Hello people, MIDlog 0.3 has just been released.
I had a tough time finishing it because there were some big changes in the code structure, and I also had several problems with my home Internet connection that ended up delaying this release, but now it is here.
It contains some bug fixes and some new features summarized in the release notes below.
NOTES:
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- Added "Title" and "Category" support for Movable Type weblogs.
- Much better waiting screens.
- GPRS connection is now forced to close. This fixes a bug from previous versions, where the connection stayed open even after the post was performed, thus wasting resources and ...money! :D
- Added support for generic weblog systems that support Blogger API (Nucleus, Live Journal, etc.)
- Removed support for Live Journal as a separate entity. It is integrated to the Generic Blogger API blog type now.
- Fixed bug that prevented it from being installed thru a local connection (Bluetooth, Data cable, etc.). In the previous releases, the application parameters were specified only in JAD file, but now they are in both JAD and Manifest (which statys inside the JAR file) so there shouldn't be any more problems. (Thanks to David Kaspar) for that one.
KNOWN ISSUES (IMPORTANT):
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- I am aware that some users have been adding other weblog types (such as Nucleus) using the "Movable Type" option and changing the post url to match the added system's. *This won't work anymore*. Why? Movable Type was being supported using the Blogger API, but now it is supported by MetaWeblog API (that made the title and category support possible), so if you, for exampled, added Nucleus as a Movable Type blog, it won't work anymore, because Nucleus only supports Blogger API, not MetaWeblog. To overcome this problem, edit the blog options, changing the Blog Type from "Movable Type" to "Generic Blogger API", and changing the post url. Then it will get back to track.
- Your old Movable Type blogs will appear without the categories when if you upgrade to 0.3. This is expected behavior, because the blog data is saved locally and in previous versions categories were not supported. To work it out, just go to "Edit Blog", then click your old MT blog, and hit "Refresh blog categories" and it will be updated correctly.
- Users that had Live Journal weblogs will have to re-add them as Generic Blogger API weblogs, because direct support for Live Journal was removed because it became redundant.
If you have any questions, comment here or shoot me an e-mail
Download MIDlog 0.3 with your phone at http://rawsocket.org/midlog.wml or at Getjar.com
Enjoy!
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Daniel
I've encountered what appears to be a problem with third-level domains -- using the generic blogger API, I previously could post to my Drupal-based blog, but with 0.3 it now clears the URL every time and gives a java exception about it being a null string. Because the blog address is sbp.teledyn.com, I'm wondering if there might be a bug in handling third-level domains.
Also, I _believe_ drupal and some other weblogs can also use the MetaWeblogger API, so the restriction on the URL may not be required. See http://drupal.org/book/view/295 for details.
I hope this is all fixable and I'm really looking forward to the photo support ... even though my phone doesn't have a camera ;)
Posted by: mrG at June 1, 2004 05:58 PMDid you get it from getjar.com? If so, there was a problem with the jar file, that was fixed today. Please download it again and tell me what happens, thanks :D
Posted by: Daniel at June 2, 2004 12:07 PMI had let the JAD file specify the update location, which was probably getjar.com -- just tried it again now (using the phone's Update Version option) and it said there was no new version. I'll try a full re-download to be sure.
Posted by: mrG at June 2, 2004 06:59 PMw00t! -- http://sbp.teledyn.com/node/view/231
excuse me while I do a little dance ...
Posted by: mrG at June 2, 2004 07:10 PM