Free programs for editing of blogs

Even if you have only one blog or at you it is not present at all – probably, it is necessary to try any of the offered client software programs and to be convinced, what to keep own diary not more difficult, than, say, to create documents in the text editor. "Home PC" spent on a site poll has shown that more than 70 % of readers have no blog, and the core from arguments, judging by comments, there was a shortage of free time. By means of utilities-editors note creation in an online diary will take away all some minutes, thus it is not necessary to be expert HTML though, undoubtedly, representation about it in general superfluous does not become. It is necessary to recognise, very many depends on the chosen program – each of them has features and defects. Except mentioned in article, there is a weight both free, and commercial utilities for editing of blogs, and their possibilities usually depend on a combination the program – a blog. On purpose to show a variety and selection of participants on testing was made. But to describe all subtleties of work of each of blogs-editors within the limits of article it is unreal, therefore the basic attention was given to work of applications with тегами this or that blog, to support of various services for storage of images in case they did not manage to be loaded through a blog. Still points acted in film when the program against competitors even at equal functional capabilities was less convenient in circulation.

Post2Blog 3.01

Freeware
Developer ByteScout
Site www.bytescout.com/post2blog.html
The size of 9,3 MB
The loading address www.download. com/3001–12945_4–10702915.html

Very powerful utility supporting a great number of cursors, which functionality speaks that fact that it long time was a high-grade commercial product. Subsequently the developer has translated Post2Blog in the category freeware. For quite some time now project support, unfortunately, is stopped, and the program does not develop any more. However today it is difficult to find even the paid application which is not conceding Post2Blog. From unique features it is possible to note quite good integration with popular service Flickr, a fast insert of the prepared fragments of the text, possibility of automatic loading of images on ImageShack.us, support Google AdSense.

Windows Live Writer 2008

Freeware
Developer Microsoft
Site windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com
The size of 2,3 MB
The loading address get.live.com/writer/overview

Rather functional utility from the largest developer, constructed on a platform.NET and entering into a set ON Windows Live. By means of Writer it is possible to conduct a diary, without penetrating at all into details HTML though if necessary it is easy to correct something manually. The program has quite friendly interface, and its operation does not cause any inconveniences. Server options are defined automatically, from the user it is required to specify only the address of a blog and to enter the password. As to work with images they are loaded or through the blog interface, or on the specified FTP-server, but here support of various photoservices obviously would not prevent.

w.bloggar 4.03

Freeware
Developer Marcelo Lv Cabral
Site www.wbloggar.com
The size of 1,8 MB (6,4 MB with components Mozilla ActiveX)
The loading address www.wbloggar.com/download.php

Absence of the WYSIWYG-editor, that is why the program will be the main lack w.bloggar for many for certain will not approach beginners. Though in actual fact all appears not so terribly – marking codes are visually highlighted, and thanks to it it is possible to avoid errors in HTML-tegah. Besides, all in one cliques transition in a preview mode is carried out. In program minuses – absence automatic аплоуда images (everyone should be loaded separately). It is necessary to notice also that in certain cases w.bloggar can incorrectly display Cyrillic symbols at work with blogs or even on buttons of the interface and in menu items.

Semagic 1.7.0.9U

Freeware, open source
The developer quirrc
Site semagic.livejournal.com
The size of 0,9 MB
The loading address semagic.sourceforge.net

The given small utility was created specially for work with service LiveJournal and is enough unpretentious. It is bad only that this simplicity is not reflected at all in operation and in program adjustment. Addresses of sites, numbers of ports, – all it is necessary to specify a RPC-interface arrangement manually. The WYSIWYG-mode works at all how in representation of the user should do it. Text alignment for some reason influences everything, but in any way on the allocated area. Because of it almost each record should be edited in mode HTML that does not add Semagic points.

	No doubt, "LiveJournal" – the most popular platform on our open spaces for conducting an on-line diary. Certainly, we could not ignore so known and favourite by many service. ЖЖ has weight of the pleasant features, called to make dialogue by more comfortable. Accordingly, it increases requirements to programs-editors.
Post2Blog	The program could not load a picture through the blog interface, but function automatic аплоуда on ImageShack in this case has gained. Work with тегами disappoints also: it is impossible to receive their list, to add the new. Specific Zhzh-functions are not supported: the utility not in a status to limit availability of a post or somehow to influence commenting possibility directly from interface Post2Blog. It not to mention such things, as a mood or music choice. In general, it is impossible to recommend the given utility to LJ-users, to send record through the browser is better.
Windows Live Writer	In spite of the fact that Writer correctly loads images on a LJ-account when reaches to тегов, it shows far not the best result. Available function to Insert теги after corresponding adjustment them adds, here only to a current post they are not appropriated (though on these тегам other records are without problems). If you want them to edit by means of the browser, after button click to Keep changes for not clear reason receive an error 404 Not Found. Honour Writer to all other does not do also absence of support various habitual to the user of "LiveJournal" of trifles.
w.bloggar	Even if to shut eyes to impossibility to load the image anywhere, except as on the FTP-server (unique in this case an alternative variant – site LiveJournal – has appeared it is inaccessible to the program), as, however, and the impossibility to appropriate to a post теги, w.bloggar all the same leaves the most unpleasant impressions. It is possible not to speak about any features LJ at all. When you want to edit the previous post or to receive the list before the records made in a diary – all that will see … this large quantity of question marks instead of the text. A verdict: to use w.bloggar to the "Live" person it is categorically counter-indicative.
Semagic	As Semagic it was created specially for LiveJournal anything surprising that the best result in the given blog is shown by it. Here everything the Zhzh-user can expect that: a choice of mood, music, change of an avatar, a site. Also record options not less please – available the switch of level of access to a post (for all/personal/for friends), possibility blocking to leave comments or their concealment, record creation backdating (it will not appear at friends) and many other things. From the tested programs only Semagic correctly works with тегами. Well and, certainly, pictures are loaded into an album on site LJ.