{"id":22963,"date":"2011-09-20T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T05:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=22963"},"modified":"2011-09-20T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T05:02:36","slug":"microsoft-wordpress-kit-converts-your-blog-into-windows-phone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/20\/microsoft-wordpress-kit-converts-your-blog-into-windows-phone-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft WordPress Kit Converts Your Blog into Windows Phone App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft knows the importance of apps for Windows Phone OS. Now, they introduce this Windows Phone Starter Kit for WordPress to allow any WordPress blog to turn into a Windows Phone app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/20\/microsoft-wordpress-kit-converts-your-blog-into-windows-phone-app\/wordpress-startkit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg?fit=540%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,297\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wordpress-startkit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg?fit=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg?fit=540%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22964\" title=\"wordpress-startkit\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg?resize=540%2C297\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wordpress-startkit.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Based on the information, it looks simple to &#8220;convert&#8221; the blog to an app. You will need to update the file with your URL (with Visual Studio). Then you will need to install a plugin to the blog. Here is the installation instruction from the site.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1>Installation<\/h1>\n<p>To customize the Starter Kit, perform the following actions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the MainPage.xaml.cs file in Visual Studio<\/li>\n<li>Update the siteURL parameter to the location of your WordPress blog<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To install the WordPress Plugin<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your WordPress blog using an account that has administrative access<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8220;Plugins&#8221; link from the navigation bar on the Dashboard<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8220;Add New&#8221; button on the Plugins page<\/li>\n<li>Select the &#8220;Upload&#8221; link from those choices presented on the Plugins page<\/li>\n<li>Click the browse button and navigate to the location of the WPSKPlugin.zip (usually &lt;project folder&gt;\\WordPressPlugin\\WPSKPlugin.zip<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Install Now&#8221; button to perform the upload.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/Windows-Phone-Starter-Kit-26aa6c6c\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Windows Phone Starter Kit for WordPress Download Page<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>On a side note, I hope that the Marketplace will not be filled with poor apps and etc. I can already see many apps that are really poor in quality. Hopefully, this will not add more into it.<\/p>\n<p>[ad#img]<br \/>\n[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/09\/19\/windows-phone-starter-kit-for-wordpress-hopes-to-lure-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft knows the importance of apps for Windows Phone OS. 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