Weblog Client–Windows Live Writer

Nikon P7000In the last post I used Microsoft work 2010 as my weblog client. I did like the interface and all the editing tools that were available to me however I could not figure out how to add more than 1 category to the post.

Setting the tags was also not something that stood out for me.

So far Windows Live writer seems to be ahead of the group as it also allows me to preview the post much easier than was available in the other options tested so far.

Inserting images seems fairly easy however the wrapping of text took a bit longer for me to figure out.

Setting up of the account to post in all cases has been fairly easy with just a bit of a learning curve required on the setup for Adobe’s Contribute.

The one big advantage I see with Word will be the ability to set up everything in a word document and copy and past it directly into a post.

So far Zoundry – Is out of the running.

Adobe Contribute, I will take another look at. I may have missed some features that were turned off by default.

Microsoft Word 2010, Ok very familiar interface, Did not mess up the post after publishing it however I was disappointed with the lack of a decent preview and the Tag and catagory setting was not up to what i would expect.

Live writer seems to be the winner so far however I plan on looking a little farther before settling on one.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Ken

WordPress Weblog Client – Microsoft word 2010

In this continuation of my testing of weblog clients, I am testing the posting ability built into Microsoft word, 2010.

The previous post was made using Adobe contribute. It worked OK but seemed a little slow to respond and update. I did like the fact that it was very easy to add an image and configure the way the text wrapped around the image. It also automatically resized the image for the blog.

When writing this post I already like it as I am already used to using Word and the spell and grammar checking ability’s it offers.

Weblog Clients

Lenovo X220 LaptopI am currently testing a couple of Different Weblog Clients for use in posting to my blog with the hopes that a better interface than that built into wordpress itself will let me post more often with better formatting and fewer errors.

Hopefully I will be able to find something that will allow for Spell checking as well as Grammar and also allow me to post easily and add images without a complicated two step process where the image has to be loaded separately from the post itself.

The first I tried was Zoundry. Which is now in a beta stage being rebranded as Zoundry Raven. I don’t know if it was just the beta status but I had two many errors and had to go back an correct some of the post with the web based editor in WordPress. Needless to say, It is now removed from the system and on to the next option.

I have included an image of the Lenovo X220 Laptop in this post to see how hard it is to add an image to a post and how well the software handles the formatting and wrapping of the text around the image.


Oops I did it again.

Upgraded to a newer version of the theme I was using without backing up first. Well it ate all the customizations I had made to the site and some of the links no longer worked.

So new theme for right now and I will look to see if I can find a back up copy of the original theme when I get home. 4 – 5 days.

This will do for now and who know I may be able to get this one looking how I want it in time.

I am currently working on another article for the iPad, this time comparing it to the netbooks.