Blogging Software?

Question

I have a blog on Blogspot (or Blogger). At the moment, I have to write out my post (it's more like articles on my blog and reviews) in Word, then log on to the website and copy and paste it in. I have 2 questions:

1) Is there any free or extremely cheap software that means I don't have to load up the internet and visit the site etc.? I just want a desktop app that does it, is there anything like this?

2) Is there an API so I can build the software myself?

Any help?

Sophie

Answer 1

If you have a functional email client like outlook express....... you can mail the blog post to your account.



read through this page



http://www.theedifier.com/blogging-blogger/blog-blogger-membership-author-email-post-read.php

Answer 2

why write it out, then copy and paste it? Why not just login and write it out directly? It would save a step. If your blog is able to translate the text from word to the post then you are already using a program offline to post to your blog.......if you have frontpage you could use that to post your entries as it has the ability to download your page and login to it from within the program, this would of course require that the site can be accessed via frontpage and it accepts frontpage uploads.....if you do not have frontpage, you can still use word to post to your blog and it is possible to use the "save as" feature to save the page as a webpage and then you could eliminate the copy and paste step, of course this again would be based on wehter you can post to your blog from within an external program (ftp or vpn). Otherwise the way you are currently posting seems to be the best way, since its simple and straight forward.

Answer 3

New: http://code.google.com/apis/blogger/overview.html

Old: http://www.blogger.com/developers/api/1_docs/



And there is no shortage of software that uses it. Some reviews: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/cms-reviews/blog-client-reviews-in-brief-000492.php

Answer 4

Weblog software (also called blog software or blogware) is a category of software which consists of a specialized form of Content Management Systems specifically designed for creating and maintaining weblogs.



Free/Libre/Open-Source software

These software packages are offered under a Free/Libre/Open-Source Software license. Therefore they are free for everyone to use. Also, commercial support contracts are often available.



Apache Roller (Java-based)

b2evolution (PHP/MySQL)

bBlog (PHP/MySQL)

Beta-Blogger (PHP/MySQL or text files)

blojsom (Java-based)

blosxom (Perl)

PyBlosxom (Python)

Dotclear (PHP/MySQL)

Drupal (PHP/MySQL)

Elgg (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP)

FlatPress (PHP/Flat Files)

Geeklog (PHP/MySQL)

Horizon Blogging Software (PHP/MySQL)

Livejournal (Perl) (Also available, developer hosted)

LifeType (PHP/MySQL)

Mephisto (Ruby on Rails)

Nucleus CMS (PHP)

Pivotlog (PHP)

Serendipity (PHP/MySQL,PostgreSQL,SQLlite)

SimplePHPBlog (PHP/Flat Files)

Slash (Perl)

Subtext (C#/ASP.NET)

Textpattern (PHP/MySQL)

WordPress (PHP/MySQL) - also offered in developer-hosted form as Wordpress.com



Proprietary software

These packages are under a proprietary license. They may require the purchase of a license key to use them. The specific licensing terms vary but some are free for personal or non-commercial use.



Community Server (also offered in developer-hosted form as CommunityServer.com)

ExpressionEngine (formerly pMachine)

Movable Type (also offered in developer-hosted form as TypePad)

Radio UserLand

Traction TeamPage



Unknown license

Battle Blog

Blogsphere