Adobe Flex – FlexpatternAir
So when the original idea came into my head about mixing Textpattern and the Flex Framework, I was just thinking about keeping it all in the browser. But why keep a Flex based administrator panel for Textpattern still in the browser? I have no idea, that’s why I am taking Flexpattern to the desktop via Adobe Air.
This is going to be for the power-users of Textpattern with tons of features that are going to make every Textpattern users life a whole lot easier.
Features Include:
- Full Control over Textpattern Administrator Area
- Flex Charting of site stats and logs
- Drag and Drop image download/upload
- File upload/download
- Image editing
- Export articles to file
- Local copy of all Articles, Categories, Links, Options, Plugins, Styles, Pages, Forms, etc. in a SQLite Database
- Offline support (write or edit article, save it, then when online sync it)
- Yahoo YUI Rich Text Editor with added features
I have to do some more things before we all can use it.
Run-time endpoints
Tidy up the amfphp services
If anyone can build a plugin to access the amfphp services that would be awesome
And here is the list of to dos:
Fix colors, layout, icons, words, effects, validation, size, sqlite, image management, file management, graphs, php services, deletion of records not properly taking from the arraycollection, and a few other little ones.
Anyways, I need some encouragement for me to finish this, and I thought that it was time to show some of my progress. I hope that I can make some people really put textpattern to work. 
Tags: Air, Amfphp, as3, Cairngorm, Flex, flexpattern, ria, Textpattern
September 29th, 2008 at 6:29 am
What I really like about the desktop concept is the strategic advantage of having an offline publishing admin panel.
My feature request would be to have an offline editorial workflow and publishing articles live after confirmation of an editor.
A 2nd feature set which comes to my mind is an extended publishing platform. An integrated RSS feed reader and an integrated XMPP/Jabber client would make it easy to republish items through your desktop solution.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:18 am
oh, wow. it would be great to have a desktop app like this!!!
finally, no more hacking the txp interface to make it usable/pretty
December 1st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Hello, i think this is good application… Where can I download and tested ? since I work with Textpattern in my freelance business…. Thanks
December 5th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I will put it together for you to test it. But I haven’t worked on it since this post. I have been really busy with my new job. But you are more than welcome to look at it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:13 am
Hi there,
that app looks great, its sad that you have no time to put into it.
I would take some time to mess with it.
Thanxs for sharing and the hard work!
regards,
goliatone
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Ok, send me a email with you screen name or something, and we can get together later tonight and discuss the project, I have opened a repo at google code with all of the source. And I have been making some changes, so we will go over it all.
look forward to talking to you.
-J
April 12th, 2009 at 12:14 am
It occurred to me that Textpattern and Adobe Air could be integrated. Then it occurred to me that someone out in the world might have thought the same thing and it turns out actually did it. I’d love to get my hands on a copy. How is it coming along?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:56 am
After reading the article, I feel that I really need more information on the topic. Could you suggest some resources please?
April 30th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Hi Jonnie,
So, how can I download the apps to test ? thanks!
May 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 am
I have to look at the code and fix abunch of stuff, but if you want to see it how it is, let me know.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:16 am
I hope you will find some developing time in the future because this is pretty amazing…
May 10th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Thank you, I am going to try and make some time soon.
-Jonnie
May 12th, 2009 at 3:17 am
This looks really, really great, and I am sure it will be a success with the TXP community. I too hope you can find the time to release at least some kind of beta so we can play with it!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I haven’t done much work on it since I ran into a problem with how it should complete be structured. Im going to make a post on my thoughts, check it out. Also I have been messing around with my CodeGen, and I can create a Flex interface for textpattern in seconds. Lets chat.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:16 am
This looks really intriguing. I know a lot about Textpattern but very little about Flex. Would this be like a Textpattern desktop “client”. Something easy enough for not-super-tech savvy users to manage their TXP content? If you need testers for this, let me know. Keep up the great work!