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June 26, 2009 - Stirling Blog 1.0.3464 is the first commercial release of Stirling Blog. This release contains some minor bug fix improvements to the final beta. Stirling Blog is available at Mobihand for $10. Until August 21st, Stirling Blog will be available for a promotional price of $5.

March 18, 2009 - Stirling Blog 1.0.3363 BETA adds the ability to easily add a hyperlink to a post.

January 30, 2009 - Stirling Blog 1.0.3317 BETA is the first public beta release of Stirling Blog. Stirling Blog is a MetaWeblog API client and will work with any blog software that supports the MetaWeblog API (Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, etc.). The initial beta release of Stirling Blog supports uploading photos from the phone's camera or from a file on the phone, post categories, and setting the post time.

Stirling Blog Options The first screen you will see when you launch Stirling Blog is the Options screen. Here you must set the MetaWeblog API url, your blog username, and your blog password to continue into Stirling Blog. The Image CSS field is used to allow you to specify custom CSS styling for the images added to your post in Stirling Blog. The other option on this page is an option to link to the original uploaded image. In this beta release, Stirling Blog defaults the maximum width of the image in the post to 350 pixels wide, but can link to the original image if the original is larger.

Stirling Blog Main Screen Once all of the required options have been filled out, the next screen you will see is the main Stirling Blog screen. On the main screen, the menu items as as follows:

  1. Post - Submits the completed post to the blog. Both the Title and Post fields are required
  2. Menu
    1. New Post - Clears the Title and Post fields and resets the post date to the current system date.
    2. Add Picture
      1. File - Adds a picture to the post from a file on the phone.
      2. Camera - Opens the phone's camera to capture a new picture into the post.
    3. Post Categories - Launches the Post Categories dialog described below.
    4. Set Post Time - If checked, this item displays the Post Time field and uses the value there for the post time. If unchecked, the Post Time field will be hidden and the post time will be set to the current system time.
    5. Options - Displays the Options dialog described above.
    6. Check for Update - Checks for an update to the Stirling Blog software and gives an option to update as appropriate.
    7. Send Feedback - Send me feedback or comments on the Stirling Blog beta using the dialog described below.
    8. About - About Stirling Blog
    9. Exit - Closes Stirling Blog

The Title and Post are both required. Adding an image to the post will add a "[imgX]" to the post where X is the number for the image. This is a placeholder for the image and ,by default, this will be added at the current character position in the Post field. You may move this as you desire, but do not delete it or your image will not appear in your post.

Stirling Blog Categories The Post Categories dialog is used to set the categories for the post. This dialog will get a selectable list of available categories from the blog and will also give you the option to add new categories. Under the Menu item, the Add button will focus the Add Category text box. Clicking the center button or hitting the Add menu item again will add that new category to the list and select it. Click done to apply the selected categories to the current post.

Stirling Blog Feedback The Send Feedback form allows you to send me feedback on Stirling Blog directly from your phone. A valid email address is required so that I may communicate with you regarding any issues or suggestions that you may have.

Stirling Blog 1.0 is available through MobiHand for $5.00

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Requires: Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5
and
Microsoft System String Resources 3.5

Note: All of the Windows Installers (MSI) on this page require the .NET Framework 2.0 on the desktop.