Getting Ecto Set Up with Drupal
At the urging of Jay Batson, our CEO, I finally broke down and got Ecto set up with Drupal. I had to enable the Blog API module, but things seemed to work just fine after that.
It seems to work pretty well so far. The image uploading is nifty, and the WYSIWYG and tagging functionality seems pretty good. Having all that HTML or even Markdown markup in your posts makes it harder to read.
Here's a YouTube video demo of Ecto by a guy named Charles Beckham at Sun.
One of my goals in life is to decode the super secret Prolific Blogging System employed by of Matt Asay of CNET/Alfresco. I suspect that Ecto or something like it is one part of his system. Having an army of offshore ghost writers may another...
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What version of Drupal are you using?
I tried to connect ecto to Drupal 5.7 without success.
Error: The method (em) is not specified
I'm using 5.7. Be sure to enable Blog API and point directly to the /xmlrpc.php file when setting up Ecto.
I have four kids, Jeff. We start them writing early. I figure the only way for me to boost output is to either a) have another child or b) go into an adoption frenzy. We have 25 kids on the way. Watch the output to explode!
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