A Project Idea: iPhoto to WordPress [gallery] Export
I’ve been spending some time getting my son’s blog setup. In doing so, I discovered that as of WordPress 2.5, there is built-in [ gallery ] functionality. Though it isn’t full featured, it’s pretty nice, and perfectly integrated with WordPress, since, well, it IS WordPress.
Currently the process to put photos into a gallery is:
- Choose photos in iPhoto
- Export chosen files to disk
- Create new WordPress post
- Add media via WordPress uploader
This isn’t too bad, especially for a geek who’s used to lots of arcane workarounds to accomplish simple goals. But… for my wife or others who don’t want the hassle, this is basically annoying.
So I have this idea to create an iPhoto export plugin which will upload directly into WordPress!
Roadblocks to completion:
- Time and Commitment (typical)
- Objective-C (don’t know it)
- Cocoa (don’t know it)
- X-Code (don’t know it)
- Non-Javascript/Java development on Mac OS X (new to me)
So… this is going to be a slightly ambitions undertaking… but I’m excited about it! I’ll be learning a bunch of new stuff. It’ll take more time than I’d like, but I expect it to be a rewarding process. At some point, I’ll be able to create a “project” home for this bad boy, and make it available to all!
If anyone has pointers on OS X development, I’m all ears. 
Comments
Comment from benjamin
Time: November 20, 2008, 7:54 pm
Jon, thanks for the link. I’m slow to get started, but it looks like something that could be a good starting point. Thanks!
Comment from Gavin Steele
Time: August 28, 2009, 9:37 am
Have you found any alternatives to creating your own? That work? I would love to have a feature like this.
Comment from benjamin
Time: August 30, 2009, 6:12 pm
I have not yet found an alternative, nor have I had a chance to do any significant work on the project. I’ve got too many other irons in the fire. Thanks for validating the concept, though!
Comment from Nate Bunger
Time: November 7, 2009, 1:06 pm
I would absolutely LOVE something like this. If you could have something that provided a link in Iphoto to automatically resize and post multiple photos into a WordPress blog post that would be so cool. Hope you create it soon!
Comment from Jon Smajda
Time: November 20, 2008, 6:04 pm
I’ve been using Photon for iPhoto and it sorta does this…though it doesn’t incorporate WP galleries yet. The developer says its on hold for the moment, but its GPL’d so it may be a good starting point for you.