Editorial on Jackenhack

wpid Added to File Name When Uploading With xmlrpc

Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I’m working on my script for uploading images directly from the iOS Markdown text editor app Editorial to Wordpress. The current script uses xmlrpc-Wordpress library, but I’m writing my own so the user doesn’t have to install the extra library just to use my script. When uploading files with xmlrpclib, I got this annoying thing happening. Every time I uploaded an image using xmlrpclib and the function wp.uploadFile the uploaded file got wpid- prepended to the filename of all my uploaded files.

Editorial App Workflow Upload Image to WordPress Media Library Version 2.2

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve tried a lot of blogging apps for the iPad, but none of them handles images the way I want. Images gets the weird name iOS has assigned to them which is not good for SEO. When I upload images to Wordpress, I want them to end up in the Wordpress Media Library and have all the theme defined sizes created automatically. Just like when you upload from the web interface in Wordpress. There’s an added problem when you want your site to support images displayed on a Retina or high DPI device, showing the picture in high resolution using a plugin like WP Retina x2. My favourite text editor on iOS is Editorial app, So I made this Workflow so I can do the naming, resizing and uploading of the images directly inside the app from my iPad or iPhone 6 Plus. You can select which of the theme defined image sizes you want to display and also set the image alignment. This workflow works excellent with the WP Retina x2 plugin, which is the one I use on my site. When everything is done, you have an MultiMarkdown referred image link at the cursor position in the text editor, and the image link and information like width, height and alt-text is added to the end of the document. This makes a very convenient way of blogging on the iPad.

Editorial App Wordpress Upload images Workflow updated

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I have being going through the code for the Editorial App Workflow for uploading images directly to Wordpress Media Library and added some functions. There where several bugs and problems. Should work better now.

— Bug where scaling didn’t work at all (shame!)

— Added full resolution image as alternative

— should work now for blogs that doesn’t automatically make scaled versions of uploaded images, only presented with the option to use full resolution.

Editorial iOS Upload Images to WordPress Workflow

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Update: A newer, better version has been created. You can download it here.

I use the excellent iPad app Editorial as my preferred text editor. I want to be able to upload images directly from Editorial to WordPress, using xmlrpc, so the images ends up in the media gallery, the files in the correct folders, thumbnails made and a Markdown link with the correct URL is created. So I’ve written a workflow you can download that gives you the ability to select some text (that will be the alt text for the image), and either upload the image in the original size, or resize the width to the dimension you specify. After the image is uploaded, the Markdown image code is inserted. Another good thing is that you have the ability to name the image file, which I haven’t seen in other solutions, like in Poster App, where you get the cryptical iOS internal name of the image. Not so SEO friendly. The easiest solution was to use the wordpress_xmlrpc module, so that needs to be installed before you can use the workflow! but I’ve written a guide about how to install the module/library here. If you forget to install it beforehand, you will get this dialog box with instructions on how to install it if you start the workflow.

How To import modules with Pipista into Editorial iOS app

Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Importing pipista modules in Editorial

Lets face it, the Editorial App is a fantastic text/Markdown editor. It’s incredibly powerful with scripting abilities. But one of the most amazing tool for a power user is the ability to write Python scripts that can do almost anything. There are a lot of modules included with Editorial, but how do you add a library if it’s not included? There is a script for Editorials sister application Pythonista, that makes it easy to add modules, and you can use that for importing libraries to Editorial as well. The script is called Pipista.

Editorial iPad App Writing

Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Editorial iOS Markdown Text Editor

So I found a new favorite iPad text editor called Editorial. After reading Federico Viticci’s great review of Editorial on macstories.net I bought the app, because the creator Ole Zorn wrote one of my other favorite apps Pythonista. And Editorial is amazing!

Reinventing iOS Automation: Editorial Review

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Reinventing iOS Automation: Editorial Review:

Editorial for iPad, redefines the market of text editors for iOS, and, in many ways, sets a new standard for iOS automation and desktop-class apps. Editorial makes me want to work from my iPad.

Editorial is my new favorite Markdown editor with amazing workflow scripting abilities and a complete Python interpreter from the programmer that made Pythonista. Link to an extensive review of the app and its capabilities.