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Blogging on the Go: Accessing the iPhone WordPress App

February 27, 2009
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iPhone WordPress App

iPhone WordPress App

As you can tell, I am a big fan of WordPress, which I use to publish this blog. But I am not always at my desk when a good idea for a post strikes. I have been looking into ways to blog on the go, so to speak, even if that just means while sitting in the living room.

Since laptops are too unwieldy and their screens to small to accommodate my visual needs, I can not just borrow my wife’s laptop. So I can use either an analog notebook (the one with pages) and pen or my iPod Touch. I can not read my own handwriting much of the time, so going old-school presents too many transcription problems. So how can my iPod help?

iPhone WordPress App Post Edit

iPhone WordPress App Post Edit

The first way is to use email. Since the iPhone Mail app is not particularly accessible, there are a number of substitutes available in the App Store, from simple mail apps like EasyWriter to more fully-featured note-taking apps like Fliq Notes.

The best way should be to use WordPress’ own iPhone app, WordPress for iPhone. As you can see in their video overview below, this app packs a lot of great WordPress features. What this early version lacks, though, is accessibility. No landscape mode. No zoom. No adjustable font sizes. No alternate color scheme.

There is hope. The developers are beta-testing a new version with landscape mode. So the first step to accessibility should be available soon. I have added my name into the beta-tester lottery. Wish me luck.

WordPress for iPhone is available on the iPhone or vis the iTunes App Store. Read more iPhone accessibility reviews here.

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2 Responses to Blogging on the Go: Accessing the iPhone WordPress App

  1. Anders HolmNo Gravatar on October 31, 2009 at 4:01 am

    And wordPress for iPhone 2 is now available in the App Store. ;)

    • TimNo Gravatar on October 31, 2009 at 7:43 am

      And it needs to be downloaded as a separate app. The automatic update won’t work with this. I just downloaded it yesterday, but have not tested it out.

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