Blogging
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Is there such a thing as an offline blog authoring tool that does require any software on the server side, ie it just uploads the entries by ftp, and handles all the archiving on the author's PC? If not I may be forced to write an article...
You had a look at the list on Google? http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Tools/Publishers/[^] There are a couple there which are Windows apps. I used one long ago (sorry cannot remeber the name) that was what you are asking for.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Is there such a thing as an offline blog authoring tool that does require any software on the server side, ie it just uploads the entries by ftp, and handles all the archiving on the author's PC? If not I may be forced to write an article...
I found this, today, http://www.blogger.com[^] it doesn't do the archiving bit though (I think), but using something like WS_FTP you can do that last bit yourself. Cheers, Barry
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You had a look at the list on Google? http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Tools/Publishers/[^] There are a couple there which are Windows apps. I used one long ago (sorry cannot remeber the name) that was what you are asking for.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Shhhh! We've nearly lured him into writing an article. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Shhhh! We've nearly lured him into writing an article. cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: Shhhh! We've nearly lured him into writing an article. Ahhh! But that is the trick you see. All those windows app versions are so bad that he will recoil in horror and be forced to write his own. He will also have then learnt what does not work. :rolleyes: (well, at least the blog app I used was rather bad. It felt like a Java app, but it was not.)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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I found this, today, http://www.blogger.com[^] it doesn't do the archiving bit though (I think), but using something like WS_FTP you can do that last bit yourself. Cheers, Barry
Barry Lapthorn wrote: http://www.blogger.com[^] FYI Blogger is not an offline app. It is a web-app. Of all the online blog systems though it is the best IMO.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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You had a look at the list on Google? http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Tools/Publishers/[^] There are a couple there which are Windows apps. I used one long ago (sorry cannot remeber the name) that was what you are asking for.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Barry Lapthorn wrote: http://www.blogger.com[^] FYI Blogger is not an offline app. It is a web-app. Of all the online blog systems though it is the best IMO.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Paul Watson wrote: FYI Blogger is not an offline app. It is a web-app. Yeah, I just noticed I missed the word 'offline' in the original post :-O Cheers, Barry
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I found this, today, http://www.blogger.com[^] it doesn't do the archiving bit though (I think), but using something like WS_FTP you can do that last bit yourself. Cheers, Barry
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Chris Maunder wrote: Shhhh! We've nearly lured him into writing an article. Ahhh! But that is the trick you see. All those windows app versions are so bad that he will recoil in horror and be forced to write his own. He will also have then learnt what does not work. :rolleyes: (well, at least the blog app I used was rather bad. It felt like a Java app, but it was not.)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Well I think this might be what you're looking for, but you'll have to pay for the full version: http://www.fogcreek.com/CityDesk/[^] There is a basic version you can try out though to make sure before you stump up the cash. This http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000009.html[^] kind of explains what is going on. I haven't downloaded it myself. :( If you do, and it's any good, let me know. Or of course, you could write your own ;) Cheers, Barry
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...are we both in on a Sat. night? It's glorious here in England at the moment... I should be in a pub garden drinking alcohol ;) Cheers, Barry
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...are we both in on a Sat. night? It's glorious here in England at the moment... I should be in a pub garden drinking alcohol ;) Cheers, Barry
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Barry Lapthorn wrote: http://www.blogger.com[^] FYI Blogger is not an offline app. It is a web-app. Of all the online blog systems though it is the best IMO.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Can be with add ons - I think w.bloggar lets you work offline and Blogger does do archiving. I use the pro version for my sites below and very good it is too. I wrote my own system in ASP that generated XML and other goodies but I just spent the time fiddling with code. I wanted to get back to the content so switched to Blogger. When google bought them my confidence in my choice increased!! :-D Davy Blog for Software Testing, Bugs, Quality, Security and Stability - www.latedecember.com
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Can be with add ons - I think w.bloggar lets you work offline and Blogger does do archiving. I use the pro version for my sites below and very good it is too. I wrote my own system in ASP that generated XML and other goodies but I just spent the time fiddling with code. I wanted to get back to the content so switched to Blogger. When google bought them my confidence in my choice increased!! :-D Davy Blog for Software Testing, Bugs, Quality, Security and Stability - www.latedecember.com
News From Scotland - The Angus Blog and The Dundee Blog
My Personal Blog - Homepage.Davy Mitchell wrote: w.bloggar Hey! That is the app I used. Thanks for saying the name, it twigged. Davy Mitchell wrote: Can be with add ons True. But the original poster wants to avoid anything to do with blog generated/managed elsewhere. Davy Mitchell wrote: When google bought them my confidence in my choice increased!! :-D Indeed. I have been with blogger since they started right up till it was just a one man band. Good guy that Evan. Bit like Chris in the way he has created an amazing site and service. Davy Mitchell wrote: I wanted to get back to the content so switched to Blogger. LOL yeah. That is why I prefer Blogger over the others. It does one thing and does it well. Though there are some useful features in the pro version. But the core is solid and focused.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Is there such a thing as an offline blog authoring tool that does require any software on the server side, ie it just uploads the entries by ftp, and handles all the archiving on the author's PC? If not I may be forced to write an article...