cmdPost - a Windows command line blogging client for WordPress.com

cmdPost - a Windows command line blogging client for WordPress.com

[John O'Regan]

Hello All!

I've been working on this on and off for far too long, but cmdPost 0.1
is finally here.  As the Subject line says, cmdPost is a command line
blogging client that runs from the Windows cmd prompt.

Q: What is cmdPost?

cmdPost is capable of creating new blog posts, or updating existing
ones. In the latter case, only the details that have changed since the
last update will be uploaded.

cmdPost enables you to keep a copy of your blog posts on your local
system. This allows you to edit posts offline and upload the changes
later. It also has the advantage of making it easier for you to
migrate from one blog host to another, or to post to multiple blogs at
once.

Q: How does it work?

cmdPost works by opening the markdown file containing your blog post
and looks for a specially formatted header block at the start of the
file. It scans the headers for meta information such as title, date,
status, etc.

The program then passes the body of the file (ie, the markdown
content) to Pandoc for conversion to HTML.

Lastly, the meta information extracted from the header block along
with the HTML is assembled into an XML document, which is posted to
your WordPress.com blog.

Q: What are the prerequisites for cmdPost?

To run cmdPost, you'll need:

- Windows XP or later
- a free WordPress.com blog
- Pandoc installed on your computer
- a working knowledge of markdown

Q: Where can I find out more?

Don't panic!  Full documentation explaining everything is on the
cmdPost website:

https://johnoregan.github.io/cmdPost/

Setting up cmdPost isn't too difficult, and you only have to do it once! ;)

Q: Where can I download the latest release of cmdPost?

The direct download link to v0.1 is:

https://github.com/johnoregan/cmdPost/releases/download/v0.1/cmdPost.zip

Happy blogging! :)

Constructive feedback would be gratefully appreciated.

John