Blogging Tools
Let's face it, posting blog entries within the browser's web form sucks! You're stuck with limited formatting, little HTML control and no spellchecker. Using a full blown word processor like MS Word isn't much better as the copied text generated by Word is a mess. The good news is there are desktop blog editing software that makes writing clean blogs easier.
Two of these blogging tools are
w.bloggar and
blogjet. Both of these tools are very easy to setup and support many of the blogging solutions out there. They have a built in spellchecker and supports multiple languages.
w.bloggar vs. Blogjet
Of the two, I prefer Blogjet. Blogjet has a simpler UI and separate the WYSIWYG editor from the HTML editor better. However I'm still on the fence about purchasing Blogjet due to it's $40 dollar price tag.
Setting up w.bloggar
Here's how to setup w.bloggar to work with Vertigoblogs which uses
CommunityServer.
- Select ".Text" as the blog tool.
- For host, enter "vertigoblogs"
- For the path, use "/blogs/metablog.ashx"
- Enter your account info
Setting up blogjet
Similar to the above steps.
- Select "CommunityServer" as the provider
- host is "vertigoblogs
- page is /blogs/MetaBlog.ashx
w.bloggar
Blogjet
