Comments on: My first question – Blog Editing Software

By: Dustin

Dustin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:33:46 +0000

It was actually your blog post, Holly, that had me wondering what I was missing! Here I was, thinking to myself, “OK, here is something that someone who is successful is using. Why are they using it? What is it that I am missing???”

Thanks for the plugin recommendation. I will most certainly have to check it out!

By: Holly Mann

Holly Mann — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:29:40 +0000

Dustin, I use a blog editor that I really like. I wrote about all the features here: http://honestholly.com/free-blog-word-processing-software-must-have/
and it is free to download and use forever. It is Windows Live Writer. You can also write while offline and save drafts – once connected to the web it would be posted to whichever categories you choose.

But with Wordpress, the built-in one is fine. If you want to take it further and make it better (with full editing capabilities and features you can) with this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tinymce-advanced/

Holly Mann´s last blog post..Wordpress MU (WPMU) Installation Tutorial

By: Dustin

Dustin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:09:14 +0000

That clears things up some. I guess blog editors can really come in handy for the people who are on the go! So far I’ve been pretty impressed with the Wordpress editor as well. I need to start adding some images tho…OH NO! UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY!!!

Can’t be too much more difficult than blogger, right? Looks easy enough…

By: Normal Joe

Normal Joe — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:49:22 +0000

I've used a few, they are okay. Mostly they have more features like a word processor, but I do fine with wordpress built in editor! I've tried scribefire, it's a plugin for firefox and let's you add stuff to blog posts while browsing. Easy to add photos, text, or even video, it's cool...but I haven't used it much. I've also used live writer, it's cool and gives you almost everything that microsoft word does. There are a few others, but the idea is that you get more functionality, and like you said, you can work when off line and upload at a later time. I don't use them much, especially with wordpresses new autosave feature, I can get everything I need done in there. Normal Joe´s last blog post..Do You Hate Your Boss?

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:30:58 +0000

But is it the kind of thing that would save time for someone if they didn’t have an internet connection or is there something else I’m missing?

I guess I just had a little bit of a “light bulb” moment with that statement I just made. I suppose if someone is mobile and traveling with a laptop, they might be working on a blog but not have a connection, so I could definitely see the use there.

Are there any other reasons to use them?

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:18:27 +0000

I think they would be useful – I tried to install one but got error messages and didn’t have time to figure out what was wrong. That’s the only reason I haven’t started using them yet – but it’s on my list! If it works out I think it would save a lot of time.