Desktop Blogging

Blogging From the Desktop

When I say, “Blogging from the Desktop”, what do I mean? The “normal” way of creating, editing and submitting posts to your blog on bridgeblogging.com is to login to your blog site and use the WordPress visual editor.

There are alternatives. You can install programs (applications or apps) on your personal computer which allow you to do these things without using the WordPress editor. You can create blog posts off-line (i.e. without having an Internet connection).

There is also at least one browser plugin (i.e. a program that extends your browser’s functionality) that also does a very good job of creating, editing and submitting posts.

This is an extensive topic so I will break this discussion into several sub-topics:

• Pro’s and Con’s of Blogging From the Desktop

• What I Looked For
• ScribeFire, a Browser Plug-in
• Windows Desktop Applications
• Mac OS X Desktop Applications
• Linux Desktop Applications
• Handling Bridge Diagrams and Suit Symbols
• General Set-up