Utilities

Free Blog Editors Compared

By Wade Watson
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Over the past several weeks, I have written full reviews of 5 of the best known free external blog editors.These are programs that can be used in place of the WordPress “Add New Post”… »

Blog Editor Review: Windows Live Writer

By Wade Watson
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Windows Live Writer is Microsoft’s entry into the supplemental blog editor market. Available as a free download, it is part of the Windows live group of services. I found it a very capable editor for readying WordPress entries. While not Microsoft Word, it has some nice features, such as underlining spell check, that could win… »

Blog Editor Review: Zoundry Raven Beta

By Wade Watson
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Zoundry Raven is a free multi-blog management system that allows you to create new entries, edit existing entries, and manipulate your blog in various ways. Though it’s useful for managing a single blog, it can easily manage multiple blogs– you can even publish a new entry to a several different blogs at… »

Blog Editor Review: w.blogger

By Wade Watson

w.blogger is a specialized word processor for creation and posting of blog entries. It a stand-along Windows program that allows you to prep your WordPress (or other) blogs offline or on for upload later. It is available in three different versions: full versions for Internet Explorer and Mozilla and a “portable version” you can keep… »

Blog Entry Editors: BlogDesk

By Wade Watson
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BlogDesk is a free stand-alone that runs in Windows 98+. I review version 2.8. You configure it with your blog’s details and you can easily make new posts without even opening your browser. You can also create new blog posts offline, a great plus for laptop… »

Blog Entry Editors: ScribePress

By Wade Watson
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What is ScribeFire? This week, we will look at ScribeFire. I reviewed version 3.2.2. Unlike the other editors we’ll be examining, ScribeFire is a free addon for Mozilla Firefox and operates entirely inside the Firefox window. A handy tablet icon in the lower right Status Bar brings it up across the bottom half of… »