Hi,

is it possible to tag entries when blogging via a desktop client like MarsEdit?

Marcus,

I’m not familiar with that program, but if you’re allowed to specify any custom fields, etc, this should probably work much like the native EE SAEF:

Create a custom field called ”tag_f”
If you then enter Tags into that field, the Tag module does the rest, and adds it to the entry

As for editing, as it appears that program might be able to do, it gets a little trickier… as that field does not actually hold that Tag data. It would appear empty should you try to load the entry for editing again. The workaround is using the exp:tag:tags loop within that field to pull current Tags, although that’s probably not an option for this program (but available for SAEF).

What I was able to do, is to create the custom field “tag_f”. In the Metaweblog API configuration I assigned the “Keywords” to this field.

What I can do now, is to create tags via the keywords fields in my blog client. What is not working is that the tag module is saving the “keywords” from the “tag_f” field as tags.

However, the documentation for the module is somehow lacking. I’m trying to create a preference but the module is not allowing me to assign the tag field and I don’t even know what “Enable tag form” means under the “Manage Preferences” tab.

Any help is appreciated!

Marcus,

What do you have set as your Tag parsing preference?

CP Home › Modules › Tag › Manage Preferences

If you’re using a text input field in MarsEdit, and seperating Tags with commas, you’ll need to make sure “Comma” is specified

This is exactly what I did.

What happens if you try to load the “keywords” data to another “regular” custom field? Does it show up in that field?