Learning about a new tool for blogging is as wonderful as opening a present up on Christmas morning; exhilaration as you rip open the wrapping to find a box full of – gift cards. OK, so I am a bit difficult to buy gifts for, but there is nothing difficult about the choice to switch to an offline weblog editor.
Although offline weblog editors are not new, I just recently learned of this tool and so far I am pleased with what I am seeing. Currently, I use Word to write all of my posts and then upload into my blog. Formatting of pictures and links are usually always lost and re-working can become frustrating and time consuming. So, when I heard of the editors, I needed to give them a look see.
Two editors commonly used for Windows operating systems are Blog Desk and Windows Live Writer. I wanted to make sure that I gave them both a fair chance to win me over, so I have downloaded both to give them a test drive. This post - Part 1 - has been created with Windows Live Writer. See below for my thoughts.
Downloading was extremely easy and the look is traditional Windows theme. I am actually using the Windows editor right now and so far, so good. One feature that I really like is the Web Preview view. Yes, you are given several view options in Word, but this particular view allows me to see exactly what my post will look like once in my blog.
There are of course all the bells and whistles like adding pictures, inserting links, videos, and tables plus you have the added feature of looking through additional plug-ins to gain more options. The wonderful thing about editors, you won’t lose formatting once you upload to your blog. Wonderful! Another great feature, Writer will publish your post for you directly into your blog, so no having to open up the blog editor to copy.
The only issue so far - the Web Layout view. When I chose this view to type in it skews the look of my post. I have yet to have a clear view of what I am typing. I thought this was a downloading issue, so it was removed and downloaded again, same results. After writing this post, I realized the view really depends on the theme that used for your blog. So, if you choose to use Windows Live Writer just be aware that you might have an issue with this view. All in all, I am very pleased with this editor.
OK…now on to Blog Desk.
Click here for The Right Tool For Blogging - Part 2.
I do want to thank Jennifer Chait and Freelance Writing Jobs for discussing offline editors in her post Help My Post Vanished! Jennifer’s post gave me the idea to take this little journey.
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