What is BloGTK?
BloGTK is a software/application that allows you to easily blog from the comfort of your own desktop. “But wait!”, you say, “I can blog already from my desktop, with the help of my browser.” Yes you can. But with BloGTK you can blog offline, save drafts, have multiple accounts, and you don't need to open a browser and and and much more. So, let’s take a look at how you can start using BloGTK as your desktop blogging system.
Installing BloGTK
Before we get into connecting to your blog we have to install the application first. This is very simple. You can install BloGTK from the command line with a command such as:
sudo apt-get install blogtk
or
yum install blogtk
Or you can open up your Add/Remove Software utility, search for “blogtk” (without quotes), select the resulting entry, and click Apply to install.
Once BloGTK is installed you will find the menu entry in the Internet submenu of your Applications or Main menu.
Making the connection
BloGTK doesn’t offer as many connection types as some of the other tools. But it does connect to:
The very first thing you have to do is go to the Edit menu and select the Accounts and Settings entry. When this new window opens.
Notice the Server URL. For Blogger this is the exact URL you need to use to connect. Other than that you will enter the username and password for your Blogger account and make sure Blogger is selected from the list of Blogging Systems.
Once you have this done click Save and then click OK.
You should notice, at the bottom of the main BloGTK window (See Picture Below) the instructions telling you to use File/Connect to connect (or re-connect) to your server.
You do not have to connect to the server right away. You can create your blog entry first and then connect to the server and post your entry. Or you can create an entry and save as draft for later posting.
To save an entry you go about creating and, when you are ready to save, click the File menu and select “Save Post As…”, give the draft a name, and save the draft. You can then open the saved post for editing later.
If you want to post immediately you only have to create your post, connect to your account, and click the “Post Entry” button.
In order to connect to your account you go to the File menu and click “Connect”.
Gotchas
Outside of the seriously lacking account types you can use, there is a gotcha you will find when using Blogger. The Blogger system is using a newer API and the current iteration of BloGTK can not make use of all of its features. For instance, you can not add a title to your blogs with this release. You also can not use the Extended Entry or Excerpt features as well. Outside of that, BloGTK works just fine.
When the 2.0 release of BloGTK hits the repositories this application’s usefulness will be extended quite a bit. All of the Blogger features will work and, hopefully, more APIs will be added so more accounts can be used.
HappY SurfinG!!! :)
BloGTK is a software/application that allows you to easily blog from the comfort of your own desktop. “But wait!”, you say, “I can blog already from my desktop, with the help of my browser.” Yes you can. But with BloGTK you can blog offline, save drafts, have multiple accounts, and you don't need to open a browser and and and much more. So, let’s take a look at how you can start using BloGTK as your desktop blogging system.
Installing BloGTK
Before we get into connecting to your blog we have to install the application first. This is very simple. You can install BloGTK from the command line with a command such as:
sudo apt-get install blogtk
or
yum install blogtk
Or you can open up your Add/Remove Software utility, search for “blogtk” (without quotes), select the resulting entry, and click Apply to install.
Once BloGTK is installed you will find the menu entry in the Internet submenu of your Applications or Main menu.
Making the connection
BloGTK doesn’t offer as many connection types as some of the other tools. But it does connect to:
- Blogger
- MoveableType
- MetaWeblog API
The very first thing you have to do is go to the Edit menu and select the Accounts and Settings entry. When this new window opens.
Notice the Server URL. For Blogger this is the exact URL you need to use to connect. Other than that you will enter the username and password for your Blogger account and make sure Blogger is selected from the list of Blogging Systems.Once you have this done click Save and then click OK.
You should notice, at the bottom of the main BloGTK window (See Picture Below) the instructions telling you to use File/Connect to connect (or re-connect) to your server.
You do not have to connect to the server right away. You can create your blog entry first and then connect to the server and post your entry. Or you can create an entry and save as draft for later posting.To save an entry you go about creating and, when you are ready to save, click the File menu and select “Save Post As…”, give the draft a name, and save the draft. You can then open the saved post for editing later.
If you want to post immediately you only have to create your post, connect to your account, and click the “Post Entry” button.
In order to connect to your account you go to the File menu and click “Connect”.
Gotchas
Outside of the seriously lacking account types you can use, there is a gotcha you will find when using Blogger. The Blogger system is using a newer API and the current iteration of BloGTK can not make use of all of its features. For instance, you can not add a title to your blogs with this release. You also can not use the Extended Entry or Excerpt features as well. Outside of that, BloGTK works just fine.
When the 2.0 release of BloGTK hits the repositories this application’s usefulness will be extended quite a bit. All of the Blogger features will work and, hopefully, more APIs will be added so more accounts can be used.
HappY SurfinG!!! :)
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