Since I’m going to be away from wi-fi for a spell during my Arizona trip, I thought it might be smart to see whether I can update the DogSite via iPhone. Too bad I didn’t think about doing this a couple months ago. The joys of technology may be boundless, but so are the headaches.
Text updates work OK, kinda, sorta — I have to type in the HTML window instead of the Visual window — but pix are a no-go on the Flash-impaired iPhone when using Safari. I tried an end-around using TwitPic, but no joy. Anyone out there with a little more experience? I’m running an old version of self-hosted WordPress (2.6), which may be the source of my troubles. There’s a WordPress app for iPhone, but it requires WordPress 2.7.
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Have fun in AZ! If you see McCain, smack him in the back of the head for me, ala “The Three Stooges”.
I can confirm that the WordPress 2.2 iPhone app works fine with iPhone photos, uploaded to a WP 2.9.x installation… Any reason why you haven’t/won’t upgrade your WP install?
Other ways to get your photos up on the web with your iPhone might include .Mac/MobileMe or DropBox or Box.net or Posterous or the like…
But you’d have to figure out the relevant linkybits stuff your ownself and write it inline…
Don’t forget to load up the free PhotoShop Mobile app for touching up those iPhone photos…
And AutoStitch works a treat for making panoramic photos…
Hey, Drew,
I’m technologically challenged — my ISP offers one-click install of WP and after that you’re on your own.
I was OK with writing basic HTML on the original DogSite, but lacking tech support I’m reluctant to try a self-hosted WP upgrade just a couple of days before I dash off to the desert for a week of finding the design limitations of a pair of OEM 1954 knees.
This is how the Irish found themselves awash in Presbyterians, by the way. “Huh? Scots on the horizon, y’say? Fook it, another round, innkeeper. The Prods can wait.”
Have a great trip, Patrick.
This is like making a major component change the night before a race or ten day tour. Not a good idea. Anyone out there you trust enough to just drop your pics and words in to the DogSite, but won’t make maddogmedia another gateway for industrial christianity?
Why use technology when a person will do? (Well unless you have control issues.)
Well, you and Ben are both right about the timing of certain endeavors.
Nevertheless, I reckon I’m willing to offer some pro bono admin work at some undetermined point in the future if you want to upgrade to a shinier version. Ride smart and have fun.
Hey, Drew,
Thanks — I may take advantage of your generous offer when (and if) I get back from my tour. It would be convenient to be able to use the iPhone for casual updates on road trips. I can always drag the Eee PC around with me, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having an iPhone, no?
The LogMeIn iPhone app is kinda pricey ($25 I think) but it will give you access to your Mac (or Windows) desktop with no admin work other than installing LogMeIn on the Mac at home.
Ah, the joys of technology. I thought I had problems getting an ancient notebook to work here in Italy, connecting to the ‘net to share our Italian adventures via a portable web gizmo popular over here. All the cell phone companies offer them, we chose TIM since their phones work pretty well. This thing is cantankerous to say the least! Sometimes it just doesn’t want to connect, other times it connects but the computer doesn’t seem to recognize it…and all this moron can do is restart, plug, unplug, open/close until magically, sort of like hitting a jackpot on a slot-machine, it works. But turn the laptop off, unplug something and you’re likely to have to start all over again. And people wonder why I’m against electronic Dura Ace!??? I’ll keep the mechanical things GRAZIE where you can see if the cable is moving, the shifter is clicking (at least with Campagnolo) and FIX it rather than sit there like a moron doing the same thing over and over and hoping for a different result! You know Patrick, if it’s a vacation, you COULD just go and have fun and tell us all about it when/if you come back.
Hey, Patrick, keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down. And happy birthday, you old son of a bitch.
As a former combat engineer, I can tell you the bull-through, hasty breach method:
1) Make your updates text-only via your iPhone.
2) Take pix and email them to Herself.
3) Have Herself post the pix to your update on your home machine.
That means for a few minutes or hours, you’ll have a text-only post, and at some point later the picture will show up. Or, maybe, she’ll post a picture and you’ll have to later say, “If you stroll your eyeballs down the page a wee bit, you’ll see …”
Coming up with solutions like that might largely account for my lack of upward mobility and career advancement, but they’ve also helped me avoid actual work at all costs.