Here's the initial post I mentioned in the podcast. #
Just before Drummer shipped I sent an email to Manton Reece, the developer and runner of micro.blog, asking if he was interested in being the first blogging system to hook up with Drummer via the OPML bridge. The same interface we use in Drummer to connect to Old School. #
I'm going to spend the rest of the day planning another pass over the docs.#
I want to make it easier for me to move stuff from the Change Notes outline to the docs.#
Right now imho it's too hard to find things. I want to improve that too. #
I watched Anton try to help someone find the docs for the header image att. That should be both memorable and quick, and it's neither of those things at this point.#
I very much consider docs an integral part of this product, not an afterthought. We're going to make the docs better and better, just as we do with the software. #
There was a discussion about workflow for images in web Drummer yesterday, and it got me thinking of how it should work, and I think I figured it out, at least for people who have Amazon accounts and know how to set up an S3 location. It's a good skill to have, and I wish Amazon made it easier, it shouldn't be anywhere near as hard as it is, esp if all you want to do is store small images there. But as they say it is what it is.#
There are other answers possible, but mine is to use the PublicFolder app. I checked and it has a HTTP server built in, and therefore a simple interface can be created through a Drummer script, to get the last image you published and put it on the bar cursor headline as an image attribute. #
This is how I do it on Electric Drummer except the PublicFolder functionality is baked in. There is a note in the blogging how to about how to set it up. It's only complicated because Amazon makes it so. Sorry. #
Anyway, the bridge between PublicFolder and Drummer is not built yet. I have a bit of work to do to get PF current with the latest Electron stuff. But it's definitely on my todo list. #
There was a problem in how the default template worked for people who were using HTTPS for their blog. It's a long story, but it meant that they couldn't use the About panel, and I want you all to use them, so when I read your blog I have an idea who's speaking. ;-)#
I fixed the problem by making Old School read the outline pointed to by urlAboutOpml. #
And the outline is baked into the home page of the site, via a macro called undefined.#
If you've created a custom version of the template, you'll need to add a bit of code to it. #
More details in this comment on the thread for HTTPS support.#
Here's the initial post I mentioned in the podcast. #
Just before Drummer shipped I sent an email to Manton Reece, the developer and runner of micro.blog, asking if he was interested in being the first blogging system to hook up with Drummer via the OPML bridge. The same interface we use in Drummer to connect to Old School. #
I'm going to spend the rest of the day planning another pass over the docs.#
I want to make it easier for me to move stuff from the Change Notes outline to the docs.#
Right now imho it's too hard to find things. I want to improve that too. #
I watched Anton try to help someone find the docs for the header image att. That should be both memorable and quick, and it's neither of those things at this point.#
I very much consider docs an integral part of this product, not an afterthought. We're going to make the docs better and better, just as we do with the software. #
There was a discussion about workflow for images in web Drummer yesterday, and it got me thinking of how it should work, and I think I figured it out, at least for people who have Amazon accounts and know how to set up an S3 location. It's a good skill to have, and I wish Amazon made it easier, it shouldn't be anywhere near as hard as it is, esp if all you want to do is store small images there. But as they say it is what it is.#
There are other answers possible, but mine is to use the PublicFolder app. I checked and it has a HTTP server built in, and therefore a simple interface can be created through a Drummer script, to get the last image you published and put it on the bar cursor headline as an image attribute. #
This is how I do it on Electric Drummer except the PublicFolder functionality is baked in. There is a note in the blogging how to about how to set it up. It's only complicated because Amazon makes it so. Sorry. #
Anyway, the bridge between PublicFolder and Drummer is not built yet. I have a bit of work to do to get PF current with the latest Electron stuff. But it's definitely on my todo list. #
There was a problem in how the default template worked for people who were using HTTPS for their blog. It's a long story, but it meant that they couldn't use the About panel, and I want you all to use them, so when I read your blog I have an idea who's speaking. ;-)#
I fixed the problem by making Old School read the outline pointed to by urlAboutOpml. #
And the outline is baked into the home page of the site, via a macro called undefined.#
If you've created a custom version of the template, you'll need to add a bit of code to it. #
More details in this comment on the thread for HTTPS support.#
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