Making Flock play nice with Textpattern
Oct 21, 12:28 AM—Micah Wylde
So everyone’s heard of the new browser on the block: Flock. It’s first public release was made available today, and it is looking very interesting. It’s basically a modified version of Firefox 1.5, with a new default theme and some more niceties. The favorites system has been completely revamped, as well as some other nice feautures. The most intersting thing, though, is its integration with various blogging services to allow easy blogging on various web stories. However, unfortunately, textpattern support was not built in. Which is where this guide comes in.
Installing XML-RPC hack
Unfortunately for those wishing to use these features, which make use of the xml-rpc specification, which textpattern still does not support (though xml-rpc support is supposed to be coming up really soon). So, we will be making use of a hack made by Chris McLeod, XRT. The newest version can be found here. To install, download that php file and upload it to your textpattern directory (i.e., if your site is www.here.com, your textpattern directory would be www.here.com/textpattern.)
Setting up Flock
Setting up flock is relatively easy. Start up Flock, and go to Tools->Options. Press the + button, and you should be greeted by a screen like the one in the picture.
Enter the url of your site, and click “next”. You should see an error message telling you that your blog isn’t supported. Click “cancel”. 
In the next screen, choose “MetaWeblog” (the second option) for the first field. For the next, you can enter anything. For the last field, type the url of where you uploaded the php file in step 1 (should be http://www.yoursite.com/textpattern/xmlrpcs.php).
Next simply enter the username and password for your account. Click next, and your blog should be set up. In the blog configuration screen of the about dialog, all of your sections should be listed. 
Writing entries
So with the configuration done, you probably want to actually start posting. To accoplish this, navigate to Tools->Blog Editor. You will be presented with a screen that will alow you to craft entries. Also, by clicking the Toolbar button and selecting “blog toolbar” you’ll be able to see and edit other posts.
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