If you can read this, I’ve got a recommendation for you. <\/p>\n
I’m always looking for an easier way for faculty and students to blog. Blojsom’s<\/a> interface is difficult for anyone who doesn’t know HTML. WordPress<\/a> has a pretty easy interface but I’m always looking for another, easier way.<\/p>\n I’ve purchased ecto<\/a> for my Mac. It’s a nice tool for writing and managing blog posts. It’s what I use on those all-too-rare occasions that I find the time to blog. It’s a simple WYSIWYG interface for editing, and it works well with images.<\/p>\n Yesterday I decided to search through Firefox extensions and I came across Deepest Sender<\/a>. As a free extension, the price is right and the tool is cross platform (though I admit I haven’t installed it on my tablet yet).<\/p>\n It works with most API-enabled blogs, has a simple WYSIWYG editing interface, and apparently knows how to handle music files. I just went through my preferences and saw options (turned off by default) to automatically detect music. So it’s possible that Deepest Sender can handle podcasts.<\/p>\n In addition to the Normal editing tab, there’s a Source tab where I can easily muck around with the code and a Preview tab. I log in before editing and all of my blog categories are in a drop down box in the upper right corner. I can post as a draft or make the post live right away.<\/p>\n What I don’t see is anything that supports tagging. And I didn’t think there was a way to see what’s been posted to my site but I’m wrong – there is a Post History option in the File menu.<\/p>\n Deepest Sender has just made it to the top of my list as an entry-level blog editing tool for faculty and students. It gets them to use Firefox and makes posting most entries easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you can read this, I’ve got a recommendation for you. I’m always looking for an easier way for faculty and students to blog. Blojsom’s interface is difficult for anyone who doesn’t know HTML. WordPress has a pretty easy interface … Continue reading