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July 05, 2003
Test One Two. Is this thing on?
This is a test of the Zempt blog client for Movable Type. The client runs on your local machine and posts directly to MT (I hope -- this post is the test of it).
The dandy thing about it for me is that because (a) I use Mozilla and (b) no one has implemented the Mozilla Midas specification for rich-text editing in MT (yet), Zempt gives me a WYSIWYG editing environment in which to write (and edit?) MT posts.
Here goes.. . . we're trying to post.
Update: Hey, whaddayaknow! It worked!. And it's gonna make my XHTML a lot more valid, probably.
Posted July 5, 2003 10:24 PM
Comments
That's nice, but...
What would be *really* nice is a system whereby, from the information supplied in a post's RSS, a comment could be made and uploaded to the original page. This would allow me to provide a facility in my aggregator where people could comment there, and have them appear on the original site as well as on the aggregator.
Perhaps such a system exists and I don't know about it. If not, would someone please hurry up and invent it?
Comments by Stephen Downes . Posted July 6, 2003 12:35 AM
Stephen,
All you'd need to do is add a comments form to your RSS feed. Each item could list all the comments and have a copy of the MT comments form.
Comments by Adam Kalsey . Posted July 7, 2003 03:39 PM
Hmm . . . I'm not sure what you're asking for has anything to do with a local blog client for posting to your own blog, but what the heck -- anyplace is a good place for a rant about features you want! Why not here in the comments to my post! :-)
I think the easiest way to do what you're suggesting, Stephen, might be through Trackback. You're basically talking about "remote comments" -- the comment is created on your site, but appears in some form on the appropriate post on my site. See the use case described in A Beginner's Guide to Trackback:
Person A has written a post on his own weblog that comments on a post in Person B's weblog. This is a form of remote comments--rather than posting the comment directly on Person B's weblog, Person A posts it on his own weblog, then sends a TrackBack ping to notify Person B.
How the notifying ping appears on Person B's site is up to Person B, though. On my site, there's a Trackback link that references the sites that have pinged mine via Trackback. Ergo, your "remote comment" wouldn't appear in the comments area, but be linked in the Trackback area.
It isn't required to be that way, though. Some people treat comments and Trackbacks as virtually the same thing. For example, look at a post on Mark Pilgrim's site and you'll see comments and Trackbacks mixed together.
Comments by Greg . Posted July 7, 2003 04:02 PM