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July 20, 2005
Ecto Posting Tool
Posting in MovableType isn't as easy as I thought it would be - especially on a Mac, which for some reason cannot read the formatting buttons that come with MT. My father-in-law, who hosts Stones Cry Out on his Mac OSX server, found an article on blogging in the latest MacAddict and suggested I read it. I found an article titled, "Update from Your Desktop" which featured ecto and marsedit software to complement MT's publishing capabilities.
I chose ecto, went to their website, downloaded their program (which can also be downloaded in Windows format), and within a few minutes crafted this post. There are built in links to iPhoto, iTunes, and the program even gives you a running word count. Not to mention many formatting tools and custom HTML tags. The price is nice too - $17.95.
If you've been frustrated with posting within MT, I suggest you give etco a shot.
Posted by Rick at July 20, 2005 11:57 PM
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Clearly, I don't have this working just yet...
Posted by: Rick Brady at July 21, 2005 12:01 AM
I have been using Ecto for a while now. Not only can you build a library of custom formatting commands and assign them to key commands, but unlike the Moveable Type interface the preview actually looks like your CSS!
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at July 21, 2005 06:49 AM
Stephen, Can you tell me why my post ended up in the extended entry portion of MT? I don't see an option anywhere that allows you to distinguish between main page and extended entry... Thanks!
Posted by: Rick at July 21, 2005 10:53 AM
Or, download WordPress for free.
Posted by: Jeffrey King at July 21, 2005 03:02 PM