BlogDesk Forum

[WPer]

Just started using BlogDesk with Wordpress.com (nearly missed the (read) More tab when checking a previously published post) and it seems pretty good. I'm using SSL (port 443) with my blog and it works fine.

Well done Johannes.

I think opening it up (the source code) so that others could collabarate with Johannes would be a good thing. For example, adding code that would make it easier to add more translations, improve security etc.

One concern and a suggestion.

The login (username) and password for a blog must be stored in BlogDesk. An error occurs in BlogDesk if this information for a blog wasn't stored and you try to publish to that blog i.e. if these fields are left blank for a blog, BlogDesk doesn't prompt for input on a connection attempt, it just displays an error.

Being forced to store the password in particular is a concern as it is easy to crack the password in BlogDesk. This is because a basic Windows Edit control has been used with a password flag.

Perhaps a 'secure edit control' could be used instead.

In addition, I would like to see Password (or Login & Password) prompting on a connection attempt when this field(s) has been left blank.

My suggestion is for custom markup tag buttons that could be added to a toolbar. At the moment it appears to me that the only way to store and insert custom markup is to add a FUP.

Perhaps an interim solution is to change the FUP menu so it opens out like a menu item with an arrow/pointer beside it (I don't know the correct terminology for this) eg. like 'New From Template >' or 'Open Blog in Browser... >' or 'Insert image >'

Best regards,
A WPer!

[Johannes]