I would very much like to find a way to post Apple iChat tran­script files so that they are both read­able within the Word­press post and down­load­able as the orig­i­nal name.ichat file.  So a but­ton when I am com­pos­ing or edit­ing a post that says “Post iChat Tran­script” would be ideal.  I won­der if some­one could write the Word­press plu­gin that would accom­plish this as I am sure it would be popular.

So this Word­press Plu­gin Project would Entail:

1. Cre­ate the plu­gin that would include a “Post to iChat” but­ton within the post edit­ing screen.
2. On Click, plu­gin would ask for the local loca­tion of the xxx.ichat file.  Worth not­ing here is that the xxx.ichat files are sim­ple ordered xml for­mat so this can be done.
3. Use the cod­ing that rajbot cre­ated here to dis­play the con­tents of the chat within the post (uses CSS to style the tran­script in order to look like an ichat inter­face (includ­ing rounded edges on the bubbles).
4. In addi­tion to dis­play­ing the tran­script within the post, the plu­gin should include a link to the orig­i­nal (now on server) for down­load by read­ers as an option.

The Chat Bub­ble css code ref­er­enced in point #3 above looks like this when posted to Word­press (orig­i­nal posted here):

This exam­ple shows how CSS can be used to style a Word­press post to look like the iChat interface.