Using Blog Desk to post your blog

Nov 12, 2009 in information

One of the tools that I love and is free is Blog Desk. It allows me to compose my posts on my desktop and then after I am happy with them I can then upload them and any images I added to the post automatically.

You can even change the date you want the post to publish, edit whether to allow comments and trackbacks along with allowing it to publish immediately and add any trackbacks.

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You can add images like the one above which I grabbed as a screen capture and in this case I put it centered but you can place it to the left or right and decide if you want it embedded in the text. The image as I am writing this is on my computer but when I upload it will do the image/s along with the actual blog post so need to use ftp for the images or to log in and upload them through the dashboard.

It has full WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) and you can change colors, bold lettering, italics, underline, strike through, or all of the above or any combination.

This makes it easy customize your posts.

The only downside is that you can not add your tags from your desktop and that is why I use it to write my posts but always uncheck the Publish after upload option as tagging is extremely important for getting the best serps.

Using Blog Desk is just one of the 10 videos in Advanced WordPress Videos that will allow you to generate more traffic and have a better looking blog.

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Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy.

After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses blogs to enter various niches profitably.

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11 comments

Alex
Twitter: AlexNewell
on November 12, 2009 at 7:21 am

Thanks Mike – I hadn’t heard of Blogdesk and it looks like s time saver.

Alex
Alex´s last blog ..Banishing Keyword Confusion

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Earl Netwal
Twitter: EarlNetwal
on November 12, 2009 at 12:07 pm

So if I understand correctly, the advantage of Blog Desk is that you can customize your posts more in terms of centering and text devices. Or is there another reason?
Earl Netwal´s last blog ..Ten Ways a Good Article Distribution Service Benefits You

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Mike
Twitter: thewpmaven
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November 12th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
It is a better wysiwyg than the one in WordPress and it will upload the images, resize the images or crop the images from there. If I want to resize an image to use on the blog I would need to open Photo Shop, resize it upload the image and then add the right div tags to position it where I want using the dashboard.

With Blog Desk I locate the image edit what I want in Blog Desk tell it where I want it and whether it should wrap or not and everything is done by Blog Desk. Saves a lot of time especially when I do tutorials where I am grabbing screen caps.

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Mary MacIntyre on November 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Mike, You convinced me, I am going to try it! Just downloaded te program now. Thanks! Mary MacIntyre

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CarltonsEnt on November 12, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Thanks again Mike,

I also have not heard of blog desk until now. The wysiwyg in wordpress is very deceiving. Once I post I always have to go back and edit the HTML to get it right.

Hopefully this will solve that problem.

Thanks,
CarltonsEnt

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Robert Nelson
Twitter: nar321
on November 12, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Thanks, downloaded, installed and it’s now set-up and working.Eliminates several usual steps needed prior to posting on one’s blog. Couldn’t be any easier short if being capable of reading your mind.
Robert Nelson´s last blog ..First Try at Using BlogDesk

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Joel Osborne
Twitter: JoelOsborne
on November 12, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Cool, I never heard about this program before. I do find it hard sometimes to properly format my blog posts, so this looks like it should help a lot.
Joel Osborne´s last blog ..Blog World Tour – Become A Blog Star!

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Ron Barrett on November 12, 2009 at 6:48 pm

I actually took your suggestion moons ago, but never have started using it.

I may have to do that now. It seems so easy to use.

Thanks!
Ron Barrett´s last blog ..Webhosting For Newbies – Working with cPanel

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Fred Lotgering
Twitter: lotcon
on November 13, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Interesting. Certainly have been struggling with the WP editor. Wondering how easy the upload is, but we will find out soon… hoping to try it..

Fred
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Doug Champigny
Twitter: CaptnAffiliate
on November 14, 2009 at 5:06 am

Great tip, Mike – and it shows that the 10 videos are bound to have more great advice to help bloggers work more efficiently and create better blogs, thus making more money with their blogging efforts. Kudos!
Doug Champigny´s last blog ..Internet Super Stars Conference – Meet Teri & Doug Champigny Live In Orlando!

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Johannes on November 15, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Hi Mike, you want to add tags to your posts? Try ‘Extras / Tags-Generator’.

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