I currently write for several blogs and have naturally picked up a little HTML along the way, but it can be somewhat confusing for novices to learn the various formatting rules, tags and codes associated with HTML. This feature may not be such a big deal if you live in an urban environment with a stable Internet connection and coffee shop wifi should that go down, but for those of us who live in a rural area with poor Internet coverage, this feature alone makes MarsEdit more than worth the purchase price! Beginner Friendly Once you’ve finished and assuming you like the look of the post in the realtime preview within MarsEdit, you can choose to “Send To Blog” and either publish right away or save as a draft. There’s nothing particularly wrong with this method, but MarsEdit offers a much more seamless way of working offline.Ĭontent is created just like in a Word Processor and one can add photos in the correct position too, ready for upload. In the past, I would write out my posts in Plain Text, complete with HTML tags on a Word Processor such as Writeroom and then laboriously copy/paste into WordPress while fixing formatting errors and uploading photos along the way. One of the most compelling reasons I found to use MarsEdit was it’s ability to create a blog post completely offline. You may be asking yourself if there’s any reason to move from your typical method of Internet browser and web client. Multiple accounts can be managed this way and I found the automatic settings to work flawlessly with multiple WordPress accounts and Tumblr. MarsEdit then downloads all recent posts where they can be edited and managed within the application itself. For example, when adding my own personal Tumblr page, I simply entered the URL then added my username and password – that’s it. Launching MarsEdit brings up the screen shown above (albeit without my added blogs) and one can add blogs to the interface with a simple click of the + button, followed by entering your blog details. Posts can be written offline and stored locally in HTML or Rich Text and then uploaded to your blog once you’re finished – you can even add photos too! Interested? Read on after the break to see how MarsEdit can revolutionise your blogging routine. Here’s where MarsEdit comes in, offering a great tool to aid the creation and management of content.
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