Using WordPress Mobile App for iPhone
I have another first to share with you today. After posting an interview with Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall earlier this week and the story about Byron Scott yesterday, I was searching for a better way to develop blogs. When I am not in front of the office computer screen I needed to find a better way to share my thoughts.
I learned that WordPress had developed an app for Apple’s iphone for this need. It is called exactly what you would expect — WordPress for iphone I have downloaded it and am using it for the first time today in this blog.
It is a free app, easy to install and in less than five minutes I have been typing away from my iPhone. Even the picture below was taken from my iPhone and easily inserted into today’s blog.
Here are a few functionality components about this app to note. There are slots that you can easily add a Title of the blog, tags for SEO purposes, the categories you want the blog listed as well as status of the blog.
In addition to writing, I can see comments about this entry, photos (either take one or use one from blog roll already in the iPhone data base). You can also preview what it will look like and adjust settings.
If you want to understand the specs of the app, I took a photo from the iphone store (on my computer, while I was editing today’s entry). Here is a peek so you can look at the specs.
A rew other notes. This release of WordPress 2 was made to the public on Octoer 29th, just a few weeks ago. Also the rating by users is a 4+ so I am not the only one who is enjoying the this mobile App and of course it is free.
Overall I like it. It is easy to use and a good first attempt by the folks at Wordpress.
A few things are missing however. When I blogging from the road or even at home, I need a spellchecker and I did not find one here. Also you canny embed any links within the blog so they will either need to be added later or not entered at all. Finally, while there is a way to add photos, I did not see a way to add videos from the app.
This kind of functionality can now turn every sports fan into a journalist. Press Box not included.
