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I’m writing this using WordPress for iPad.
Overall, it’s very good news just that it works. Although, it didn’t work instantly, since when I tried to connect to my wordpress blog, it gave me an error relating to the xml rpc xml protocol. This had happened when I first tried WordPress for iPhone, so I knew to try disabling plugins, which fixed the problem. The offending plugin was "Customizable Permalinks".
Unfortunately, the app is pretty bare bones, such as compared to Windows Live Writer (a Windows desktop app).
Sadly, it’s frozen and crashed, and even had the save button disappear while editing a post… All within 5 minutes of using it. Since you can save drafts, it’s not the end of the world, but kind of annoying.
For editing an existing post, it’s only edit mode shows the HTML – no WYSIWYG.
Overall, it’s awesome that there is a WordPress app for iPad, and it at least has the basic functionality working. The functionality is not particularly amazing, but it has some reasonable basic functionality and a nice iPad UI.
If you type "http:", a popup box asks if you want to make a link.
To publish, you tap "Status" and change from "Local Draft" to "Published". You can also choose "Draft", which is awesome, since that syncs to my WordPress blog, which allows me to continue to edit the post from somewhere else (before I publish), such as Windows Live Writer (on Windows 7 desktop OS).
It lets you attach photos, which is great. Although what I did for this post was attach the photos, then copy/paste them using the Windows Live Writer plugin “Clipboard Image” (Clipboard Capture). This is so I can more easily use (or tweak) a standard size for (the thumb image and the larger image).
The ability to moderate posts (ie, mark as “Approve” or as “Spam”) is also very useful / convenient.
Finally, the bad news is that disabling the WordPress Customizable Permalinks plugin caused my page’s post links to no longer work… So until I fix that issue, it’s not very convenient to blog from the WordPress iPad app.
![iPad_WordPress_01[1]](http://www.mepem.com/pemtech_files/0_unsorted/WordPressforiPad_368/iPad_WordPress_011.png "iPad_WordPress_01[1]")
![iPad_WordPress_02[1]](http://www.mepem.com/pemtech_files/0_unsorted/WordPressforiPad_368/iPad_WordPress_021.png "iPad_WordPress_02[1]")
Pem (Admin) :: May.20.2010 :: Blogging, Mobility :: 2 Comments »
Where is the “status” button? I can’t seem to find it in my Wordpress app or in your photos.
@Roy: The “Status” text area is not a button. If you look at the first screen shot, you’ll see Title, Tags, Categories, Status.