{"id":10972,"date":"2007-12-12T18:28:33","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T15:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/12\/blogging-with-google-docs\/"},"modified":"2007-12-12T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T15:28:33","slug":"blogging-with-google-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/12\/blogging-with-google-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging with Google Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>If, for some reason, you don&#8217;t like the editor of your blogging tool (WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, etc), you have a few options to consider.\u00c2\u00a0 Those of you hosing your own blogs, can always try a plugin or two.\u00c2\u00a0 WordPress, for example, has a number of plugins which either add pieces of functionality or completely replace the default editor.\u00c2\u00a0 Alternatively, you can try an external editor.\u00c2\u00a0 That is, you can use a piece of software which is not a part of your blogging platform, for writing posts.\u00c2\u00a0 There are Firefox plugins (<a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/1730\">ScribeFire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/1449\">Xinha Here!<\/a>), standalone applications (<a href=\"http:\/\/wbloggar.com\/\">w.bloggar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/get.live.com\/en-us\/betas\/writer_betas\">Windows Live Writer<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/bloggingbits.com\/15-alternatives-to-your-boring-blog-editor\/\" title=\"15+ Alternatives to Your Boring Blog Editor\">more<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/beans.seartipy.com\/2007\/11\/12\/desktop-blogging-editors-for-gnulinux-users\/\" title=\"Five Desktop Blog Editors for GNU\/Linux Users\">more<\/a>), and web services (<a href=\"http:\/\/performancing.com\/\">Performancing.com<\/a>) that do this.<\/p>\n<p>Today I was reminded, that one can even use <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/\">Google Docs<\/a> for this purpose.\u00c2\u00a0 Create a new document or spreadsheet, edit it all you want and then publish it straight into your blog.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s how easy it is.\u00c2\u00a0 (You&#8217;ll need to configure a few simple settings the first time you do so though).\u00c2\u00a0 If it sounds interesting, check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogopreneur.com\/2006\/10\/28\/google-docs-to-publish-to-wordpress-and-other-engines\/\" title=\"Google Docs to publish to WordPress (and other engines)\">this post<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogopreneur.com\/\">Blogopreneur.com<\/a> fordetailed instructions.\u00c2\u00a0 If it sounds interesting, but you are not sure if your blogging platform is supported, check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/View.aspx?docid=afwwtkhg6gn_aj8z6fsv5kx\">list of supported platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Me? I am happy with WordPress built-in editor.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>If, for some reason, you don&#8217;t like the editor of your blogging tool (WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, etc), you have a few options to consider.\u00c2\u00a0 Those of you hosing your own blogs, can always try a plugin or two.\u00c2\u00a0 WordPress, for example, has a number of plugins which either add pieces of functionality or completely replace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/12\/blogging-with-google-docs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blogging with Google Docs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,60],"tags":[29,2072,2297,19],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-wordpress","tag-blogging","tag-google-docs","tag-text-editors","tag-tools"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10876,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/31\/missed-another-blogging-birthday\/","url_meta":{"origin":10972,"position":0},"title":"Missed another blogging birthday","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been blogging for quite some time now.\u00c2\u00a0 I've been doing it even before it was called \"blogging\".\u00c2\u00a0 I had my own website, a diary, and an online journal.\u00c2\u00a0 I started, as many others, with static HTML files and a text editor.\u00c2\u00a0 That's how it used to be back than.\u00c2\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8778,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/06\/wind-of-change-or-switching-blogging-software\/","url_meta":{"origin":10972,"position":1},"title":"Wind of change or switching blogging software","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 6, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"It is spring again, and I am getting carried away by that wind of change that gets me every year. 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