[wpmu-trac] [WordPress MU Trac] #1092: Press This multiple blog support

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#1092: Press This multiple blog support
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 Reporter:  niallkennedy    |       Owner:  somebody 
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:           
Component:  Administration  |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  pressthis
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 A !WordPress MU user may wish to pass external content into the MU
 authoring interface. Authoring interfaces such as
 [http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-admin/press-this.php Press
 This] currently do not support the selection of a target blog for which
 the currently logged in user has
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities#edit_posts edit_posts
 capability].

 [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc289775(VS.85).aspx Internet
 Explorer 8], [http://www.google.com/reader/settings?display=item-links
 Google Reader], and bookmarklet functions currently help pass new post
 information into an authoring tool such as Press This, but requires a pre-
 determined URL template to pass along new actions.

 Good:
 !http://wordpress.org/wp-admin/press-this.php

 Bad:
 !http://*.wordpress.org/wp-admin/press-this.php


 Currently a user can add a bookmarklet or IE Accelerator on a per-blog
 basis. It would be a much better user experience if he or she could target
 a predictable URL endpoint on the MU install.

 = New URL =

 adminurl/press-this.php

 Point to the MU install's main admin handlers and let it handle user
 state.


 = Possible handling =

  * Redirect user to Press This interface of their primary blog with query
 params intact.
  * Add a new stuffbox to the post interface sidebar with a <select> drop-
 down if currently logged on user has edit_posts capability on more than 1
 blog. Default blog selected.
  * Select box value is passed in at post. No URL redirects on new option
 selection.


 = Possible downsides =

 Writing a new post from somewhere outside direct blog context could have
 consequences.

  * Plugins attached to target blog not loaded.

 = Next Steps =

 Once there is agreement on the best approach I can submit the appropriate
 patch.

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