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Hi bjmac - thanks for raising the question again here in the forums. Looks like the last time this came up, there was a lot of back and forth but no confirmation of whether it worked well or not:

http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=294

The bottom line is that if Joomla implements one of the standard XMLRPC based interfaces, MarsEdit should work without a hitch. Generally speaking MarsEdit only requires "special support" if it's going to implement something unique for a specific service, or if the service doesn't support a standard XMLRPC interface.

Daniel

It works! Hooray ;) well, this will serve as a great reference then for future Joomla users to look to.

Thanks for getting out there and trying it, and letting us know how you did it.

Daniel

Alright it looks like here is the real solution for MarsEdit to work with image upload support:

This XML-RPC download is a modification of the original metaWeblog API http://github.com/benjaminjackson/joomla-metaweblog/tree/master

The rest of the direction below still apply:

"Install and enable the System - Real Simple Discovery (RSD) plugin http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/rsd/frs/
Disable the blogger api XML-RPC - Blogger API
Make sure you have web services enabled in Global Configuration > System
Configure Mars Edit like this:
Homepage URL: your page http://www.homepage.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Software: Other MetaWeblog-compatible
API Endpoint URL: http://www.homepage.com/xmlrpc/index.php
Blog ID: 1
It works!"

Image uploads still seem to go to ">http://yoursite.com/media/ but it works none the less!

I ran into some more issues getting MetaWeblogAPI working (it zapped anything past the readmore after the first edit). It led to me hacking the php code...if people are interested, what I did is available here:

http://fahrner.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&catid=47&Itemid=53

I haven't decided if I am ambitious enough to fully learn how MetaWeblog should work (the big thing I have left to get working is MarsEdit reading the category...don't think the API is properly sending it)...but I probably have it working well enough that I'll pay the $$ to buy MarsEdit :-)

I shouldn't have stayed up so late though :-)

As a Joomla user I appreciate this discussion very much. It's a very wonder feeling to see this. I've gone through of all of the giving link and try to research with this.

Hey bjmac thanks to you for giving this topic here in this forum.
Thanks again...

Chrisbrad

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Hi fairsuchen - this is usually a sign that the server has failed to return a valid response to MarsEdit's request. You can get more information by capturing the network log.

If you can capture the network log it might help me to pinpoint the problem.

1. Open MarsEdit
2. Select Window -> Network Log from the menu bar.
3. Clear the log if it's not already empty.
4. Try to upload to the blog again from MarsEdit.
5. Copy the network log contents.

Daniel

Please note that the above post regarding the XML content... looks like the HTML tags were stripped... they are proper.... I'm really after the field names/techniques that I need to use to get MarsEdit to properly receive and process the data.

Folks who are still struggling to get Joomla working with MarsEdit might get some help from this tutorial:

http://www.techparaiso.com/96-web-development/joomla/85-installing-movable-type-api-plugin-xmlrpc-on-joomla-2-5-and-integration-with-marsedit-3-5-tutorial

It would have helped if i'd actually signed in to my blog in MarsEdit. Nb to new users, you have to click the settings wheel on the left to login before you can actually post.

Hi Kris - unless somebody who is familiar with Joomla sees this and chimes in, I think your best bet will be seeking help on a Joomla-specific help forum where folks who are familiar with Joomla plugins are able to offer guidance.