Composing blog posts in MS Word and then pasting them directly into the WordPress post editor generally causes problems. Layout issues. Font sizes/faces. Broken validation. This is not really news… but based on activity at the WordPress.org support forums, people sure like to do it. Allow me to share a few thoughts.
Firstly, if you really
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Windows Live Writer, my favorite blogging client, got an upgrade and lost the beta tag yesterday. Lots of cool features have been added so if you’re a user you’ll want to go get the update. And hey, if you’re a blogger but not a user (and running Windows…) you really should give it a try.
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MojoPac 2.0 was released last week. Since it had been quite some time since I last played with the previous version I grabbed the 2.0 version (free) this weekend for a quick spin.
First impression? Probably the same as the first time I played with it: This is so cool! Your complete environment on a
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For the past week I’ve been using Ubuntu (via the Install Inside Windows option) almost full-time on my home machine. I’m digging it so far and am thinking I’ll re-install it as dual-boot to get a bit more performance (although it really runs quite well as the Windows Install as a perk of being on
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Earlier this week a “Technical Preview” version of Windows Live Writer was announced. I’ve been using it for the posts I’ve made since grabbing it and absolutely love it.
My favorite new feature has to be the new tabbed layout – there are now Edit, Preview and Source tabs along the bottom of the main editing
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