BlogAPI Improved

Note: this is a fork of a core module. No changes have been made from the core Drupal module yet.

A project to improve the core BlogAPI module for Drupal 6.

Project Goals

• Provide a location for feature improvements from the D7 BlogAPI module.
• Get BlogAPI functional enough that more 3rd party blogging tools can use it.
• Build out core functionality to make taxonomy management easier.
• Separate out the attachment handling into a separate module to allow for it to be handled through FileField/ImageField, instead of the built-in separate file structure. A more advanced option would be to create additional nodes for each image and link it to the core node using node references.
• Provide an interface to additional CCK fields.
• Note: BlogAPI has been removed from core and given its own contrib module for D7.

Rationale

• Drupal does not allow for feature changes in point releases, so there's no way to improve Drupal 6's existing facilities.
• I want to be able to use improvements day-to-day on existing Drupal 6 sites and thought others would too.
• While a sandbox might have worked, I wanted to be able to plan tasks, receive feedback and otherwise interact with other developers on an individual task basis, rather than through one monolithic patch.

Main 3rd Party Tools

The blogging tools that will be used for testing include:

• OSX:
  • Ecto (provides a nifty logging feature)
• iPhone:
  • iBlogger
  • BlogPress
  • Wordpress for iPhone
  • Typepad
  • BlogwriterLite / Blogwriter

This list is limited to software I currently own and can test with. I'm willing to add others to the list if someone can provide me with a link and/or license.

NOTE:

• I have not renamed any of the filenames or function names so you must disable the core BlogAPI module for this to work.