BlogJet Blog

Tim Coyle publishes an interview with me.

Ryan Gregg:

I've been looking for a decent blogging client for Mac OS X for a while now, and while I still haven't found a great one, I'm giving MarsEdit from Ranchero a try to see how well it works against dasBlog.

The biggest problem I have with this is that it doesn't support a WYSIWYG interface, just a text pad where I can enter HTML. The real question if course is if it works correctly with the BloggerAPI for dasBlog.

I still haven't found anything that works quite as well as BlogJet for Windows does. That's a great program and I really wish that it had been ported for the Mac (or that I had a smaller Windows laptop).

The new beta version of BlogJet available. Please note that this version is for testing purposes only.

Download (2.1 MB)
http://blogjet.com/beta/BlogJetSetup16b1.exe

RELEASE NOTES (incomplete)

Features

• Group posting (post to multiple blogs at once).
• Confirm posting using Ctrl+Enter (optional).
• NTLM authentication support.
• Better file upload progress indication.
• Abort posting when checking spelling.

Bug fixes

• Work-around for WordPress and TypePad date/time issue.
• Fixed 'Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window'.
• New connection core.
• Lots of other bug fixes…

It also cleans the trial period counter, so if your had problems with previous versions and your 30 – trial expired, feel free to download this version.

Robin Mayfield made a video on how to setup and use BlogJet with TypePad. Check it out here.

Thanks, Robin!

Blue Eye: “If you are using BlogJet (and possibly other remote publishing solutions) to publish on WordPress and are using the Post Moderation plugin, this post is for you.”

Read…

Thanks!

Glen Mohr:

• I love that I can add bullets on the fly without having to type in HTML tags
• I love that I can add color on the fly without having to know that blue is #0000ff
• I love that I can switch between blogs from a drop down
• I love that I can choose multiple categories by checking them off in a list
• I love that I now don’t have to use Internet Explorer to post to my Movable Type blogs since the formatting buttons don’t show up in Firefox
• I love that when I embed a link in a post I can choose whether it should open in the same window or a new window without having to code target=_

Doug Tygar:

The html generated by BlogJet is far more robust than HTML generated by Blogger. It also has a very clean toolbar (although I wish I could add an auto “blockquote” button.)

Yes, Doug, I want this button too. Advanced toolbar is what I’m going to implement in the future versions.

Did you know that if your blogging service supports* extended entries via API, you can separate extended content from normal one? Just click Format > Extended Entry

*) Including: WordPress, Movable Type, TypePad…