Title: deviantART muro
Author: illusori
Published: <strong>February 12, 2013</strong>
Last modified: February 12, 2013

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# deviantART muro

 By [illusori](https://profiles.wordpress.org/illusori/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/deviantart-muro.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/deviantart-muro/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/deviantart-muro/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/deviantart-muro/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/deviantart-muro/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/deviantart-muro/)

## Description

This plugin embeds the [deviantART muro](http://sta.sh/muro) HTML5 drawing application
into your WordPres installation, allowing you to:

 * Draw in your browser to create new images in your Media Library.
 * Allow your users to draw in their browser to add images to their comments.
 * Embed deviantART muro with a preselected image within your articles, for example
   to run a competition or ask for feedback on an artwork you’ve drawn.

### Contributing

This plugin is open source, contributions are welcome.

Just fork https://github.com/deviantART/embedded-deviantART-muro-wordpress on [GitHub](http://github.com)
and send us a pull request with your changes.

## Screenshots

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 * The “Add Media” panel contains an embedded deviantART muro that allows you to
   draw directly into WordPress.
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 * Images saved from deviantART muro are added to your WordPress library automatically
   and can then be used in all the usual ways that any media asset can be.
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 * From within a post you can use a new `[damuro]` shortcode to embed an instance
   of deviantART muro within your article, you can set an image you want people 
   to start with if you choose.
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 * How the article embed appears.
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 * The saved image gets put into the comment area, so the user can post it as a 
   comment.
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 * Once posted, the comment contains the drawn image.
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 * You can also use the “Add drawing with deviantART muro” button on the comment
   form.
 * [[
 * This pops up an instance of deviantART muro in a modal.
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 * Once again the image is placed into a comment when you’re done drawing.
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 * Comment images can be set to trigger moderation and show in the moderation panel.

## Installation

#### Using The WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard.
 2. Select `deviantart-muro.zip` from your computer.
 3. Upload.
 4. Activate the “deviantART muro” plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard.
 5. If you want to enable deviantART muro comments, go to the settings panel for the“
    deviantART muro” plugin and check the “Allow deviantART muro comments?” checkbox
    then press “Save Changes”.

#### Using FTP

 1. Unzip the contents of deviantart-muro.zip.
 2. Upload the `deviantart-muro` directory and its contents to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 3. Activate the “deviantART muro” plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 4. If you want to enable deviantART muro comments, go to the settings panel for the“
    deviantART muro” plugin and check the “Allow deviantART muro comments?” checkbox
    then press “Save Changes”.

## FAQ

  Is this plugin secure?

Security is a complicated question, the deviantART muro plugin uses WordPress’ standard
upload mechanisms for adding items to your Media Library, so that part is as secure
as core WordPress.

For comments upload there’s an inherent risk caused by the fact that you’re accepting
a file upload from a potentially untrusted and unknown user. For this reason the
deviantART muro comments are turned off for the default install, you must enable
them from the settings panel.

The deviantART muro plugin attempts to minimise the risk by checking that the file
type uploaded is a legitimate PNG image and that it is saved under a .png file extension(
to avoid image polyglot attacks).

In addition to that, there is the ability to set image comments to be held for moderation
even if the comment wouldn’t usually require moderation.

Finally, if you just don’t like the idea of people being able to upload files to
your server, you can disable the images-in-comments part of the plugin entirely.

That covers server security, but there’s also the issue of client-side security.

By using this plugin you’re running Javascript from within the plugin. This Javascript
is hosted on your server and is under your control – you can inspect it to satisfy
yourself that it is trustworthy.

As part of the embedding process however, the client will fetch and run Javascript
from deviantART’s webservers. Some of this fetched Javascript needs to run in the
context of a site controlled by you, which could technically allow us to access 
cookies and other “same origin” data within that fetched Javascript.

We have no intention of such access, but you shouldn’t have to take our word for
it. So if you’re concerned, the `deviantart_muro_sandbox.html` file can be moved
to a sandbox domain/static assets domain that has no access to your site cookies
or private content. From the admin settings page for the plugin you can then configure
the location of the sandbox page and the plugin will continue working normally. 
For further details on this please [consult the wiki](https://github.com/deviantART/embedded-deviantART-muro/wiki/How-It-Works).

  Is this plugin compatible with other media library plugins?

Assuming the other plugins only extend the default media library behaviour rather
than replace it entirely, it’s highly likely that this plugin will have no issues
with other media library plugins.

Plugins that replace the entire media library system are quite likely to break the
media library functionality in this plugin.

  Is this plugin compatible with other comment plugins?

Assuming the other plugins only extend the default comment behaviour rather than
replace it entirely, it’s highly likely that this plugin will have no issues with
other comment plugins.

Plugins that replace the entire comment system are quite likely to break the comments
functionality in this plugin. Some examples of this would be JetPack comments or
Disqus comments.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“deviantART muro” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ illusori ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/illusori/)

[Translate “deviantART muro” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/deviantart-muro)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/deviantart-muro/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/deviantart-muro/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/deviantart-muro/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/deviantart-muro/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
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## Contributors

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