[wp-hackers] Plugin Challenge: Post from an iPhone

[Stephane Daury]

On Sep 11, 2007, at 21:09, Stephane Daury wrote:

> re: what needs be done to get it there?
> Get me an iPhone and I'll roll it out. :p
> Kidding. I'm in Canada anyway... :(
>
> But on a more serious note, one more question would be how much of  
> the admin is a good target to aim for to start with?
>
> The article mentions that the guy went on to make alternate  
> templates for the whole admin, which is obviously quite a lot of  
> work in itself (I think he's a paid employee).
>
> From what I see (please correct me if I'm wrong), WP does not allow  
> for templating of the admin.
> This said, a plugin could easily point all iPhone/mobile based  
> logins to an alternate admin interface in WP, which has the  
> advantage to let the dev community start with the most desirable  
> core functions anyone would really be interested in using from a  
> mobile browser (post, etc), and phase in the rest of the admin as  
> time goes (presentation, etc). I'd venture this would make it more  
> realistic if taken from a community development approach. That's if  
> Automattic doesn't put some paid resources behind it, which would  
> be an ideal scenario.
>
> The UI component in the MT plugin is itself derived from a plugin  
> for TypePad (also by a paid employee), so there's a precedent for  
> emulating that part. I'm not sure if the two plugins use it, but  
> iUI makes replicating the iPhone interface a breeze: <http:// 
> www.joehewitt.com/iui/>
>
> Stephane


PS: Also, I'm assuming that although it's not meant for the iPhone's  
resolution, the default WP admin layout should work quite fine in the  
standard web mode, especially in wide-screen mode (480 x 320) and  
coupled with zooming.

Check it out with iPhoney (allows rotate, but no zooming)
<http://www.marketcircle.com/iphoney/>

Stephane




> On Sep 11, 2007, at 14:27, Doug Stewart wrote:
>
>> Simplicity in posting -- MT's doing it:
>> http://www.movabletype.org/2007/09/ 
>> one_more_reason_to_buy_an_ipho.html
>>
>> So is our admin interface flexible enough to allow for such a beast?
>> And, if not, what needs be done to get it there?
>>
>> -- 
>> -Doug
>>
>> http://literalbarrage.org/blog/
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