Just a quick note to readers that in order to support blog submissions from my BlackBerry, I’ve finally upgraded to the latest release of WordPress. The last version was accepting my posts but not posting the entire content. At the recommendation of other users, I’ve upgraded (about time, really) and all works flawlessly.

I should make a quick note about two plugins.

As submissions from my phone while I’m on the road tend to be more whimsical and consist often of nothing more than a photo, I needed a good way to handle media attachments to WordPress via email. Alas, the built-in support is a bit finicky.

Thankfully I was able to locate and install the PostMaster plug-in (http://blog.xforward.com/?page_id=65). So far it’s working perfectly and invisibly and I can recommend it.

The second plug-in that I’d like to address is my own MySpace Crossposter. Some users have trouble with the plug-in as a result of the peculiarities of their host’s configuration but become nevertheless convinced that it’s the plug-in itself. Though I wouldn’t claim that the plug-in is an expression of coding brilliance, it does work and now that I’ve finally upgraded my WP install I can confirm that it continues to work under the latest release.

Some users have discovered that it can spontaneously stop functioning, and this is a result of two causes: temporary MySpace down time (it always recovers) and server changes on the part of the users’ web host.

For what it’s worth, and for all those wondering if the code really works, I cite the fact that I along with many others have been continuously running it since the very first release without incident,
and it works on all WP releases that it’s been tested on, including the latest. It even crossposts the entries from my BlackBerry!

My install has survived an untold number of back-end server changes. It’s resilient. Nevertheless, if your install is experiencing problems I’d begin the troubleshooting with a call to your web host. We’ve
confirmed that it’s working fine everywhere else along the chain, unless MySpace happens to be down when you notice an issue.

That’s it from the road for now! Back to the grind!

-Roderick
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Sent from the road via Wireless Blackberry
www.roderickrussell.com

tags: blackberry, blogging, email blogging, mobblogging, myspace crossposting, wordpress

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