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Jul 23

Make Blog Entries Easier

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BlogAssist

Retail price: $9.95
ZOT price: $5.00

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BlogAssist helps weblog and website editing by making HTML markup easier. It adds a menu to the right-hand side of the menu bar that contains a list of operations that can be performed on text.

There are two handy ways to use it. You can simply select and copy some text into the clipboard, choose a suitable operation from the menu, then paste the result in the desired location. The text will have been transformed like magic. For example, copying hey and choosing Bold will result in <b>hey</b> – the HTML tags for boldface text, wrapped around the original text.

Alternatively, show the floating BlogAssist window (new in version 2) and drag text to one or both of the Values fields, choose an operation from the included pop-up menu, then drag the formatted HTML from the Result field. This window includes a convenient preview of how the HTML will be rendered in a web page.

[Floating window]

BlogAssist comes with several useful operations, including web and e-mail links, bold/italics/strikethrough/etc, LiveJournal tags, and more. But you aren’t limited to those – you can easily add, change, or remove them as desired.

16 Responses to “Make Blog Entries Easier”

  1. Danny Says:
    July 24th, 2006 at 12:30 am

    This might come in handy. I will test it out.. but then again.. for $5 buck, I might just buy it.

    Thanks MacZot
    Danny

  2. Lee Webb Says:
    July 24th, 2006 at 2:51 am

    This used to be freeware pre version 2. It’s a nice, very useful app.

  3. F451 Says:
    July 24th, 2006 at 1:57 pm

    I went for it as you can change around (add or delete) the commands you sue most and it will work well for some of the forums I frequent.

  4. Mark Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 12:42 am

    Two days? Or a bug?

  5. Joost Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 1:36 am

    Prolly a bug, i want something new though :P

  6. ct2000 Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 1:49 am

    not for me – no new Zot today then ?

  7. the valrus Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 6:54 am

    hey you guys it’s tuesday now

    guys

  8. Dan Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 7:14 am

    Aw, no new deal… ?

  9. Data Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 7:19 am

    I die a little inside when there’s no new deal…

  10. n0mmo Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 8:37 am

    Hmm… another extended deal. They must be having a hard time finding shareware.

  11. F451 Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 9:52 am

    I can say that even after a day’s use that this app is well worth it…even at full price.

  12. Bruce Gerson Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 9:54 am

    How about some really good broad-appeal shareware apps such as “Default Folder” or “Sidenote” or any of a thousand great ones. Beating a dead horse is just a waste of energy.

  13. Steve Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 12:08 pm

    I already use Ecto. *shrug*

  14. Mark Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 1:11 pm

    And I use TextExpander … thanks to the Collabozot! (Our team was one of the lucky ones!)

  15. ZOT Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 1:26 pm

    Extended deal:

    Sorry for no new deal, we scheduled a launch of a new app, and it got delayed.

    Stay tuned for more summer fun.

    ZOT!

  16. Erichd Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    Mark,

    Have you recieved the “prizing?” I haven’t…. :(

    My TextExpander is still in shareware mode….

    I was in MH-Eta, by the way….