{"id":236,"date":"2007-05-29T21:53:49","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T20:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2007-05-29T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2007-05-29T20:53:49","slug":"offline-blog-authoring-with-adobe-contribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/236-offline-blog-authoring-with-adobe-contribute.html","title":{"rendered":"Offline blog authoring with Adobe Contribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

I generally use Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer<\/a> to write my blog entries. It has a few annoyances, but I like it better than trying to type directly into WordPress. After installing Adobe’s Creative Suite 3<\/a> I noticed a new Contribute toolbar appearing in my web browser, including a Post to Blog button, reminding me that blog authoring is a feature of the new suite and that I ought to try it out. I opened Contribute and set up a connection to this blog; in fact, I’m writing this post in Contribute now.<\/p>\n

As you would expect, Adobe has provided a sophisticated tool. Contribute sets up a template that lets you edit a blog entry within an editable area on a page that replicates the blog itself. It is more WYSIWYG than Live Writer. The editing tools are impressive too: along with basic HTML formatting, there is an Insert menu offering Flash, Video and PDF, a spell checker, a table editor, and an image editor with options to rotate, crop, sharpen, set brightness and adjust contrast. Inserting Technorati tags is easy, as is selecting categories from those I’ve defined.<\/p>\n

Any complaints? Well, I miss the clean, uncluttered appearance of Live Writer. It feels a touch over-engineered. And if you want to inspect or edit the HTML code, you have to open the blog entry in Dreamweaver, which isn’t a great experience because you get the template as well as the blog entry.<\/p>\n

It may sound strange, but Contribute does more than I need. I might use it for authoring WordPress pages, as opposed to blog entries, but otherwise I’m likely to stick with Live Writer. Unless Word 2007 can tempt me away; mini-review coming shortly.<\/p>\n

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