In yesterday’s post I wrote about MarsEdit 3. Todays I am continuing that series by discussing the Editor in MarsEdit 3. I’ll do that after the break
MarsEdit 3 has a pretty good Editor. In the MarsEdit 3 preferences you can indicate which editor you wish to use, but the Editors provided in MarsEdit 3 are pretty good and all I really need for posting to this blog.
The Mars Edit 3 Editor provides two modes of editing, Rich Text and HTML. HTML editing is plain text and the editor does not render the HTML. You can switch between the modes by using the menu command Post>>Edit HTML Text or Post>>Edit Rich Text. You use the format drop down on the toolbar to format or add tags depending on the editing mode you select. The formats are all tag based which means that you will know how it will render.
Adding images can be as simply as dragging the image and dropping on the editor. A dialog will pop up asking where to store the file, either on your website, or on your flickr account. It will insert the image into those locating and create the necessary tags to bring that image into your post. You can even choose when to post the files either now, or when you post the blog entry. If i am doing a lot of images on a post I usually wait until the blog is posted.
Another aspect to posting to yoru blog is the used of the MORE tag that some blogs use. This tage allows you to have a blurb on your home page with a click to continue link. I use this tag to do this, but it is a design decision. If I was posting just once a day, I wouldn’t use this feature, but because I sometimes post more than once day, and if I posted the latest post only on the blog the long Post which I start the day with would soon be lost. To use this feature, if your blog software will support it, you simply put the intro material above the dotted line, and the remaining text and images below the dotted line.
The dotted line replaces the toggle on the editor tool bar. I like it because I can see both texts at the same time.
That concludes the “Using…” post. I will be getting into more detail, but my focus then will be on certain aspects of MarsEdit 3
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