May 16, 2004

mt client recommendations

Guest blogger Erin checking in. I don't have much to say right now (I just graduated about five hours ago, and so am very tired). However, if you enjoy using blog clients to post, I wanted to mention two of my favorite ones for use with Movable Type. (If you've never heard of a blog client, it's basically a program that allows you to create and edit entries and then automatically posts them to the weblog when you click on a button. They usually have features like spellcheck, letting you save entries offline, etc.)


  • ecto is a client for OS X. It used to be Kung-Log, but it changed names and acquired a whole bunch of features when I wasn't looking. It currently supports posting to multiple types of weblogs and content management systems. It's free for two weeks and then $18 to keep using it. It auto-detects what system you're using based on the URL you feed it, so it's really easy to set up a weblog account.
  • Zempt is a Movable Type client for Windows (they claim they're working on a Linux port). I've only configured it once, but several of my colleagues use it and enjoy it. It's free, but they do take donations if you like it.

If people want help setting them up, I'd be glad to provide support over email or IM.

Oh, and I added the RSS feed for this journal as a LiveJournal syndicated feed. If anyone uses LJ to read syndicated feeds, you can add johndanblog (datacloud was taken) to your reading list.

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