Editor Problem with embeded code

[rj]

I am doing quite a bit of video embedding from many different sources.

The WYSIWYG editor HTMLarea has not been updated since 2003 and seems to be the cause of many problems. It is most obvious when pasting code into the code <> screen and then hitting the button again to find the code either rewritten, re-ordered or gone. All videos from NBC MSNBC and SNL create horrible messes.

FCKer editor I used last year but found it was bulky, seemed to use too much overhead, and was too complicated for my helpers. AS IS THE DEFAULT CODE EDITOR!

I have been reading up on blog editors and it seems WINDOWS LIVE WRITER gets rave reviews. A desktop app that automatically connects and adds the article to the blog, it seems people like it are on the move and remote.

But to get it to work it needs log on software and Serendipity is not on the list so it fails to install properly.

I would like to try this to see what all the raving is about. Is there some way around this issue?

When you hit wordpress it gives this
http://<username>.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php

typepad gives this
http://www.typepad.com/t/api

moveable type gives this
http://<hostname>/<mt_path>/mt-xmlrpc.cgi

Is there something like that to use for Serendipity?

Thanx

RJ

[azel]

Yep! - http://yoursite.com/serendipity_xmlrpc.php

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Serendipity 1.4 now uses Xinha for some weeks (months?). You can try it in the current snapshot, there is no release date yet scheduled - but there is work done on this

If you do extensive embedded HTML code pasting, you should never use a WYIWYG editor. You should always use raw HTML source code view for that, with a disabled WYSIWYG editor - this is the only way to ensure that the editor does not mangle your input.

But to get it to work it needs log on software and Serendipity is not on the list so it fails to install properly.

WLW is used by many people here on the blog. I don't use it myself, but there must be a way where you can manually specify the XMLRPC location to your blog (serendipity_xmlrpc.php - but only if you installed the XML-RPC posting plugin from spartacus)

Regards,
Garvin

[rj]

Thanx for all the info...

well on my first try with plugin

Post via XML-RPC

and line of code

http://rackjite.com/serendipity_xmlrpc.php

i get this

The response to the metaWeblog.newMediaObject method received from the weblog server was invalid:
Invalid response document returned from XmlRpc server

[rj]

Garvin, what do you mean by SNAPSHOT?
Is there a beta 1.4 somewhere or do you mean just download the xinha plugin that is always been around?
And when to expect 1.4?

thanx

RJ

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Snapshots are the 1.4 builds that can be downloaded on the s9y.org download page.

About your XMLRPC problem, sadly I don't use XMLPRC so I don't know how WLW can be used exactly, only that people use it successfully.

1.4 will be out when it's done. I believe a release before christmas is sure.

Regards,
Garvin