Community Server MetaBlog API Update

We’ve released an update to the Community Server 2.1 MetaBlog API. Download it here.

Installation is simple.  Just drop the updated MetaBlog.ashx file into the /blogs/ directory of your site, and you are done!  All the code is inline.  You can also set some AppSettings parameters in your web.config as far as maximum attachment size, allows extensions, and a few other settings. By default we only allow images, but other file types are supported – they are simply added as links.

This update adds support for the newMediaObject MetaBlog API which will allow you to use services like LiveWriter or BlogMailr to easily add images to your posts. In the case of BlogMailr you simply write an email and add the images inline (drag-and-drop them between text) or as attachments.

For those of you blogging on weblogs.asp.net we’ve updated that Community Server blog server to support this already (test post)!

Published Friday, November 10, 2006 9:06 AM by Rob Howard

Comments

# Community Server MetaBlog API Update

Friday, November 10, 2006 10:55 AM by It's Way Too Early For This

On the heels of my last post about BlogMailr (and some of its shortcomings...). I just found that CommunityServer

# re: Community Server MetaBlog API Update

Friday, November 10, 2006 11:27 AM by Albert Pascual

Would that work for CS 2.0? Or its only 2.1?

# re: Community Server MetaBlog API Update

Friday, November 10, 2006 11:49 AM by Rob Howard

I theory it should work, but we haven't tested it with CS 2.0. It's a single file update --- if you're going to try it make sure and make a back-up of your existing metablog.ashx file :)

# re: Community Server MetaBlog API Update

Friday, November 10, 2006 11:22 PM by jayson knight

Gary McPherson (a CS MVP) has a backported version for CS2.0 here:

http://intensivedesign.co.uk/blogs/gary/archive/2006/11/10/CS-2.0-MetaWeblog-API-update.aspx

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Monday, November 13, 2006 4:11 PM by Speech Served Here

With the upgrade to the new site we got a little bonus by finally upgrading to CommunityServer 2.1 running