Comments on: A Few Technical Question for Bloggers. http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/ Use what you have, get creative and save! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tania choi http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 tania choi Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2007/06/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers.html#comment-1680 i use ecto on the mac for the last 3 years. it's worked really well and has a great support community.<br/>hope that helps. i use ecto on the mac for the last 3 years. it’s worked really well and has a great support community.
hope that helps.

]]> By: Jenn @ Frugal Upstate http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:13:00 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2007/06/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers.html#comment-1668 Hmmm, I'm really looking for something where I can write several articles ahead of time, complete with pictures and links offline and then just upload them without having to mess around with putting the links etc in later. So I think notepad wouldn't really work for that (right now I sometimes write in word, and sometimes write in draft mode on blogger itself).<br/><br/>Wordpress is another platform, just like blogger is a platform. Since Top 10 Sites, About.com and now Parents magazine all have links to this blogger address, I really don't want to switch platforms, although wordpress does seem to have some great features. I've been considering putting a second blog up and may do that on wordpress, but then again maybe it's better to stick all to one platform so all the blogs show up on one profile. . . <br/><br/>The Facebook thing sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out. The reason MySpace is interesting to me is despite the the questionable content of some things on Myspace, it is one of the most widely used-so I'd be hitting the largest audience (I even read something recently suggesting that churches and youth ministries should consider setting up sites because of it's prevalence in culture.) Hmmm, I’m really looking for something where I can write several articles ahead of time, complete with pictures and links offline and then just upload them without having to mess around with putting the links etc in later. So I think notepad wouldn’t really work for that (right now I sometimes write in word, and sometimes write in draft mode on blogger itself).

WordPress is another platform, just like blogger is a platform. Since Top 10 Sites, About.com and now Parents magazine all have links to this blogger address, I really don’t want to switch platforms, although wordpress does seem to have some great features. I’ve been considering putting a second blog up and may do that on wordpress, but then again maybe it’s better to stick all to one platform so all the blogs show up on one profile. . .

The Facebook thing sounds interesting, I’ll have to check it out. The reason MySpace is interesting to me is despite the the questionable content of some things on Myspace, it is one of the most widely used-so I’d be hitting the largest audience (I even read something recently suggesting that churches and youth ministries should consider setting up sites because of it’s prevalence in culture.)

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1667 Rebecca Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2007/06/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers.html#comment-1667 I had heard about Live Writer over at MInthegap, but until I saw this post it never connected that I could write stuff offline. That would be a real benefit for me, since we have multiple people wanting to use one DSL line.<br/><br/>Part of the reason we have computer congestion is because, although we have decided to not do MySpace (their ads are not up to our moral standards), we are on Facebook. Somewhere recently, maybe it was Problogger, I ran into the idea that you can set up your Facebook to import the blog automatically. There is a bit of lag time.<br/><br/>I haven't been on Facebook long enough to have it impact traffic, nevertheless, I like that my daughters' friends have the opportunity to read the blog if they want to (they are unlikely to get to it often via any other way). I hope they will eventually start sending in pictures and participating!<br/><br/>If you join Facebook, I will be your friend. Oh wait, I'm already your friend. :) I had heard about Live Writer over at MInthegap, but until I saw this post it never connected that I could write stuff offline. That would be a real benefit for me, since we have multiple people wanting to use one DSL line.

Part of the reason we have computer congestion is because, although we have decided to not do MySpace (their ads are not up to our moral standards), we are on Facebook. Somewhere recently, maybe it was Problogger, I ran into the idea that you can set up your Facebook to import the blog automatically. There is a bit of lag time.

I haven’t been on Facebook long enough to have it impact traffic, nevertheless, I like that my daughters’ friends have the opportunity to read the blog if they want to (they are unlikely to get to it often via any other way). I hope they will eventually start sending in pictures and participating!

If you join Facebook, I will be your friend. Oh wait, I’m already your friend. :)

]]> By: Amy http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Amy Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2007/06/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers.html#comment-1662 oh, here it is, Wordpress! I've heard good things about it from other blogging friends, now that I think about it.<br/><br/>The Simple Dollar's comments:<br/>http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/10/live-free-seven-pieces-of-open-source-software-that-transformed-my-life/<br/><br/>and the wordpress site:<br/>http://wordpress.org/ oh, here it is, WordPress! I’ve heard good things about it from other blogging friends, now that I think about it.

The Simple Dollar’s comments:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/01/10/live-free-seven-pieces-of-open-source-software-that-transformed-my-life/

and the wordpress site:
http://wordpress.org/

]]> By: Amy http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 Amy Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2007/06/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers.html#comment-1661 I have no personal experience, but I think the author of TheSimpleDollar.com uses something to write offline and has posted about it in the past. Not sure how easy his archives are to search, though. I have no personal experience, but I think the author of TheSimpleDollar.com uses something to write offline and has posted about it in the past. Not sure how easy his archives are to search, though.

]]> By: junger http://www.frugalupstate.com/general-frugality/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 junger Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2007/06/a-few-technical-question-for-bloggers.html#comment-1660 While I'm guessing this isn't exactly what you're looking for, I use Notepad to write blog posts and then drop them into Wordpress (and attach images, etc.).<br/><br/>For me, the simplest is the best. While I’m guessing this isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, I use Notepad to write blog posts and then drop them into WordPress (and attach images, etc.).

For me, the simplest is the best.

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