Thursday, April 08, 2010
Have researched at length the feasibility of using the Blogger Calendar with Thingamablog. The issue? The most efficient manner possible. Keeping in mind, if I write code -- it would have to be a separate module [plugin] which cannot interfere with how any version of the core program works [licensing issues].
With that limitation and careful study-- I determined it is more efficient to work with the program as it is currently distributed-- without adding a new interface.
So here is what I have come up with. There is a two step process that must be performed to generate the files-- the Blogger Calendar requires.
Thingamablogger-- edits his post using the Thingamablog Entry editor as he normally would. Before publishing the final version of the post to the site, ensures the archive settings are set to "Day Interval" with the Day Interval set to "1" as illustrated:

Use the "Update/Publish" button [shown far left] on the Entry Editor to publish the post:

Update Archiving Settings to "Monthly" as shown in the following diagram and hit "ok".

Then a "minimal" publish is required [sending only new or revised files to the server]. This is accomplished with the Publish Weblog button shown:

Once you are finished, your directory structure will look like this:


The illustration on the left showing the Entry Files [only the new one is sent with the update post] and the diagram on the right showing the monthly archive file which has all of the links for posts you have generated over the given month.
This process is really not that involved. I have my settings set up for automatic connect [no usernames or passwords] -- I simply click buttons and my posts are placed on my server.
The other option? Thingamablog's developer, Bob Tantlinger integrates a module-- I develop which generates an xml or plain text file for use with Blogger Calendar. He wants to know if I would require payment for the Calendar, in that case? As long as he requires no payment for Thingamablog-- I require no payment for the Applet version of the Calendar that will work with Thingamablog.
