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Online Marketing Blog: Do you use desktop blogging software?

  • Fred Fabro · 3 years ago
    Another one you might want to add to your list of desktop blogging clients is Qumana. You can download it at http://www.qumana.com
  • Jeff · 3 years ago
    Hi Lee - I personally don't use a desktop solution. I am a huge wordpress fan and run 5 WP blogs myself, and manage wordpress blogs for some clients. I prefer to use the web-based admin as well as writing posts via email and blogging posts from FeedBurner (my RSS reader of choice). I don't know if I need another software app on my desktop - what would be great is if I could access email, IM, RSS reader, blog utility and web browser into one application. I use FireFox (which incorporates a number of these features) but I rely heavily on Outlook - Microsoft, are you listening?
  • Garrick Van Buren · 3 years ago
    I manage the content on all my WordPress installs through MarsEdit. I bought it when I picked up NetNewsWire, so ecto wasn't an option.
  • Thomas · 3 years ago
    Fred, Qumana looks quite nice for the price. Free! Thanks for the tip.

    Jeff, Firefox is on it's way to doing everything and I think that'll happen way before Microsoft gets on board. Maybe you should look into Thunderbird? It does quite a few of those things you listed. ;)

    Garrik, one vote for MarsEdit? (Yes, I'm keeping track)
  • vijay · 3 years ago
    Livejournal users like to use a native build called 'visions.' There is also one called 'Semagic.' But these are only for LJ. Sorry if that didn't help.
  • Teli Adlam · 3 years ago
    After testing just about ever desktop blogging client under the sun, I continually return to w.bloggar.

    It's the one that comes closest to the feature set I need and the one I'm most familiar with, but it's by no means perfect.

    Truth be told, I'm still on the search for a perfect desktop blogging client. Perhaps one day, a company will develop something for the power user that covers all the bases, well.

    However, there are a couple more you can add to the list:
    Elicit
    RocketPost
    Zoundry

    I learned about the above when I posed a similar question on my own blog. I've tried them, but reverted to w.bloggar in a hurry.
  • Marc · 3 years ago
    I use MarsEdit. I downloaded it before Ecto mostly because I use NetNewsWire as well. I love the features and UI. I also like the prompt response in their forums for help.
  • Dirk Spiers · 3 years ago
    In use MarsEdit and I love it. Simple and easy. I also got myself ECTO which is more powerfull but also not as easy as MarsEdit. MarsEdit I can use without using my brains. ECTO I still need to learn. But both are great programs. Also MarsEdit is comming out with version 1.1 real soon.

    best


    Dirk
  • VeryFirstPage · 3 years ago
    Thanks for the hints, Lee, this post kind of convinced me to take a step further.
    You know, I'm the old-fashioned guy, who keeps building homepages in UltraEdit (or Kate, as I mainly use linux - like other old-fashioned guys do), but I think I will give these softwares a try.
  • Eugene Mironichev · 3 years ago
    Check Post2Blog(PC): http://bytescout.com/post2blog.html
    It provides integration with IE, Firefox, Word. There are "first step" tutorials with images and detailed instructions on the program page so you can see how it works without downloading it.
  • Dan · 3 years ago
    I was on my own search and decided on BlogJet.

    Here is my review on several that I tested -

    http://www.idano.net/wordpress/wordpress-desktop-client-search/
  • Dan · 3 years ago
    UPDATE: I actually found one that is better in functionality then BlogJet and it is free!

    Check out that post here - http://www.idano.net/wordpress-desktop-client-s...
  • ishwor · 2 years ago
    I am in search for blogging software that I can put on my USB drive and use. I have not tried above mentioned softwares except Post2Blog and flock but the Post2Blog didn't properly worked and i didn't like flock. So can anyone recommend me blogging software that i can write blog at home pc and post those blogs in cyber cafe?
  • Benjamin Jackson · 1 year ago
    Hi Thomas,

    You might want to try out Blogo, a new weblog editor from Brainjuice. Blogo has support for Wordpress, Blogger, Typo and Moveable Type, and features like image cropping, auto-generated preview templates and fullscreen editing. You can download a 15-day trial from http://www.drinkbrainjuice.com/blogo if you're interested.
  • Ant Harper · 1 year ago
    I have used MarsEdit but find that it has not been powerful enough since I started adding affiliate product feeds to my blog sites. I am in need of a desktop blogger that will let me publish multiple unpublished posts at once.
    Any one know of such an app? I am using a Mac
  • Thomas McMahon · 1 year ago
    Ant, have you checked out ecto? Flock is cool too.
  • MacPress · 2 months ago
    MarsEdit is my fav