Blogg-X
Version
3Beta_13Jun2010 (last update on Jun 14, 2010)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
79
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
214349
Date Added
5 March 2006
UPDATE: 3.0 Beta Released (Joomla! 1.5 Support)
Blogg-X is a cross platform (OS X, Windows XP, Linux) content management tool for websites based on the Joomla! CMS. Blogg-X runs locally on your computer as a desktop application. Utilizing built in WYSIWYG and HTML source editors you can post rich content on your Joomla! site without the use of the web browser. What does this mean? How much time does it take to post news on your Joomla! site? Using Blogg-X there is no need to log into your Joomla! site, no clicking the “Submit News” link and waiting for the page to refresh, no waiting for the Joomla! WYSIWYG editor to load. Instead just start Blogg-X and immediately start adding your content. Need image support? Blogg-X has it! Want to browse the images already on your server? Blogg-X has it! Want to remove or delete posts? Blogg-X can do that! Want to post the same content to multiple sites? Blogg-X can do that! Want to know how many unpublished posts are on the server and publish them? Blogg-X can do that! Do you have multiple users posting content? Blogg-X can be used by all of them adding content at will, even simultaneously without causing conflicts or confusion. Blogg-X simplifies the process of managing the content on your Joomla! site and does it faster at the same time. Are you a Blogger? Simply combine Blogg-X and AkoCommentPlus from Walter Cedric and you have a simple, complete, fast and spam free blogging solution!
UPDATE (13 June 2010) - Added German and Russian language support.
Version 3.0 Beta Released 21 Mar 2010
i love this extension - sad, that it doesnt work with K2 or easyblog. but hey, this is free and works in a cool way on joomla core. thanks to developers.
Pretty cool way to quickly add your articles to joomla from Windows 7. I hope they add joomla 1.6 support soon.
Man this thing rocks! You must have put an awful lot of time in this component. I think some of my users will love this tool and its simplicity.
The Joomla content editor and the Joomla backend is somewhat complicated for some clients. This thing does circumvent that.
Thank you and I hope you will continue to develop it. I am definitely willing to pay for it (if that is the support you need to keep updating this tool).
The Joomla content editor and the Joomla backend is somewhat complicated for some clients. This thing does circumvent that.
Thank you and I hope you will continue to develop it. I am definitely willing to pay for it (if that is the support you need to keep updating this tool).
Forum registration on the author's webpage does not work. I have tried twice and I am still waiting for the "validation account email".
So people can't contact the author nor get support on the forum... It says that there are almost 9000 users registered but none of them can write on the forum... :(
So people can't contact the author nor get support on the forum... It says that there are almost 9000 users registered but none of them can write on the forum... :(
Owner's reply
Please email me at chris [at] iobinary.com with the email account you registered under and I will get it activated. I've checked the site registration procedure and all appears fine. Maybe the verification email has been tagged as spam.
Installed without any problems and was able to login to my site remotely. Only one problem I an see, which is that there is no options to set up meta tags and article description. This makes it very unfriendly to Joomla SEO. Other that that it's great.
Owner's reply
I will be sure to add support for meta tags and descriptions in the next release. Thanks.
Blogg-x is an amazingly sophisticated app that has saved us countless hours posting news to our site. Sadly the developer has not been seen in the forums since October and the last upgrade has a authentication issue that we can not fix.
Sure hope Chris gets back soon!
Sure hope Chris gets back soon!
Updating a Jommla site is fine when you have a fast internet connection but if your only link to the outside world is a mobile phone with GPRS you're stuck. This application is the answer. Prepare your article off line and upload it in a flash. It's not yet perfect in that it lacks some functions that others have commented on (spell check would be good, I'd like to be able to change a few more of the publishing parameters and meta data) but when time is the issue you can probably manage without. The Blogg-x gives the impression of being well written and looks good to. Recommended.
I had such great hopes for this product. Unfortunately, after I installed it I was not longer able access my site, nor the back end from any of the browsers I have installed at home (IE 7, Firefox, Opera) so I am not only unable to update the site from home (I can from other locations) but I also can't even get to it to see comments people have added to it from home.
I uninstalled the application but I still get a message
?You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address."
Posted to the forumn but heard nothing back. Also sent an email via the iobinary.com website but heard nothing back.
I uninstalled the application but I still get a message
?You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address."
Posted to the forumn but heard nothing back. Also sent an email via the iobinary.com website but heard nothing back.
This is a very useful too for administrators of multiple sites. If you manage sites that you frequently need to post updates to and do not need to add images then this is fast and easy to use. I was skeptical of a GPL tool like this but it does seem to do the job well so far. I think I'll be using this tool for a long time to come.
Thanks for this neat little tool.
Thanks for this neat little tool.
Well this is a super duper product.everything finished in a gif.great future.i registered in this site just to give a review for this product.really reduces the hardship of posting into the site.i was really lazy to follow the whole procedure of traditional posting.the best part is the uploading and using the images.In joomla it used to take me 20 mins to post ,now its 2 mins..cool ,5 stars for Blog-x
I would recommend changing the title,i ignored it most of the months :(
I would recommend changing the title,i ignored it most of the months :(
Although this is a VERY nice tool, i could not manage to upload images with it (definitely, there are many people that can't solve this problem which makes the tool practically unusable if you are not one of the lucky ones that have this feature working) and it looks like the developer abandoned the project or has no time for it, nothing new on the site since Nov. 06.
In general, it is a great software,
but I believe it needs more options, e.g., I myself would like to hack the sever file to
1. avoid posting the text header when copying pasting a text into the box.
2. After posting a content, the category should be remained on the previous one.
but I believe it needs more options, e.g., I myself would like to hack the sever file to
1. avoid posting the text header when copying pasting a text into the box.
2. After posting a content, the category should be remained on the previous one.
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