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KBlogger development has stalled lately and I propose using Bilbo, unless somebody comes up and works on KBlogger. Bilbo has almost the same concept,which was planned for KBlogger. I'll focus on KBlog (the library in kdepimlibs), which is used by Bilbo as well and maybe do a plasmoid which will be like the KDE3 kblogger.

Recent sources are in KDE svn at: svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/playground/pim/kblogger"
If you seriously are willing to work on KBlogger to push a 1.0 release (which should be still quite some work) you can contact me on whilo@jabber.org .

KBlogger pre1.0 is a kicker-applet for quick blogging, like gnome-blog. Just push the blog button and blog!
It supports the Meta-Weblog-Api, which is supported by most blogs, and Blogger API 1.0.

KBlogger beginning from 1.0 is a full fledged blog manager for KDE 4. It supports Blogspot, Wordpress, Drupal and LiveJournal accounts. In general all blog backends/servers that support MovableType/MetaWeblog/Blogger1.0 or GData are supported, which are quite a lot.

DEPENDENCIES: You need kdebase-dev-4.0.0 and kdepimlibs-dev-4.0.0 (which depends on qt-4.3.3, kdelibs-4.0.0, kdelibs-dev-4.0.0 and kdepimlibs-dev-4.0.0).

THE KDE4 VERSION IS ALPHA CODE AT THE MOMENT, ONLY USE IT IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

Additional infos can be found on the webpage.
Last changelog:

12 years ago

1.0-alpha3
- much improved auto-configuration
- changed but still buggy media management
- a zillion bugfixes and rewrites

1.0-alpha2
- fixed profile deletion
- close import media dialog on ok
- update the html preview on style fetching
KNOWN ISSUES:
- Mediamanagement is rough and thumbnail creation is hardcoded and thumbnails are not handled correctly
1.0-alpha1
- stripped API code out and do that in kdepimlibs/kblog as a lib now(me)
- KBlog supports GData and MovableType now and is a really good codebase when compared to before. It is even hard to compare ;-) (me)
- Port and build a KDE 4 application on top of it (Antonio)
- KBlogger supports autoconfiguration now (me)
- Multiple blog profiles supported (Antonio)
- Media manager with automatic import and thumbnail creation.(Antonio and me)
- Preview for Webpages (Antonio and me)
- Offline draft handling (Antonio)
- Trash support (Antonio)
- Richtext editing improved (Antonio)
- Editor improved (Antonio and me)
- View and modify existing posts (Antonio)

File issues, especially with autoconfiguration and crashes here for now please! Don't forget to post a backtrace (needs a debug build) and relevant information! Once we are in extragear, you can use bugs.kde.org for proper bug reports.

0.7-beta3
- Convert local time to UTC beforce creating new posts first.
- Properly close the editor on "esc"
- Fix the tab order

0.7-beta2
- removed the stupid css handling code

0.7-beta1
- passive error messages
- new editor with preview function
- utf8 finally fixed!
- other fixes

0.6.5
- still dateTime issues in wordpress due to a bug in wordpress
- added GUI for changing dateTime (thanks Antonio!)
- improved the GUI
- added the possibility to add plain HTML code (i hope it works with correctly)

0.6.4
- well actually i've only reverted the datetime behaviour to 3.5 )
- automatic blogid fetching and showing blog name info
- richtext edit
- file uploading ( metaweblog )
- posts editing through right click menu ( metaweblog )
- many bugfixes
- ...

0.5.2
- improved error handling and information
- added german translation
- bugfixes...

0.5.1
- added automatic category fetching for MetaWeblog API ( Blogger API doesn't support it )
- fixed/added editor error handling
- bugfixes...

0.5
- new backend from the kdepim/blogging resource. Blogger API 1.0 works again
- fixed configuration dialog
- added category support
- new icon (thx to Kenneth Wimer)
- new documentation (thx to Harald Sitter)
- bugfixes, cleanup

0.4.1 (thx to harald!)
- changed fsf address
- made the desktop file freedesktop spec compatible
- sorted out a build issue according to: http://developer.kde.org/documentation/makefile_am_howto/en/_makefile_am_for_a_plugin_or_module_.html
- removed unneeded files and folders

0.4
- changed the backend to kio-http
- maybe it also works with a proxy now?
- improved error handling
- simplified configuration dialog

0.3
- improved error-handling
- added some documentation
- improved all widgets:
- fixed deletion of the message if an error occurs
- added tooltips in configuration
- added spellchecking

0.2
- added basic error-handling
- added publish option
- improved all widgets
- added blogger.com/blogspot (not tested!, since i have no blogger.com account) support, new apis should be easy to add now

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pucek

13 years ago

I think that the tab order of controls also should be changed.
From
Title -> Send button -> etc.
to
Title -> Category -> Post content -> Send button

I think it will be more comfortable to write posts this way

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whilo

13 years ago

Fixed in 0.7beta3.

Cheers,
whilo

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jwickers

13 years ago

Also it seems when i open an editor dialog and press ESC, the dialog closes but i cannot open one any more.

You may want to look at the "reject()" method of QDialog.

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whilo

13 years ago

I have fixed the esc issue and I have fixed the DateTime issue for UTC time. Test 0.7beta3 please.

I most likely won't make it a systray application, neither in KDE3 nor in KDE4, since I don't think there is any reason for KBlogger to be open all the time. The applet layout in 0.7 and earlier is not the nicest, but we focus on KBlogger 1.0 for KDE4 now.

Comment moderation is not supported by the apis. Maybe Atom API will fix this.

Cheers,
whilo

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silence

13 years ago

I just wanted to say that I absolutely LOVE this app!

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jayenell

13 years ago

Hi,

It would be great if you could drag and drop an url on the kicker-applet, so it will make a link (similar to blogthis-bookmarklets). Right now (0.7beta1) it is not possible to do that, not from Firefox and not from Konqueror.

Cheers,

J

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whilo

13 years ago

Hi,
the stylesheet error is harmless. You have to configure your blog correctly.
What blog software are you using, Wordpress?
Hope it works now,
whilo

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kapat

13 years ago

From the "configure" dialog, what is the Blog-ID field? And the "Get blog IDs from the blog." button does not do anything... I am assuming that if http://foobar.wordpress.com is by blog, then the Blog's URL box has to be http://foobar.wordpress.com

Looking forward to a solution....

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whilo

13 years ago

If http://somesite.com is your Wordpress installation, you have to add /xmlrpc.php to it.

E.g.
http://somesite.com/xmlrpc.php
http://someothersite.com/somepath/xmlrpc.php

Cheers,
whilo

P.S.: Sorry for responding so late. KBlogger for KDE 4 is in the pipe ;-)

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kapat

13 years ago

Thanks.. I added the xmlrpc.php extension to the blog URL and that worked... Thanks a lot. I did not see this info anywhere... It might be worthwhile to include this info is the main page here on kde-apps and/or along with the software, in some README file. It would help at least n00b bloggers like me.

Thanks once again, looking forward to the KDE4 updates.... Great Work.

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pedroghandi

13 years ago

it shows the error on a new window and at the bottom of the main one, it shows "unknown type of XML markup received. Markup" and then the begining of the what seens to be the html. The Send button is also greyed out.

BTW, is it supposed to loose the text i was writting on kblogger? if i close the window and re-open Kblogger, i have to start all over?

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whilo

13 years ago

It wasn't supposed to do it like that. But Antonio changed it to the new behaviour. As far as I know KBlogger for KDE 4, won't have this problem.

Cheers,
whilo

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pedroghandi

13 years ago

i guess i'll have to wait for kde4 :)

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RalphMW

13 years ago

Had old version 0.6.5 running fine.

Downloaded new 07-beta1 Sources.
did .configure && make && make install, wich seemed to work fine.

After relogin to KDE i could add the Blog! to Kicker again.

But when opening a blogging Window a message appears:
KBlogger Warning: Stylesheet not found!
Send Button is greyed out and a message next to it java.lang.Exception: RPC handler object "metaWeblog" not found and no default handler registered.

My Distro & Co:
OpenSuSE 10.2
2.6.18.8-0.3-default x86_64
Qt: 3.3.8
KDE: 3.5.7 "release 43.1"

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yoho

13 years ago

Latest beta looks a lot like the previous release : same utf-8 bug, no "preview", and the "about" dialog shows 0.6.5... Didn't you make a mistake ?

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whilo

13 years ago

It works for me (About dialog shows 0.7-beta1). Which file have you downloaded?

Cheers,
whilo

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masterLoki

14 years ago

Hi there, I've been trying to compile 0.65 but I got this.

fi
if /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../libkonq -I../kicker/share -I../kicker/core -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/include/qt3/ -I. -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -MT kbloggerbutton.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Tpo" \
-c -o kbloggerbutton.lo `test -f 'kbloggerbutton.cpp' || echo './'`kbloggerbutton.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Tpo" ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Plo"; \
else rm -f ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
In file included from kbloggerbutton.h:36,
from kbloggerbutton.cpp:22:
./panelbutton.h:470:28: warning: no newline at end of file
In file included from kbloggerbutton.cpp:22:
kbloggerbutton.h:68:7: warning: no newline at end of file
kbloggerbutton.cpp:36:29: error: konq_operations.h: No such file or directory
kbloggerbutton.cpp:37:28: error: konq_popupmenu.h: No such file or directory
kbloggerbutton.cpp:139:7: warning: no newline at end of file
kbloggerbutton.cpp: In member function 'virtual QString KBloggerButton::tileName()':
kbloggerbutton.cpp:117: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
make[2]: *** [kbloggerbutton.lo] Error 1
make[2]: se sale del directorio `/home/masterloki/downloads/kblogger-0.6.5/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/masterloki/downloads/kblogger-0.6.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Also, if you need an spanish translator, just tell me

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masterLoki

14 years ago

Hi there, I've been trying to compile 0.65 but I got this.

fi
if /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../libkonq -I../kicker/share -I../kicker/core -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/include/qt3/ -I. -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -MT kbloggerbutton.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Tpo" \
-c -o kbloggerbutton.lo `test -f 'kbloggerbutton.cpp' || echo './'`kbloggerbutton.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Tpo" ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Plo"; \
else rm -f ".deps/kbloggerbutton.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
In file included from kbloggerbutton.h:36,
from kbloggerbutton.cpp:22:
./panelbutton.h:470:28: warning: no newline at end of file
In file included from kbloggerbutton.cpp:22:
kbloggerbutton.h:68:7: warning: no newline at end of file
kbloggerbutton.cpp:36:29: error: konq_operations.h: No such file or directory
kbloggerbutton.cpp:37:28: error: konq_popupmenu.h: No such file or directory
kbloggerbutton.cpp:139:7: warning: no newline at end of file
kbloggerbutton.cpp: In member function 'virtual QString KBloggerButton::tileName()':
kbloggerbutton.cpp:117: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
make[2]: *** [kbloggerbutton.lo] Error 1
make[2]: se sale del directorio `/home/masterloki/downloads/kblogger-0.6.5/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/masterloki/downloads/kblogger-0.6.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Also, if you need an spanish translator, just tell me

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joeprusa

14 years ago

Hi, any idea if it works with Blogger 2? If yes then how?

Thanks

Josef

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whilo

14 years ago

No sorry. Google has changed its API and it doesn't support the old one.
I'm working on that for KDE 4.

Cheers,
whilo

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zero1

14 years ago

interesting app! this would work for blogger/blogspot? how about wordpress? hehehe. ..

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whilo

14 years ago

It supports both MetaWeblog API and Blogger API 1.0, which can be used with Wordpress. I suggest MetaWeblog API, since it has all features needed.

Cheers,
w

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neversfelde

14 years ago

I have never done a translation before, but I think I could do. So if you nee a german translater, I'm ready to help.

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neversfelde

14 years ago

Just seen that it is translated so far. Shoul be a Kubuntu Edgy Problem. Sorry.

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yoho

14 years ago

When posting an article with accentuated characters, it works : the blog web page show them correctly.

But if I right click on kblogger and edit an existing post, accents are lost (for instance , "h

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12 years ago

1.0-alpha3
- much improved auto-configuration
- changed but still buggy media management
- a zillion bugfixes and rewrites

1.0-alpha2
- fixed profile deletion
- close import media dialog on ok
- update the html preview on style fetching
KNOWN ISSUES:
- Mediamanagement is rough and thumbnail creation is hardcoded and thumbnails are not handled correctly
1.0-alpha1
- stripped API code out and do that in kdepimlibs/kblog as a lib now(me)
- KBlog supports GData and MovableType now and is a really good codebase when compared to before. It is even hard to compare ;-) (me)
- Port and build a KDE 4 application on top of it (Antonio)
- KBlogger supports autoconfiguration now (me)
- Multiple blog profiles supported (Antonio)
- Media manager with automatic import and thumbnail creation.(Antonio and me)
- Preview for Webpages (Antonio and me)
- Offline draft handling (Antonio)
- Trash support (Antonio)
- Richtext editing improved (Antonio)
- Editor improved (Antonio and me)
- View and modify existing posts (Antonio)

File issues, especially with autoconfiguration and crashes here for now please! Don't forget to post a backtrace (needs a debug build) and relevant information! Once we are in extragear, you can use bugs.kde.org for proper bug reports.

0.7-beta3
- Convert local time to UTC beforce creating new posts first.
- Properly close the editor on "esc"
- Fix the tab order

0.7-beta2
- removed the stupid css handling code

0.7-beta1
- passive error messages
- new editor with preview function
- utf8 finally fixed!
- other fixes

0.6.5
- still dateTime issues in wordpress due to a bug in wordpress
- added GUI for changing dateTime (thanks Antonio!)
- improved the GUI
- added the possibility to add plain HTML code (i hope it works with correctly)

0.6.4
- well actually i've only reverted the datetime behaviour to 3.5 )
- automatic blogid fetching and showing blog name info
- richtext edit
- file uploading ( metaweblog )
- posts editing through right click menu ( metaweblog )
- many bugfixes
- ...

0.5.2
- improved error handling and information
- added german translation
- bugfixes...

0.5.1
- added automatic category fetching for MetaWeblog API ( Blogger API doesn't support it )
- fixed/added editor error handling
- bugfixes...

0.5
- new backend from the kdepim/blogging resource. Blogger API 1.0 works again
- fixed configuration dialog
- added category support
- new icon (thx to Kenneth Wimer)
- new documentation (thx to Harald Sitter)
- bugfixes, cleanup

0.4.1 (thx to harald!)
- changed fsf address
- made the desktop file freedesktop spec compatible
- sorted out a build issue according to: http://developer.kde.org/documentation/makefile_am_howto/en/_makefile_am_for_a_plugin_or_module_.html
- removed unneeded files and folders

0.4
- changed the backend to kio-http
- maybe it also works with a proxy now?
- improved error handling
- simplified configuration dialog

0.3
- improved error-handling
- added some documentation
- improved all widgets:
- fixed deletion of the message if an error occurs
- added tooltips in configuration
- added spellchecking

0.2
- added basic error-handling
- added publish option
- improved all widgets
- added blogger.com/blogspot (not tested!, since i have no blogger.com account) support, new apis should be easy to add now

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