Sorry for the spamming ColdFusionBlogger's this morning

I had an interesting question from Roger, another BlogCFC user.  He wanted to know if I had tried using my modified XMLRPC files with ScribeFire, the FireFox blog editor add-on.  Using the Custom Blog settings with the Moveable Type API using the standard BlogCFC XMLRPC files, categories were not showing up for some users and some post's would not be posted to the blog.  Roger does not want to switch blog software for a minor technical glitch and personally I don't want Roger to switch either.

So for Roger's sake I tested my XMLRPC files against ScribeFire and here are my results.  First off, FireFox 3 is required for ScribeFire to work correctly with BlogCFC.  Time stamps do not work with ScribeFire in prior versions of FireFox which will lead to BlogCFC throwing an error when you try to post. 

I tested using FireFox 3 Beta 4 and ScribeFire 1.4.7 which were the newest versions of both applications I could find.  I setup ScribeFire to "Custom Blog" and set the API type to "MoveableType" and everything worked just swimmingly.  All the categories show up as you would expect and you can easily edit and repost older articles.  The Post as Draft option works as well. 

That being said, there are a couple things I do not like about ScribeFire using the MoveableType API.  First, there is no way to split a post or if there is, I did not see it off hand.   The editor seems a little clunky after using WLW as a blog editor for such a long time.  Also, time stamp on the post seems to have a mind of its own.  It doesn't seem to default to the current date and time so you had best check it before you post. Those are really my only major gripes I suppose.

Well, hopefully this post addressed some of Roger's problems.  I am always open to supporting my XMLRPC files and BlogCFC any way I can.  And again, sorry for spamming CFBlogger's this morning.  It was for a good cause!