Currently I am using offline blogging for blogging purpose. Not because my place don’t have internet connection but I think that offline blogging tool such as Window Live Writer make my job easier. Most offline blogging tools support a lot of blogging platforms such as WordPress, Blogger, Type-Pad, Drupal, and Xanga. But currently I am not seeing any that supports Joomla yet. Perhaps Joomla isn’t a blogging platform.

Why you should use offline blogging tool

For a blogspot user, I am sure you are not satisfied with the current blogspot editor. Unlike WordPress, blogspot has no plugin. That’s why offline blogging tool like Windows Live Writer is great. You can easily do auto-linking by customizing the option at Windows Live Writer.

Internet speed play important role in blogging. If your internet connection is slow, I am sure your mode to blog would going down. Blogging offline means that you do not need to worry about internet speed. If you feel tired, you can save the post as draft and resume writing once you feel ready.

If you want to use these offline blogging tools in WordPress, made sure that you already enable the protocol for it at Writing option (can be found at WP-Admin Dashboard).

Free offline blogging tools

Windows Live Writer :

I am using Windows Live Writer for blogging. Windows Live Writer enable me to publish and edit post from my blog at ease. There is also a lot of plugins enable for Windows Live Writer. However the default Windows Live Writer already made me satisfied. Windows Live Writer also offers watermarking and applying certain effects to your picture. I recommend Windows Live Writer for bloggers that need faster blogging solution.

Besides that, you can easily put a lot images in Windows Live Writer by dragging the folder of the images inside your Live Writer. I am sure you would have a hard time of inserting image in WordPress.

ScribeFire :

ScribeFire is a Mozilla Firefox Add-On. If you’re really into Firefox, ScribesFire should make you satisfied. ScribeFire is light weight compare to Live Writer but its feature still far from Live Writer.

Portable WBloggar :

WBloggar is now available in portable version. Portable WBloggar should benefit bloggers with no internet connection at home. With WBloggar, you can blog offline at home and then publish the draft post at computer cafe or office.

Post2Blog :

I never try Post2Blog yet. You can try it and tell me your opinion.