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Description: implements the complete openmicroblogging.org spec, uses wp-themes and wp-plugins, RESTful mvc back-end
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Wordpress Integration

Ideas and/or questions regarding integration with Wordpress will be listed here.

  1. Several plugins now exist to enable posting of messages from within Wordpress to Identi.ca and Laconica servers. This is a Wordpress plugin requirement, but perhaps we can promote the idea to existing plugin developers to duplicate for OMB servers. Example: Laconica Tools.
  2. OMB has the benefit of using existing themes like the default Prologue for Wordpress. It would be great to expand this list of themes where OMB has successfully been tested/modified to include a magazine style theme at minimum. A great start would be the excellent (and free) magazine theme The Morning After by Arun Kale.
  3. a great advantage OMG has to Laconica, related to customization of themes, is the ability to display related content in a sidebar. OMB is exhibiting typical widget capabilities in the sidebar, but it’s not clear yet what can be accomplished. Ideally, OMB will enable at minimum: display of RSS feeds from alternate sources (related content), Google Adwords or related ad code, plugins or widgets that enable display of “recent members” with avatar and related enhancements.
  4. existing OMB code enables creation of categories by the site host and then users are encouraged to “tag” posts to fit these categories. This is tagging, i guess, but it limits the ability of users to choose their own descriptive keywords. Ideally, tags created in the post-form will appear in the sidebar versus categories and the Admin will have the ability to customize their display (as per Wordpress widgets).
Last edited by Sportstwit, Tue Aug 26 06:23:57 -0700 2008
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