Metaweblog API can maintain the fields of Title, Body, Published and category. It is very important that you define those fields in your Text Schema.
Title: The Title column in Text Schema.
Body: A column named "Body" in the Text Schema.
Published: The publishing status of Kooboo content. When it is a draft, the status will be false.
Category: The category schema
Besides those fields, Metaweblog will automatically upload images or files that used or referred by the document. You can configure the file upload location or use the default option.
Kooboo CMS Metaweblog
The default URL of Kooboo Metaweblog API: http://{kooboositeurl}/metaweblog.
There are two parameters.
Application. Required parameter. This is the name of your Kooboo application. For example: http://{kooboomainsiteurl}/metaweblog?application=smallbusiness. This will get all the folders under SmallBusiness application. Some client tools can get multiple folders, and some can only open one folder per configuration. When you use the application domain instead of Kooboo instance URL, you do not need to have an application parameter. For example, if smallbusiness.com is the configured domain for SmallBusiness application, you can use the URL like : http://www.smallbusiness.com/metaweblog
Folder. Optional. Some clients like Windows Live writer or Office word only support one folder at one time, we have to define or select the folder when connected. For example: http://{kooboositeurl}/metaweblog?application=smallbusiness&folder=news.
Recommended client tools
- Zoundry Raven - Windows Live Writer - Office word
We provide sample tutorial of using Zoundry and Live writer.
Zoundry Raven
Click "add Account" on the application main window. In the Blog URL, enter URL of Kooboo application.
Enter Zoundry account name, Select "Custom Metaweblog", and enter kooboo user name, password and API address.
In our SmallBusiness sample application, it will find 7 folders.
Click "finish", Zoundry will list all folders from Kooboo CMS.
Now, you are free to add or edit content.
Windows Live Writer
Select "Tool --> Account --> Add", add a new account. Select "Other Blog Service".
Enter the URL of Kooboo CMS and Kooboo username, password.
Select "Metaweblog API" as the type of blog. Enter Kooboo Metaweblog address, for example: http://{kooboositeurl}/metaweblog?application=smallbusiness&folder=news. Live writer only allows access to one folder per configuration. You may enter the folder information as well.
It may ask a question about using theme of your blog, you can check "no".
Give this a nickname and you are done.
