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Using Writely As Your Blog Editor



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nternet giant Google has        advanced features. First on the   
acquired Writely, an online     list is its very simple WYSIWYG   
web processor that also         (what you see is what you get)    
functions as a blog editor.           simple interface. You can play    
Writely fits perfectly in             around with the fonts, sizes,     
Google’s grand quest to host the      colors, styles and even add       
world’s content and adds              pictures without any effort.      
innovative and easy to use            Writers will feel at home with    
program to Google’s browser-based     the interface. You can create     
world of blogging. Writely makes      documents or upload them from     
it easy for users by allowing         most file formats. You can keep   
access from anywhere, anytime on      documents online and e-mail them  
any computer. Writely allows a        from anywhere. You can edit a     
user to write from home or office     document and view the HTML        
while using somebody else’s           version of the document as a web  
computer.                             page. You can even tag or star    
                                      your documents. You can even see  
Writely is built utilizing AJAX,      at a glance who last edited a     
Asynchronous Javascript and XML.      document.                         
This is a programming model                                             
supported by most browsers in use     You can publish the documents you 
today. By using AJAX, earlier         created in Writely in the         
limitations of browsers such as       Internet or only to a few select  
the need to wait for pages to         people of your choice. You have   
refresh and the absence of drag       complete control who can see your 
and drop features were                documents. Once you publish a     
eliminated.                           document, you can make changes    
                                      and it will not show up until you 
For a fairly new product, Writely     re-publish the document. While    
boasts of an amazing array of         editing is done in HTML, Writely  



can convert documents from PDF,       the revision history. You can     
RDF or Word format. You can save      easily go back to a previous      
these documents online or to your     revision and compare two          
computer.                             versions. It is a completely easy 
                                      process. What is amazing is that  
Writely allows multiple authors       multiple collaborators are        
to work on a document via the         working on a document in real     
Internet. In fact, its greatest       time from different locations.    
come on is in its collaboration                                         
feature, the live document            Writely can also be used as a     
sharing. Writely is aptly             blog editor. Writely provides a   
described as a web-based              fairly advance text editor from   
collaborative document editor. To     which you can post your blog. You 
share a document, you simply log      can create a document by clicking 
into the interface. Type in the       the “New” button. You can also    
e-mail addresses of the people        upload a document from your       
you want to share the document        computer or send documents by     
with and then send them an e-mail     e-mail. To post a document to     
message. They will then have          your blog, click on the active    
access to the shared document via     document. It will open in a new   
their own Writely menu once they      window. You can then see a “Blog” 
sign in. Everyone can then edit       tab. Just click the “Blog” tab    
the document in real time. An         and a preview of how your         
indicator at the bottom of the        document will appear when posted  
screen will display who else is       will be displayed. You can make   
looking at it too. You know who       the necessary changes. Configure  
edits what and when. You can          the “Blog Site Settings”          
instantly see the changes your        properly. You can tweak the       
fellow collaborators made and         previous templates and once you   
when they made them by viewing        are ready to publish, just click  



the “Post to Blog” button. Then       blog platforms. If you use        
click “Done” and now you ready to     WordPress, MovableType or TypePad 
check your blog.                      blogging software, you can still  
                                      edit you blogs all from one spot. 
You can also archive your posts.      This saves time and accelerates   
If you want to update or remove a     your blogging. You can also set   
post, there are buttons on the        up each blog differently with its 
“Blog” tab to perform that            own defaults and settings.        
function. You can use Writely to                                        
manage your posts. You can edit       Writely allows you to freely add  
or re-publish a blog post from        and configure images. You can     
within Writely. You can post          choose to drag and drop images    
using categories by simply            into the editor. You can even     
tagging the post in Writely and       resize them, rename them, etc.    
the tags will be sent as your         just like you would a Word        
blog categories.                      document. While it is true that   
                                      blogging softwares have this      
Writely as a blog editor has a        feature, a blog editor like       
way of publishing to your blog        Writely is more functional. Again 
with just one or two clicks from      Writely has a WYSIWYG interface.  
your browser. Writely can also        Writely is useful for blog posts  
manage multiple blogs from one        since it generates HTML. With     
place. If, for example, you are       Writely, you can blog offline.    
publishing fifteen blog posts         This is very convenient           
each week, Writely will allow you     especially if you are in an area  
to set them up in such a way that     not covered by broadband          
you can blog to all of them           connection. You can continue      
without having to log into the        blogging and when you reach a     
back end of the blogs. With           WiFi area then you can publish    
Writely, you can have multiple        the blog posts. You do not have   



to go to such lengths as typing       whole range of automated features 
the posts in a text file, copying     that makes blogging seems         
them across and then publishing       effortless.                       
them.                                                                   
                                      As a whole, Writely allows for    
With Writely, you have a copy of      easier blogging. The entire       
your posts on your desktop for        web-based word processor is       
back-up or future references.         clean, simple, functional and     
There will be times when you need     navigation- friendly. Writely     
to go over some old posts.            supports posting to blog sites as 
Writely has a feature that will       well as to any blog that uses the 
scan old posts to help you find       Blogger, MetaBlog or MovableType  
what you are looking for. Writely     blogging platform. Writely can be 
also has a spell checker that         an essential part of the blogging 
checks the spelling of a word as      process especially for bloggers   
you type it. This is a very handy     who are managing multiple blogs.  
feature. With Writely, you can        

                              
tag your posts. There is also a       






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