boxes” for the collection of the title, description and keywords. However, the new set of XMLRPC methods will not provide the necessary information indicating the availability or  requirement of these SEO custom fields. That is, support for the Yoast plugin would have to be hard coded into the mobile client.

If custom field (and meta box) information was provided in the wp.getPostType response it would be now easy for blog apps and other mobile and desktop clients to fully support any plugin or theme. That is, mobile devices would be able to support the full extensibility of the WordPress platform.

A big thanks needs to go Max Cutler, Joseph Scott and Andrew Nacin for the significant advancement of the WordPress XMLRPC API.

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This is the first, of what we hope, are many top 100 App Store listings.

Tinydesk Writer is an iPhone blogging app for managing any blog or website on any WordPress host. Compose, edit, publish, view and moderate blog posts – all the tools you require are at your fingertips, including support for the NextGEN Gallery plugin

Thank you to all out customers in Japan and around the world. Keep an eye out for our forthcoming release with some exciting new features for mobile bloggers and webmasters.

Tinydesk Writer is available FREE in the App Store.

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Within the plethora of WordPress Gallery plugins NextGEN Gallery is recognised, by fact of 5 million downloads, as the best of the gallery plugins.

However, until recently blogging apps have not supported the direct publishing of photos into WordPress Galleries. This has been unfortunate because mobile devices offer one of the best mechanisms for photo blogging. A theory supported by the recent takeover of Instagram by Facebook for a reported $1billion.

NextGEN Gallery on iPhone

Tinydesk Writer, released recently by Tinydesk, is the first and only blogging app to enable the direct publishing of photos from the iPhone camera or camera roll into NextGEN Galleries and albums.

Tinydesk Writer

Tinydesk writer enables new galleries and albums to be created and provides a Visual editor for imbedding galleries, albums and single images without the need to remember gallery short codes or manually establish albums and gallery IDs.

Photo galleries can also be browsed in the now familiar style used in social media apps such as Facebook and Instagram by flicking through the images.

Tinydesk Writer is available FREE in the App Store….. Check it out.

NextGEN Gallery Resources:
Where to download NextGEN Gallery
Download Tinydesk Writer iPhone App

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The word “blog” is derived from the term weblog and has become increasingly popular since its inception in the late 1990s.

The next generation of blogging tools is now available and enables blogging for the masses.

Where to Blog

There are now many places where you can create a “free blog” including two of the most popular being wordpress.com and blogger.

Novice bloggers can start a new blog very easily on either wordpress.com or blogger. However, WordPress offers the ability to move your blog to a self-hosted or third-party hosted site.

About WordPress
Wordpress is open source blogging and website content management software. It is available free of charge to anyone to use. There is an estimated 70 million WordPress sites on the web including 12% of the worlds biggest 1,000,000 websites. The wordpress platform can be enhanced with plugins and themes.

The wordpress plugin directory has almost 20,000 free plugins to do almost anything imaginable.

Websites like Themeforest offer more than 1 million themes to help customise your blog.

About WordPress.com
Wordpress.com is one off many service providers that host WordPress blogs.

Over 310 million people view more than 2.5 billion pages on WordPress.com each month. About 100,000 new blogs are created on wordpress.com every day.

Mobile Blogging
There are now a number of iPhone and android apps to enable blogging anytime, anywhere.

WordPress Ios
Wordpress Ios is a open source and freely available iPhone app to manage your simple wordpress blog.

Tinydesk Writer
Tinydesk Writer is a paid iPhone app specifically for the WordPress platform and offers more features than is available in the free WordPress app. This includes support for the NextGEN gallery and other plugins.

Get the Blog Maestro For WordPress app and start blogging today.

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20 January 2012

Tinydesk for WordPress blogging App now available on iTunes

Australia based, Tinydesk Pty Ltd, today announces the launch of the Tinydesk for WordPress app for managing blogs and websites. The iPhone app is now available on iTunes.

The Tinydesk app has been designed to enable bloggers to very quickly create multimedia blog posts and web pages with images, Youtube videos, text and map locations from wherever they may be.

Ian Johnston, Founder and General Manager of Tinydesk, commented “ We think that the Tinydesk app will appeal to both experienced bloggers seeking expanded mobile features and the tide of new bloggers who desire simplicity and portability.

If someone is blogging whilst on the road they should be able to take pictures, select existing images from their blog media library, write posts and respond to readers comments all from their iPhone. Tinydesk for WordPress makes this a reality”

The Tinydesk for WordPress app is available globally on iTunes and is priced at US$2.99.

For Media and further enquires contact :
Ian Johnston , Tinydesk Pty Ltd, +61 402909490
ian@tinydesk.com
http://tinydesk.com

Background Information:

About WordPress
Wordpress is open source blogging and website content management software. It is available free of charge to anyone to use.
There is an estimated 70million WordPress sites on the web including 12% of the worlds biggest 1,000,000 websites.

http://wordpress.org

About WordPress.com
Wordpress.com is one off many service providers that host WordPress blogs.

Over 310 million people view more than 2.5 billion pages on WordPress.com each month. About 100,000 new blogs are created on wordpress.com every day.

Anyone can create a FREE WordPress blog at http://wordpress.com

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ENJOY

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