Blog on the Go in Joomla

MMS Blog is a Joomla extension that lets you blog when you are on the move, simply by sending an email via your mobile device

Saturday, August 01, 2009

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Many people today access their blogsites from their mobile phones/laptop using GPRS. However, when it comes to posting pictures or video onto a blog, it becomes difficult. This Joomla extension helps you post picture or even video on your blog easily and efficiently. You can blog from an email client simply by sending email through your mobile phone and the content will be automatically updated on your blog. For example, you have a travel site in Joomla which you update regularly. So, even when you're on a sightseeing trip you can send the pics or videos immediately to your site via an email.

The requirement for MMS Blog is Joomla 1.5 and support for 'iconv' which is used for translating messages to UTF-8 for appropriate display. The installation and configuration of this extension is easy.

Download mms_blog extension from Joomla extension directory. To install this, go to tools > install & click on 'Browse'. Locate the extension and click on 'Ok'. Next click on 'Upload file & install'.	Once installation is done, navigate to component > MMS Blog. Here you can configure, view content, add users and add email accounts to the MMS Blog.

Go to 'Category' and create a new one that will be displayed on the site. Provide the title, access level, etc and click on 'Save'.	Next, create an account. This will hold the information about the email ID from which mails will be fetched. Provide the protocol, incoming/outgoing server, password and options.

Now you need to create users. For this, click on 'User' tab and name the user you want to create. Specify whether the content should be published automatically.	Once the configuration is done, let the application download mails. Once downloaded, go to content tab where you can view all the content.

If you want to edit the content before or even after it is published, click on 'Edit'. This opens up an editting page where you can modify it.	Navigate to modules page where you can find more configurable options for MMS Blog. For example, area of the page it will be displayed on, number of items at a time it should display, etc.

Once all the configuration has been done, choose the best place to be displayed. By default, it is displayed on the left panel.	Select delete messages, from the 'Parameters' option, else same email will be downloaded repeatedly and displayed on the web page.

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