Filed under: Blogging, Google, Freeware, Android
The folks at Automattic make the popular WordPress blogging software. And this week they released an app for Google Android that makes it easy to update or edit a WordPress site from your smartphone.
Now, call me old fashioned, but I'm kind of a fan of physical keyboards for tasks such as writing lengthy blog posts, emails, or even instant messages. But the idea of being able to login to your site from pretty much anywhere and edit a mistake, write an update, or even post some quick breaking news was a bit too good to pass up. And since Google was kind enough to send me a Nexus One phone to review (more on that soon), I figured I'd fire try out the WordPress app which Jay told us about earlier today.
And you know what? It's pretty darn cool. Sure, you don't get all the rich text editing, plugin management, and other features you'd expect from the full version of WordPress. But all you have to do is enter your web site's URL and your username and password to link to your account. Once you're set up, you can manage comments, posts, and pages.
From the Posts menu you can hit the + button to create a new post, or tap and hold the headline for any existing posts to edit or preview that item.
Now, call me old fashioned, but I'm kind of a fan of physical keyboards for tasks such as writing lengthy blog posts, emails, or even instant messages. But the idea of being able to login to your site from pretty much anywhere and edit a mistake, write an update, or even post some quick breaking news was a bit too good to pass up. And since Google was kind enough to send me a Nexus One phone to review (more on that soon), I figured I'd fire try out the WordPress app which Jay told us about earlier today.
And you know what? It's pretty darn cool. Sure, you don't get all the rich text editing, plugin management, and other features you'd expect from the full version of WordPress. But all you have to do is enter your web site's URL and your username and password to link to your account. Once you're set up, you can manage comments, posts, and pages.
From the Posts menu you can hit the + button to create a new post, or tap and hold the headline for any existing posts to edit or preview that item.
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