[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21398: Live preview of new post/page via XML-RPC for mobile clients.

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#21398: Live preview of new post/page via XML-RPC for mobile clients.
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 Reporter:  daniloercoli  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  XML-RPC       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  mobile        |
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Changes (by redsweater):

 * cc: jalkut@… (added)


Comment:

 Ideally this would be solved in a way that allows the client to download a
 reusable template for the current theme. You don't want to be sending
 changes up to the server every time you want to get an update for how the
 post is going to look. In my Mac desktop client, MarsEdit, I update the
 live preview within a second or so after the user ever pauses typing. If
 this was hitting the network every time it would not only be agonizingly
 slow, but it would be a major bandwidth hit. The bandwidth hit is, of
 course, especially undesirable on mobile devices.

 Ideally we would get a call like wp.getPresentationTemplate with
 parameters for whether the template will be applied to a post or a page,
 and perhaps further options to allow different templates based on the new
 post formats.

 Essentially if the API could do a dry-run through the render loop for the
 pertinent type of post, supplying dummy template placeholders wherever the
 theme asks for e.g. post content, it would be ideal for clients who want
 to offer an accurate, highly efficient preview of how the post will look
 on the blog.

 Daniel

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